The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group D 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. [1] Group D consisted of five teams: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, France (the title holders), Kazakhstan and Ukraine. [2] The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]
The group winners, France, qualified directly for the World Cup finals, while the runners-up, Ukraine, advanced to the second round (play-offs).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| 1 | France | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 18 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Ukraine | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | Advance to play-offs | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| 3 | Finland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 8 December 2020, the day following the draw. [4] [5] [6] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Finland | 2–2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| France | 1–1 | Ukraine |
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| Griezmann 19' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) | Sydorchuk 57' |
| Ukraine | 1–1 | Finland |
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| Ukraine | 1–1 | Kazakhstan |
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| Kazakhstan | 2–2 | Ukraine |
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| France | 1–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Ukraine | 1–1 | France |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–2 | Kazakhstan |
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| France | 2–0 | Finland |
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| Kazakhstan | 0–2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Finland | 1–2 | Ukraine |
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| Kazakhstan | 0–2 | Finland |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–3 | Finland |
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There were 53 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Anel Ahmedhodžić Edin Džeko Miroslav Stevanović Marcus Forss Robin Lod Daniel O'Shaughnessy Joel Pohjanpalo Ousmane Dembélé Anthony Martial Adrien Rabiot Islambek Kuat Serikzhan Muzhikov Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov Artem Dovbyk Júnior Moraes Mykola Shaparenko Danylo Sikan Serhiy Sydorchuk Oleksandr Zinchenko 1 own goal
Serhiy Malyi (against France)A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [27]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Amir Hadžiahmetović |  vs France (31 March 2021) vs France (1 September 2021) | vs Kazakhstan (7 September 2021) |
| Dennis Hadžikadunić | vs France (31 March 2021) vs Kazakhstan (7 September 2021) | vs Kazakhstan (9 October 2021) | |
| Finland | Glen Kamara | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2021) vs Ukraine (28 March 2021) | vs Kazakhstan (4 September 2021) |
| Jukka Raitala |  vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 November 2021) | vs France (16 November 2021) | |
| Rasmus Schüller | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2021) vs France (7 September 2021) | vs Ukraine (9 October 2021) | |
| Jere Uronen | vs Wales in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 March 2021) [28] | |
| France | Jules Koundé | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 September 2021) | vs Ukraine (4 September 2021) vs Finland (7 September 2021) [29] |
| Kazakhstan | Islambek Kuat |  vs Lithuania in 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (18 November 2020) | vs France (28 March 2021) [28] |
| Stas Pokatilov | vs Ukraine (31 March 2021) vs Ukraine (1 September 2021) | vs Finland (4 September 2021) | |
| Vladislav Vasilyev | vs Ukraine (1 September 2021) vs Bosnia and Herzrgovina (7 September 2021) | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 October 2021) | |
| Yan Vorogovsky | vs Ukraine (31 March 2021) vs Finland (12 October 2021) | vs France (13 November 2021) | |
| Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 September 2021) vs Finland (12 October 2021) | ||
| Ukraine | Vitalii Mykolenko | vs Finland (28 March 2021) | vs Kazakhstan (31 March 2021) |
| Oleksandr Zinchenko | vs Kazakhstan (31 March 2021) vs Kazakhstan (1 September 2021) | vs France (4 September 2021) |
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