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. The group consisted of six teams:

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, and

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. The draw for the first round (group stage) was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (

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), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in

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, Russia. The group winners, Poland, qualified directly for the

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. The group runners-up, Denmark, advanced to the

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as one of the best eight runners-up.

Standings

Matches

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Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of goals per match. ;16 goals *

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;8 goals * Christian Eriksen ;7 goals *

Stevan Jovetić Stevan Jovetić ( cnr, Стеван Јоветић, ; born 2 November 1989) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and captains the Montenegro national team. Jovetić's primary position is a second s ...

;4 goals * Thomas Delaney *

Fatos Bećiraj Fatos Bećiraj ( cnr, Фатос Бећирај, sq, Fatos Besim Beqiraj; born 5 May 1988) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a striker for FK Mornar and the Montenegro national team. Club career Early career and Budućnos ...

;3 goals *

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;2 goals * Ruslan Koryan * Henrikh Mkhitaryan *

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* Nicolai Jørgensen *

Sergei Khizhnichenko Sergey Aleksandrovich Khizhnichenko (russian: Сергей Александрович Хижниченко; born 17 July 1991) is a Kazakh football player. Career Club career Khizhnichenko began his career in 2006 with FC Vostok and in Janua ...

Bauyrzhan Turysbek Bauyrzhan Turysbek ( kk, Бауыржан Тұрысбек, born 15 October 1991) is a Kazakhstani Association football, football midfielder who plays for FC Zhetysu, Zhetysu. Career Club Turysbek started his career in FC Sunkar, Sunkar, after y ...

* Stefan Mugoša * Žarko Tomašević * Constantin Budescu * Adrian Popa * Bogdan Stancu ;1 goal * Gevorg Ghazaryan *

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* Hovhannes Hambardzumyan *

Varazdat Haroyan Varazdat Haroyan ( hy, Վարազդատ Հարոյան, born on 24 August 1992) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta and the Armenia national team. Club career Patani a ...

* Aras Özbiliz * Marcos Pizzelli * Peter Ankersen * Kasper Dolberg * Yussuf Poulsen *

Islambek Kuat Islambek Yerzhanuly Kuat ( kk, Исламбек Ержанұлы Қуат, ''İslambek Erjanūly Quat''; born 12 January 1993) is a Kazakh footballer who plays for Astana and the Kazakhstan national team. Kuat scored his first goal for Kazakhsta ...

Gafurzhan Suyumbayev Gafurzhan Sabyrzhanuly Suyumbayev ( kk, Ғафуржан Сабыржанұлы Сүйімбаев, ''Ğafurjan Sabyrjanūly Süiımbaev''; born 19 August 1990) is a Kazakh football player who plays for Ordabasy as a defender, and represents t ...

* Damir Kojašević *

Stefan Savić Stefan Savić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Стефан Савић, ; born 8 January 1991) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Montenegro national team as a central defender. Born in Mojkovac ...

Marko Simić Marko Simić ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Симић, ; born 16 June 1987) is a professional football defender playing for Budućnost Podgorica. Born in Serbia, he represents the Montenegro national football team. Born in Obrenovac, SR Serbia, SFR ...

* Marko Vešović * Nikola Vukčević * Jakub Błaszczykowski * Kamil Glik *

Bartosz Kapustka Bartosz Kapustka (born 23 December 1996) is a Polish professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw. Club career KS Cracovia In October 2012, he started his career after being promoted ...

* Krzysztof Mączyński * Arkadiusz Milik * Łukasz Piszczek *

Rafał Wolski Rafał Wolski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 10 November 1992 in Kozienice) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Radomiak Radom. Career On 2 May 2012, Wolski was named by Franciszek Smuda in the provi ...

* Alexandru Chipciu * Ciprian Deac * Claudiu Keșerü *

Răzvan Marin Răzvan Gabriel Marin (; born 23 May 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Empoli, on loan from Cagliari, and the Romania national team. He began his senior career with local club Viitorul Consta ...

* Alexandru Maxim * Nicolae Stanciu ;1 own goal *

Hrayr Mkoyan Hrayr Mkoyan ( hy, Հրայր Մկոյան, born 2 September 1986) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shirak, which he captains, and the Armenia national team. Club career Ararat Yerevan Hrayr Mkoyan spent h ...

(against Poland) *

Filip Stojković Filip Stojković ( sr-cyr, Филип Стојковић, ; born 22 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for the Austrian Bundesliga club LASK. Born in Serbia, Stojković represented the Montenegro national team. ...

(against Poland) * Kamil Glik (against Denmark)

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: * Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences) * Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches) The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Notes

References

External links

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Qualifiers – Europe: Round 1
FIFA.com

UEFA.com

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