2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G
# 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar. Group G consisted of six teams: Gibraltar, Latvia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

The group winners, Netherlands, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Turkey, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 23 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Turkey | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 21 | Advance to play-offs | 4–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Norway | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Montenegro | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 12 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| 5 | Latvia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 9 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 6 | Gibraltar | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 43 | −39 | 0 | | 0–7 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | — |

## Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

## Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match.

12 goals

* Memphis Depay

5 goals

* Erling Haaland
* Burak Yılmaz

4 goals

* Fatos Bećiraj
* Davy Klaassen

3 goals

* Vladislavs Gutkovskis
* Stevan Jovetić
* Luuk de Jong
* Donyell Malen
* Mohamed Elyounoussi
* Alexander Sørloth
* Kristian Thorstvedt
* Kerem Aktürkoğlu
* Hakan Çalhanoğlu
* Halil Dervişoğlu

2 goals

* Reece Styche
* Roberts Uldriķis
* Adam Marušić
* Steven Berghuis
* Georginio Wijnaldum
* Serdar Dursun
* Kenan Karaman
* Ozan Tufan
* Cengiz Ünder

1 goal

* Tjay De Barr
* Liam Walker
* Andrejs Cigaņiks
* Dāvis Ikaunieks
* Jānis Ikaunieks
* Raimonds Krollis
* Roberts Savaļnieks
* Risto Radunović
* Marko Simić
* Žarko Tomašević
* Nikola Vujnović
* Ilija Vukotić
* Donny van de Beek
* Steven Bergwijn
* Arnaut Danjuma
* Virgil van Dijk
* Denzel Dumfries
* Cody Gakpo
* Guus Til
* Jonas Svensson
* Merih Demiral
* Orkun Kökçü
* Mert Müldür
* Çağlar Söyüncü
* Yusuf Yazıcı

1 own goal

* Merih Demiral (against Latvia)

## 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:

| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gibraltar | Louie Annesley | vs Norway (24 March 2021) vs Latvia (1 September 2021) | vs Turkey (4 September 2021) |
| Gibraltar | Tjay De Barr | vs Netherlands (30 March 2021) vs Turkey (4 September 2021) | vs Norway (7 September 2021) |
| Gibraltar | Kyle Goldwin | vs Montenegro (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (8 October 2021) | vs Netherlands (11 October 2021) |
| Gibraltar | Aymen Mouelhi | vs Norway (24 March 2021) vs Norway (7 September 2021) | vs Montenegro (8 October 2021) |
| Gibraltar | Jayce Olivero | vs Turkey (13 November 2021) | vs Latvia (16 November 2021) |
| Latvia | Antonijs Černomordijs | vs Montenegro (24 March 2021) vs Gibraltar (1 September 2021) | vs Norway (4 September 2021) |
| Latvia | Eduards Emsis | vs Turkey (30 March 2021) vs Norway (13 November 2021) | vs Gibraltar (16 November 2021) |
| Latvia | Vladislavs Fjodorovs | vs Turkey (30 March 2021) vs Norway (4 September 2021) | vs Montenegro (7 September 2021) |
| Latvia | Vladislavs Gutkovskis | vs Norway (4 September 2021) vs Montenegro (7 September 2021) | vs Netherlands (8 October 2021) |
| Latvia | Vladimirs Kamešs | vs Montenegro (24 March 2021) vs Turkey (30 March 2021) | vs Gibraltar (1 September 2021) |
| Latvia | Krišs Kārkliņš | vs Montenegro (24 March 2021) vs Netherlands (27 March 2021) | vs Turkey (30 March 2021) |
| Montenegro | Uroš Đurđević | vs Turkey (1 September 2021) vs Latvia (7 September 2021) | vs Gibraltar (8 October 2021) |
| Montenegro | Stefan Savić | vs Turkey (1 September 2021) vs Netherlands (4 September 2021) | vs Latvia (7 September 2021) |
| Montenegro | Marko Vešović | vs Norway (11 October 2021) | vs Netherlands (13 November 2021) |
| Montenegro | Igor Vujačić | vs Latvia (24 March 2021) vs Turkey (1 September 2021) | vs Netherlands (4 September 2021) |
| Netherlands | Daley Blind | vs Latvia (27 March 2021) vs Norway (1 September 2021) | vs Montenegro (4 September 2021) |
| Netherlands | Matthijs de Ligt | vs Czech Republic in UEFA Euro 2020 (27 June 2021) | vs Norway (1 September 2021) |
| Netherlands | Georginio Wijnaldum | vs Turkey (24 March 2021) vs Turkey (7 September 2021) | vs Latvia (8 October 2021) |
| Norway | Stian Gregersen | vs Turkey (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (11 October 2021) | vs Latvia (13 November 2021) |
| Norway | Alexander Sørloth | vs Turkey (27 March 2021) vs Montenegro (30 March 2021) | vs Netherlands (1 September 2021) |
| Norway | Morten Thorsby | vs Netherlands (1 September 2021) vs Turkey (8 October 2021) | vs Montenegro (11 October 2021) |
| Norway | Kristian Thorstvedt | vs Turkey (27 March 2021) | vs Montenegro (30 March 2021) vs Netherlands (1 September 2021) |
| Turkey | Ozan Kabak | vs Netherlands (24 March 2021) vs Netherlands (7 September 2021) | vs Norway (8 October 2021) |
| Turkey | Orkun Kökçü | vs Gibraltar (4 September 2021) vs Netherlands (7 September 2021) | vs Norway (8 October 2021) |
| Turkey | Mert Müldür | vs Norway (27 March 2021) vs Gibraltar (13 November 2021) | vs Montenegro (16 November 2021) |
| Turkey | Çağlar Söyüncü | vs Netherlands (7 September 2021) | vs Norway (8 October 2021) |
| Turkey | Yusuf Yazıcı | vs Norway (8 October 2021) vs Latvia (11 October 2021) | vs Gibraltar (13 November 2021) |
| Turkey | Burak Yılmaz | vs Netherlands (24 March 2021) vs Montenegro (1 September 2021) | vs Gibraltar (4 September 2021) |
