Group A of UEFA Euro 2024 took place from 14 to 23 June 2024. [1] The group contained hosts Germany, Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland.
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Qualifying Rankings November 2023 [nb 1] | FIFA Rankings April 2024 |
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| A1 | 1 | Host | 27 September 2018 | 14th | 2020 | Winners (1972, 1980, 1996) | — | 16 | |
| A2 | 3 | Group A runner-up | 15 October 2023 | 4th | 2020 | Group stage (1992, 1996, 2020) | 13 | 39 | |
| A3 | 2 | Group G winner | 16 November 2023 | 5th | 2020 | Third place (1964) | 6 | 26 | |
| A4 | 4 | Group I runner-up | 18 November 2023 | 6th | 2020 | Quarter-finals (2020) | 20 | 19 |
Notes
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
In the round of 16, [2]
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]
Germany [5] | Scotland [5] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [5] |
Dominik Szoboszlai became the youngest captain to appear at the UEFA European Championship final tournament, aged 23 years and 234 days. [7]
| Hungary | 1–3 | |
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Hungary [9] | Switzerland [9] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [9] |
Germany [11] | Hungary [11] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [11] |
| Scotland | 1–1 | |
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Scotland [15] | Switzerland [15] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [15] |
| Switzerland | 1–1 | |
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Switzerland [17] | Germany [17] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [17] |
Kevin Csoboth's winning goal in the 100th minute was the European Championship's latest ever in stoppage time. [18]
Scotland [20] | Hungary [20] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [20] |
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]
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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| 2 | 2 | 1 | −5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 3 | −8 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | −8 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 [a] | 5 | −11 | ||||||||||
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.]