UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I

Group I 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 I consisted of six teams: Belgium, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Russia, San Marino and Scotland,^[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.^[3]

The top two teams, Belgium and Russia, 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.

Belgium won all ten of their matches, becoming the seventh national side to qualify for a European Championship with a 100% record, and the eighth instance, after France (1992 and 2004), Czech Republic (2000), Germany, Spain (both 2012), England (2016), and Italy (2020).

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualify for final tournament	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^[a]		0–2	0–5	1–2	—	1–1	5–0
5	Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	13	17	−4	10^[a]		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
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Cyprus 4, Kazakhstan 1.

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).

21 March 2019

16:00 (21:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	3–0	Scotland
Pertsukh 6' Vorogovskiy 10' Zaynutdinov 51'	Report

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 27,641^[6]

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

21 March 2019

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Cyprus	5–0	San Marino
Sotiriou 19' (pen.), 23' (pen.) Kousoulos 26' Efrem 31' Laifis 56'	Report

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 3,175^[6]

Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

21 March 2019

20:45

Belgium	3–1	Russia
Tielemans 14' E. Hazard 45' (pen.), 88'	Report	Cheryshev 16'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 34,245^[6]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

24 March 2019

15:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	0–4	Russia
	Report	Cheryshev 19', 45+2' Dzyuba 52' Beisebekov 62' (o.g.)

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 29,582^[6]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

24 March 2019

18:00

San Marino	0–2	Scotland
	Report	McLean 4' Russell 74'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 4,077^[6]

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

24 March 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

Cyprus	0–2	Belgium
	Report	E. Hazard 10' Batshuayi 18'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 8,728^[6]

Referee: François Letexier (France)

8 June 2019

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Russia	9–0	San Marino
Cevoli 25' (o.g.) Dzyuba 31' (pen.), 73', 76', 88' Kudryashov 36' An. Miranchuk 41' Smolov 77', 83'	Report

Mordovia Arena, Saransk

Attendance: 42,241^[6]

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

8 June 2019

20:45

Belgium	3–0	Kazakhstan
Mertens 11' Castagne 14' Lukaku 50'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 37,155^[6]

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

8 June 2019

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	2–1	Cyprus
Robertson 61' Burke 89'	Report	Kousoulos 87'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,277^[6]

Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

11 June 2019

16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	4–0	San Marino
Kuat 45+1' Fedin 62' Suyumbayev 65' Islamkhan 79'	Report

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 18,652^[6]

Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

11 June 2019

20:45

Belgium	3–0	Scotland
Lukaku 45+1', 57' De Bruyne 90+2'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 32,482^[6]

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

11 June 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Russia	1–0	Cyprus
Ionov 38'	Report

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 42,228^[6]

Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

6 September 2019

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Cyprus	1–1	Kazakhstan
Sotiriou 39'	Report	Shchotkin 2'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 5,639^[6]

Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

6 September 2019

20:45

San Marino	0–4	Belgium
	Report	Batshuayi 43' (pen.), 90+2' Mertens 57' Chadli 63'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 2,523^[6]

Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

6 September 2019

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	1–2	Russia
McGinn 11'	Report	Dzyuba 40' O'Donnell 59' (o.g.)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 32,432^[6]

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

9 September 2019

20:45

Russia	1–0	Kazakhstan
Fernandes 89'	Report

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 31,818^[6]

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

9 September 2019

20:45

San Marino	0–4	Cyprus
	Report	Kousoulos 2', 73' Papoulis 39' Artymatas 75'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 662^[6]

Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

9 September 2019

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	0–4	Belgium
	Report	Lukaku 9' Vermaelen 24' Alderweireld 32' De Bruyne 82'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 25,524^[6]

Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

10 October 2019

16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	1–2	Cyprus
Yerlanov 34'	Report	Sotiriou 73' N. Ioannou 84'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 11,769^[6]

Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

10 October 2019

20:45

Belgium	9–0	San Marino
Lukaku 28', 41' Chadli 31' Brolli 35' (o.g.) Alderweireld 43' Tielemans 45+1' Benteke 79' Verschaeren 84' (pen.) Castagne 90'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 34,504^[6]

Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

10 October 2019

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Russia	4–0	Scotland
Dzyuba 57', 70' Ozdoyev 60' Golovin 84'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 65,703^[6]

Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

13 October 2019

15:00 (19:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Batshuayi 21' Meunier 53'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 26,801^[6]

Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

13 October 2019

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Cyprus	0–5	Russia
	Report	Cheryshev 9', 90+2' Ozdoyev 23' Dzyuba 79' Golovin 89'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 9,439^[6]

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

13 October 2019

18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Scotland	6–0	San Marino
McGinn 12', 27', 45+1' Shankland 65' Findlay 67' Armstrong 87'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 20,699^[6]

Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

16 November 2019

15:00 (16:00 UTC+2)

Cyprus	1–2	Scotland
Efrem 47'	Report	Christie 12' McGinn 53'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 7,595^[6]

Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

16 November 2019

18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Russia	1–4	Belgium
Dzhikiya 79'	Report	T. Hazard 19' E. Hazard 33', 40' Lukaku 72'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 53,317^[6]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

16 November 2019

18:00

San Marino	1–3	Kazakhstan
Berardi 77'	Report	Zaynutdinov 6' Suyumbayev 22' Shchotkin 26'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 643^[6]

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

19 November 2019

20:45

Belgium	6–1	Cyprus
Benteke 16', 68' De Bruyne 36', 41' Carrasco 44' Christoforou 51' (o.g.)	Report	N. Ioannou 14'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 40,568^[6]

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

19 November 2019

20:45

San Marino	0–5	Russia
	Report	Kuzyayev 3' Petrov 19' Al. Miranchuk 49' Ionov 56' Komlichenko 78'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,604^[6]

Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

19 November 2019

20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)

Scotland	3–1	Kazakhstan
McGinn 48', 90+1' Naismith 64'	Report	Zaynutdinov 34'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 19,515^[6]

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.93 goals per match.

9 goals

Artem Dzyuba

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Kypros Christoforou (against Belgium)
Abzal Beisebekov (against Russia)
Cristian Brolli (against Belgium)
Michele Cevoli (against Russia)
Stephen O'Donnell (against Russia)

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)
Cyprus	Konstantinos Laifis	vs Russia (13 October 2019)	vs Scotland (16 November 2019)
Kazakhstan	Islambek Kuat	vs Russia (24 March 2019) vs Belgium (8 June 2019) vs Cyprus (10 October 2019)	vs Belgium (13 October 2019)
Kazakhstan	Gafurzhan Suyumbayev	vs Scotland (21 March 2019) vs Russia (24 March 2019) vs Cyprus (6 September 2019)	vs Russia (9 September 2019)
Russia	Aleksandr Golovin	vs Belgium (21 March 2019)	vs Kazakhstan (24 March 2019)^[7]
San Marino	Davide Simoncini	vs Cyprus (21 March 2019) vs Belgium (6 September 2019) vs Belgium (10 October 2019)	vs Scotland (13 October 2019)
Scotland	Scott McTominay	vs San Marino (24 March 2019) vs Belgium (11 June 2019) vs Belgium (9 September 2019)	vs Russia (10 October 2019)

Notes

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

References

^ "UEFA Euro 2020: Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw made in Dublin". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ "European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad "Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group I". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 2" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

External links

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

[table_hth_CYP0.33914555066225-4] Head-to-head points: Cyprus 4, Kazakhstan 1.

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

[draw_procedure-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.

[regulations-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.

[5] "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[6] "European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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[MD2-9] "European Championship 2020: Booking List before Qualifying Round Matchday 2" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

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