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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

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. 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 m ...

* Sandro Wagner * Joshua King ;4 goals * Michal Krmenčík ;3 goals *

Afran Ismayilov Afran Ismayilov ( az, Əfran İsmayılov, born on 8 October 1988) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League side Kapaz. Early years Ismayilov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, started playin ...

Antonín Barák Antonín Barák (born 3 December 1994) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Fiorentina, on loan from Hellas Verona, and the Czech Republic national team. After starting his professional career at Příbram in t ...

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Leon Goretzka Leon Christoph Goretzka (born 6 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. Starting off his career with VfL Bochum in 2012, he went on play more than 100 B ...

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;2 goals *

Theodor Gebre Selassie Theodor Gebre Selassie (born 24 December 1986) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Czech club Slovan Liberec, either as a right-back or as wing-back. He earned 54 caps and scored three goals with the Czech national team. Havin ...

* Jan Kopic *

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* Sami Khedira *

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;1 goal *

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Maksim Medvedev Maksim Borisoviç Medvedev (russian: Максим Борисович Медведев; born 29 September 1989) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a right-back for and captains both Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ an ...

Dimitrij Nazarov Dmitry Valentinovich Nazarov ( az, Dmitri Valentinoviç Nazarov; russian: Дмитрий Валентинович Назаров; born 4 April 1990) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays for club Erzgebirge Aue and the Azerbaijan ...

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* Ramil Sheydayev *

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* Filip Novák *

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* Mats Hummels * Toni Kroos *

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* Antonio Rüdiger *

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* Stuart Dallas * Jonny Evans *

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* Ole Selnæs *

Alexander Søderlund Alexander Toft Søderlund (born 3 August 1987) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Haugesund. He has represented the Norway national team. Club career After playing for Stegaberg IL in his youth, Søderlund played ...

Mirko Palazzi Mirko Palazzi (born 21 March 1987) is a Sammarinese footballer who plays for S.S. Cosmos. Career Born in Rimini, Emilia–Romagna, Italy to an Italian father and a Sanmarinese mother, Palazzi started his career at hometown club Rimini. At Rimi ...

* Mattia Stefanelli ;1 own goal *

(against Norway) *

(against Norway) * Michele Cevoli (against Azerbaijan) *

Davide Simoncini Davide Simoncini (born 30 August 1986) is a Sanmarinese footballer who plays as a defender for Sammarinese club Tre Fiori and captains the San Marino national team. Club career Simoncini played for A.C. Libertas from 2005 until 2020, when ...

(against Norway) * Mattia Stefanelli (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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