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UEFA Euro 2024 Group B

Group B of UEFA Euro 2024 took place from 15 to 24 June 2024.[1] The group contained Spain, Croatia, defending champions Italy, and Albania. Spain, Italy, and Croatia were drawn together in Group C of the UEFA Euro 2012, and just like 2012, Croatia would go out in the group stage while Spain would go on to win the tournament.

Teams

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Draw position Team Pot Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		Qualifying Rankings
November 2023[nb 1] 		FIFA Rankings
April 2024
B1   Spain 1 Group A winner 15 October 2023 12th 2020 Winners (1964, 2008, 2012) 3 8
B2   Croatia 3 Group D runner-up 21 November 2023 7th 2020 Quarter-finals (1996, 2008) 14 10
B3   Italy 4 Group C runner-up 20 November 2023 11th 2020 Winners (1968, 2020) 18 9
B4   Albania 2 Group E winner 17 November 2023 2nd 2016 Group stage (2016) 10 66

Notes

  1. ^ The European Qualifiers overall rankings from November 2023 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3   Croatia 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
4   Albania 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16,[2]

  • The winner of Group B, Spain, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group F, Georgia.
  • The runner-up of Group B, Italy, advanced to play the runner-up of Group A, Switzerland.

Matches

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All times listed are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Spain vs Croatia

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Both teams previously met in the 2023 UEFA Nations League final, which Spain won on penalties. With his start, Spain's Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to make an appearance in the UEFA European Championship final tournament.[3]

Spain  3–0  Croatia
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Attendance: 68,844[4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spain[5]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Croatia[5]
GK 23 Unai Simón
RB 2 Dani Carvajal
CB 3 Robin Le Normand
CB 4 Nacho
LB 24 Marc Cucurella
CM 20 Pedri   59'
CM 16 Rodri   78'   86'
CM 8 Fabián Ruiz
RF 19 Lamine Yamal   86'
CF 7 Álvaro Morata (c)   67'
LF 17 Nico Williams   67'
Substitutions:
FW 10 Dani Olmo   59'
FW 21 Mikel Oyarzabal   67'
MF 6 Mikel Merino   67'
MF 18 Martín Zubimendi   86'
FW 11 Ferran Torres   86'
Manager:
Luis de la Fuente
 
GK 1 Dominik Livaković
RB 2 Josip Stanišić
CB 6 Josip Šutalo
CB 3 Marin Pongračić
LB 4 Joško Gvardiol
CM 10 Luka Modrić (c)   65'
CM 11 Marcelo Brozović
CM 8 Mateo Kovačić   65'
RW 7 Lovro Majer
LW 9 Andrej Kramarić   72'
CF 16 Ante Budimir   56'
Substitutions:
MF 14 Ivan Perišić   56'
MF 15 Mario Pašalić   65'
MF 25 Luka Sučić   65'
FW 17 Bruno Petković   72'
Manager:
Zlatko Dalić

Man of the Match:
Fabián Ruiz (Spain)[6]

Assistant referees:[5]
Stuart Burt (England)
Dan Cook (England)
Fourth official:
Anthony Taylor (England)
Reserve assistant referee:
Gary Beswick (England)
Video assistant referee:
Stuart Attwell (England)
Assistant video assistant referees:
David Coote (England)
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Italy vs Albania

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Nedim Bajrami scored for Albania after 23 seconds, netting the fastest goal in the UEFA European Championship history.[7]

Italy  2–1  Albania
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Attendance: 60,512[8]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Italy[9]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Albania[9]
GK 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (c)
RB 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
CB 23 Alessandro Bastoni
CB 5 Riccardo Calafiori   51'
LB 3 Federico Dimarco   83'
CM 8 Jorginho
CM 18 Nicolò Barella   90+2'
RW 7 Davide Frattesi
AM 10 Lorenzo Pellegrini   21'   77'
LW 14 Federico Chiesa   77'
CF 9 Gianluca Scamacca   83'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Bryan Cristante   77'
DF 24 Andrea Cambiaso   77'
FW 19 Mateo Retegui   83'
DF 13 Matteo Darmian   83'
FW 25 Michael Folorunsho   90+2'
Manager:
Luciano Spalletti
 
GK 23 Thomas Strakosha
RB 4 Elseid Hysaj
CB 6 Berat Djimsiti (c)
CB 5 Arlind Ajeti
LB 3 Mario Mitaj
CM 21 Kristjan Asllani
CM 20 Ylber Ramadani
CM 10 Nedim Bajrami   87'
RF 9 Jasir Asani   68'
CF 11 Armando Broja   51'   77'
LF 15 Taulant Seferi   68'
Substitutions:
FW 26 Arbër Hoxha   74'   68'
MF 14 Qazim Laçi   68'
FW 7 Rey Manaj   77'
FW 17 Ernest Muçi   87'
Manager:
  Sylvinho

Man of the Match:
Federico Chiesa (Italy)[6]

Assistant referees:[9]
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Marco Achmüller (Germany)
Fourth official:
Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Reserve assistant referee:
Jan Seidel (Germany)
Video assistant referee:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)

Croatia vs Albania

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Croatia  2–2  Albania
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Attendance: 46,784[10]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Croatia[11]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Albania[11]
GK 1 Dominik Livaković
RB 22 Josip Juranović
CB 6 Josip Šutalo
CB 4 Joško Gvardiol
LB 14 Ivan Perišić   84'
CM 10 Luka Modrić (c)
CM 11 Marcelo Brozović   46'
CM 8 Mateo Kovačić
RF 7 Lovro Majer   46'
CF 17 Bruno Petković   69'
LF 9 Andrej Kramarić   84'
Substitutions:
MF 25 Luka Sučić   46'
MF 15 Mario Pašalić   46'
FW 16 Ante Budimir   69'
DF 19 Borna Sosa   84'
MF 26 Martin Baturina   84'
Other disciplinary actions:
TS — Vedran Ćorluka[12][13]   65'
GK 23 Ivica Ivušić   87'
Manager:
Zlatko Dalić
 
GK 23 Thomas Strakosha
RB 4 Elseid Hysaj   77'
CB 6 Berat Djimsiti (c)
CB 5 Arlind Ajeti
LB 3 Mario Mitaj
CM 21 Kristjan Asllani
CM 20 Ylber Ramadani   85'
CM 14 Qazim Laçi   72'
RF 9 Jasir Asani   64'
CF 7 Rey Manaj   85'
LF 10 Nedim Bajrami
Substitutions:
FW 15 Taulant Seferi   64'
MF 8 Klaus Gjasula   90+7'   72'
FW 26 Arbër Hoxha   85'
FW 19 Mirlind Daku   90+3'   85'
Manager:
  Sylvinho

Man of the Match:
Andrej Kramarić (Croatia)[6]

Assistant referees:[11]
Cyril Mugnier (France)
Mehdi Rahmouni (France)
Fourth official:
Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Reserve assistant referee:
Stéphane de Almeida (Switzerland)
Video assistant referee:
Willy Delajod (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Spain vs Italy

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See also: Italy–Spain football rivalry

Italy and Spain faced each other in a fifth consecutive European Championships.[14] Their most notable clash was Spain's 4–0 victory in the UEFA Euro 2012 final.

Spain  1–0  Italy
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Attendance: 49,528[15]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spain[16]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Italy[16]
GK 23 Unai Simón
RB 2 Dani Carvajal   90+6'
CB 3 Robin Le Normand   69'
CB 14 Aymeric Laporte
LB 24 Marc Cucurella
CM 20 Pedri   71'
CM 16 Rodri   45+1'
CM 8 Fabián Ruiz   90+4'
RF 19 Lamine Yamal   71'
CF 7 Álvaro Morata (c)   78'
LF 17 Nico Williams   78'
Substitutions:
MF 15 Álex Baena   71'
FW 11 Ferran Torres   71'
FW 21 Mikel Oyarzabal   78'
FW 26 Ayoze Pérez   78'
MF 6 Mikel Merino   90+4'
Manager:
Luis de la Fuente
 
GK 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (c)   15'
RB 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
CB 23 Alessandro Bastoni
CB 5 Riccardo Calafiori
LB 3 Federico Dimarco
CM 18 Nicolò Barella
CM 8 Jorginho   46'
RW 7 Davide Frattesi   46'
AM 10 Lorenzo Pellegrini   82'
LW 14 Federico Chiesa   64'
CF 9 Gianluca Scamacca   64'
Substitutions:
DF 24 Andrea Cambiaso   46'
MF 16 Bryan Cristante   46'   46'
FW 20 Mattia Zaccagni   64'
FW 19 Mateo Retegui   64'
FW 11 Giacomo Raspadori   82'
Manager:
Luciano Spalletti

Man of the Match:
Nico Williams (Spain)[6]

Assistant referees:[16]
Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia)
Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Clément Turpin (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Nicolas Danos (France)
Video assistant referee:
Nejc Kajtazovič (Slovenia)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Albania vs Spain

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Albania  0–1  Spain
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Attendance: 46,586[17]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Albania[18]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spain[18]
GK 23 Thomas Strakosha
RB 2 Iván Balliu
CB 6 Berat Djimsiti (c)
CB 5 Arlind Ajeti
LB 3 Mario Mitaj
CM 20 Ylber Ramadani
CM 21 Kristjan Asllani
RW 9 Jasir Asani   82'
AM 14 Qazim Laçi   71'
LW 10 Nedim Bajrami   66'   71'
CF 7 Rey Manaj   58'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Armando Broja   58'
FW 16 Medon Berisha   89'   71'
FW 26 Arbër Hoxha   71'
FW 17 Ernest Muçi   82'
Other disciplinary actions:
TS — Ervin Bulku[note 1]   52'
Manager:
  Sylvinho
 
GK 1 David Raya
RB 22 Jesús Navas (c)
CB 5 Daniel Vivian   90'
CB 14 Aymeric Laporte   46'
LB 12 Álex Grimaldo
CM 18 Martín Zubimendi
CM 6 Mikel Merino
RW 11 Ferran Torres   71'
AM 10 Dani Olmo   84'
LW 21 Mikel Oyarzabal   62'
CF 9 Joselu   71'
Substitutions:
DF 3 Robin Le Normand   46'
FW 25 Fermín López   62'
FW 19 Lamine Yamal   71'
FW 7 Álvaro Morata   71'
MF 15 Álex Baena   84'
Manager:
Luis de la Fuente

Man of the Match:
Ferran Torres (Spain)[6]

Assistant referees:[18]
Mahbod Beigi (Sweden)
Andreas Söderkvist (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Reserve assistant referee:
Oleksandr Berkut (Ukraine)
Video assistant referee:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
David Coote (England)
Marco Fritz (Germany)

Croatia vs Italy

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With his goal, Croatia's Luka Modrić became the oldest goalscorer in the UEFA European Championship final tournament.[21] However, the draw caused Croatia to finish last among the four best-ranked third-placed teams, eliminating them. This was the first time Croatia had failed to advance to the knockout stage of the Euros since Euro 2012 and in any major international football tournament since the 2014 World Cup.[22]

Croatia  1–1  Italy
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Attendance: 38,322[23]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Croatia[24]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Italy[24]
GK 1 Dominik Livaković
RB 2 Josip Stanišić   82'
CB 6 Josip Šutalo
CB 3 Marin Pongračić   78'
LB 4 Joško Gvardiol
CM 10 Luka Modrić (c)   60'   80'
CM 11 Marcelo Brozović   90+1'
CM 8 Mateo Kovačić   70'
RF 25 Luka Sučić   24'   70'
CF 9 Andrej Kramarić   90'
LF 15 Mario Pašalić   46'
Substitutions:
FW 16 Ante Budimir   46'
MF 14 Ivan Perišić   70'
MF 18 Luka Ivanušec   73'   70'
MF 7 Lovro Majer   80'
DF 22 Josip Juranović   90'
Manager:
Zlatko Dalić
 
GK 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (c)
RB 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
CB 23 Alessandro Bastoni
CB 5 Riccardo Calafiori   90+3'
LB 13 Matteo Darmian   81'
CM 18 Nicolò Barella
CM 8 Jorginho   81'
RW 11 Giacomo Raspadori   75'
AM 10 Lorenzo Pellegrini   46'
LW 3 Federico Dimarco   57'
CF 19 Mateo Retegui
Substitutions:
MF 7 Davide Frattesi   46'
FW 14 Federico Chiesa   57'
FW 9 Gianluca Scamacca   75'
MF 20 Mattia Zaccagni   81'
MF 21 Nicolò Fagioli   90+6'   81'
Manager:
Luciano Spalletti   90+10'

Man of the Match:
Luka Modrić (Croatia)[6]

Assistant referees:[24]
Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
Jan de Vries (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
Reserve assistant referee:
Johan Balder (Netherlands)
Video assistant referee:
Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Discipline

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Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams had been tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials 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 or team official in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
                                   
  Spain 1 3 1 −5
  Italy 2 2 3 −7
  Albania 2 3 3[a] −8
  Croatia 2[a] 6 −8
  1. ^ a b Count includes a card from a technical staff member of the team

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ While sources initially indicated that Albania manager Sylvinho was shown a yellow card,[19] replays indicated that the card was instead given to his assistant manager Ervin Bulku.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA Euro 2024 match schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship, 2022–24". Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Lamine Yamal sets new record as youngest player to feature at a UEFA European Championship". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Full Time Report – Spain v Croatia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Spain v Croatia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Every Euro 2024 Player of the Match". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Who scored the fastest goals at UEFA European Championship final tournaments?". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Full Time Report – Italy v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Italy v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Full Time Report – Croatia v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Croatia v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  12. ^ Hashim, Taha (19 June 2024). "Croatia 2–2 Albania: Euro 2024 – as it happened". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024. 65 min: The ref stops play as Sutalo goes down. There's a yellow shown by the ref to someone in the Croatian backroom staff, Vedran Corluka apparently, for doing something naughty.
  13. ^ "European Championship 2024: Booking List before Final tournament Matchday 3" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 June 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  14. ^ Robson, James (19 June 2024). "Euro 2024: Heavyweight rivals Italy and Spain meet for the fifth European Championship in a row". Associated Press. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Full Time Report – Spain v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  16. ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Spain v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Full Time Report – Albania v Spain" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  18. ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Albania v Spain" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  19. ^ Bailey, Michael; Miller, Nick (24 June 2024). "How Spain maintained their perfect record at Euro 2024 with win over Albania". The Athletic. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024. Waging [sic] the finger – 52' Albania 0–1 Spain: Sylvinho has been booked for some over-enthusiastic protests against a free-kick being given against his Albania side — and he pushes his luck still further by wagging his finger with some gusto at the referee as he is walking off.
  20. ^ Harty, Colm (director) (24 June 2024). Euro 2024 – Albania v Spain. BBC Two (Television production). Düsseldorf. Event occurs at 1:50:35 (61:56 on game clock). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Euro's oldest scorers: Modrić sets new record". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  22. ^ Cootes, Isobel (19 June 2024). "'The end of an era': Croatia fail to live up to expectations at EURO 2024". Optus Sport. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Full Time Report – Croatia v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  24. ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Croatia v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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