The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualification UEFA Group A was a UEFA qualifying group for the

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. The group comprised Belgium, Croatia,

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, Scotland, Serbia and Wales. The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Croatia placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Iceland. They drew the first match and won the second, thus also qualifying for the World Cup.

Standings

Matches

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Goalscorers

There were 72 goals scored over 30 games, for an average of 2.40 goals per game. ;4 goals * Aleksandar Kolarov *

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* Kevin De Bruyne ;3 goals * Filip Đuričić * Aaron Ramsey * Mario Mandžukić ;2 goals * Dušan Tadić * Eden Hazard * Vincent Kompany * Romelu Lukaku * Kevin Mirallas * Christian Benteke * Agim Ibraimi * Robert Snodgrass * Eduardo ;1 goal *

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* Marouane Fellaini *

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* Jan Vertonghen * Vedran Ćorluka * Nikica Jelavić * Niko Kranjčar * Dejan Lovren * Ivica Olić * Ivan Perišić * Ivan Rakitić *

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Jovan Kostovski Jovan Kostovski ( mk, Јован Костовски, born 19 April 1987) is a Macedonian footballer who is currently unemployed after most recently playing as a striker for Ethnikos Achna. International career He made his senior debut for ...

* Nikolče Noveski * Aleksandar Trajkovski *

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* Grant Hanley * Shaun Maloney * Kenny Miller * James Morrison *

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* Filip Đorđević *

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* Lazar Marković * Aleksandar Mitrović *

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* Miralem Sulejmani * Zoran Tošić * Hal Robson-Kanu * Simon Church ;1 own goal *

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(playing against Serbia)

Discipline

References

External links

Results and schedule for UEFA Group A (FIFA.com version)
{{DEFAULTSORT:World Cup A 2012–13 in Belgian football

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2012–13 in Republic of Macedonia football 2013–14 in Republic of Macedonia football 2012–13 in Scottish football 2013–14 in Scottish football 2012–13 in Welsh football 2013–14 in Welsh football 2012–13 in Serbian football 2013–14 in Serbian football 2012–13 in Croatian football