U-21 European Football Championship 2006 / qualification

48 national teams took part in the qualifying round for the U-21 European Championship 2006 and determined the participants for the final round, which took place in Portugal from 23 May to 4 June 2006 .

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The 48 national teams were drawn into six groups of six teams each, one group of five teams and one group of seven teams (this had to do with trying to match the qualifying groups of the senior national teams for the 2006 World Cup). The national selections had to play their encounters with two legs. The respective group winners (marked in yellow) and the runners-up (green) were qualified for the play-offs for entry into the final round.

Attendees

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Armenia	Albania	Estonia	France
Finland	Denmark	Latvia	Ireland
North Macedonia	Georgia	Luxembourg	Israel
Netherlands	Greece	Portugal	Switzerland
Romania	Kazakhstan	Russia	Cyprus
Czech Republic	Turkey	Slovakia
	Ukraine

 

Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Italy	Azerbaijan	Belgium	Bulgaria
Moldova	Germany	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Iceland
Norway	England	Lithuania	Croatia
Scotland	Austria	San Marino	Malta
Slovenia	Poland	Serbia and Montenegro	Sweden
Belarus	Wales	Spain	Hungary

Performance of the German-speaking teams

Germany

Germany showed no nakedness in the strong qualification group. There were two draws against fellow favorites England, 2-2 in Hull and 1-1 in Mainz . The home draw (1-1 in Cottbus ) against Poland was offset by a 3-1 away win. In the end, Austria provided support with a 2-1 away win in England, which meant that Germany could no longer take the group victory.

• Player squad Germany: Marvin Matip (10 games), Malik Fathi (9), Matthias Lehmann (9), Mike Hanke (9), Moritz Volz (9), Sascha Riether (8), Alexander Walke (7), Christian Schulz (7 ), David Odonkor (7), Piotr Trochowski (7), Markus Brzenska (6), René Adler (6), Roberto Hilbert (6), Stefan Kiessling (6), Alexander Walke (5), Lukas Sinkiewicz (5), Michael Rensing (5), Sahr Senesie (5), Christian Pander (4), Marcell Jansen (4), Nando Rafael (4), Patrick Helmes (4), Ashkan Dejagah (3), Daniel Baier (3), Ioannis Masmanidis (3), Karsten Fischer (3), Oliver Hampel (3), Patrick Ochs (3), Aaron Hunt (2), Jan Schlaudraff (2), Lukas Sinkiewicz (2), Manuel Neuer (2), Mario Gómez (2 ), Robert Huth (2), Christian Müller (1), Christian Weber (1), Eugen Polanski (1), Heiko Westermann (1), Matthias Langkamp (1), Nando Rafael (1) - team principal: Dieter Eilts .

In the playoffs for the finals, Germany laid the foundation for promotion to the finals with goals from Nando Rafael and Christian Schulz with a 2-0 win in the away game against the Czech Republic. The 1-0 home win fixed by Nando Rafael ultimately made everything clear.

• Player squad (play-offs): René Adler , Malik Fathi , Mike Hanke , Nico Herzig , Roberto Hilbert , Stefan Kiessling , Matthias Lehmann , Marvin Matip , Peter Niemeyer , Patrick Ochs , David Odonkor , Nando Rafael , Michael Rensing , Sascha Riether , Christian Schulz , Piotr Trochowski , Moritz Volz , Aaron Hunt ¹⁾ , Ioannis Masmanidis ²⁾ - Team principal: Dieter Eilts . (Note: ¹⁾ ) = only in the first game, ²⁾ ) = only in the first game)

Switzerland

Switzerland started the qualification with a rather disappointing 1-1 draw in Israel, but then retained their chance of winning the group with a 1-1 draw in France. So it stayed exciting until the finish. In the last game there was a direct duel against France for group victory. However, the French left no doubts and clearly won 3-0 in Schaffhausen . In the last game, however, Switzerland was able to take second place in the group with a 1-0 away win in Northern Ireland and qualify for the playoffs for the finals. Team boss Bernard Challandes nominated a total of 31 players in the qualifying round, of which no fewer than eight were present in all eight games.

• Player squad (qualification): Diego Benaglio (8 games), Davide Callà (8), David Degen (8), Johnny Leoni (8), Mijat Maric (8), Alain Rochat (8), Steve von Bergen (8), Fabrizio Zambrella (8), Baykal Kulaksizoglu (7), David Marazzi (7), Blerim Džemaili (6), Stephan Lichtsteiner (6), Xavier Margairaz (6), Reto Ziegler (6), Arnaud Bühler (5), Valon Behrami ( 4), Pirmin Schwegler (4), Rijat Shala (4), Christian Schwegler (3), Manuel Bühler (2), Davide Chiumiento (2), Gökhan Inler (2), Adrian Moser (2), Marco Schneuwly (2) , Philippe Senderos (2), Florian Stahel (2), Cédric Tsimba (2), Nicolas Weber (2), Goran Antic (1), Albert Bunjaku (1), Philipp Degen (1) - Team principal: Bernard Challandes .

For the playoffs, Switzerland was drawn with Portugal, an almost overpowering opponent. The home game at the Hardturm Stadium in Zurich brought a 1-1 draw after Davide Chiumento led 1-0. Switzerland also took the lead in the second leg in Porto thanks to David Degen, but Portugal were ultimately able to secure a narrow 2-1 victory with goals from Hugo Almeida and Silvestre Varela , which meant that Switzerland had to be eliminated.

• Player Squad (playoffs): Diego Benaglio , Arnaud Bühler , Davide Callà , Davide Chiumiento , David Degen , Blerim Džemaili , Baykal Kulaksızoğlu , Johnny Leoni , Stephan Lichtsteiner , David Marazzi , Mijat Maric , Alain Rochat , Veroljub Salatić , Scott Sutter , Cédric Tsimba , Steve von Bergen , Fabrizio Zambrella , Reto Ziegler - Team Principal : Bernard Challandes .

Austria

With Germany and England, Austria was drawn to two almost overpowering opponents in the qualifying round. Then there were the strong Poles, who gave Austria a bitter 3-0 home defeat in their third game. In the end, only a respectable success remained for the Austrians with a 2-1 away win in England. In the end, however, this was only enough for fourth place, with which Austria was eliminated. It was remarkable that with goalkeepers Ramazan Özcan and Markus Berger only two players were present in all ten matches and that Austria's team boss Willibald Ruttensteiner called in no fewer than 44 different players, which did not succeed in establishing continuity.

• Player squad: Markus Berger (10 games), Ramazan Özcan (10), Dennis Mimm (9), Andreas Lasnik (7), Mario Sonnleitner (7), Thomas Prager (7), Andreas Hölzl (6), Christian Thonhofer (6) , Florian Metz (6), Franz Schiemer (6), György Garics (6), Jürgen Säumel (6), Roman Kienast (6), Christian Fuchs (5), Mario Konrad (5), Stefan Kulovits (5), Alexander Pöllhuber (4), Dario Baldauf (4), Hannes Eder (4), Klaus Salmutter (4), Marc Janko (4), Patrick Osoinik (4), Robert Almer (4), Thomas Lechner (4), Zlatko Junuzovic ( 4), Ernst Öbster (3), René Schicker (3), Andreas Dober (2), Andreas Ulmer (2), Besian Idrizaj (2), David Sencar (2), Diego Rottensteiner (2), Emin Sulimani (2) , Florian Klein (2), Lukas Mössner (2), Markus Probst (2), Michael Langer (2), Philipp Weissenberger (2), Robert Olejnik (2), Ronald Gercaliu (2), Thomas Krammer (2), Andreas Schicker (1), Daniel Wolf (1), Robert Schellander (1) - Team principal: Willibald Ruttensteiner .

Qualifying round

Group 1

date	Home team	Result	Away team
August 17, 2004	Romania	1-0	Finland
August 18, 2004	North Macedonia	4-0	Armenia
September 3, 2004	Romania	5: 1	North Macedonia
September 7, 2004	Netherlands	0-0	Czech Republic
September 8, 2004	Armenia	0: 1	Finland
October 8, 2004	Czech Republic	4: 1	Romania
October 9, 2004	Finland	0: 1	Armenia
October 9, 2004	North Macedonia	0: 2	Netherlands
October 12, 2004	Netherlands	4: 1	Finland
October 13, 2004	Armenia	0: 4	Czech Republic
November 16, 2004	Armenia	0: 5	Romania
November 17, 2004	North Macedonia	2: 2	Czech Republic
March 25, 2005	Romania	2-0	Netherlands
March 25, 2005	Czech Republic	3-0	Finland
March 29, 2005	Netherlands	0-0	Armenia
March 30, 2005	North Macedonia	1-0	Romania
June 3, 2005	Netherlands	2-0	Romania
June 4, 2005	Armenia	0-0	North Macedonia
June 7, 2005	Czech Republic	2-0	North Macedonia
June 7, 2005	Finland	1: 2	Netherlands
June 8, 2005	Romania	2-0	Armenia
August 16, 2005	North Macedonia	1: 1	Finland
September 3, 2005	Armenia	1: 3	Netherlands
September 3, 2005	Romania	0-0	Czech Republic
September 6, 2005	Finland	2-0	North Macedonia
September 7, 2005	Czech Republic	6-0	Armenia
October 7, 2005	Czech Republic	2: 4	Netherlands
October 7, 2005	Finland	0: 1	Romania
October 11, 2005	Finland	1: 3	Czech Republic
October 11, 2005	Netherlands	4-0	North Macedonia

 

Final result group 1
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Netherlands	10	7th	2	1	21: 07	+14	23
2.	Czech Republic	10	6th	3	1	26: 08	+18	21st
3.	Romania	10	6th	1	3	17: 08	+9	19th
4th	North Macedonia	10	2	3	5	09:18	−9	9
5.	Finland	10	2	1	7th	07:16	−9	7th
6th	Armenia	10	1	2	7th	02:25	−23	5

The Netherlands as group winners and the Czech Republic as runner-up were thus qualified for the play-offs for participation in the finals.

Group 2

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 3, 2004	Albania	1: 1	Greece
September 3, 2004	Denmark	3: 2	Ukraine
September 3, 2004	Turkey	0-0	Georgia
September 7, 2004	Kazakhstan	0: 1	Ukraine
September 7, 2004	Georgia	2: 1	Albania
September 7, 2004	Greece	2: 1	Turkey
October 8, 2004	Albania	1: 2	Denmark
October 8, 2004	Ukraine	1-0	Greece
October 8, 2004	Turkey	1-0	Kazakhstan
October 12, 2004	Kazakhstan	0: 1	Albania
October 12, 2004	Ukraine	6-0	Georgia
October 12, 2004	Denmark	1: 1	Turkey
November 16, 2004	Greece	5-0	Kazakhstan
November 16, 2004	Georgia	2: 4	Denmark
November 16, 2004	Turkey	1-0	Ukraine
February 8, 2005	Albania	1: 1	Ukraine
February 8, 2005	Greece	0: 1	Denmark
March 25, 2005	Georgia	1: 1	Greece
March 25, 2005	Denmark	5: 1	Kazakhstan
March 25, 2005	Turkey	4-0	Albania
March 29, 2005	Georgia	0: 2	Turkey
March 29, 2005	Greece	2-0	Albania
March 29, 2005	Ukraine	0: 1	Denmark
June 3, 2005	Albania	0: 1	Georgia
June 3, 2005	Ukraine	2: 1	Kazakhstan
June 3, 2005	Turkey	0: 1	Greece
June 7, 2005	Kazakhstan	2: 1	Turkey
June 7, 2005	Greece	0: 1	Ukraine
June 7, 2005	Denmark	7-0	Albania
August 16, 2005	Kazakhstan	0: 1	Georgia
September 2, 2005	Georgia	0: 3	Ukraine
September 2, 2005	Albania	3: 1	Kazakhstan
September 2, 2005	Turkey	3: 2	Denmark
September 6, 2005	Kazakhstan	1: 2	Greece
September 6, 2005	Ukraine	0-0	Turkey
September 6, 2005	Denmark	1-0	Georgia
October 7, 2005	Georgia	0: 1	Kazakhstan
October 7, 2005	Ukraine	5-0	Albania
October 7, 2005	Denmark	2: 1	Greece
October 11, 2005	Kazakhstan	1: 1	Denmark
October 11, 2005	Greece	3-0	Georgia
October 11, 2005	Albania	1: 1	Turkey

 

Final result group 2
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Denmark	12	8th	2	1	30:12	+18	29
2.	Ukraine	12	7th	2	3	22: 07	+15	23
3.	Greece	12	6th	2	4th	18: 09	+9	20th
4th	Turkey	12	5	4th	3	15: 09	+6	19th
5.	Georgia	12	3	2	7th	07:22	−15	11
6th	Albania	12	2	3	7th	09:27	−18	9
7th	Kazakhstan	12	2	1	9	08:23	−15	7th

Denmark as group winners and Ukraine as runner-up were thus qualified for the play-offs for participation in the finals.

Group 3

date	Home team	Result	Away team
August 17, 2004	Slovakia	1-0	Luxembourg
September 3, 2004	Estonia	0-0	Luxembourg
September 3, 2004	Latvia	1: 2	Portugal
September 4, 2004	Russia	4-0	Slovakia
September 7, 2004	Luxembourg	1: 2	Latvia
September 7, 2004	Portugal	3-0	Estonia
October 8, 2004	Luxembourg	0: 4	Russia
October 8, 2004	Slovakia	3: 1	Latvia
October 12, 2004	Latvia	0-0	Estonia
October 12, 2004	Portugal	2-0	Russia
November 16, 2004	Russia	3-0	Estonia
November 16, 2004	Luxembourg	1: 6	Portugal
March 25, 2005	Estonia	0: 2	Slovakia
March 29, 2005	Latvia	2: 1	Luxembourg
March 29, 2005	Slovakia	0: 1	Portugal
March 30, 2005	Estonia	1: 5	Russia
June 3, 2005	Portugal	2: 1	Slovakia
June 4, 2005	Russia	1: 1	Latvia
June 7, 2005	Estonia	0: 5	Portugal
June 7, 2005	Luxembourg	0: 2	Slovakia
August 16, 2005	Latvia	0: 4	Russia
September 2, 2005	Estonia	1: 3	Latvia
September 2, 2005	Portugal	4-0	Luxembourg
September 6, 2005	Russia	0: 1	Portugal
September 6, 2005	Latvia	0-0	Slovakia
October 7, 2005	Slovakia	2: 1	Estonia
October 7, 2005	Russia	3-0	Luxembourg
October 11, 2005	Luxembourg	1: 1	Estonia
October 11, 2005	Portugal	3-0	Latvia
October 12, 2005	Slovakia	1-0	Russia

 

Final result group 3
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Portugal	10	10	0	0	29: 03	+26	30th
2.	Russia	10	6th	1	3	24: 06	+18	19th
3.	Slovakia	10	6th	1	3	12: 09	+3	19th
4th	Latvia	10	3	3	4th	10:16	−6	12
5.	Estonia	10	0	3	7th	04:24	−20	3
6th	Luxembourg	10	0	2	8th	04:25	−21	2

Portugal as group winners and Russia as runner-up were thus qualified for the play-offs for participation in the finals.

Group 4

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 3, 2004	France	1-0	Israel
September 3, 2004	Ireland	3-0	Cyprus
September 7, 2004	Israel	1-0	Cyprus
September 7, 2004	Switzerland	4: 2	Ireland
October 8, 2004	Israel	1: 1	Switzerland
October 8, 2004	France	1-0	Ireland
October 12, 2004	Cyprus	0: 1	France
November 16, 2004	Cyprus	0: 1	Israel
March 25, 2005	Israel	3: 1	Ireland
March 25, 2005	France	1: 1	Switzerland
March 29, 2005	Israel	3: 2	France
March 29, 2005	Switzerland	3-0	Cyprus
June 3, 2005	Ireland	2: 2	Israel
September 2, 2005	Switzerland	0-0	Israel
September 6, 2005	Cyprus	1: 5	Switzerland
September 6, 2005	Ireland	1: 2	France
October 7, 2005	Cyprus	1: 1	Ireland
October 7, 2005	Switzerland	0: 3	France
October 11, 2005	France	2-0	Cyprus
October 11, 2005	Ireland	0: 1	Switzerland

 

Final result group 4
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	France	8th	6th	1	1	13: 05	+8	19th
2.	Switzerland	8th	4th	3	1	15: 08	+7	15th
3.	Israel	8th	4th	3	1	11: 07	+4	15th
4th	Ireland	8th	1	2	5	10:14	−4	5
5.	Cyprus	8th	0	1	7th	02:17	−15	1

France as group winners and Switzerland as runner-up were thus qualified for the play-offs for participation in the finals.

Group 5

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 3, 2004	Italy	2-0	Norway
September 4, 2004	Slovenia	1-0	Moldova
September 7, 2004	Norway	2: 3	Belarus
September 7, 2004	Moldova	0: 1	Italy
September 7, 2004	Scotland	1: 1	Slovenia
October 8, 2004	Belarus	2: 3	Moldova
October 8, 2004	Scotland	0: 2	Norway
October 8, 2004	Slovenia	0: 3	Italy
October 12, 2004	Moldova	0-0	Scotland
October 12, 2004	Norway	0-0	Slovenia
October 12, 2004	Italy	2: 1	Belarus
March 25, 2005	Italy	2-0	Scotland
March 29, 2005	Moldova	1: 3	Norway
March 29, 2005	Slovenia	1: 4	Belarus
June 3, 2005	Belarus	1: 2	Slovenia
June 3, 2005	Norway	1-0	Italy
June 3, 2005	Scotland	0-0	Moldova
June 7, 2005	Belarus	3: 2	Scotland
September 2, 2005	Moldova	1-0	Belarus
September 2, 2005	Slovenia	2: 2	Norway
September 2, 2005	Scotland	00: 3 *	Italy
September 6, 2005	Belarus	1: 1	Italy
September 6, 2005	Norway	0: 1	Scotland
September 7, 2005	Moldova	1: 3	Slovenia
October 7, 2005	Norway	1: 2	Moldova
October 7, 2005	Scotland	2: 3	Belarus
October 7, 2005	Italy	1-0	Slovenia
October 11, 2005	Italy	1-0	Moldova
October 11, 2005	Slovenia	3-0	Scotland
October 11, 2005	Belarus	2: 3	Norway
Note: * The game ended in a 2-2 draw, but was subsequently certified as a 3-0 penalty

 

Final result group 5
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Italy	10	8th	1	1	16: 03	+13	25th
2.	Slovenia	10	4th	3	3	13:13	± 0	15th
3.	Norway	10	4th	2	4th	14:13	+1	14th
4th	Belarus	10	4th	1	5	20:19	+1	13
5.	Moldova	10	3	2	5	08:12	−4	11
6th	Scotland	10	1	3	6th	06:17	−11	6th

Italy as group winners and Slovenia as runner-up were thus qualified for the play-offs for participation in the finals.

Group 6

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 3, 2004	Azerbaijan	0: 1	Wales
September 3, 2004	Austria	0: 2	England
September 7, 2004	Austria	3-0	Azerbaijan
September 7, 2004	Poland	1: 3	England
October 8, 2004	Azerbaijan	0: 2	Germany
October 8, 2004	Austria	0: 3	Poland
October 8, 2004	England	2-0	Wales
October 12, 2004	Azerbaijan	0-0	England
October 12, 2004	Germany	2-0	Austria
October 12, 2004	Wales	2: 2	Poland
November 16, 2004	Germany	1: 1	Poland
February 8, 2005	Wales	0: 4	Germany
March 25, 2005	Poland	3-0	Azerbaijan
March 25, 2005	Wales	1-0	Austria
March 25, 2005	England	2: 2	Germany
March 29, 2005	Austria	2-0	Wales
March 29, 2005	England	2-0	Azerbaijan
June 3, 2005	Azerbaijan	1: 1	Poland
August 16, 2005	Poland	1: 3	Germany
September 2, 2005	Poland	2: 2	Austria
September 2, 2005	Germany	2-0	Azerbaijan
September 2, 2005	Wales	0: 4	England
September 6, 2005	Azerbaijan	0-0	Austria
September 6, 2005	Poland	3: 2	Wales
September 6, 2005	Germany	1: 1	England
October 7, 2005	Germany	4-0	Wales
October 7, 2005	England	1: 2	Austria
October 11, 2005	Wales	3-0	Azerbaijan
October 11, 2005	Austria	0: 3	Germany
October 11, 2005	England	4: 1	Poland

 

Final result group 6
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Germany	10	7th	3	0	24: 05	+19	24
2.	England	10	6th	3	1	21: 07	+14	21st
3.	Poland	10	3	4th	3	18:18	± 0	13
4th	Austria	10	3	2	5	09:14	−5	11
5.	Wales	10	3	1	6th	09:21	−12	10
6th	Azerbaijan	10	0	3	7th	01:17	−16	3

Germany as group winners and England as runner-up were thus qualified for the play-offs for participation in the finals.

Group 7

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 3, 2004	Belgium	3-0	Lithuania
September 3, 2004	San Marino	0: 5	Serbia and Montenegro
September 7, 2004	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0: 2	Spain
September 7, 2004	Lithuania	2-0	San Marino
October 8, 2004	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 3	Serbia and Montenegro
October 8, 2004	Spain	2: 2	Belgium
October 12, 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	9-0	San Marino
October 12, 2004	Lithuania	1: 1	Spain
November 16, 2004	Belgium	4-0	Serbia and Montenegro
November 16, 2004	San Marino	1: 2	Lithuania
February 8, 2005	Spain	14: 00	San Marino
March 25, 2005	Belgium	2: 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
March 29, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	1-0	Spain
March 29, 2005	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2-0	Lithuania
March 29, 2005	San Marino	0: 4	Belgium
June 3, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	1: 1	Belgium
June 3, 2005	San Marino	1: 4	Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 3, 2005	Spain	2-0	Lithuania
June 7, 2005	Spain	4: 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 2, 2005	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 1	Belgium
September 2, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	3: 2	Lithuania
September 6, 2005	Spain	2-0	Serbia and Montenegro
September 6, 2005	Lithuania	1-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 6, 2005	Belgium	5-0	San Marino
October 7, 2005	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5: 1	San Marino
October 7, 2005	Lithuania	0: 2	Serbia and Montenegro
October 7, 2005	Belgium	1-0	Spain
October 11, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	5: 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 11, 2005	Lithuania	1: 2	Belgium
October 11, 2005	San Marino	01:10	Spain

 

Final result group 7
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Belgium	10	7th	3	0	25: 06	+19	24
2.	Serbia and Montenegro	10	7th	1	2	29:11	+18	22nd
3.	Spain	10	6th	2	2	37: 08	+29	20th
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	3	1	6th	17:20	−3	10
5.	Lithuania	10	3	1	6th	09:16	−7	10
6th	San Marino	10	0	0	10	04:60	−56	0

Belgium as group winners and Serbia and Montenegro as runner-up were thus qualified for the play-offs for participation in the final round.

Group 8

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 3, 2004	Croatia	1-0	Hungary
September 3, 2004	Malta	0: 1	Sweden
September 3, 2004	Iceland	3: 1	Bulgaria
September 7, 2004	Hungary	1-0	Iceland
September 7, 2004	Sweden	0: 2	Croatia
October 8, 2004	Croatia	1-0	Bulgaria
October 8, 2004	Malta	1-0	Iceland
October 8, 2004	Sweden	2: 1	Hungary
October 12, 2004	Bulgaria	2: 1	Malta
October 12, 2004	Iceland	3: 1	Sweden
November 16, 2004	Malta	0: 2	Hungary
March 25, 2005	Bulgaria	1: 2	Sweden
March 25, 2005	Croatia	2: 1	Iceland
March 29, 2005	Hungary	1-0	Bulgaria
March 29, 2005	Croatia	1-0	Malta
June 3, 2005	Bulgaria	2: 1	Croatia
June 3, 2005	Sweden	6-0	Malta
June 3, 2005	Iceland	0: 1	Hungary
June 7, 2005	Iceland	0-0	Malta
September 2, 2005	Hungary	2-0	Malta
September 2, 2005	Iceland	1: 2	Croatia
September 2, 2005	Sweden	2-0	Bulgaria
September 6, 2005	Bulgaria	1: 3	Iceland
September 6, 2005	Malta	0: 1	Croatia
September 7, 2005	Hungary	0: 1	Sweden
October 7, 2005	Bulgaria	1: 2	Hungary
October 7, 2005	Croatia	1-0	Sweden
October 11, 2005	Hungary	2: 2	Croatia
October 11, 2005	Sweden	1: 4	Iceland
October 11, 2005	Malta	1: 1	Bulgaria

 

Final result group 8
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Croatia	10	8th	1	1	14: 06	+8	25th
2.	Hungary	10	6th	1	3	12: 07	+5	19th
3.	Sweden	10	6th	0	4th	16:12	+4	18th
4th	Iceland	10	4th	1	5	15:11	+4	13
5.	Bulgaria	10	2	1	7th	09:17	−8	7th
6th	Malta	10	1	2	7th	03:16	−13	5

Croatia as group winners and Hungary as runner-up were thus qualified for the playoffs for participation in the final round.

Playoffs for a place in the finals

The playoffs for the entry into the final round were played with a return leg. The overall winners from the two games qualified for the finals of the U-21 European Championship in 2006.

Fixtures and results
date	Home team	Result	Away team
November 11, 2005	England	1: 1	France
	Goals: 0: 1 (47th) Le Tallec, 1: 1 (88th) Ambrose
November 15, 2005	France	2: 1	England
	Goals: 0: 1 (55th) Bent, 1: 1 (59th) Ribéry, 2: 1 (86th) Briand (Penalty)
Newcomers: France with an overall result of 3-2
November 11, 2005	Czech Republic	0: 2	Germany
	Goals: 0: 1 (35th) Rafael, 0: 2 (86th) Schulz
November 15, 2005	Germany	1-0	Czech Republic
	Goals: 1-0 (76th) Rafael
Newcomers: Germany with an overall result of 3-0
November 11, 2005	Hungary	1: 1	Italy
	Goals: 0: 1 (57th) Donadel, 1: 1 (73rd) Huszti
November 15, 2005	Italy	1-0	Hungary
	Goals: 1-0 (48th) Pazzini
Newcomers: Italy with an overall result of 2-1
November 12, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	3: 1	Croatia
	Goals: 1-0 (3rd) Vučinić, 1: 1 (25th) Eduardo, 2-1 (51st) Vučinić, 3: 1 (69th) Vučinić
November 16, 2005	Croatia	1: 2	Serbia and Montenegro
	Goals: 1: 0 (4th) Eduardo, 1: 1 (20th) Biševac, 1: 2 (86th) Stepanov
Newcomers: Serbia and Montenegro with an overall result of 5-2
November 12, 2005	Ukraine	2: 3	Belgium
	Goals: 0: 1 (19th) Vandenbergh, 1: 1 (27th) Pukanych, 1: 2 (46th) Vandenbergh, 2: 2 (49th) Aliyev, 2: 3 (59th) Vandenbergh
November 16, 2005	Belgium	1: 3	Ukraine
	Goals: 1-0 (40th) De Ceulaer, 1: 1 (70th) Fomin, 1: 2 (83rd) Chygrynskiy, 1: 3 (90th +3) Milevskiy
Newcomers: Ukraine with an aggregate result of 5-4
November 12, 2005	Russia	0: 1	Denmark
	Goals: 0: 1 (60th) Lorentzen
November 16, 2005	Denmark	3: 1	Russia
	Goals: 0: 1 (2nd) Zhirkov, 1: 1 (8th) M. Rasmussen, 2: 1 (16th) Bergvold, 3: 1 (62nd) Kahlenberg (Elfm.)
Newcomers: Denmark with an overall result of 4-1
November 13, 2005	Switzerland	1: 1	Portugal
	Goals: 1-0 (3rd) Chiumento, 1: 1 (17th) Quaresma
November 16, 2005	Portugal	2: 1	Switzerland
	Goals: 0: 1 (21st) David Degen, 1: 1 (55th) Hugo Almeida, 2: 1 (62nd) Silvestre Varela
Newcomers: Portugal with an overall result of 3-2
November 13, 2005	Slovenia	0-0	Netherlands
	Goals: none
November 16, 2005	Netherlands	2-0	Slovenia
	Goals: 1-0 (11th) Huntelaar, 2-0 (61st) Huntelaar
Newcomers: Netherlands with an overall result of 2-0

Finalists

Group A	Group B
Germany	Denmark
France	Netherlands
Serbia and Montenegro	Italy
Portugal	Ukraine

Web links

• UEFA: Official website for the European Under-21 Football Championship