UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A

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Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was split into ten groups of national teams. Group A was played between 22 March and 17 November 2019 and featured five teams with the top two teams qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[1] The group consisted of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Kosovo and Montenegro.[2] Teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

England finished as group winners, with a single loss to the Czech Republic and seven wins, whilst the Czech Republic finished second with five wins and three losses. Both teams qualified directly for the main draw of UEFA Euro 2020.[4] 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. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the finals are to be played from 11 June to 11 July 2021, rather than in 2020.

Group summary

On 14 October 2019, during the Bulgaria v England match, there was racist behaviour from a group of Bulgarian fans. This included Nazi salutes, monkey chants and racist booing. The behaviour was widely condemned by the public and various groups, including the anti-racist football campaign Kick It Out. The next day, Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov called for Bulgarian Football Union president Borislav Mihaylov to resign following the racist incident. Mihaylov resigned a few hours later.[5]

Standings

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Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin.[6][7] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)
Bulgaria  1–1  Montenegro
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026026/

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)
20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)
England  5–0  Czech Republic
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026027/
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,575[8]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)
20:45
Kosovo  1–1  Bulgaria
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026052/

25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)
20:45
Montenegro  1–5  England
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026053/
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 8,329[8]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)
20:45
Czech Republic  2–1  Bulgaria
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026067/
Stadion Letná, Prague
Attendance: 13,482[8]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)
20:45
Montenegro  1–1  Kosovo
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026068/

10 June 2019 (2019-06-10)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Bulgaria  2–3  Kosovo
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026141/

10 June 2019 (2019-06-10)
20:45
Czech Republic  3–0  Montenegro
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026142/
Andrův stadion, Olomouc
Attendance: 11,565[8]
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07)
15:00
Kosovo  2–1  Czech Republic
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026176/

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07)
18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)
England  4–0  Bulgaria
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026178/
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,605[8]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
England  5–3  Kosovo
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026209/
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 30,155[8]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)
20:45
Montenegro  0–3  Czech Republic
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026210/
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 5,951[8]
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)
20:45
Czech Republic  2–1  England
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026226/
Sinobo Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 18,651[8]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)
20:45
Montenegro  0–0  Bulgaria
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026227/
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 2,743[8]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)
Bulgaria  0–6  England
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026125/

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)
20:45
Kosovo  2–0  Montenegro
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026126/

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14)
20:45
Czech Republic  2–1  Kosovo
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026092/

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14)
20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)
England  7–0  Montenegro
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026093/
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 77,277[8]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

17 November 2019 (2019-11-17)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)
Bulgaria  1–0  Czech Republic
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2025995/

17 November 2019 (2019-11-17)
18:00
Kosovo  0–4  England
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2025996/
Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina
Attendance: 12,326[8]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Goalscorers

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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)
 England Jordan Henderson Booked vs Montenegro (25 March 2019)
Booked vs Czech Republic (11 October 2019)
Booked vs Bulgaria (14 October 2019)		 vs Montenegro (14 November 2019)
Danny Rose Booked vs Montenegro (25 March 2019)
Booked vs Bulgaria (7 September 2019)
Booked vs Czech Republic (11 October 2019)		 vs Bulgaria (14 October 2019)
 Kosovo Besar Halimi Booked vs Bulgaria (25 March 2019)
Booked vs Bulgaria (10 June 2019)
Booked vs England (10 September 2019)		 vs Montenegro (14 October 2019)

Notes

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References

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External links

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