Group E of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group E consisted of five teams: Azerbaijan, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and Wales, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
The top two teams, Croatia and Wales, 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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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| 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
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Croatia | 2–1 | Azerbaijan |
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Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 23,146
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
| Slovakia | 2–0 | Hungary |
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 14,235
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
| Wales | 1–0 | Slovakia |
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Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 31,617
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
| Hungary | 2–1 | Croatia |
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Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 19,400
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
| Croatia | 2–1 | Wales |
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Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 17,061
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
| Azerbaijan | 1–3 | Hungary |
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Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 10,450
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
| Azerbaijan | 1–5 | Slovakia |
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Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
| Hungary | 1–0 | Wales |
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Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 18,350
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
| Slovakia | 0–4 | Croatia |
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 18,098
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
| Wales | 2–1 | Azerbaijan |
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Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 28,385
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
| Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Croatia |
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Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
| Hungary | 1–2 | Slovakia |
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Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 21,700
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
| Croatia | 3–0 | Hungary |
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Stadion Poljud, Split
Attendance: 32,110
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
| Slovakia | 1–1 | Wales |
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 18,071
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
| Hungary | 1–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Groupama Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
| Wales | 1–1 | Croatia |
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Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 31,745
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Azerbaijan | 0–2 | Wales |
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Bakcell Arena, Baku
Attendance: 8,622
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
| Croatia | 3–1 | Slovakia |
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Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka
Attendance: 8,212
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
| Slovakia | 2–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Attendance: 7,825
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
| Wales | 2–0 | Hungary |
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Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 31,762
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Goalscorers
There were 53 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.
4 goals
- Bruno Petković
3 goals
- Ivan Perišić
- Nikola Vlašić
- Róbert Boženík
- Marek Hamšík
2 goals
- Mahir Emreli
- Ramil Sheydayev
- Luka Modrić
- Willi Orbán
- Máté Pátkai
- Juraj Kucka
- Gareth Bale
- Kieffer Moore
- Aaron Ramsey
1 goal
- Tamkin Khalilzade
- Borna Barišić
- Andrej Kramarić
- Dejan Lovren
- Ante Rebić
- Dávid Holman
- Mihály Korhut
- Ádám Szalai
- Dominik Szoboszlai
- Ondrej Duda
- Dávid Hancko
- Stanislav Lobotka
- Róbert Mak
- Albert Rusnák
- David Brooks
- Daniel James
- Harry Wilson
1 own goal
- Pavel Pashayev (against Wales)
- James Lawrence (against Croatia)
Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
- 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 carried forward to the play-offs, but not 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) |
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| Azerbaijan | Anton Krivotsyuk | vs Slovakia (11 June 2019) vs Wales (6 September 2019) vs Croatia (9 September 2019) | vs Hungary (13 October 2019) |
| Maksim Medvedev | vs Croatia (21 March 2019) vs Hungary (8 June 2019) vs Croatia (9 September 2019) | ||
| Dimitrij Nazarov | vs Hungary (8 June 2019) vs Wales (6 September 2019) vs Croatia (9 September 2019) | ||
| Croatia | Marcelo Brozović | vs Wales (8 June 2019) vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2019) vs Hungary (10 October 2019) | vs Wales (13 October 2019) |
| Dejan Lovren | Insulting behaviour vs Spain in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League (15 November 2018) | vs Azerbaijan (21 March 2019) | |
| vs Hungary (24 March 2019) vs Wales (8 June 2019) vs Wales (13 October 2019) | vs Slovakia (16 November 2019) | ||
| Domagoj Vida | vs Wales (8 June 2019) vs Hungary (10 October 2019) vs Wales (13 October 2019) | ||
| Hungary | Botond Baráth | vs Slovakia (9 September 2019) | vs Croatia (10 October 2019) |
| László Kleinheisler | vs Croatia (10 October 2019) | vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019) | |
| Mihály Korhut | vs Slovakia (21 March 2019) vs Wales (11 June 2019) vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019) | vs Wales (19 November 2019) | |
| Ádám Nagy | vs Slovakia (21 March 2019) vs Wales (11 June 2019) vs Slovakia (9 September 2019) | vs Croatia (10 October 2019) | |
| Slovakia | Norbert Gyömbér | vs Wales (10 October 2019) | vs Croatia (16 November 2019) |
| Róbert Mak | vs Croatia (16 November 2019) | vs Azerbaijan (19 November 2019) | |
| Denis Vavro | vs Hungary (21 March 2019) vs Wales (24 March 2019) vs Hungary (9 September 2019) | vs Wales (10 October 2019) | |
| Wales | Joe Allen | vs Slovakia (24 March 2019) vs Azerbaijan (6 September 2019) vs Croatia (13 October 2019) | vs Azerbaijan (16 November 2019) |
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