UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group J

Group J 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 J consisted of six teams: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Italy and Liechtenstein,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The top two teams, Italy and Finland, 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.

Italy won all ten of their matches, becoming only the sixth national side to qualify for a European Championship with a 100% record, and the seventh instance, after France (1992 and 2004), Czech Republic (2000), Germany, Spain (both 2012) and England (2016).[4]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 10 10 0 0 37 4 +33 30 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 2–0 2–1 9–1 6–0
2  Finland 10 6 0 4 16 10 +6 18 1–2 — 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0
3  Greece 10 4 2 4 12 14 −2 14 0–3 2–1 — 2–1 2–3 1–1
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 4 1 5 20 17 +3 13 0–3 4–1 2–2 — 2–1 5–0
5  Armenia 10 3 1 6 14 25 −11 10 1–3 0–2 0–1 4–2 — 3–0
6  Liechtenstein 10 0 2 8 2 31 −29 2 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin.[5][6] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Armenia
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Attendance: 10,000[7]
Italy 2–0 Finland
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Attendance: 24,000[7]
Liechtenstein 0–2 Greece
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Attendance: 2,711[7]
Armenia 0–2 Finland
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Attendance: 12,900[7]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–2 Greece
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Attendance: 10,500[7]
Italy 6–0 Liechtenstein
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Attendance: 19,834[7]
Armenia 3–0 Liechtenstein
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Attendance: 9,200[7]
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)
Finland 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 16,103[7]
Greece 0–3 Italy
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Attendance: 19,828[7]
Greece 2–3 Armenia
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Attendance: 7,011[7]
Italy 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 29,100[7]
Liechtenstein 0–2 Finland
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Attendance: 2,160[7]
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Armenia 1–3 Italy
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Attendance: 13,680[7]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5–0 Liechtenstein
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Attendance: 3,825[7]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Finland 1–0 Greece
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Attendance: 16,163[7]
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
Armenia 4–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 12,457[7]
Finland 1–2 Italy
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Attendance: 16,292[7]
Greece 1–1 Liechtenstein
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Attendance: 3,445[7]
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–1 Finland
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Attendance: 8,193[7]
Italy 2–0 Greece
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Attendance: 56,274[7]
Liechtenstein 1–1 Armenia
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Attendance: 2,285[7]
Finland 3–0 Armenia
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Attendance: 7,231[7]
Greece 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 4,512[7]
Liechtenstein 0–5 Italy
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Attendance: 5,087[7]
Armenia 0–1 Greece
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Attendance: 6,450[7]
Finland 3–0 Liechtenstein
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Attendance: 9,804[7]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Italy
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Attendance: 8,355[7]
Greece 2–1 Finland
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Attendance: 5,453[7]
Italy 9–1 Armenia
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Attendance: 27,752[7]
Liechtenstein 0–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 2,993[7]

Goalscorers

There were 101 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.

10 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[3]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may 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 are 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)
 Armenia Varazdat Haroyan vs Finland (26 March 2019)
vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2019)
vs Finland (15 October 2019)		 vs Greece (15 November 2019)
Rumyan Hovsepyan vs Liechtenstein (8 June 2019)
vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2019)
vs Greece (15 November 2019)		 vs Italy (18 November 2019)
Aleksandre Karapetian   vs Italy (5 September 2019) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (8 September 2019)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić vs Greece (26 March 2019) vs Finland (8 June 2019)
 Finland Tim Sparv vs Italy (23 March 2019)
vs Armenia (26 March 2019)
vs Greece (5 September 2019)		 vs Italy (8 September 2019)
 Greece Giorgos Masouras vs Liechtenstein (8 June 2019)
vs Armenia (11 June 2019)
vs Liechtenstein (8 September 2019)		 vs Italy (12 October 2019)
 Italy Marco Verratti vs Finland (23 March 2019)
vs Greece (8 June 2019)
vs Armenia (5 September 2019)		 vs Finland (8 September 2019)
 Liechtenstein Daniel Kaufmann vs Italy (26 March 2019) vs Armenia (8 June 2019)

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for matches in March and November 2019, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.
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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. "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–20" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. "Denmark and Switzerland through, Italy perfect". UEFA. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  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.
  7. "Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group J". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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