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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]

Originally Gibraltar had been drawn in this group, but they were moved to group B due to Spain not being willing to play them because of the disputed status of Gibraltar.[2]

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

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
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

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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).

Scotland  3–0  Cyprus
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Attendance: 48,195[6]
Spain  3–0  Norway
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Attendance: 29,214[7]
Georgia  1–1  Norway
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Attendance: 20,300[8]
Scotland  2–0  Spain
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Attendance: 47,976[9]
Norway  1–2  Scotland
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Attendance: 25,791[11]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Cyprus  1–2  Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 3,763[12]
Norway  3–1  Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 23,643[13]
Scotland  2–0  Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 50,062[14]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Georgia  1–7  Spain
 Report
Attendance: 51,694[15]
Cyprus  0–3  Scotland
Report
Attendance: 6,633[16]
Norway  2–1  Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 23,665[17]
Spain  6–0  Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 17,311[19]
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)
Cyprus  0–4  Norway
Report
Attendance: 7,206[20]
Spain  2–0  Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 45,623[21]
Georgia  4–0  Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 15,871[22]
Norway  0–1  Spain
Report
Attendance: 25,885[23]
Georgia  2–2  Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 44,595[24]
Cyprus  1–3  Spain
 Report
Attendance: 9,667[25]
Scotland  3–3  Norway
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Attendance: 48,138[26]
Spain  3–1  Georgia
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Attendance: 24,146[27]

Goalscorers

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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

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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 the 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     vs Scotland (25 March 2023) vs Georgia (17 June 2023)

Notes

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  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.[10]

References

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  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 rules prevent Spain v Gibraltar in Euro 2024 qualifiers". The Diplomat. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  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. ^ "Scotland vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Spain vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Georgia vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Scotland vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  10. ^ Cairney, James (28 March 2023). "Why there was a change of referee during Scotland v Spain". The Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Norway vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Cyprus vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Norway vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Scotland vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Georgia vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Cyprus vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Norway vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  18. ^ "El España-Chipre del 12 de septiembre se disputará en Granada" (in Spanish). MARCA. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Spain vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  20. ^ "Cyprus vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Spain vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  22. ^ "Georgia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Norway vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Georgia vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  25. ^ "Cyprus vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  26. ^ "Scotland vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  27. ^ "Spain vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
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