Group J ofUEFA Euro 2024 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for theUEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group J consisted of six teams:Bosnia and Herzegovina,Iceland,Liechtenstein,Luxembourg,Portugal andSlovakia. The teams played against each other home-and-away in around-robin format.[1]
The top two teams, Portugal and Slovakia, qualified directly for the final tournament. The participants of thequalifying play-offs were decided based on their performance in the2022–23 UEFA Nations League, of whichBosnia and Herzegovina,Iceland andLuxembourg qualified for the playoffs. This meant that the only team which was eliminated after the group stage matches in this group wasLiechtenstein.
Portugal won all ten of their matches, becoming the eighth national side to qualify for a European Championship with a 100% record, and the ninth instance, after France (1992 and2004), Czech Republic (2000), Germany, Spain (both 2012), England (2016), Italy and Belgium (both 2020).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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| 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | +34 | 30 | Qualify forfinal tournament | — | 3–2 | 9–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 22 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 17 | Advance toplay-offs viaNations League | 0–6 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 9 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | |||
| 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 28 | −27 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–7 | 0–2 | — |
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2022, the day after the draw.[2][3][4] Times areCET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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| Luxembourg | 2–0 | |
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| Iceland | 1–2 | |
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| Liechtenstein | 0–1 | |
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| Luxembourg | 3–1 | |
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| Iceland | 1–1 | |
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| Iceland | 4–0 | |
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| Luxembourg | 0–1 | |
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| Luxembourg | 4–1 | |
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| Slovakia | 4–2 | |
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There were 93 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.
10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[1]
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
| Team | Player | Offence(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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| Aron Gunnarsson | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (23 March 2023) | ||
| Willum Þór Willumsson | vs Luxembourg (8 September 2023) | ||
| Hördur Magnússon | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (11 September 2023) | ||
| Christopher Martins | vs Portugal (11 September 2023) | ||
| Enes Mahmutović | vs Slovakia (16 October 2023) | ||
| Vincent Thill | vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 November 2023) | ||
| Laurent Jans | |||
| Cristiano Ronaldo | vs Luxembourg (11 September 2023) | ||
| Peter Pekarík | vs Iceland (16 November 2023) | ||
| Patrik Hrošovský |