UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group F#Norway v Sweden

{{Short description|Football tournament qualifying stage}}

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

Group F 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 F consisted of six teams: Faroe Islands, Malta, Norway, Romania, Spain and Sweden,{{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, Spain and Sweden, 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 F|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=Malta v Faroe Islands

|date={{Start date|2019|3|23|df=y}}

|time=18:00

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026035/

|team2={{fb|FRO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=7,531{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group F|url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2020/qualifying-round/group-f/g12192/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=21 November 2019}}

|referee=Vilhjálmur Þórarinsson (Iceland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Sweden v Romania

|date={{Start date|2019|3|23|df=y}}

|time=18:00

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026036/

|team2={{fb|ROU}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=30,115

|referee=Michael Oliver (England)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Spain v Norway

|date={{Start date|2019|3|23|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026037/

|team2={{fb|NOR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

  • King {{goal|65|pen.}}

|stadium=Mestalla, Valencia

|attendance=39,752

|referee=Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Malta v Spain

|date={{Start date|2019|3|26|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026061/

|team2={{fb|ESP}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=16,542

|referee=Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Norway v Sweden

|date={{Start date|2019|3|26|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|NOR}}

|score=3–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026062/

|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

|attendance=23,459

|referee=Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Romania v Faroe Islands

|date={{Start date|2019|3|26|df=y}}

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

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

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026063/

|team2={{fb|FRO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

|attendance=10,502

|referee=Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Faroe Islands v Spain

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

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

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

|score=1–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026073/

|team2={{fb|ESP}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

|attendance=3,226

|referee= Enea Jorgji (Albania)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Norway v Romania

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

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|NOR}}

|score=2–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026075/

|team2={{fb|ROU}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

|attendance=17,664

|referee= Sergei Karasev (Russia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Sweden v Malta

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026077/

|team2={{fb|MLT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=26,421

|referee= Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Faroe Islands v Norway

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

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

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026147/

|team2={{fb|NOR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

|attendance=3,083

|referee=Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Malta v Romania

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026148/

|team2={{fb|ROU}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=6,471

|referee=Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Spain v Sweden

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026149/

|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

|attendance=72,205

|referee=Willie Collum (Scotland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Faroe Islands v Sweden

|date={{Start date|2019|9|5|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026169/

|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

|attendance=3,108

|referee=Tiago Martins (Portugal)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Norway v Malta

|date={{Start date|2019|9|5|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|NOR}}

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026170/

|team2={{fb|MLT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

|attendance=11,269

|referee=Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Romania v Spain

|date={{Start date|2019|9|5|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026171/

|team2={{fb|ESP}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Arena Națională, Bucharest

|attendance=50,024

|referee=Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Romania v Malta

|date={{Start date|2019|9|8|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026194/

|team2={{fb|MLT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești

|attendance=13,376

|referee=Duje Strukan (Croatia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Spain v Faroe Islands

|date={{Start date|2019|9|8|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026191/

|team2={{fb|FRO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=El Molinón, Gijón

|attendance=23,644

|referee=Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Sweden v Norway

|date={{Start date|2019|9|8|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026196/

|team2={{fb|NOR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=38,372

|referee=Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Faroe Islands v Romania

|date={{Start date|2019|10|12|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026235/

|team2={{fb|ROU}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

|attendance=2,381

|referee=Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Malta v Sweden

|date={{Start date|2019|10|12|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026237/

|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=10,702

|referee=Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Norway v Spain

|date={{Start date|2019|10|12|df=y}}

|time=20:45

|team1={{fb-rt|NOR}}

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026238/

|team2={{fb|ESP}}

|goals1=

  • King {{goal|90+4|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

|attendance=25,200

|referee=Michael Oliver (England)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Faroe Islands v Malta

|date={{Start date|2019|10|15|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026134/

|team2={{fb|MLT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

|attendance=2,677

|referee=José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Romania v Norway

|date={{Start date|2019|10|15|df=y}}

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

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026135/

|team2={{fb|NOR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Arena Națională, Bucharest

|attendance=29,854

|referee=Bobby Madden (Scotland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Sweden v Spain

|date={{Start date|2019|10|15|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026136/

|team2={{fb|ESP}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=49,712

|referee=Clément Turpin (France)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Norway v Faroe Islands

|date={{Start date|2019|11|15|df=y}}

|time=18:00

|team1={{fb-rt|NOR}}

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026102/

|team2={{fb|FRO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

|attendance=10,400

|referee=Fran Jović (Croatia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Romania v Sweden

|date={{Start date|2019|11|15|df=y}}

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

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026103/

|team2={{fb|SWE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Arena Națională, Bucharest

|attendance=49,678

|referee=Daniele Orsato (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Spain v Malta

|date={{Start date|2019|11|15|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=7–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026104/

|team2={{fb|MLT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz

|attendance=19,773

|referee=Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Malta v Norway

|date={{Start date|2019|11|18|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026002/

|team2={{fb|NOR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=2,708

|referee=Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Spain v Romania

|date={{Start date|2019|11|18|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=5–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026003/

|team2={{fb|ROU}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid

|attendance=36,198

|referee=Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Sweden v Faroe Islands

|date={{Start date|2019|11|18|df=y}}

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026004/

|team2={{fb|FRO}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Friends Arena, Solna

|attendance=19,737

|referee=Matej Jug (Slovenia)

}}

Goalscorers

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

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)

{{fb|FRO}}

| Gilli Rólantsson

| {{yel}} vs Malta (23 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Norway (10 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Romania (12 October 2019)

| vs Malta (15 October 2019)

rowspan=2| {{fb|MLT}}

| Andrei Agius

| {{sent off|0}} vs Faroe Islands (23 March 2019)

| vs Spain (26 March 2019){{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/DisciplinaryChart/uefaorg/UEFACompDisCases/02/59/73/03/2597303_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 2 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=24 March 2019 |access-date=24 March 2019}}

Steve Borg

| {{yel}} vs Faroe Islands (23 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Romania (10 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Faroe Islands (15 October 2019)

| vs Spain (15 November 2019)

rowspan=2| {{fb|ROU}}

| Alexandru Chipciu

| {{sent off|2}} vs Malta (10 June 2019)

| vs Spain (5 September 2019)

Dragoș Grigore

| {{yel}} vs Sweden (23 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Faroe Islands (26 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Norway (7 June 2019)

| vs Malta (10 June 2019)

rowspan=2| {{fb|ESP}}

| Diego Llorente

| {{sent off|0}} vs Romania (5 September 2019)

| vs Faroe Islands (8 September 2019)

Sergio Ramos

| {{yel}} vs Romania (5 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Faroe Islands (8 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Norway (12 October 2019)

| vs Sweden (15 October 2019)

Notes

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References

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