2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G


The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, Macedonia, and Liechtenstein.
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, Spain, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Italy, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up, where they lost to Sweden and thus failed to qualify for the first time since 1958.

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

There were 93 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of goals per match.
;6 goals
;5 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
;1 own goal
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
PlayerTeamOffenceSuspended for match
Giorgio Chiellini vs Israel vs Spain
Eytan Tibi vs Macedonia vs Liechtenstein
Marco Parolo vs Spain
vs Macedonia 		vs Liechtenstein
Nicolas Hasler vs Spain
vs Israel 		vs Italy
Etrit Berisha vs Israel vs Italy
vs Israel
Berat Djimsiti vs Israel vs Italy
David Goresh vs Macedonia
vs Albania 		vs Spain
Daniel Kaufmann vs Spain
vs Italy 		vs Macedonia
Yves Oehri vs Albania
vs Italy 		vs Macedonia
Ezgjan Alioski vs Italy
vs Spain 		vs Liechtenstein
Ansi Agolli vs Spain
vs Italy 		vs Israel
Michele Polverino vs Spain
vs Italy 		vs Albania
Leonardo Bonucci vs Spain
vs Spain 		vs Israel
Elif Elmas vs Spain
vs Israel 		vs Albania
Burim Kukeli vs Italy
vs Macedonia 		vs Spain
Mërgim Mavraj vs Spain
vs Macedonia 		vs Spain
Odise Roshi vs Italy
vs Macedonia 		vs Spain
Almog Cohen vs Macedonia
vs Italy 		vs Liechtenstein
Kire Ristevski vs Spain
vs Albania 		vs Italy
Sergio Busquets vs Italy
vs Liechtenstein 		vs Albania
Azdren Llullaku vs Israel
vs Spain 		vs Italy
Taulant Xhaka vs Israel
vs Spain 		vs Italy
Marcel Büchel vs Israel
vs Israel 		vs Macedonia
Franz Burgmeier vs Albania
vs Israel 		vs Macedonia
Nicolas Hasler vs Macedonia
vs Israel 		vs Macedonia
Stefan Spirovski vs Italy
vs Italy 		vs Liechtenstein
Gerard Piqué vs Italy
vs Albania 		vs Israel
David Silva vs Macedonia
vs Albania 		vs Israel