UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group A

Group A of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group A consists of five teams: Cyprus, Georgia, Norway, Scotland and Spain. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[1]

The top two teams will qualify directly for the final tournament. The participants of the qualifying play-offs will be decided based on their performance in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Scotland Spain Norway Georgia (country) Cyprus
1  Scotland (X) 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 19 Nov 20 Jun 3–0
2  Spain (X) 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 12 Oct — 3–0 19 Nov 11 Sep
3  Norway 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1 17 Jun 15 Oct — 11 Sep 20 Jun
4  Georgia (X) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 16 Nov 8 Sep 1–1 — 15 Oct
5  Cyprus 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0 8 Sep 16 Nov 12 Oct 17 Jun —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 March 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers (only used upon completion)
(X) If cannot qualify directly, will advance to play-offs via Nations League

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw.[2][3][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Scotland 3–0 Cyprus
  • McGinn 21'
  • McTominay 87', 90+3'
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Attendance: 48,195[5]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Spain 3–0 Norway
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Attendance: 29,214[6]
Georgia 1–1 Norway
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Attendance: 20,300[7]
Scotland 2–0 Spain
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Attendance: 47,976[8]
Norway v Scotland
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Cyprus v Georgia
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Norway v Cyprus
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Scotland v Georgia
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Georgia v Spain
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Cyprus v Scotland
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Norway v Georgia
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Spain v Cyprus
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Cyprus v Norway
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Spain v Scotland
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Georgia v Cyprus
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Norway v Spain
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Georgia v Scotland
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Cyprus v Spain
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Scotland v Norway
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Spain v Georgia
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Goalscorers

There have been 10 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match (as of 28 March 2023).

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[1]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may 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 are not carried forward to the play-offs, the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions will be served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 CyprusNicholas IoannouYellow card Yellow-red card vs Scotland (25 March 2023)vs Georgia (17 June 2023)

Notes
  1. 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).
  2. Sandro Schärer suffered an injury. He was replaced by the fourth official Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland) at half-time.[9]

References
  1. "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship, 2022–24". Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. "UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. "European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by group)" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  4. "European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by match-day)" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. "Scotland vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. "Spain vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. "Georgia vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  8. "Scotland vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  9. Cairney, James (28 March 2023). "Why there was a change of referee during Scotland v Spain". The Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  10. "La Selección jugará el 11 de septiembre en Santander y el 19 de noviembre en Valladolid" [The national team will play in Santander on 11 September and in Valladolid on 19 November] (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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