2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I


The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, and Kosovo.
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. Kosovo was added to the group after the draw, after becoming FIFA members together with Gibraltar in May 2016, and UEFA decided not to put Kosovo in group H together with Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons.
The group winners, Iceland, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Croatia, advanced to the play-offs as one of the best 8 runners-up, where they won against Greece and thus qualified for the tournament as well. This was the first time Ukraine was eliminated after the first round, as the team had been eliminated in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 after the play-offs, and qualified in 2006.

Standings

Matches

The fixture list prior to the inclusion of Kosovo 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 70 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of goals per match.
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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
Aron Gunnarsson vs Ukraine
vs Finland
vs Turkey
Niklas Moisander vs Iceland
vs Croatia
vs Ukraine
Hekuran Kryeziu vs Finland
vs Ukraine
vs Turkey
Emre Mor vs Ukraine
vs Iceland
vs Kosovo
Ivan Perišić vs Iceland vs Ukraine
Thomas Lam vs Kosovo
vs Ukraine
vs Turkey
Theódór Elmar Bjarnason vs Ukraine
vs Croatia
vs Kosovo
Enis Alushi vs Finland
vs Turkey
vs Iceland
Eduard Sobol vs Turkey
vs Finland
vs Croatia
Paulus Arajuuri vs Iceland
vs Turkey
vs Ukraine
Alexander Ring vs Croatia
vs Turkey
vs Ukraine
Bernard Berisha vs Turkey vs Croatia
Burak Yılmaz vs Kosovo
vs Kosovo
vs Ukraine
Yaroslav Rakitskiy vs Finland
vs Finland
vs Turkey
Jere Uronen vs Turkey
vs Iceland
vs Kosovo
Rúrik Gíslason vs Finland vs Ukraine
Milan Badelj vs Iceland
vs Turkey
vs Finland
Robin Lod vs Iceland
vs Kosovo
vs Croatia
Emil Hallfreðsson vs Finland
vs Ukraine
vs Turkey
Bernard Berisha vs Turkey
vs Finland
vs Ukraine
Valon Berisha vs Ukraine
vs Finland
vs Ukraine
Hakan Çalhanoğlu vs Ukraine
vs Croatia
vs Iceland
Viktor Kovalenko vs Finland
vs Iceland
vs Kosovo
Oleksandr Zinchenko vs Finland
vs Iceland
vs Kosovo
Hekuran Kryeziu vs Iceland
vs Ukraine
vs Iceland
Caner Erkin vs Ukraine
vs Iceland
vs Finland
Artem Kravets vs Finland
vs Kosovo
vs Croatia
Ivan Ordets vs Turkey
vs Kosovo
vs Croatia