Group G 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 G consisted of six teams: Austria, Israel, Latvia, North Macedonia, Poland and Slovenia,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The top two teams, Poland and Austria, 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 Poland Austria North Macedonia Slovenia Israel Latvia
1  Poland 10 8 1 1 18 5 +13 25 Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 2–0 3–2 4–0 2–0
2  Austria 10 6 1 3 19 9 +10 19 0–1 — 2–1 1–0 3–1 6–0
3  North Macedonia 10 4 2 4 12 13 −1 14[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–1 1–4 — 2–1 1–0 3–1
4  Slovenia 10 4 2 4 16 11 +5 14[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 0–1 1–1 — 3–2 1–0
5  Israel 10 3 2 5 16 18 −2 11 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 — 3–1
6  Latvia 10 1 0 9 3 28 −25 3 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–5 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: North Macedonia 4, Slovenia 1.

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).

Austria 0–1 Poland
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  • Piątek 69'
Attendance: 40,400[6]
North Macedonia 3–1 Latvia
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Attendance: 7,043[6]
Israel 1–1 Slovenia
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Attendance: 12,430[6]
Israel 4–2 Austria
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Attendance: 16,180[6]
Poland 2–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 51,112[6]
Slovenia 1–1 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 9,872[6]
Austria 1–0 Slovenia
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Attendance: 19,200[6]
North Macedonia 0–1 Poland
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Attendance: 22,000[6]
Latvia 0–3 Israel
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Attendance: 5,508[6]
North Macedonia 1–4 Austria
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Attendance: 10,501[6]
Latvia 0–5 Slovenia
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Attendance: 4,011[6]
Poland 4–0 Israel
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Attendance: 57,229[6]
Israel 1–1 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 15,200[6]
Austria 6–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 16,300[6]
Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)
Slovenia 2–0 Poland
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Attendance: 15,231[6]
Latvia 0–2 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 2,724[6]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Poland 0–0 Austria
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Attendance: 56,788[6]
Slovenia 3–2 Israel
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Attendance: 10,669[6]
Austria 3–1 Israel
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Attendance: 26,200[6]
North Macedonia 2–1 Slovenia
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Attendance: 16,500[6]
Latvia 0–3 Poland
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Attendance: 7,107[6]
Poland 2–0 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 52,894[6]
Slovenia 0–1 Austria
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Attendance: 15,108[6]
Israel 3–1 Latvia
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Attendance: 9,150[6]
Slovenia 1–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 11,224[6]
Austria 2–1 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 41,100[6]
Israel 1–2 Poland
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Attendance: 16,700[6]
North Macedonia 1–0 Israel
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Attendance: 5,573[6]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Latvia 1–0 Austria
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Attendance: 2,781[6]
Poland 3–2 Slovenia
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Attendance: 53,946[6]

Goalscorers

There were 84 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

11 goals

6 goals

4 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 not carried forward to the play-offs, 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)
 Israel Dor Peretz Yellow card vs Slovenia (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Latvia (7 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Slovenia (9 September 2019)		 vs Austria (10 October 2019)
 Latvia Andrejs Cigaņiks Yellow card Yellow-red card vs North Macedonia (21 March 2019) vs Poland (24 March 2019)[7]
Jānis Ikaunieks Yellow card vs Poland (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs North Macedonia (9 September 2019)
Yellow card vs Israel (15 October 2019)		 vs Slovenia (16 November 2019)
Vitālijs Maksimenko Yellow card vs Poland (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs North Macedonia (9 September 2019)
Yellow card vs Poland (10 October 2019)		 vs Israel (13 October 2019)
 North Macedonia Egzon Bejtulai Yellow card vs Slovenia (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Austria (10 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Latvia (9 September 2019)		 vs Slovenia (10 October 2019)
Visar Musliu Yellow card vs Slovenia (24 March 2019)
Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Poland (7 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Slovenia (10 October 2019)
Yellow card vs Poland (13 October 2019)		 vs Austria (10 June 2019)
vs Austria (16 November 2019)
Ilija Nestorovski Yellow card vs Slovenia (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Poland (7 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Poland (13 October 2019)		 vs Austria (16 November 2019)
Boban Nikolov Yellow card vs Slovenia (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Israel (5 September 2019)
Yellow card vs Poland (13 October 2019)
 Slovenia Bojan Jokić Yellow card vs Israel (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs North Macedonia (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Latvia (10 June 2019)		 vs Poland (6 September 2019)
Denis Popović Red card vs Austria (13 October 2019) vs Latvia (16 November 2019)
Aljaž Struna Yellow card vs Poland (6 September 2019)
Yellow card vs Austria (13 October 2019)
Yellow card vs Latvia (16 November 2019)		 vs Poland (19 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group G". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 2" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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