UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group A#Scotland v Spain

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Group A of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group A consisted of five teams: Cyprus, Georgia, Norway, Scotland and Spain. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.{{cite web |url=https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulations-of-the-UEFA-European-Football-Championship-2022-24-Online |title=Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship, 2022–24 |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=10 May 2022 |access-date=16 May 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516115052/https://documents.uefa.com/api/khub/maps/5tYSJw48iUOPsbIGOxQA4w/attachments/_dSxuIv48n81YqITx97r~g/content?Ft-Calling-App=ft%2Fturnkey-portal&Ft-Calling-App-Version=3.11.26&filename=20220601_Regulations_EURO_2024_en.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2022}}

Originally Gibraltar had been drawn in this group, but they were moved to group B due to Spain not being willing to play them because of the disputed status of Gibraltar.{{Cite web |date=10 October 2022 |title=UEFA rules prevent Spain v Gibraltar in Euro 2024 qualifiers |url=https://thediplomatinspain.com/en/2022/10/10/uefa-rules-prevent-spain-v-gibraltar-in-euro-2024-qualifiers/77964/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=The Diplomat}}

The top two teams, Spain and Scotland, qualified directly for the final tournament. The participants of the qualifying play-offs were decided based on their performance in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League.

Standings

{{UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group tables|Group A|show_matches=yes}}

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/027a-16504c17d541-fcc23bb05e33-1000/ |title=UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group fixtures |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=10 October 2022 |access-date=10 October 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/download/uefa-euro-2024-qualifiers-fixture-list/uefa-euro-2024-qualifiers-fixture-list-by-group.pdf |title=European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by group) |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=10 October 2022 |access-date=11 October 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/download/uefa-euro-2024-qualifiers-fixture-list/uefa-euro-2024-qualifiers-fixture-list-by-match-day.pdf |title=European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by match-day) |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=10 October 2022 |access-date=11 October 2022}} Times are CET/CEST,{{refn|group=note|CET (UTC+1) for matches until 25 March and from 29 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 26 March to 28 October 2023 (matchday 2–8).}} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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|id = Scotland v Cyprus

|date = {{Start date|2023|3|25|df=y}}

|time = 15:00 {{small|(14:00 UTC±0)}}

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

|score = 3–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036290/

|team2 = {{fb|CYP}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 48,195{{UEFA match attendance|2036290|Scotland vs. Cyprus|date=25 March 2023|access-date=25 March 2023}}

|referee = Duje Strukan (Croatia)

}}

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|id = Spain v Norway

|date = {{Start date|2023|3|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

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

|score = 3–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036291/

|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = La Rosaleda, Málaga

|attendance = 29,214{{UEFA match attendance|2036291|Spain vs. Norway|date=25 March 2023|access-date=25 March 2023}}

|referee = Benoît Bastien (France)

}}

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|id = Georgia v Norway

|date = {{Start date|2023|3|28|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(20:00 UTC+4)}}

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

|score = 1–1

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036313/

|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Batumi Stadium, Batumi

|attendance = 20,300{{UEFA match attendance|2036313|Georgia vs. Norway|date=28 March 2023|access-date=28 March 2023}}

|referee = Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

}}

{{Football box

|id = Scotland v Spain

|date = {{Start date|2023|3|28|df=y}}

|time = 20:45 {{small|(19:45 UTC+1)}}

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

|score = 2–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036314/

|team2 = {{fb|SPA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 47,976{{UEFA match attendance|2036314|Scotland vs. Spain|date=28 March 2023|access-date=28 March 2023}}

|referee = Sandro Schärer (Switzerland){{refn|group=note|Sandro Schärer suffered an injury. He was replaced by the fourth official Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland) at half-time.{{cite news |last=Cairney |first=James |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23419183.change-referee-scotland-v-spain/ |title=Why there was a change of referee during Scotland v Spain |work=The Herald |date=28 March 2023 |access-date=28 March 2023}}}}

}}

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|id = Norway v Scotland

|date = {{Start date|2023|6|17|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

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

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036336/

|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

|attendance = 25,791{{UEFA match attendance|2036336|Norway vs. Scotland|date=17 June 2023|access-date=17 June 2023}}

|referee = Matej Jug (Slovenia)

}}

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|id = Cyprus v Georgia

|date = {{Start date|2023|6|17|df=y}}

|time = 20:45 {{small|(21:45 UTC+3)}}

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

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036337/

|team2 = {{fb|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

|attendance = 3,763{{UEFA match attendance|2036337|Cyprus vs. Georgia|date=17 June 2023|access-date=17 June 2023}}

|referee = Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Norway v Cyprus

|date = {{Start date|2023|6|20|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

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

|score = 3–1

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036360/

|team2 = {{fb|CYP}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

|attendance = 23,643{{UEFA match attendance|2036360|Norway vs. Cyprus|date=20 June 2023|access-date=20 June 2023}}

|referee = Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

}}

{{Football box

|id = Scotland v Georgia

|date = {{Start date|2023|6|20|df=y}}

|time = 20:45 {{small|(19:45 UTC+1)}}

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

|score = 2–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036359/

|team2 = {{fb|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 50,062{{UEFA match attendance|2036359|Scotland vs. Georgia|date=20 June 2023|access-date=20 June 2023}}

|referee = István Vad (Hungary)

}}

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|id = Georgia v Spain

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|8|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(20:00 UTC+4)}}

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

|score = 1–7

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036382/

|team2 = {{fb|SPA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

|attendance = 51,694{{UEFA match attendance|2036382|Georgia vs. Spain|date=8 September 2023|access-date=8 September 2023}}

|referee = Daniel Siebert (Germany)

}}

{{Football box

|id = Cyprus v Scotland

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|8|df=y}}

|time = 20:45 {{small|(21:45 UTC+3)}}

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

|score = 0–3

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036383/

|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

|attendance = 6,633{{UEFA match attendance|2036383|Cyprus vs. Scotland|date=8 September 2023|access-date=8 September 2023}}

|referee = Balázs Berke (Hungary)

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Norway v Georgia

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|12|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

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

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036406/

|team2 = {{fb|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

|attendance = 23,665{{UEFA match attendance|2036406|Norway vs. Georgia|date=12 September 2023|access-date=12 September 2023}}

|referee = Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

}}

{{Football box

|id = Spain v Cyprus

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|12|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

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

|score = 6–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036405/

|team2 = {{fb|CYP}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/seleccion/2023/06/23/64959ea922601d6a138b45bb.html|title=El España-Chipre del 12 de septiembre se disputará en Granada|date=23 June 2023|publisher=MARCA|access-date=24 June 2023|language=Spanish}}

|attendance = 17,311{{UEFA match attendance|2036405|Spain vs. Cyprus|date=12 September 2023|access-date=12 September 2023}}

|referee = Simone Sozza (Italy)

}}

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|id = Cyprus v Norway

|date = {{Start date|2023|10|12|df=y}}

|time = 20:45 {{small|(21:45 UTC+3)}}

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

|score = 0–4

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036429/

|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

|attendance = 7,206{{UEFA match attendance|2036429|Cyprus vs. Norway|date=12 October 2023|access-date=12 October 2023}}

|referee = Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

}}

{{Football box

|id = Spain v Scotland

|date = {{Start date|2023|10|12|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

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

|score = 2–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036428/

|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = La Cartuja, Seville

|attendance = 45,623{{UEFA match attendance|2036428|Spain vs. Scotland|date=12 October 2023|access-date=12 October 2023}}

|referee = Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Georgia v Cyprus

|date = {{Start date|2023|10|15|df=y}}

|time = 15:00 {{small|(17:00 UTC+4)}}

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

|score = 4–0

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036451/

|team2 = {{fb|CYP}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance = 15,871{{UEFA match attendance|2036451|Georgia vs. Cyprus|date=15 October 2023|access-date=15 October 2023}}

|referee = Robert Jones (England)

}}

{{Football box

|id = Norway v Spain

|date = {{Start date|2023|10|15|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

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

|score = 0–1

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036452/

|team2 = {{fb|SPA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

|attendance = 25,885{{UEFA match attendance|2036452|Norway vs. Spain|date=15 October 2023|access-date=15 October 2023}}

|referee = Tobias Stieler (Germany)

}}

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|id = Georgia v Scotland

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|16|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(21:00 UTC+4)}}

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

|score = 2–2

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036474/

|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

|attendance = 44,595{{UEFA match attendance|2036474|Georgia vs. Scotland|date=16 November 2023|access-date=16 November 2023}}

|referee = Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

}}

{{Football box

|id = Cyprus v Spain

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|16|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(19:00 UTC+2)}}

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

|score = 1–3

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036475/

|team2 = {{fb|SPA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Alphamega Stadium, Limassol

|attendance = 9,667{{UEFA match attendance|2036475|Cyprus vs. Spain|date=16 November 2023|access-date=16 November 2023}}

|referee = Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

}}

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|id = Scotland v Norway

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|19|df=y}}

|time = 20:45 {{small|(19:45 UTC±0)}}

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

|score = 3–3

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036498/

|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|attendance = 48,138{{UEFA match attendance|2036498|Scotland vs. Norway|date=19 November 2023|access-date=19 November 2023}}

|referee = Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

}}

{{Football box

|id = Spain v Georgia

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|19|df=y}}

|time = 20:45

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

|score = 3–1

|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2036497/

|team2 = {{fb|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = José Zorrilla, Valladolid

|attendance = 24,146{{UEFA match attendance|2036497|Spain vs. Georgia|date=19 November 2023|access-date=19 November 2023}}

|referee = Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

}}

Goalscorers

{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying|round=group|group=A}}

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 the fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions could be 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)

{{fb|CYP}}Nicholas Ioannou{{sent off|2}} vs Scotland (25 March 2023)vs Georgia (17 June 2023)

Notes

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References

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