UEFA Euro 2020 Group A

Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 took place from 11 to 20 June 2021 in Baku's Olympic Stadium and Rome's Stadio Olimpico.[1] The group contained Turkey, host nation and eventual champions Italy, Wales and Switzerland.

Teams

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
A1  Turkey 3 Group H runner-up 14 November 2019 5th 2016 Semi-finals (2008) 14 29
A2  Italy (host) 1 Group J winner 12 October 2019 10th 2016 Winners (1968) 2 7
A3  Wales 4 Group E runner-up 19 November 2019 2nd 2016 Semi-finals (2016) 19 17
A4   Switzerland 2 Group D winner 18 November 2019 5th 2016 Round of 16 (2016) 9 13

Notes

  1. ^ The European Qualifiers overall rankings from November 2019 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Wales 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[a]
3   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4[a]
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

In the round of 16,[2]

Matches

Turkey vs Italy

Turkey 0–3 Italy
Report
  • Demiral 53' (o.g.)
  • Immobile 66'
  • Insigne 79'
Attendance: 12,916[3]
Turkey[4]
Italy[4]
GK 23 Uğurcan Çakır
RB 2 Zeki Çelik
CB 3 Merih Demiral
CB 4 Çağlar Söyüncü  88'
LB 13 Umut Meraş
DM 5 Okay Yokuşlu  65'
RM 9 Kenan Karaman  76'
CM 6 Ozan Tufan  64'
CM 11 Yusuf Yazıcı  46'
LM 10 Hakan Çalhanoğlu
CF 17 Burak Yılmaz (c)
Substitutions:
FW 7 Cengiz Ünder  46'
DF 22 Kaan Ayhan  64'
MF 21 İrfan Kahveci  65'
MF 26 Halil Dervişoğlu  90'  76'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş
GK 21 Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB 24 Alessandro Florenzi  46'
CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci
CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini (c)
LB 4 Leonardo Spinazzola
CM 18 Nicolò Barella
CM 8 Jorginho
CM 5 Manuel Locatelli  74'
RF 11 Domenico Berardi  85'
CF 17 Ciro Immobile  81'
LF 10 Lorenzo Insigne  81'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo  46'
MF 16 Bryan Cristante  74'
MF 14 Federico Chiesa  81'
FW 9 Andrea Belotti  81'
MF 20 Federico Bernardeschi  85'
Manager:
Roberto Mancini

Man of the Match:
Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy)[5]

Assistant referees:[4]
Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
Jan de Vries (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Mikaël Berchebru (France)
Video assistant referee:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Christian Dingert (Germany)

Wales vs Switzerland

Wales 1–1  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 8,782[6]
Wales[7]
Switzerland[7]
GK 12 Danny Ward
RB 14 Connor Roberts
CB 6 Joe Rodon
CB 4 Ben Davies
LB 22 Chris Mepham
CM 16 Joe Morrell
CM 7 Joe Allen
CM 10 Aaron Ramsey  90+3'
RF 20 Daniel James  75'
CF 13 Kieffer Moore  47'
LF 11 Gareth Bale (c)
Substitutions:
MF 19 David Brooks  75'
DF 15 Ethan Ampadu  90+3'
Manager:
Rob Page
GK 1 Yann Sommer
CB 4 Nico Elvedi
CB 22 Fabian Schär  30'
CB 5 Manuel Akanji
RWB 2 Kevin Mbabu  63'
LWB 13 Ricardo Rodríguez
CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c)
CM 8 Remo Freuler
AM 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  66'
CF 7 Breel Embolo
CF 9 Haris Seferovic  84'
Substitutions:
MF 6 Denis Zakaria  66'
FW 19 Mario Gavranović  84'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match:
Breel Embolo (Switzerland)[5]

Assistant referees:[7]
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:
Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Uroš Stojković (Serbia)
Video assistant referee:
François Letexier (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Benjamin Pagès (France)
Paweł Gil (Poland)

Turkey vs Wales

Turkey 0–2 Wales
Report
Attendance: 19,762[8]
Turkey[9]
Wales[9]
GK 23 Uğurcan Çakır
RB 2 Zeki Çelik
CB 22 Kaan Ayhan
CB 4 Çağlar Söyüncü
LB 13 Umut Meraş  72'
DM 5 Okay Yokuşlu  46'
CM 10 Hakan Çalhanoğlu  90+2'
CM 6 Ozan Tufan  46'
RW 9 Kenan Karaman  75'
LW 7 Cengiz Ünder  83'
CF 17 Burak Yılmaz (c)  90+2'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Yusuf Yazıcı  46'
DF 3 Merih Demiral  46'
DF 25 Mert Müldür  72'
MF 26 Halil Dervişoğlu  75'
MF 21 İrfan Kahveci  83'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş
GK 12 Danny Ward
RB 14 Connor Roberts
CB 22 Chris Mepham  90+2'
CB 6 Joe Rodon
LB 4 Ben Davies  90+2'
CM 16 Joe Morrell
CM 7 Joe Allen  73'
RW 11 Gareth Bale (c)
AM 10 Aaron Ramsey  85'
LW 20 Daniel James  90+4'
CF 13 Kieffer Moore
Substitutions:
DF 15 Ethan Ampadu  73'
MF 8 Harry Wilson  85'
DF 3 Neco Williams  90+4'
Manager:
Rob Page

Man of the Match:
Gareth Bale (Wales)[5]

Assistant referees:[9]
Rui Tavares (Portugal)
Paulo Soares (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Reserve assistant referee:
Marcin Boniek (Poland)
Video assistant referee:
João Pinheiro (Portugal)
Assistant video assistant referees:
François Letexier (France)
Íñigo Prieto López de Cerain (Spain)
Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Italy vs Switzerland

Italy 3–0  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 12,445[10]
Italy[11]
Switzerland[11]
GK 21 Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci
CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini (c)  24'
LB 4 Leonardo Spinazzola
CM 18 Nicolò Barella  86'
CM 8 Jorginho
CM 5 Manuel Locatelli  86'
RF 11 Domenico Berardi  70'
CF 17 Ciro Immobile
LF 10 Lorenzo Insigne  69'
Substitutions:
DF 15 Francesco Acerbi  24'
MF 14 Federico Chiesa  69'
DF 25 Rafael Tolói  70'
MF 12 Matteo Pessina  86'
MF 16 Bryan Cristante  86'
Manager:
Roberto Mancini
GK 1 Yann Sommer
CB 4 Nico Elvedi
CB 22 Fabian Schär  57'
CB 5 Manuel Akanji
RM 2 Kevin Mbabu  58'
CM 8 Remo Freuler  84'
CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c)
LM 13 Ricardo Rodríguez
AM 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  76'
CF 9 Haris Seferovic  46'
CF 7 Breel Embolo  79'
Substitutions:
FW 19 Mario Gavranović  49'  46'
MF 14 Steven Zuber  57'
DF 3 Silvan Widmer  58'
MF 11 Ruben Vargas  76'
MF 15 Djibril Sow  84'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match:
Manuel Locatelli (Italy)[5]

Assistant referees:[11]
Igor Demeshko (Russia)
Maksim Gavrilin (Russia)
Fourth official:
Michael Oliver (England)
Reserve assistant referee:
Stuart Burt (England)
Video assistant referee:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Marco Fritz (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Paweł Gil (Poland)

Switzerland vs Turkey

Switzerland 3–1 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 17,138[12]
Switzerland[13]
Turkey[13]
GK 1 Yann Sommer
CB 4 Nico Elvedi
CB 5 Manuel Akanji
CB 13 Ricardo Rodríguez
RM 3 Silvan Widmer  90+2'
CM 8 Remo Freuler
CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c)  78'
LM 14 Steven Zuber  85'
AM 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  75'
CF 9 Haris Seferovic  75'
CF 7 Breel Embolo  85'
Substitutions:
FW 19 Mario Gavranović  75'
MF 11 Ruben Vargas  75'
DF 17 Loris Benito  85'
FW 18 Admir Mehmedi  85'
DF 2 Kevin Mbabu  90+2'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković
GK 23 Uğurcan Çakır
RB 2 Zeki Çelik  75'
CB 3 Merih Demiral
CB 4 Çağlar Söyüncü  76'
LB 25 Mert Müldür
DM 22 Kaan Ayhan  63'
CM 6 Ozan Tufan  63'
CM 21 İrfan Kahveci  80'
RW 7 Cengiz Ünder  80'
LW 10 Hakan Çalhanoğlu  70'  86'
CF 17 Burak Yılmaz (c)
Substitutions:
FW 11 Yusuf Yazıcı  63'
MF 5 Okay Yokuşlu  63'
MF 19 Orkun Kökçü  80'
FW 9 Kenan Karaman  80'
MF 8 Dorukhan Toköz  86'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş

Man of the Match:
Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)[5]

Assistant referees:[13]
Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia)
Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Reserve assistant referee:
Stefan Hallberg (Sweden)
Video assistant referee:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Marco Fritz (Germany)

Italy vs Wales

Italy 1–0 Wales
Report
Attendance: 11,541[14]
Italy[15]
Wales[15]
GK 21 Gianluigi Donnarumma  89'
RB 25 Rafael Tolói
CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci (c)  46'
CB 23 Alessandro Bastoni
LB 13 Emerson Palmieri
CM 12 Matteo Pessina  79'  87'
CM 8 Jorginho  75'
CM 6 Marco Verratti
RF 14 Federico Chiesa
CF 9 Andrea Belotti
LF 20 Federico Bernardeschi  75'
Substitutions:
DF 15 Francesco Acerbi  46'
MF 16 Bryan Cristante  75'
FW 22 Giacomo Raspadori  75'
MF 7 Gaetano Castrovilli  87'
GK 1 Salvatore Sirigu  89'
Manager:
Roberto Mancini
GK 12 Danny Ward
CB 2 Chris Gunter  79'
CB 6 Joe Rodon
CB 15 Ethan Ampadu  55'
RM 14 Connor Roberts
CM 7 Joe Allen  51'  86'
CM 16 Joe Morrell  60'
LM 3 Neco Williams  86'
RF 11 Gareth Bale (c)  86'
CF 10 Aaron Ramsey
LF 20 Daniel James  74'
Substitutions:
FW 13 Kieffer Moore  60'
MF 8 Harry Wilson  74'
MF 19 David Brooks  86'
DF 4 Ben Davies  86'
MF 23 Dylan Levitt  86'
Manager:
Rob Page

Man of the Match:
Federico Chiesa (Italy)[5]

Assistant referees:[15]
Radu Ghinguleac (Romania)
Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania)
Fourth official:
Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Reserve assistant referee:
Roy Hassan (Israel)
Video assistant referee:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referees:
François Letexier (France)
Benjamin Pagès (France)
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Discipline

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]

  • yellow card = 1 point
  • red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points
  • direct red card = 3 points
  • yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
           
 Italy 1 −1
  Switzerland 2 2 1 −5
 Turkey 2 2 3 −7
 Wales 1 2 2 1 −8

See also

References

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