UEFA Euro 2020 Group E

Group E of UEFA Euro 2020 took place from 14 to 23 June 2021 in Saint Petersburg's Krestovsky Stadium and Seville's La Cartuja.^[1] The group contained host nation Spain, Sweden, Poland and Slovakia.

The matches were originally scheduled to be played at Bilbao's San Mamés and Dublin's Aviva Stadium. However, due to a lack of guarantees regarding spectators caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA announced on 23 April 2021 that the matches scheduled in Bilbao were moved to Seville, and the group stage matches scheduled in Dublin were reallocated to Saint Petersburg.^[2]

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
E1	Spain (host)	1	Group F winner	15 October 2019	11th	2016	Winners (1964, 2008, 2012)	5	6
E2	Sweden	3	Group F runner-up	15 November 2019	7th	2016	Semi-finals (1992)	17	18
E3	Poland	2	Group G winner	13 October 2019	4th	2016	Quarter-finals (2016)	8	21
E4	Slovakia^{[nb 2]}	4	Play-off Path B winner	12 November 2020	5th	2016	Winners (1976)	22	36

Notes

^ The European Qualifiers overall rankings from November 2019 were used for seeding for the final draw.
^ From 1960 to 1980, Slovakia competed as Czechoslovakia.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain (H)	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the round of 16,^[3]

The winner of Group E, Sweden, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group C, Ukraine.
The runner-up of Group E, Spain, advanced to play the runner-up of Group D, Croatia.

Matches

Poland vs Slovakia

14 June 2021

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Poland	1–2	Slovakia
Linetty 46'	Report	Szczęsny 18' (o.g.) Škriniar 69'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 12,862^[4]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Poland^[5]

Slovakia^[5]


GK	1	Wojciech Szczęsny
RB	18	Bartosz Bereszyński
CB	15	Kamil Glik
CB	5	Jan Bednarek
LB	13	Maciej Rybus		74'
CM	8	Karol Linetty		74'
CM	10	Grzegorz Krychowiak	22' 62'
CM	14	Mateusz Klich		85'
RF	21	Kamil Jóźwiak
CF	9	Robert Lewandowski (c)
LF	20	Piotr Zieliński		85'
Substitutions:
MF	19	Przemysław Frankowski		74'
DF	26	Tymoteusz Puchacz		74'
MF	16	Jakub Moder		85'
FW	11	Karol Świderski		85'
Manager:
Paulo Sousa


GK	1	Martin Dúbravka
RB	2	Peter Pekarík		79'
CB	5	Ľubomír Šatka
CB	14	Milan Škriniar
LB	15	Tomáš Hubočan	20'
RM	18	Lukáš Haraslín		87'
CM	19	Juraj Kucka
CM	25	Jakub Hromada		79'
LM	20	Róbert Mak		87'
SS	17	Marek Hamšík (c)
CF	8	Ondrej Duda		90+2'
Substitutions:
MF	13	Patrik Hrošovský		79'
DF	24	Martin Koscelník		79'
FW	21	Michal Ďuriš		87'
MF	10	Tomáš Suslov		87'
MF	6	Ján Greguš		90+2'
Manager:
Štefan Tarkovič

Man of the Match:
Milan Škriniar (Slovakia)^[6]

Assistant referees:^[5]
Radu Ghinguleac (Romania)
Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania)
Fourth official:
István Kovács (Romania)
Reserve assistant referee:
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Filippo Meli (Italy)
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

Spain vs Sweden

14 June 2021

21:00

Spain	0–0	Sweden
	Report

Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 10,559^[7]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Spain^[8]

Sweden^[8]


GK	23	Unai Simón
RB	6	Marcos Llorente
CB	24	Aymeric Laporte
CB	4	Pau Torres
LB	18	Jordi Alba (c)
CM	8	Koke	87'
CM	16	Rodri	66'
CM	26	Pedri
RF	11	Ferran Torres	74'
CF	7	Álvaro Morata	66'
LF	19	Dani Olmo	74'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Thiago	66'
MF	22	Pablo Sarabia	66'
FW	21	Mikel Oyarzabal	74'
FW	9	Gerard Moreno	74'
MF	17	Fabián Ruiz	87'
Manager:
Luis Enrique


GK	1	Robin Olsen
RB	2	Mikael Lustig	55'	75'
CB	3	Victor Lindelöf
CB	24	Marcus Danielson
LB	6	Ludwig Augustinsson
RM	7	Sebastian Larsson (c)
CM	20	Kristoffer Olsson		84'
CM	8	Albin Ekdal
LM	10	Emil Forsberg		84'
CF	9	Marcus Berg		69'
CF	11	Alexander Isak		69'
Substitutions:
MF	22	Robin Quaison		69'
MF	17	Viktor Claesson		69'
DF	16	Emil Krafth		75'
MF	26	Jens Cajuste		84'
DF	5	Pierre Bengtsson		84'
Manager:
Janne Andersson

Man of the Match:
Victor Lindelöf (Sweden)^[6]

Assistant referees:^[8]
Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia)
Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Davide Massa (Italy)
Reserve assistant referee:
Stefano Alassio (Italy)
Video assistant referee:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Chris Kavanagh (England)
Lee Betts (England)
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Sweden vs Slovakia

18 June 2021

15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Sweden	1–0	Slovakia
Forsberg 77' (pen.)	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 11,525^[9]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Sweden^[10]

Slovakia^[10]


GK	1	Robin Olsen
RB	2	Mikael Lustig
CB	3	Victor Lindelöf
CB	24	Marcus Danielson
LB	6	Ludwig Augustinsson		88'
RM	7	Sebastian Larsson (c)
CM	20	Kristoffer Olsson	23'	64'
CM	8	Albin Ekdal		88'
LM	10	Emil Forsberg		90+3'
CF	9	Marcus Berg		64'
CF	11	Alexander Isak
Substitutions:
MF	17	Viktor Claesson		64'
MF	22	Robin Quaison		64'
MF	13	Gustav Svensson		88'
DF	5	Pierre Bengtsson		88'
DF	16	Emil Krafth		90+3'
Manager:
Janne Andersson


GK	1	Martin Dúbravka	76'
RB	2	Peter Pekarík		64'
CB	5	Ľubomír Šatka
CB	14	Milan Škriniar
LB	15	Tomáš Hubočan		84'
CM	19	Juraj Kucka
CM	13	Patrik Hrošovský		84'
RW	24	Martin Koscelník
AM	17	Marek Hamšík (c)		77'
LW	20	Róbert Mak		77'
CF	8	Ondrej Duda	80'
Substitutions:
MF	18	Lukáš Haraslín		64'
MF	7	Vladimír Weiss	87'	77'
MF	11	László Bénes		77'
FW	21	Michal Ďuriš		84'
DF	16	Dávid Hancko		84'
Manager:
Štefan Tarkovič

Man of the Match:
Alexander Isak (Sweden)^[6]

Assistant referees:^[10]
Jan Seidel (Germany)
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Fourth official:
Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Reserve assistant referee:
Martin Margaritov (Bulgaria)
Video assistant referee:
Marco Fritz (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Lee Betts (England)
Stuart Attwell (England)

Spain vs Poland

19 June 2021

21:00

Spain	1–1	Poland
Morata 25'	Report	Lewandowski 54'

Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 11,742^[11]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Spain^[12]

Poland^[12]


GK	23	Unai Simón
RB	6	Marcos Llorente
CB	24	Aymeric Laporte
CB	4	Pau Torres	81'
LB	18	Jordi Alba (c)
CM	8	Koke		68'
CM	16	Rodri	90+5'
CM	26	Pedri
RF	9	Gerard Moreno		68'
CF	7	Álvaro Morata		87'
LF	19	Dani Olmo		61'
Substitutions:
MF	11	Ferran Torres		61'
MF	17	Fabián Ruiz		68'
MF	22	Pablo Sarabia		68'
FW	21	Mikel Oyarzabal		87'
Manager:
Luis Enrique


GK	1	Wojciech Szczęsny
CB	18	Bartosz Bereszyński
CB	15	Kamil Glik
CB	5	Jan Bednarek		85'
RM	21	Kamil Jóźwiak	59'
CM	16	Jakub Moder	57'	85'
CM	14	Mateusz Klich	36'	55'
LM	26	Tymoteusz Puchacz
AM	11	Karol Świderski		68'
AM	20	Piotr Zieliński
CF	9	Robert Lewandowski (c)	90+3'
Substitutions:
MF	6	Kacper Kozłowski		55'
MF	19	Przemysław Frankowski		68'
DF	3	Paweł Dawidowicz		85'
MF	8	Karol Linetty		85'
Manager:
Paulo Sousa

Man of the Match:
Jordi Alba (Spain)^[6]

Assistant referees:^[12]
Alessandro Giallatini (Italy)
Fabiano Preti (Italy)
Fourth official:
Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Mikaël Berchebru (France)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Filippo Meli (Italy)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Slovakia vs Spain

23 June 2021

18:00

Slovakia	0–5	Spain
	Report	Dúbravka 30' (o.g.) Laporte 45+3' Sarabia 56' F. Torres 67' Kucka 71' (o.g.)

Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 11,204^[13]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Slovakia^[14]

Spain^[14]


GK	1	Martin Dúbravka
RB	2	Peter Pekarík
CB	5	Ľubomír Šatka
CB	14	Milan Škriniar	90+4'
LB	15	Tomáš Hubočan
RM	18	Lukáš Haraslín		69'
CM	19	Juraj Kucka
CM	25	Jakub Hromada		46'
LM	20	Róbert Mak		69'
AM	17	Marek Hamšík (c)		90'
CF	8	Ondrej Duda	12'	46'
Substitutions:
FW	21	Michal Ďuriš		46'
MF	22	Stanislav Lobotka		46'
MF	7	Vladimír Weiss		69'
MF	10	Tomáš Suslov		69'
MF	11	László Bénes		90'
Manager:
Štefan Tarkovič


GK	23	Unai Simón
RB	2	César Azpilicueta		77'
CB	12	Eric García		71'
CB	24	Aymeric Laporte
LB	18	Jordi Alba	60'
CM	8	Koke
CM	5	Sergio Busquets (c)	40'	71'
CM	26	Pedri
RF	22	Pablo Sarabia
CF	7	Álvaro Morata		66'
LF	9	Gerard Moreno		77'
Substitutions:
MF	11	Ferran Torres		66'
MF	10	Thiago		71'
DF	4	Pau Torres		71'
MF	20	Adama Traoré		77'
FW	21	Mikel Oyarzabal		77'
Manager:
Luis Enrique

Man of the Match:
Sergio Busquets (Spain)^[6]

Assistant referees:^[14]
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Mikaël Berchebru (France)
Video assistant referee:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Sweden vs Poland

23 June 2021

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Sweden	3–2	Poland
Forsberg 2', 59' Claesson 90+4'	Report	Lewandowski 61', 84'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 14,252^[15]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Sweden^[16]

Poland^[16]


GK	1	Robin Olsen
RB	2	Mikael Lustig		68'
CB	3	Victor Lindelöf
CB	24	Marcus Danielson	10'
LB	6	Ludwig Augustinsson
RM	7	Sebastian Larsson (c)
CM	8	Albin Ekdal
CM	20	Kristoffer Olsson
LM	10	Emil Forsberg		78'
CF	22	Robin Quaison		55'
CF	11	Alexander Isak		68'
Substitutions:
MF	21	Dejan Kulusevski		55'
FW	9	Marcus Berg		68'
DF	16	Emil Krafth		68'
MF	17	Viktor Claesson		78'
Manager:
Janne Andersson


GK	1	Wojciech Szczęsny
CB	18	Bartosz Bereszyński
CB	15	Kamil Glik	83'
CB	5	Jan Bednarek
RM	21	Kamil Jóźwiak		61'
CM	10	Grzegorz Krychowiak	74'	78'
CM	14	Mateusz Klich		73'
LM	26	Tymoteusz Puchacz		46'
AM	11	Karol Świderski
AM	20	Piotr Zieliński
CF	9	Robert Lewandowski (c)
Substitutions:
MF	19	Przemysław Frankowski		46'
FW	24	Jakub Świerczok		61'
MF	6	Kacper Kozłowski		73'
MF	17	Przemysław Płacheta		78'
Other disciplinary actions:
TS	—	Jakub Kwiatkowski^[17]	83'
Manager:
Paulo Sousa

Man of the Match:
Emil Forsberg (Sweden)^[6]

Assistant referees:^[16]
Stuart Burt (England)
Simon Bennett (England)
Fourth official:
Anthony Taylor (England)
Reserve assistant referee:
Gary Beswick (England)
Video assistant referee:
Chris Kavanagh (England)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Christian Dingert (Germany)
Lee Betts (England)
Stuart Attwell (England)

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:^[3]

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
Sweden	1		1	1	−3
Spain			2	2	−4
Slovakia	1		3	2	−6
Poland		1	4	3^[a]	−10

^ Count includes a card from a technical staff member of the team

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