UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group A
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Group A of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group A consisted of five teams: Cyprus, Georgia, Norway, Scotland and Spain. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[1]
Originally Gibraltar had been drawn in this group, but they were moved to group B due to Spain not being willing to play them because of the disputed status of Gibraltar.[2]
The top two teams, Spain and Scotland, qualified directly for the final tournament. The participants of the qualifying play-offs were decided based on their performance in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Spain |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 21 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Scotland |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 17 | 2–0 | — | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Norway |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 11 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Georgia |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 8 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 1–7 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | |
| 5 | Cyprus |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — |
Matches
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw.[3][4][5] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Georgia | 1–1 | Norway |
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| Cyprus | 1–2 | Georgia |
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| Georgia | 1–7 | Spain |
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| Georgia | 4–0 | Cyprus |
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| Spain | 3–1 | Georgia |
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Goalscorers
There were 71 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.55 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Grigoris Kastanos- Kostas Pileas
- Ioannis Pittas
Giorgi Chakvetadze- Zuriko Davitashvili
- Otar Kiteishvili
- Levan Shengelia
- Budu Zivzivadze
Fredrik Aursnes- Aron Dønnum
- Mohamed Elyounoussi
- Martin Ødegaard
- Ola Solbakken
- Jørgen Strand Larsen
Stuart Armstrong- Lyndon Dykes
- Callum McGregor
- Kenny McLean
- Ryan Porteous
- Lawrence Shankland
Álex Baena- Robin Le Normand
- Mikel Merino
- Mikel Oyarzabal
- Oihan Sancet
- Nico Williams
1 own goal
- Solomon Kvirkvelia (against Spain)
- Luka Lochoshvili (against Spain)
- Leo Skiri Østigård (against Scotland)
Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[1]
- 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 the fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions could be carried forward to the play-offs, but not 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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| Cyprus | Nicholas Ioannou |   vs Scotland (25 March 2023) | vs Georgia (17 June 2023) |