UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group B

Group B 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 B consisted of five teams: France, Gibraltar, Greece, the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.[1]

The top two teams, France and the Netherlands, 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.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Netherlands Greece Republic of Ireland Gibraltar
1  France 8 7 1 0 29 3 +26 22 Qualify for final tournament 4–0 1–0 2–0 14–0
2  Netherlands 8 6 0 2 17 7 +10 18 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–0
3  Greece 8 4 1 3 14 8 +6 13 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 2–2 0–1 2–1 5–0
4  Republic of Ireland 8 2 0 6 9 10 −1 6 0–1 1–2 0–2 3–0
5  Gibraltar 8 0 0 8 0 41 −41 0 0–3 0–6 0–3 0–4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw.[2][3][4] Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

France 4–0 Netherlands
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Gibraltar 0–3 Greece
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Attendance: 390[7]
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Netherlands 3–0 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 36,327[8]
Republic of Ireland 0–1 France
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Attendance: 50,219[9]

Gibraltar 0–3 France
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Attendance: 4,065[10]
Greece 2–1 Republic of Ireland
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France 1–0 Greece
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Republic of Ireland 3–0 Gibraltar
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France 2–0 Republic of Ireland
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Attendance: 43,995[14]
Netherlands 3–0 Greece
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Greece 5–0 Gibraltar
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Republic of Ireland 1–2 Netherlands
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Netherlands 1–2 France
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Republic of Ireland 0–2 Greece
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Attendance: 41,239[19]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Gibraltar 0–4 Republic of Ireland
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Greece 0–1 Netherlands
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France 14–0 Gibraltar
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Attendance: 32,758[22]
Referee: John Brooks (England)
Netherlands 1–0 Republic of Ireland
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Gibraltar 0–6 Netherlands
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Attendance: 2,280[24]
Greece 2–2 France
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Goalscorers

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There were 69 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.

9 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[1]

  • 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 could be carried forward to the play-offs, but not 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)
 Gibraltar Liam Walker Red card vs Netherlands (27 March 2023) vs France (16 June 2023)
Ethan Santos Red card vs France (18 November 2023) vs Netherlands (21 November 2023)
 Greece Konstantinos Mavropanos Red card vs France (19 June 2023) vs Netherlands (7 September 2023)
Dimitrios Kourbelis Yellow card vs France (19 June 2023)
Yellow card vs Netherlands (7 September 2023)
Yellow card vs Netherlands (16 October 2023)
vs France (21 November 2023)
Petros Mantalos Yellow card vs Ireland (16 June 2023)
Yellow card vs Netherlands (7 September 2023)
Yellow card vs Netherlands (16 October 2023)
 Netherlands Denzel Dumfries Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Argentina in 2022 FIFA World Cup (9 December 2022) vs France (24 March 2023)
 Republic of Ireland Matt Doherty Red card vs Greece (16 June 2023) vs Gibraltar (19 June 2023)

Notes

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  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. ^ a b c d Gibraltar played their home matches at Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal, due to the redevelopment of their regular stadium Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar.[6]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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  6. ^ "Gibraltar's Home international matches to be played in Faro, Portugal as from March 2023". Gibraltar Football Association. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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  19. ^ "Republic of Ireland vs. Greece" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Gibraltar vs. Republic of Ireland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Greece vs. Netherlands" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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  25. ^ "Greece vs. France" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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