U-21 European Football Championship 2013 / Qualification

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On the qualification for UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 2013 , all 53 member organizations of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) .

The finals were awarded to Israel for the first time , whose team was automatically qualified. All other 52 teams had to qualify in the preliminary round. Players born on or after January 1, 1990 were eligible to play.

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The 52 national teams were drawn in ten groups - eight groups of five and two groups of six teams. The national selections had to play their encounters with two legs. The group matches were played from March 25, 2011 to September 10, 2012.

The respective group winners and the four best runners-up are qualified for the play-offs for entry into the finals. These then determined seven participants in the final round in the first and second leg.

Groups of teams from German-speaking countries

Germany

The German U-21 national team met in Group 1 against the teams from Belarus , Greece , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Cyprus and San Marino .

Austria

In Group 10 Austria played against the Netherlands , Scotland , Bulgaria and Luxembourg .

Switzerland

Spain , Georgia , Croatia and Estonia also played in the Confederate group (group 5) .

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein was an outsider in Group 7 with Italy , Turkey , Hungary and Ireland .

draw

All teams were divided into five pots, with pots A, B, C and D each comprising ten teams, while in pot E twelve teams were divided. The coefficients of the participants were decisive for the pot division, with those in pot A having the highest and those in pot E the lowest. Ten groups were formed from this.

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Pot E.
EnglandEngland England SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland CroatiaCroatia Croatia PolandPoland Poland AlbaniaAlbania Albania
SpainSpain Spain WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales HungaryHungary Hungary MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands BelarusBelarus Belarus ScotlandScotland Scotland GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus
ItalyItaly Italy FranceFrance France GreeceGreece Greece LatviaLatvia Latvia LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania
SwedenSweden Sweden UkraineUkraine Ukraine IcelandIceland Iceland NorwayNorway Norway KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic TurkeyTurkey Turkey SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia EstoniaEstonia Estonia
RussiaRussia Russia AustriaAustria Austria Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova IrelandIreland Ireland AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
SerbiaSerbia Serbia PortugalPortugal Portugal FinlandFinland Finland BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria AndorraAndorra Andorra
GermanyGermany Germany DenmarkDenmark Denmark ArmeniaArmenia Armenia Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina San MarinoSan Marino San Marino
RomaniaRomania Romania BelgiumBelgium Belgium Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
MaltaMalta Malta
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein

Grouping

The draw for the preliminary groups took place on February 3, 2011 in Nyon and resulted in the following groups.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5
GermanyGermany Germany SwedenSweden Sweden Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic SerbiaSerbia Serbia SpainSpain Spain
BelarusBelarus Belarus UkraineUkraine Ukraine WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales DenmarkDenmark Denmark SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
GreeceGreece Greece FinlandFinland Finland ArmeniaArmenia Armenia Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland CroatiaCroatia Croatia
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania AndorraAndorra Andorra FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands EstoniaEstonia Estonia
San MarinoSan Marino San Marino MaltaMalta Malta      
Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10
RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy EnglandEngland England RomaniaRomania Romania NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
PortugalPortugal Portugal TurkeyTurkey Turkey BelgiumBelgium Belgium FranceFrance France AustriaAustria Austria
Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova HungaryHungary Hungary IcelandIceland Iceland SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia ScotlandScotland Scotland
PolandPoland Poland IrelandIreland Ireland NorwayNorway Norway LatviaLatvia Latvia BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
AlbaniaAlbania Albania LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg

Highlighted in brown: Qualified for the playoffs

Qualification groups

Group 1

date Home team Result Away team
March 29, 2011 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 6-0 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino
June 1, 2011 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino 0: 3 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
August 9, 2011 GermanyGermany Germany 4: 1 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus
Karlsruhe Goals: 1: 0 (9th) Holtby, 2: 0 (36th) Holtby, 2: 1 (39th) Mytidis, 3: 1 (66th) Didavi, 4: 1 (75th) Draxler
August 10, 2011 GreeceGreece Greece 2: 3 BelarusBelarus Belarus
September 1, 2011 GermanyGermany Germany 7-0 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino
Paderborn Goals: 1-0 (2nd) Lasogga, 2-0 (41st) Holtby, 3-0 (43rd) Lasogga, 4-0 (47th) Mlapa, 5-0 (63rd) Ginczek, 6-0 (66th) Esswein, 7: 0 (74th) Beister
September 2, 2011 BelarusBelarus Belarus 1: 1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 2, 2011 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 0: 2 GreeceGreece Greece
September 6, 2011 BelarusBelarus Belarus 0: 1 GermanyGermany Germany
Baryssau Goals: 0: 1 (29th) Esswein
October 6, 2011 GreeceGreece Greece 2-0 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino
October 6, 2011 GermanyGermany Germany 3-0 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ingolstadt Goals: 1-0 (20th) Mlapa, 2-0 (40th) Neumann, 3-0 (88th) Holtby.
October 7, 2011 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 1: 3 BelarusBelarus Belarus
October 10, 2011 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino 0: 8 GermanyGermany Germany
Serravalle Goals: 0: 1 (3rd) Mlapa, 0: 2 (5th) Mlapa, 0: 3 (20th) Leitner, 0: 4 (30th) Mlapa, 0: 5 (45 + 1.) Beister, 0 : 6 (58.) Esswein, 0: 7 (74.) Ginczek, 0: 8 (76.) Esswein
October 11, 2011 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 5: 1 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus
October 11, 2011 BelarusBelarus Belarus 1: 3 GreeceGreece Greece
November 11, 2011 GreeceGreece Greece 4: 5 GermanyGermany Germany
Tripoli Goals: 1: 0 (22nd) Petsos, 1: 1 (28th) Mlapa, 1: 2 (45 + 1.) Mlapa, 2: 2 (45 + 3.) Fortounis, 2: 3 (56th) Esswein , 3: 3 (62.) Petsos, 3: 4 (87.) Bell, 4: 4 (90 + 3.) Vlachodimos, 4: 5 (90 + 5.) Mlapa
November 11, 2011 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino 0: 2 BelarusBelarus Belarus
November 12, 2011 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 2: 1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
November 14, 2011 GreeceGreece Greece 0: 1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
November 15, 2011 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 0: 3 GermanyGermany Germany
Achna Goals: 0: 1 (19th) Lasogga, 0: 2 (72nd) Gündoğan, 0: 3 (90 + 1st) Beister
February 29, 2012 GermanyGermany Germany 1-0 GreeceGreece Greece
Halle (Saale) Goals: 1-0 (45th) Funk
February 29, 2012 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino 1: 2 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus
June 1, 2012 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino 0-0 GreeceGreece Greece
June 1, 2012 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 BelarusBelarus Belarus
June 6, 2012 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 3: 1 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino
August 15, 2012 BelarusBelarus Belarus 0: 3 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus
September 7, 2012 GermanyGermany Germany 3-0 BelarusBelarus Belarus
Rostock Goals: 1-0 (58th) Beister, 2-0 (64th FE) Leitner, 3-0 (75th) Polter
September 7, 2012 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-0 GreeceGreece Greece
September 10, 2012 BelarusBelarus Belarus 1-0 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino
September 10, 2012 GreeceGreece Greece 1-0 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus
September 10, 2012 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 4: 4 GermanyGermany Germany
Sarajevo Goals: 1: 0 (11th) Djurić, 1: 1 (22nd) Kirchhoff, 2: 1 (23rd) Djurić, 3: 1 (38th) Djurić, 3: 2 (58th) Polter, 3: 3 (65.) Leitner, 4: 3 (74.) Grahovac, 4: 4 (87.) Polter
Interim group 1
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. GermanyGermany Germany 10 9 1 0 39: 09 +30 28
2. Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 6th 2 2 25:12 +13 20th
3. GreeceGreece Greece 10 4th 1 5 14:15 - 01 13
4th BelarusBelarus Belarus 10 4th 1 5 11:17 - 06 13
5. Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 10 4th 0 6th 16:20 - 04th 12
6th San MarinoSan Marino San Marino 10 0 1 9 02:34 −32 1

Group 2

date Home team Result Away team
June 3, 2011 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 0: 1 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
June 3, 2011 FinlandFinland Finland 0-0 MaltaMalta Malta
June 7, 2011 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 1: 2 MaltaMalta Malta
August 10, 2011 FinlandFinland Finland 1-0 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
September 1, 2011 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 0: 1 SwedenSweden Sweden
September 1, 2011 MaltaMalta Malta 1: 4 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
September 5, 2011 SwedenSweden Sweden 4-0 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania
September 6, 2011 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 2-0 UkraineUkraine Ukraine
September 6, 2011 MaltaMalta Malta 1: 2 FinlandFinland Finland
October 6, 2011 SwedenSweden Sweden 1: 1 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
October 7, 2011 MaltaMalta Malta 2: 2 UkraineUkraine Ukraine
October 10, 2011 FinlandFinland Finland 0: 1 SwedenSweden Sweden
October 11, 2011 MaltaMalta Malta 0: 2 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania
November 10, 2011 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 2-0 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania
November 11, 2011 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 1: 1 FinlandFinland Finland
November 15, 2011 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2-0 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania
November 15, 2011 MaltaMalta Malta 0: 1 SwedenSweden Sweden
May 31, 2012 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 6-0 SwedenSweden Sweden
June 1, 2012 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 2: 1 MaltaMalta Malta
4th June 2012 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 1-0 UkraineUkraine Ukraine
5th June 2012 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 1: 1 FinlandFinland Finland
June 6, 2012 SwedenSweden Sweden 4-0 MaltaMalta Malta
June 9, 2012 FinlandFinland Finland 1: 2 UkraineUkraine Ukraine
June 13, 2012 SwedenSweden Sweden 3-0 FinlandFinland Finland
August 15, 2012 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2-0 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
August 15, 2012 FinlandFinland Finland 3: 4 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania
September 6, 2012 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 2: 1 SwedenSweden Sweden
September 6, 2012 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 5: 1 MaltaMalta Malta
September 10, 2012 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 1: 3 FinlandFinland Finland
September 10, 2012 SwedenSweden Sweden 2: 1 UkraineUkraine Ukraine
Intermediate group 2
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. SwedenSweden Sweden 10 7th 1 2 18:10 + 08 22nd
2. SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 10 6th 2 2 15: 08 + 07 20th
3. UkraineUkraine Ukraine 10 5 2 3 21:10 +12 17th
4th FinlandFinland Finland 10 2 3 4th 12:14 - 02nd 12
5. LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 10 3 0 7th 09:18 - 09 9
6th MaltaMalta Malta 10 1 2 5 05:23 -18 5

Group 3

date Home team Result Away team
March 29, 2011 AndorraAndorra Andorra 0: 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales
June 3, 2011 AndorraAndorra Andorra 0: 5 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro
June 7, 2011 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia 4: 1 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro
August 10, 2011 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 8-0 AndorraAndorra Andorra
September 3, 2011 AndorraAndorra Andorra 0: 1 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia
September 6, 2011 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 1: 1 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia
September 6, 2011 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro 3: 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales
October 8, 2011 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 1-0 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro
October 11, 2011 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0: 1 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
November 11, 2011 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia 0: 2 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
November 11, 2011 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro 4-0 AndorraAndorra Andorra
November 15, 2011 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia 0-0 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales
February 29, 2012 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 4-0 AndorraAndorra Andorra
June 1, 2012 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 2: 1 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro
5th June 2012 AndorraAndorra Andorra 1: 5 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
June 12, 2012 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia 4: 1 AndorraAndorra Andorra
August 15, 2012 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 0: 1 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia
September 7, 2012 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro 0-0 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
September 10, 2012 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 5-0 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales
September 10, 2012 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro 0-0 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia
Intermediate group 3
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 8th 6th 2 0 24: 03 +21 20th
2. ArmeniaArmenia Armenia 8th 4th 3 1 11: 05 + 06 15th
3. MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro 8th 3 2 3 14: 08 + 06 11
4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 8th 3 1 4th 07:10 - 03 10
5. AndorraAndorra Andorra 8th 0 0 8th 02:32 −30 0

Group 4

date Home team Result Away team
May 31, 2011 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands 0-0 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
August 10, 2011 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 4-0 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands
September 2, 2011 SerbiaSerbia Serbia 1-0 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
September 6, 2011 SerbiaSerbia Serbia 5: 1 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands
September 6, 2011 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 0: 3 DenmarkDenmark Denmark
October 7, 2011 Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia 1: 1 SerbiaSerbia Serbia
October 7, 2011 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 4-0 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands
October 11, 2011 SerbiaSerbia Serbia 0-0 DenmarkDenmark Denmark
November 11, 2011 Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia 1-0 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands
November 15, 2011 Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia 1: 1 DenmarkDenmark Denmark
November 15, 2011 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 0: 2 SerbiaSerbia Serbia
May 10, 2012 Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia 1-0 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
June 1, 2012 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands 1: 1 Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia
5th June 2012 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 6: 5 Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia
5th June 2012 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands 0: 2 SerbiaSerbia Serbia
August 15, 2012 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands 1: 1 DenmarkDenmark Denmark
September 7, 2012 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1: 1 SerbiaSerbia Serbia
September 7, 2012 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 1: 3 Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia
September 10, 2012 SerbiaSerbia Serbia 5: 1 Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia
September 10, 2012 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 3-0 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Group 4
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. SerbiaSerbia Serbia 8th 5 3 0 17: 04 +13 18th
2. DenmarkDenmark Denmark 8th 4th 4th 0 19: 08 +11 16
3. Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia 8th 3 3 2 14:15 - 01 12
4th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 8th 1 1 6th 05:13 - 08 4th
5. FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands 8th 0 3 5 03:18 −15 3

Group 5

date Home team Result Away team
June 3, 2011 CroatiaCroatia Croatia 0: 1 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia
September 1, 2011 EstoniaEstonia Estonia 0-0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Tallinn Goals: none
September 1, 2011 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia 2: 7 SpainSpain Spain
September 5, 2011 SpainSpain Spain 2-0 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia
September 5, 2011 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 4-0 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
Sion Goals: 1-0 (8th) Zuber, 2-0 (62nd) Toko, 3-0 (79th) Kasami, 4-0 (81st) Seferović
October 6, 2011 CroatiaCroatia Croatia 0: 2 SpainSpain Spain
October 7, 2011 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia 0: 1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Tbilisi Goals: 0: 1 (56th) Affolter
October 10, 2011 EstoniaEstonia Estonia 0: 1 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
November 10, 2011 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 5-0 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia
Lugano Goals: 1-0 (8th) Zuber, 2-0 (13th) Ben Khalifa, 3-0 (33rd) Zuber, 4-0 (42nd) Zuber, 5-0 (64th) Koch
November 10, 2011 SpainSpain Spain 6-0 EstoniaEstonia Estonia
November 14, 2011 SpainSpain Spain 3-0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Cordoba Goals: 1-0 (8th) Muniain, 2-0 (26th) Thiago Alcántara, 3-0 (45 + 1.) Bartra
November 14, 2011 CroatiaCroatia Croatia 4-0 EstoniaEstonia Estonia
May 31, 2012 EstoniaEstonia Estonia 0: 1 SpainSpain Spain
June 2, 2012 CroatiaCroatia Croatia 1: 2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Koprivnica Goals: 0: 1 (15th) Seferović, 1: 1 (73rd) Glavica, 1: 2 (90th + 2) Drmić
5th June 2012 EstoniaEstonia Estonia 1: 2 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia
August 15, 2012 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia 1: 1 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
September 6, 2012 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia 2: 1 EstoniaEstonia Estonia
September 6, 2012 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 0-0 SpainSpain Spain
Manners Goals: none
September 10, 2012 SpainSpain Spain 6-0 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
September 10, 2012 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3-0 EstoniaEstonia Estonia
Tuna Goals: 1-0 (15th) Schär, 2-0 (51st FE) Zuber, 3-0 (88th) Seferović
Group 5
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. SpainSpain Spain 8th 7th 1 0 27: 02 +25 22nd
2. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 8th 5 2 1 15: 04 +11 17th
3. GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia 8th 3 1 4th 08:18 -10 10
4th CroatiaCroatia Croatia 8th 2 1 7th 07:16 - 09 7th
5. EstoniaEstonia Estonia 8th 0 1 7th 02:18 -16 1

Group 6

date Home team Result Away team
September 1, 2011 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova 0: 2 PortugalPortugal Portugal
September 2, 2011 AlbaniaAlbania Albania 0: 3 PolandPoland Poland
September 6, 2011 AlbaniaAlbania Albania 4: 3 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova
September 6, 2011 PolandPoland Poland 0: 2 RussiaRussia Russia
October 6, 2011 PortugalPortugal Portugal 1: 1 PolandPoland Poland
October 7, 2011 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova 0: 6 RussiaRussia Russia
October 11, 2011 PolandPoland Poland 4: 3 AlbaniaAlbania Albania
October 11, 2011 RussiaRussia Russia 2: 1 PortugalPortugal Portugal
November 10, 2011 PortugalPortugal Portugal 5-0 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova
November 10, 2011 AlbaniaAlbania Albania 0: 1 RussiaRussia Russia
November 14, 2011 AlbaniaAlbania Albania 2: 2 PortugalPortugal Portugal
November 14, 2011 PolandPoland Poland 0: 1 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova
June 1, 2012 PortugalPortugal Portugal 1-0 RussiaRussia Russia
June 1, 2012 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova 2: 4 PolandPoland Poland
June 6, 2012 PortugalPortugal Portugal 3: 1 AlbaniaAlbania Albania
June 12, 2012 RussiaRussia Russia 0-0 AlbaniaAlbania Albania
September 6, 2012 RussiaRussia Russia 4: 1 PolandPoland Poland
September 6, 2012 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova 2: 1 AlbaniaAlbania Albania
September 10, 2012 RussiaRussia Russia 2: 2 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova
September 10, 2012 PolandPoland Poland 0-0 PortugalPortugal Portugal
Intermediate group 6
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. RussiaRussia Russia 8th 5 2 1 17: 05 +12 17th
2. PortugalPortugal Portugal 8th 4th 3 1 15: 06 + 09 15th
3. PolandPoland Poland 8th 3 2 3 13:13 ± 00 11
4th Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova 8th 2 1 5 10:24 -14 7th
5. AlbaniaAlbania Albania 8th 1 2 5 11:18 - 07th 5

Group 7

date Home team Result Away team
March 25, 2011 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 6: 1 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein
Sivas Goals: 1-0 (15th) Küçik, 2-0 (28th) Aygüneş, 3-0 (41st) Aziz, 4-0 (55th, penalty) Çolak, 4-1 (60th) Kieber, 5 : 1 (69.) Çek, 6: 1 (89.) Yılmaz
September 1, 2011 IrelandIreland Ireland 2: 1 HungaryHungary Hungary
September 2, 2011 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 0: 3 TurkeyTurkey Turkey
Vaduz Goals: 0: 1 (30th) Demir, 0: 2 (56th) Kaplan, 0: 3 (90th) Uludağ.
September 6, 2011 HungaryHungary Hungary 0: 3 ItalyItaly Italy
September 6, 2011 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 1-0 IrelandIreland Ireland
October 6, 2011 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 2: 7 ItalyItaly Italy
Vaduz Goals: 1-0 (8th) Eberle, 1: 1 (29th) Rossi, 1: 2 (36th) Gabbiadini, 1: 3 (45th) Gabbiadini, 1: 4 (50th) Florenzi, 1: 5 (55.) Gabbiadini, 2: 5 (64.) Kieber, 2: 6 (77.) Insignia, 2: 7 (89.) Insignia.
October 8, 2011 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 2: 1 HungaryHungary Hungary
October 11, 2011 ItalyItaly Italy 2-0 TurkeyTurkey Turkey
October 11, 2011 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 1: 4 IrelandIreland Ireland
Ash trees Goals: 1-0 (14th) Pirker, 1: 1 (26th) Collins, 1: 2 (30th) Collins, 1: 3 (33rd) Collins, 1: 4 (39th) Duffy
November 10, 2011 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 0: 2 ItalyItaly Italy
November 14, 2011 IrelandIreland Ireland 2-0 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein
Sligo Goals: 1-0 (13th) Brady, 2-0 (37th) White
November 15, 2011 ItalyItaly Italy 2-0 HungaryHungary Hungary
June 1, 2012 HungaryHungary Hungary 1-0 TurkeyTurkey Turkey
4th June 2012 IrelandIreland Ireland 2: 2 ItalyItaly Italy
5th June 2012 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 0: 4 HungaryHungary Hungary
Ash trees Goals: 0: 1 (8th) Beliczky, 0: 2 (10th) Beliczky, 0: 3 (13th) Kálnoki-Kis, 0: 4 (90th) Iszlai
August 14, 2012 IrelandIreland Ireland 0: 1 TurkeyTurkey Turkey
September 6, 2012 ItalyItaly Italy 7-0 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein
Casarano Goals: 1-0 (8th) De Luca, 2-0 (28th) Immobile, 3-0 (39th) De Luca, 4-0 (44th) El Shaarawy, 5-0 (45th + 1) Viviani, 6-0 (54th) El Shaarawy, 7-0 (80th FE) Sala
September 6, 2012 HungaryHungary Hungary 2: 1 IrelandIreland Ireland
September 10, 2012 HungaryHungary Hungary 2-0 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein
Kecskemét Goals: 1-0 (40th) Fiola, 2-0 (90th) Balogh
September 10, 2012 ItalyItaly Italy 2: 4 IrelandIreland Ireland
Intermediate group 7
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. ItalyItaly Italy 8th 6th 1 1 27: 08 +19 19th
2. TurkeyTurkey Turkey 8th 5 0 3 13: 07 + 06 15th
3. IrelandIreland Ireland 8th 4th 1 3 15:10 + 05 13
4th HungaryHungary Hungary 8th 4th 0 4th 11:10 + 01 12
5. LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 8th 0 0 8th 04:35 -31 0

Group 8

date Home team Result Away team
September 1, 2011 IcelandIceland Iceland 2: 1 BelgiumBelgium Belgium
September 1, 2011 EnglandEngland England 6-0 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
September 6, 2011 IcelandIceland Iceland 0: 2 NorwayNorway Norway
September 6, 2011 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 4: 1 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
October 6, 2011 IcelandIceland Iceland 0: 3 EnglandEngland England
October 6, 2011 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 0: 2 NorwayNorway Norway
October 10, 2011 NorwayNorway Norway 1: 2 EnglandEngland England
October 10, 2011 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 2: 2 BelgiumBelgium Belgium
November 10, 2011 NorwayNorway Norway 2: 2 BelgiumBelgium Belgium
November 10, 2011 EnglandEngland England 5-0 IcelandIceland Iceland
November 14, 2011 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2: 1 EnglandEngland England
February 29, 2012 EnglandEngland England 4-0 BelgiumBelgium Belgium
February 29, 2012 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 1-0 IcelandIceland Iceland
June 1, 2012 NorwayNorway Norway 1-0 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
5th June 2012 IcelandIceland Iceland 1: 2 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
June 12, 2012 NorwayNorway Norway 2: 1 IcelandIceland Iceland
September 6, 2012 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 0: 2 EnglandEngland England
September 6, 2012 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1: 3 NorwayNorway Norway
September 10, 2012 EnglandEngland England 1-0 NorwayNorway Norway
September 10, 2012 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 5-0 IcelandIceland Iceland
Group 8
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. EnglandEngland England 8th 7th 0 1 24: 03 +21 21st
2. NorwayNorway Norway 8th 5 1 2 13: 07 + 06 16
3. BelgiumBelgium Belgium 8th 3 2 3 17:15 + 02 11
4th AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 8th 2 1 5 06:18 −12 7th
5. IcelandIceland Iceland 8th 1 0 7th 04:21 −17 3

Group 9

date Home team Result Away team
June 3, 2011 RomaniaRomania Romania 0-0 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
June 3, 2011 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 2-0 LatviaLatvia Latvia
September 2, 2011 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 1: 1 RomaniaRomania Romania
September 2, 2011 LatviaLatvia Latvia 0: 3 FranceFrance France
September 6, 2011 RomaniaRomania Romania 2-0 LatviaLatvia Latvia
September 6, 2011 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 0: 1 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia
October 7, 2011 FranceFrance France 2-0 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
October 11, 2011 RomaniaRomania Romania 0: 2 FranceFrance France
October 11, 2011 LatviaLatvia Latvia 0: 6 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia
November 11, 2011 FranceFrance France 3-0 RomaniaRomania Romania
November 14, 2011 FranceFrance France 2-0 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia
June 1, 2012 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 0: 2 RomaniaRomania Romania
June 2, 2012 FranceFrance France 3-0 LatviaLatvia Latvia
5th June 2012 RomaniaRomania Romania 2-0 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia
June 8, 2012 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 0: 3 FranceFrance France
June 12, 2012 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 0-0 LatviaLatvia Latvia
September 7, 2012 LatviaLatvia Latvia 1: 1 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
September 7, 2012 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 2: 1 FranceFrance France
September 10, 2012 LatviaLatvia Latvia 0: 4 RomaniaRomania Romania
September 10, 2012 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 6-0 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
Group 9
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. FranceFrance France 8th 7th 0 1 19: 02 +17 21st
2. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 8th 5 0 3 17: 07 +10 15th
3. RomaniaRomania Romania 8th 4th 2 2 11: 06 + 05 14th
4th KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 8th 0 4th 4th 02:14 -12 4th
5. LatviaLatvia Latvia 8th 0 2 6th 01:21 −20 2

Group 10

date Home team Result Away team
September 1, 2011 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 0: 1 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
September 1, 2011 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 1: 4 AustriaAustria Austria
Esch-sur-Alzette Goals: 1: 0 (23rd) Phillips, 1: 1 (41st) Holzhauser, 1: 2 (45 + 1.) Weimann, 1: 3 (51st) Alar, 1: 4 (90th) Weimann
September 5, 2011 ScotlandScotland Scotland 0-0 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
September 6, 2011 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4-0 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
October 6, 2011 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 1: 5 ScotlandScotland Scotland
October 6, 2011 AustriaAustria Austria 0: 1 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
innsbruck Goals: 0: 1 (7th) Barazite
October 10, 2011 ScotlandScotland Scotland 2: 2 AustriaAustria Austria
Paisley Goals: 0: 1 (15th) Weimann, 1: 1 (37th) Rhodes, 1: 2 (42nd) Alar, 2: 2 (64th) Rhodes
October 11, 2011 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 3: 2 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
November 10, 2011 AustriaAustria Austria 0: 2 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
Wiener Neustadt Goals: 0-1 (1st) Tsvetanov, 0-2 (9th) Kolev
November 14, 2011 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 2 ScotlandScotland Scotland
November 15, 2011 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 1: 1 AustriaAustria Austria
Lovech Goals: 1-0 (12th) Tonev, 1: 1 (78th) Dibon
February 29, 2012 ScotlandScotland Scotland 0-0 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
May 31, 2012 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 2: 2 ScotlandScotland Scotland
June 1, 2012 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 0: 5 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
5th June 2012 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5-0 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
5th June 2012 AustriaAustria Austria 4: 1 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
Kapfenberg Goals: 1: 0 (16th FE) Holzhauser, 2: 0 (68th) Kainz, 3: 0 (87th) Drazan, 3: 1 (89th) Turpel, 4: 1 (90 + 1.) Alar
September 6, 2012 ScotlandScotland Scotland 3-0 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
September 7, 2012 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4: 1 AustriaAustria Austria
Tilburg Goals: 1-0 (8th) Nuytinck, 2-0 (28th) Zeefuik, 3-0 (37th) Wijnaldum, 3: 1 (56th) Sabitzer, 4: 1 (66th) ten Voorde
September 10, 2012 AustriaAustria Austria 3: 2 ScotlandScotland Scotland
Altach Goals: 1: 0 (8th) Gregoritsch, 1: 1 (54th) Watt, 1: 2 (75th) Russell, 2: 2 (76th) Weimann, 3: 2 (90th) Holzhauser
September 10, 2012 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 1: 3 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
Group 10
Pl team Sp S. U N Gates TD P
1. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 8th 6th 1 1 21: 03 +18 19th
2. ScotlandScotland Scotland 8th 3 4th 1 16: 09 + 07 13
3. BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 8th 3 3 2 11:12 - 01 12
4th AustriaAustria Austria 8th 3 2 3 15:14 + 01 11
5. LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 8th 0 0 8th 06:31 -25 0

Table of the best runners-up

In addition to the group winners, the four runners-up with the best record against the respective group winners, thirds, fourths and fifths take part in the play-offs.

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Pt.
01 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland (group 5) 8th 5 2 1 15: 04 +11 17th
02 DenmarkDenmark Denmark (group 4) 8th 4th 4th 0 19: 08 +11 16
03 NorwayNorway Norway (group 8) 8th 5 1 2 13: 07 + 06 16
04th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia (group 9) 8th 5 0 3 17: 07 +10 15th
05 PortugalPortugal Portugal (Group 6) 8th 4th 3 1 15: 06 + 09 15th
06th TurkeyTurkey Turkey (Group 7) 8th 5 0 3 13: 07 + 06 15th
07th ArmeniaArmenia Armenia (Group 3) 8th 4th 3 1 11: 05 + 06 15th
08th Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group 1) 8th 4th 2 2 19:11 + 08 14th
09 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia (group 2) 8th 4th 2 2 09: 06 + 03 14th
10 ScotlandScotland Scotland (Group 10) 8th 3 4th 1 16: 09 + 07 13

Playoffs

The draw for the playoffs took place on September 12, 2012 in Nyon .

Two lottery pots were created for the draw. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.

Pot A

  • SpainSpain Spain (winner group 5) - coefficient 40,391
  • Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic (Winner Group 3) - 36,189
  • EnglandEngland England (Group 8 winners) - 35,601
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands (Group 10 winners) - 34,400
  • GermanyGermany Germany (winner group 1) - 34,063
  • ItalyItaly Italy (Group 7 winners) - 33,508
  • FranceFrance France (Group 9 winners) - 32,517

Pot B

  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland (second group 5) - 34,034
  • SwedenSweden Sweden (Group 2 Winner) - 32,482
  • RussiaRussia Russia (Group 6 winners) - 31,772
  • SerbiaSerbia Serbia (Group 4 Winner) - 30,470
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark (second group 4) - 29,841
  • SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia (second group 9) - 27,802
  • NorwayNorway Norway (Second Group 8) - 24,564

The games took place between October 11th and 16th.

total First leg Return leg
Spain SpainSpain 8: 1 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 5-0 3: 1
Italy ItalyItaly 4: 2 SwedenSweden Sweden 1-0 3: 2
Czech Republic Czech RepublicCzech Republic 2: 4 RussiaRussia Russia 0: 2 2: 2
Slovakia SlovakiaSlovakia 0: 4 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0: 2 0: 2
Germany GermanyGermany 4: 2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1: 1 3: 1
England EnglandEngland 2-0 SerbiaSerbia Serbia 1-0 1-0
France FranceFrance 4: 5 NorwayNorway Norway 1-0 3: 5

Individual evidence

  1. uefa.com: Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2011−13 (§ 17.02, p. 22)
  2. a b c UEFA.com: Difficult task for DFB-Elf (accessed on February 3, 2011)
  3. a b c d e f g h i j UEFA.com: Overview tables qualifying round
  4. uefa.com: Spain set for U21 draw on Friday
  5. uefa.com: Germany wants to go to Israel via Switzerland