Group E ofUEFA Euro 2020 took place from 14 to 23 June 2021 inSaint Petersburg'sKrestovsky Stadium andSeville'sLa Cartuja.[1] The group contained host nationSpain,Sweden,Poland andSlovakia.
The matches were originally scheduled to be played atBilbao'sSan Mamés andDublin'sAviva Stadium. However, due to a lack of guarantees regarding spectators caused by theCOVID-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]
| 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 |
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| E1 | 1 | Group F winner | 15 October 2019 | 11th | 2016 | Winners (1964,2008,2012) | 5 | 6 | |
| E2 | 3 | Group F runner-up | 15 November 2019 | 7th | 2016 | Semi-finals (1992) | 17 | 18 | |
| E3 | 2 | Group G winner | 13 October 2019 | 4th | 2016 | Quarter-finals (2016) | 8 | 21 | |
| E4 | 4 | Play-off Path B winner | 12 November 2020 | 5th | 2016 | Winners (1976) | 22 | 36 |
Notes
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance toknockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
In theround of 16,[3]
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Poland[5] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Slovakia[5] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[5] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spain[8] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sweden[8] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[8] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sweden[10] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Slovakia[10] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[10] |
| Spain | 1–1 | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spain[12] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Poland[12] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[12] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Slovakia[14] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spain[14] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[14] |
| Sweden | 3–2 | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sweden[16] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Poland[16] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[16] |
Fair play points were to be used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied (and if apenalty 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]
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | −3 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | −4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 2 | −6 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 3[a] | −10 | ||||||||||