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

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E 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 E consisted of five teams: Belarus, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Wales. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

The group winners, Belgium, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Wales, and the third-placed team, the Czech Republic, advanced to the second round (play-offs).

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Belgium | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 20 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Wales | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 | Advance to play-offs | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 14 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Estonia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 4 | | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–6 | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Belarus | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 3 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | — |

## 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 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

5 goals

* Romelu Lukaku

3 goals

* Vitaly Lisakovich
* Hans Vanaken
* Tomáš Souček
* Henri Anier
* Erik Sorga
* Gareth Bale
* Aaron Ramsey

2 goals

* Christian Benteke
* Kevin De Bruyne
* Thorgan Hazard
* Dennis Praet
* Leandro Trossard
* Antonín Barák
* Patrik Schick
* Daniel James
* Kieffer Moore

1 goal

* Yury Kendysh
* Artem Kontsevoy
* Pavel Savitski
* Pavel Sedko
* Michy Batshuayi
* Yannick Carrasco
* Jérémy Doku
* Thomas Foket
* Eden Hazard
* Alexis Saelemaekers
* Axel Witsel
* Jakub Brabec
* Adam Hložek
* Jakub Jankto
* Jakub Pešek
* Lukáš Provod
* Jan Sýkora
* Mattias Käit
* Rauno Sappinen
* Sergei Zenjov
* Ben Davies
* Connor Roberts
* Neco Williams
* Harry Wilson

1 own goal

* Danny Ward (against Czech Republic)

## 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) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Belarus | Artyom Bykov | vs Wales (5 September 2021) vs Czech Republic (11 October 2021) | vs Wales (13 November 2021) |
| Belarus | Max Ebong | vs Czech Republic (2 September 2021) vs Belgium (8 September 2021) | vs Estonia (8 October 2021) |
| Belgium | Romelu Lukaku | vs Estonia (2 September 2021) vs Czech Republic (5 September 2021) | vs Belarus (8 September 2021) |
| Belgium | Jan Vertonghen | vs Czech Republic (27 March 2021) vs Czech Republic (5 September 2021) | vs Belarus (8 September 2021) |
| Czech Republic | Antonín Barák | vs Belgium (5 September 2021) vs Wales (8 October 2021) | vs Belarus (11 October 2021) |
| Czech Republic | Patrik Schick | vs Wales (30 March 2021) | vs Belarus (2 September 2021) vs Belgium (5 September 2021) |
| Estonia | Henri Anier | vs Belarus (27 March 2021) vs Belarus (8 October 2021) | vs Wales (11 October 2021) |
| Estonia | Vladislav Kreida | vs Wales (8 September 2021) vs Belarus (8 October 2021) | vs Wales (11 October 2021) |
| Estonia | Märten Kuusk | vs Belarus (27 March 2021) vs Wales (11 October 2021) | vs Belgium (13 November 2021) |
| Estonia | Karl Rudolf Õigus | vs Belarus (27 March 2021) | vs Belgium (2 September 2021) |
| Wales | Ethan Ampadu | vs Czech Republic (8 October 2021) vs Belarus (13 November 2021) | vs Belgium (16 November 2021) |
| Wales | Kieffer Moore | vs Czech Republic (8 October 2021) vs Estonia (11 October 2021) | vs Belarus (13 November 2021) |
| Wales | Connor Roberts | vs Czech Republic (30 March 2021) | vs Belarus (5 September 2021) |
| Wales | Harry Wilson | vs Denmark in UEFA Euro 2020 (26 June 2021) | vs Belarus (5 September 2021) |
