UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group F

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.^[1] Group F consisted of six teams: Faroe Islands, Malta, Norway, Romania, Spain and Sweden,^[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.^[3]

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	8	2	0	31	5	+26	26	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–0	2–1	5–0	4–0	7–0
2	Sweden	10	6	3	1	23	9	+14	21			1–1	—	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Norway	10	4	5	1	19	11	+8	17	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		1–1	3–3	—	2–2	4–0	2–0
4	Romania	10	4	2	4	17	15	+2	14			1–2	0–2	1–1	—	4–1	1–0
5	Faroe Islands	10	1	0	9	4	30	−26	3[lower-alpha 1]			1–4	0–4	0–2	0–3	—	1–0
6	Malta	10	1	0	9	3	27	−24	3[lower-alpha 1]			0–2	0–4	1–2	0–4	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Faroe Islands 1, Malta 0.

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin.^[4][5] Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Malta	2–1	Faroe Islands
Nwoko 13' Borg 77' (pen.)	Report	Thomsen 90+8'

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)

18:00

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 7,531^[6]

Referee: Vilhjálmur Þórarinsson (Iceland)

Sweden	2–1	Romania
Quaison 33' Claesson 40'	Report	Keșerü 58'

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)

18:00

Friends Arena, Solna

Attendance: 30,115^[6]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Spain	2–1	Norway
Rodrigo 16' Ramos 71' (pen.)	Report	King 65' (pen.)

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)

20:45

Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 39,752^[6]

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

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Malta	0–2	Spain
	Report	Morata 31', 73'

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26)

20:45

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 16,542^[6]

Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Norway	3–3	Sweden
Johnsen 41' King 59' Kamara 90+7'	Report	Claesson 70' Nordtveit 86' (o.g.) Quaison 90+1'

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26)

20:45

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,459^[6]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Romania	4–1	Faroe Islands
Deac 26' Keșerü 29', 33' Pușcaș 63'	Report	Davidsen 40' (pen.)

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 10,502^[6]

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

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Faroe Islands	1–4	Spain
K. Olsen 30'	Report	Ramos 6' Navas 19' Gestsson 34' (o.g.) Gayà 71'

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 3,226^[6]

Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Norway	2–2	Romania
T. Elyounoussi 56' Ødegaard 70'	Report	Keșerü 77', 90+2'

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

20:45

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 17,664^[6]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Sweden	3–0	Malta
Quaison 2' Claesson 50' Isak 81'	Report

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

20:45

Friends Arena, Solna

Attendance: 26,421^[6]

Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)

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Faroe Islands	0–2	Norway
	Report	Johnsen 49', 83'

10 June 2019 (2019-06-10)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 3,083^[6]

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Malta	0–4	Romania
	Report	Pușcaș 7', 29' Chipciu 34' Man 90+1'

10 June 2019 (2019-06-10)

20:45

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 6,471^[6]

Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Spain	3–0	Sweden
Ramos 64' (pen.) Morata 85' (pen.) Oyarzabal 87'	Report

10 June 2019 (2019-06-10)

20:45

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 72,205^[6]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

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Faroe Islands	0–4	Sweden
	Report	Isak 12', 15' Lindelöf 23' Quaison 41'

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 3,108^[6]

Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Norway	2–0	Malta
Berge 34' King 45+1' (pen.)	Report

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05)

20:45

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 11,269^[6]

Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)

Romania	1–2	Spain
Andone 59'	Report	Ramos 29' (pen.) Alcácer 47'

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 50,024^[6]

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

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Romania	1–0	Malta
Pușcaș 47'	Report

8 September 2019 (2019-09-08)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești

Attendance: 13,376^[6]

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Spain	4–0	Faroe Islands
Rodrigo 13', 50' Alcácer 90', 90+3'	Report

8 September 2019 (2019-09-08)

20:45

El Molinón, Gijón

Attendance: 23,644^[6]

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

Sweden	1–1	Norway
Forsberg 60'	Report	Johansen 45'

8 September 2019 (2019-09-08)

20:45

Friends Arena, Solna

Attendance: 38,372^[6]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

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Faroe Islands	0–3	Romania
	Report	Pușcaș 74' Mitriță 83' Keșerü 90+4'

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 2,381^[6]

Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Malta	0–4	Sweden
	Report	Danielson 11' Se. Larsson 58' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Agius 66' (o.g.)

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

20:45

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 10,702^[6]

Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

Norway	1–1	Spain
King 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Saúl 47'

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

20:45

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,200^[6]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

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Faroe Islands	1–0	Malta
Baldvinsson 71'	Report

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 2,677^[6]

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Romania	1–1	Norway
Mitriță 62'	Report	Sørloth 90+2'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 29,854^[6]

Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Sweden	1–1	Spain
Berg 50'	Report	Rodrigo 90+2'

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

20:45

Friends Arena, Solna

Attendance: 49,712^[6]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

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Norway	4–0	Faroe Islands
Reginiussen 4' Fossum 8' Sørloth 62', 65'	Report

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

18:00

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 10,400^[6]

Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Romania	0–2	Sweden
	Report	Berg 18' Quaison 34'

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 49,678^[6]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Spain	7–0	Malta
Morata 23' Cazorla 41' Pau Torres 62' Sarabia 63' Olmo 69' Gerard 71' Navas 85'	Report

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

20:45

Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz

Attendance: 19,773^[6]

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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Malta	1–2	Norway
Fenech 40'	Report	King 7' Sørloth 62'

18 November 2019 (2019-11-18)

20:45

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,708^[6]

Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Spain	5–0	Romania
Fabián 8' Gerard 33', 43' Rus 45+1' (o.g.) Oyarzabal 90+2'	Report

18 November 2019 (2019-11-18)

20:45

Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 36,198^[6]

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Sweden	3–0	Faroe Islands
Andersson 29' Svanberg 72' Guidetti 80'	Report

18 November 2019 (2019-11-18)

20:45

Friends Arena, Solna

Attendance: 19,737^[6]

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Goalscorers

There were 97 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.23 goals per match.

6 goals

• Claudiu Keșerü

5 goals

• Joshua King
• George Pușcaș
• Robin Quaison

4 goals

• Alexander Sørloth
• Álvaro Morata
• Sergio Ramos
• Rodrigo

3 goals

• Bjørn Maars Johnsen
• Paco Alcácer
• Gerard
• Viktor Claesson
• Alexander Isak

2 goals

• Alexandru Mitriță
• Jesús Navas
• Mikel Oyarzabal
• Marcus Berg
• Sebastian Larsson

1 goal

• Rógvi Baldvinsson
• Viljormur Davidsen
• Klæmint Olsen
• Jákup Thomsen
• Steve Borg
• Paul Fenech
• Kyrian Nwoko
• Sander Berge
• Tarik Elyounoussi
• Iver Fossum
• Stefan Johansen
• Ola Kamara
• Martin Ødegaard
• Tore Reginiussen
• Florin Andone
• Alexandru Chipciu
• Ciprian Deac
• Dennis Man
• Santi Cazorla
• Fabián
• José Luis Gayà
• Dani Olmo
• Pablo Sarabia
• Saúl
• Pau Torres
• Sebastian Andersson
• Marcus Danielson
• Emil Forsberg
• John Guidetti
• Victor Lindelöf
• Mattias Svanberg

1 own goal

• Teitur Gestsson (against Spain)
• Andrei Agius (against Sweden)
• Håvard Nordtveit (against Sweden)
• Adrian Rus (against Spain)

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:^[3]

• 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:

Team	Player	Offence(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Faroe Islands	Gilli Rólantsson	vs Malta (23 March 2019) vs Norway (10 June 2019) vs Romania (12 October 2019)	vs Malta (15 October 2019)
Malta	Andrei Agius	vs Faroe Islands (23 March 2019)	vs Spain (26 March 2019)[7]
	Steve Borg	vs Faroe Islands (23 March 2019) vs Romania (10 June 2019) vs Faroe Islands (15 October 2019)	vs Spain (15 November 2019)
Romania	Alexandru Chipciu	vs Malta (10 June 2019)	vs Spain (5 September 2019)
	Dragoș Grigore	vs Sweden (23 March 2019) vs Faroe Islands (26 March 2019) vs Norway (7 June 2019)	vs Malta (10 June 2019)
Spain	Diego Llorente	vs Romania (5 September 2019)	vs Faroe Islands (8 September 2019)
	Sergio Ramos	vs Romania (5 September 2019) vs Faroe Islands (8 September 2019) vs Norway (12 October 2019)	vs Sweden (15 October 2019)

Notes

1. CET (UTC+1) for matches in March and November 2019, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References

1. "UEFA Euro 2020: Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
2. "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw made in Dublin". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–20". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
4. "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
5. "European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
6. "Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group F". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
7. "European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 2" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

External links

• UEFA Euro 2020, UEFA.com
• European Qualifiers, UEFA.com