UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group F

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Group F 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 F consisted of five teams: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Estonia, and Sweden. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [1]

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The top two teams, Belgium and Austria, 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.

Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku broke the record for most goals scored in a UEFA Euro qualifying campaign, with fourteen. [2]

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Flag of Estonia.svg
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8620224+1820Qualify for final tournament 1–1 1–1 [a] 5–0 5–0
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8611177+1019 2–3 2–0 4–1 2–1
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 83141412+210 0–3 1–3 5–0 2–0
4Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 8215717107 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–1
5Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 8017222201Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–3 0–2 0–5 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. The Belgium v Sweden match was abandoned at 1–1 at half-time for security reasons, as two Swedish supporters had been killed in a terrorist shooting in Brussels prior to the match; the score was later confirmed as final. [3] [4]

Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw. [5] [6] [7] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg4–1Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Raiffeisen Arena, Linz
Attendance: 16,500 [8]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 49,296 [9]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
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Raiffeisen Arena, Linz
Attendance: 16,500 [10]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 23,674 [11]
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
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Dalga Arena, Baku
Attendance: 3,900 [12]
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg1–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 46,300 [14]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 11,772 [15]
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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Dalga Arena, Baku
Attendance: 4,500 [16]
Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 11,411 [17]
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg5–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
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Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 43,228 [19]
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–2Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 5,652 [20]
Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 47,000 [21]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg1–1 [note 2] Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 35,000 [23]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg3–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg5–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 30,276 [26]
Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
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Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 11,201 [27]
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

Goalscorers

There were 62 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.

14 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 Austria.svg  Austria Guido Burgstaller Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Azerbaijan (16 October 2023)vs Estonia (16 November 2023)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Amadou Onana Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg vs Austria (13 October 2023)vs Sweden (16 October 2023)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Karol Mets Yellow card.svg vs Azerbaijan (17 June 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs Sweden (9 September 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs Belgium (12 September 2023)
vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2023)
Mattias Käit Yellow card.svg vs Austria (27 March 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs Azerbaijan (17 June 2023)
Yellow card.svg vs Azerbaijan (13 October 2023)
vs Austria (16 November 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. The Belgium v Sweden match was abandoned at 1–1 at half-time for security reasons, as two Swedish supporters were killed in a terrorist shooting in Brussels before the match; the score was later confirmed as final. [3] [4]

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