Serie A 2019–20 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Dates | 24 August 2019 – 2 August 2020 | |
Winners | Juventus (36th title) | |
Relegated | Lecce Brescia SPAL | |
Domestic cup winners | ||
Supercoppa Italiana | Lazio | |
Coppa Italia | Napoli | |
Continental cup qualifiers | ||
Champions League | Juventus Atalanta Internazionale Lazio | |
Europa League | Napoli Roma Milan | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 380 | |
Goals scored | 1,154 | |
Average | 3.04 (per match) | |
Top goalscorer | Ciro Immobile (36 goals) | |
Biggest home win | Atalanta 7–1 Udinese (27 October 2019) Inter Milan 6–0 Brescia (1 July 2020) | |
Biggest away win | Torino 0–7 Atalanta (25 January 2020) | |
Highest scoring | Lecce 2–7 Atalanta (1 March 2020) | |
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The 2019–20 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of top-tier Italian football, the 88th in a round-robin tournament, and the 10th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Juventus were the eight-time defending champions and they successfully defended their title following a 2–0 win against Sampdoria on 26 July 2020.
The season was originally scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 24 May 2020, however, on 9 March 2020, the Italian government halted the league until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it will only resume once "health conditions allow it". On 18 May, it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. On 28 May, it was announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.
Events[]
On 14 April 2019, Chievo returned to Serie B after 11 years. Following this on 5 May Frosinone was relegated after one year while the last team to be relegated was Empoli (on 26 May 2019) also after just one year.
Teams that were promoted directly from 2018–19 Serie B were Brescia (on 1 May 2019, after 8 years of absence) and Lecce (10 days later, after 7 years) while the last team to join was Hellas Verona (after just one season in Serie B) by winning the promotion play-off on 2 June.
On 28 June 2019, Milan were excluded from Europa League after breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. Roma were then moved to the Europa League group phase while Torino entered the preliminary round.
On 22 February 2020, Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, suspended all sporting events in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto, which included three Serie A matches in those regions, as well as one in Piedmont, that were to be played the following day, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The following week, six matches were initially to be played behind closed doors due to scare of the outbreak, however, all were later outright suspended. On 4 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy would be played behind closed doors until 3 April. On 9 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy be suspended until 3 April. Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it will only resume once "health conditions allow it". On 13 May, it was announced that team training would be resumed on 18 May,and on 18 May it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. On 28 May, Italian Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June. Protocol was established wherein the entire squad would be quarantined for 14 days if one member, player or staff, tests positive for COVID-19. On 18 June, Spadafora approved the softening of quarantine rules which allowed for the quarantining of only the individual who tests positive for COVID-19, whereas the rest of the squad will ramp up testing, including a rapid-response test the day before a match.
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On 22 February 2020, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte suspended all sporting events in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto, which included three Serie A matches that were to be played the following day: Inter v Sampdoria, Verona v Cagliari and Atalanta v Sassuolo. The match between Torino and Parma, which was held outside the regions, was also postponed. The following week, six Serie A matches – Juventus v Inter Milan, Udinese v Fiorentina, AC Milan v Genoa, Parma v SPAL, Sassuolo v Brescia and Sampdoria v Hellas Verona – were initially to be played behind closed doors, but all were later suspended. On 9 March, the government announced that all sporting events in Italy, including Serie A, would be cancelled until at least 3 April. Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it will only resume once "health conditions allow it".
As of March, Italy is the country worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Many Serie A players were reported to have been infected by COVID-19, such as Daniele Rugani, Manolo Gabbiadini, Blaise Matuidi and Paulo Dybala.
On 13 May, it was announced that team training would be resumed on 18 May, and on 18 May it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. On 28 May, Italian Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.
Teams[]
Stadiums and locations[]
Personnel and kits[]
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
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Atalanta | ![]() |
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Joma | Radici Group |
Bologna | ![]() |
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Macron | Liu·Jo |
Brescia | ![]() |
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Kappa | UBI Banca |
Cagliari | ![]() |
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Macron | Ichnusa |
Fiorentina | ![]() |
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Le Coq Sportif | Mediacom |
Genoa | ![]() |
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Kappa | Giocheria |
Hellas Verona | ![]() |
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Macron | Air Dolomiti |
Internazionale | ![]() |
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Nike | Pirelli |
Juventus | ![]() |
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Adidas | Jeep |
Lazio | ![]() |
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Macron | Marathonbet |
Lecce | ![]() |
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M908 | Moby Lines |
Milan | ![]() |
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Puma | Fly Emirates |
Napoli | ![]() |
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Kappa | Lete |
Parma | ![]() |
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Erreà | Cetilar |
Roma | ![]() |
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Nike | Qatar Airways |
Sampdoria | ![]() |
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Joma | Invent Energy |
Sassuolo | ![]() |
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Kappa | Mapei |
SPAL | ![]() |
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Macron | Tassi Group |
Torino | ![]() |
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Joma | Suzuki |
Udinese | ![]() |
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Macron | Dacia |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Roma | ![]() |
End of contract | 26 May 2019 | Pre-season | ![]() |
11 June 2019 |
Juventus | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 26 May 2019 | ![]() |
16 June 2019 | |
Milan | ![]() |
28 May 2019 | ![]() |
19 June 2019 | ||
Internazionale | ![]() |
Sacked | 30 May 2019 | ![]() |
31 May 2019 | |
Sampdoria | ![]() |
Mutual consent, signed for Milan | 15 June 2019 | ![]() |
22 June 2019 | |
Genoa | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 20 June 2019 | ![]() |
14 June 2019 | |
Hellas Verona | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 June 2019 | ![]() |
14 June 2019 | |
Sampdoria | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 7 October 2019 | 20th | ![]() |
12 October 2019 |
Milan | ![]() |
Sacked | 8 October 2019 | 13th | ![]() |
9 October 2019 |
Genoa | ![]() |
22 October 2019 | 19th | ![]() |
22 October 2019 | |
Udinese | ![]() |
1 November 2019 | 14th | ![]() |
1 November 2019 | |
Brescia | ![]() |
3 November 2019 | 18th | ![]() |
5 November 2019 | |
Brescia | ![]() |
2 December 2019 | 20th | ![]() |
2 December 2019 | |
Napoli | ![]() |
10 December 2019 | 7th | ![]() |
11 December 2019 | |
Fiorentina | ![]() |
21 December 2019 | 14th | ![]() |
23 December 2019 | |
Genoa | ![]() |
28 December 2019 | 20th | ![]() |
28 December 2019 | |
Torino | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 4 February 2020 | 12th | ![]() |
4 February 2020 |
Brescia | ![]() |
Sacked | 5 February 2020 | 19th | ![]() |
5 February 2020 |
SPAL | ![]() |
10 February 2020 | 20th | ![]() |
10 February 2020 | |
Cagliari | ![]() |
3 March 2020 | 11th | ![]() |
3 March 2020 |
League table[]
Pos |
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 83 | |
2 | Internazionale | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 81 | 36 | +45 | 82 | |
3 | Atalanta | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 98 | 48 | +50 | 78 | |
4 | Lazio | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 78 | |
5 | Roma | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 70 | |
6 | Milan | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 66 | |
7 | Napoli | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 62 | |
8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 63 | +6 | 51 | |
9 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 49 | |
10 | Fiorentina | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 49 | |
11 | Parma | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 57 | −1 | 49 | |
12 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 47 | |
13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 45 | |
14 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 45 | |
15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 42 | |
16 | Torino | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 40 | |
17 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 39 | |
18 | Lecce (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 85 | −33 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
19 | Brescia (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 79 | −44 | 25 | |
20 | SPAL (R) | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 77 | −50 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
Results[]
Season statistics[]
Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Lazio | 36 |
2 | ![]() |
Juventus | 31 |
3 | ![]() |
Internazionale | 23 |
4 | ![]() |
Sassuolo | 21 |
5 | ![]() |
Atalanta | 18 |
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Cagliari | ||
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Atalanta | ||
8 | ![]() |
Torino | 16 |
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Roma | ||
10 | ![]() |
Atalanta | 15 |
Top assists[]
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | ![]() |
Atalanta | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Lazio | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Sassuolo | 10 |
4 | ![]() |
Milan | 9 |
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Lazio | ||
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Roma | ||
7 | ![]() |
Atalanta | 8 |
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Parma | ||
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Internazionale | ||
10 | ![]() |
Juventus | 7 |
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Napoli | ||
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Internazionale | ||
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Sassuolo | ||
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Roma | ||
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Udinese | ||
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Hellas Verona | ||
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Napoli | ||
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Cagliari | ||
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Brescia |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Sassuolo | Sampdoria | 4–1 (H) | 1 September 2019 |
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Parma | Genoa | 5–1 (H) | 20 October 2019 |
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Atalanta | Udinese | 7–1 (H) | 27 October 2019 |
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Juventus | Cagliari | 4–0 (H) | 6 January 2020 |
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Lazio | Sampdoria | 5–1 (H) | 18 January 2020 |
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Atalanta | Torino | 7–0 (A) | 25 January 2020 |
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Atalanta | Lecce | 7–2 (A) | 1 March 2020 |
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Parma | Genoa | 4–1 (A) | 23 June 2020 |
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Atalanta | Brescia | 6–2 (H) | 14 July 2020 |
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Lazio | Hellas Verona | 5–1 (A) | 26 July 2020 |
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Fiorentina | Bologna | 4–0 (H) | 29 July 2020 |
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(H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets[]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Udinese | 14 |
2 | ![]() |
Internazionale | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Milan | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
Lazio | 11 |
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Juventus | ||
6 | ![]() |
Sampdoria | 9 |
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Hellas Verona | ||
8 | ![]() |
Fiorentina | 8 |
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Atalanta | ||
10 | ![]() |
Torino | 7 |
Number of teams by region[]
Number | Region | Team(s) |
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4 | Lombardy | Atalanta, Brescia, Internazionale and Milan |
2 | Emilia-Romagna | Sassuolo and SPAL |
Lazio | Lazio and Roma | |
Piedmont | Juventus and Torino | |
1 | Campania | Napoli |
Liguria | Sampdoria | |
Sardinia | Cagliari | |
Tuscany | Fiorentina |
Players' awards[]
MVP of the Month[]
Month | Player | Club |
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September | ![]() |
Fiorentina |
October | ![]() |
Lazio |
November | ![]() |
Cagliari |
December | ![]() |
Lazio |
January | ![]() |
Juventus |
February | ![]() |
Lazio |
June | ![]() |
Atalanta |
July | ![]() |
Juventus |
Seasonal awards[]
Award | Winner | Club |
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Most Valuable Player | ![]() |
Juventus |
Best Young Player | ![]() |
Parma |
Best Goalkeeper | ![]() |
Juventus |
Best Defender | ![]() |
Internazionale |
Best Midfielder | ![]() |
Atalanta |
Best Striker | ![]() |
Lazio |
External links[]
Serie A 2019-20 |
Atalanta · Bologna · Brescia · Cagliari · Fiorentina · Genoa · Hellas Verona · Internazionale · Juventus · Lazio · Lecce · Milan · Napoli · Parma · Roma · Sampdoria · Sassuolo · SPAL · Torino · Udinese |
Serie A seasons ![]() |
2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25 · |
Serie A stadiums 2024-25 |
Arechi · Atleti Azzurri d'Italia · Bentegodi · Brianteo · Castellani · Dall'Ara · Ferraris · Franchi · Friuli · Juventus Stadium · Mapei Stadium · Maradona · Olimpico · Olimpico Grande Torino · San Siro · Stirpe · Unipol Domus · Via del mare |
2019–20 in Italian football |
Domestic leagues |
Serie A · Serie B · Serie C · Serie D |
Domestic cups |
Coppa Italia (Final) · Supercoppa Italiana · Coppa Italia Serie C |
European competitions |
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final) |
National teams |
Senior |
Club seasons |
Serie A |
Atalanta · Bologna · Brescia · Cagliari · Fiorentina · Genoa · Hellas Verona · Internazionale · Juventus · Lazio · Lecce · Milan · Napoli · Parma · Roma · Sampdoria · Sassuolo · SPAL · Torino · Udinese |
2019–20 in European football (UEFA) |
Domestic leagues |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '19 '20 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '19 '20 · Faroe Islands '19 '20 · Finland '19 '20 · France · Georgia '19 '20 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '19 '20 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '19 '20 · Kosovo · Latvia '19 '20 · Lithuania '19 '20 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova '19 '20 · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway '19 '20 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '19 '20 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '19 '20 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales |
Domestic cups |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '19 '20 · Finland · France · Georgia '19 '20 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '19 '20 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '19 '20 ·
Kosovo · Latvia '19 '20 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania '19 '20 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway '19 '20 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '19 '20 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales |
League cups |
England · Estonia · France · Iceland '19 '20 · Israel · Latvia · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '19 '20 · Scotland · Wales |
Supercups |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands · France · Georgia · Germany · Gibraltar · Hungary · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Kosovo · Lithuania '19 '20 · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '19 '20 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '19 '20 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Spain · Turkey · Ukraine |
UEFA competitions |
Champions League (qualifying phase and play-off round, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa League (qualifying phase and play-off round, Champions Path, Main Path, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Super Cup |
International competitions |
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup · 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup · UEFA Euro 2020 (qualification) · 2018–19 UEFA Nations League (Finals) · 2021 Euro Under-21 (qualification) · 2019 Euro Under-19 (qualification) · 2020 Euro Under-17 (qualification) |