Group I 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 I consisted of six teams: Belgium, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Russia, San Marino and Scotland,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The top two teams, Belgium and Russia, 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.

Belgium won all ten of their matches, becoming the seventh national side to qualify for a European Championship with a 100% record, and the eighth instance, after France (1992 and 2004), Czech Republic (2000), Germany, Spain (both 2012), England (2016) and Italy (2020).

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium Russia Scotland Cyprus Kazakhstan San Marino
1  Belgium 10 10 0 0 40 3 +37 30 Qualify for final tournament — 3–1 3–0 6–1 3–0 9–0
2  Russia 10 8 0 2 33 8 +25 24 1–4 — 4–0 1–0 1–0 9–0
3  Scotland 10 5 0 5 16 19 −3 15 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–4 1–2 — 2–1 3–1 6–0
4  Cyprus 10 3 1 6 15 20 −5 10[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–5 1–2 — 1–1 5–0
5  Kazakhstan 10 3 1 6 13 17 −4 10[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–4 3–0 1–2 — 4–0
6  San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 51 −50 0 0–4 0–5 0–2 0–4 1–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Cyprus 4, Kazakhstan 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).

Kazakhstan 3–0 Scotland
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Attendance: 27,641[6]
Cyprus 5–0 San Marino
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Attendance: 3,175[6]
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Belgium 3–1 Russia
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Attendance: 34,245[6]
Kazakhstan 0–4 Russia
Report
Attendance: 29,582[6]
San Marino 0–2 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 4,077[6]
Cyprus 0–2 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 8,728[6]
Russia 9–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 42,241[6]
Belgium 3–0 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 37,155[6]
Scotland 2–1 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 31,277[6]
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)
Kazakhstan 4–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 18,652[6]
Belgium 3–0 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 32,482[6]
Russia 1–0 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 42,228[6]
Cyprus 1–1 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 5,639[6]
San Marino 0–4 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 2,523[6]
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
Scotland 1–2 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 32,432[6]
Russia 1–0 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 31,818[6]
San Marino 0–4 Cyprus
Report
Attendance: 662[6]
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)
Scotland 0–4 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 25,524[6]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
Kazakhstan 1–2 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 11,769[6]
Belgium 9–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 34,504[6]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Russia 4–0 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 65,703[6]
Kazakhstan 0–2 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 26,801[6]
Cyprus 0–5 Russia
Report
Attendance: 9,439[6]
Scotland 6–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 20,699[6]
Cyprus 1–2 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 7,595[6]
Russia 1–4 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 53,317[6]
San Marino 1–3 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 643[6]
Belgium 6–1 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 40,568[6]
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)
San Marino 0–5 Russia
Report
Attendance: 1,604[6]
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Scotland 3–1 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 19,515[6]

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.93 goals per match.

9 goals

7 goals

5 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:[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)
 Cyprus Konstantinos Laifis Red card vs Russia (13 October 2019) vs Scotland (16 November 2019)
 Kazakhstan Islambek Kuat Yellow card vs Russia (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Belgium (8 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Cyprus (10 October 2019)		 vs Belgium (13 October 2019)
Gafurzhan Suyumbayev Yellow card vs Scotland (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Russia (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Cyprus (6 September 2019)		 vs Russia (9 September 2019)
 Russia Aleksandr Golovin Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Belgium (21 March 2019) vs Kazakhstan (24 March 2019)[7]
 San Marino Davide Simoncini Yellow card vs Cyprus (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Belgium (6 September 2019)
Yellow card vs Belgium (10 October 2019)		 vs Scotland (13 October 2019)
 Scotland Scott McTominay Yellow card vs San Marino (24 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Belgium (11 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Belgium (9 September 2019)		 vs Russia (10 October 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 I". 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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