Group D of UEFA Euro 2020 took place from 13 to 22 June 2021 in Glasgow's Hampden Park and London's Wembley Stadium. [1] The group contained host nation England, Croatia, host nation Scotland and the Czech Republic. The head-to-head match between the hosts took place at England's Wembley Stadium.
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Qualifying Rankings November 2019 [nb 1] | FIFA Rankings May 2021 |
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D1 | England (host) | 1 | Group A winner | 14 November 2019 | 10th | 2016 | Third place (1968), Semi-finals (1996) | 3 | 4 |
D2 | Croatia | 2 | Group E winner | 16 November 2019 | 6th | 2016 | Quarter-finals (1996, 2008) | 10 | 14 |
D3 | Scotland (host) | 4 | Play-off Path C winner | 12 November 2020 | 3rd | 1996 | Group stage (1992, 1996) | 29 | 44 |
D4 | Czech Republic [nb 2] | 3 | Group A runner-up | 14 November 2019 | 10th | 2016 | Winners (1976) | 18 | 40 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | England (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Scotland (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
In the round of 16, [2]
England's win and Croatia's loss were their respective firsts in their opening match of a European Championship. England substitute Jude Bellingham became the youngest English player at 17 years and 349 days to play in a European Championship finals match when he came on to replace Harry Kane in the 82nd minute. [3] [4]
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Scotland | 0–2 | Czech Republic |
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Croatia | 1–1 | Czech Republic |
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Croatia [11] | Czech Republic [11] |
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England [13] | Scotland [13] |
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Croatia [15] | Scotland [15] |
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Czech Republic | 0–1 | England |
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Czech Republic [17] | England [17] |
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Fair play points were to be used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [2]
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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England | 1 | −1 | |||||||||||
Scotland | 2 | 1 | −3 | ||||||||||
Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | −4 | ||||||||||
Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | −5 |
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