title: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E
text: # 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) |
  