UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group E

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.^[1] Group E consisted of five teams: Azerbaijan, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and Wales,^[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.^[3]

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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).

Croatia	2–1	Azerbaijan
Barišić 44' Kramarić 79'	Report	Sheydayev 19'

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)

20:45

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 23,146^[6]

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Slovakia	2–0	Hungary
Duda 42' Rusnák 85'	Report

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)

20:45

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

Attendance: 14,235^[6]

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

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Wales	1–0	Slovakia
James 5'	Report

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

15:00 (14:00 UTC+0)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 31,617^[6]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Hungary	2–1	Croatia
Szalai 34' Pátkai 76'	Report	Rebić 13'

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

18:00

Groupama Arena, Budapest

Attendance: 19,400^[6]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

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Croatia	2–1	Wales
J. Lawrence 17' (o.g.) Perišić 48'	Report	Brooks 77'

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)

15:00

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek

Attendance: 17,061^[6]

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Azerbaijan	1–3	Hungary
Emreli 69'	Report	Orbán 18', 53' Holman 71'

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Bakcell Arena, Baku

Attendance: 10,450^[6]

Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

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Azerbaijan	1–5	Slovakia
Sheydayev 29'	Report	Lobotka 8' Kucka 27' Hamšík 30', 57' Hancko 85'

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Bakcell Arena, Baku

Attendance: 8,200^[6]

Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Hungary	1–0	Wales
Pátkai 80'	Report

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

20:45

Groupama Arena, Budapest

Attendance: 18,350^[6]

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

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Slovakia	0–4	Croatia
	Report	Vlašić 45' Perišić 46' Petković 72' Lovren 89'

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

20:45

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

Attendance: 18,098^[6]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Wales	2–1	Azerbaijan
Pashayev 26' (o.g.) Bale 84'	Report	Emreli 59'

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 28,385^[6]

Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

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Azerbaijan	1–1	Croatia
Khalilzade 72'	Report	Modrić 11' (pen.)

9 September 2019 (2019-09-09)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Bakcell Arena, Baku

Attendance: 9,150^[6]

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Hungary	1–2	Slovakia
Szoboszlai 50'	Report	Mak 40' Boženík 56'

9 September 2019 (2019-09-09)

20:45

Groupama Arena, Budapest

Attendance: 21,700^[6]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

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Croatia	3–0	Hungary
Modrić 5' Petković 24', 42'	Report

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

20:45

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 32,110^[6]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Slovakia	1–1	Wales
Kucka 53'	Report	Moore 25'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

20:45

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

Attendance: 18,071^[6]

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

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Hungary	1–0	Azerbaijan
Korhut 10'	Report

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

18:00

Groupama Arena, Budapest

Attendance: 11,300^[6]

Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Wales	1–1	Croatia
Bale 45+3'	Report	Vlašić 9'

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 31,745^[6]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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Azerbaijan	0–2	Wales
	Report	Moore 10' Wilson 34'

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)

18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)

Bakcell Arena, Baku

Attendance: 8,622^[6]

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Croatia	3–1	Slovakia
Vlašić 56' Petković 60' Perišić 74'	Report	Boženík 32'

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)

20:45

Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka

Attendance: 8,212^[6]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

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Slovakia	2–0	Azerbaijan
Boženík 19' Hamšík 86'	Report

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

20:45

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

Attendance: 7,825^[6]

Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

Wales	2–0	Hungary
Ramsey 15', 47'	Report

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 31,762^[6]

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:^[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 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)
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)[7]	vs Azerbaijan (21 March 2019)[8]
		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)

Notes

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