U-21 European Football Championship 2002 / qualification

47 national teams took part in the qualification for the U-21 European Football Championship in 2002 and determined the participants for the final round, which took place in Switzerland from May 16 to 28, 2002 .

The qualifying games in the nine qualifying groups started on September 1, 2000 and ended on October 27, 2001. The playoffs for the entry into the final round took place from November 9th to 14th, 2001.

While the organizing Switzerland was able to qualify for the final round, Germany and Austria had to be eliminated after the group matches.

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The 47 national teams were drawn into nine groups - one group of four teams, five groups of five teams and three groups of six teams. The national selections had to play their encounters with two legs. The respective group winners (marked in yellow) and the best runners-up (green) were qualified for the play-offs for entry into the finals. These then determined the eight participants in the final round in the first and second leg.

Attendees

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Yugoslavia	Estonia	Bulgaria	Azerbaijan	Armenia
Luxembourg	Ireland	Denmark	North Macedonia	Norway
Russia	Netherlands	Iceland	Moldova	Poland
Switzerland	Portugal	Malta	Sweden	Ukraine
Slovenia	Cyprus	Northern Ireland	Slovakia	Wales
		Czech Republic	Turkey	Belarus

 

Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9
Belgium	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Georgia	Albania
Croatia	France	Italy	Germany
Latvia	Israel	Lithuania	England
Scotland	Austria	Romania	Finland
	Spain	Hungary	Greece

Performance of the German-speaking teams

Germany

Together with England, Germany went into the qualifying group as favorites. The start was quite successful with a 2-1 win over Greece and a 1-1 draw in England. After an 8-0 shooting match against Albania, in which Christian Timm managed a flawless hat trick within just eight minutes , the second leg in Greece ended with a disappointing 2-0 defeat. The decisive home game against England in Freiburg im Breisgau was dramatic. The guests thought they were winners when Metzelder equalized in the first minute of stoppage time. Germany would have been group winners, but the English struck back again immediately before the final whistle and scored 1: 2 through Jeffers, making England group winners. Germany was tied with Greece and fell back to third place due to the direct comparison of the two games and had to retire.

• Player squad (qualification): Manuel Benthin (8 games), Florian Bruns (8), Fabian Ernst (8), Christoph Metzelder (8), Christian Rahn (8), Arne Friedrich (7), Timo Hildebrand (7), Bernd Korzynietz (7), Markus Pröll (7), Mahmut Yilmaz (7), Daniel Bierofka (6), Tim Borowski (6), Paul Freier (6), Tobias Willi (6), Sebastian Schindzielorz (5), Markus Daun (4 ), Anel Džaka (4), Sebastian Kehl (4), Benjamin Köhler (4), Christian Timm (4), Sven Müller (3), Ferydoon Zandi (3), Michael Zepek (3), Fabian Gerber (2), Marcel Rapp (2), Andreas Voss (2), Stefan Wessels (2), Clemens Fritz (1), Michael Kümmerle (1), Christoph Preuß (1) - Team bosses: Bernd Stöber (Game 1) and Hannes Löhr (Games 2 -8th).

Austria

With France and Spain, Austria was drawn into two overpowering opponents in qualifying. Only once was a respectable success achieved with a 2-1 victory over Spain. Against group winners France it was enough at home to a 1-1 draw. In the end, Austria also had to give way to Israel and finished the qualification with a disappointing fourth place.

• Player squad (qualification): Volkan Kahraman (8 games), Helge Payer (8), Hannes Forster (7), Alexander Hörtnagl (7), Markus Kiesenebner (7), Paul Scharner (7), Hans Peter Berger (6), Roland Linz (6), Manuel Ortlechner (6), Emanuel Pogatetz (6), Tino Wawra (6), Christoph Stückler (5), Ferdinand Feldhofer (4), Thomas Hirsch (4), Pascal Ortner (4), Yüksel Sariyar ( 4), Andreas Ivanschitz (3), Markus Katzer (3), Philipp Katzler (3), Wolfgang Mair (3), Joachim Standfest (3), Mario Steiner (3), Florian Sturm (3), Roman Wallner (3) , Alexander Ziervogel (3), Mathias Brandmayer (2), Ümit Erbay (2), Jochen Fallmann (2), Günter Friesenbichler (2), Franz Königshofer (2), Marko Turtscher (2), Thomas Eller (2), Thomas Mandl (2), Yalcin Demir (1), Jürgen Friedl (1), Jürgen Kampel (1), Joachim Parapatits (1), Richard Strohmayer (1) - Team principal: Willibald Ruttensteiner .

Switzerland

Switzerland entered the qualification group with the ambitious goal of becoming group winners. After all, as the organizer - this was not yet entitled to a permanent seat in 2002 - she wanted to be at the finals. However, with Yugoslavia and Russia, two tough competitors awaited. After four wins and three draws, there was a real final against Russia in Ramenskoye . The Swiss got a lightning start with Magnin (2nd minute). The home side were not impressed and took a 3-1 lead after 16 minutes. However, Switzerland showed great morale and first scored the connection goal (60th) through Cabanas, before this also managed the much-acclaimed equalizer nine minutes before the end. With this, Switzerland secured participation in the play-offs for entry into the finals.

• Player squad (qualification): Elvir Melunovic (8 games), Mario Eggimann (8), Nicolas Beney (8), Roman Friedli (8), Stéphane Grichting (8), André Muff (7), Dilaver Satilmis (7), Rémo Meyer (7), Stephan Keller (7), Thierry Bally (7), Daniel Greco (6), Daniel Gygax (6), Reto Zanni (6), Ricardo Cabanas (6), Ludovic Magnin (4), Nicolas Marazzi (4 ), Alexander Frei (3), Ivan Previtali (3), Johann Berisha (3), Luca Denicolà (3), Pascal Oppliger (3), Philipp Meyer (3), Roland Schwegler (3), Mario Raimondi (2), Christophe Simon (1), Fabio Coltorti (1), Julien Stauffer (1), Marc Schneider (1), Nenad Savić (1), Rainer Bieli (1), Reto Bolli (1), Thierno Bah (1), Vural Oenen (1) - Team bosses: Jakob Kuhn (Games 1–5) and Bernard Challandes (Games 6–8).

In the play-offs for the finals, Switzerland was drawn to the Ukraine. The Swiss were able to win a 2-1 away win thanks to a last-minute goal from Muff. In the home game Ukraine took a 1-0 lead, but Switzerland finally prevailed 2-1 and easily qualified for the finals.

• Player squad (play-offs): Alexander Frei , André Muff , Daniel Gygax , Dilaver Satilmis , Elvir Melunovic , Johann Berisha , Mario Eggimann , Nicolas Beney , Pascal Oppliger , Rémo Meyer , Reto Zanni , Ricardo Cabanas , Roman Friedli , Stephan Keller , Stéphane Grichting , Thierry Bally , Thierno Bah ¹⁾ , Daniel Greco ¹⁾ , Ludovic Magnin ²⁾ , Nicolas Marazzi ²⁾ - Team principal: Bernard Challandes .

Qualification groups

Group 1

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 1, 2000	Switzerland	3: 1	Russia
Lucerne	Goals: 0: 1 (27th) Ramazanov, 1: 1 (59th) free, 2: 1 (79th) Cabanas, 3: 1 (83rd) Muff
September 3, 2000	Luxembourg	0: 3	Yugoslavia
October 6, 2000	Luxembourg	1: 5	Slovenia
October 10, 2000	Slovenia	0-0	Switzerland
Nova Gorica	Goals: none
October 11, 2000	Russia	2-0	Luxembourg
March 23, 2001	Yugoslavia	3: 3	Switzerland
Novi Sad	Goals: 0: 1 (23rd) Meyer, 1: 1 (33rd) Brnović, 1: 2 (56th) Greco (Penalty), 2: 2 (64th) Delibašić, 2: 3 (69th) Greco , 3: 3 (74th) Delibašić
March 24, 2001	Russia	0-0	Slovenia
March 27, 2001	Slovenia	1: 2	Yugoslavia
March 27, 2001	Switzerland	6-0	Luxembourg
Muri	Goals: 1-0 (14th) Cabanas, 2-0 (18th) Greco, 3-0 (24th) Gygax, 4-0 (35th) Zanni, 5-0 (45th) Cabanas (Penalty) , 6-0 (89th) Cabanas
April 25, 2001	Yugoslavia	2: 2	Russia
June 1, 2001	Slovenia	1-0	Luxembourg
June 2, 2001	Russia	2-0	Yugoslavia
June 5, 2001	Switzerland	2: 1	Slovenia
Solothurn	Goals: 1-0 (28th) Gygax, 2-0 (73rd) Gygax, 2-1 (83rd) Pekič (Penalty)
June 6, 2001	Luxembourg	00:10	Russia
August 31, 2001	Switzerland	2: 2	Yugoslavia
Lucerne	Goals: 1-0 (34th) Melunovic, 2-0 (36th) Cabanas (Penalty), 2: 1 (57th) Marković, 2: 2 (70th) Iliev
September 1, 2001	Slovenia	1: 3	Russia
September 4, 2001	Luxembourg	0: 3	Switzerland
Esch-sur-Alzette	Goals: 0: 1 (29th) Eggimann, 0: 2 (61st) Berisha, 0: 3 (67th) Greco
September 4, 2001	Yugoslavia	2: 1	Slovenia
October 5, 2001	Yugoslavia	8-0	Luxembourg
October 5, 2001	Russia	3: 3	Switzerland
Ramenskoye	Goals: 0: 1 (2nd) Magnin, 1: 1 (6th) V. Berezutski, 2: 1 (11th) Bezrodny, 3: 1 (16th) Pimenov, 3: 2 (60th) Cabanas, 3rd : 3 (81.) Cabanas

 

Final result group 1
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Switzerland	8th	4th	4th	0	22:20	+12	16
2.	Russia	8th	4th	3	1	23: 09	+14	15th
3.	Yugoslavia	8th	4th	3	1	22:11	+11	15th
4th	Slovenia	8th	2	2	4th	10:10	± 0	8th
5.	Luxembourg	8th	0	0	8th	01:38	−37	0

Group 2

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 1, 2000	Netherlands	2-0	Ireland
September 2, 2000	Estonia	1: 3	Portugal
October 6, 2000	Cyprus	0: 1	Netherlands
October 6, 2000	Portugal	3: 1	Ireland
October 10, 2000	Netherlands	1: 1	Portugal
October 10, 2000	Ireland	1-0	Estonia
March 23, 2001	Cyprus	0: 1	Ireland
March 27, 2001	Cyprus	3: 1	Estonia
March 27, 2001	Portugal	3-0	Netherlands
April 24, 2001	Netherlands	4: 2	Cyprus
June 1, 2001	Estonia	0: 5	Netherlands
June 1, 2001	Ireland	0: 1	Portugal
June 5, 2001	Estonia	0: 3	Ireland
June 5, 2001	Portugal	7-0	Cyprus
August 14, 2001	Estonia	0: 3	Cyprus
August 31, 2001	Ireland	1: 1	Netherlands
September 4, 2001	Netherlands	6-0	Estonia
September 4, 2001	Cyprus	1-0	Portugal
October 5, 2001	Ireland	3-0	Cyprus
October 5, 2001	Portugal	4-0	Estonia

 

Final result group 2
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Portugal	8th	6th	1	1	22: 04	+18	19th
2.	Netherlands	8th	5	2	1	20: 07	+13	17th
3.	Ireland	8th	4th	1	3	10: 07	+3	13
4th	Cyprus	8th	3	0	5	09:17	−8	9
5.	Estonia	8th	0	0	8th	02:28	−26	0

Group 3

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 1, 2000	Bulgaria	1-0	Czech Republic
September 1, 2000	Iceland	0-0	Denmark
September 1, 2000	Northern Ireland	03: 0 *	Malta
October 6, 2000	Bulgaria	2-0	Malta
October 6, 2000	Czech Republic	2: 1	Iceland
October 6, 2000	Northern Ireland	0: 3	Denmark
October 10, 2000	Malta	0: 1	Czech Republic
October 10, 2000	Iceland	2: 5	Northern Ireland
October 10, 2000	Denmark	2: 2	Bulgaria
March 23, 2001	Bulgaria	1-0	Iceland
March 23, 2001	Malta	0-0	Denmark
March 23, 2001	Northern Ireland	0: 2	Czech Republic
March 27, 2001	Bulgaria	2-0	Northern Ireland
March 27, 2001	Czech Republic	3-0	Denmark
April 24, 2001	Malta	1: 1	Iceland
June 1, 2001	Denmark	3: 4	Czech Republic
June 1, 2001	Iceland	3-0	Malta
June 1, 2001	Northern Ireland	1: 1	Bulgaria
June 5, 2001	Denmark	3-0	Malta
June 5, 2001	Czech Republic	4-0	Northern Ireland
June 5, 2001	Iceland	3: 2	Bulgaria
August 31, 2001	Malta	2: 2	Bulgaria
August 31, 2001	Denmark	2-0	Northern Ireland
August 31, 2001	Iceland	0: 1	Czech Republic
September 4, 2001	Bulgaria	3: 1	Denmark
September 4, 2001	Czech Republic	3-0	Malta
September 4, 2001	Northern Ireland	1: 3	Iceland
October 5, 2001	Malta	2: 2	Northern Ireland
October 5, 2001	Czech Republic	8-0	Bulgaria
October 5, 2001	Denmark	4-0	Iceland
* The game ended 1: 1 in a draw, but was subsequently certified for the use of an unauthorized player at Malta 3: 0 for Northern Ireland

 

Final result group 3
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Czech Republic	10	9	1	0	28: 05	+23	27
2.	Bulgaria	10	5	3	2	16:17	−1	18th
3.	Denmark	10	4th	3	3	18:12	+6	15th
4th	Iceland	10	3	2	5	13:17	−4	11
5.	Northern Ireland	10	2	2	6th	12:21	−9	8th
6th	Malta	10	0	4th	6th	05:20	−15	4th

Group 4

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 1, 2000	Azerbaijan	0: 5	Sweden
September 1, 2000	Turkey	1-0	Moldova
September 2, 2000	Slovakia	2-0	North Macedonia
October 6, 2000	Moldova	0: 3	Slovakia
October 6, 2000	North Macedonia	1: 2	Azerbaijan
October 6, 2000	Sweden	0-0	Turkey
October 10, 2000	Azerbaijan	1: 2	Turkey
October 10, 2000	Moldova	3-0	North Macedonia
October 10, 2000	Slovakia	1: 1	Sweden
March 23, 2001	Turkey	0: 1	Slovakia
March 23, 2001	Sweden	2-0	North Macedonia
March 24, 2001	Azerbaijan	0-0	Moldova
March 27, 2001	North Macedonia	1: 4	Turkey
March 27, 2001	Slovakia	5-0	Azerbaijan
March 28, 2001	Moldova	0: 2	Sweden
June 1, 2001	Sweden	4-0	Slovakia
June 1, 2001	Turkey	3-0	Azerbaijan
June 2, 2001	North Macedonia	2-0	Moldova
June 5, 2001	Azerbaijan	0-0	Slovakia
June 5, 2001	Sweden	3-0	Moldova
June 5, 2001	Turkey	2-0	North Macedonia
August 31, 2001	Moldova	1-0	Azerbaijan
August 31, 2001	Slovakia	0: 1	Turkey
September 1, 2001	North Macedonia	1: 1	Sweden
September 4, 2001	Azerbaijan	1-0	North Macedonia
September 4, 2001	Slovakia	0-0	Moldova
September 4, 2001	Turkey	4: 1	Sweden
October 5, 2001	Moldova	2: 2	Turkey
October 6, 2001	Sweden	0-0	Azerbaijan
October 6, 2001	North Macedonia	1: 1	Slovakia

 

Final result group 4
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Turkey	10	7th	2	1	19: 06	+13	23
2.	Sweden	10	5	4th	1	19: 06	+13	19th
3.	Slovakia	10	4th	4th	2	13: 07	+6	16
4th	Moldova	10	2	3	5	06:13	−7	9
5.	Azerbaijan	10	2	3	5	04:17	−13	9
6th	North Macedonia	10	1	2	7th	06:18	−12	5

Group 5

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 1, 2000	Belarus	4: 1	Wales
September 1, 2000	Norway	5: 1	Armenia
September 1, 2000	Ukraine	2: 2	Poland
October 6, 2000	Armenia	1: 2	Ukraine
October 6, 2000	Poland	0: 4	Belarus
October 6, 2000	Wales	0: 2	Norway
October 10, 2000	Belarus	5-0	Armenia
October 10, 2000	Poland	2: 1	Wales
October 10, 2000	Norway	3: 1	Ukraine
March 23, 2001	Armenia	1-0	Wales
March 23, 2001	Ukraine	1-0	Belarus
March 24, 2001	Norway	1: 2	Poland
March 27, 2001	Belarus	1-0	Norway
March 27, 2001	Poland	1: 1	Armenia
March 27, 2001	Wales	0: 3	Ukraine
June 1, 2001	Armenia	1-0	Belarus
June 1, 2001	Ukraine	1: 3	Norway
June 1, 2001	Wales	0: 4	Poland
June 5, 2001	Armenia	2-0	Poland
June 5, 2001	Ukraine	1-0	Wales
June 5, 2001	Norway	5: 1	Belarus
August 31, 2001	Poland	3-0	Norway
August 31, 2001	Belarus	1: 2	Ukraine
August 31, 2001	Wales	1: 1	Armenia
September 4, 2001	Belarus	3: 3	Poland
September 4, 2001	Ukraine	1-0	Armenia
September 4, 2001	Norway	2-0	Wales
October 5, 2001	Armenia	2-0	Norway
October 5, 2001	Poland	3-0	Ukraine
October 5, 2001	Wales	1: 2	Belarus

 

Final result group 5
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Ukraine	10	6th	1	3	14:13	+1	19th
2.	Poland	10	5	3	2	20:14	+6	18th
3.	Norway	10	6th	0	4th	21:12	+9	18th
4th	Belarus	10	5	1	4th	21:14	+7	16
5.	Armenia	10	4th	2	4th	10:15	−5	14th
6th	Wales	10	0	1	9	04:22	−18	1

Group 6

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 1, 2000	Latvia	1: 3	Scotland
September 1, 2000	Belgium	2: 1	Croatia
October 6, 2000	Latvia	0: 2	Belgium
October 10, 2000	Croatia	3: 1	Scotland
March 23, 2001	Croatia	2: 1	Latvia
March 23, 2001	Scotland	0: 1	Belgium
June 1, 2001	Belgium	3-0	Latvia
June 5, 2001	Latvia	1: 1	Croatia
August 31, 2001	Scotland	1: 1	Croatia
September 4, 2001	Belgium	0-0	Scotland
October 5, 2001	Croatia	1-0	Belgium
October 5, 2001	Scotland	1-0	Latvia

 

Final result group 6
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Belgium	6th	4th	1	1	08: 02	+6	13
2.	Croatia	6th	3	2	1	09: 06	+3	11
3.	Scotland	6th	2	2	2	06: 06	± 0	8th
4th	Latvia	6th	0	1	5	03:12	−9	1

Group 7

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 1, 2000	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0: 2	Spain
September 3, 2000	France	3-0	Israel
October 6, 2000	France	2: 1	Austria
Brest (Finistère)	Goals: 1-0 (43rd) Luyindula, 2-0 (45th) Dalmat, 2: 1 (65th) Mair
October 6, 2000	Spain	1-0	Israel
October 10, 2000	Austria	2: 1	Spain
Eggenburg	Goals: 0: 1 (10th) Couñago, 1: 1 (41st) Linz (Penalty), 2: 1 (50th) Linz
October 11, 2000	Israel	2: 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
November 15, 2000	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0: 1	France
February 28, 2001	Israel	3: 4	France
March 23, 2001	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0-0	Austria
Zenica	Goals: none
March 25, 2001	Spain	1: 1	France
March 27, 2001	Austria	0: 2	Israel
Vienna (Franz Horr Stadium)	Goals: 0: 1 (15th) Zandberg, 0: 2 (48th) Sarfati (Penalty)
April 24, 2001	Austria	1: 1	France
Ried im Innkreis	Goals: 0: 1 (42nd) Luyindula, 1: 1 (75th) Kapo (own goal)
June 1, 2001	Spain	5: 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 5, 2001	Israel	0: 1	Spain
August 31, 2001	Spain	2-0	Austria
Burriana	Goals: 1-0 (44th) Colsa, 2-0 (45th) Colsa
September 1, 2001	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2: 4	Israel
September 4, 2001	Austria	2: 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Schrems	Goals: 1-0 (47th) Sturm, 1: 1 (52nd) Muslimović (Penalty), 2: 1 (60th) Kiesenebner
September 5, 2001	France	3-0	Spain
October 6, 2001	France	1-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 27, 2001	Israel	5: 1	Austria
Rishon leTzion	Goals: 1-0 (7th) Sarfati (Penalty), 2-0 (26th) Zandberg, 2: 1 (41st) Linz, 3: 1 (44th) Zandberg, 4: 1 (51st) Barda , 5: 1 (54th) Eli Biton

 

Final result group 7
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	France	8th	6th	2	0	16: 06	+10	20th
2.	Spain	8th	5	1	2	13: 07	+6	16
3.	Israel	8th	4th	0	4th	16:13	+3	12
4th	Austria	8th	2	2	4th	07:14	−7	8th
5.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8th	0	1	7th	05:17	−12	1

Group 8

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 2, 2000	Romania	03: 0 *	Lithuania
September 2, 2000	Hungary	0: 3	Italy
October 6, 2000	Lithuania	2: 1	Georgia
October 6, 2000	Italy	1: 1	Romania
October 10, 2000	Lithuania	0: 1	Hungary
October 10, 2000	Italy	3: 2	Georgia
March 23, 2001	Hungary	4: 1	Lithuania
March 23, 2001	Romania	0: 1	Italy
March 27, 2001	Georgia	0: 3	Romania
March 27, 2001	Italy	1-0	Lithuania
June 1, 2001	Georgia	0: 2	Italy
June 1, 2001	Romania	1-0	Hungary
June 5, 2001	Lithuania	1-0	Romania
June 5, 2001	Hungary	2: 1	Georgia
August 31, 2001	Lithuania	0: 3	Italy
August 31, 2001	Georgia	0: 2	Hungary
September 4, 2001	Hungary	1: 3	Romania
September 4, 2001	Georgia	4: 1	Lithuania
October 5, 2001	Romania	2: 1	Georgia
October 5, 2001	Italy	0: 2	Hungary
* The game ended 2-0 for Romania, but was subsequently certified as a criminal offense because of an unauthorized player against Lithuania 3-0 for Romania

 

Final result group 8
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Italy	8th	6th	1	1	14: 05	+9	19th
2.	Romania	8th	5	1	2	13: 05	+8	16
3.	Hungary	8th	5	0	3	12: 09	+3	15th
4th	Lithuania	8th	2	0	6th	05:17	−12	6th
5.	Georgia	8th	1	0	7th	09:17	−8	3

Group 9

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 1, 2000	Finland	3-0	Albania
September 1, 2000	Germany	2: 1	Greece
Lübeck	Goals: 1-0 (46th) suitor, 2-0 (70th) Bierofka. 2: 1 (87th) Kazantzis
October 6, 2000	Greece	3: 1	Finland
October 6, 2000	England	1: 1	Germany
Derby	Goals: 1-0 (45th) Bramble, 1: 1 (87th) Bierofka
October 10, 2000	Albania	0: 1	Greece
October 10, 2000	Finland	2: 2	England
March 23, 2001	Germany	8-0	Albania
Cologne (Cologne-South)	Goals: 1-0 (42nd) Bierofka, 2-0 (56th) Bierofka, 3-0 (58th) Ernst, 4-0 (64th) Bruns, 5-0 (66th) Rahn, 6-0 (80.) Timm, 7: 0 (85.) Timm, 8: 0 (88.) Timm
March 23, 2001	England	4-0	Finland
March 27, 2001	Albania	0: 1	England
March 27, 2001	Greece	2-0	Germany
Athens (Kesariani)	Goals: 1-0 (28th) Kyriazis (Penalty), 2-0 (90th) Amanatidis
June 1, 2001	Finland	1: 3	Germany
Tampere	Goals: 0: 1 (16.) Bruns, 1: 1 (42.) Haarala, 1: 2 (75.) Bruns, 1: 3 (71.) Yilmaz
June 1, 2001	Greece	0-0	Albania
June 5, 2001	Greece	3: 1	England
June 7, 2001	Albania	0: 1	Germany
Tirana	Goals: 0: 1 (3rd) Bruns
August 31, 2001	Albania	3-0	Finland
August 31, 2001	Germany	1: 2	England
Freiburg in Breisgau	Goals: 0: 1 (57th) Joe Cole, 1: 1 (90th +1) Metzelder, 1: 2 (90th +3) Jeffers
September 4, 2001	Finland	0: 3	Greece
September 4, 2001	England	5-0	Albania
October 5, 2001	England	2: 1	Greece
October 5, 2001	Germany	2-0	Finland
Awls	Goals: 1-0 (63rd) Daun, 2-0 (84th) Daun

 

Final result group 9
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	England	8th	5	2	1	18: 8	+10	17th
2.	Greece	8th	5	1	2	14: 6	+8	16
3.	Germany	8th	5	1	2	18: 7	+11	16
4th	Finland	8th	1	1	6th	7:20	−13	4th
5.	Albania	8th	1	1	6th	3:19	−16	4th

Playoffs for a place in the finals

The nine group winners and the seven best runners-up were qualified for the playoffs for a place in the finals.

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
November 9, 2001	Sweden	3: 2	Belgium
Helsingborg (Olympia)	Goals: 1: 0 (6th) Berglund, 1: 1 (44th) Van Dooren, 2: 1 (50th) Källström, 2: 2 (64th) Soetaers, 3: 2 (89th) Wilhelmsson
November 13, 2001	Belgium	2-0	Sweden
Ghent	Goals: 1-0 (8th) de Wilde, 2-0 (20th) Van Dooren
Newcomers: Belgium with an overall result of 4: 3
November 9, 2001	Greece	3-0	Turkey
Ioannina	Goals: 1-0 (47th) Vakouftsis, 2-0 (88th) Salpingidis, 3-0 (90th +2) Amanatidis
November 13, 2001	Turkey	2: 1	Greece
İzmit	Goals: 1: 0 (26th) Serhat, 1: 1 (57th) Nastos, 2: 1 (80th) Ismail Güldüren (Penalty)
Newcomers: Greece with an aggregate result of 4-2
November 9, 2001	Netherlands	2: 2	England
Utrecht	Goals: 1-0 (25th) Van der Vaart, 2-0 (37th) Kuyt, 2: 1 (45th) Davis, 2: 2 (58th) Dunn
November 13, 2001	England	1-0	Netherlands
Derby	Goals: 1-0 (72nd) Carrick
Newcomers: England with an overall result of 3-2
November 10, 2001	Spain	2: 1	Portugal
Jaén	Goals: 1-0 (25th) Couñago, 1: 1 (32nd) Hélder Postiga, 2-1 (81st) Xisco
November 13, 2001	Portugal	1-0	Spain
Faro	Goals: 1-0 (77th) Hugo Leal
Newcomers: Portugal with an overall result of 2-2 due to the away goals rule
November 10, 2001	Croatia	1: 1	Czech Republic
Split	Goals: 1-0 (21st) Andrić, 1: 1 (30th) Vachoušek
November 13, 2001	Czech Republic	0-0	Croatia
Teplice	Goals: none
Newcomers: Czech Republic with an overall result of 1: 1 due to the away goals rule
November 10, 2001	Poland	2: 5	Italy
Warsaw (Wojska Polskiego)	Goals: 0: 1 (4) Bonazzoli, 0: 2 (38.) Bonazzoli, 0: 3 (45.) Ferrari, 0: 4 (79.) Maccarone, 1: 4 (87) Lewandowski, 2: 4 (90. +1) Gorawski, 2: 5 (90. +2) Iaquinta
November 14, 2001	Italy	0-0	Poland
Reggio Calabria	Goals: none
Newcomers: Italy with an overall result of 5-2
November 10, 2001	Romania	0: 1	France
Bucharest (Cotroceni)	Goals: 0-1 (10th) Malbranque
November 14, 2001	France	4-0	Romania
Brest	Goals: 1-0 (13th) Sorlin, 2-0 (60th) Sorlin, 3-0 (39th) Cissé, 4-0 (41st) Cissé
Newcomers: France with an aggregate result of 5-0
November 11, 2001	Ukraine	1: 2	Switzerland
Kiev (Valeri Lobanovskiy)	Goals: 0: 1 (39th) free, 1: 1 (71st) Voronin, 1: 2 (90th) Muff
November 14, 2001	Switzerland	2: 1	Ukraine
Aarau	Goals: 0: 1 (63.) Akopyan, 1: 1 (70.) Cabanas (Penalty), 2: 1 (78.) Free (Penalty)
Newcomers: Switzerland with an overall result of 4: 2

Finalists

The following nations qualified for the finals of the U-21 European Football Championship 2002 , which took place in Switzerland from May 16 to 28, 2002 :

Group A	Group B
England	Belgium
Italy	France
Portugal	Greece
Switzerland	Czech Republic

Web links

• UEFA: Official website of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship