UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group D

Group D 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 D consisted of five teams: Denmark, Georgia, Gibraltar, Republic of Ireland and Switzerland,[2] where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[3]

The top two teams, Switzerland and Denmark 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.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Switzerland Denmark Republic of Ireland Georgia (country) Gibraltar
1   Switzerland 8 5 2 1 19 6 +13 17 Qualify for final tournament — 3–3 2–0 1–0 4–0
2  Denmark 8 4 4 0 23 6 +17 16 1–0 — 1–1 5–1 6–0
3  Republic of Ireland 8 3 4 1 7 5 +2 13 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 2–0
4  Georgia 8 2 2 4 7 11 −4 8 0–2 0–0 0–0 — 3–0
5  Gibraltar 8 0 0 8 3 31 −28 0 1–6 0–6 0–1 2–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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).

Georgia 0–2  Switzerland
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  • Zuber 56'
  • Zakaria 80'
Attendance: 49,207[6]
Gibraltar 0–1 Republic of Ireland
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Attendance: 2,000[6]
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Republic of Ireland 1–0 Georgia
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Attendance: 40,317[6]
Switzerland 3–3 Denmark
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Attendance: 18,352[6]
Georgia 3–0 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 18,631[6]
Denmark 1–1 Republic of Ireland
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Attendance: 34,610[6]
Denmark 5–1 Georgia
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Attendance: 15,387[6]
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 36,281[6]
Gibraltar 0–6 Denmark
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Attendance: 2,076[6]
Republic of Ireland 1–1  Switzerland
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Attendance: 44,111[6]
Georgia 0–0 Denmark
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Attendance: 21,456[6]
Switzerland 4–0 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 8,318[6]
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Georgia 0–0 Republic of Ireland
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Attendance: 24,385[6]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Denmark 1–0  Switzerland
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Attendance: 35,964[6]
Gibraltar 2–3 Georgia
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Attendance: 1,455[6]
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Switzerland 2–0 Republic of Ireland
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Attendance: 24,766[6]
Denmark 6–0 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 24,033[6]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Switzerland 1–0 Georgia
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Attendance: 16,400[6]
Gibraltar 1–6  Switzerland
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Attendance: 2,079[6]
Republic of Ireland 1–1 Denmark
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Attendance: 50,000[6]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Goalscorers

There were 59 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.95 goals per match.

5 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:[3]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving three yellow cards in three different matches, as well as after fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions were not carried forward to the play-offs, the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Team Player Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Georgia Jaba Kankava Yellow card vs Republic of Ireland (26 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Gibraltar (7 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Denmark (10 June 2019)		 vs Denmark (8 September 2019)
 Gibraltar Jayce Olivero Yellow card vs Georgia (7 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Republic of Ireland (10 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Denmark (15 November 2019)		 vs Switzerland (18 November 2019)
 Republic of Ireland Séamus Coleman Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Switzerland (15 October 2019) vs Denmark (18 November 2019)
Enda Stevens Yellow card vs Gibraltar (23 March 2019)
Yellow card vs Gibraltar (10 June 2019)
Yellow card vs Switzerland (5 September 2019)		 vs Georgia (12 October 2019)

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for matches in March and November 2019, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

References
  1. "UEFA Euro 2020: Qualifying Draw Procedure" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw made in Dublin". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–20". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. "UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. "European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. "Summary UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – Group D". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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