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Anier, Lindpere fire Estonia to victory

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:07:00 GMT

Estonia dominated throughout and ultimately beat Group D tailenders Andorra 2-0, with Henri Anier and Joel Lindpere their marksmen.

Crunch time for former champions

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:03:00 GMT

Spain's trip to France is among the eye-catching fixtures in Tuesday's European Zone FIFA World Cup qualifiers. FIFA.com previews the action.

Spain stumble, Portugal rescue point

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:25:00 GMT

FIFA.com reviews all the action from a massive evening of Brazil 2014 qualifiers in Europe highlighted by a shock draw at home for world champions Spain against Finland, while Portugal narrowly avoided defeat in Israel.

Gala pair down Andorra

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:57:00 GMT

Turkey breathed life back into their fading FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with victory over minnows Andorra, thanks to goals from Galatasaray players Selcuk Inan and Burak Yilmaz.

Sting in the tail for Germany, Spain

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:58:00 GMT

Surprise results littered Tuesday's 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ qualification, as Germany let slip a four goal lead to draw 4-4 with Sweden, Northern Ireland held Portugal and France stunned Spain to grab a point in the closing seconds.

Estonia scrape win in Andorra

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:20:00 GMT

Estonia managed to narrowly seal victory in Andorra as Group D's two winless sides met at the Estadio Comunal de Aixovall, with Andres Oper's second-half goal claiming the points.

Excitement as Euro elite face off

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Five games pit table-toppers against close rivals on Matchday 4 of European Zone qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, as FIFA.com explains.

Dutch put three past Andorra

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:15:00 GMT

Rafael van der Vaart, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Ruben Schaken were on target as Netherlands continued their perfect start to FIFA World Cup qualifying with a 3-0 home victory over Andorra.

High stakes in Belgrade, Moscow and Piraeus

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:08:00 GMT

England, the Netherlands and Sweden may be expected to build up their goal difference on Matchday 3, but in Serbia-Belgium, Russia-Portugal and Greece-Bosnia-Herzegovina, the menu has some fascinating, hard-to-call fixtures.

Van Gaal brings back Van der Vaart

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Hamburg midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has been included in Louis van Gaal's Netherlands squad for their upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Romania.

De Jong: I know my place in Dutch squad

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:57:00 GMT

Luuk de Jong chats to FIFA.com about adapting to life in the Bundesliga, Borussia Monchengladbach’s targets and his own personal goals with the Netherlands.

Four more goals for Romania

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:18:00 GMT

Romania maintained their encouraging start to FIFA World Cup qualifying as they eased to a comfortable 4-0 victory at home to Group D rivals Andorra.

World champions join the party

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:26:00 GMT

After a dramatic opening weekend of FIFA World Cup qualifying action in the European Zone, Spain begin their campaign tomorrow with a match in Georgia. FIFA.com looks ahead to all the action in the old continent.

Big guns hit ground running

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:56:00 GMT

The likes of England, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal made winning starts to European Zone qualifying for Brazil 2014, while Italy were held to a 2-2 draw in Bulgaria.

Hungary hit five in Andorra

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:41:00 GMT

An evening that began badly for Andorra got little better as Hungary fired five past them at the Estadio Comunal de Aixovall.

Avci upbeat ahead of qualifying campaign

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:24:00 GMT

Turkey coach Abdullah Avci is hoping his positive outlook will rub off on his players as they open their FIFA World Cup qualifying programme against Netherlands tomorrow night.

Road to Brazil begins in Europe

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:41:00 GMT

All 53 European member associations will be involved in the first round of FIFA World Cup preliminaries this Friday and Saturday as the road to Brazil begins in the Old Continent.

Egervari: Netherlands are favourites

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:35:00 GMT

"The battle for second should be tough, with Turkey, Romania and Hungary all involved. Taking into account our recent results, I think we’ve got a chance." Hungary coach Sandor Egervari

Rocky road for the Netherlands

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:08:00 GMT

Favourites in a group featuring “four genuine football nations” according to coach Bert van Marwijk, the Netherlands cannot expect to have everything their own way.

Drama and derbies await in Europe

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:37:00 GMT

The draw for the European zone yielded some potentially thrilling sections, with local rivalries set to be stirred and the world champions left to do battle with another winner of football's ultimate prize.