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 Spain Scotland Norway Georgia (country) Cyprus
1  Spain (Q) 6 5 0 1 19 3 +16 15[lower-alpha 1] Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 3–0 19 Nov 6–0
2  Scotland (Q) 6 5 0 1 12 3 +9 15[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 — 19 Nov 2–0 3–0
3  Norway (Y) 7 3 1 3 11 9 +2 10 0–1 1–2 — 2–1 3–1
4  Georgia (A) 6 2 1 3 9 13 −4 7 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–7 16 Nov 1–1 — 4–0
5  Cyprus (E) 7 0 0 7 2 25 −23 0 16 Nov 0–3 0–4 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, but may still advance to play-offs
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

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'
 Report
Attendance: 48,195[5]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Spain 3–0 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 29,214[6]
Georgia 1–1 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 20,300[7]
Scotland 2–0 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 47,976[8]
Norway 1–2 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 25,791[10]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Cyprus 1–2 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 3,763[11]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Norway 3–1 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 23,643[12]
Scotland 2–0 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 50,062[13]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Georgia 1–7 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 51,694[14]
Cyprus 0–3 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 6,633[15]
Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)
Norway 2–1 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 23,665[16]
Spain 6–0 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 17,311[18]
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)
Cyprus 0–4 Norway
Report
Attendance: 7,206[19]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Spain 2–0 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 45,623[20]
Georgia 4–0 Cyprus
 Report
Attendance: 15,871[21]
Referee: Rob Jones (England)
Norway 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 25,885[22]
Georgia v Scotland
Report
Cyprus v Spain
Report
Scotland v Norway
Report
Spain v Georgia
Report

Goalscorers

There have been 53 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match (as of 15 October 2023).

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own 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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  11. "Cyprus vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  12. "Norway vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  13. "Scotland vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  14. "Georgia vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  15. "Cyprus vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  16. "Norway vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  17. "El España-Chipre del 12 de septiembre se disputará en Granada" (in Spanish). MARCA. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  18. "Spain vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  19. "Cyprus vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  20. "Spain vs. Scotland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  21. "Georgia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  22. "Norway vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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