UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group C

Group C 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 C consisted of five teams: Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands and Northern Ireland,{{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, Germany and Netherlands, 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 C|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, Ireland.{{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).

{{Football box

|id=Netherlands v Belarus

|date={{Start date|2019|3|21|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026017/

|team2={{fb|BLR}}

|goals1=

Depay {{goal|1||55|pen.}}
Wijnaldum {{goal|21}}
Van Dijk {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

|stadium=De Kuip, Rotterdam

|attendance=38,604{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group C|url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2020/qualifying-round/group-c/g12189/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=21 November 2019}}

|referee=Davide Massa (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Northern Ireland v Estonia

|date={{Start date|2019|3|21|df=y}}

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

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026018/

|team2={{fb|EST}}

|goals1=

McGinn {{goal|56}}
Davis {{goal|75|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Windsor Park, Belfast

|attendance=18,176

|referee=Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Netherlands v Germany

|date={{Start date|2019|3|24|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026046/

|team2={{fb|GER}}

|goals1=

De Ligt {{goal|48}}
Depay {{goal|63}}

|goals2=

Sané {{goal|15}}
Gnabry {{goal|34}}
Schulz {{goal|90}}

|stadium=Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

|attendance=51,694

|referee=Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Northern Ireland v Belarus

|date={{Start date|2019|3|24|df=y}}

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

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026047/

|team2={{fb|BLR}}

|goals1=

J. Evans {{goal|30}}
Magennis {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

Stasevich {{goal|33}}

|stadium=Windsor Park, Belfast

|attendance=18,188

|referee=Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Estonia v Northern Ireland

|date={{Start date|2019|6|8|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026076/

|team2={{fb|NIR}}

|goals1=

Vassiljev {{goal|25}}

|goals2=

Washington {{goal|77}}
Magennis {{goal|80}}

|stadium=Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

|attendance=8,378

|referee= Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Belarus v Germany

|date={{Start date|2019|6|8|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026086/

|team2={{fb|GER}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Sané {{goal|13}}
Reus {{goal|62}}

|stadium=Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance=12,510

|referee=Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Belarus v Northern Ireland

|date={{Start date|2019|6|11|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026155/

|team2={{fb|NIR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

McNair {{goal|86}}

|stadium=Borisov Arena, Barysaw

|attendance=5,250

|referee=Harald Lechner (Austria)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Germany v Estonia

|date={{Start date|2019|6|11|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=8–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026156/

|team2={{fb|EST}}

|goals1=

Reus {{goal|10||37}}
Gnabry {{goal|17||62}}
Goretzka {{goal|20}}
Gündoğan {{goal|26|pen.}}
Werner {{goal|79}}
Sané {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Opel Arena, Mainz

|attendance=26,050

|referee=Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Estonia v Belarus

|date={{Start date|2019|9|6|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026175/

|team2={{fb|BLR}}

|goals1=

Sorga {{goal|54}}

|goals2=

Naumov {{goal|48}}
Skavysh {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium=Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

|attendance=7,314

|referee=Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Germany v Netherlands

|date={{Start date|2019|9|6|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026177/

|team2={{fb|NED}}

|goals1=

Gnabry {{goal|9}}
Kroos {{goal|73|pen.}}

|goals2=

F. de Jong {{goal|59}}
Tah {{goal|66|o.g.}}
Malen {{goal|79}}
Wijnaldum {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium=Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

|attendance=51,299

|referee=Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Estonia v Netherlands

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

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

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

|score=0–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026200/

|team2={{fb|NED}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Babel {{goal|17||47}}
Depay {{goal|76}}
Wijnaldum {{goal|87}}

|stadium=Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

|attendance=11,006

|referee=Serhiy Boiko (Ukraine)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Northern Ireland v Germany

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

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

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026201/

|team2={{fb|GER}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Halstenberg {{goal|48}}
Gnabry {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium=Windsor Park, Belfast

|attendance=18,326

|referee=Daniele Orsato (Italy)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Belarus v Estonia

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

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

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

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026217/

|team2={{fb|EST}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

|attendance=11,300

|referee=Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Netherlands v Northern Ireland

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026218/

|team2={{fb|NIR}}

|goals1=

Depay {{goal|80||90+4}}
L. de Jong {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2=

Magennis {{goal|75}}

|stadium=De Kuip, Rotterdam

|attendance=41,348

|referee=Benoît Bastien (France)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Belarus v Netherlands

|date={{Start date|2019|10|13|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026117/

|team2={{fb|NED}}

|goals1=

Drahun {{goal|54}}

|goals2=

Wijnaldum {{goal|32||41}}

|stadium=Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

|attendance=21,639

|referee=Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Estonia v Germany

|date={{Start date|2019|10|13|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026121/

|team2={{fb|GER}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Gündoğan {{goal|51||57}}
Werner {{goal|71}}

|stadium=Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

|attendance=12,062

|referee=Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Germany v Belarus

|date={{Start date|2019|11|16|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026111/

|team2={{fb|BLR}}

|goals1=

Ginter {{goal|41}}
Goretzka {{goal|49}}
Kroos {{goal|55||83}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach

|attendance=33,164

|referee=Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Northern Ireland v Netherlands

|date={{Start date|2019|11|16|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026112/

|team2={{fb|NED}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Windsor Park, Belfast

|attendance=18,404

|referee=Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Germany v Northern Ireland

|date={{Start date|2019|11|19|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=6–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026008/

|team2={{fb|NIR}}

|goals1=

Gnabry {{goal|19||47||60}}
Goretzka {{goal|43||73}}
Brandt {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2=

Smith {{goal|7}}

|stadium=Waldstadion, Frankfurt

|attendance=42,855

|referee=Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Netherlands v Estonia

|date={{Start date|2019|11|19|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=5–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026009/

|team2={{fb|EST}}

|goals1=

Wijnaldum {{goal|6||66||79}}
Aké {{goal|19}}
Boadu {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

|attendance=50,386

|referee=Davide Massa (Italy)

}}

Goalscorers

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

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)
{{fb\|EST}} \| Joonas Tamm \| {{yel}} vs Northern Ireland (21 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Germany (11 June 2019) {{yel}} vs Netherlands (9 September 2019) \| vs Belarus (10 October 2019)
{{fb\|GER}} \| Emre Can \| {{sent off\|0}} vs Estonia (13 October 2019) \| vs Belarus (16 November 2019)
{{fb\|NED}} \| Marten de Roon \| {{yel}} vs Belarus (21 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Germany (6 September 2019) {{yel}} vs Northern Ireland (16 November 2019) \| vs Estonia (19 November 2019)

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

Team

! Player

! Offence(s)

! Suspended for match(es)

| Joonas Tamm

| {{yel}} vs Northern Ireland (21 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Germany (11 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Netherlands (9 September 2019)

| vs Belarus (10 October 2019)

| Emre Can

| {{sent off|0}} vs Estonia (13 October 2019)

| vs Belarus (16 November 2019)

| Marten de Roon

| {{yel}} vs Belarus (21 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Germany (6 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Northern Ireland (16 November 2019)

| vs Estonia (19 November 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 C

Category:2019 in Belarusian football

Category:2019 in Estonian football

Category:2018–19 in German football

Category:2019–20 in German football

Category:Germany at UEFA Euro 2020

Category:2018–19 in Dutch football

Category:2019–20 in Dutch football

Category:Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2020

Category:2018–19 in Northern Ireland association football

Category:2019–20 in Northern Ireland association football