European Football Championship 2021 / Wales

This article covers the Welsh national team at the 2021 Pan-European Football Championship . For the Welsh team it is the second participation in a European Championship finals.

qualification

For the qualification the Welsh team was drawn into the group with runners-up world champions Croatia, Slovakia, Hungary and Azerbaijan, whereby four participants of the last European Championship finals were represented in this group.

Team manager Ryan Giggs , who took over the team after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in January 2018, used a total of 26 players in the qualification. Of these, Captain Gareth Bale , Ben Davies , goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey , Daniel James and Harry Wilson were used in all eight games. Joe Allen , who couldn't be used once after the third yellow card , had seven bets , Ethan Ampadu and Connor Roberts . Joe Rodon played his first international match in the qualifying games. In a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago four days before the first qualifying game, Will Vaulks was used for the first time, and he made three appearances in qualifying. Record national player Chris Gunter only had one use .

The best goalscorers with only two goals were record goalscorers Gareth Bale, Kieffer Moore and Aaron Ramsey , who only made two appearances in the last two games due to an injury, but secured the qualification with the two goals against Hungary. Three other players scored and the Welsh also benefited from an own goal. The ten qualifying goals are the fewest of all directly qualified teams. Their first international goal was scored by David Brooks (to make the final 2-1 win against Croatia), Daniel James (to win 1-0 in their first game against Slovakia) and Kieffer Moore (to take the 1-0 lead at 1-1 in the second game against Slovakia).

Games

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
March 24, 2019	Cardiff	Slovakia	1: 0 (1: 0)	Daniel James (5th)
06/08/2019	Osijek	Croatia	1: 2 (0: 1)	James Lawrence (17th / own goal), Ivan Perišić (48th); David Brooks (77th)
06/11/2019	Budapest	Hungary	0: 1 (0: 0)	Máté Pátkai (80.)
06.09.2019	Cardiff	Azerbaijan	2: 1 (1: 0)	Pavel Paşayev (26th / own goal), Mahir Emreli (59th), Gareth Bale (84th)
10/10/2019	Trnava	Slovakia	1: 1 (1: 0)	Kieffer Moore (25th); Juraj Kucka (53rd)
October 13, 2019	Cardiff	Croatia	1: 1 (1: 1)	Nikola Vlašić (9th); Gareth Bale (45th + 3)
11/16/2019	Baku	Azerbaijan	2: 0 (2: 0)	Kieffer Moore (10th), Harry Wilson (34th)
November 19, 2019	Cardiff	Hungary	2: 0 (1: 0)	Aaron Ramsey (15th, 47th)

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Croatia	8th	5	2	1	017: 700	+10	17th
2.	Wales	8th	4th	2	2	010: 600	+4	14th
3.	Slovakia	8th	4th	1	3	013:110	+2	13
4th	Hungary	8th	4th	0	4th	008:110	−3	12
5.	Azerbaijan	8th	0	1	7th	005:180	−13	01

Finals

Ireland, Scotland and Wales had considered joint applications for Euro 2020 in 2012. After the decision of UEFA to host the Euro 2020 in several European cities, Wales had applied with the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to host finals, but was not considered.

In the draw on November 30, 2019, the Welsh were drawn into the group with Italy, Switzerland and Turkey. Against Italy, the record is negative with seven defeats and two wins. The last game between the two on September 6, 2003 was lost 4-0. A year earlier there was the last victory against Italy. The record against Switzerland is also negative with two wins and five losses. The last defeat against the Swiss was on October 12, 2010 in qualifying for the Euro 2012. A year later, the second leg was won, which meant that the Swiss missed the finals. Against the Turks there have been three wins, one draw and two defeats in six competitive games so far, the last in the last game so far with 4-6 in August 1997.

If the Welsh team wins group winners, they would - subject to the retention of the venues - play in London against the runner-up in Group C with the Netherlands, Austria and the Ukraine; runner-up in the first round of 16 in Amsterdam against the runner-up in Group B, e.g. B. Belgium, Denmark or Russia. If she were one of the four best third, were either the winners of Group B, Group E with Spain and the winner of Group F with Germany, world champion France and defending champions Portugal opponents in the second round, and then in Bilbao , Bucharest or Glasgow would play .

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Turkey	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
2.	Italy	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
3.	Wales	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
4th	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

June 12, 2021 at 3 p.m. in Baku
Wales	-	Switzerland	-: - (- :–)
June 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in Baku
Turkey	-	Wales	-: - (- :–)
June 20, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in Rome
Italy	-	Wales	-: - (- :–)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bbc.com: "Ryan Giggs: Manchester United legend named Wales manager"
2. ↑ spiegel.de: Georgia is applying for EM 2020, Wilmots is in charge of Belgium