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

^ 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 phase
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:

^ ^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]

The winner of Group A, Italy, advanced to play the runner-up of Group C, Austria.
The runner-up of Group A, Wales, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, Denmark.
The third-placed team of Group A, Switzerland, advanced as one of the four best third-placed teams to play the winner of Group F, France.

Matches

Turkey vs Italy

11 June 2021

21:00

Turkey	0–3	Italy
	Report	Demiral 53' ( o.g.) Immobile 66' Insigne 79'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 12,916^[3]

Referee: Danny Makkelie ( Netherlands)

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

12 June 2021

15:00 (17:00 UTC+4)

Wales	1–1	Switzerland
Moore 74'	Report	Embolo 49'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 8,782^[6]

Referee: Clément Turpin ( France)

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

16 June 2021

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Turkey	0–2	Wales
	Report	Ramsey 42' C. Roberts 90+5'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 19,762^[8]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias ( Portugal)

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

16 June 2021

21:00

Italy	3–0	Switzerland
Locatelli 26', 52' Immobile 89'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 12,445^[10]

Referee: Sergei Karasev ( Russia)

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

20 June 2021

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Switzerland	3–1	Turkey
Seferovic 6' Shaqiri 26', 68'	Report	Kahveci 62'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 17,138^[12]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić ( Slovenia)

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

20 June 2021

18:00

Italy	1–0	Wales
Pessina 39'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 11,541^[14]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan ( Romania)

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

References

^ "UEFA Euro 2020: 2021 match schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Full Time Summary – Turkey v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tactical Line-ups – Turkey v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Every EURO 2020 Star of the Match". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary – Wales v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tactical Line-ups – Wales v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary – Turkey v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tactical Line-ups – Turkey v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary – Italy v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tactical Line-ups – Italy v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary – Switzerland v Turkey" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tactical Line-ups – Switzerland v Turkey" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary – Italy v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tactical Line-ups – Italy v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

External links

Official website
Group A overview at UEFA.com

[2] The European Qualifiers overall rankings from November 2019 were used for seeding for the final draw.

[table_hth_WAL0.62511213851399-3] Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[1] "UEFA Euro 2020: 2021 match schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[regulations-4] "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.

[5] "Full Time Summary – Turkey v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[tur-ita_line-ups-6] "Tactical Line-ups – Turkey v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[MOTM-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Every EURO 2020 Star of the Match". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[8] "Full Time Summary – Wales v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[wal-sui_line-ups-9] "Tactical Line-ups – Wales v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[10] "Full Time Summary – Turkey v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[tur-wal_line-ups-11] "Tactical Line-ups – Turkey v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[12] "Full Time Summary – Italy v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[ita-sui_line-ups-13] "Tactical Line-ups – Italy v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[14] "Full Time Summary – Switzerland v Turkey" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[sui-tur_line-ups-15] "Tactical Line-ups – Switzerland v Turkey" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[16] "Full Time Summary – Italy v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[ita-wal_line-ups-17] "Tactical Line-ups – Italy v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

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