The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E was a
UEFA qualifying group for the
2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
,
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
,
Switzerland,
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
,
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
and
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
.
The group winners, Switzerland, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Iceland placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the
play-offs
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...
, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against
Croatia
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.
However, they failed to qualify for the World Cup after drawing the first match and losing the second.
Standings
Matches
A meeting was held in
Zürich
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, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
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, Switzerland, on 22 November 2011 to determine the schedule. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the fixtures, which were then determined by a random draw at the conclusion of the meeting.
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Goalscorers
There were 71 goals in 30 matches, for an average of 2.37 goals per match.
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Milivoje Novaković
Milivoje Novaković (; sr-Cyrl, Миливоје Новаковић, ; born 18 May 1979) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Novaković spent his youth career at Olimpija where he remained unti ...
;4 goals
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Gylfi Sigurðsson
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Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
;3 goals
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Birkir Bjarnason
Birkir Bjarnason (born 27 May 1988) is an Icelandic professional Association football, footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor and the Iceland national football team, where he is their all-time leader in ...
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Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Burnley and the Iceland national team.
Jóhann began his senior career at Breiðablik for a single season before movin ...
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Fabian Schär
Fabian Lukas Schär (; born 20 December 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Switzerland national team.
Beginning his career at his hometown club of ...
;2 goals
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Edgar Çani
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Valdet Rama
Valdet Skënder Rama (born 20 November 1987) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Wuppertaler SV. He also holds German citizenship.
Early life
Rama is a Kosovo Albanian and fled to Germany at the age ...
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Hamdi Salihi
Hamdi Abdullah Salihi (born 19 January 1984) is an Albanian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the assistant manager of Albania.
Nicknamed 'The Bomber' by his former international coach Otto Barić who would compare ...
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Efstathios Aloneftis
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Alfreð Finnbogason
Alfreð Finnbogason (born 1 February 1989) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club Lyngby Boldklub and the Iceland national team.
With Heerenveen, Alfreð was the Dutch Eredivisie's top scorer ...
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Tarik Elyounoussi
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Brede Hangeland
Brede Paulsen Hangeland (born 20 June 1981) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
He began his career with Viking, where he won the Norwegian Cup in 2001. In 2006, he moved to Copenhagen, and went on to ...
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Joshua King
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Tim Matavž
Tim Matavž (born 13 January 1989) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Croatian club Gorica.
Club career
Matavž began his football career at the age of 6 playing for Bilje. In 2004, he moved to Gorica youth ...
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Xherdan Shaqiri
Xherdan Shaqiri (; born 10 October 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire and the Switzerland national team.
Shaqiri began his career at FC Basel, winning honours including ...
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Mario Gavranović
Mario Gavranović (; born 24 November 1989) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Kayserispor and the Switzerland national team.
Club career Early career
Gavranović began his career with AS Vezia, befor ...
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Gökhan Inler
Gökhan İnler (born 27 June 1984) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Adana Demirspor.
İnler began his professional career with FC Basel and later joined FC Aarau and FC Zürich, winning the Swiss Sup ...
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Stephan Lichtsteiner
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Granit Xhaka
Granit Xhaka (born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Arsenal and the Switzerland national team.
Xhaka began his career at hometown club FC Basel, winning the Swiss Super League in each of ...
;1 goal
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Erjon Bogdani
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Odise Roshi
Odise Roshi (born 22 May 1991) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Turkish club Sakaryaspor and the Albania national team.
Roshi started his professional career with his hometown club Apolonia Fier whom he pl ...
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Armando Sadiku
Armando Durim Sadiku (born 27 May 1991) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Cartagena and the Albania national team.
Born in Cërrik, Elbasan, Sadiku started his career with a local club Fushë Mbr ...
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Vincent Laban
Vincent Fabien Laban Bounayre (born 9 September 1984) is a French-born naturalized Cypriot professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Laban began his career with the reserves of Nantes, where he played for three years before moving to Cy ...
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Constantinos Makrides
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Kári Árnason
Kári Árnason (born 13 October 1982) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played last for Icelandic club Víkingur and the Iceland national team. He has previously played for Djurgården, AGF Aarhus, Esbjerg fB, Plymouth Argy ...
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Daniel Braaten
Daniel Omoya Braaten (born 25 May 1982) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He has previously played for Skeid, Rosenborg, Bolton Wanderers, Toulouse, Brann and Stabæk. He has been capped 52 times for the N ...
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Markus Henriksen
Markus Henriksen (born 25 July 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club Rosenborg.
Club career Rosenborg
Henriksen moved from Trond IL to Rosenborg as a boy. He proved himself early on as an ...
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Tom Høgli
Tom Høgli (born 24 February 1984) is a Norwegian former professional football defender who last played for Eliteserien side Tromsø.
Club career Bodø/Glimt
Høgli played several seasons for Bodø/Glimt, whom he joined from ''Skånland og Ome ...
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John Arne Riise
John Arne Semundseth Riise (born 24 September 1980) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who played as a left back and a left midfielder. He is currently the manager of Toppserien club Avaldsnes.
With 110 caps, Rii ...
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Valter Birsa
Valter Birsa (born 7 August 1986) is a retired Slovenian association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger.
Club career
Born in Šempeter pri Gorici, he spent his childhood in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Birsa's career began ...
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Boštjan Cesar
Boštjan Cesar (born 9 July 1982) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Cesar played in Slovenia, Croatia, France, England and Italy. With 101 international appearances, he is Slovenia's most capped player of ...
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Josip Iličić
Josip Iličić (; born 29 January 1988) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor.
Iličić began his professional career with Slovenian club Bonifika, later also playing for Interblock ...
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Kevin Kampl
Kevin Kampl (born 9 October 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. Born in Germany, he has represented the Slovenia national team at international level. Besides Germany, he has played in Au ...
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Andraž Kirm
Andraž Kirm (born 6 September 1984) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Poland, the Netherlands, and Cyprus.
Club career
Slovenia
Kirm started his career at Šmartno, and moved ...
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Rene Krhin
Rene Krhin (born 21 May 1990) is a Slovenian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder.
Club career
Internazionale
Born in Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Slovenia), ...
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Marko Šuler
Marko Šuler (; born 9 March 1983) is a Slovenian retired football player who played as a centre-back. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Belgium, Israel, and Poland.
International career
Šuler earned his first cap for Slovenia in a friendly ...
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Tranquillo Barnetta
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Blerim Džemaili
Blerim Džemaili ( sq, Blerim Xhemaili, ; mk, Блерим Џемаили; born 12 April 1986) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Super League club Zürich as a midfielder.
He began his career at FC Zürich, where he won the Swi ...
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Michael Lang
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Haris Seferovic
Haris Seferovic ( bs, Seferović, ; born 22 February 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray, on loan from Portuguese club Benfica, and the Switzerland national team.
Seferovic made his ...
Discipline
Attendances
References
External links
Results and schedule for UEFA Group E (FIFA.com version)
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2012–13 in Swiss football
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2012–13 in Albanian football
2013–14 in Albanian football
2012 in Norwegian football
2013 in Norwegian football
2012–13 in Cypriot football
2013–14 in Cypriot football
2012–13 in Slovenian football
2013–14 in Slovenian football
2012 in Icelandic football
2013 in Icelandic football