2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, and Luxembourg.
The draw for the first round was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK, at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The group winners, France, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Sweden, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up, where they defeated Italy and thus also qualified for the tournament. France went on to win the World Cup, defeating Croatia in the final.
Standings
Matches
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 26 July 2015, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA.----
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Goalscorers
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- Georgi Kostadinov
- Memphis Depay
- Quincy Promes
- Davy Pröpper
- Andreas Granqvist
- Mikael Lustig
- Ola Toivonen
- Pavel Savitski
- Ivaylo Chochev
- Spas Delev
- Ivelin Popov
- Kevin Gameiro
- Thomas Lemar
- Dimitri Payet
- Paul Pogba
- Vincent Janssen
- Wesley Sneijder
- Alexei Rios
- Anton Saroka
- Mikhail Sivakow
- Maksim Valadzko
- Mihail Aleksandrov
- Stanislav Manolev
- Marcelinho
- Dimitar Rangelov
- Aleksandar Tonev
- Blaise Matuidi
- Kylian Mbappé
- Florian Bohnert
- Maxime Chanot
- Daniel da Mota
- Olivier Thill
- Davy Klaassen
- Georginio Wijnaldum
- Jimmy Durmaz
- Oscar Hiljemark
- Isaac Kiese Thelin
- Victor Lindelöf
- Christoffer Nyman
Discipline
- Receiving a red card
- Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches
| Player | Team | Offence | Suspended for match |
| Kevin Malget | vs Sweden | vs Belarus | |
| Dirk Carlson | vs Belarus | vs Netherlands | |
| Kevin Strootman | vs Sweden vs France | vs Luxembourg | |
| Paul Pogba | vs Netherlands vs Sweden | vs Luxembourg | |
| Alexander Hleb | vs Bulgaria | vs Sweden | |
| Aleksandar Aleksandrov | vs Sweden vs Belarus | vs Netherlands | |
| Alyaksandr Martynovich | vs Luxembourg vs Sweden | vs Bulgaria | |
| Aurélien Joachim | vs Belarus vs France | vs Netherlands | |
| Daniel da Mota | vs Sweden vs France | vs Netherlands | |
| Chris Philipps | vs Sweden vs France | vs Netherlands | |
| Svetoslav Dyakov | vs Belarus vs Belarus | vs Sweden | |
| Kevin Malget | vs Sweden vs Netherlands | vs Belarus | |
| Christopher Martins | vs Bulgaria vs Netherlands | vs Belarus | |
| Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski | vs Belarus vs Sweden | vs Netherlands | |
| Kevin Strootman | vs France | vs Bulgaria | |
| Ola Toivonen | vs Luxembourg vs Bulgaria | vs Belarus | |
| Egor Filipenko | vs Bulgaria vs Sweden | vs Netherlands | |
| Nikita Korzun | vs Luxembourg vs Sweden | vs Netherlands | |
| Ivaylo Chochev | vs Sweden vs Netherlands | vs France | |
| Ivelin Popov | vs Luxembourg vs Netherlands | vs France | |
| Christoffer Nyman | vs Netherlands vs Belarus | vs Luxembourg | |
| Paul Pogba | vs Sweden vs Luxembourg | vs Bulgaria | |
| Laurent Jans | vs Netherlands vs France | vs Sweden | |
| Syarhey Balanovich | vs Luxembourg vs Netherlands | vs France | |
| Alexei Rios | vs Netherlands vs Netherlands | vs France | |
| Mikalay Signevich | vs Luxembourg vs Netherlands | vs France | |
| Georgi Kostadinov | vs Sweden vs France | vs Luxembourg |