UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group E

Group E of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament.[1] Group E consisted of five teams: Azerbaijan, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and Wales,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The top two teams, Croatia and Wales, qualified directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs were not decided based on results from the qualifying group stage, but instead based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Croatia 8 5 2 1 17 7 +10 17 Qualify for final tournament 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1
2   Wales 8 4 2 2 10 6 +4 14 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
3   Slovakia 8 4 1 3 13 11 +2 13 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–4 1–1 2–0 2–0
4   Hungary 8 4 0 4 8 11 −3 12 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
5   Azerbaijan 8 0 1 7 5 18 −13 1 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin.[4][5] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Croatia  2–1  Azerbaijan
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Attendance: 23,146[6]
Slovakia  2–0  Hungary
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Wales  1–0  Slovakia
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Hungary  2–1  Croatia
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Attendance: 19,400[6]

Croatia  2–1  Wales
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Azerbaijan  1–3  Hungary
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Attendance: 10,450[6]

Azerbaijan  1–5  Slovakia
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Attendance: 8,200[6]
Hungary  1–0  Wales
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Attendance: 18,350[6]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Slovakia  0–4  Croatia
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Wales  2–1  Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan  1–1  Croatia
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Attendance: 9,150[6]
Hungary  1–2  Slovakia
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Croatia  3–0  Hungary
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Attendance: 32,110[6]
Slovakia  1–1  Wales
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Hungary  1–0  Azerbaijan
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Wales  1–1  Croatia
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Azerbaijan  0–2  Wales
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Attendance: 8,622[6]
Croatia  3–1  Slovakia
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Attendance: 8,212[6]

Slovakia  2–0  Azerbaijan
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Wales  2–0  Hungary
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Goalscorers

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There were 53 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving three yellow cards in three different matches, as well as after fifth and any subsequent yellow card (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)
  Azerbaijan Anton Krivotsyuk   vs Slovakia (11 June 2019)
  vs Wales (6 September 2019)
  vs Croatia (9 September 2019)
vs Hungary (13 October 2019)
Maksim Medvedev   vs Croatia (21 March 2019)
  vs Hungary (8 June 2019)
  vs Croatia (9 September 2019)
Dimitrij Nazarov   vs Hungary (8 June 2019)
  vs Wales (6 September 2019)
  vs Croatia (9 September 2019)
  Croatia Marcelo Brozović   vs Wales (8 June 2019)
  vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2019)
  vs Hungary (10 October 2019)
vs Wales (13 October 2019)
Dejan Lovren Insulting behaviour vs Spain in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League (15 November 2018)[7] vs Azerbaijan (21 March 2019)[8]
  vs Hungary (24 March 2019)
  vs Wales (8 June 2019)
  vs Wales (13 October 2019)
vs Slovakia (16 November 2019)
Domagoj Vida   vs Wales (8 June 2019)
  vs Hungary (10 October 2019)
  vs Wales (13 October 2019)
  Hungary Botond Baráth     vs Slovakia (9 September 2019) vs Croatia (10 October 2019)
László Kleinheisler     vs Croatia (10 October 2019) vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019)
Mihály Korhut   vs Slovakia (21 March 2019)
  vs Wales (11 June 2019)
  vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019)
vs Wales (19 November 2019)
Ádám Nagy   vs Slovakia (21 March 2019)
  vs Wales (11 June 2019)
  vs Slovakia (9 September 2019)
vs Croatia (10 October 2019)
  Slovakia Norbert Gyömbér     vs Wales (10 October 2019) vs Croatia (16 November 2019)
Róbert Mak     vs Croatia (16 November 2019) vs Azerbaijan (19 November 2019)
Denis Vavro   vs Hungary (21 March 2019)
  vs Wales (24 March 2019)
  vs Hungary (9 September 2019)
vs Wales (10 October 2019)
  Wales Joe Allen   vs Slovakia (24 March 2019)
  vs Azerbaijan (6 September 2019)
  vs Croatia (13 October 2019)
vs Azerbaijan (16 November 2019)

Notes

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  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches in March and November 2019, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA Euro 2020: Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ^ "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw made in Dublin". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–20". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. ^ "European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group E". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Disciplinary updates". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  8. ^ "European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 1" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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