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.

Teams
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 Spain1Group A winner15 October 202312th2020Winners (1964, 2008, 2012)38
B2 Croatia3Group D runner-up21 November 20237th2020Quarter-finals (1996, 2008)1410
B3 Italy4Group C runner-up20 November 202311th2020Winners (1968, 2020)189
B4 Albania2Group E winner17 November 20232nd2016Group stage (2016)1066

Notes

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

Standings

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]

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

Spain vs Croatia

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
 Report
Attendance: 68,844[4]
Spain[5]
Croatia[5]
GK23Unai Simón
RB2Dani Carvajal
CB3Robin Le Normand
CB4Nacho
LB24Marc Cucurella
CM20Pedri 59'
CM16Rodri 78' 86'
CM8Fabián Ruiz
RF19Lamine Yamal 86'
CF7Álvaro Morata (c) 67'
LF17Nico Williams 67'
Substitutions:
FW10Dani Olmo 59'
FW21Mikel Oyarzabal 67'
MF6Mikel Merino 67'
MF18Martín Zubimendi 86'
FW11Ferran Torres 86'
Manager:
Luis de la Fuente
GK1Dominik Livaković
RB2Josip Stanišić
CB6Josip Šutalo
CB3Marin Pongračić
LB4Joško Gvardiol
CM10Luka Modrić (c) 65'
CM11Marcelo Brozović
CM8Mateo Kovačić 65'
RW7Lovro Majer
LW9Andrej Kramarić 72'
CF16Ante Budimir 56'
Substitutions:
MF14Ivan Perišić 56'
MF15Mario Pašalić 65'
MF25Luka Sučić 65'
FW17Bruno 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

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

Italy 2–1 Albania
 Report
Attendance: 60,512[8]
Italy[9]
Albania[9]
GK1Gianluigi Donnarumma (c)
RB2Giovanni Di Lorenzo
CB23Alessandro Bastoni
CB5Riccardo Calafiori 51'
LB3Federico Dimarco 83'
CM8Jorginho
CM18Nicolò Barella 90+2'
RW7Davide Frattesi
AM10Lorenzo Pellegrini 21' 77'
LW14Federico Chiesa 77'
CF9Gianluca Scamacca 83'
Substitutions:
MF16Bryan Cristante 77'
DF24Andrea Cambiaso 77'
FW19Mateo Retegui 83'
DF13Matteo Darmian 83'
FW25Michael Folorunsho 90+2'
Manager:
Luciano Spalletti
GK23Thomas Strakosha
RB4Elseid Hysaj
CB6Berat Djimsiti (c)
CB5Arlind Ajeti
LB3Mario Mitaj
CM21Kristjan Asllani
CM20Ylber Ramadani
CM10Nedim Bajrami 87'
RF9Jasir Asani 68'
CF11Armando Broja 51' 77'
LF15Taulant Seferi 68'
Substitutions:
FW26Arbër Hoxha 74' 68'
MF14Qazim Laçi 68'
FW7Rey Manaj 77'
FW17Ernest 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
Croatia 2–2 Albania
 Report
Attendance: 46,784[10]
Croatia[11]
Albania[11]
GK1Dominik Livaković
RB22Josip Juranović
CB6Josip Šutalo
CB4Joško Gvardiol
LB14Ivan Perišić 84'
CM10Luka Modrić (c)
CM11Marcelo Brozović 46'
CM8Mateo Kovačić
RF7Lovro Majer 46'
CF17Bruno Petković 69'
LF9Andrej Kramarić 84'
Substitutions:
MF25Luka Sučić 46'
MF15Mario Pašalić 46'
FW16Ante Budimir 69'
DF19Borna Sosa 84'
MF26Martin Baturina 84'
Other disciplinary actions:
GK23Ivica Ivušić 87'
TS—Vedran Ćorluka 65'
Manager:
Zlatko Dalić
GK23Thomas Strakosha
RB4Elseid Hysaj 77'
CB6Berat Djimsiti (c)
CB5Arlind Ajeti
LB3Mario Mitaj
CM21Kristjan Asllani
CM20Ylber Ramadani 85'
CM14Qazim Laçi 72'
RF9Jasir Asani 64'
CF7Rey Manaj 85'
LF10Nedim Bajrami
Substitutions:
FW15Taulant Seferi 64'
MF8Klaus Gjasula 90+7' 72'
FW26Arbër Hoxha 85'
FW19Mirlind 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
Spain 1–0 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 49,528[12]
Spain[13]
Italy[13]
GK23Unai Simón
RB2Dani Carvajal 90+6'
CB3Robin Le Normand 69'
CB14Aymeric Laporte
LB24Marc Cucurella
CM20Pedri 71'
CM16Rodri 45+1'
CM8Fabián Ruiz 90+4'
RF19Lamine Yamal 71'
CF7Álvaro Morata (c) 78'
LF17Nico Williams 78'
Substitutions:
MF15Álex Baena 71'
FW11Ferran Torres 71'
FW21Mikel Oyarzabal 78'
FW26Ayoze Pérez 78'
MF6Mikel Merino 90+4'
Manager:
Luis de la Fuente
GK1Gianluigi Donnarumma (c) 15'
RB2Giovanni Di Lorenzo
CB23Alessandro Bastoni
CB5Riccardo Calafiori
LB3Federico Dimarco
CM18Nicolò Barella
CM8Jorginho 46'
RW7Davide Frattesi 46'
AM10Lorenzo Pellegrini 82'
LW14Federico Chiesa 64'
CF9Gianluca Scamacca 64'
Substitutions:
DF24Andrea Cambiaso 46'
MF16Bryan Cristante 46' 46'
FW20Mattia Zaccagni 64'
FW19Mateo Retegui 64'
FW11Giacomo Raspadori 82'
Manager:
Luciano Spalletti

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

Assistant referees:[13]
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
Albania 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 46,586[14]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Albania[15]
Spain[15]
GK23Thomas Strakosha
RB2Iván Balliu
CB6Berat Djimsiti (c)
CB5Arlind Ajeti
LB3Mario Mitaj
CM20Ylber Ramadani
CM21Kristjan Asllani
RW9Jasir Asani 82'
AM14Qazim Laçi 71'
LW10Nedim Bajrami 66' 71'
CF7Rey Manaj 58'
Substitutions:
FW11Armando Broja 58'
FW16Medon Berisha 89' 71'
FW26Arbër Hoxha 71'
FW17Ernest Muçi 82'
Other disciplinary actions:
TS—Ervin Bulku 52'
Manager:
Sylvinho
GK1David Raya
RB22Jesús Navas (c)
CB5Daniel Vivian 90'
CB14Aymeric Laporte 46'
LB12Álex Grimaldo
CM18Martín Zubimendi
CM6Mikel Merino
RW11Ferran Torres 71'
AM10Dani Olmo 84'
LW21Mikel Oyarzabal 62'
CF9Joselu 71'
Substitutions:
DF3Robin Le Normand 46'
FW25Fermín López 62'
FW19Lamine Yamal 71'
FW7Álvaro Morata 71'
MF15Álex Baena 84'
Manager:
Luis de la Fuente

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

Assistant referees:[15]
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

With his goal, Croatia's Luka Modrić became the oldest goalscorer in the UEFA European Championship final tournament.[16] However, this also marks Croatia's elimination as a result of being edged out from the third-placed rank, the first time Croatia has failed to advance to the Round of 16, also the first time Croatia failed to secure a single win in all three matches.

Croatia 1–1 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 38,322[17]
Croatia[18]
Italy[18]
GK1Dominik Livaković
RB2Josip Stanišić 82'
CB6Josip Šutalo
CB3Marin Pongračić 78'
LB4Joško Gvardiol
CM10Luka Modrić (c) 60' 80'
CM11Marcelo Brozović 90+1'
CM8Mateo Kovačić 70'
RF25Luka Sučić 24' 70'
CF9Andrej Kramarić 90'
LF15Mario Pašalić 46'
Substitutions:
FW16Ante Budimir 46'
MF14Ivan Perišić 70'
MF18Luka Ivanušec 73' 70'
MF7Lovro Majer 80'
DF22Josip Juranović 90'
Manager:
Zlatko Dalić
GK1Gianluigi Donnarumma (c)
RB2Giovanni Di Lorenzo
CB23Alessandro Bastoni
CB5Riccardo Calafiori 90+3'
LB13Matteo Darmian 81'
CM18Nicolò Barella
CM8Jorginho 81'
RW11Giacomo Raspadori 75'
AM10Lorenzo Pellegrini 46'
LW3Federico Dimarco 57'
CF19Mateo Retegui
Substitutions:
MF7Davide Frattesi 46'
FW14Federico Chiesa 57'
FW9Gianluca Scamacca 75'
MF20Mattia Zaccagni 81'
MF21Nicolò Fagioli 90+6' 81'
Manager:
Luciano Spalletti 90+10'

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

Assistant referees:[18]
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

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 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[lower-alpha 1] −8
 Croatia 2[lower-alpha 1] 6 −8
  1. Count includes a card from a technical staff member of the team

See also

References
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