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. The group consisted of six teams:

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, and

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. The draw was for the first round (group stage) which was not held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (

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), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in

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, Russia. The group winners, Germany, who finished with a 100% record, qualified directly for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The group runners-up, Northern Ireland, advanced to the

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as one of the best eight runners-up.

Standings

Matches

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Goalscorers

There were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of goals per match. ;5 goals *

Thomas Müller Thomas Müller (; born 13 September 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays for club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. A versatile player, Müller has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – as an attacking mi ...

* Sandro Wagner * Joshua King ;4 goals * Michal Krmenčík ;3 goals * Afran Ismayilov * Antonín Barák * Vladimír Darida *

Julian Draxler Julian Draxler (born 20 September 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and the Germany national team. Draxler is known ...

* Serge Gnabry *

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Kyle Lafferty Kyle Joseph George Lafferty (born 16 September 1987) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who currently plays for NIFL Premiership club Linfield and the Northern Ireland national team. Lafferty began his professional career with Engl ...

Josh Magennis Joshua Brendan David Magennis (born 15 August 1990) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Wigan Athletic. Having spent the majority of his youth career as a goalkeeper, he switched to striker in 2008 before turning professio ...

* Mohamed Elyounoussi ;2 goals * Theodor Gebre Selassie * Jan Kopic *

Mario Gómez Mario Gómez García (; born 10 July 1985) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented the Germany national team over a period of 11 years between 2007 and 2018. Gómez began his professional career with ...

* Jonas Hector *

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* Joshua Kimmich *

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* Chris Brunt * Steven Davis *

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;1 goal * Araz Abdullayev * Maksim Medvedev * Dimitrij Nazarov * Ruslan Qurbanov * Rashad Sadygov *

Ramil Sheydayev Ramil Teymurovich Sheydayev ( az, Ramil Teymur oğlu Şeydayev; russian: Рамиль Теймурович Шейдаев; born 15 March 1996) is an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani professional association football, footballer who plays for Qarabağ FK ...

* Václav Kadlec * Filip Novák * Jaromír Zmrhal * Julian Brandt *

Emre Can Emre Can (; born 12 January 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team. A versatile player, Can can also play as a defensive midfielder, centre ...

* Mats Hummels *

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* Shkodran Mustafi * Mesut Özil *

Antonio Rüdiger Antonio Rüdiger (born 3 March 1993) is a German professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and the Germany national football team, Germany national team. Rüdiger began ...

* Sebastian Rudy * Kevin Volland *

Amin Younes Amin Younes (born 6 August 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch club Utrecht, on loan from Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq, and the Germany national team. Younes started his youth career at SG Unterrath, bef ...

Stuart Dallas Stuart Dallas (born 19 April 1991) is a Northern Irish professional Association football, footballer who plays for Premier League club Leeds United F.C., Leeds United and the Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland national team ...

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Gareth McAuley Gareth Gerald McAuley ( ; born 5 December 1979) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He represented Northern Ireland at senior international level, being capped on 80 occasions and scoring nine times ...

* Conor McLaughlin * Conor Washington * Adama Diomande * Markus Henriksen * Martin Linnes * Martin Samuelsen * Ole Selnæs * Alexander Søderlund * Mirko Palazzi *

Mattia Stefanelli Mattia Stefanelli (born 12 March 1993) is a Sammarinese footballer who plays for Fiorentino and San Marino national team. He scored San Marino's first away goal in the World Cup UEFA qualification competition since 2001. Biography Stefanelli i ...

;1 own goal * Rashad Sadygov (against Norway) * Chris Brunt (against Norway) * Michele Cevoli (against Azerbaijan) * Davide Simoncini (against Norway) *

(against Germany)

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: * Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences) * Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches) The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Notes

References

External links

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Qualifiers – Europe: Round 1
FIFA.com

UEFA.com

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