UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group C

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Group C 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 C consisted of five teams: England, Italy, Malta, North Macedonia and Ukraine. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [1] The group saw England and Italy meet again, having faced each other in the UEFA Euro 2020 final. [2]

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The top two teams, England and Italy, 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.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of England.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of North Macedonia.svg Flag of Malta.svg
1Flag of England.svg  England 8620224+1820Qualify for final tournament 3–1 2–0 7–0 2–0
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8422169+714 [lower-alpha 1] 1–2 2–1 5–2 4–0
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8422118+314 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0
4Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 82241020108 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1
5Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 8008220180 0–4 0–2 1–3 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Italy 4, Ukraine 1.

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw. [3] [4] [5] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–2Flag of England.svg  England
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North Macedonia  Flag of North Macedonia.svg2–1Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 9,991 [7]
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

England  Flag of England.svg2–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 16,015 [9]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–4Flag of England.svg  England
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National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 16,277 [10]
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
North Macedonia  Flag of North Macedonia.svg2–3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava (Slovakia) [note 2]
Attendance: 7,543 [13]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
England  Flag of England.svg7–0Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
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Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 70,708 [14]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–1Flag of England.svg  England
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Wrocław Stadium, Wrocław (Poland) [note 2]
Attendance: 39,000 [15]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
North Macedonia  Flag of North Macedonia.svg1–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 28,126 [16]
Referee: François Letexier (France)

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 58,386 [17]
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–2Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
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National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 3,158 [18]
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg2–0Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
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Stadion Letná, Prague (Czech Republic) [note 2]
Attendance: 12,939 [19]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg4–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Stadio San Nicola, Bari
Attendance: 56,186 [20]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

England  Flag of England.svg3–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 83,194 [21]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg1–3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 3,547 [22]
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

England  Flag of England.svg2–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,388 [23]
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg5–2Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
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Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 56,364 [24]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

North Macedonia  Flag of North Macedonia.svg1–1Flag of England.svg  England
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Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 27,982 [25]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg0–0Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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BayArena, Leverkusen (Germany) [note 2]
Attendance: 26,403 [26]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Goalscorers

There were 61 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.05 goals per match.

8 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: [1]

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

TeamPlayerOffence(s)Suspended for match(es)
Flag of England.svg  England Luke Shaw Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Italy (23 March 2023)vs Ukraine (26 March 2023)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giovanni Di Lorenzo Yellow card.svg vs England (23 March 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs Malta (26 March 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs England (17 October 2023)
vs North Macedonia (17 November 2023)
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Jean Borg Red card.svg vs Estonia in 2022–23 UEFA Nations League (23 September 2022)vs North Macedonia (23 March 2023)
Steve Borg Yellow card.svg vs North Macedonia (23 March 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs Ukraine (19 June 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs North Macedonia (12 September 2023)
vs Italy (14 October 2023)
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Todor Todoroski Red card.svg vs Bulgaria in 2022–23 UEFA Nations League (26 September 2022)vs Malta (23 March 2023)
Visar Musliu Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Ukraine (16 June 2023)vs England (19 June 2023)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Ruslan Malinovskyi Yellow card.svg vs England (26 March 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs Malta (19 June 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs North Macedonia (14 October 2023)
vs Malta (17 October 2023)

Notes

  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).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice. [12]

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