UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I

Group I 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 I consisted of six teams: Belgium, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Russia, San Marino and Scotland,^[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.^[3]

The top two teams, Belgium and Russia, 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.

Belgium won all ten of their matches, becoming the seventh national side to qualify for a European Championship with a 100% record, and the eighth instance, after France (1992 and 2004), Czech Republic (2000), Germany, Spain (both 2012), England (2016), and Italy (2020).

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	10	10	0	0	40	3	+37	30	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–1	3–0	6–1	3–0	9–0
2	Russia	10	8	0	2	33	8	+25	24			1–4	—	4–0	1–0	1–0	9–0
3	Scotland	10	5	0	5	16	19	−3	15	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–4	1–2	—	2–1	3–1	6–0
4	Cyprus	10	3	1	6	15	20	−5	10[a]			0–2	0–5	1–2	—	1–1	5–0
5	Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	13	17	−4	10[a]			0–2	0–4	3–0	1–2	—	4–0
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	1	51	−50	0			0–4	0–5	0–2	0–4	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Cyprus 4, Kazakhstan 1.

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).

Kazakhstan	3–0	Scotland
Pertsukh 6' Vorogovskiy 10' Zaynutdinov 51'	Report

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)

16:00 (21:00 UTC+6)

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 27,641^[6]

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Cyprus	5–0	San Marino
Sotiriou 19' (pen.), 23' (pen.) Kousoulos 26' Efrem 31' Laifis 56'	Report

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+2)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 3,175^[6]

Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Belgium	3–1	Russia
Tielemans 14' E. Hazard 45' (pen.), 88'	Report	Cheryshev 16'

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)

20:45

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 34,245^[6]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

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Kazakhstan	0–4	Russia
	Report	Cheryshev 19', 45+2' Dzyuba 52' Beisebekov 62' (o.g.)

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

15:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 29,582^[6]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

San Marino	0–2	Scotland
	Report	McLean 4' Russell 74'

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

18:00

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 4,077^[6]

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Cyprus	0–2	Belgium
	Report	E. Hazard 10' Batshuayi 18'

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 8,728^[6]

Referee: François Letexier (France)

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Russia	9–0	San Marino
Cevoli 25' (o.g.) Dzyuba 31' (pen.), 73', 76', 88' Kudryashov 36' An. Miranchuk 41' Smolov 77', 83'	Report

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Mordovia Arena, Saransk

Attendance: 42,241^[6]

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Belgium	3–0	Kazakhstan
Mertens 11' Castagne 14' Lukaku 50'	Report

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)

20:45

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 37,155^[6]

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Scotland	2–1	Cyprus
Robertson 61' Burke 89'	Report	Kousoulos 87'

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,277^[6]

Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

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Kazakhstan	4–0	San Marino
Kuat 45+1' Fedin 62' Suyumbayev 65' Islamkhan 79'	Report

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 18,652^[6]

Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Belgium	3–0	Scotland
Lukaku 45+1', 57' De Bruyne 90+2'	Report

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

20:45

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 32,482^[6]

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

Russia	1–0	Cyprus
Ionov 38'	Report

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 42,228^[6]

Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

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Cyprus	1–1	Kazakhstan
Sotiriou 39'	Report	Shchotkin 2'

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 5,639^[6]

Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

San Marino	0–4	Belgium
	Report	Batshuayi 43' (pen.), 90+2' Mertens 57' Chadli 63'

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

20:45

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 2,523^[6]

Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

Scotland	1–2	Russia
McGinn 11'	Report	Dzyuba 40' O'Donnell 59' (o.g.)

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 32,432^[6]

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

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Russia	1–0	Kazakhstan
Fernandes 89'	Report

9 September 2019 (2019-09-09)

20:45

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 31,818^[6]

Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

San Marino	0–4	Cyprus
	Report	Kousoulos 2', 73' Papoulis 39' Artymatas 75'

9 September 2019 (2019-09-09)

20:45

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 662^[6]

Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

Scotland	0–4	Belgium
	Report	Lukaku 9' Vermaelen 24' Alderweireld 32' De Bruyne 82'

9 September 2019 (2019-09-09)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 25,524^[6]

Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

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Kazakhstan	1–2	Cyprus
Yerlanov 34'	Report	Sotiriou 73' N. Ioannou 84'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 11,769^[6]

Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Belgium	9–0	San Marino
Lukaku 28', 41' Chadli 31' Brolli 35' (o.g.) Alderweireld 43' Tielemans 45+1' Benteke 79' Verschaeren 84' (pen.) Castagne 90'	Report

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

20:45

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 34,504^[6]

Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Russia	4–0	Scotland
Dzyuba 57', 70' Ozdoyev 60' Golovin 84'	Report

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 65,703^[6]

Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

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Kazakhstan	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Batshuayi 21' Meunier 53'

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

15:00 (19:00 UTC+6)

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 26,801^[6]

Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Cyprus	0–5	Russia
	Report	Cheryshev 9', 90+2' Ozdoyev 23' Dzyuba 79' Golovin 89'

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 9,439^[6]

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Scotland	6–0	San Marino
McGinn 12', 27', 45+1' Shankland 65' Findlay 67' Armstrong 87'	Report

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 20,699^[6]

Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

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Cyprus	1–2	Scotland
Efrem 47'	Report	Christie 12' McGinn 53'

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)

15:00 (16:00 UTC+2)

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 7,595^[6]

Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Russia	1–4	Belgium
Dzhikiya 79'	Report	T. Hazard 19' E. Hazard 33', 40' Lukaku 72'

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 53,317^[6]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

San Marino	1–3	Kazakhstan
Berardi 77'	Report	Zaynutdinov 6' Suyumbayev 22' Shchotkin 26'

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)

18:00

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 643^[6]

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

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Belgium	6–1	Cyprus
Benteke 16', 68' De Bruyne 36', 41' Carrasco 44' Christoforou 51' (o.g.)	Report	N. Ioannou 14'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

20:45

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 40,568^[6]

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

San Marino	0–5	Russia
	Report	Kuzyayev 3' Petrov 19' Al. Miranchuk 49' Ionov 56' Komlichenko 78'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

20:45

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,604^[6]

Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Scotland	3–1	Kazakhstan
McGinn 48', 90+1' Naismith 64'	Report	Zaynutdinov 34'

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+0)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 19,515^[6]

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.93 goals per match.

9 goals

• Artem Dzyuba

7 goals

• Romelu Lukaku
• John McGinn

5 goals

• Eden Hazard
• Denis Cheryshev

4 goals

• Michy Batshuayi
• Kevin De Bruyne
• Ioannis Kousoulos
• Pieros Sotiriou

3 goals

• Christian Benteke
• Baktiyar Zaynutdinov

2 goals

• Toby Alderweireld
• Timothy Castagne
• Nacer Chadli
• Dries Mertens
• Youri Tielemans
• Georgios Efrem
• Nicholas Ioannou
• Aleksey Shchotkin
• Gafurzhan Suyumbayev
• Aleksandr Golovin
• Aleksei Ionov
• Magomed Ozdoyev
• Fyodor Smolov

1 goal

• Yannick Carrasco
• Thorgan Hazard
• Thomas Meunier
• Thomas Vermaelen
• Yari Verschaeren
• Kostakis Artymatas
• Konstantinos Laifis
• Fotios Papoulis
• Maxim Fedin
• Bauyrzhan Islamkhan
• Islambek Kuat
• Yuriy Pertsukh
• Yan Vorogovskiy
• Temirlan Yerlanov
• Georgi Dzhikiya
• Mário Fernandes
• Nikolay Komlichenko
• Fyodor Kudryashov
• Daler Kuzyayev
• Aleksei Miranchuk
• Anton Miranchuk
• Sergei Petrov
• Filippo Berardi
• Stuart Armstrong
• Oliver Burke
• Ryan Christie
• Stuart Findlay
• Kenny McLean
• Steven Naismith
• Andrew Robertson
• Johnny Russell
• Lawrence Shankland

1 own goal

• Kypros Christoforou (against Belgium)
• Abzal Beisebekov (against Russia)
• Cristian Brolli (against Belgium)
• Michele Cevoli (against Russia)
• Stephen O'Donnell (against Russia)

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 not carried forward to the play-offs, 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	Konstantinos Laifis	vs Russia (13 October 2019)	vs Scotland (16 November 2019)
Kazakhstan	Islambek Kuat	vs Russia (24 March 2019) vs Belgium (8 June 2019) vs Cyprus (10 October 2019)	vs Belgium (13 October 2019)
	Gafurzhan Suyumbayev	vs Scotland (21 March 2019) vs Russia (24 March 2019) vs Cyprus (6 September 2019)	vs Russia (9 September 2019)
Russia	Aleksandr Golovin	vs Belgium (21 March 2019)	vs Kazakhstan (24 March 2019)[7]
San Marino	Davide Simoncini	vs Cyprus (21 March 2019) vs Belgium (6 September 2019) vs Belgium (10 October 2019)	vs Scotland (13 October 2019)
Scotland	Scott McTominay	vs San Marino (24 March 2019) vs Belgium (11 June 2019) vs Belgium (9 September 2019)	vs Russia (10 October 2019)

Notes

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