UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group G

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	Qualify for final tournament	0–1	—	2–1	1–0	3–1	6–0
3	North Macedonia	10	4	2	4	12	13	−1	14^[a]	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^[a]		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:

^ ^a ^b 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).

21 March 2019

20:45

Austria	0–1	Poland
	Report	Piątek 69'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 40,400^[6]

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

21 March 2019

20:45

North Macedonia	3–1	Latvia
Alioski 11' Elmas 29', 90+3'	Report	Velkovski 87' (o.g.)

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 7,043^[6]

Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

21 March 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Israel	1–1	Slovenia
Zahavi 55'	Report	Šporar 48'

Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

Attendance: 12,430^[6]

Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

24 March 2019

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Israel	4–2	Austria
Zahavi 34', 45', 55' Dabbur 66'	Report	Arnautović 8', 75'

Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

Attendance: 16,180^[6]

Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

24 March 2019

20:45

Poland	2–0	Latvia
Lewandowski 76' Glik 84'	Report

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 51,112^[6]

Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

24 March 2019

20:45

Slovenia	1–1	North Macedonia
Zajc 34'	Report	Bardhi 47'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 9,872^[6]

Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

7 June 2019

20:45

Austria	1–0	Slovenia
Burgstaller 74'	Report

Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt

Attendance: 19,200^[6]

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

7 June 2019

20:45

North Macedonia	0–1	Poland
	Report	Piątek 47'

Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 22,000^[6]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

7 June 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Latvia	0–3	Israel
	Report	Zahavi 10', 60', 81'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 5,508^[6]

Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

10 June 2019

20:45

North Macedonia	1–4	Austria
Hinteregger 18' (o.g.)	Report	Lazaro 39' Arnautović 62' (pen.), 82' Bejtulai 86' (o.g.)

Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 10,501^[6]

Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

10 June 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Latvia	0–5	Slovenia
	Report	Črnigoj 24', 27' Iličić 29' (pen.), 44' Zajc 47'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 4,011^[6]

Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

10 June 2019

20:45

Poland	4–0	Israel
Piątek 35' Lewandowski 56' (pen.) Grosicki 59' Kądzior 84'	Report

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 57,229^[6]

Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

5 September 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Israel	1–1	North Macedonia
Zahavi 55'	Report	Ademi 64'

Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva

Attendance: 15,200^[6]

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

6 September 2019

20:45

Austria	6–0	Latvia
Arnautović 7', 53' (pen.) Sabitzer 13' Šteinbors 76' (o.g.) Laimer 80' Gregoritsch 85'	Report

Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Wals-Siezenheim

Attendance: 16,300^[6]

Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

6 September 2019

20:45

Slovenia	2–0	Poland
Struna 35' Šporar 65'	Report

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 15,231^[6]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

9 September 2019

20:45

Latvia	0–2	North Macedonia
	Report	Pandev 14' Bardhi 17'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 2,724^[6]

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

9 September 2019

20:45

Poland	0–0	Austria
	Report

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 56,788^[6]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

9 September 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Slovenia	3–2	Israel
Verbič 43', 90' Bezjak 66'	Report	Natkho 50' Zahavi 63'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 10,669^[6]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

10 October 2019

20:45

Austria	3–1	Israel
Lazaro 41' Hinteregger 56' Sabitzer 88'	Report	Zahavi 34'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 26,200^[6]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

10 October 2019

20:45

North Macedonia	2–1	Slovenia
Elmas 50', 68'	Report	Iličić 90+5' (pen.)

Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 16,500^[6]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

10 October 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Latvia	0–3	Poland
	Report	Lewandowski 9', 13', 76'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 7,107^[6]

Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

13 October 2019

20:45

Poland	2–0	North Macedonia
Frankowski 74' Milik 80'	Report

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 52,894^[6]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

13 October 2019

20:45

Slovenia	0–1	Austria
	Report	Posch 21'

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 15,108^[6]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

15 October 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Israel	3–1	Latvia
Dabbur 16', 42' Zahavi 26'	Report	Kamešs 40'

Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva

Attendance: 9,150^[6]

Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

16 November 2019

18:00

Slovenia	1–0	Latvia
Tarasovs 53' (o.g.)	Report

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 11,224^[6]

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

16 November 2019

20:45

Austria	2–1	North Macedonia
Alaba 7' Lainer 48'	Report	Stojanovski 90+3'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 41,100^[6]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

16 November 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Israel	1–2	Poland
Dabbur 88'	Report	Krychowiak 4' Piątek 54'

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Attendance: 16,700^[6]

Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

19 November 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

North Macedonia	1–0	Israel
Nikolov 45+2'	Report

Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 5,573^[6]

Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

19 November 2019

20:45

Latvia	1–0	Austria
Ošs 65'	Report

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 2,781^[6]

Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

19 November 2019

20:45

Poland	3–2	Slovenia
Szymański 3' Lewandowski 54' Góralski 81'	Report	Matavž 14' Iličić 61'

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 53,946^[6]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Goalscorers

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

11 goals

Eran Zahavi

6 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Martin Hinteregger (against North Macedonia)
Pāvels Šteinbors (against Austria)
Igors Tarasovs (against Slovenia)
Egzon Bejtulai (against Austria)
Darko Velkovski (against Latvia)

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	vs Slovenia (21 March 2019) vs Latvia (7 June 2019) vs Slovenia (9 September 2019)	vs Austria (10 October 2019)
Latvia	Andrejs Cigaņiks	vs North Macedonia (21 March 2019)	vs Poland (24 March 2019)^[7]
	Jānis Ikaunieks	vs Poland (24 March 2019) vs North Macedonia (9 September 2019) vs Israel (15 October 2019)	vs Slovenia (16 November 2019)
	Vitālijs Maksimenko	vs Poland (24 March 2019) vs North Macedonia (9 September 2019) vs Poland (10 October 2019)	vs Israel (13 October 2019)
North Macedonia	Egzon Bejtulai	vs Slovenia (24 March 2019) vs Austria (10 June 2019) vs Latvia (9 September 2019)	vs Slovenia (10 October 2019)
	Visar Musliu	vs Slovenia (24 March 2019) vs Poland (7 June 2019) vs Slovenia (10 October 2019) vs Poland (13 October 2019)	vs Austria (10 June 2019) vs Austria (16 November 2019)
	Ilija Nestorovski	vs Slovenia (24 March 2019) vs Poland (7 June 2019) vs Poland (13 October 2019)	vs Austria (16 November 2019)
	Boban Nikolov	vs Slovenia (24 March 2019) vs Israel (5 September 2019) vs Poland (13 October 2019)	vs Austria (16 November 2019)
Slovenia	Bojan Jokić	vs Israel (21 March 2019) vs North Macedonia (24 March 2019) vs Latvia (10 June 2019)	vs Poland (6 September 2019)
	Denis Popović	vs Austria (13 October 2019)	vs Latvia (16 November 2019)
	Aljaž Struna	vs Poland (6 September 2019) vs Austria (13 October 2019) vs Latvia (16 November 2019)	vs Poland (19 November 2019)

Notes

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

References

^ "UEFA Euro 2020: Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw made in Dublin". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ "European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad "Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group G". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "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.

External links

UEFA Euro 2020, UEFA.com
European Qualifiers, UEFA.com

[table_hth_MKD0.52714315127914-4] Head-to-head points: North Macedonia 4, Slovenia 1.

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

[draw_procedure-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.

[regulations-3] "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.

[5] "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[6] "European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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[MD2-9] "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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