UEFA Euro 2024 Group A explained
Group A of UEFA Euro 2024 took place from 14 to 23 June 2024.[1] The group contained hosts Germany, Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland.
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of
qualification | Date of
qualification | data-sort-type="number" | Finals
appearance | Last
appearance | Previous best
performance | Qualifying Rankings
November 2023 | FIFA Rankings
April 2024 |
|---|
| A1 | style=white-space:nowrap | | 1 | Host | 27 September 2018 | 14th | | data-sort-value="1" | Winners (1972, 1980, 1996) | | 16 |
| A2 | style=white-space:nowrap | | 3 | Group A runner-up | | 4th | | data-sort-value="16" | Group stage (1992, 1996, 2020) | 13 | 39 |
| A3 | style=white-space:nowrap | | 2 | Group G winner | | 5th | | data-sort-value="3" | Third place (1964) | 6 | 26 |
| A4 | style=white-space:nowrap | | 4 | Group I runner-up | | 6th | | data-sort-value="5" | Quarter-finals (2020) | 20 | 19 | |
Notes
Standings
In the round of 16,[2]
- The winner of Group A, Germany, advanced to play the runner-up of Group C, Denmark.
- The runner-up of Group A, Switzerland, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, Italy.
Matches
Germany vs Scotland
Aged 36 years and 327 days, Germany's coach Julian Nagelsmann became the youngest to ever coach in the UEFA European Championship final tournament.[3]
Hungary vs Switzerland
Dominik Szoboszlai became the youngest captain to appear at the UEFA European Championship final tournament, aged 23 years and 234 days.[5]
Germany vs Hungary
Scotland vs Switzerland
Switzerland vs Germany
Scotland vs Hungary
Kevin Csoboth's winning goal in the 100th minute was the European Championship's latest ever in stoppage time.[8]
Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams had been tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials in all group matches as follows:[2]
- yellow card = 1 point
- red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points
- direct red card = 3 points
- yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player or team official in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points |
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| | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | −5 |
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| 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | −8 |
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| 1 | | 1 | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | −8 |
|---|
| 2 | | | | 4 | | | | 5 | | | | −11 | |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: UEFA Euro 2024 match schedule . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 2 December 2023 . 2 December 2023.
- Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship, 2022–24 . Union of European Football Associations . 10 May 2022 . 16 May 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516115052/https://documents.uefa.com/api/khub/maps/5tYSJw48iUOPsbIGOxQSUIw/attachments/_dSxuIv48n81YqITx97r~g/content?Ft-Calling-App=ft%2Fturnkey-portal&Ft-Calling-App-Version=3.11.26&filename=20220601_Regulations_EURO_2024_en.pdf . 16 May 2022.
- News: EURO coaches: Oldest, youngest, most appearances, most wins . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 13 June 2024 . 24 June 2024 .
- Web site: Every Euro 2024 Player of the Match . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 14 June 2024 . 23 June 2024.
- News: Euro 2024: Dominik Szoboszlai makes history but Hungary defeated by Switzerland . Liverpool F.C. . 15 June 2024 . 24 June 2024 .
- Web site: Bacskai . János . Zalán . Bodnár . Stuttgart . Lesgólig és helyzetekig eljutott, de a németektől is kikapott a nagyot harcoló magyar válogatott . The Hungarian national team, which fought hard, got a disallowed goal and chances, but also lost to the Germans . . 19 June 2024 . 29 June 2024 . hu . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240619183218/https://www.nemzetisport.hu/foci-eb-2024/2024/06/masodik-merkozesunk-az-europa-bajnoksagon-nemetorszag-magyarorszag . 19 June 2024 . Az első félidő hajrájában a magyar kispad előtt is felmutatta a játékvezető a sárga lapot, Tömő Attila csapatmenedzser kapta. . At the end of the first half, the referee showed the yellow card in front of the Hungarian bench, and it was given to team manager Attila Tömő..
- Faulkner, Kelly (director) . 19 June 2024 . Euro 2024 – Group Stage: Germany v Hungary . Television production . 29 June 2024 . 1:15:26 (45:20 on game clock) . Stuttgart . BBC One.
- Web site: Scotland 0–1 Hungary: Csoboth snatches stoppage-time victory . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 23 June 2024 . 24 June 2024 .
