UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group E#Wales v Slovakia

Group E 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 E consisted of five teams: Azerbaijan, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and Wales,{{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, Croatia and Wales, 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 E|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).

{{Football box

|id=Croatia v Azerbaijan

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026019/

|team2={{fb|AZE}}

|goals1=

Barišić {{goal|44}}
Kramarić {{goal|79}}

|goals2=

Sheydayev {{goal|19}}

|stadium=Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance=23,146{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group E|url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2020/qualifying-round/group-e/g12191/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=21 November 2019}}

|referee=Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovakia v Hungary

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026020/

|team2={{fb|HUN}}

|goals1=

Duda {{goal|42}}
Rusnák {{goal|85}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

|attendance=14,235

|referee=Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Wales v Slovakia

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

|time=15:00 ({{UTZ|14:00|0}})

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026041/

|team2={{fb|SVK}}

|goals1=

James {{goal|5}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

|attendance=31,617

|referee=Felix Zwayer (Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Hungary v Croatia

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

|time=18:00

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026043/

|team2={{fb|CRO}}

|goals1=

Szalai {{goal|34}}
Pátkai {{goal|76}}

|goals2=

Rebić {{goal|13}}

|stadium=Groupama Arena, Budapest

|attendance=19,400

|referee=Willie Collum (Scotland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Croatia v Wales

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

|time=15:00

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026072/

|team2={{fb|WAL}}

|goals1=

J. Lawrence {{goal|17|o.g.}}
Perišić {{goal|48}}

|goals2=

Brooks {{goal|77}}

|stadium=Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek

|attendance=17,061

|referee= István Kovács (Romania)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Azerbaijan v Hungary

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

|time=18:00 ({{UTZ|20:00|4}})

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

|score=1–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026079/

|team2={{fb|HUN}}

|goals1=

Emreli {{goal|69}}

|goals2=

Orbán {{goal|18||53}}
Holman {{goal|71}}

|stadium=Bakcell Arena, Baku

|attendance=10,450

|referee=Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Azerbaijan v Slovakia

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

|time=18:00 ({{UTZ|20:00|4}})

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

|score=1–5

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026154/

|team2={{fb|SVK}}

|goals1=

Sheydayev {{goal|29}}

|goals2=

Lobotka {{goal|8}}
Kucka {{goal|27}}
Hamšík {{goal|30||57}}
Hancko {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Bakcell Arena, Baku

|attendance=8,200

|referee=John Beaton (Scotland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Hungary v Wales

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026157/

|team2={{fb|WAL}}

|goals1=

Pátkai {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Groupama Arena, Budapest

|attendance=18,350

|referee=Matej Jug (Slovenia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Slovakia v Croatia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026180/

|team2={{fb|CRO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Vlašić {{goal|45}}
Perišić {{goal|46}}
Petković {{goal|72}}
Lovren {{goal|89}}

|stadium=Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

|attendance=18,098

|referee=Felix Brych (Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Wales v Azerbaijan

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

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

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026183/

|team2={{fb|AZE}}

|goals1=

Pashayev {{goal|26|o.g.}}
Bale {{goal|84}}

|goals2=

Emreli {{goal|59}}

|stadium=Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

|attendance=28,385

|referee=Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Azerbaijan v Croatia

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

|time=18:00 ({{UTZ|20:00|4}})

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026199/

|team2={{fb|CRO}}

|goals1=

Khalilzade {{goal|72}}

|goals2=

Modrić {{goal|11|pen.}}

|stadium=Bakcell Arena, Baku

|attendance=9,150

|referee=Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Hungary v Slovakia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026202/

|team2={{fb|SVK}}

|goals1=

Szoboszlai {{goal|50}}

|goals2=

Mak {{goal|40}}
Boženík {{goal|56}}

|stadium=Groupama Arena, Budapest

|attendance=21,700

|referee=Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Croatia v Hungary

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026219/

|team2={{fb|HUN}}

|goals1=

Modrić {{goal|5}}
Petković {{goal|24||42}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Poljud, Split

|attendance=32,110

|referee=Daniele Orsato (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovakia v Wales

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026220/

|team2={{fb|WAL}}

|goals1=

Kucka {{goal|53}}

|goals2=

Moore {{goal|25}}

|stadium=Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

|attendance=18,071

|referee=Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Hungary v Azerbaijan

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

|time=18:00

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026118/

|team2={{fb|AZE}}

|goals1=

Korhut {{goal|10}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Groupama Arena, Budapest

|attendance=11,300

|referee=Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Wales v Croatia

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

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

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026122/

|team2={{fb|CRO}}

|goals1=

Bale {{goal|45+3}}

|goals2=

Vlašić {{goal|9}}

|stadium=Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

|attendance=31,745

|referee=Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Azerbaijan v Wales

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

|time=18:00 ({{UTZ|21:00|4}})

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026107/

|team2={{fb|WAL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

Moore {{goal|10}}
Wilson {{goal|34}}

|stadium=Bakcell Arena, Baku

|attendance=8,622

|referee=Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Croatia v Slovakia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026113/

|team2={{fb|SVK}}

|goals1=

Vlašić {{goal|56}}
Petković {{goal|60}}
Perišić {{goal|74}}

|goals2=

Boženík {{goal|32}}

|stadium=Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka

|attendance=8,212

|referee=Clément Turpin (France)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Slovakia v Azerbaijan

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026010/

|team2={{fb|AZE}}

|goals1=

Boženík {{goal|19}}
Hamšík {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

|attendance=7,825

|referee=Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Wales v Hungary

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

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

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026011/

|team2={{fb|HUN}}

|goals1=

Ramsey {{goal|15||47}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

|attendance=31,762

|referee=Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

}}

Goalscorers

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

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 carried forward to the play-offs, but not 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\|AZE}} \| Anton Krivotsyuk \| {{yel}} vs Slovakia (11 June 2019) {{yel}} vs Wales (6 September 2019) {{yel}} vs Croatia (9 September 2019) \|rowspan=3\| vs Hungary (13 October 2019)
Maksim Medvedev \| {{yel}} vs Croatia (21 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Hungary (8 June 2019) {{yel}} vs Croatia (9 September 2019)
Dimitrij Nazarov \| {{yel}} vs Hungary (8 June 2019) {{yel}} vs Wales (6 September 2019) {{yel}} vs Croatia (9 September 2019)
rowspan=4\| {{fb\|CRO}} \| Marcelo Brozović \| {{yel}} vs Wales (8 June 2019) {{yel}} vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2019) {{yel}} vs Hungary (10 October 2019) \| vs Wales (13 October 2019)
rowspan=2\| Dejan Lovren \| Insulting behaviour vs Spain in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League (15 November 2018){{cite web \|url=https://www.uefa.com/running-competitions/disciplinary/ \|title=Disciplinary updates \|website=UEFA \|publisher=Union of European Football Associations \|date=11 January 2019 \|access-date=22 March 2019 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116234024/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/disciplinary/index.html#post_3933436 \|archive-date=16 January 2019}} \| vs Azerbaijan (21 March 2019){{cite web \|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/DisciplinaryChart/uefaorg/UEFACompDisCases/02/59/64/66/2596466_DOWNLOAD.pdf \|title=European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 1 \|website=UEFA \|publisher=Union of European Football Associations \|format=PDF \|date=15 March 2019 \|access-date=22 March 2019}}
{{yel}} vs Hungary (24 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Wales (8 June 2019) {{yel}} vs Wales (13 October 2019) \|rowspan=2\| vs Slovakia (16 November 2019)
Domagoj Vida \| {{yel}} vs Wales (8 June 2019) {{yel}} vs Hungary (10 October 2019) {{yel}} vs Wales (13 October 2019)
rowspan=4\| {{fb\|HUN}} \| Botond Baráth \| {{sent off\|2}} vs Slovakia (9 September 2019) \| vs Croatia (10 October 2019)
László Kleinheisler \| {{sent off\|2}} vs Croatia (10 October 2019) \| vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019)
Mihály Korhut \| {{yel}} vs Slovakia (21 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Wales (11 June 2019) {{yel}} vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019) \| vs Wales (19 November 2019)
Ádám Nagy \| {{yel}} vs Slovakia (21 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Wales (11 June 2019) {{yel}} vs Slovakia (9 September 2019) \| vs Croatia (10 October 2019)
rowspan=3\| {{fb\|SVK}} \| Norbert Gyömbér \| {{sent off\|2}} vs Wales (10 October 2019) \| vs Croatia (16 November 2019)
Róbert Mak \| {{sent off\|2}} vs Croatia (16 November 2019) \| vs Azerbaijan (19 November 2019)
Denis Vavro \| {{yel}} vs Hungary (21 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Wales (24 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Hungary (9 September 2019) \| vs Wales (10 October 2019)
{{fb\|WAL}} \| Joe Allen \| {{yel}} vs Slovakia (24 March 2019) {{yel}} vs Azerbaijan (6 September 2019) {{yel}} vs Croatia (13 October 2019) \| vs Azerbaijan (16 November 2019)

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Team

! Player

! Offence(s)

! Suspended for match(es)

rowspan=3| {{fb|AZE}}

| Anton Krivotsyuk

| {{yel}} vs Slovakia (11 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Wales (6 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Croatia (9 September 2019)

|rowspan=3| vs Hungary (13 October 2019)

Maksim Medvedev

| {{yel}} vs Croatia (21 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Hungary (8 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Croatia (9 September 2019)

Dimitrij Nazarov

| {{yel}} vs Hungary (8 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Wales (6 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Croatia (9 September 2019)

rowspan=4| {{fb|CRO}}

| Marcelo Brozović

| {{yel}} vs Wales (8 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Hungary (10 October 2019)

| vs Wales (13 October 2019)

rowspan=2| Dejan Lovren

| Insulting behaviour vs Spain in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League (15 November 2018){{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/running-competitions/disciplinary/ |title=Disciplinary updates |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=11 January 2019 |access-date=22 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116234024/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/disciplinary/index.html#post_3933436 |archive-date=16 January 2019}}

| vs Azerbaijan (21 March 2019){{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/DisciplinaryChart/uefaorg/UEFACompDisCases/02/59/64/66/2596466_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 1 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=22 March 2019}}

{{yel}} vs Hungary (24 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Wales (8 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Wales (13 October 2019)

|rowspan=2| vs Slovakia (16 November 2019)

Domagoj Vida

| {{yel}} vs Wales (8 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Hungary (10 October 2019)
{{yel}} vs Wales (13 October 2019)

rowspan=4| {{fb|HUN}}

| Botond Baráth

| {{sent off|2}} vs Slovakia (9 September 2019)

| vs Croatia (10 October 2019)

László Kleinheisler

| {{sent off|2}} vs Croatia (10 October 2019)

| vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019)

Mihály Korhut

| {{yel}} vs Slovakia (21 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Wales (11 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019)

| vs Wales (19 November 2019)

Ádám Nagy

| {{yel}} vs Slovakia (21 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Wales (11 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Slovakia (9 September 2019)

| vs Croatia (10 October 2019)

rowspan=3| {{fb|SVK}}

| Norbert Gyömbér

| {{sent off|2}} vs Wales (10 October 2019)

| vs Croatia (16 November 2019)

Róbert Mak

| {{sent off|2}} vs Croatia (16 November 2019)

| vs Azerbaijan (19 November 2019)

Denis Vavro

| {{yel}} vs Hungary (21 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Wales (24 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Hungary (9 September 2019)

| vs Wales (10 October 2019)

| Joe Allen

| {{yel}} vs Slovakia (24 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Azerbaijan (6 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Croatia (13 October 2019)

| vs Azerbaijan (16 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

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