England's UEFA EURO 2024 draw

England will face Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia at UEFA EURO 2024.

The Three Lions found out their opponents for next summer’s 24-team tournament on Saturday evening during the draw in Hamburg.

The draw took place at the Elbphilharmonie and involved the hosts Germany plus the 20 teams who finished in the top two in each of the ten European Qualifiers groups, with three slots to be decided by play-off matches in March 2024.

England will kick off EURO 2024 against Serbia on Sunday 16 June in Gelsenkirchen (9pm local/8pm UK) before taking on Denmark on Thursday 20 June in Frankfurt (6pm local/5pm UK).

The Three Lions will then conclude their group in Cologne on Tuesday 25 June against Slovenia (9pm local/8pm UK).

If England win Group C, they will face one of the best third-placed teams in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday 30 June.

If the Three Lions were to finish second, they would take on the winner of Group A on Saturday 29 June.

You can find out more about UEFA EURO 2024 below.

When does UEFA EURO 2024 take place?

UEFA EURO 2024 starts on 14 June 2024 with the opening match at the Munich Football Arena on Friday 14 June and concludes at the Olympiastadion Berlin on 14 July 2024 with the final.

What is the format for UEFA EURO 2024?

The tournament will follow the same format at EURO 2020, with the top two from each of the six groups, plus the four best third-place finishers, progressing to the round of 16.

There will then be a round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

What are the host venues for UEFA EURO 2024?

Berlin: Olympiastadion Berlin (current capacity: 70,000)
Cologne: Cologne Stadium (47,000)
Dortmund: BVB Stadion Dortmund (66,000)
Dusseldorf: Düsseldorf Arena (47,000)
Frankfurt: Frankfurt Arena (48,000)
Gelsenkirchen: Arena AufSchalke (50,000)
Hamburg: Volksparkstadion Hamburg (50,000)
Leipzig: Leipzig Stadium (42,000)
Munich: Munich Football Arena (67,000)
Stuttgart: Stuttgart Arena (54,000)

UEFA EURO 2024 groups in full

Group A

Germany
Scotland
Hungary
Switzerland

Group B

Spain
Croatia
Italy
Albania

Group C

Slovenia
Denmark
Serbia
England

Group D

Poland/Wales/Finland/Estonia
Netherlands
Austria
France

Group E

Belgium
Slovakia
Romania
Israel/Bosnia & Herzegovina/Ukraine/Iceland

Group F

Türkiye
Georgia/Greece/Kazakhstan/Luxembourg
Portugal
Czechia

Gareth Southgate arriving for the #EURO2024 draw 👋 📸 pic.twitter.com/gHIsWOShjA

— England (@England) December 2, 2023

Group C fixtures

Sunday 16 June
Serbia v England (9pm local/8pm UK) 
Slovenia v Denmark (6pm local/5pm UK) 

Thursday 20 June
Denmark v England (6pm local/5pm UK) 
Slovenia v Serbia (3pm local/2pm UK) 

Tuesday 25 June
England v Slovenia (9pm local/8pm UK) 
Denmark v Serbia (9pm local/8pm UK) 

Group C in more detail

Denmark

Head coach:  Kasper Hjulmand
Best performance: Winners (1992)
Previous appearances: 9
World ranking: 19
Notable meetings: Met in the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-finals and in the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League

Slovenia

Head coach:  Matjaž Kek
Best performance: Group stage (2000)
Previous appearances: 1
World ranking: 54
Notable meeting: England won 1-0 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup group stage, when Jermain Defoe scored the winner

Serbia

Head coach:  Dragan Stojković
Best performance: Runners-up (1960,1968)*
Previous appearances: 5*
World ranking: 34
Notable meetings: England have not faced Serbia as an independent nation but did face Serbia & Montenegro in a 2003 friendly, winning 2-1 in Leicester when Gareth Southgate played.