UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group C
Football tournament qualifying stage
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Group C 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 C consisted of five teams: Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands and Northern Ireland,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The top two teams, Germany and Netherlands, 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 | Germany |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 7 | +23 | 21 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–4 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 8–0 | |
| 2 | Netherlands |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 19 | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | Northern Ireland |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 13 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| 4 | Belarus |
8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 5 | Estonia |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |
Matches
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.[4][5] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Estonia | 1–2 | Northern Ireland |
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| Belarus | 0–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Northern Ireland | 0–2 | Germany |
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| Netherlands | 3–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Belarus | 1–2 | Netherlands |
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Goalscorers
There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Stanislaw Drahun- Nikita Naumov
- Maksim Skavysh
- Ihar Stasevich
Erik Sorga- Konstantin Vassiljev
Julian Brandt- Matthias Ginter
- Marcel Halstenberg
- Nico Schulz
Nathan Aké- Myron Boadu
- Virgil van Dijk
- Frenkie de Jong
- Luuk de Jong
- Matthijs de Ligt
- Donyell Malen
Steven Davis- Jonny Evans
- Niall McGinn
- Paddy McNair
- Michael Smith
- Conor Washington
1 own goal
- Jonathan Tah (against Netherlands)
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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| Estonia |
Joonas Tamm |  vs Northern Ireland (21 March 2019) vs Germany (11 June 2019) vs Netherlands (9 September 2019) |
vs Belarus (10 October 2019) |
| Germany |
Emre Can |  vs Estonia (13 October 2019) |
vs Belarus (16 November 2019) |
| Netherlands |
Marten de Roon | vs Belarus (21 March 2019) vs Germany (6 September 2019) vs Northern Ireland (16 November 2019) |
vs Estonia (19 November 2019) |