UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group J
Football tournament qualifying stage
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Group J 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 J consisted of six teams: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Italy and Liechtenstein,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]
The top two teams, Italy and Finland, 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.
Italy won all ten of their matches, becoming only the sixth national side to qualify for a European Championship with a 100% record, and the seventh instance, after France (1992 and 2004), Czech Republic (2000), Germany, Spain (both 2012) and England (2016).[4]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Italy |
10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | +33 | 30 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 9–1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Finland |
10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 18 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Greece |
10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 14 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 13 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | |
| 5 | Armenia |
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 10 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 6 | Liechtenstein |
10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |
Matches
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin.[5][6] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–1 | Armenia |
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| Italy | 6–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Armenia | 3–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Finland | 2–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Greece | 2–3 | Armenia |
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| Armenia | 1–3 | Italy |
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| Armenia | 4–2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Greece | 1–1 | Liechtenstein |
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| Liechtenstein | 1–1 | Armenia |
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| Liechtenstein | 0–5 | Italy |
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Goalscorers
There were 101 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.
10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Edgar Babayan- Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
Eldar Ćivić- Izet Hajrović
- Rade Krunić
- Deni Milošević
Benjamin Källman- Joel Pohjanpalo
- Pyry Soiri
- Jasse Tuominen
Anastasios Donis- Konstantinos Galanopoulos
- Dimitris Kolovos
- Dimitris Limnios
- Petros Mantalos
- Georgios Masouras
- Vangelis Pavlidis
- Zeca
Francesco Acerbi- Leonardo Bonucci
- Federico Chiesa
- Stephan El Shaarawy
- Riccardo Orsolini
- Leonardo Pavoletti
- Lorenzo Pellegrini
- Stefano Sensi
Yanik Frick- Dennis Salanović
1 own goal
- Aram Ayrapetyan (against Italy)
- Adnan Kovačević (against Greece)
- Stjepan Lončar (against Armenia)
- Andreas Malin (against Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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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| Armenia |
Varazdat Haroyan |  vs Finland (26 March 2019) vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2019) vs Finland (15 October 2019) |
vs Greece (15 November 2019) |
| Rumyan Hovsepyan | vs Liechtenstein (8 June 2019) vs Liechtenstein (12 October 2019) vs Greece (15 November 2019) |
vs Italy (18 November 2019) | |
| Aleksandre Karapetian |  vs Italy (5 September 2019) |
vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (8 September 2019) | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Miralem Pjanić |  vs Greece (26 March 2019) |
vs Finland (8 June 2019) |
| Finland |
Tim Sparv | vs Italy (23 March 2019) vs Armenia (26 March 2019) vs Greece (5 September 2019) |
vs Italy (8 September 2019) |
| Greece |
Georgios Masouras | vs Liechtenstein (8 June 2019) vs Armenia (11 June 2019) vs Liechtenstein (8 September 2019) |
vs Italy (12 October 2019) |
| Italy |
Marco Verratti | vs Finland (23 March 2019) vs Greece (8 June 2019) vs Armenia (5 September 2019) |
vs Finland (8 September 2019) |
| Liechtenstein |
Daniel Kaufmann | vs Italy (26 March 2019) |
vs Armenia (8 June 2019) |