Euro 2020 is set to commence on June 11, with host Italy facing Turkey in the opener. Here we take a look at the teams and players in Group A.
Group A comprises of four teams: Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Wales.
Italy
Italy has won four World Cups, making it one of the most successful national teams in the tournament’s history. Italy won their first major European cup and hosted the European Championship in 1968.
Manager
Roberto Mancini is the Italian boss, who played for Sampdoria and Lazio, and responsible for taking Manchester City to the Premier League glory ten years back. He has also managed Serie A clubs, Inter Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina before taking up national duty.
| Position | Name | Club |
| Goalkeeper | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Ac Milan |
| Goalkeeper | Alex Meret | Napoli |
| Goalkeeper | Salvatore Sirigu | Torino |
| Defender | Francesco Acerbi | Lazio |
| Defender | Alessandro Bastoni | Inter Milan |
| Defender | Leonardo Bonucci | Juventus |
| Defender | Giorgio Chiellini | Juventus |
| Defender | Giovanni Di Lorenzo | Napoli |
| Defender | Emerson Palmieri | Chelsea |
| Defender | Alessandro Florenzi | PSG |
| Defender | Leonardo Spinazzola | Roma |
| Defender | Rafael Toloi | Atlanta |
| Midfielder | Nicolò Barella | Inter Milan |
| Midfielder | Bryan Cristante | Roma |
| Midfielder | Jorginho | Chelsea |
| Midfielder | Manuel Locatell | Sassuolo |
| Midfielder | Lorenzo Pellegrini | Roma |
| Midfielder | Stefano Sensi | Inter Milan |
| Midfielder | Marco Verratti | PSG |
| Forwards | Andrea Belotti | Torino |
| Forwards | Domenico Berardi | Sassuolo |
| Forwards | Federico Bernardeschi | Juventus |
| Forwards | Federico Chiesa | Juventus |
| Forwards | Ciro Immobile | Lazio |
| Forwards | Lorenzo Insigne | Napoli |
| Forwards | Giacomo Raspadori | Sassuolo |
Switzerland
Three quarter-final appearances in the FIFA World Cup, in 1934, 1938, and 1954, were Switzerland’s greatest results. Switzerland’s best-ever performance in an official football competition was a silver medal in the 1924 Olympic Games, as they lost 3–0 to Uruguay in the final.
Manager
Vladimir Petkovi is a former professional midfielder and Bosnian-Swiss football manager. He now serves as the head coach of the Swiss national team, having previously managed a number of Swiss clubs as well as Lazio in Italy.
| Position | Name | Club |
| GoalKeeper | Yann Sommer | Mönchengladbach |
| GoalKeeper | Yvon Mvogo | PSV |
| GoalKeeper | Jonas Omlin | Montpellier |
| Defender | Manuel Akanji | Dortmund |
| Defender | Loris Benito | Bordeaux |
| Defender | Eray Cömert | Basel |
| Defender | Nico Elvedi | Mönchengladbach |
| Defender | Jordan Lotomba | Nice |
| Defender | Kevin Mbabu | Wolfsburg |
| Defender | Becir Omeragic | Zurich |
| Defender | Ricardo Rodríguez | Torino |
| Defender | Fabian Schär | Newcastle United |
| Defender | Silvan Widmer | Basel |
| Midfielder | Christian Fassnacht | Young Boys |
| Midfielder | Edimilson Fernandes | Mainz |
| Midfielder | Remo Freuler | Atalanta |
| Midfielder | Admir Mehmedi | Wolfsburg |
| Midfielder | Xherdan Shaqiri | Liverpool |
| Midfielder | Djibril Sow | Frankfurt |
| Midfielder | Ruben Vargas | Augsburg |
| Midfielder | Granit Xhaka | Arsenal |
| Midfielder | Denis Zakaria | Mönchengladbach |
| Midfielder | Steven Zuber | Frankfurt |
| Forward | Breel Embolo | Mönchengladbach |
| Forward | Mario Gavranović | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Forward | Haris Seferović | Benfica |
Turkey
Since their initial appearance in the 1924 Summer Olympics, the Turkish squad has competed in major competitions and played their first official international game in 1923. The team’s best results came in the 2000s, with third-place finishes at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, as well as a semi-final appearance at UEFA Euro 2008.
Manager
Senol Güneş, T.C., is a former player and manager in Turkish football. To date, his most famous managerial accomplishments include leading the Turkish national team to third place in the FIFA World Cup in 2002.
| Position | Name | Club |
| Goalkeeper | Altay Bayındır | Fenerbahçe |
| Goalkeeper | Mert Günok | İstanbul Başakşehir |
| Goalkeeper | Uğurcan Çakır | Trabzonspor |
| Defender | Zeki Çelik | LOSC Lille |
| Defender | Çağlar Söyüncü | Leicester |
| Defender | Kaan Ayhan | Sassuolo |
| Defender | Merih Demiral | Juventus |
| Defender | Mert Müldür | Sassuolo |
| Defender | Ozan Kabak | Liverpool |
| Defender | Rıdvan Yılmaz | Beşiktaş |
| Defender | Umut Meraş | Le Havre |
| Midfielder | Yusuf Yazıcı | LOSC Lille |
| Midfielder | Dorukhan Toköz | Beşiktaş |
| Midfielder | İrfan Can Kahveci | Fenerbahçe |
| Midfielder | Okay Yokuşlu | West Brom |
| Midfielder | Orkun Kökçü | Feyenoord |
| Midfielder | Ozan Tufan | Fenerbahçe |
| Midfielder | Taylan Antalyalı | Galatasaray |
| Midfielder | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | AC Milan |
| Forward | Burak Yılmaz | LOSC Lille |
| Forward | Cengiz Ünder | Leicester |
| Forward | Enes Ünal | Getafe |
| Forward | Abdülkadir Ömür | Trabzonspor |
| Forward | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Galatasaray |
| Forward | Halil İbrahim | Brentford |
| Forward | Kenan Karaman | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
Wales
The team climbed from 117th place in 2011 to the eighth rank in 2015, the greatest rise in the history of the FIFA World Rankings. They are also the smallest country in terms of population to ever reach the UEFA European Championship semi-finals, having advanced to the final of the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament. Wales also made the quarter-finals of the 1958 FIFA World Cup, in addition to achieving the UEFA Euro 2016 semi-finals.
Manager
Rob Page, the assistant of former manager Ryan Giggs, took charge of Wales national team in November, 2020.
| Position | Name | Club |
| Goalkeeper | Wayne Hennessey | Crystal Palace |
| Goalkeeper | Daniel Ward | Leicester City |
| Goalkeeper | Adam Davies | Stoke City |
| Defender | Chris Gunter | Charlton Athletic |
| Defender | Ben Davis | Tottenham |
| Defender | Connor Roberts | Swansea City |
| Defender | Ethan Ampadu | Chelsea |
| Defender | Chris Mepham | Bournemouth |
| Defender | Joe Rodon | Tottenham |
| Defender | Neco Williams | Liverpool |
| Defender | Rhys Norrington-Davies | Sheffield United |
| Defender | Ben Cabango | Swansea City |
| Defender | Tom Lockyer | Luton |
| Midfielder | Aaron Ramsey | Juventus |
| Midfielder | Joe Allen | Stoke City |
| Midfielder | Jonathan Williams | Cardiff City |
| Midfielder | Harry Wilson | Liverpool |
| Midfielder | Daniel James | Manchester United |
| Midfielder | David Brooks | Bournemouth |
| Midfielder | Joe Morrell | Luton Town |
| Midfielder | Matthew Smith | Manchester City |
| Midfielder | Dylan Levitt | Manchester United |
| Midfielder | Rubin Colwill | Cardiff City |
| Forward | Gareth Bale | Tottenham |
| Forward | Kieffer Moore | Cardiff City |
| Forward | Tyler Roberts | Leeds United |
