UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group A

Group A of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group A consisted of five teams: Cyprus, Georgia, Norway, Scotland and Spain. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.^[1]

Originally Gibraltar had been drawn in this group, but they were moved to group B due to Spain not being willing to play them because of the disputed status of Gibraltar.^[2]

The top two teams, Spain and Scotland, qualified directly for the final tournament. The participants of the qualifying play-offs were decided based on their performance in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	8	7	0	1	25	5	+20	21	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	3–0	3–1	6–0
2	Scotland	8	5	2	1	17	8	+9	17	Qualify for final tournament	2–0	—	3–3	2–0	3–0
3	Norway	8	3	2	3	14	12	+2	11		0–1	1–2	—	2–1	3–1
4	Georgia	8	2	2	4	12	18	−6	8	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	1–7	2–2	1–1	—	4–0
5	Cyprus	8	0	0	8	3	28	−25	0		1–3	0–3	0–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw.^[3]^[4]^[5] Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

25 March 2023

15:00 (14:00 UTC±0)

Scotland	3–0	Cyprus
McGinn 21' McTominay 87', 90+3'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,195^[6]

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

25 March 2023

20:45

Spain	3–0	Norway
Olmo 13' Joselu 84', 85'	Report

La Rosaleda, Málaga

Attendance: 29,214^[7]

Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

28 March 2023

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Georgia	1–1	Norway
Mikautadze 60'	Report	Sørloth 15'

Batumi Stadium, Batumi

Attendance: 20,300^[8]

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

28 March 2023

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	2–0	Spain
McTominay 7', 51'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 47,976^[9]

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)^{[note 2]}

17 June 2023

18:00

Norway	1–2	Scotland
Haaland 61' (pen.)	Report	Dykes 87' McLean 89'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,791^[11]

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

17 June 2023

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Cyprus	1–2	Georgia
Pittas 39' (pen.)	Report	Mikautadze 31' Davitashvili 84'

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

Attendance: 3,763^[12]

Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

20 June 2023

20:45

Norway	3–1	Cyprus
Solbakken 12' Haaland 56' (pen.), 60'	Report	Kastanos 90+3'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,643^[13]

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

20 June 2023

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Scotland	2–0	Georgia
McGregor 6' McTominay 47'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,062^[14]

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

8 September 2023

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Georgia	1–7	Spain
Chakvetadze 49'	Report	Morata 22', 40', 66' Kvirkvelia 27' (o.g.) Olmo 38' Williams 68' Yamal 74'

Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Attendance: 51,694^[15]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

8 September 2023

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Cyprus	0–3	Scotland
	Report	McTominay 6' Porteous 16' McGinn 30'

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

Attendance: 6,633^[16]

Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)

12 September 2023

20:45

Norway	2–1	Georgia
Haaland 25' Ødegaard 33'	Report	Zivzivadze 90+1'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,665^[17]

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

12 September 2023

20:45

Spain	6–0	Cyprus
Gavi 18' Merino 33' Joselu 70' F. Torres 73', 83' Baena 77'	Report

Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada^[18]

Attendance: 17,311^[19]

Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

12 October 2023

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Cyprus	0–4	Norway
	Report	Sørloth 33' Haaland 65', 72' Aursnes 81'

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca

Attendance: 7,206^[20]

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

12 October 2023

20:45

Spain	2–0	Scotland
Morata 73' Sancet 86'	Report

La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 45,623^[21]

Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

15 October 2023

15:00 (17:00 UTC+4)

Georgia	4–0	Cyprus
Kiteishvili 46' Kvaratskhelia 58' Shengelia 82' Mikautadze 90+5' (pen.)	Report

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 15,871^[22]

Referee: Robert Jones (England)

15 October 2023

20:45

Norway	0–1	Spain
	Report	Gavi 49'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,885^[23]

Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

16 November 2023

18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)

Georgia	2–2	Scotland
Kvaratskhelia 15', 57'	Report	McTominay 49' Shankland 90+2'

Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Attendance: 44,595^[24]

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

16 November 2023

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

Cyprus	1–3	Spain
Pileas 75'	Report	Yamal 5' Oyarzabal 22' Joselu 28'

Alphamega Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 9,667^[25]

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

19 November 2023

20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)

Scotland	3–3	Norway
McGinn 13' Østigård 33' (o.g.) Armstrong 59'	Report	Dønnum 3' Larsen 20' Elyounoussi 86'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,138^[26]

Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

19 November 2023

20:45

Spain	3–1	Georgia
Le Normand 4' F. Torres 55' Lochoshvili 72' (o.g.)	Report	Kvaratskhelia 10'

José Zorrilla, Valladolid

Attendance: 24,146^[27]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.55 goals per match.

7 goals

Scott McTominay

6 goals

Erling Haaland

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Solomon Kvirkvelia (against Spain)
Luka Lochoshvili (against Spain)
Leo Skiri Østigård (against Scotland)

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:^[1]

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 the fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions could be 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)
Cyprus	Nicholas Ioannou	vs Scotland (25 March 2023)	vs Georgia (17 June 2023)

Notes

^ 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).
^ Sandro Schärer suffered an injury. He was replaced by the fourth official Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland) at half-time.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "UEFA rules prevent Spain v Gibraltar in Euro 2024 qualifiers". The Diplomat. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
^ "UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group fixtures". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by group)" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^ "European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by match-day)" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^ "Scotland vs. Cyprus" (JSON). UEFA. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
^ "Spain vs. Norway" (JSON). UEFA. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
^ "Georgia vs. Norway" (JSON). UEFA. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ "Scotland vs. Spain" (JSON). UEFA. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ Cairney, James (28 March 2023). "Why there was a change of referee during Scotland v Spain". The Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ "Norway vs. Scotland" (JSON). UEFA. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
^ "Cyprus vs. Georgia" (JSON). UEFA. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
^ "Norway vs. Cyprus" (JSON). UEFA. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Scotland vs. Georgia" (JSON). UEFA. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Georgia vs. Spain" (JSON). UEFA. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ "Cyprus vs. Scotland" (JSON). UEFA. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ "Norway vs. Georgia" (JSON). UEFA. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "El España-Chipre del 12 de septiembre se disputará en Granada" (in Spanish). MARCA. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "Spain vs. Cyprus" (JSON). UEFA. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "Cyprus vs. Norway" (JSON). UEFA. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "Spain vs. Scotland" (JSON). UEFA. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "Georgia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). UEFA. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Norway vs. Spain" (JSON). UEFA. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Georgia vs. Scotland" (JSON). UEFA. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Cyprus vs. Spain" (JSON). UEFA. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Scotland vs. Norway" (JSON). UEFA. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "Spain vs. Georgia" (JSON). UEFA. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

External links

UEFA Euro 2024, UEFA.com
European Qualifiers, UEFA.com

[6] 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).

[12] Sandro Schärer suffered an injury. He was replaced by the fourth official Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland) at half-time.^[10]

[regulations-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 rules prevent Spain v Gibraltar in Euro 2024 qualifiers". The Diplomat. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

[3] "UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group fixtures". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[4] "European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by group)" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

[5] "European Qualifiers 2022–24, Group stage: Fixture List (by match-day)" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

[7] "Scotland vs. Cyprus" (JSON). UEFA. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[8] "Spain vs. Norway" (JSON). UEFA. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[9] "Georgia vs. Norway" (JSON). UEFA. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

[10] "Scotland vs. Spain" (JSON). UEFA. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

[11] Cairney, James (28 March 2023). "Why there was a change of referee during Scotland v Spain". The Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

[13] "Norway vs. Scotland" (JSON). UEFA. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[14] "Cyprus vs. Georgia" (JSON). UEFA. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[15] "Norway vs. Cyprus" (JSON). UEFA. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[16] "Scotland vs. Georgia" (JSON). UEFA. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[17] "Georgia vs. Spain" (JSON). UEFA. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

[18] "Cyprus vs. Scotland" (JSON). UEFA. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

[19] "Norway vs. Georgia" (JSON). UEFA. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[Spain_venues-20] "El España-Chipre del 12 de septiembre se disputará en Granada" (in Spanish). MARCA. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

[21] "Spain vs. Cyprus" (JSON). UEFA. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[22] "Cyprus vs. Norway" (JSON). UEFA. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

[23] "Spain vs. Scotland" (JSON). UEFA. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

[24] "Georgia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). UEFA. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[25] "Norway vs. Spain" (JSON). UEFA. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[26] "Georgia vs. Scotland" (JSON). UEFA. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[27] "Cyprus vs. Spain" (JSON). UEFA. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[28] "Scotland vs. Norway" (JSON). UEFA. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

[29] "Spain vs. Georgia" (JSON). UEFA. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

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