How each nation qualified for the European Championships
Group A
The route to
EURO 2020
Group D
Group B
Group E
Group C
Group F
Wales
Qualified as: Top scorer:
Group E runners-up Aaron Ramsey
2
(1,562 points)
18th
FIFA ranking:
During qualifying, no finalist’s matches saw more yellow and red cards shown than Wales, (an average of 6.5 cards per match) or fewer goals (an average of 2 per match).
Turkey
Group H runners-up Kaan Ayhan
3
(1,487 points)
32nd
Turkey had the most resilient defence of any finalist during qualifying, keeping 8 clean sheets out of a possible 10.
Switzerland
Group D winners Cedric Itten
(1,593 points)
16th
Switzerland took shots at a higher rate than any other finalist during qualifying: an average of 21.1 attempts per match.
Italy
Group J winners Andrea Belotti
4
(1,625 points)
10th
One of only two nations to maintain a perfect record during qualifying, Italy won all 10 of their matches and conceded just 4 goals in total.
FIFA rankings correct as of 18 February 2021. Where two or more players have scored the same number of goals, fewest minutes played has been used as a tie-breaker.
Finland
Group J runners-up Teemu Pukki
10
(1,411 points)
55th
Finland are the only team at Euro 2020 who relied on one player for more than half of their goals during qualifying: Teemu Pukki scored 10 of their 16.
Denmark
Group D runners-up Christian Eriksen
5
(1,614 points)
12th
Denmark were the only finalist to draw at least half of their qualifying matches and also named the joint-fewest players in their starting line-ups (19).
Russia
Group I runners-up Artem Dzyuba
9
(1,461 points)
39th
Three-quarters of the goals conceded by Russia during qualifying were scored before half-time: the highest proportion of any finalist.
Belgium
Group I winners Romelu Lukaku
7
(1,780 points)
1st
One of two nations with a perfect record in qualifying, Belgium tested the goalkeeper more frequently than any other team with 10.3 shots on target per match.
North Macedonia
Play-off path D Elif Elmas
(1,362 points)
65th
North Macedonia scored at the joint-lowest rate of any finalist during qualifying (1.25 goals per game), and were also carded the most often (3 times per game).
Ukraine
Group B winners Roman Yaremchuk
(1,521 points)
24th
Ukraine saved a higher proportion of the shots on target they faced in qualifying than any other finalist, repelling 90%.
Austria
Group G runners-up Marko Arnautović
6
(1,531 points)
23rd
During qualifying, the 9.1 shots Austria took for each goal scored and the 13.1 fouls they committed per game were both the 3rd highest among finalists.
Netherlands
Group C runners-up Georginio Wijnaldum
8
(1,609 points)
14th
Only 1 other finalist saved a lower proportion of the shots on target they faced during qualifying than the Netherlands' 65%.
Scotland
Play-off path C John McGinn
(1,436 points)
48th
Scotland had the worst defensive record of any finalist during qualifying, conceding 1.7 goals per match, and also started the most different players: 36.
Czech Republic
Group A runners-up Patrik Schick
(1,456 points)
42nd
The Czech Republic were the most wasteful finishers of any finalist during qualifying, needing an average of 10 attempts to find the net.
Croatia
Group E winners Bruno Petković
(1,617 points)
11th
Croatia only kept 2 clean sheets during qualifying and also started just 19 different players in total - both the joint-fewest of any finalist.
England
Group A winners Harry Kane
12
(1,670 points)
4th
England had the best-performing attack during qualifying, getting 60.7% of their shots on target and scoring an average of 4.6 goals per match.
Slovakia
Play-off path B Róbert Boženík
(1,478 points)
34th
Slovakia allowed their opponents to shoot more frequently than any other finalist during qualifying, facing an average of 15.3 attempts per match.
Sweden
Group F runners-up Robin Quaison
(1,558 points)
20th
Sweden were one of only four finalists - and the only group runner-up - to get more than half of their shots on target during qualifying.
Poland
Group G winners Robert Lewandowski
19th
Poland's qualifying matches saw the most wasteful finishing of any finalist, with just 9.7% of shots being scored overall.
Spain
Group F winners Álvaro Morata
(1,645 points)
6th
Spain won corners more often than any other finalist during qualifying - an average of 10 per match - and only two finalists shot more frequently.
Hungary
Play-off path A Willi Orbán
(1,460 points)
40th
Hungary kept a clean sheet less often than any other finalist during qualifying, doing so in just 2 of their 10 matches.
Portugal
Group B runners-up Cristiano Ronaldo
11
(1,662 points)
5th
Portugal were 1 of 3 finalists never to concede last in a qualifying match and 1 of 2 to have a player (Cristiano Ronaldo) score at least half of their goals.
France
Group H winners Olivier Giroud
(1,755 points)
2nd
France allowed their qualifying opponents an average of just 1.7 shots on target per match: the lowest of any finalist.
Germany
Group C winners Serge Gnabry
(1,610 points)
13th
Germany's qualifying matches saw fewer cards shown by the referee than any other finalist: an average of just 1.9 per game.
