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Group E of UEFA Euro 2024 took place from 17 to 26 June 2024. The group contained Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine. All four teams finished with four points, making it the first European Championship, and the first major tournament since Group E of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where all teams in a group had the same amount of points. Ukraine became the first team to finish bottom of a European Championship group while earning as many as four points.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Qualifying Rankings November 2023	FIFA Rankings April 2024
E1	Belgium	1	Group F winner	13 October 2023	7th	2020	Runners-up (1980)	4	3
E2	Slovakia	3	Group J runner-up	16 November 2023	6th	2020	Winners (1976)	16	48
E3	Romania	2	Group I winner	18 November 2023	6th	2016	Quarter-finals (2000)	8	46
E4	Ukraine	4	Play-off winner B	26 March 2024	4th	2020	Quarter-finals (2020)	21	22

Notes

1. The European Qualifiers overall rankings from November 2023 were used for seeding for the final draw.
2. From 1960 to 1980, Slovakia competed as Czechoslovakia.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4

In the round of 16,

• The winner of Group E, Romania, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group D, the Netherlands.
• The runner-up of Group E, Belgium, advanced to play the runner-up of Group D, France.
• The third-placed team of Group E, Slovakia, advanced to play the winner of Group C, England.

Matches

Romania vs Ukraine

Romania	3–0	Ukraine
Stanciu 29' R. Marin 53' Drăguș 57'	Report

Romania

Ukraine

GK 1 Florin Niță RB 2 Andrei Rațiu CB 3 Radu Drăgușin CB 15 Andrei Burcă LB 11 Nicușor Bancu DM 6 Marius Marin  75' CM 18 Răzvan Marin  79' CM 21 Nicolae Stanciu (c)  87' RW 20 Dennis Man  62' LW 17 Florinel Coman  62' CF 19 Denis Drăguș  75' Substitutions: MF 10 Ianis Hagi  62' FW 13 Valentin Mihăilă  62' DF 4 Adrian Rus  75' FW 9 George Pușcaș  75' DF 24 Bogdan Racovițan  87' Manager: Edward Iordănescu

GK 23 Andriy Lunin RB 2 Yukhym Konoplya  67'  72' CB 13 Illya Zabarnyi CB 22 Mykola Matviyenko LB 17 Oleksandr Zinchenko DM 6 Taras Stepanenko (c)  62' CM 19 Mykola Shaparenko  62' RW 15 Viktor Tsyhankov  62' AM 14 Heorhiy Sudakov  83' LW 10 Mykhailo Mudryk CF 11 Artem Dovbyk Substitutions: MF 18 Volodymyr Brazhko  62' MF 7 Andriy Yarmolenko  62' FW 9 Roman Yaremchuk  62' DF 24 Oleksandr Tymchyk  72' MF 8 Ruslan Malinovskyi  83' Manager: Serhiy Rebrov

Belgium vs Slovakia

Based on the FIFA Men's World Ranking, Slovakia's win was the biggest upset in UEFA European Championship history, with 45 places separating Belgium (3rd) and Slovakia (48th). This was short lived, however, since Georgia (74th) beat Portugal (6th) 2-0 on June 26 in Group F. 68 places separated Georgia and Portugal, beating the Belgium-Slovakia record by 23 places.

Belgium	0–1	Slovakia
	Report	Schranz 7'

Belgium

Slovakia

GK 1 Koen Casteels RB 21 Timothy Castagne CB 4 Wout Faes CB 2 Zeno Debast LB 11 Yannick Carrasco  84' CM 18 Orel Mangala  29'  57' CM 24 Amadou Onana RW 9 Leandro Trossard  74' AM 7 Kevin De Bruyne (c) LW 22 Jérémy Doku  84' CF 10 Romelu Lukaku Substitutions: FW 19 Johan Bakayoko  57' MF 8 Youri Tielemans  76'  74' FW 20 Loïs Openda  84' FW 14 Dodi Lukebakio  85'  84' Manager: Domenico Tedesco

GK 1 Martin Dúbravka RB 2 Peter Pekarík CB 3 Denis Vavro CB 14 Milan Škriniar (c) LB 16 Dávid Hancko CM 19 Juraj Kucka CM 22 Stanislav Lobotka CM 8 Ondrej Duda  90+4' RF 26 Ivan Schranz  41'  81' CF 9 Róbert Boženík  70' LF 17 Lukáš Haraslín  70' Substitutions: MF 7 Tomáš Suslov  70' FW 18 David Strelec  70' FW 20 Dávid Ďuriš  81' MF 4 Adam Obert  90+4' Manager: Francesco Calzona

Slovakia vs Ukraine

Slovakia	1–2	Ukraine
Schranz 17'	Report	Shaparenko 54' Yaremchuk 80'

Slovakia

Ukraine

GK 1 Martin Dúbravka RB 2 Peter Pekarík CB 3 Denis Vavro CB 14 Milan Škriniar (c) LB 16 Dávid Hancko  67' CM 19 Juraj Kucka CM 22 Stanislav Lobotka CM 8 Ondrej Duda  60' RF 26 Ivan Schranz  86' CF 9 Róbert Boženík  60' LF 17 Lukáš Haraslín  67' Substitutions: MF 11 László Bénes  60' FW 18 David Strelec  60' MF 7 Tomáš Suslov  67' MF 4 Adam Obert  67' FW 24 Leo Sauer  86' Manager: Francesco Calzona

GK 12 Anatoliy Trubin RB 24 Oleksandr Tymchyk CB 13 Illya Zabarnyi CB 22 Mykola Matviyenko LB 17 Oleksandr Zinchenko CM 19 Mykola Shaparenko  90+2' CM 18 Volodymyr Brazhko  85' CM 14 Heorhiy Sudakov RF 7 Andriy Yarmolenko (c)  67' CF 11 Artem Dovbyk  67' LF 10 Mykhailo Mudryk  85' Substitutions: FW 9 Roman Yaremchuk  84'  67' MF 20 Oleksandr Zubkov  67' MF 8 Ruslan Malinovskyi  85' MF 5 Serhiy Sydorchuk  85' DF 4 Maksym Talovyerov  90+2' Manager: Serhiy Rebrov

Belgium vs Romania

Belgium	2–0	Romania
Tielemans 2' De Bruyne 80'	Report

Belgium

Romania

GK 1 Koen Casteels CB 21 Timothy Castagne CB 4 Wout Faes CB 5 Jan Vertonghen RM 22 Jérémy Doku  72' CM 8 Youri Tielemans  72' CM 24 Amadou Onana LM 3 Arthur Theate  77' RF 7 Kevin De Bruyne (c) CF 10 Romelu Lukaku LF 14 Dodi Lukebakio  35'  56' Substitutions: MF 9 Leandro Trossard  56' DF 11 Yannick Carrasco  72' MF 18 Orel Mangala  72' DF 2 Zeno Debast  77' Manager: Domenico Tedesco

GK 1 Florin Niță RB 2 Andrei Rațiu  90' CB 3 Radu Drăgușin CB 15 Andrei Burcă LB 11 Nicușor Bancu  59' DM 6 Marius Marin  65'  68' CM 18 Răzvan Marin CM 21 Nicolae Stanciu (c) RW 20 Dennis Man LW 13 Valentin Mihăilă  68' CF 19 Denis Drăguș  81' Substitutions: MF 14 Darius Olaru  68' MF 10 Ianis Hagi  68' FW 7 Denis Alibec  81' MF 23 Deian Sorescu  90' Manager: Edward Iordănescu

Slovakia vs Romania

Slovakia	1–1	Romania
Duda 24'	Report	R. Marin 37' (pen.)

Slovakia

Romania

GK 1 Martin Dúbravka RB 2 Peter Pekarík  90+2' CB 3 Denis Vavro CB 14 Milan Škriniar (c) LB 16 Dávid Hancko CM 19 Juraj Kucka CM 22 Stanislav Lobotka CM 8 Ondrej Duda  90+1'  90+2' RF 26 Ivan Schranz  78' CF 18 David Strelec  70' LF 17 Lukáš Haraslín  70' Substitutions: MF 7 Tomáš Suslov  70' FW 9 Róbert Boženík  70' FW 20 Dávid Ďuriš  78' DF 6 Norbert Gyömbér  90+2' MF 21 Matúš Bero  90+2' Manager: Francesco Calzona

GK 1 Florin Niță RB 2 Andrei Rațiu CB 3 Radu Drăgușin CB 15 Andrei Burcă  45+1' LB 11 Nicușor Bancu  45+4' DM 6 Marius Marin CM 18 Răzvan Marin  86' CM 21 Nicolae Stanciu (c) RW 10 Ianis Hagi  66' LW 17 Florinel Coman  58' CF 19 Denis Drăguș  66' Substitutions: MF 23 Deian Sorescu  58' MF 20 Dennis Man  66' FW 9 George Pușcaș  88'  66' DF 4 Adrian Rus  86' Manager: Edward Iordănescu  55'

Ukraine vs Belgium

Ukraine	0–0	Belgium
	Report

Ukraine

Belgium

GK 12 Anatoliy Trubin CB 13 Illya Zabarnyi CB 3 Oleksandr Svatok  81' CB 22 Mykola Matviyenko (c) RWB 24 Oleksandr Tymchyk LWB 16 Vitaliy Mykolenko  58' CM 19 Mykola Shaparenko  70' CM 18 Volodymyr Brazhko  70' CM 14 Heorhiy Sudakov CF 9 Roman Yaremchuk  70' CF 11 Artem Dovbyk  69' Substitutions: DF 17 Oleksandr Zinchenko  58' MF 6 Taras Stepanenko  70' MF 8 Ruslan Malinovskyi  70' FW 25 Vladyslav Vanat  70' MF 7 Andriy Yarmolenko  81' Manager: Serhiy Rebrov

GK 1 Koen Casteels RB 5 Jan Vertonghen CB 4 Wout Faes  43' CB 3 Arthur Theate LB 21 Timothy Castagne CM 7 Kevin De Bruyne (c) CM 24 Amadou Onana CM 8 Youri Tielemans  62' RF 22 Jérémy Doku  77' CF 10 Romelu Lukaku  90' LF 9 Leandro Trossard  62' Substitutions: MF 18 Orel Mangala  62' MF 11 Yannick Carrasco  62' FW 19 Johan Bakayoko  77' FW 20 Loïs Openda  90' Manager: Domenico Tedesco

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:

• 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 or team official in a single match.

Team	Match 1				Match 2				Match 3				Points
Slovakia	1								1				–2
Ukraine	1				1				1				–3
Belgium	3				1				1				–5
Romania	1				2				4				–7

See also

• Belgium at the UEFA European Championship
• Romania at the UEFA European Championship
• Slovakia at the UEFA European Championship
• Ukraine at the UEFA European Championship

References

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External links

• Official website

• UEFA Euro 2024
• Belgium at UEFA Euro 2024
• Slovakia at UEFA Euro 2024
• Ukraine at UEFA Euro 2024
• Romania at UEFA Euro 2024
• UEFA European Championship group stages