Group C of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group C consisted of five teams: England, Italy, Malta, North Macedonia and Ukraine. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[1] The group saw England and Italy meet again, having faced each other in the UEFA Euro 2020 final.[2]

The top two teams, England and Italy, qualified directly for the final tournament. The participants of the qualifying play-offs were decided based on their performance in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Italy Ukraine North Macedonia Malta
1  England 8 6 2 0 22 4 +18 20 Qualify for final tournament — 3–1 2–0 7–0 2–0
2  Italy 8 4 2 2 16 9 +7 14[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 — 2–1 5–2 4–0
3  Ukraine 8 4 2 2 11 8 +3 14[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–1 0–0 — 2–0 1–0
4  North Macedonia 8 2 2 4 10 20 −10 8 1–1 1–1 2–3 — 2–1
5  Malta 8 0 0 8 2 20 −18 0 0–4 0–2 1–3 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Italy 4, Ukraine 1.

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw.[3][4][5] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Italy 1–2 England
  • Retegui 56'
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Attendance: 44,536[6]
North Macedonia 2–1 Malta
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Attendance: 9,991[7]
England 2–0 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 83,947[8]
Malta 0–2 Italy
Report
Attendance: 16,015[9]
Malta 0–4 England
Report
Attendance: 16,277[10]
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
North Macedonia 2–3 Ukraine
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Attendance: 14,370[11]
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)
Ukraine 1–0 Malta
 Report
Attendance: 7,543[13]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
England 7–0 North Macedonia
 Report
Attendance: 70,708[14]
Ukraine 1–1 England
 Report
Attendance: 39,000[15]
North Macedonia 1–1 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 28,126[16]
Italy 2–1 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 58,386[17]
Malta 0–2 North Macedonia
Report
Attendance: 3,158[18]
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Ukraine 2–0 North Macedonia
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Stadion Letná, Prague (Czech Republic)[note 2]
Attendance: 12,939[19]
Italy 4–0 Malta
 Report
Attendance: 56,186[20]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
England 3–1 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 83,194[21]
Malta 1–3 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 3,547[22]
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
England 2–0 Malta
 Report
Attendance: 81,388[23]
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)
Italy 5–2 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 56,364[24]
North Macedonia 1–1 England
 Report
Attendance: 27,982[25]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Ukraine 0–0 Italy
Report
Attendance: 26,403[26]

Goalscorers

There were 61 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.05 goals per match.

8 goals

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:[1]

  • 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 could be 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)
 EnglandLuke ShawYellow card Yellow-red card vs Italy (23 March 2023)vs Ukraine (26 March 2023)
 ItalyGiovanni Di LorenzoYellow card vs England (23 March 2023)
Yellow card vs Malta (26 March 2023)
Yellow card vs England (17 October 2023)		vs North Macedonia (17 November 2023)
 MaltaJean BorgRed card vs Estonia in 2022–23 UEFA Nations League (23 September 2022)vs North Macedonia (23 March 2023)
Steve BorgYellow card vs North Macedonia (23 March 2023)
Yellow card vs Ukraine (19 June 2023)
Yellow card vs North Macedonia (12 September 2023)		vs Italy (14 October 2023)
 North MacedoniaTodor TodoroskiRed card vs Bulgaria in 2022–23 UEFA Nations League (26 September 2022)vs Malta (23 March 2023)
Visar MusliuYellow card Yellow-red card vs Ukraine (16 June 2023)vs England (19 June 2023)
 UkraineRuslan MalinovskyiYellow card vs England (26 March 2023)
Yellow card vs Malta (19 June 2023)
Yellow card vs North Macedonia (14 October 2023)		vs Malta (17 October 2023)

Notes

  1. ↑ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 25 March and from 29 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 26 March to 28 October 2023 (matchday 2–8).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship, 2022–24". Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. ↑ Smith, Peter (12 July 2021). "Familiar shootout heartbreak for England as Italy win Euros". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by group)" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by match-day)" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Italy vs. England" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "North Macedonia vs. Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "England vs. Ukraine" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Malta vs. Italy" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Malta vs. England" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "North Macedonia vs. Ukraine" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "Ukraine vs. Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "England vs. North Macedonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Ukraine vs. England" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "North Macedonia vs. Italy" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  17. ↑ "Italy vs. Ukraine" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  18. ↑ "Malta vs. North Macedonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  19. ↑ "Ukraine vs. North Macedonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  20. ↑ "Italy vs. Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  21. ↑ "England vs. Italy" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  22. ↑ "Malta vs. Ukraine" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  23. ↑ "England vs. Malta" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  24. ↑ "Italy vs. North Macedonia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  25. ↑ "North Macedonia vs. England" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  26. ↑ "Ukraine vs. Italy" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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