UEFA EURO 2024 Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine

Belgium, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine have been drawn together in UEFA EURO 2024 Group E.

BELGIUM

EURO pedigree
Previous EUROs: 6, most recently EURO 2020
EURO best: Runners-up (1980)
EURO 2020: Quarter-finals

Qualifying
Group F winners
P8 W6 D2 L0 F22 A4
Qualification secured: Matchday 7

Belgium beat their main Group F rivals Austria 3-2 on 13 October to confirm their place at a third successive EURO in their first campaign under German-Italian coach Domenico Tedesco. The Red Devils were quarter-finalists at the last two EUROs but failed to progress from the group stage at the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals

Previous meetings
vs Romania W5 D2 L4 F16 A14 (Last meeting: W2-1, 11/11/2011, Friendly)
vs Slovakia W3 D4 L5 F15 A23 (W2-1, 6/2/2013, Friendly)
vs Ukraine N/A

SLOVAKIA

EURO pedigree
Previous EUROs: 5*, most recently EURO 2020
EURO best: Winners (1976)**
EURO 2020: Group stage

*including Czechoslovakia
**as Czechoslovakia

Qualifying
Group J runners-up
P10 W7 D1 L2 F17 A8
Qualification secured: Matchday 9

Slovakia qualified for their third consecutive EURO finals with a 4-2 home win against Iceland. They finished third in Group E in 2020 and, having famously lifted the trophy as part of Czechoslovakia in 1976, their best performance since the countries split came in 2016, when they progressed to the round of 16 before being beaten by Germany.

Previous meetings
vs Belgium W5 D4 L3 F23 A15 (L1-2, 6/2/2013, Friendly)
vs Romania W18 D12 L10 F78 A52 (D1-1, 14/8/2013, Friendly)
vs Ukraine W2 D3 L3 F10 A9 (W4-1, 16/11/2018, Nations League)

ROMANIA

EURO pedigree
Previous EUROs: 5, most recently EURO 2016
EURO best: Quarter-finals (2000)
EURO 2020: Did not qualify

Qualifying
Group I winners
P10 W6 D4 L0 F16 A5
Qualification secured: Matchday 9

After failing to qualify for the last edition of the tournament, Romania secured their place at EURO 2024 after a win against Israel in Hungary. They will be hoping to repeat their heroics of EURO 2000, where they progressed from a group containing Portugal, England and Germany before being knocked out by Italy in the quarter-finals.

Previous meetings
vs Belgium W4 D2 L5 F14 A16 (L1-2, 11/11/2011, Friendly)
vs Slovakia W10 D12 L18 F52 A78 (D1-1, 14/8/2013, Friendly)
vs Ukraine W3 D0 L3 F14 A10 (L3-4, 29/5/2016, Friendly)

UKRAINE

EURO pedigree
Previous EUROs: 3, most recently EURO 2020
EURO best: Quarter-finals (2020)
EURO 2020: Quarter-finals

Qualifying
Third in Group C
Play-off semi-final: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-2 Ukraine
Play-off final: Ukraine 2-1 Iceland

Serhiy Rebrov's team came up just short in their bid to oust holders Italy and finish runners-up to England in Group C. But they got the job done in the play-offs, beating Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland to secure qualification for their fourth EUROs in a row.

Previous meetings
vs Belgium N/A
vs Romania W3 D0 L3 F10 A14 (W3-4, 29/5/2016, Friendly)
vs Slovakia W3 D3 L2 F9 A10 (L4-1, 16/11/2018, Nations League)