The Croatian national football team is the last, the 21st in a row, to secure a place at EURO 2024 through the qualifications.
With the victory over Armenia in the last round of Group D, the “Fire” secured their seventh participation in the UEFA European Championships since the collapse of the SFRY.
Qualification winners / third placed teams:
Group A: Spain (21), Scotland (17) / Norway (11)
Group B: France (22), Netherlands (18) / Greece (13)
Group C: England (20), Italy (14) / Ukraine (14)
Group D: Turkey (17), Croatia (16) / Wales (12)
Group E: Albania (15), Czech Republic (15) / Poland (11)
Group F: Belgium (20), Austria (19) / Sweden (10)
Group G: Hungary (18), Serbia (14) / Montenegro (11)
Group H: Denmark (22), Slovenia (22) / Finland (18)
Group I: Romania (22), Switzerland (17) / Israel (15)
Group J: Portugal (30), Slovakia (22) / Luxembourg (17)
The remaining three participants of the final tournament in Germany will be known on the evening of March 26 when the play-off finals of the League of Nations will be played in tracks A, B and C. Five days before that, the semi-finals will be played, one game will be played.
First of all, at the draw on November 23 (Thursday) it will be decided which national team from the group Finland, Ukraine and Iceland will play in Stage A against Wales, and which two in Stage B against Israel, ie Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Nations League play-off semi-finals:
Track A
(1) Poland – (4) Estonia
(2) Wales – (3) Finland/Ukraine/Iceland
Track B
(1) Israel – (4) Ukraine/Iceland
(2) Bosnia and Herzegovina – (3) Finland/Ukraine
Track C
(1) Georgia – (4) Luxembourg
(2) Greece – (3) Kazakhstan
EURO 2024 is the third in a row, in which 24 selections will participate, which will be divided into six groups with four teams. The first two teams from each group and the four best third-placed teams will advance to the round of 16.
The draw for the group stage will be held on December 2 in Hamburg, when we will find out the opponents of the Serbian national team. “Eagles” will be placed in the weakest, fourth hat.
“Hats” before the draw:
First: Germany, Portugal, France, Spain, Belgium, England
Second: Hungary, Denmark, Albania, Austria, Turkey, Romania
Third: Scotland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Croatia
Fourth: Serbia, Italy, Switzerland, winners of the League of Nations play-off
(tell us in the comments which combination is your ideal, and which combination to avoid)
EURO 2024 will be played with adidas’ “Fussballliebe” ball model, loosely translated from German as “football love”.
Important dates:
November 23 / draw for the League of Nations
December 2 / draw for EURO 2024 March 21 / playoff semi-finals
March 26 / playoff final
June 14 / opening of the tournament
June 29 / Round of 16
July 5 / quarter finals
July 9 / semi-finals
July 14 / final
EURO 2028 will be held in England, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and EURO 2032 in Italy and Turkey.
List of qualification scorers:
14 – Romelu Lukaku
10 – Cristiano Ronaldo
9 – Kylian Mbappe
8 – Harry Kane
7 – Rasmus Heylund
6 – Erling Holland
6 – Bruno Fernandes
5 – Jorgios Masouras
5 – Gerson Rodriguez
5 – Aleksandar Mitrović
5 – Benjamin Sesko
The Serbian national team will be the only debutant, even though our country has performed at European championships both as FNRJ and SFRY and, last time, as FRY. The best results were the 1960 and 1968 finals.
All finals:
1960. Paris / USSR – Yugoslavia 2:1 (1:1)
1964. Madrid / Spain – USSR 2:1
1968. Rome / Italy – Yugoslavia 2:0, first match 1:1
1972. Brussels / West Germany – USSR 3:0
1976. Belgrade / Czechoslovakia – West Germany 2:2, penalties 5:3
1980. Rome / West Germany – Belgium 2:1
1984. Paris / France – Spain 2:0
1988. Munich / Netherlands – USSR 2:0
1992 Gothenburg / Denmark – Germany 2:0
1996. London / Germany – Czech Republic 2:1 (1:1)
2000. Rotterdam / France – Italy 2:1 (1:1)
2004. Lisbon / Greece – Portugal 1:0
2008. Vienna / Spain – Germany 1:0
2012. Kyiv / Spain – Italy 4:0
2016. Paris / Portugal – France 1:0 (0:0)
2021. London / Italy – England 1:1, penalties 3:2
2024. Berlin /
