UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group F
Football tournament qualifying stage
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Group F 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 F consisted of six teams: Faroe Islands, Malta, Norway, Romania, Spain and Sweden,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The top two teams, Spain and Sweden, 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 | Spain |
10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | 26 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | |
| 2 | Sweden |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 21 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Norway |
10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 17 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
| 4 | Romania |
10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 14 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Faroe Islands |
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 3[a] | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Malta |
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 27 | −24 | 3[a] | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | — |
- Tied on head-to-head points (3) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Faroe Islands 1, Malta 0.
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).
| Faroe Islands | 0–2 | Norway |
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| Spain | 4–0 | Faroe Islands |
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| Faroe Islands | 1–0 | Malta |
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| Norway | 4–0 | Faroe Islands |
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Goalscorers
There were 97 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.23 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Rógvi Baldvinsson- Viljormur Davidsen
- Klæmint Olsen
- Jákup Thomsen
Steve Borg- Paul Fenech
- Kyrian Nwoko
Sander Berge- Tarik Elyounoussi
- Iver Fossum
- Stefan Johansen
- Ola Kamara
- Martin Ødegaard
- Tore Reginiussen
Florin Andone- Alexandru Chipciu
- Ciprian Deac
- Dennis Man
Santi Cazorla- Fabián
- José Luis Gayà
- Dani Olmo
- Pablo Sarabia
- Saúl
- Pau Torres
Sebastian Andersson- Marcus Danielson
- Emil Forsberg
- John Guidetti
- Victor Lindelöf
- Mattias Svanberg
1 own goal
- Teitur Gestsson (against Spain)
- Andrei Agius (against Sweden)
- Håvard Nordtveit (against Sweden)
- Adrian Rus (against Spain)
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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| Faroe Islands |
Gilli Rólantsson |  vs Malta (23 March 2019) vs Norway (10 June 2019) vs Romania (12 October 2019) |
vs Malta (15 October 2019) |
| Malta |
Andrei Agius |  vs Faroe Islands (23 March 2019) |
vs Spain (26 March 2019)[7] |
| Steve Borg | vs Faroe Islands (23 March 2019) vs Romania (10 June 2019) vs Faroe Islands (15 October 2019) |
vs Spain (15 November 2019) | |
| Romania |
Alexandru Chipciu |  vs Malta (10 June 2019) |
vs Spain (5 September 2019) |
| Dragoș Grigore | vs Sweden (23 March 2019) vs Faroe Islands (26 March 2019) vs Norway (7 June 2019) |
vs Malta (10 June 2019) | |
| Spain |
Diego Llorente | vs Romania (5 September 2019) |
vs Faroe Islands (8 September 2019) |
| Sergio Ramos | vs Romania (5 September 2019) vs Faroe Islands (8 September 2019) vs Norway (12 October 2019) |
vs Sweden (15 October 2019) |