2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

Football tournament qualification stage

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group D was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Estonia and Andorra.

The group winners, Netherlands, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Romania placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Greece. However, they failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing the first match and drawing the second.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	10	9	1	0	34	5	+29	28	Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup	—	4–0	8–1	2–0	3–0	3–0
2	Romania	10	6	1	3	19	12	+7	19	Advance to second round	1–4	—	3–0	0–2	2–0	4–0
3	Hungary	10	5	2	3	21	20	+1	17		1–4	2–2	—	3–1	5–1	2–0
4	Turkey	10	5	1	4	16	9	+7	16		0–2	0–1	1–1	—	3–0	5–0
5	Estonia	10	2	1	7	6	20	−14	7		2–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	—	2–0
6	Andorra	10	0	0	10	0	30	−30	0		0–2	0–4	0–5	0–2	0–1	—

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Matches

A meeting was held on 24 October 2011 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to determine the fixtures. The meeting, however, was not successful and a schedule could not be determined. FIFA gave the teams involved until late December 2011 to finalise the schedule, with the set of fixtures determined by a draw held on 21 December in Amsterdam.

7 September 201221:00 UTC+3

Estonia	0–2	Romania
	Report	Torje 56' Marica 76'

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 7,936Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) 7 September 201220:30 UTC+2

Andorra	0–5	Hungary
	Report	Juhász 12' Gera 33' Szalai 54' Priskin 68' Koman 82'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 815Referee: Emir Alecković (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 7 September 201220:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	2–0	Turkey
Van Persie 17' Narsingh 90+3'	Report

Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 49,500Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

11 September 201220:30 UTC+3

Romania	4–0	Andorra
Torje 29' Lazăr 44' Găman 90' Maxim 90+3'	Report

Arena Națională, BucharestAttendance: 24,630Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro) 11 September 201221:00 UTC+3

Turkey	3–0	Estonia
Emre 44' Bulut 60' İnan 75'	Report

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, IstanbulAttendance: 44,168Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland) 11 September 201220:30 UTC+2

Hungary	1–4	Netherlands
Dzsudzsák 7' (pen.)	Report	Lens 3', 53' Martins Indi 19' Huntelaar 75'

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 22,700Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

12 October 201220:30 UTC+3

Turkey	0–1	Romania
	Report	Grozav 45'

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, IstanbulAttendance: 46,203Referee: Howard Webb (England) 12 October 201221:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Hajnal 46'

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 5,661Referee: Liran Liany (Israel) 12 October 201220:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	3–0	Andorra
Van der Vaart 7' Huntelaar 15' Schaken 50'	Report

De Kuip, RotterdamAttendance: 43,000Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

16 October 201219:00 UTC+2

Andorra	0–1	Estonia
	Report	Oper 57'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 723Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia) 16 October 201221:00 UTC+3

Romania	1–4	Netherlands
Marica 40'	Report	Lens 9' Martins Indi 29' Van der Vaart 45+1' (pen.) Van Persie 86'

Arena Națională, BucharestAttendance: 53,329Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland) 16 October 201220:30 UTC+2

Hungary	3–1	Turkey
Koman 31' Szalai 50' Gera 57' (pen.)	Report	Erdinç 22'

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 21,563Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

22 March 201319:15 UTC+1

Andorra	0–2	Turkey
	Report	İnan 30' Yılmaz 45+1'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 910Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (Lithuania) 22 March 201320:30 UTC+1

Hungary	2–2	Romania
Vanczák 16' Dzsudzsák 71' (pen.)	Report	Mutu 68' (pen.) Chipciu 90+2'

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 0Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) 22 March 201320:30 UTC+1

Netherlands	3–0	Estonia
Van der Vaart 47' Van Persie 72' Schaken 84'	Report

Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 48,675Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

26 March 201319:00 UTC+2

Estonia	2–0	Andorra
Anier 45+1' Lindpere 61'	Report

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 5,237Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia) 26 March 201320:30 UTC+2

Turkey	1–1	Hungary
Yılmaz 64'	Report	Böde 71'

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, IstanbulAttendance: 37,904Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) 26 March 201320:30 UTC+1

Netherlands	4–0	Romania
Van der Vaart 12' Van Persie 56', 65' (pen.) Lens 90'	Report

Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 47,496Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

6 September 201321:00 UTC+3

Romania	3–0	Hungary
Marica 2' Pintilii 31' Tănase 88'	Report

Arena Națională, BucharestAttendance: 41,405Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) 6 September 201321:00 UTC+3

Turkey	5–0	Andorra
Bulut 35', 39', 67' Yılmaz 64' Turan 90+2'	Report

Kadir Has Stadium, KayseriAttendance: 21,923Referee: Sven Bindels (Luxembourg) 6 September 201321:30 UTC+3

Estonia	2–2	Netherlands
Vassiljev 18', 57'	Report	Robben 2' Van Persie 90+4' (pen.)

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 10,210Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

10 September 201321:00 UTC+3

Romania	0–2	Turkey
	Report	Yılmaz 22' Erdinç 90+4'

Arena Națională, BucharestAttendance: 44,537Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) 10 September 201320:30 UTC+2

Andorra	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Van Persie 50', 54'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 1,100Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr. (Croatia) 10 September 201320:30 UTC+2

Hungary	5–1	Estonia
Klavan 11' (o.g.) Hajnal 21' Böde 41' Németh 69' Dzsudzsák 85'	Report	Kink 48'

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 7,741Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

11 October 201320:30 UTC+2

Andorra	0–4	Romania
	Report	Keșerü 43' Stancu 53' Torje 63' (pen.) Lazăr 85'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 1,100Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland) 11 October 201321:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–2	Turkey
	Report	Bulut 22' Yılmaz 46'

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 8,572Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) 11 October 201320:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	8–1	Hungary
Van Persie 16', 44', 53' Strootman 25' Lens 38' Devecseri 65' (o.g.) Van der Vaart 86' Robben 90'	Report	Dzsudzsák 47' (pen.)

Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 52,027Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

15 October 201320:00 UTC+2

Hungary	2–0	Andorra
Nikolić 51' Lima 76' (o.g.)	Report

Ferenc Puskás Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 5,200Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland) 15 October 201321:00 UTC+3

Romania	2–0	Estonia
Marica 30' (pen.), 81'	Report

Arena Națională, BucharestAttendance: 18,852Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia) 15 October 201321:00 UTC+3

Turkey	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Robben 8' Sneijder 47'

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, IstanbulAttendance: 41,814Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Notes

Hungary v Romania was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by FIFA as a result of racist chanting by Hungarian supporters at the friendly match against Israel on 15 August 2012.

Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

11 goals

Robin van Persie

5 goals

4 goals

Balázs Dzsudzsák

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Ildefons Lima (against Hungary)
Szilárd Devecseri (against Netherlands)
Ragnar Klavan (against Hungary)

Discipline

Pos	Player	Country			Suspended for match(es)	Reason
DF	Marc Vales	Andorra	3	1	vs Romania (11 September 2012)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Enar Jääger	Estonia	2	1	vs Hungary (12 October 2012) vs Turkey (11 October 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Hungary	2	0	vs Turkey (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Roland Juhász	Hungary	2	0	vs Turkey (16 October 2012)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Hamit Altıntop	Turkey	2	0	vs Andorra (22 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Dorin Goian	Romania	2	0	vs Netherlands (26 March 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Victor Moreira	Andorra	2	0	vs Turkey (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Bekir İrtegün	Turkey	2	0	vs Andorra (6 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Aleksandr Dmitrijev	Estonia	2	0	vs Hungary (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Raio Piiroja	Estonia	2	1	vs Hungary (10 September 2013)	Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF	Konstantin Vassiljev	Estonia	2	0	vs Hungary (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Zsolt Korcsmar	Hungary	2	0	vs Estonia (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Bruno Martins Indi	Netherlands	3	0	vs Andorra (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	2	0	vs Andorra (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Alexandru Bourceanu	Romania	2	0	vs Turkey (10 September 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Răzvan Raț	Romania	2	0	vs Andorra (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Moisés San Nicolás	Andorra	4	1	vs Romania (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF	Ildefonso Lima	Andorra	2	0	vs Romania (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Ats Purje	Estonia	2	0	vs Turkey (11 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Josep Ayala	Andorra	2	0	vs Hungary (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
ST	Marc Pujol	Andorra	2	0	vs Hungary (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Vlad Chiricheș	Romania	2	0	vs Estonia (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF	Nigel de Jong	Netherlands	2	0	vs Turkey (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Richárd Guzmics	Hungary	2	0	vs Andorra (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Caner Erkin	Turkey	2	0	vs Netherlands (15 October 2013)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF	Daley Blind	Netherlands	2	0	TBD (2014)	Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

References

"2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – European Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
"FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
"Programul Meciurilor Grupei "D" A Preliminariilor Cupei Mondiale FIFA 2014" [Program of matches 2014 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Group "D"]. Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
"Hungary and Bulgaria sanctioned to play without spectators". FIFA. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.

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