UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group J

Group J 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 J consisted of six teams: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Portugal and Slovakia. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[1]

The top two teams, Portugal and Slovakia, 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, of which Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland and Luxembourg qualified for the playoffs. This meant that the only team which was eliminated after the group stage matches in this group was Liechtenstein.

Portugal won all ten of their matches, becoming the eighth national side to qualify for a European Championship with a 100% record, and the ninth instance, after France (1992 and 2004), Czech Republic (2000), Germany, Spain (both 2012), England (2016), Italy and Belgium (both 2020).

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Portugal 10 10 0 0 36 2 +34 30 Qualify for final tournament 3–2 9–0 2–0 3–0 4–0
2   Slovakia 10 7 1 2 17 8 +9 22 0–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 3–0
3   Luxembourg 10 5 2 3 13 19 −6 17 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–6 0–1 3–1 4–1 2–0
4   Iceland 10 3 1 6 17 16 +1 10 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–0
5   Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 3 0 7 9 20 −11 9 0–5 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–1
6   Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 1 28 −27 0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–7 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw.[2][3][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0  Iceland
  • Krunić   14', 40'
  • Dedić   63'
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Portugal  4–0  Liechtenstein
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Slovakia  0–0  Luxembourg
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Liechtenstein  0–7  Iceland
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Attendance: 1,692[8]
Luxembourg  0–6  Portugal
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Slovakia  2–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 6,052[10]

Luxembourg  2–0  Liechtenstein
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Iceland  1–2  Slovakia
Finnbogason   41' (pen.) Report
Portugal  3–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Attendance: 55,058[13]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–2  Luxembourg
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Iceland  0–1  Portugal
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Liechtenstein  0–1  Slovakia
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Attendance: 2,316[16]
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  2–1  Liechtenstein
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Luxembourg  3–1  Iceland
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Slovakia  0–1  Portugal
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Attendance: 21,473[19]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Iceland  1–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Portugal  9–0  Luxembourg
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Attendance: 18,932[21]
Referee: John Brooks (England)
Slovakia  3–0  Liechtenstein
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Iceland  1–1  Luxembourg
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Liechtenstein  0–2  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Portugal  3–2  Slovakia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–5  Portugal
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Iceland  4–0  Liechtenstein
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Luxembourg  0–1  Slovakia
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Liechtenstein  0–2  Portugal
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Luxembourg  4–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Slovakia  4–2  Iceland
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Attendance: 21,548[31]

Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–2  Slovakia
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Liechtenstein  0–1  Luxembourg
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Portugal  2–0  Iceland
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Goalscorers

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There were 93 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.

10 goals

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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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 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)
  Iceland Aron Gunnarsson   vs Albania in 2022–23 UEFA Nations League (27 September 2022) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (23 March 2023)
Willum Þór Willumsson     vs Portugal on (20 June 2023) vs Luxembourg (8 September 2023)
Hördur Magnússon     vs Luxembourg (8 September 2023) vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (11 September 2023)
  Luxembourg Christopher Martins   vs Portugal (26 March 2023)
  vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (20 June 2023)
  vs Iceland (8 September 2023)
vs Portugal (11 September 2023)
Enes Mahmutović   vs Iceland (8 September 2023)
  vs Portugal (11 September 2023)
  vs Iceland (13 October 2023)
vs Slovakia (16 October 2023)
Vincent Thill   vs Portugal (26 March 2023)
  vs Portugal (11 September 2023)
  vs Slovakia (16 October 2023)
vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 November 2023)
Laurent Jans   vs Slovakia (23 March 2023)
  vs Liechtenstein (17 June 2023)
  vs Slovakia (16 October 2023)
  Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo   vs Luxembourg (26 March 2023)
  vs Iceland (20 June 2023)
  vs Slovakia (8 September 2023)
vs Luxembourg (11 September 2023)
  Slovakia Peter Pekarík   vs Iceland (16 June 2023)
  vs Portugal (13 October 2023)
  vs Luxembourg (16 October 2023)
vs Iceland (16 November 2023)
Patrik Hrošovský   vs Liechtenstein (11 September 2023)
  vs Portugal (13 October 2023)
  vs Luxembourg (16 October 2023)

Notes

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  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches until 25 March and from 29 October (matchday 1 and 9–10), and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 26 March to 28 October 2023 (matchday 2–8).

References

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