UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group A

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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.

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			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. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

25 March 2023 (2023-03-25)15:00 (14:00 UTC±0)

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

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 48,195Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

25 March 2023 (2023-03-25)20:45

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

La Rosaleda, MálagaAttendance: 29,214Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

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

Batumi Stadium, BatumiAttendance: 20,300Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

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

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 47,976Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)18:00

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

Ullevaal Stadion, OsloAttendance: 25,791Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

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

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, LarnacaAttendance: 3,763Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)20:45

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

Ullevaal Stadion, OsloAttendance: 23,643Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

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

Hampden Park, GlasgowAttendance: 50,062Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)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, TbilisiAttendance: 51,694Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

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

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, LarnacaAttendance: 6,633Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12)20:45

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

Ullevaal Stadion, OsloAttendance: 23,665Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12)20:45

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

Nuevo Los Cármenes, GranadaAttendance: 17,311Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

12 October 2023 (2023-10-12)20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

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

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, LarnacaAttendance: 7,206Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

12 October 2023 (2023-10-12)20:45

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

La Cartuja, SevilleAttendance: 45,623Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

15 October 2023 (2023-10-15)15:00 (17:00 UTC+4)

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

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, TbilisiAttendance: 15,871Referee: Robert Jones (England)

15 October 2023 (2023-10-15)20:45

Norway	0–1	Spain
	Report	Gavi 49′

Ullevaal Stadion, OsloAttendance: 25,885Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

16 November 2023 (2023-11-16)18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)

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

Dinamo Arena, TbilisiAttendance: 44,595Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

16 November 2023 (2023-11-16)18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

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

Alphamega Stadium, LimassolAttendance: 9,667Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

19 November 2023 (2023-11-19)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, GlasgowAttendance: 48,138Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

19 November 2023 (2023-11-19)20:45

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

José Zorrilla, ValladolidAttendance: 24,146Referee: 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

• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
• Joselu
• Álvaro Morata

3 goals

• Georges Mikautadze
• John McGinn
• Ferran Torres

2 goals

• Alexander Sørloth
• Gavi
• Dani Olmo
• Lamine Yamal

1 goal

• Grigoris Kastanos
• Kostas Pileas
• Ioannis Pittas
• Giorgi Chakvetadze
• Zuriko Davitashvili
• Otar Kiteishvili
• Levan Shengelia
• Budu Zivzivadze
• Fredrik Aursnes
• Aron Dønnum
• Mohamed Elyounoussi
• Martin Ødegaard
• Ola Solbakken
• Jørgen Strand Larsen
• Stuart Armstrong
• Lyndon Dykes
• Callum McGregor
• Kenny McLean
• Ryan Porteous
• Lawrence Shankland
• Álex Baena
• Robin Le Normand
• Mikel Merino
• Mikel Oyarzabal
• Oihan Sancet
• Nico Williams

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:

• 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 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

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.

References

1. ^ 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.
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26. ^ «Spain vs. Georgia» (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

External links

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

v t e UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
Group stage Group A Group B France v Gibraltar Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Group I Group J Play-offs
Related competition: 2022–23 UEFA Nations League