UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B
Football tournament qualifying stage
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Group B 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 B consisted of five teams: Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal (the title holders), Serbia and Ukraine,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The top two teams, Ukraine and Portugal, 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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Ukraine |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 20 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Portugal |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 17 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | Serbia |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 14 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 2–2 | 2–4 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg |
8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 5 | Lithuania |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
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).
| Lithuania | 1–1 | Luxembourg |
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| Ukraine | 1–0 | Luxembourg |
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| Serbia | 2–4 | Portugal |
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| Luxembourg | 1–3 | Serbia |
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| Ukraine | 2–0 | Lithuania |
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| Lithuania | 1–2 | Serbia |
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| Serbia | 3–2 | Luxembourg |
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| Luxembourg | 0–2 | Portugal |
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Goalscorers
There were 68 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.
11 goals
10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Gerson Rodrigues (against Ukraine)
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) |
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| Lithuania |
Saulius Mikoliūnas |   vs Luxembourg (7 June 2019) |
vs Serbia (10 June 2019) |
| Arvydas Novikovas | vs Luxembourg (7 June 2019) vs Serbia (10 June 2019) vs Ukraine (11 October 2019) |
vs Serbia (14 October 2019) | |
| Modestas Vorobjovas | vs Luxembourg (7 June 2019) |
vs Serbia (10 June 2019) | |
| Luxembourg |
Leandro Barreiro | vs Ukraine (25 March 2019) vs Serbia (10 September 2019) vs Portugal (11 October 2019) |
vs Serbia (14 November 2019) |
| Dirk Carlson | vs Lithuania (22 March 2019) vs Ukraine (25 March 2019) vs Lithuania (7 June 2019) |
vs Ukraine (10 June 2019) | |
| Serbia |
Uroš Spajić | vs Portugal (25 March 2019) vs Ukraine (7 June 2019) vs Luxembourg (10 September 2019) |
vs Lithuania (14 October 2019) |
| Ukraine |
Taras Stepanenko | vs Portugal (14 October 2019) |
vs Serbia (17 November 2019) |
Notes
- Serbia were sanctioned by UEFA to play one home match (against Lithuania on 10 June 2019) without spectators for racist behaviour in their home match against Montenegro.
- Serbia were sanctioned by UEFA to play one home match (against Luxembourg on 14 November 2019) without spectators for racist behaviour in their home match against Portugal.[7]