UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group A

Group A 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 A consisted of five teams: Cyprus, Georgia, Norway, Scotland and Spain. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[1]

The top two teams, Spain and Scotland, 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
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Scotland Norway Georgia (country) Cyprus
1  Spain 8 7 0 1 25 5 +20 21 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 3–0 3–1 6–0
2  Scotland 8 5 2 1 17 8 +9 17 2–0 — 3–3 2–0 3–0
3  Norway 8 3 2 3 14 12 +2 11 0–1 1–2 — 2–1 3–1
4  Georgia 8 2 2 4 12 18 −6 8 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–7 2–2 1–1 — 4–0
5  Cyprus 8 0 0 8 3 28 −25 0 1–3 0–3 0–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw.[2][3][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Scotland 3–0 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 48,195[5]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Spain 3–0 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 29,214[6]
Georgia 1–1 Norway
Report
Attendance: 20,300[7]
Scotland 2–0 Spain
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Norway 1–2 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 25,791[10]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Cyprus 1–2 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 3,763[11]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Norway 3–1 Cyprus
 Report
Scotland 2–0 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 50,062[13]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Georgia 1–7 Spain
Report
Attendance: 51,694[14]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Cyprus 0–3 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 6,633[15]
Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)
Norway 2–1 Georgia
Report
Spain 6–0 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 17,311[18]
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)
Cyprus 0–4 Norway
Report
Attendance: 7,206[19]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Spain 2–0 Scotland
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Georgia 4–0 Cyprus
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Attendance: 15,871[21]
Referee: Robert Jones (England)
Norway 0–1 Spain
Report
  • Gavi 49'
Attendance: 25,885[22]
Georgia 2–2 Scotland
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Cyprus 1–3 Spain
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Attendance: 9,667[24]
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Scotland 3–3 Norway
Report
Attendance: 48,138[25]
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Spain 3–1 Georgia
Report

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.55 goals per match.

7 goals

6 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)
 Cyprus Nicholas Ioannou Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Scotland (25 March 2023) vs Georgia (17 June 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. ^ Sandro Schärer suffered an injury. He was replaced by the fourth official Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland) at half-time.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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  6. ^ "Spain vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Georgia vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Scotland vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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  12. ^ "Norway vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Scotland vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Georgia vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Cyprus vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Norway vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  17. ^ "El España-Chipre del 12 de septiembre se disputará en Granada" (in Spanish). MARCA. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Spain vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Cyprus vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Spain vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Georgia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  22. ^ "Norway vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Georgia vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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  26. ^ "Spain vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

External links

  • UEFA Euro 2024, UEFA.com
  • European Qualifiers, UEFA.com