UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A#Montenegro v England

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/57/32/05/2573205_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=UEFA Euro 2020: Qualifying Draw Procedure |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=27 September 2018}} The group consisted of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Kosovo and Montenegro.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2583593.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203042405/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2583593.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2018 |title=UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw made in Dublin |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018}} Teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.{{cite web |url=https://documents.uefa.com/v/u/WVKcnryVkASzztwJjPBcIw |title=Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–20 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=9 March 2018 |access-date=11 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511180320/https://documents.uefa.com/internal/api/webapp/documents/WVKcnryVkASzztwJjPBcIw/content |archive-date=11 May 2021}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://mirrorherald.com/england-qualifies-euro-2020-cup/ |title=With 7-0 Win against Montenegro, England Qualifies for Euro 2020|access-date=15 November 2019 |website=Mirror Herald}} 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 were delayed to take part in 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.{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/15/football/england-bulgaria-reaction-racism-spt-intl/index.html |title=Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov calls for country's football chief to resign after racist abuse |website=CNN |date=15 October 2019 |access-date=15 October 2019}}

Standings

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group A|show_matches=yes}}

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2583680.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203175933/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2583680.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2018 |title=UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/58/62/00/2586200_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018}} Times are CET/CEST,{{refn|group=note|CET (UTC+1) for matches in March and November 2019, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.}} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v Montenegro

|date={{Start date|2019|3|22|df=y}}

|time=18:00 ({{UTZ|19:00|2}})

|team1={{fb-rt|BUL}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026026/

|team2={{fb|MNE}}

|goals1=

Nedelev {{goal|82|pen.}}

|goals2=

Mugoša {{goal|50}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=5,652{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group A|url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2020/qualifying-round/group-a/g12187/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=21 November 2019}}

|referee=Ruddy Buquet (France)

}}

{{Football box

|id=England v Czech Republic

|date={{Start date|2019|3|22|df=y}}

|time=20:45 ({{UTZ|19:45|0}})

|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}

|score=5–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026027/

|team2={{fb|CZE}}

|goals1=

Sterling {{goal|24||62||68}}
Kane {{goal|45+2|pen.}}
Kalas {{goal|84|o.g.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=82,575

|referee=Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Kosovo v Bulgaria

|date={{Start date|2019|3|25|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|KOS}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026052/

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

Zeneli {{goal|61}}

|goals2=

Bozhikov {{goal|39}}

|stadium=Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

|attendance=12,580

|referee=Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Montenegro v England

|date={{Start date|2019|3|25|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|MNE}}

|score=1–5

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026053/

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

Vešović {{goal|17}}

|goals2=

Keane {{goal|30}}
Barkley {{goal|39||59}}
Kane {{goal|71}}
Sterling {{goal|81}}

|stadium=City Stadium, Podgorica

|attendance=8,329

|referee=Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Czech Republic v Bulgaria

|date={{Start date|2019|6|7|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026067/

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

Schick {{goal|19||50}}

|goals2=

Isa {{goal|3}}

|stadium=Stadion Letná, Prague

|attendance=13,482

|referee= Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Montenegro v Kosovo

|date={{Start date|2019|6|7|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|MNE}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026068/

|team2={{fb|KOS}}

|goals1=

Mugoša {{goal|69}}

|goals2=

Rashica {{goal|24}}

|stadium=City Stadium, Podgorica

|attendance=100{{refn|Montenegro were sanctioned by UEFA to play one home match (against Kosovo on 7 June 2019) without spectators for racist behaviour in their home match against England.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/running-competitions/disciplinary/ |title=Disciplinary - Inside UEFA – UEFA.com |publisher=UEFA |date=26 April 2019 |df=dmy }}|group="note"|name="Montenegro"}}

|referee= Daniele Orsato (Italy)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v Kosovo

|date={{Start date|2019|6|10|df=y}}

|time=20:45 ({{UTZ|21:45|3}})

|team1={{fb-rt|BUL}}

|score=2–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026141/

|team2={{fb|KOS}}

|goals1=

I. Popov {{goal|43}}
Dimitrov {{goal|55}}

|goals2=

Rashica {{goal|14}}
Muriqi {{goal|64}}
Rashani {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=4,994

|referee= Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Czech Republic v Montenegro

|date={{Start date|2019|6|10|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026142/

|team2={{fb|MNE}}

|goals1=

Jankto {{goal|18}}
Kopitović {{goal|49|o.g.}}
Schick {{goal|82|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Andrův stadion, Olomouc

|attendance=11,565

|referee=Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Kosovo v Czech Republic

|date={{Start date|2019|9|7|df=y}}

|time=15:00

|team1={{fb-rt|KOS}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026176/

|team2={{fb|CZE}}

|goals1=

Muriqi {{goal|20}}
Vojvoda {{goal|67}}

|goals2=

Schick {{goal|16}}

|stadium=Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

|attendance=12,678

|referee=Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

}}

{{Football box

|id=England v Bulgaria

|date={{Start date|2019|9|7|df=y}}

|time=18:00 ({{UTZ|17:00|1}})

|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026178/

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

Kane {{goal|24||50|pen.|73|pen.}}
Sterling {{goal|55}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=82,605

|referee=Marco Guida (Italy)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=England v Kosovo

|date={{Start date|2019|9|10|df=y}}

|time=20:45 ({{UTZ|19:45|1}})

|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}

|score=5–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026209/

|team2={{fb|KOS}}

|goals1=

Sterling {{goal|8}}
Kane {{goal|19}}
Vojvoda {{goal|38|o.g.}}
Sancho {{goal|44||45+1}}

|goals2=

V. Berisha {{goal|1||49}}
Muriqi {{goal|55|pen.}}

|stadium=St Mary's Stadium, Southampton

|attendance=30,155

|referee=Felix Zwayer (Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Montenegro v Czech Republic

|date={{Start date|2019|9|10|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|MNE}}

|score=0–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026210/

|team2={{fb|CZE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Souček {{goal|54}}
Masopust {{goal|58}}
Darida {{goal|90+4|pen.}}

|stadium=City Stadium, Podgorica

|attendance=5,951

|referee=Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Czech Republic v England

|date={{Start date|2019|10|11|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026226/

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

Brabec {{goal|9}}
Ondrášek {{goal|85}}

|goals2=

Kane {{goal|5|pen.}}

|stadium=Sinobo Stadium, Prague

|attendance=18,651

|referee=Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Montenegro v Bulgaria

|date={{Start date|2019|10|11|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|MNE}}

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026227/

|team2={{fb|BUL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=City Stadium, Podgorica

|attendance=2,743

|referee=Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v England

|date={{Start date|2019|10|14|df=y}}

|time=20:45 ({{UTZ|21:45|2}})

|team1={{fb-rt|BUL}}

|score=0–6

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026125/

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Rashford {{goal|7}}
Barkley {{goal|20||32}}
Sterling {{goal|45+3||69}}
Kane {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=17,481

|referee=Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Kosovo v Montenegro

|date={{Start date|2019|10|14|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|KOS}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026126/

|team2={{fb|MNE}}

|goals1=

Rrahmani {{goal|10}}
Muriqi {{goal|35}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

|attendance=12,600

|referee=Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Czech Republic v Kosovo

|date={{Start date|2019|11|14|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|CZE}}

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026092/

|team2={{fb|KOS}}

|goals1=

Král {{goal|71}}
Čelůstka {{goal|79}}

|goals2=

Nuhiu {{goal|50}}

|stadium=Štruncovy sady Stadion, Plzeň

|attendance=10,986

|referee=Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=England v Montenegro

|date={{Start date|2019|11|14|df=y}}

|time=20:45 ({{UTZ|19:45|0}})

|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}

|score=7–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026093/

|team2={{fb|MNE}}

|goals1=

Oxlade-Chamberlain {{goal|11}}
Kane {{goal|19||24||37}}
Rashford {{goal|30}}
Šofranac {{goal|66|o.g.}}
Abraham {{goal|84}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=77,277

|referee=Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Bulgaria v Czech Republic

|date={{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

|time=18:00 ({{UTZ|19:00|2}})

|team1={{fb-rt|BUL}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2025995/

|team2={{fb|CZE}}

|goals1=

Bozhikov {{goal|56}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=BULvCZE behind closed doors|The Bulgaria v Czech Republic match was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Bulgaria for racist behaviour in their home match against England.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50212951 |title=Bulgaria fans' racism: Racist abuse of England players leads to stadium ban |website=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=29 October 2019 |access-date=29 October 2019}}}}

|referee=Sergei Karasev (Russia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Kosovo v England

|date={{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

|time=18:00

|team1={{fb-rt|KOS}}

|score=0–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2025996/

|team2={{fb|ENG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Winks {{goal|32}}
Kane {{goal|79}}
Rashford {{goal|83}}
Mount {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium=Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

|attendance=12,326

|referee=Paweł Gil (Poland)

}}

Goalscorers

{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|round=group|group=A}}

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:

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:

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Team ! Player ! Offence(s) ! Suspended for match(es)
rowspan=2\| {{fb\|ENG}} \| Jordan Henderson \| {{yel}} vs Montenegro (25 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Czech Republic (11 October 2019) {{yel}} vs Bulgaria (14 October 2019) \| vs Montenegro (14 November 2019)
Danny Rose \| {{yel}} vs Montenegro (25 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Bulgaria (7 September 2019) {{yel}} vs Czech Republic (11 October 2019) \| vs Bulgaria (14 October 2019)
{{fb\|KOS}} \| Besar Halimi \| {{yel}} vs Bulgaria (25 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Bulgaria (10 June 2019) {{yel}} vs England (10 September 2019) \| vs Montenegro (14 October 2019)

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

Team

! Player

! Offence(s)

! Suspended for match(es)

rowspan=2| {{fb|ENG}}

| Jordan Henderson

| {{yel}} vs Montenegro (25 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Czech Republic (11 October 2019)
{{yel}} vs Bulgaria (14 October 2019)

| vs Montenegro (14 November 2019)

Danny Rose

| {{yel}} vs Montenegro (25 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Bulgaria (7 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Czech Republic (11 October 2019)

| vs Bulgaria (14 October 2019)

| Besar Halimi

| {{yel}} vs Bulgaria (25 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Bulgaria (10 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs England (10 September 2019)

| vs Montenegro (14 October 2019)

Notes

References

External links

[https://archive.today/20200318024552/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/ UEFA Euro 2020], UEFA.com
[https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/ European Qualifiers], UEFA.com

Group A

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