Scotland And Spain Qualify For Euro 2024

Scotland and Spain both qualified for Euro 2024 on Sunday night with two games to spare. Spain beat Norway 1-0 in Oslo to join Scotland on 15 points in Group A.

Robert Summerscales | Oct 15, 2023

Scotland And Spain Qualify For Euro 2024 /

Scotland and Spain both qualified for Euro 2024 on Sunday night with two games to spare.

Spain beat Norway 1-0 in Oslo to join Scotland on 15 points from six qualifying matches in Group A.

Gavi scored the winning goal in the 49th minute after Alvaro Morata had earlier seen a goal disallowed by VAR for offside.

Spain were good value for their victory, having controlled possession with 66% and recorded 13 shots to Norway's five.

Sunday's result left Norway third in Group A with 10 points from seven matches, meaning that Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard and Co can no longer finish above Scotland or Spain.

Gavi pictured celebrating after scoring a goal in Spain's 1-0 win over Norway in October 2023 — Gavi scored the winner as Spain beat Norway 1-0 on Sunday :: IMAGO/Marca/Chema Rey

Erling Haaland pictured looking dejected during Norway's 1-0 loss to Spain in October 2023 — Erling Haaland was on the losing side in Oslo :: IMAGO/Bildbyran/Vegard Grott

Spain have now qualified for 16 consecutive major tournaments since missing out on a place at Euro 1992 in Sweden.

Meanwhile, Euro 2024 will be only the second major international tournament to include a men's Scottish team since 1998.

The Norway men's national team have not qualified for a World Cup or Euros since 2000.

Published Oct 15, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.