UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group G

{{Short description|Group of six football teams}}

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

Group G 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 G consisted of six teams: Austria, Israel, Latvia, North Macedonia, Poland and Slovenia,{{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, Poland and Austria, 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 G|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=Austria v Poland

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026021/

|team2={{fb|POL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

|attendance=40,400{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group G|url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2020/qualifying-round/group-g/g12193/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=21 November 2019}}

|referee=Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

}}

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|id=North Macedonia v Latvia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026022/

|team2={{fb|LVA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Philip II Arena, Skopje

|attendance=7,043

|referee=Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Israel v Slovenia

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

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

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026023/

|team2={{fb|SVN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

|attendance=12,430

|referee=Tiago Martins (Portugal)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Israel v Austria

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

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

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

|score=4–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026044/

|team2={{fb|AUT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

|attendance=16,180

|referee=Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Poland v Latvia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026048/

|team2={{fb|LVA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=51,112

|referee=Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovenia v North Macedonia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026049/

|team2={{fb|MKD}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance=9,872

|referee=Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Austria v Slovenia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026078/

|team2={{fb|SVN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt

|attendance=19,200

|referee= Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

}}

{{Football box

|id=North Macedonia v Poland

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026080/

|team2={{fb|POL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

|attendance=22,000

|referee= Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Latvia v Israel

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

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

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

|score=0–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026082/

|team2={{fb|ISR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Daugava Stadium, Riga

|attendance=5,508

|referee= Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=North Macedonia v Austria

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–4

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026150/

|team2={{fb|AUT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

|attendance=10,501

|referee=Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Latvia v Slovenia

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

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

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

|score=0–5

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026151/

|team2={{fb|SVN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Daugava Stadium, Riga

|attendance=4,011

|referee=Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Poland v Israel

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=4–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026152/

|team2={{fb|ISR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=57,229

|referee=Tobias Stieler (Germany)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Israel v North Macedonia

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

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

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026172/

|team2={{fb|MKD}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva

|attendance=15,200

|referee=Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Austria v Latvia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=6–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026185/

|team2={{fb|LVA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Wals-Siezenheim

|attendance=16,300

|referee=Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovenia v Poland

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026187/

|team2={{fb|POL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance=15,231

|referee=Sergei Karasev (Russia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Latvia v North Macedonia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026203/

|team2={{fb|MKD}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Daugava Stadium, Riga

|attendance=2,724

|referee=Espen Eskås (Norway)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Poland v Austria

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026204/

|team2={{fb|AUT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=56,788

|referee=Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovenia v Israel

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

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

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

|score=3–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026205/

|team2={{fb|ISR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance=10,669

|referee=Anthony Taylor (England)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Austria v Israel

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026221/

|team2={{fb|ISR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

|attendance=26,200

|referee=Willie Collum (Scotland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=North Macedonia v Slovenia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026222/

|team2={{fb|SVN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

|attendance=16,500

|referee=Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Latvia v Poland

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

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

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

|score=0–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026223/

|team2={{fb|POL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Daugava Stadium, Riga

|attendance=7,107

|referee=Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Poland v North Macedonia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026123/

|team2={{fb|MKD}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=52,894

|referee=Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Slovenia v Austria

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026124/

|team2={{fb|AUT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance=15,108

|referee=Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Israel v Latvia

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

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

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

|score=3–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026137/

|team2={{fb|LVA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva

|attendance=9,150

|referee=Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Slovenia v Latvia

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

|time=18:00

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026108/

|team2={{fb|LVA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

|attendance=11,224

|referee=Radu Petrescu (Romania)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Austria v North Macedonia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026114/

|team2={{fb|MKD}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

|attendance=41,100

|referee=Michael Oliver (England)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Israel v Poland

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

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

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026115/

|team2={{fb|POL}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

|attendance=16,700

|referee=Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=North Macedonia v Israel

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

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

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026012/

|team2={{fb|ISR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

|attendance=5,573

|referee=Paolo Valeri (Italy)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Latvia v Austria

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026013/

|team2={{fb|AUT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Daugava Stadium, Riga

|attendance=2,781

|referee=Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Poland v Slovenia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=3–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026014/

|team2={{fb|SVN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=53,946

|referee=Daniel Siebert (Germany)

}}

Goalscorers

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

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|ISR}}

| Dor Peretz

| {{yel}} vs Slovenia (21 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Latvia (7 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Slovenia (9 September 2019)

| vs Austria (10 October 2019)

rowspan=3| {{fb|LVA}}

| Andrejs Cigaņiks

| {{sent off|2}} vs North Macedonia (21 March 2019)

| vs Poland (24 March 2019){{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/DisciplinaryChart/uefaorg/UEFACompDisCases/02/59/71/46/2597146_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 2 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=23 March 2019 |access-date=24 March 2019}}

Jānis Ikaunieks

| {{yel}} vs Poland (24 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs North Macedonia (9 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Israel (15 October 2019)

| vs Slovenia (16 November 2019)

Vitālijs Maksimenko

| {{yel}} vs Poland (24 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs North Macedonia (9 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Poland (10 October 2019)

| vs Israel (13 October 2019)

rowspan=4| {{fb|MKD}}

| Egzon Bejtulai

| {{yel}} vs Slovenia (24 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Austria (10 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Latvia (9 September 2019)

| vs Slovenia (10 October 2019)

Visar Musliu

| {{yel}} vs Slovenia (24 March 2019)
{{sent off|2}} vs Poland (7 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Slovenia (10 October 2019)
{{yel}} vs Poland (13 October 2019)

| vs Austria (10 June 2019)
vs Austria (16 November 2019)

Ilija Nestorovski

| {{yel}} vs Slovenia (24 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Poland (7 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Poland (13 October 2019)

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

Boban Nikolov

| {{yel}} vs Slovenia (24 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Israel (5 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Poland (13 October 2019)

rowspan=3| {{fb|SVN}}

| Bojan Jokić

| {{yel}} vs Israel (21 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs North Macedonia (24 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Latvia (10 June 2019)

| vs Poland (6 September 2019)

Denis Popović

| {{sent off}} vs Austria (13 October 2019)

| vs Latvia (16 November 2019)

Aljaž Struna

| {{yel}} vs Poland (6 September 2019)
{{yel}} vs Austria (13 October 2019)
{{yel}} vs Latvia (16 November 2019)

| vs Poland (19 November 2019)

Notes

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References

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