2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E
# 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus and Iceland.

The group winners, Switzerland, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Iceland placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Croatia. However, they failed to qualify for the World Cup after drawing the first match and losing the second.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 24 | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup | — | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Iceland | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 17 | Advance to second round | 0–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 15 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Norway | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 12 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Albania | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 11 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 5 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — |

## Matches

A meeting was held in Zürich, Switzerland, on 22 November 2011 to determine the schedule. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the fixtures, which were then determined by a random draw at the conclusion of the meeting.

## Goalscorers

There were 71 goals in 30 matches, for an average of 2.37 goals per match.

### 5 goals

* Milivoje Novaković

### 4 goals

* Gylfi Sigurðsson
* Kolbeinn Sigþórsson

### 3 goals

* Birkir Bjarnason
* Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
* Fabian Schär

### 2 goals

* Edgar Çani
* Valdet Rama
* Hamdi Salihi
* Efstathios Aloneftis
* Alfreð Finnbogason
* Tarik Elyounoussi
* Brede Hangeland
* Joshua King
* Tim Matavž
* Xherdan Shaqiri
* Mario Gavranović
* Gökhan Inler
* Stephan Lichtsteiner
* Granit Xhaka

### 1 goal

* Erjon Bogdani
* Odise Roshi
* Armando Sadiku
* Vincent Laban
* Constantinos Makrides
* Kári Árnason
* Daniel Braaten
* Markus Henriksen
* Tom Høgli
* John Arne Riise
* Valter Birsa
* Boštjan Cesar
* Josip Iličić
* Kevin Kampl
* Andraž Kirm
* Rene Krhin
* Marko Šuler
* Tranquillo Barnetta
* Blerim Džemaili
* Michael Lang
* Haris Seferovic

## Discipline

| Pos | Player | Country | | | Suspended for match(es) | Reason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | Boštjan Cesar | Slovenia | 4 | 1 | vs Albania (16 October 2012) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| MF | Tranquillo Barnetta | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | vs Albania (11 September 2012) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| DF | Andi Lila | Albania | 2 | 1 | vs Norway (7 June 2013) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| DF | Sölvi Ottesen | Iceland | 1 | 1 | vs Albania (12 October 2012) | Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match |
| DF | Espen Ruud | Norway | 4 | 0 | vs Albania (22 March 2013) vs Slovenia (11 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| FW | Vincent Laban | Cyprus | 3 | 0 | vs Slovenia (12 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Aron Gunnarsson | Iceland | 3 | 0 | vs Switzerland (16 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| FW | Eren Derdiyok | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | vs Iceland (16 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Valentinos Sielis | Cyprus | 2 | 0 | vs Norway (16 October 2012) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Kári Árnason | Iceland | 3 | 0 | vs Slovenia (22 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Rúrik Gíslason | Iceland | 2 | 0 | vs Slovenia (22 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Grétar Steinsson | Iceland | 2 | 0 | vs Slovenia (22 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Josip Iličić | Slovenia | 2 | 0 | vs Iceland (22 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Andraž Kirm | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | vs Iceland (22 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Daniel Braaten | Norway | 2 | 0 | vs Albania (22 March 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | Iceland | 2 | 0 | vs Slovenia (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | Iceland | 3 | 0 | vs Slovenia (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Lorik Cana | Albania | 4 | 0 | vs Norway (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Odise Roshi | Albania | 2 | 0 | vs Norway (7 June 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Armend Dallku | Albania | 3 | 0 | vs Slovenia (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Gökhan Inler | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | vs Iceland (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Elias Charalambous | Cyprus | 2 | 0 | vs Norway (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Konstantinos Makridis | Cyprus | 2 | 0 | vs Norway (6 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Efstathios Aloneftis | Cyprus | 3 | 0 | vs Slovenia (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Jasmin Kurtić | Slovenia | 2 | 0 | vs Cyprus (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Ansi Agolli | Albania | 2 | 0 | vs Iceland (10 September 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| MF | Giorgos Merkis | Cyprus | 2 | 0 | vs Albania (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |
| DF | Steve von Bergen | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | vs Slovenia (15 October 2013) | Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches |

## Attendances

| Team | Highest | Lowest | Average |
| - | - | - | - |
| Albania | 15,600 | 8,200 | 11,240 |
| Cyprus | 2,493 | 342 | 1,439 |
| Iceland | 9,768 | 8,352 | 9,091 |
| Norway | 16,631 | 6,796 | 11,420 |
| Switzerland | 30,712 | 16,500 | 22,425 |
| Slovenia | 13,843 | 6,500 | 10,487 |
