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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Croatia Wales Slovakia Hungary Azerbaijan
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

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
  • Barišić 44'
  • Kramarić 79'
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Attendance: 23,146[6]
Slovakia 2–0 Hungary
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Attendance: 14,235[6]
Wales 1–0 Slovakia
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Attendance: 31,617[6]
Hungary 2–1 Croatia
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Attendance: 19,400[6]
Croatia 2–1 Wales
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Attendance: 17,061[6]
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
Report
Attendance: 18,098[6]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Wales 2–1 Azerbaijan
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Attendance: 28,385[6]
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Azerbaijan 1–1 Croatia
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Attendance: 9,150[6]
Hungary 1–2 Slovakia
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Attendance: 21,700[6]
Croatia 3–0 Hungary
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Attendance: 32,110[6]
Slovakia 1–1 Wales
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Attendance: 18,071[6]
Hungary 1–0 Azerbaijan
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Attendance: 11,300[6]
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Wales 1–1 Croatia
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Attendance: 31,745[6]
Azerbaijan 0–2 Wales
Report
Attendance: 8,622[6]
Croatia 3–1 Slovakia
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Attendance: 8,212[6]
Slovakia 2–0 Azerbaijan
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Attendance: 7,825[6]
Wales 2–0 Hungary
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Attendance: 31,762[6]

Goalscorers

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

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 Yellow card vs Slovakia (11 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Wales (6 September 2019)
Yellow card vs Croatia (9 September 2019)		 vs Hungary (13 October 2019)
Maksim Medvedev Yellow card vs Croatia (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Hungary (8 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Croatia (9 September 2019)
Dimitrij Nazarov Yellow card vs Hungary (8 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Wales (6 September 2019)
Yellow card vs Croatia (9 September 2019)
 Croatia Marcelo Brozović Yellow card vs Wales (8 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2019)
Yellow card 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]
Yellow card vs Hungary (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Wales (8 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Wales (13 October 2019)		 vs Slovakia (16 November 2019)
Domagoj Vida Yellow card vs Wales (8 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Hungary (10 October 2019)
Yellow card vs Wales (13 October 2019)
 Hungary Botond Baráth Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Slovakia (9 September 2019) vs Croatia (10 October 2019)
László Kleinheisler Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Croatia (10 October 2019) vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019)
Mihály Korhut Yellow card vs Slovakia (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Wales (11 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019)		 vs Wales (19 November 2019)
Ádám Nagy Yellow card vs Slovakia (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Wales (11 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Slovakia (9 September 2019)		 vs Croatia (10 October 2019)
 Slovakia Norbert Gyömbér Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Wales (10 October 2019) vs Croatia (16 November 2019)
Róbert Mak Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Croatia (16 November 2019) vs Azerbaijan (19 November 2019)
Denis Vavro Yellow card vs Hungary (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Wales (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Hungary (9 September 2019)		 vs Wales (10 October 2019)
 Wales Joe Allen Yellow card vs Slovakia (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Azerbaijan (6 September 2019)
Yellow card vs Croatia (13 October 2019)		 vs Azerbaijan (16 November 2019)

Notes

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

References

  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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "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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