UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group J#Greece v Liechtenstein

{{Short description|Football tournament qualifying stage}}

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

Group J 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 |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=27 September 2018}} Group J consisted of six teams: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Italy and Liechtenstein,{{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, Italy and Finland, 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.

Italy won all ten of their matches, becoming only the sixth national side to qualify for a European Championship with a 100% record, and the seventh instance, after France (1992 and 2004), Czech Republic (2000), Germany, Spain (both 2012) and England (2016).{{cite news|title=Denmark and Switzerland through, Italy perfect|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0257-0e02a42c091d-785258d2ca1b-1000--denmark-and-switzerland-through/|access-date=18 November 2019|publisher=UEFA|date=18 November 2019}}

Standings

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group J|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 |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=Bosnia and Herzegovina v Armenia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026038/

|team2={{fb|ARM}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

|attendance=10,000{{cite web |title=Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group J|url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2020/qualifying-round/group-j/g12196/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=21 November 2019}}

|referee=Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Italy v Finland

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026039/

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Friuli, Udine

|attendance=24,000

|referee=Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Liechtenstein v Greece

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026040/

|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

|attendance=2,711

|referee=Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Armenia v Finland

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

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

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026058/

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

|attendance=12,900

|referee=Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Bosnia and Herzegovina v Greece

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026064/

|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

|attendance=10,500

|referee=Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Italy v Liechtenstein

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=6–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026065/

|team2={{fb|LIE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma

|attendance=19,834

|referee=Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Armenia v Liechtenstein

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

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

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

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026084/

|team2={{fb|LIE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

|attendance=9,200

|referee= Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Finland v Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

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

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026085/

|team2={{fb|BIH}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tampere Stadium, Tampere

|attendance=16,103

|referee= Daniel Stefański (Poland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Greece v Italy

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

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

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

|score=0–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026090/

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=19,828

|referee=Anthony Taylor (England)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Greece v Armenia

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

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

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

|score=2–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026163/

|team2={{fb|ARM}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=7,011

|referee=Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Italy v Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026164/

|team2={{fb|BIH}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Juventus Stadium, Turin

|attendance=29,100

|referee=Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Liechtenstein v Finland

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026165/

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

|attendance=2,160

|referee=Jens Maae (Denmark)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Armenia v Italy

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

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

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

|score=1–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026166/

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

|attendance=13,680

|referee=Daniel Siebert (Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Bosnia and Herzegovina v Liechtenstein

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=5–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026173/

|team2={{fb|LIE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

|attendance=3,825

|referee=Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Finland v Greece

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

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

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

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026174/

|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tampere Stadium, Tampere

|attendance=16,163

|referee=Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Armenia v Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

|time=15:00 ({{UTZ|17:00|4}})

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

|score=4–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026195/

|team2={{fb|BIH}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

|attendance=12,457

|referee=Benoît Bastien (France)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Finland v Italy

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

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

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

|score=1–2

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026197/

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tampere Stadium, Tampere

|attendance=16,292

|referee=Bobby Madden (Scotland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Greece v Liechtenstein

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

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

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026198/

|team2={{fb|LIE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=3,445

|referee=Alexander Harkam (Austria)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Bosnia and Herzegovina v Finland

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

|time=18:00

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

|score=4–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026236/

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

|attendance=8,193

|referee=Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Italy v Greece

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026239/

|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance=56,274

|referee=Sergei Karasev (Russia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Liechtenstein v Armenia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=1–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026240/

|team2={{fb|ARM}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

|attendance=2,285

|referee=István Kovács (Romania)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Finland v Armenia

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

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

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

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026138/

|team2={{fb|ARM}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Veritas Stadion, Turku

|attendance=7,231

|referee=Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Greece v Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

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

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026139/

|team2={{fb|BIH}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=4,512

|referee=Felix Zwayer (Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Liechtenstein v Italy

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–5

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026140/

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

|attendance=5,087

|referee=Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Armenia v Greece

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

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

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

|score=0–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026098/

|team2={{fb|GRE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

|attendance=6,450

|referee=Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Finland v Liechtenstein

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

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

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

|score=3–0

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026099/

|team2={{fb|LIE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki

|attendance=9,804

|referee=Benoît Bastien (France)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Bosnia and Herzegovina v Italy

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026105/

|team2={{fb|ITA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

|attendance=8,355

|referee=Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Greece v Finland

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

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

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

|score=2–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026005/

|team2={{fb|FIN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=5,453

|referee=Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Italy v Armenia

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=9–1

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026006/

|team2={{fb|ARM}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo

|attendance=27,752

|referee=Tiago Martins (Portugal)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Liechtenstein v Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

|time=20:45

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

|score=0–3

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026007/

|team2={{fb|BIH}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

|attendance=2,993

|referee=Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

}}

Goalscorers

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

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|ARM}}

| Varazdat Haroyan

| {{yel}} vs Finland (26 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2019)
{{yel}} vs Finland (15 October 2019)

| vs Greece (15 November 2019)

Rumyan Hovsepyan

| {{yel}} vs Liechtenstein (8 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2019)
{{yel}} vs Greece (15 November 2019)

| vs Italy (18 November 2019)

Aleksandre Karapetian

| {{sent off|2}} vs Italy (5 September 2019)

| vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (8 September 2019)

{{fb|BIH}}

| Miralem Pjanić

| {{sent off|0}} vs Greece (26 March 2019)

| vs Finland (8 June 2019)

{{fb|FIN}}

| Tim Sparv

| {{yel}} vs Italy (23 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Armenia (26 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Greece (5 September 2019)

| vs Italy (8 September 2019)

{{fb|GRE}}

| Georgios Masouras

| {{yel}} vs Liechtenstein (8 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Armenia (11 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Liechtenstein (8 September 2019)

| vs Italy (12 October 2019)

{{fb|ITA}}

| Marco Verratti

| {{yel}} vs Finland (23 March 2019)
{{yel}} vs Greece (8 June 2019)
{{yel}} vs Armenia (5 September 2019)

| vs Finland (8 September 2019)

{{fb|LIE}}

| Daniel Kaufmann

| {{sent off|0}} vs Italy (26 March 2019)

| vs Armenia (8 June 2019)

Notes

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References

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