UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from March 2019 to November 2020 to determine the 24 UEFA member men's national teams that advanced to the UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament, played across Europe in June and July 2021. The competition was linked with the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, giving countries a secondary route to qualify for the final tournament. For the first time since 1976, no team automatically qualified for the UEFA European Championship as the host country.

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Tournament details
Dates	21 March 2019 – 12 November 2020
Teams	55
Tournament statistics
Matches played	262
Goals scored	826 (3.15 per match)
Attendance	5,225,403 (19,944 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harry Kane (12 goals)
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The national teams of all 55 UEFA member associations entered the qualifying process, with Kosovo taking part for the first time. The group stage draw took place at the Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland, on 2 December 2018.

Qualified teams

  Team qualified for UEFA Euro 2020

  Team failed to qualify

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Belgium	Group I winner	10 October 2019	5 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2016)
Italy	Group J winner	12 October 2019	9 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Russia	Group I runner-up	13 October 2019	11 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Poland	Group G winner	13 October 2019	3 (2008, 2012, 2016)
Ukraine	Group B winner	14 October 2019	2 (2012, 2016)
Spain	Group F winner	15 October 2019	10 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
France	Group H winner	14 November 2019	9 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Turkey	Group H runner-up	14 November 2019	4 (1996, 2000, 2008, 2016)
England	Group A winner	14 November 2019	9 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016)
Czech Republic	Group A runner-up	14 November 2019	9 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Finland	Group J runner-up	15 November 2019	0 (debut)
Sweden	Group F runner-up	15 November 2019	6 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Croatia	Group E winner	16 November 2019	5 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Austria	Group G runner-up	16 November 2019	2 (2008, 2016)
Netherlands	Group C runner-up	16 November 2019	9 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Germany	Group C winner	16 November 2019	12 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Portugal	Group B runner-up	17 November 2019	7 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Switzerland	Group D winner	18 November 2019	4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2016)
Denmark	Group D runner-up	18 November 2019	8 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
Wales	Group E runner-up	19 November 2019	1 (2016)
North Macedonia	Play-off Path D winner	12 November 2020	0 (debut)
Hungary	Play-off Path A winner	12 November 2020	3 (1964, 1972, 2016)
Slovakia	Play-off Path B winner	12 November 2020	4 (1960, 1976, 1980, 2016)
Scotland	Play-off Path C winner	12 November 2020	2 (1992, 1996)

Format

There was no automatic qualifying berth, and all 55 UEFA national teams, including the twelve national teams whose countries were selected to stage matches, had to compete in the qualifiers for the 24 places at the finals tournament. As the host cities were appointed by UEFA in September 2014, before qualifying, it was possible for the national teams from the host cities to fail to qualify for the finals tournament.

With the creation of the UEFA Nations League starting in 2018, the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League was linked with UEFA Euro qualifying, providing teams another chance to qualify for the tournament. The qualifying process guaranteed that at least one team from each division of the previous Nations League season would qualify for the final tournament (either directly or through the play-offs).

The main qualifying process began with the qualifying group stage in March 2019, instead of late 2018 immediately following the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and ended in November 2019. The qualifiers were played on double matchdays in March, June, September, October, and November 2019. As with the 2016 qualifying tournament, the group stage decided 20 of the 24 teams that advanced to the final tournament. Following the admission of Kosovo to UEFA in May 2016, it was announced that the 55 teams would be drawn into ten groups after the completion of the league phase of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, and the draw seeding would be based on the overall rankings of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. There were five groups of five teams, and five groups of six teams, with the four UEFA Nations League Finals participants guaranteed to be drawn into groups of five teams (so they could compete in the Nations League Finals in June 2019). The top two teams in each of the ten groups qualified for the final tournament.

Following the qualifying group stage, the qualifying play-offs took place to determine the remaining four teams for the final tournament. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs were not decided based on results from the qualifying group stage. Instead, sixteen teams were selected based entirely on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. These teams were divided into four paths, each containing four teams, with one team from each path qualifying for the final tournament. Each league had its own play-off path if at least four teams had not already qualified in the conventional qualifying group stage. The Nations League group winners automatically qualified for the play-off path of their league. If a group winner had already qualified through the qualifying group stage, they were replaced by the next best-ranked team in the same league. However, if there were not enough non-qualified teams in the same league, then the spot went to the next best team in the overall ranking. However, group winners could not face teams from a higher league.

Each play-off path featured two single-leg semi-finals, and one single-leg final. In the semi-finals, the best-ranked team hosted the lowest-ranked team, and the second-ranked team hosted the third-ranked team. The host of the final was drawn between the winners of the semi-final pairings. The four play-off path winners joined the twenty teams that had already qualified for the final tournament. The UEFA Executive Committee approved the use of the video assistant referee system for the play-offs during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on 4 December 2019, the first time the technology was used in the qualifying competition.

Tiebreakers for group ranking

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question;
4. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the matches played among the teams in question;
5. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 10 applied;
6. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
7. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
8. Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
9. Higher number of wins in all group matches;
10. Higher number of away wins in all group matches;
11. Fair play conduct in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
12. Position in the UEFA Nations League overall ranking.

Notes

Criteria for overall ranking

To determine the overall rankings of the European Qualifiers, results against teams in sixth place were discarded and the following criteria were applied:

1. Position in the group;
2. Higher number of points;
3. Superior goal difference;
4. Higher number of goals scored;
5. Higher number of goals scored away from home;
6. Higher number of wins;
7. Higher number of wins away from home;
8. Fair play conduct (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
9. Position in the UEFA Nations League overall ranking.

Schedule

Below was the schedule of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying campaign.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the qualifying play-offs, originally scheduled for 26 and 31 March 2020, were postponed by UEFA on 17 March 2020. Afterwards, UEFA tentatively scheduled for the matches to take place on 4 and 9 June 2020. However, the play-offs were later postponed indefinitely by UEFA on 1 April 2020. The scheduling of the play-offs was reviewed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 17 June 2020. At the meeting, UEFA decided to stage the play-off semi-finals on 8 October 2020, and the finals on 12 November 2020. To facilitate this, an additional matchday was added to both international windows, allowing for triple-headers to be played in order to complete the league phase of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League as scheduled. The changes to the International Match Calendar for October and November 2020 were approved by the FIFA Council on 25 June 2020.

Stage	Matchday	Dates
Qualifying group stage	Matchday 1	21–23 March 2019
	Matchday 2	24–26 March 2019
	Matchday 3	7–8 June 2019
	Matchday 4	10–11 June 2019
	Matchday 5	5–7 September 2019
	Matchday 6	8–10 September 2019
	Matchday 7	10–12 October 2019
	Matchday 8	13–15 October 2019
	Matchday 9	14–16 November 2019
	Matchday 10	17–19 November 2019
Play-offs	Semi-finals	8 October 2020
	Finals	12 November 2020

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 2 December 2018 following the draw.

Draw

The qualifying group stage draw was held on 2 December 2018, 12:00 CET (11:00 local time), at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. The 55 teams were drawn into 10 groups: five groups of five teams (Groups A–E) and five groups of six teams (Groups F–J).

The teams were seeded based on the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking. The four participants of the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals in June 2019 were placed in a separate pot and drawn into Groups A–D which only had five teams so that they only had to play eight qualifying matches, leaving two free matchdays to play in Nations League Finals. The following restrictions were also applied with computer assistance:

• Host teams: In order to allow all 12 teams from the host associations to have a chance to qualify as group winners and runners-up, a maximum of two were placed in each group: Azerbaijan, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain.
• Prohibited clashes: For political reasons, matches between following pairs of teams were considered prohibited clashes, unable to be drawn into the same group: Gibraltar / Spain, Kosovo / Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo / Serbia. (Armenia / Azerbaijan and Russia / Ukraine were also identified as prohibited clashes, but the teams in these pairs were in the same pots for the draw.)
• Winter venues: A maximum of two teams whose venues were identified as having high or medium risk of severe winter conditions were placed in each group: Belarus, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Ukraine.
  • The three "hard winter venues" (Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland) generally could not host games in March or November; the others played as few home matches as possible in March and November.
• Excessive travel: A maximum of one pair of teams identified with excessive travel distance in relation to other countries were placed in each group:
  • Azerbaijan: with Iceland, Portugal. (Gibraltar was also identified with Azerbaijan for excessive travel distance, but the teams were in the same pot for the draw.)
  • Iceland: with Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel.
  • Kazakhstan: with Andorra, England, France, Iceland, Malta, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Wales. (Faroe Islands and Gibraltar were also identified with Kazakhstan for excessive travel distance, but the teams were in the same pot for the draw.)

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on the November 2018 UEFA Nations League overall rankings. Teams in italics are final tournament hosts. Teams in bold qualified to the final tournament.

UNL pot Team Rank Switzerland 1 Portugal (title holders) 2 Netherlands 3 England 4 Pot 1 Team Rank Belgium 5 France 6 Spain 7 Italy 8 Croatia 9 Poland 10	Pot 2 Team Rank Germany 11 Iceland 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 Ukraine 14 Denmark 15 Sweden 16 Russia 17 Austria 18 Wales 19 Czech Republic 20	Pot 3 Team Rank Slovakia 21 Turkey 22 Republic of Ireland 23 Northern Ireland 24 Scotland 25 Norway 26 Serbia 27 Finland 28 Bulgaria 29 Israel 30
Pot 4 Team Rank Hungary 31 Romania 32 Greece 33 Albania 34 Montenegro 35 Cyprus 36 Estonia 37 Slovenia 38 Lithuania 39 Georgia 40	Pot 5 Team Rank Macedonia 41 Kosovo 42 Belarus 43 Luxembourg 44 Armenia 45 Azerbaijan 46 Kazakhstan 47 Moldova 48 Gibraltar 49 Faroe Islands 50	Pot 6 Team Rank Latvia 51 Liechtenstein 52 Andorra 53 Malta 54 San Marino 55

Summary

  Group winners and runners-up qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2020

  Teams advanced to the play-offs, selected based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League

  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H	Group I	Group J
England Czech Republic	Ukraine Portugal	Germany Netherlands	Switzerland Denmark	Croatia Wales	Spain Sweden	Poland Austria	France Turkey	Belgium Russia	Italy Finland
Kosovo	Serbia	Northern Ireland	Republic of Ireland	Slovakia	Norway	North Macedonia	Iceland	Scotland	Greece
Bulgaria	Luxembourg	Belarus	Georgia	Hungary	Romania	Slovenia	Albania	Cyprus	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro	Lithuania	Estonia	Gibraltar	Azerbaijan	Faroe Islands	Israel	Andorra	Kazakhstan	Armenia
					Malta	Latvia	Moldova	San Marino	Liechtenstein

Groups

Matches took place from 21 March to 19 November 2019.

Group A

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	7	0	1	37	6	+31	21	Qualify for final tournament		—	5–0	5–3	4–0	7–0
2	Czech Republic	8	5	0	3	13	11	+2	15			2–1	—	2–1	2–1	3–0
3	Kosovo	8	3	2	3	13	16	−3	11	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–4	2–1	—	1–1	2–0
4	Bulgaria	8	1	3	4	6	17	−11	6			0–6	1–0	2–3	—	1–1
5	Montenegro	8	0	3	5	3	22	−19	3			1–5	0–3	1–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	8	6	2	0	17	4	+13	20	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–0
2	Portugal	8	5	2	1	22	6	+16	17			0–0	—	1–1	3–0	6–0
3	Serbia	8	4	2	2	17	17	0	14	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		2–2	2–4	—	3–2	4–1
4	Luxembourg	8	1	1	6	7	16	−9	4			1–2	0–2	1–3	—	2–1
5	Lithuania	8	0	1	7	5	25	−20	1			0–3	1–5	1–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	8	7	0	1	30	7	+23	21	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–4	6–1	4–0	8–0
2	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	24	7	+17	19			2–3	—	3–1	4–0	5–0
3	Northern Ireland	8	4	1	3	9	13	−4	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–2	0–0	—	2–1	2–0
4	Belarus	8	1	1	6	4	16	−12	4			0–2	1–2	0–1	—	0–0
5	Estonia	8	0	1	7	2	26	−24	1			0–3	0–4	1–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	5	2	1	19	6	+13	17	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–3	2–0	1–0	4–0
2	Denmark	8	4	4	0	23	6	+17	16			1–0	—	1–1	5–1	6–0
3	Republic of Ireland	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		1–1	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
4	Georgia	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8			0–2	0–0	0–0	—	3–0
5	Gibraltar	8	0	0	8	3	31	−28	0			1–6	0–6	0–1	2–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	8	5	2	1	17	7	+10	17	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–1
2	Wales	8	4	2	2	10	6	+4	14			1–1	—	1–0	2–0	2–1
3	Slovakia	8	4	1	3	13	11	+2	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–4	1–1	—	2–0	2–0
4	Hungary	8	4	0	4	8	11	−3	12			2–1	1–0	1–2	—	1–0
5	Azerbaijan	8	0	1	7	5	18	−13	1			1–1	0–2	1–5	1–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group F

Pos	Team	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			1–4	0–4	0–2	0–3	—	1–0
6	Malta	10	1	0	9	3	27	−24	3			0–2	0–4	1–2	0–4	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group G

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	10	8	1	1	18	5	+13	25	Qualify for final tournament		—	0–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	2–0
2	Austria	10	6	1	3	19	9	+10	19			0–1	—	2–1	1–0	3–1	6–0
3	North Macedonia	10	4	2	4	12	13	−1	14	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–1	1–4	—	2–1	1–0	3–1
4	Slovenia	10	4	2	4	16	11	+5	14			2–0	0–1	1–1	—	3–2	1–0
5	Israel	10	3	2	5	16	18	−2	11	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		1–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–1
6	Latvia	10	1	0	9	3	28	−25	3			0–3	1–0	0–2	0–5	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group H

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	8	1	1	25	6	+19	25	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–1	4–0	4–1	3–0	2–1
2	Turkey	10	7	2	1	18	3	+15	23			2–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0
3	Iceland	10	6	1	3	14	11	+3	19	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	3–0
4	Albania	10	4	1	5	16	14	+2	13			0–2	0–2	4–2	—	2–2	2–0
5	Andorra	10	1	1	8	3	20	−17	4			0–4	0–2	0–2	0–3	—	1–0
6	Moldova	10	1	0	9	4	26	−22	3			1–4	0–4	1–2	0–4	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group I

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	10	10	0	0	40	3	+37	30	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–1	3–0	6–1	3–0	9–0
2	Russia	10	8	0	2	33	8	+25	24			1–4	—	4–0	1–0	1–0	9–0
3	Scotland	10	5	0	5	16	19	−3	15	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–4	1–2	—	2–1	3–1	6–0
4	Cyprus	10	3	1	6	15	20	−5	10			0–2	0–5	1–2	—	1–1	5–0
5	Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	13	17	−4	10			0–2	0–4	3–0	1–2	—	4–0
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	1	51	−50	0			0–4	0–5	0–2	0–4	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group J

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	10	0	0	37	4	+33	30	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	2–0	2–1	9–1	6–0
2	Finland	10	6	0	4	16	10	+6	18			1–2	—	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0
3	Greece	10	4	2	4	12	14	−2	14			0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–3	1–1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	4	1	5	20	17	+3	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–3	4–1	2–2	—	2–1	5–0
5	Armenia	10	3	1	6	14	25	−11	10			1–3	0–2	0–1	4–2	—	3–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	2	8	2	31	−29	2			0–5	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Play-offs

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs

Teams that failed in the qualifying group stage could still qualify for the final tournament through the play-offs. Each league in the UEFA Nations League was allocated one of the four remaining final tournament spots. Four teams from each league that had not already qualified for the European Championship finals competed in the play-offs of their league. The play-off berths were first allocated to each Nations League group winner, and if any of the group winners had already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the league, etc.

Team selection

The team selection process determined the 16 teams that competed in the play-offs based on a set of criteria that obeyed these principles:

• Each league formed a path with the four best-ranked teams not yet qualified.
• If one or more leagues had fewer than four non-qualifying teams, spots were taken by other eligible teams based on ranking.
• Group winners could not face teams from higher leagues.

Teams in bold advanced to the play-offs.

League A Rank Team 1 GW Portugal 2 GW Netherlands 3 GW England 4 GW Switzerland 5 Belgium 6 France 7 Spain 8 Italy 9 Croatia 10 Poland 11 Germany 12 Iceland

League B Rank Team 13 GW Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 GW Ukraine 15 GW Denmark 16 GW Sweden 17 Russia 18 Austria 19 Wales 20 Czech Republic 21 Slovakia 22 Turkey 23 Republic of Ireland 24 Northern Ireland

League C Rank Team 25 GW Scotland 26 GW Norway 27 GW Serbia 28 GW Finland 29 Bulgaria 30 Israel 31 Hungary 32 Romania 33 Greece 34 Albania 35 Montenegro 36 Cyprus 37 Estonia 38 Slovenia 39 Lithuania

League D Rank Team 40 GW Georgia 41 GW North Macedonia 42 GW Kosovo 43 GW Belarus 44 Luxembourg 45 Armenia 46 Azerbaijan 47 Kazakhstan 48 Moldova 49 Gibraltar 50 Faroe Islands 51 Latvia 52 Liechtenstein 53 Andorra 54 Malta 55 San Marino

Key

Draw

The qualifying play-off draw took place on 22 November 2019, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw followed the path formation rules to determine the play-off paths that the non-group winners would participate in. Four separate draws determining the host of the play-off final of each path also took place between the winners of the semi-final pairings (identified as semi-final 1 for 1 v 4, and semi-final 2 for 2 v 3).

Based on the 16 teams that advanced to the play-offs, the four play-off paths were formed following the path formation rules, starting with League D and working up to League A:

• As there were four group-winning teams from League D, they were all placed in Path D.
• As there were seven teams from League C (three group winners and four non-group winners), the three group winners were placed in Path C, while a draw decided which one of the four non-group winners was also placed in Path C.
• As there were four teams from League B (one group winner and three non-group winners), they were all placed in Path B.
• As there was only one non-group winning team from League A, it was placed in Path A. The three non-group winners from League C that were not drawn to Path C were then placed in Path A.

The following four non-group winners from League C (ordered by Nations League ranking) took part in the draw, with one being drawn into Path C, while the remaining three were allocated to Path A:

1. Bulgaria
2. Israel
3. Hungary
4. Romania

The team drawn into Path C occupied position C4, while the three teams drawn into Path A occupied positions A2, A3 and A4, following their Nations League ranking.

The following was the composition of the play-off paths:

Path A Rank Team 1 Iceland 2 Bulgaria 3 Hungary 4 Romania

Path B Rank Team 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 Slovakia 3 Republic of Ireland 4 Northern Ireland

Path C Rank Team 1 Scotland 2 Norway 3 Serbia 4 Israel

Path D Rank Team 1 Georgia 2 North Macedonia 3 Kosovo 4 Belarus

Key

The following semi-final winners were drawn to host the play-off final:

• Path A: Winner semi-final 2 (Bulgaria v Hungary)
• Path B: Winner semi-final 1 (Bosnia and Herzegovina v Northern Ireland)
• Path C: Winner semi-final 2 (Norway v Serbia)
• Path D: Winner semi-final 1 (Georgia v Belarus)

With host Scotland in Path C, and two other hosts Hungary and Romania to be drawn into Path A or C, it was not possible to prevent one of these paths from containing two host teams. Therefore, the winner of the path with two hosts had to be assigned to two final tournament groups.

Path A

Home team	Score	Away team
Semi-finals
Iceland	2–1	Romania
Bulgaria	1–3	Hungary
Final
Hungary	2–1	Iceland

Path B

Home team	Score	Away team
Semi-finals
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Northern Ireland
Slovakia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Republic of Ireland
Final
Northern Ireland	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Slovakia

Path C

Home team	Score	Away team
Semi-finals
Scotland	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Israel
Norway	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Serbia
Final
Serbia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Scotland

Path D

Home team	Score	Away team
Semi-finals
Georgia	1–0	Belarus
North Macedonia	2–1	Kosovo
Final
Georgia	0–1	North Macedonia

Goalscorers

There were 826 goals scored in 262 matches, for an average of 3.15 goals per match.

12 goals

• Harry Kane

11 goals

• Eran Zahavi
• Cristiano Ronaldo

10 goals

• Teemu Pukki
• Aleksandar Mitrović

9 goals

• Artem Dzyuba

8 goals

• Raheem Sterling
• Serge Gnabry
• Georginio Wijnaldum

7 goals

• Romelu Lukaku
• John McGinn

6 goals

• Marko Arnautović
• Olivier Giroud
• Memphis Depay
• Robert Lewandowski
• Claudiu Keșerü

5 goals

• Eden Hazard
• Christian Eriksen
• Gylfi Sigurðsson
• Joshua King
• George Pușcaș
• Denis Cheryshev
• Robin Quaison
• Cenk Tosun

4 goals

• Sokol Cikalleshi
• Michy Batshuayi
• Kevin De Bruyne
• Amer Gojak
• Bruno Petković
• Ioannis Kousoulos
• Pieros Sotiriou
• Patrik Schick
• Christian Gytkjær
• Ross Barkley
• Leon Goretzka
• Mu'nas Dabbur
• Andrea Belotti
• Vedat Muriqi
• Elif Elmas
• Alexander Sørloth
• Krzysztof Piątek
• Josip Iličić
• Álvaro Morata
• Sergio Ramos
• Rodrigo
• Roman Yaremchuk

3 goals

• Tigran Barseghyan
• Aleksandre Karapetian
• Henrikh Mkhitaryan
• Christian Benteke
• Edin Džeko
• Armin Hodžić
• Miralem Pjanić
• Ivan Perišić
• Nikola Vlašić
• Martin Braithwaite
• Robert Skov
• Marcus Rashford
• Kingsley Coman
• Antoine Griezmann
• Kylian Mbappé
• İlkay Gündoğan
• Toni Kroos
• Marco Reus
• Leroy Sané
• Kostas Fortounis
• Willi Orbán
• Birkir Bjarnason
• Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
• Nicolò Barella
• Ciro Immobile
• Lorenzo Insigne
• Jorginho
• Baktiyar Zaynutdinov
• Gerson Rodrigues
• David Turpel
• Josh Magennis
• Bjørn Maars Johnsen
• Bernardo Silva
• Róbert Boženík
• Marek Hamšík
• Juraj Kucka
• Paco Alcácer
• Gerard
• Viktor Claesson
• Alexander Isak
• Cedric Itten
• Kaan Ayhan
• Ruslan Malinovskyi
• Viktor Tsyhankov

2 goals

• Bekim Balaj
• Rey Manaj
• Cristian Martínez
• Gevorg Ghazaryan
• Valentino Lazaro
• Marcel Sabitzer
• Mahir Emreli
• Ramil Sheydayev
• Toby Alderweireld
• Timothy Castagne
• Nacer Chadli
• Dries Mertens
• Youri Tielemans
• Rade Krunić
• Edin Višća
• Vasil Bozhikov
• Luka Modrić
• Georgios Efrem
• Nicholas Ioannou
• Kasper Dolberg
• Yussuf Poulsen
• Jadon Sancho
• Fredrik Jensen
• Wissam Ben Yedder
• Raphaël Varane
• Timo Werner
• Máté Pátkai
• Dominik Szoboszlai
• Ragnar Sigurðsson
• Federico Bernardeschi
• Moise Kean
• Fabio Quagliarella
• Alessio Romagnoli
• Marco Verratti
• Nicolò Zaniolo
• Aleksey Shchotkin
• Gafurzhan Suyumbayev
• Valon Berisha
• Milot Rashica
• Arvydas Novikovas
• Stefan Mugoša
• Ryan Babel
• Enis Bardhi
• Goran Pandev
• Niall McGinn
• William Carvalho
• Gonçalo Guedes
• Alexandru Mitriță
• Aleksandr Golovin
• Aleksei Ionov
• Magomed Ozdoyev
• Fyodor Smolov
• Ryan Christie
• Luka Jović
• Sergej Milinković-Savić
• Nemanja Radonjić
• Dušan Tadić
• Domen Črnigoj
• Andraž Šporar
• Benjamin Verbič
• Miha Zajc
• Jesús Navas
• Mikel Oyarzabal
• Marcus Berg
• Sebastian Larsson
• Granit Xhaka
• Denis Zakaria
• Enes Ünal
• Yevhen Konoplyanka
• Gareth Bale
• Kieffer Moore
• Aaron Ramsey

1 goal

• Amir Abrashi
• Keidi Bare
• Kastriot Dermaku
• Elseid Hysaj
• Ylber Ramadani
• Odise Roshi
• Armando Sadiku
• Lorenc Trashi
• Marc Vales
• Edgar Babayan
• Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
• David Alaba
• Guido Burgstaller
• Michael Gregoritsch
• Martin Hinteregger
• Konrad Laimer
• Stefan Lainer
• Stefan Posch
• Tamkin Khalilzade
• Stanislaw Drahun
• Nikita Naumov
• Maksim Skavysh
• Ihar Stasevich
• Yannick Carrasco
• Thorgan Hazard
• Thomas Meunier
• Thomas Vermaelen
• Yari Verschaeren
• Eldar Ćivić
• Izet Hajrović
• Deni Milošević
• Kristian Dimitrov
• Ismail Isa
• Todor Nedelev
• Ivelin Popov
• Georgi Yomov
• Borna Barišić
• Andrej Kramarić
• Dejan Lovren
• Ante Rebić
• Kostakis Artymatas
• Konstantinos Laifis
• Fotios Papoulis
• Jakub Brabec
• Ondřej Čelůstka
• Vladimír Darida
• Jakub Jankto
• Alex Král
• Lukáš Masopust
• Zdeněk Ondrášek
• Tomáš Souček
• Henrik Dalsgaard
• Thomas Delaney
• Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
• Mathias Jørgensen
• Tammy Abraham
• Michael Keane
• Mason Mount
• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
• Harry Winks
• Erik Sorga
• Konstantin Vassiljev
• Rógvi Baldvinsson
• Viljormur Davidsen
• Klæmint Olsen
• Jákup Thomsen
• Benjamin Källman
• Joel Pohjanpalo
• Pyry Soiri
• Jasse Tuominen
• Jonathan Ikoné
• Clément Lenglet
• Florian Thauvin
• Corentin Tolisso
• Samuel Umtiti
• Kurt Zouma
• Vato Arveladze
• Valerian Gvilia
• Jaba Kankava
• Giorgi Kharaishvili
• Giorgi Kvilitaia
• Saba Lobzhanidze
• Tornike Okriashvili
• Giorgi Papunashvili
• Julian Brandt
• Matthias Ginter
• Marcel Halstenberg
• Nico Schulz
• Lee Casciaro
• Roy Chipolina
• Reece Styche
• Anastasios Donis
• Konstantinos Galanopoulos
• Dimitris Kolovos
• Dimitris Limnios
• Petros Mantalos
• Georgios Masouras
• Vangelis Pavlidis
• Zeca
• Dávid Holman
• Zsolt Kalmár
• Mihály Korhut
• Loïc Négo
• Nemanja Nikolić
• Ádám Szalai
• Jón Daði Böðvarsson
• Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
• Viðar Örn Kjartansson
• Arnór Sigurðsson
• Bibras Natkho
• Francesco Acerbi
• Leonardo Bonucci
• Federico Chiesa
• Stephan El Shaarawy
• Riccardo Orsolini
• Leonardo Pavoletti
• Lorenzo Pellegrini
• Stefano Sensi
• Maxim Fedin
• Bauyrzhan Islamkhan
• Islambek Kuat
• Yuriy Pertsukh
• Yan Vorogovskiy
• Temirlan Yerlanov
• Florent Hadergjonaj
• Atdhe Nuhiu
• Elba Rashani
• Amir Rrahmani
• Mërgim Vojvoda
• Arbër Zeneli
• Vladimirs Kamešs
• Mārcis Ošs
• Yanik Frick
• Dennis Salanović
• Vytautas Andriuškevičius
• Fedor Černych
• Donatas Kazlauskas
• Leandro Barreiro
• Steve Borg
• Paul Fenech
• Kyrian Nwoko
• Vladimir Ambros
• Igor Armaș
• Nicolae Milinceanu
• Vadim Rață
• Marko Vešović
• Nathan Aké
• Myron Boadu
• Virgil van Dijk
• Frenkie de Jong
• Luuk de Jong
• Matthijs de Ligt
• Donyell Malen
• Arijan Ademi
• Ezgjan Alioski
• Boban Nikolov
• Vlatko Stojanovski
• Darko Velkovski
• Steven Davis
• Jonny Evans
• Paddy McNair
• Michael Smith
• Conor Washington
• Sander Berge
• Tarik Elyounoussi
• Iver Fossum
• Stefan Johansen
• Ola Kamara
• Mathias Normann
• Martin Ødegaard
• Tore Reginiussen
• Przemysław Frankowski
• Kamil Glik
• Jacek Góralski
• Kamil Grosicki
• Damian Kądzior
• Grzegorz Krychowiak
• Arkadiusz Milik
• Sebastian Szymański
• Danilo Pereira
• Bruno Fernandes
• Gonçalo Paciência
• Pizzi
• Robbie Brady
• Matt Doherty
• Shane Duffy
• Jeff Hendrick
• Conor Hourihane
• David McGoldrick
• Florin Andone
• Alexandru Chipciu
• Ciprian Deac
• Dennis Man
• Alexandru Maxim
• Georgi Dzhikiya
• Mário Fernandes
• Nikolay Komlichenko
• Fyodor Kudryashov
• Daler Kuzyayev
• Aleksei Miranchuk
• Anton Miranchuk
• Sergei Petrov
• Filippo Berardi
• Stuart Armstrong
• Oliver Burke
• Stuart Findlay
• Kenny McLean
• Steven Naismith
• Andrew Robertson
• Johnny Russell
• Lawrence Shankland
• Adem Ljajić
• Nikola Milenković
• Ondrej Duda
• Michal Ďuriš
• Dávid Hancko
• Stanislav Lobotka
• Róbert Mak
• Albert Rusnák
• Roman Bezjak
• Tim Matavž
• Aljaž Struna
• 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
• Loris Benito
• Breel Embolo
• Christian Fassnacht
• Edimilson Fernandes
• Remo Freuler
• Mario Gavranović
• Admir Mehmedi
• Ricardo Rodríguez
• Fabian Schär
• Haris Seferović
• Ruben Vargas
• Steven Zuber
• Hakan Çalhanoğlu
• Hasan Ali Kaldırım
• Dorukhan Toköz
• Ozan Tufan
• Deniz Türüç
• Cengiz Ünder
• Yusuf Yazıcı
• Burak Yılmaz
• Artem Besyedin
• Marlos
• Andriy Yarmolenko
• Oleksandr Zinchenko
• David Brooks
• Daniel James
• Harry Wilson

1 own goal

• Aram Ayrapetyan (against Italy)
• Martin Hinteregger (against North Macedonia)
• Pavel Pashayev (against Wales)
• Adnan Kovačević (against Greece)
• Stjepan Lončar (against Armenia)
• Kypros Christoforou (against Belgium)
• Tomáš Kalas (against England)
• Teitur Gestsson (against Spain)
• Jonathan Tah (against Netherlands)
• Joseph Chipolina (against Republic of Ireland)
• Abzal Beisebekov (against Russia)
• Benjamin Kololli (against North Macedonia)
• Mërgim Vojvoda (against England)
• Pāvels Šteinbors (against Austria)
• Igors Tarasovs (against Slovenia)
• Andreas Malin (against Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Gerson Rodrigues (against Ukraine)
• Andrei Agius (against Sweden)
• Boris Kopitović (against Czech Republic)
• Aleksandar Šofranac (against England)
• Egzon Bejtulai (against Austria)
• Darko Velkovski (against Latvia)
• Håvard Nordtveit (against Sweden)
• Adrian Rus (against Spain)
• Cristian Brolli (against Belgium)
• Michele Cevoli (against Russia)
• Stephen O'Donnell (against Russia)
• Milan Škriniar (against Northern Ireland)
• James Lawrence (against Croatia)

Overall ranking

The overall rankings were used for seeding in the final tournament draw. Results against sixth-placed teams were not considered in the ranking.

Rnk	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Allocation
1	I	Belgium	8	8	0	0	27	3	+24	24	Draw pot 1
2	J	Italy	8	8	0	0	26	4	+22	24
3	A	England	8	7	0	1	37	6	+31	21
4	C	Germany	8	7	0	1	30	7	+23	21
5	F	Spain	8	6	2	0	22	5	+17	20
6	B	Ukraine	8	6	2	0	17	4	+13	20
7	H	France	8	6	1	1	19	4	+15	19	Draw pot 2
8	G	Poland	8	6	1	1	13	5	+8	19
9	D	Switzerland	8	5	2	1	19	6	+13	17
10	E	Croatia	8	5	2	1	17	7	+10	17
11	C	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	24	7	+17	19	Draw pot 2
12	I	Russia	8	6	0	2	19	8	+11	18
13	B	Portugal	8	5	2	1	22	6	+16	17	Draw pot 3
14	H	Turkey	8	5	2	1	10	3	+7	17
15	D	Denmark	8	4	4	0	23	6	+17	16
16	G	Austria	8	5	1	2	13	8	+5	16
17	F	Sweden	8	4	3	1	16	9	+7	15
18	A	Czech Republic	8	5	0	3	13	11	+2	15
19	E	Wales	8	4	2	2	10	6	+4	14	Draw pot 4
20	J	Finland	8	4	0	4	11	10	+1	12
21	B	Serbia	8	4	2	2	17	17	0	14
22	E	Slovakia	8	4	1	3	13	11	+2	13
23	D	Republic of Ireland	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13
24	H	Iceland	8	4	1	3	9	10	−1	13
25	C	Northern Ireland	8	4	1	3	9	13	−4	13
26	F	Norway	8	2	5	1	15	10	+5	11
27	A	Kosovo	8	3	2	3	13	16	−3	11
28	J	Greece	8	3	1	4	9	13	−4	10
29	I	Scotland	8	3	0	5	8	19	−11	9
30	G	North Macedonia	8	2	2	4	7	12	−5	8
31	E	Hungary	8	4	0	4	8	11	−3	12
32	G	Slovenia	8	2	2	4	10	11	−1	8
33	F	Romania	8	2	2	4	12	15	−3	8
34	D	Georgia	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8
35	H	Albania	8	2	1	5	10	14	−4	7
36	J	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	2	1	5	12	17	−5	7
37	A	Bulgaria	8	1	3	4	6	17	−11	6
38	B	Luxembourg	8	1	1	6	7	16	−9	4
39	C	Belarus	8	1	1	6	4	16	−12	4
40	I	Cyprus	8	1	1	6	6	20	−14	4
41	J	Armenia	8	2	0	6	10	24	−14	6
42	G	Israel	8	1	2	5	10	17	−7	5
43	I	Kazakhstan	8	1	1	6	6	16	−10	4
44	A	Montenegro	8	0	3	5	3	22	−19	3
45	E	Azerbaijan	8	0	1	7	5	18	−13	1
46	H	Andorra	8	0	1	7	2	19	−17	1
47	B	Lithuania	8	0	1	7	5	25	−20	1
48	C	Estonia	8	0	1	7	2	26	−24	1
49	F	Faroe Islands	8	0	0	8	2	28	−26	0
50	D	Gibraltar	8	0	0	8	3	31	−28	0
51	H	Moldova	10	1	0	9	4	26	−22	3
52	F	Malta	10	1	0	9	3	27	−24	3
53	G	Latvia	10	1	0	9	3	28	−25	3
54	J	Liechtenstein	10	0	2	8	2	31	−29	2
55	I	San Marino	10	0	0	10	1	51	−50	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Team of the European Qualifiers

Following the completion of the qualifying group stage, UEFA released a "Team of the European Qualifiers" on 29 November 2019. The team featured 11 players based on accumulated scores from the FedEx Performance Zone player rankings, which was based on form from qualifying. Additional weighting was given for teams that played only eight matches.

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Andriy Pyatov	Ragnar Sigurðsson Sergio Ramos Merih Demiral	Ioannis Kousoulos Eran Zahavi Georginio Wijnaldum Bernardo Silva	Harry Kane Raheem Sterling Memphis Depay

External links

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