Group E 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 E consisted of five teams: Azerbaijan, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and Wales, [2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [3]
The top two teams, Croatia and Wales, 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| 1 | Croatia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 17 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Wales | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 14 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Slovakia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 13 | Advance to play-offs via Nations League | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 12 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | — |
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in Dublin. [4] [5] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Croatia | 2–1 | Azerbaijan |
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| Azerbaijan | 1–3 | Hungary |
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| Azerbaijan | 1–5 | Slovakia |
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| Wales | 2–1 | Azerbaijan |
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| Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Croatia |
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| Hungary | 1–2 | Slovakia |
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| Hungary | 1–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Azerbaijan | 0–2 | Wales |
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| Slovakia | 2–0 | Azerbaijan |
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There were 53 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Pavel Pashayev (against Wales) James Lawrence (against Croatia)A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: [3]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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| Azerbaijan | Anton Krivotsyuk |  vs Slovakia (11 June 2019) vs Wales (6 September 2019) vs Croatia (9 September 2019) | vs Hungary (13 October 2019) |
| Maksim Medvedev | vs Croatia (21 March 2019) vs Hungary (8 June 2019) vs Croatia (9 September 2019) | ||
| Dimitrij Nazarov | vs Hungary (8 June 2019) vs Wales (6 September 2019) vs Croatia (9 September 2019) | ||
| Croatia | Marcelo Brozović | vs Wales (8 June 2019) vs Azerbaijan (9 September 2019) vs Hungary (10 October 2019) | vs Wales (13 October 2019) |
| Dejan Lovren | Insulting behaviour vs Spain in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League (15 November 2018) [7] | vs Azerbaijan (21 March 2019) [8] | |
| vs Hungary (24 March 2019) vs Wales (8 June 2019) vs Wales (13 October 2019) | vs Slovakia (16 November 2019) | ||
| Domagoj Vida | vs Wales (8 June 2019) vs Hungary (10 October 2019) vs Wales (13 October 2019) | ||
| Hungary | Botond Baráth |  vs Slovakia (9 September 2019) | vs Croatia (10 October 2019) |
| László Kleinheisler | vs Croatia (10 October 2019) | vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019) | |
| Mihály Korhut | vs Slovakia (21 March 2019) vs Wales (11 June 2019) vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2019) | vs Wales (19 November 2019) | |
| Ádám Nagy | vs Slovakia (21 March 2019) vs Wales (11 June 2019) vs Slovakia (9 September 2019) | vs Croatia (10 October 2019) | |
| Slovakia | Norbert Gyömbér | vs Wales (10 October 2019) | vs Croatia (16 November 2019) |
| Róbert Mak | vs Croatia (16 November 2019) | vs Azerbaijan (19 November 2019) | |
| Denis Vavro | vs Hungary (21 March 2019) vs Wales (24 March 2019) vs Hungary (9 September 2019) | vs Wales (10 October 2019) | |
| Wales | Joe Allen | vs Slovakia (24 March 2019) vs Azerbaijan (6 September 2019) vs Croatia (13 October 2019) | vs Azerbaijan (16 November 2019) |
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