2017 European Under-21 Championship (Qualifying)

Qualification for the 2017 European Under-21 Championship in Poland will take part in two separate stages. The qualifying round features 52 teams across nine groups and will be played from September 2015 through to November 2016. All nine group winners progress to the final tournament while the four group runners-up with the best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will advance to the play-off round.

Qualifying round

The 52 participating teams were split into nine groups, seven consisting of six teams and the other two comprising five teams, based on seeding from the UEFA Under-21 coefficient ranking. Teams play each other both home and away over the course of the group stage. The nine group winners advance straight to the final tournament, while the four best runners-up progress to a play-off round in November 2016.

Teams

A total of 52 teams entered the qualification process at this initial stage:

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales

Group stage

Group 1

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Czech Republic 10 7 2 1 29 10 +19 23
2 Belgium 10 6 0 4 14 11 +3 18
3 Montenegro 10 4 4 2 13 11 +2 16
4 Malta 10 3 2 5 9 20 -11 11
5 Latvia 10 2 3 5 10 13 -3 9
6 Moldova 10 2 1 7 8 18 -10 7



Group 2

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Italy 10 7 3 0 17 3 +14 24
2 Serbia 10 7 2 1 27 8 +19 23
3 Slovenia 10 5 0 5 18 11 +7 15
4 Republic of Ireland 10 4 0 6 14 17 -3 12
5 Lithuania 10 3 1 6 5 17 -12 10
6 Andorra 10 1 0 9 1 26 -25 3


Group 3

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Macedonia 10 6 3 1 13 7 +6 21
2 France 10 6 2 2 17 8 +9 20
3 Iceland 10 5 3 2 13 9 +4 18
4 Ukraine 10 4 2 4 14 12 +2 14
5 Scotland 10 2 2 6 8 17 -9 8
6 Northern Ireland 10 0 2 8 6 18 -12 2


Group 4

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Portugal 10 8 2 0 34 5 29 26
2 Israel 10 6 3 1 21 4 +17 21
3 Greece 10 4 1 5 13 14 -1 13
4 Albania 10 3 3 4 11 20 -9 12
5 Hungary 10 3 3 4 19 16 +3 12
6 Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 1 40 -39 0


Group 5

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Denmark 10 9 1 0 24 3 +21 28
2 Bulgaria 10 5 2 3 11 7 +4 17
3 Romania 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 16
4 Wales 10 4 4 2 14 12 +2 16
5 Luxembourg 10 1 3 6 5 18 -13 6
6 Armenia 10 0 1 9 6 21 -15 1


Group 6

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Group 7

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Group 8

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Group 9

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) England 8 6 2 0 20 3 +17 20
2 Norway 8 5 1 2 12 10 +2 16
3 Switzerland 8 3 3 2 11 8 +3 12
4 Kazakhstan 8 1 1 6 3 14 -11 4
5 Bosnia & Herzegovina 8 0 3 5 2 13 -11 3



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away)
13 June 2015 Norway 2-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina Elyounoussi, Aursnes
2 September 2015 Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-2 Kazakhstan Hajradinovic Tuliyev, Aimbetov
7 September 2015 Norway 0-1 England Ward-Prowse
7 September 2015 Kazakhstan 0-1 Switzerland Tarashaj
8 October 2015 Norway 2-1 Kazakhstan Elyounoussi, Sorloth Zhalmukan
8 October 2015 Switzerland 3-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina Tarashaj (2), Tabakovic Cerimagic
12 October 2015 Switzerland 1-1 Norway Tabakovic Trondsen
13 October 2015 England 3-0 Kazakhstan Loftus-Cheek, Redmond, Akpom
12 November 2015 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-0 England
16 November 2015 England 3-1 Switzerland Ward-Prowse, Watmore, Akpom Tarashaj
25 March 2016 Kazakhstan 0-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina
26 March 2016 Switzerland 1-1 England Kamberi Akpom
2 September 2016 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-1 Norway Elyounoussi
2 September 2016 Switzerland 3-0 Kazakhstan Khelifi, Angha, Fernandes
6 September 2016 England 6-1 Norway Rashford (3), Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek, Baker
6 September 2016 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-0 Switzerland
6 October 2016 Kazakhstan 0-1 England Gray
7 October 2016 Norway 2-1 Switzerland Zahid, Elyounoussi Fernandes
11 October 2016 Kazakhstan 0-3 Norway Odegaard (2), Zahid
11 October 2016 England 5-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina Swift, Abraham (2), Onomah, Watmore


Playoff Round


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