The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised

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and

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. The group winners, England, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ukraine placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the

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, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against

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. After winning the first match by two goals, they lost the second by three and thus failed to qualify for the World Cup.

Standings

Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in

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Goalscorers

There were 108 goals scored in 30 matches for an average of 3.60 goals per match. ;7 goals *

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;4 goals *

Frank Lampard Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Everton. He is widely regarded as one of Chelsea’s greatest ever players, and one of the greatest midfielder ...

Danny Welbeck Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck (born 26 November 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Brighton & Hove Albion. Welbeck made his way through the youth teams at Manchester United before making his senio ...

* Eugen Sidorenco *

Andrija Delibašić Andrija Delibašić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Делибашић, ; born 24 April 1981) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. After starting out at Partizan he went on to spend most of his career in ...

Dejan Damjanović Dejan Damjanović ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Дамјановић, ; born 27 July 1981), also known mononymously as Dejan, is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. He is regarded a ...

Jakub Błaszczykowski Jakub Błaszczykowski (; born 14 December 1985), also known as Kuba, is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Wisła Kraków, businessman and Wisła Kraków's part owner. He started his professional football at Wisła Krakó ...

Andriy Yarmolenko Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Ярмоленко; born 23 October 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Emirati UAE Pro League club Al Ain and captains ...

* Marko Dević ;3 goals *

Jermain Defoe Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He also played for the England national team. Defoe began his career with Charlton Athletic, joining their youth team aged 14, be ...

Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski (; born 21 August 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona and captains the Poland national team. Recognised for his positioning, technique and finishing, Lewandowski is co ...

* Yevhen Khacheridi *

Yevhen Konoplyanka Yevhen Olehovych Konoplyanka ( uk, Євген Олегович Коноплянка; born 29 September 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Cracovia and the Ukraine national team. He began ...

Yevhen Seleznyov Yevhen Oleksandrovych Seleznyov ( uk, Євген Олександрович Селезньов; born 20 July 1985) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Mynai. He previously played three spells at Shakhtar Donetsk, ...

* Roman Bezus ;2 goals * Steven Gerrard *

Daniel Sturridge Daniel Andre Sturridge (; born 1 September 1989) is an English professional footballer who last played as a striker. As well as representing England, he has played in the Premier League for Manchester City, Chelsea, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool ...

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Alexander Mark David Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 15 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Liverpool. After rising to prominence with Southampton during the 2010–11 season aged 17, Oxlade-Chambe ...

* Alexandru Antoniuc *

Fatos Bećiraj Fatos Bećiraj ( cnr, Фатос Бећирај, sq, Fatos Besim Beqiraj; born 5 May 1988) is a Demographics of Montenegro, Montenegrin professional Football player, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for F ...

* Stevan Jovetić * Mirko Vučinić * Elsad Zverotić * Adrian Mierzejewski * Łukasz Piszczek * Piotr Zieliński * Artem Fedetskiy ;1 goal * Leighton Baines * Rickie Lambert * James Milner * Andros Townsend * Ashley Young * Igor Armaș * Serghei Dadu * Alexandru Epureanu * Viorel Frunză * Artur Ioniță * Alexandru Suvorov * Luka Đorđević * Nikola Drinčić * Kamil Glik * Jakub Kosecki * Waldemar Sobota * Łukasz Teodorczyk * Jakub Wawrzyniak * Alessandro Della Valle * Edmar Halovskyi de Lacerda, Edmar * Denys Harmash * Oleh Husyev * Vitaliy Mandzyuk * Yaroslav Rakytskiy * Roman Zozulya (footballer), Roman Zozulya ;1 own goal * Branko Bošković (playing against England) * Alessandro Della Valle (playing against England)

Discipline

Attendances

References

External links

Results and schedule for UEFA Group H (FIFA.com version)
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