UEFA Euro 2020 Group A

Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 took place from 11 to 20 June 2021 in Baku's Olympic Stadium and Rome's Stadio Olimpico.^[1] The group contained Turkey, host nation and eventual champions Italy, Wales and Switzerland.

Goalkeeper Danny Ward catches the ball in Wales' match against Switzerland.

Teams

Draw posi­tion	Team	Pot	Method of quali­fication	Date of quali­fication	Finals appea­rance	Last appea­rance	Previous best perfor­mance	Qualifying Rankings November 2019[nb 1]	FIFA Rankings May 2021
A1	Turkey	3	Group H runner-up	14 November 2019	5th	2016	Semi-finals (2008)	14	29
A2	Italy (host)	1	Group J winner	12 October 2019	10th	2016	Winners (1968)	2	7
A3	Wales	4	Group E runner-up	19 November 2019	2nd	2016	Semi-finals (2016)	19	17
A4	Switzerland	2	Group D winner	18 November 2019	5th	2016	Round of 16 (2016)	9	13

Notes

1. The European Qualifiers overall rankings from November 2019 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4[a]
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4[a]
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

In the round of 16,^[2]

• The winner of Group A, Italy, advanced to play the runner-up of Group C, Austria.
• The runner-up of Group A, Wales, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, Denmark.
• The third-placed team of Group A, Switzerland, advanced as one of the four best third-placed teams to play the winner of Group F, France.

Matches

Times listed are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). For matches in Baku, the local time is also given (AZT, UTC+4).

Turkey vs Italy

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11)

21:00

Turkey	0–3	Italy
	Report	Demiral 53' (o.g.) Immobile 66' Insigne 79'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 12,916^[3]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Turkey[4]

Italy[4]

GK 23 Uğurcan Çakır RB 2 Zeki Çelik CB 3 Merih Demiral CB 4 Çağlar Söyüncü  88' LB 13 Umut Meraş DM 5 Okay Yokuşlu  65' RM 9 Kenan Karaman  76' CM 6 Ozan Tufan  64' CM 11 Yusuf Yazıcı  46' LM 10 Hakan Çalhanoğlu CF 17 Burak Yılmaz (c) Substitutions: FW 7 Cengiz Ünder  46' DF 22 Kaan Ayhan  64' MF 21 İrfan Kahveci  65' MF 26 Halil Dervişoğlu  90'  76' Manager: Şenol Güneş

GK 21 Gianluigi Donnarumma RB 24 Alessandro Florenzi  46' CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini (c) LB 4 Leonardo Spinazzola CM 18 Nicolò Barella CM 8 Jorginho CM 5 Manuel Locatelli  74' RF 11 Domenico Berardi  85' CF 17 Ciro Immobile  81' LF 10 Lorenzo Insigne  81' Substitutions: DF 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo  46' MF 16 Bryan Cristante  74' MF 14 Federico Chiesa  81' FW 9 Andrea Belotti  81' MF 20 Federico Bernardeschi  85' Manager: Roberto Mancini

Man of the Match: Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy)[5] Assistant referees:[4] Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands) Jan de Vries (Netherlands) Fourth official: Stéphanie Frappart (France) Reserve assistant referee: Mikaël Berchebru (France) Video assistant referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referees: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Christian Gittelmann (Germany) Christian Dingert (Germany)

Wales vs Switzerland

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12)

15:00 (17:00 UTC+4)

Wales	1–1	Switzerland
Moore 74'	Report	Embolo 49'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 8,782^[6]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Wales[7]

Switzerland[7]

GK 12 Danny Ward RB 14 Connor Roberts CB 6 Joe Rodon CB 4 Ben Davies LB 22 Chris Mepham CM 16 Joe Morrell CM 7 Joe Allen CM 10 Aaron Ramsey  90+3' RF 20 Daniel James  75' CF 13 Kieffer Moore  47' LF 11 Gareth Bale (c) Substitutions: MF 19 David Brooks  75' DF 15 Ethan Ampadu  90+3' Manager: Rob Page

GK 1 Yann Sommer CB 4 Nico Elvedi CB 22 Fabian Schär  30' CB 5 Manuel Akanji RWB 2 Kevin Mbabu  63' LWB 13 Ricardo Rodríguez CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c) CM 8 Remo Freuler AM 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  66' CF 7 Breel Embolo CF 9 Haris Seferovic  84' Substitutions: MF 6 Denis Zakaria  66' FW 19 Mario Gavranović  84' Manager: Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match: Breel Embolo (Switzerland)[5] Assistant referees:[7] Nicolas Danos (France) Cyril Gringore (France) Fourth official: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) Reserve assistant referee: Uroš Stojković (Serbia) Video assistant referee: François Letexier (France) Assistant video assistant referees: Jérôme Brisard (France) Benjamin Pagès (France) Paweł Gil (Poland)

Turkey vs Wales

16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Turkey	0–2	Wales
	Report	Ramsey 42' C. Roberts 90+5'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 19,762^[8]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Turkey[9]

Wales[9]

GK 23 Uğurcan Çakır RB 2 Zeki Çelik CB 22 Kaan Ayhan CB 4 Çağlar Söyüncü LB 13 Umut Meraş  72' DM 5 Okay Yokuşlu  46' CM 10 Hakan Çalhanoğlu  90+2' CM 6 Ozan Tufan  46' RW 9 Kenan Karaman  75' LW 7 Cengiz Ünder  83' CF 17 Burak Yılmaz (c)  90+2' Substitutions: FW 11 Yusuf Yazıcı  46' DF 3 Merih Demiral  46' DF 25 Mert Müldür  72' MF 26 Halil Dervişoğlu  75' MF 21 İrfan Kahveci  83' Manager: Şenol Güneş

GK 12 Danny Ward RB 14 Connor Roberts CB 22 Chris Mepham  90+2' CB 6 Joe Rodon LB 4 Ben Davies  90+2' CM 16 Joe Morrell CM 7 Joe Allen  73' RW 11 Gareth Bale (c) AM 10 Aaron Ramsey  85' LW 20 Daniel James  90+4' CF 13 Kieffer Moore Substitutions: DF 15 Ethan Ampadu  73' MF 8 Harry Wilson  85' DF 3 Neco Williams  90+4' Manager: Rob Page

Man of the Match: Gareth Bale (Wales)[5] Assistant referees:[9] Rui Tavares (Portugal) Paulo Soares (Portugal) Fourth official: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland) Reserve assistant referee: Marcin Boniek (Poland) Video assistant referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal) Assistant video assistant referees: François Letexier (France) Íñigo Prieto López de Cerain (Spain) Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Italy vs Switzerland

16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)

21:00

Italy	3–0	Switzerland
Locatelli 26', 52' Immobile 89'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 12,445^[10]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Italy[11]

Switzerland[11]

GK 21 Gianluigi Donnarumma RB 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini (c)  24' LB 4 Leonardo Spinazzola CM 18 Nicolò Barella  86' CM 8 Jorginho CM 5 Manuel Locatelli  86' RF 11 Domenico Berardi  70' CF 17 Ciro Immobile LF 10 Lorenzo Insigne  69' Substitutions: DF 15 Francesco Acerbi  24' MF 14 Federico Chiesa  69' DF 25 Rafael Tolói  70' MF 12 Matteo Pessina  86' MF 16 Bryan Cristante  86' Manager: Roberto Mancini

GK 1 Yann Sommer CB 4 Nico Elvedi CB 22 Fabian Schär  57' CB 5 Manuel Akanji RM 2 Kevin Mbabu  58' CM 8 Remo Freuler  84' CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c) LM 13 Ricardo Rodríguez AM 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  76' CF 9 Haris Seferovic  46' CF 7 Breel Embolo  79' Substitutions: FW 19 Mario Gavranović  49'  46' MF 14 Steven Zuber  57' DF 3 Silvan Widmer  58' MF 11 Ruben Vargas  76' MF 15 Djibril Sow  84' Manager: Vladimir Petković

The Stadio Olimpico during EURO 2020

Man of the Match: Manuel Locatelli (Italy)[5] Assistant referees:[11] Igor Demeshko (Russia) Maksim Gavrilin (Russia) Fourth official: Michael Oliver (England) Reserve assistant referee: Stuart Burt (England) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Marco Fritz (Germany) Christian Gittelmann (Germany) Paweł Gil (Poland)

Switzerland vs Turkey

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Switzerland	3–1	Turkey
Seferovic 6' Shaqiri 26', 68'	Report	Kahveci 62'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 17,138^[12]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Switzerland[13]

Turkey[13]

GK 1 Yann Sommer CB 4 Nico Elvedi CB 5 Manuel Akanji CB 13 Ricardo Rodríguez RM 3 Silvan Widmer  90+2' CM 8 Remo Freuler CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c)  78' LM 14 Steven Zuber  85' AM 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  75' CF 9 Haris Seferovic  75' CF 7 Breel Embolo  85' Substitutions: FW 19 Mario Gavranović  75' MF 11 Ruben Vargas  75' DF 17 Loris Benito  85' FW 18 Admir Mehmedi  85' DF 2 Kevin Mbabu  90+2' Manager: Vladimir Petković

GK 23 Uğurcan Çakır RB 2 Zeki Çelik  75' CB 3 Merih Demiral CB 4 Çağlar Söyüncü  76' LB 25 Mert Müldür DM 22 Kaan Ayhan  63' CM 6 Ozan Tufan  63' CM 21 İrfan Kahveci  80' RW 7 Cengiz Ünder  80' LW 10 Hakan Çalhanoğlu  70'  86' CF 17 Burak Yılmaz (c) Substitutions: FW 11 Yusuf Yazıcı  63' MF 5 Okay Yokuşlu  63' MF 19 Orkun Kökçü  80' FW 9 Kenan Karaman  80' MF 8 Dorukhan Toköz  86' Manager: Şenol Güneş

Man of the Match: Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)[5] Assistant referees:[13] Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia) Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia) Fourth official: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden) Reserve assistant referee: Stefan Hallberg (Sweden) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Christian Dingert (Germany) Christian Gittelmann (Germany) Marco Fritz (Germany)

Italy vs Wales

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)

18:00

Italy	1–0	Wales
Pessina 39'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 11,541^[14]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Italy[15]

Wales[15]

GK 21 Gianluigi Donnarumma  89' RB 25 Rafael Tolói CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci (c)  46' CB 23 Alessandro Bastoni LB 13 Emerson Palmieri CM 12 Matteo Pessina  79'  87' CM 8 Jorginho  75' CM 6 Marco Verratti RF 14 Federico Chiesa CF 9 Andrea Belotti LF 20 Federico Bernardeschi  75' Substitutions: DF 15 Francesco Acerbi  46' MF 16 Bryan Cristante  75' FW 22 Giacomo Raspadori  75' MF 7 Gaetano Castrovilli  87' GK 1 Salvatore Sirigu  89' Manager: Roberto Mancini

GK 12 Danny Ward CB 2 Chris Gunter  79' CB 6 Joe Rodon CB 15 Ethan Ampadu  55' RM 14 Connor Roberts CM 7 Joe Allen  51'  86' CM 16 Joe Morrell  60' LM 3 Neco Williams  86' RF 11 Gareth Bale (c)  86' CF 10 Aaron Ramsey LF 20 Daniel James  74' Substitutions: FW 13 Kieffer Moore  60' MF 8 Harry Wilson  74' MF 19 David Brooks  86' DF 4 Ben Davies  86' MF 23 Dylan Levitt  86' Manager: Rob Page

Man of the Match: Federico Chiesa (Italy)[5] Assistant referees:[15] Radu Ghinguleac (Romania) Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania) Fourth official: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) Reserve assistant referee: Roy Hassan (Israel) Video assistant referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) Assistant video assistant referees: François Letexier (France) Benjamin Pagès (France) Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Discipline

Fair play points were to be used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:^[2]

• yellow card = 1 point
• red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points
• direct red card = 3 points
• yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

Team	Match 1				Match 2				Match 3				Points
Italy									1				−1
Switzerland	2				2				1				−5
Turkey	2				2				3				−7
Wales	1				2				2		1		−8

See also

• Italy at the UEFA European Championship
• Switzerland at the UEFA European Championship
• Turkey at the UEFA European Championship
• Wales at the UEFA European Championship