UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B#Ukraine v Portugal

{{Short description|Football tournament qualifying stage}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}

Group B of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals 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 |format=PDF |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=27 September 2018}} Group B consisted of five teams: Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal (the title holders), Serbia and Ukraine,{{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}} where they 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}}

The top two teams, Ukraine and Portugal, 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

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group B|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 |format=PDF |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).

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|id=Luxembourg v Lithuania

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026028/

|team2={{fb|LTU}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

|attendance=3,353{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group B|url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2020/qualifying-round/group-b/g12188/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=21 November 2019}}

|referee=Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Portugal v Ukraine

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

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

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

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026029/

|team2={{fb|UKR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

|attendance=58,355

|referee=Clément Turpin (France)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Luxembourg v Ukraine

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026054/

|team2={{fb|UKR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

|attendance=4,653

|referee=Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Portugal v Serbia

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

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

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026055/

|team2={{fb|SRB}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

|attendance=50,342

|referee=Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Lithuania v Luxembourg

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

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

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026069/

|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=3,263

|referee= Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Ukraine v Serbia

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

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

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

|score=5–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026070/

|team2={{fb|SRB}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Arena Lviv, Lviv

|attendance=34,700

|referee= Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Serbia v Lithuania

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026143/

|team2={{fb|LTU}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=52{{refn|Serbia were sanctioned by UEFA to play one home match (against Lithuania on 10 June 2019) without spectators for racist behaviour in their home match against Montenegro.|group="note"|name="Serbia1"}}

|referee=Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Ukraine v Luxembourg

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

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

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026144/

|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Arena Lviv, Lviv

|attendance=34,700

|referee=Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Lithuania v Ukraine

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

|time=18:00 ({{UTZ|19:00|3}})

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

|score=0–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026179/

|team2={{fb|UKR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=5,067

|referee=Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Serbia v Portugal

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026182/

|team2={{fb|POR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=39,839

|referee=Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Lithuania v Portugal

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

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

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

|score=1–5

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026211/

|team2={{fb|POR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=5,067

|referee=Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Luxembourg v Serbia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026212/

|team2={{fb|SRB}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

|attendance=6,373

|referee=Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Portugal v Luxembourg

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

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

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

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026228/

|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

|attendance=47,305

|referee=Daniel Stefański (Poland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Ukraine v Lithuania

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

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

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026229/

|team2={{fb|LTU}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

|attendance=32,500

|referee=Harald Lechner (Austria)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Lithuania v Serbia

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

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

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026127/

|team2={{fb|SRB}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=LFF Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=2,787

|referee=Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Ukraine v Portugal

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

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

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026128/

|team2={{fb|POR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv

|attendance=65,883

|referee=Anthony Taylor (England)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Portugal v Lithuania

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

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

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

|score=6–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026094/

|team2={{fb|LTU}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

|attendance=18,534

|referee=Ruddy Buquet (France)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Serbia v Luxembourg

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026095/

|team2={{fb|LUX}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=1,560{{refn|Serbia were sanctioned by UEFA to play one home match (against Luxembourg on 14 November 2019) without spectators for racist behaviour in their home match against Portugal.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/running-competitions/disciplinary/ |title=Disciplinary - Inside UEFA – UEFA.com |publisher=UEFA |date=21 October 2019 |df=dmy }}|group="note"|name="Serbia2"}}

|referee=Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Luxembourg v Portugal

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

|time=15:00

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2025993/

|team2={{fb|POR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Serbia v Ukraine

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

|time=15:00

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

|score=2–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2025994/

|team2={{fb|UKR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=4,457

|referee=Bobby Madden (Scotland)

}}

Goalscorers

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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:

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Team

! Player

! Offence(s)

! Suspended for match(es)

rowspan=3| {{fb|LTU}}

| Saulius Mikoliūnas

| {{sent off|2}} vs Luxembourg (7 June 2019)

| vs Serbia (10 June 2019)

Arvydas Novikovas

| {{yel}} vs Luxembourg (7 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Serbia (10 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Ukraine (11 October 2019)

| vs Serbia (14 October 2019)

Modestas Vorobjovas

| {{sent off|2}} vs Luxembourg (7 June 2019)

| vs Serbia (10 June 2019)

rowspan=2| {{fb|LUX}}

| Leandro Barreiro

| {{yel}} vs Ukraine (25 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Serbia (10 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Portugal (11 October 2019)

| vs Serbia (14 November 2019)

Dirk Carlson

| {{yel}} vs Lithuania (22 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Ukraine (25 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Lithuania (7 June 2019)

| vs Ukraine (10 June 2019)

{{fb|SRB}}

| Uroš Spajić

| {{yel}} vs Portugal (25 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Ukraine (7 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Luxembourg (10 September 2019)

| vs Lithuania (14 October 2019)

{{fb|UKR}}

| Taras Stepanenko

| {{sent off|2}} vs Portugal (14 October 2019)

| vs Serbia (17 November 2019)

Notes

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References

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