UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group C

Group C 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 C consisted of five teams: Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands and Northern Ireland,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The top two teams, Germany and Netherlands, 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 Germany Netherlands Northern Ireland Belarus Estonia
1  Germany 8 7 0 1 30 7 +23 21 Qualify for final tournament — 2–4 6–1 4–0 8–0
2  Netherlands 8 6 1 1 24 7 +17 19 2–3 — 3–1 4–0 5–0
3  Northern Ireland 8 4 1 3 9 13 −4 13 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–2 0–0 — 2–1 2–0
4  Belarus 8 1 1 6 4 16 −12 4 0–2 1–2 0–1 — 0–0
5  Estonia 8 0 1 7 2 26 −24 1 0–3 0–4 1–2 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.[4][5] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Netherlands 4–0 Belarus
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Attendance: 38,604[6]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Northern Ireland 2–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 18,176[6]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Netherlands 2–3 Germany
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Attendance: 51,694[6]
Northern Ireland 2–1 Belarus
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Attendance: 18,188[6]
Estonia 1–2 Northern Ireland
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Attendance: 8,378[6]
Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)
Belarus 0–2 Germany
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Attendance: 12,510[6]
Belarus 0–1 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 5,250[6]
Germany 8–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 26,050[6]
Estonia 1–2 Belarus
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Attendance: 7,314[6]
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Germany 2–4 Netherlands
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Attendance: 51,299[6]
Estonia 0–4 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 11,006[6]
Northern Ireland 0–2 Germany
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Attendance: 18,326[6]
Belarus 0–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 11,300[6]
Netherlands 3–1 Northern Ireland
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Attendance: 41,348[6]
Belarus 1–2 Netherlands
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Attendance: 21,639[6]
Estonia 0–3 Germany
Report
Attendance: 12,062[6]
Germany 4–0 Belarus
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Attendance: 33,164[6]
Northern Ireland 0–0 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 18,404[6]
Germany 6–1 Northern Ireland
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Attendance: 42,855[6]
Netherlands 5–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 50,386[6]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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)
 Estonia Joonas Tamm Yellow card vs Northern Ireland (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Germany (11 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Netherlands (9 September 2019)		 vs Belarus (10 October 2019)
 Germany Emre Can Red card vs Estonia (13 October 2019) vs Belarus (16 November 2019)
 Netherlands Marten de Roon Yellow card vs Belarus (21 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Germany (6 September 2019)
Yellow card vs Northern Ireland (16 November 2019)		 vs Estonia (19 November 2019)

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for matches in March and November 2019, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References
  1. "UEFA Euro 2020: Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw made in Dublin". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–20". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. "European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. "Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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