Some groups were very close in the group stage of Euro 2020, however, the results show that the strong countries have successfully advanced to the knockout stage.
Finland, who made their first appearance in the Euro finals, had to leave the tournament as just 1 goal short in the goal difference.
Group A
In Group A, Italy led the group showing their strength as predicted and winning all matches. The group’s 2nd place Wales and 3rd place Switzerland also advanced to the knockout stage.
| P | Team | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | +7 | 9 |
| 2 | Wales | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Switzerland | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Turkey | -7 | 0 |
11/06/2021.
Rome, Italy
Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 12,916
Turkey 0–3 Italy
Goal:
53′ (Italy) Merih Demiral (og)
66′ (Italy) Ciro Immobile
79′ (Italy) Lorenzo Insigne
12/06/2021.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,782
Wales 1–1 Switzerland
Goal:
49′ (Switzerland) Breel Embolo
74′ (Wales) Kieffer Moore
16/06/2021.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 19,762
Turkey 0–2 Wales
Goal:
42′ (Wales) Aaron Ramsey
90+5′ (Wales) Connor Roberts
16/06/2021.
Rome, Italy
Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 12,445
Italy 3–0 Switzerland
Goal:
26′ (Italy) Manuel Locatelli
52′ (Italy) Manuel Locatelli
89′ (Italy) Ciro Immobile
20/06/2021.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,138
Switzerland 3–1 Turkey
Goal:
6′ (Switzerland) Haris Seferović
26′ (Switzerland) Xherdan Shaqiri
62′ (Turkey) İrfan Kahveci
68′ (Switzerland) Xherdan Shaqiri
20/06/2021.
Rome, Italy
Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 11,541
Italy 1–0 Wales
Goal:
39′ (Italy) Matteo Pessina
Group B
Finland, who participated in the Euro for the first time, won the first match against Denmark. They should have wanted to explode the joy after winning the first game, however, Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen suddenly collapsed in the 43rd minute of the first half. He got cardiopulmonary arrest and the match was paused. After being resuscitated and taken to the hospital, it was finally resumed.
Denmark’s following match with Belgium was stopped at 10th minute of the first half after Eriksen’s number 10, and applauded to show support for him, which was a witty event.
The group leading Belgium and 2nd place Denmark advanced to the knockout stage. Finland in 3rd place and Russia in 4th place were unfortunately eliminated due to the goal difference, although they had 3 points, which was the same as Denmark.
| P | Team | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Belgium | +6 | 9 |
| 2 | Denmark | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | Finland | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Russia | -5 | 3 |
12/06/2021.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Parken Stadium
Attendance: 13,790
Denmark 0–1 Finland
Goal:
60′ (Finland) Joel Pohjanpalo
12/06/2021.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 26,264
Belgium 3–0 Russia
Goal:
10′ (Belgium) Romelu Lukaku
34′ (Belgium) Thomas Meunier
88′ (Belgium) Romelu Lukaku
16/06/2021.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 24,540
Finland 0–1 Russia
Goal:
45+2′ (Russia) Aleksei Miranchuk
17/06/2021.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Parken Stadium
Attendance: 23,395
Denmark 1–2 Belgium
Goal:
2′ (Denmark) Yussuf Poulsen
55′ (Belgium) Thorgan Hazard
70′ (Belgium) Kevin De Bruyne
21/06/2021.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Parken Stadium
Attendance: 23,644
Russia 1–4 Denmark
Goal:
38′ (Denmark) Mikkel Damsgaard
59′ (Denmark) Yussuf Poulsen
70′ (Russia) Artem Dzyuba (pk)
79′ (Denmark) Andreas Christensen
82′ (Denmark) Joakim Mæhle
21/06/2021.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 18,545
Finland 0–2 Belgium
Goal:
74′ (Belgium) Lukáš Hrádecký (og)
81′ (Belgium) Romelu Lukaku
Group C
The Netherlands won all matches. Group’s 2nd place Austria and 3rd place Ukraine also advanced to the knockout stage.
| P | Team | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Netherlands | +6 | 9 |
| 2 | Austria | +1 | 6 |
| 3 | Ukraine | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | North Macedonia | -6 | 0 |
13/06/2021.
Bucharest, Romania
Arena Națională
Attendance: 9,082
Austria 3–1 North Macedonia
Goal:
18′ (Austria) Stefan Lainer
28′ (North Macedonia) Goran Pandev
78′ (Austria) Michael Gregoritsch
89′ (Austria) Marko Arnautović
13/06/2021.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 15,837
Netherlands 3–2 Ukraine
Goal:
52′ (Netherlands) Georginio Wijnaldum
58′ (Netherlands) Wout Weghorst
75′ (Ukraine) Andriy Yarmolenko
79′ (Ukraine) Roman Yaremchuk
85′ (Netherlands) Denzel Dumfries
17/06/2021.
Bucharest, Romania
Arena Națională
Attendance: 10,001
Ukraine 2–1 North Macedonia
Goal:
29′ (Ukraine) Andriy Yarmolenko
34′ (Ukraine) Roman Yaremchuk
57′ (North Macedonia) Ezgjan Alioski
17/06/2021.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 15,243
Netherlands 2–0 Austria
Goal:
11′ (Netherlands) Memphis Depay (pk)
67′ (Netherlands) Denzel Dumfries
21/06/2021.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 15,227
North Macedonia 0–3 Netherlands
Goal:
24′ (Netherlands) Memphis Depay
50′ (Netherlands) Georginio Wijnaldum
58′ (Netherlands) Georginio Wijnaldum
21/06/2021.
Bucharest, Romania
Arena Națională
Attendance: 10,472
Ukraine 0–1 Austria
Goal:
21′ (Austria) Christoph Baumgartner
Group D
England stepped ahead in the end, but drew at home against Scotland who got eliminated at the bottom. 2nd place Croatia and 3rd place Czech Republic, who had the same points and goal differences, also advanced to the knockout stage.
| P | Team | GD | Pts |
| 1 | England | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | Croatia | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | Scotland | -4 | 1 |
13/06/2021.
London, England
Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 18,497
England 1–0 Croatia
Goal:
57′ (England) Raheem Sterling
14/06/2021.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hampden Park
Attendance: 9,847
Scotland 0–2 Czech Republic
Goal:
42′ (Czech Republic) Patrik Schick
52′ (Czech Republic) Patrik Schick
18/06/2021.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hampden Park
Attendance: 5,607
Croatia 1–1 Czech Republic
Goal:
37′ (Czech Republic) Patrik Schick (pk)
47′ (Croatia) Ivan Perišić
18/06/2021.
London, England
Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 20,306
England 0–0 Scotland
Goal:
22/06/2021.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hampden Park
Attendance: 9,896
Croatia 3–1 Scotland
Goal:
17′ (Croatia) Nikola Vlašić
42′ (Scotland) Callum McGregor
62′ (Croatia) Luka Modrić
77′ (Croatia) Ivan Perišić
22/06/2021.
London, England
Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 19,104
Czech Republic 0–1 England
Goal:
12′ (England) Raheem Sterling
Group E
Spain drew against Sweden in the first match and Poland in the second match, and although the third match against Slovakia was the last chance. Spain scored 5 goals and achieved a big victory. As a result, Sweden and Spain successfully advanced to the knockout stage. Although Lewandowski scored 3 goals, Poland unfortunately got eliminated.
| P | Team | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sweden | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | Spain | +5 | 5 |
| 3 | Slovakia | -5 | 3 |
| 4 | Poland | -2 | 1 |
14/06/2021.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 12,862
Poland 1–2 Slovakia
Goal:
18′ (Slovakia) Wojciech Szczęsny (og)
46′ (Poland) Karol Linetty
69′ (Slovakia) Milan Škriniar
14/06/2021.
Seville, Spain
La Cartuja
Attendance: 10,559
Spain 0–0 Sweden
Goal:
18/06/2021.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 11,525
Sweden 1–0 Slovakia
Goal:
77′ (Sweden) Emil Forsberg (pk)
19/06/2021.
Seville, Spain
La Cartuja
Attendance: 11,742
Spain 1–1 Poland
Goal:
25′ (Spain) Álvaro Morata
54′ (Poland) Robert Lewandowski
23/06/2021.
Seville, Spain
La Cartuja
Attendance: 11,204
Slovakia 0–5 Spain
Goal:
30′ (Spain) Martin Dúbravka (og)
45+3′ (Spain) Aymeric Laporte
56′ (Spain) Pablo Sarabia
67′ (Spain) Ferran Torres
71′ (Spain) Juraj Kucka (og)
23/06/2021.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 14,252
Sweden 3–2 Poland
Goal:
2′ (Sweden) Emil Forsberg
59′ (Sweden) Emil Forsberg
61′ (Poland) Robert Lewandowski
84′ (Poland) Robert Lewandowski
90+4′ (Sweden) Viktor Claesson
Group F
It was a very tight competition in Group F as expected. France are on top with 5 points, but Germany in 2nd and Portugal in 3rd got the same 4 points. All 3 teams that broke through the “group of death” equaled the goal difference with +1. Although Hungary was eliminated, they made great battles by scoring openers and drawing against France and Germany.
| P | Team | GD | Pts |
| 1 | France | +1 | 5 |
| 2 | Germany | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Portugal | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | Hungary | -4 | 2 |
15/06/2021.
Budapest, Hungary
Puskás Aréna
Attendance: 55,662
Hungary 0–3 Portugal
Goal:
84′ (Portugal) Raphaël Guerreiro
87′ (Portugal) Cristiano Ronaldo (pk)
90+2′ (Portugal) Cristiano Ronaldo
15/06/2021.
Munich, Germany
Allianz Arena
Attendance: 13,000
France 1–0 Germany
Goal:
20′ (France) Mats Hummels (og)
19/06/2021.
Budapest, Hungary
Puskás Aréna
Attendance: 55,998
Hungary 1–1 France
Goal:
45+2′ (Hungary) Attila Fiola
66′ (France) Antoine Griezmann
19/06/2021.
Munich, Germany
Allianz Arena
Attendance: 12,926
Portugal 2–4 Germany
Goal:
15′ (Portugal) Cristiano Ronaldo
35′ (Germany) Rúben Dias (og)
39′ (Germany) Raphaël Guerreiro (og)
51′ (Germany) Kai Havertz
60′ (Germany) Robin Gosens
67′ (Portugal) Diogo Jota
23/06/2021.
Budapest, Hungary
Puskás Aréna
Attendance: 54,886
Portugal 2–2 France
Goal:
31′ (Portugal) Cristiano Ronaldo (pk)
60′ (Portugal) Cristiano Ronaldo (pk)
45+2′ (France) Karim Benzema (pk)
47′ (France) Karim Benzema
23/06/2021.
Munich, Germany
Allianz Arena
Attendance: 12,413
Germany 2–2 Hungary
Goal:
11′ (Hungary) Ádám Szalai
66′ (Germany) Kai Havertz
68′ (Hungary) András Schäfer
84′ (Germany) Leon Goretzka
Author: Takuya Nagata. Amazon Profile
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