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

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group I 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 tournament in Qatar. Group I consisted of six teams: Albania, Andorra, England, Hungary, Poland and San Marino. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

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

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 3 | +36 | 26 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Poland | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 20 | Advance to play-offs | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Albania | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 18 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Hungary | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 17 | | 0–4 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| 5 | Andorra | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 6 | | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | San Marino | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 46 | −45 | 0 | | 0–10 | 1–7 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — |

## 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 109 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.63 goals per match.

12 goals

* Harry Kane

8 goals

* Robert Lewandowski

5 goals

* Adam Buksa
* Karol Świderski

4 goals

* Harry Maguire

3 goals

* Armando Broja
* Marc Vales
* Bukayo Saka
* Dániel Gazdag
* Roland Sallai
* Ádám Szalai

2 goals

* Rey Manaj
* Myrto Uzuni
* Marc Pujol
* Tammy Abraham
* Dominic Calvert-Lewin
* Jesse Lingard
* Raheem Sterling
* James Ward-Prowse
* Dominik Szoboszlai
* Kamil Jóźwiak
* Karol Linetty
* Krzysztof Piątek

1 goal

* Endri Çekiçi
* Sokol Cikalleshi
* Elseid Hysaj
* Qazim Laçi
* Ermir Lenjani
* Ricard Fernández
* Max Llovera
* Sergi Moreno
* Ben Chilwell
* Jack Grealish
* Jordan Henderson
* Tyrone Mings
* Mason Mount
* Declan Rice
* Emile Smith Rowe
* John Stones
* Ollie Watkins
* Endre Botka
* Attila Fiola
* László Kleinheisler
* Loïc Négo
* Nemanja Nikolić
* Willi Orbán
* András Schäfer
* Bálint Vécsei
* Tomasz Kędziora
* Grzegorz Krychowiak
* Arkadiusz Milik
* Jakub Moder
* Damian Szymański
* Nicola Nanni

1 own goal

* Cristian Brolli (against Poland)
* Filippo Fabbri (against England)

## 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) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Albania | Keidi Bare | vs England (28 March 2021) vs Poland (2 September 2021) | vs Hungary (5 September 2021) |
| Albania | Endri Çekiçi | vs Hungary (5 September 2021) vs Hungary (9 October 2021) | vs Poland (12 October 2021) |
| Albania | Sokol Cikalleshi | vs Andorra (25 March 2021) vs England (12 November 2021) | vs Andorra (15 November 2021) |
| Albania | Klaus Gjasula | vs Andorra (25 March 2021) vs England (28 March 2021) | vs San Marino (31 March 2021) |
| Albania | Klaus Gjasula | vs Poland (2 September 2021) vs Hungary (5 September 2021) | vs San Marino (8 September 2021) |
| Albania | Klaus Gjasula | vs Hungary (9 October 2021) vs England (12 November 2021) | vs Andorra (15 November 2021) |
| Albania | Elseid Hysaj | vs England (28 March 2021) vs Poland (2 September 2021) | vs Hungary (5 September 2021) |
| Albania | Ardian Ismajli | vs Poland (12 October 2021) vs England (12 November 2021) | vs Andorra (15 November 2021) |
| Albania | Rey Manaj | vs Andorra (25 March 2021) vs Poland (2 September 2021) | vs Hungary (5 September 2021) |
| Andorra | Jordi Aláez | vs Poland (28 March 2021) vs San Marino (2 September 2021) | vs England (5 September 2021) |
| Andorra | Albert Alavedra | vs Hungary (31 March 2021) vs Hungary (8 September 2021) | vs England (9 October 2021) |
| Andorra | Ricard Fernández | vs Poland (12 November 2021) | vs Albania (15 November 2021) |
| Andorra | Christian García | vs Latvia in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (17 November 2020) | vs Albania (25 March 2021) |
| Andorra | Christian García | vs Poland (28 March 2021) vs England (5 September 2021) | vs Hungary (8 September 2021) |
| Andorra | Marc Pujol | vs Hungary (31 March 2021) vs San Marino (2 September 2021) | vs England (5 September 2021) |
| Andorra | Marc Rebés | vs Albania (25 March 2021) vs England (5 September 2021) | vs Hungary (8 September 2021) |
| Andorra | Chus Rubio | vs Albania (25 March 2021) vs England (5 September 2021) | vs Hungary (8 September 2021) |
| Andorra | Moisés San Nicolás | vs Hungary (31 March 2021) vs Hungary (8 September 2021) | vs England (9 October 2021) |
| Andorra | Marc Vales | vs Hungary (31 March 2021) vs England (5 September 2021) | vs Hungary (8 September 2021) |
| Andorra | Márcio Vieira | vs Albania (25 March 2021) vs Hungary (8 September 2021) | vs England (9 October 2021) |
| England | Tyrone Mings | vs San Marino (25 March 2021) vs Andorra (5 September 2021) | vs Poland (8 September 2021) |
| Hungary | Endre Botka | vs San Marino (28 March 2021) vs Albania (9 October 2021) | vs England (12 October 2021) |
| Hungary | Attila Fiola | vs Poland (25 March 2021) | vs San Marino (28 March 2021) |
| Hungary | Ádám Nagy | vs Poland (25 March 2021) vs Andorra (31 March 2021) | vs England (2 September 2021) |
| Hungary | Willi Orbán | vs England (2 September 2021) vs Albania (5 September 2021) | vs Andorra (8 September 2021) |
| Poland | Jan Bednarek | vs Albania (2 September 2021) vs Albania (12 October 2021) | vs Andorra (12 November 2021) |
| Poland | Grzegorz Krychowiak | vs England (8 September 2021) vs Andorra (12 November 2021) | vs Hungary (15 November 2021) |
| Poland | Karol Linetty | vs England (8 September 2021) vs San Marino (9 October 2021) | vs Albania (12 October 2021) |
| Poland | Tymoteusz Puchacz | vs England (8 September 2021) vs Albania (12 October 2021) | vs Andorra (12 November 2021) |
| San Marino | Manuel Battistini | vs Hungary (28 March 2021) vs Andorra (2 September 2021) | vs Poland (5 September 2021) |
| San Marino | Lorenzo Lunadei | vs Hungary (28 March 2021) vs Poland (5 September 2021) | vs Albania (8 September 2021) |
| San Marino | Marcello Mularoni | vs Albania (31 March 2021) vs Poland (5 September 2021) | vs Albania (8 September 2021) |
| San Marino | Davide Simoncini | vs Gibraltar in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (14 November 2020) | vs England (25 March 2021) vs Hungary (28 March 2021) |
| San Marino | Davide Simoncini | vs Albania (31 March 2021) vs Andorra (12 October 2021) | vs Hungary (12 November 2021) |
