Group B of UEFA Euro 2024 took place from 15 to 24 June 2024.[1] The group contained the eventual champions Spain, Croatia, defending champions Italy, and Albania. Spain, Italy, and Croatia were drawn together in Group C of the UEFA Euro 2012.
| 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 |
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| B1 |  Spain |
1 | Group A winner | 15 October 2023 | 12th | 2020 | Winners (1964, 2008, 2012) | 3 | 8 |
| B2 |  Croatia |
3 | Group D runner-up | 21 November 2023 | 7th | 2020 | Quarter-finals (1996, 2008) | 14 | 10 |
| B3 |  Italy |
4 | Group C runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 11th | 2020 | Winners (1968, 2020) | 18 | 9 |
| B4 |  Albania |
2 | Group E winner | 17 November 2023 | 2nd | 2016 | Group stage (2016) | 10 | 66 |
Notes
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Croatia
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Albania
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
In the round of 16,[2]
Both teams previously met in the 2023 UEFA Nations League final, which Spain won on penalties. 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 |
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 32' 45+2' |
Report |
Attendance: 68,844[4]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
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Croatia[5] |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[5]
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Nedim Bajrami scored for Albania after 23 seconds, netting the fastest goal in the UEFA European Championship history.[7]
| Italy | 2–1 | Albania |
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16' |
Report |
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Attendance: 60,512[8]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Italy[9] |
Albania[9] |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[9]
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| Croatia | 2–2 | Albania |
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76' (o.g.) |
Report |
90+5' |
Attendance: 46,784[10]
Referee: François Letexier (France)
Croatia[11] |
Albania[11] |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[11]
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Italy and Spain faced each other in a fifth consecutive European Championships.[14] Their most notable clash was Spain's 4–0 victory in the UEFA Euro 2012 final.
| Spain | 1–0 | Italy |
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Attendance: 49,528[15]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Spain[16] |
Italy[16] |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[16]
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| Albania | 0–1 | Spain |
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Attendance: 46,586[17]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Albania[18] |
Spain[18] |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[18]
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With his goal, Croatia's Luka Modrić became the oldest goalscorer in the UEFA European Championship final tournament.[21] However, the draw caused Croatia to finish last among the four best-ranked third-placed teams, eliminating them. This was the first time Croatia had failed to advance to the knockout stage since Euro 2012 and in any major international football tournament since the 2014 World Cup.[22]
| Croatia | 1–1 | Italy |
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Report |
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Attendance: 38,322[23]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Croatia[24] |
Italy[24] |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[24]
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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]
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player or team official in a single match.
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1 | 3 | 1 | −5 | |||||||||
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2 | 2 | 3 | −7 | |||||||||
| Albania
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2 | 3 | 3[a] | −8 | |||||||||
| Croatia
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2[a] | 6 | −8 | ||||||||||
65 min: The ref stops play as Sutalo goes down. There's a yellow shown by the ref to someone in the Croatian backroom staff, Vedran Corluka apparently, for doing something naughty.
Waging [sic] the finger – 52' Albania 0–1 Spain: Sylvinho has been booked for some over-enthusiastic protests against a free-kick being given against his Albania side — and he pushes his luck still further by wagging his finger with some gusto at the referee as he is walking off.
