2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2

Group 2 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Lithuania, and Andorra. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.[1]

The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).[2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 7 6 1 0 13 2 +11 19 Final tournament 1–0 2 Sep 1–0 6 Sep 2–0
2  Slovenia 7 5 0 2 17 5 +12 15 Possible Play-offs 0–3 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–0
3  Serbia 6 4 1 1 17 3 +14 13 1–1 11 Oct 6 Sep 5–0 5–0
4  Republic of Ireland (X) 7 3 0 4 9 11 2 9 1–4 2 Sep 7 Oct 1–0 3–0
5  Andorra (E) 8 1 0 7 1 22 21 3 0–1 0–5 0–4 0–2 1–0
6  Lithuania (E) 7 1 0 6 3 17 14 3 11 Oct 7 Oct 0–2 3–1 1 Sep
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (X) Cannot qualify directly as the top team, but may still qualify for the play-offs.

Matches

Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).

26 March 2015 (2015-03-26)
20:45
Republic of Ireland  1–0  Andorra
Connolly  31' Report

8 June 2015 (2015-06-08)
17:30
Slovenia  4–0  Andorra
Šporar  14'
Kastrevec  21'
Zahović  29'
Stankovič  74'
Report
Ajdovščina Stadium, Ajdovščina
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)

16 June 2015 (2015-06-16)
18:00
Andorra  1–0  Lithuania
A. Sánchez  51' (pen.) Report
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
18:30
Slovenia  3–0  Lithuania
Hotić  31'
Šporar  65'
Štulac  81'
Report
Arena Petrol, Celje
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
17:00
Andorra  0–2  Republic of Ireland
Report Hoban  13'
Cullen  21'

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
17:00
Italy  1–0  Slovenia
Bernardeschi  51' (pen.) Report
Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
18:30
Serbia  5–0  Lithuania
Đurđević  29', 36' (pen.)
Milinković-Savić  44', 75'
Ožegović  49'
Report
Metalac Stadium, Gornji Milanovac
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)
18:00
Serbia  5–0  Andorra
Luković  9', 52'
Ožegović  38' (pen.), 47'
Mulić  64'
Report
Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)
18:30
Slovenia  0–3  Italy
Report Monachello  71', 84'
Benassi  87'
Bonifika Stadium, Koper
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)
18:45
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Lithuania
O'Dowda  27'
Wilkinson  30'
Browne  77'
Report

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
17:00
Italy  1–0  Republic of Ireland
Parigini  66' Report
Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
17:30
Lithuania  0–2  Serbia
Report Čavrić  19', 44'

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
18:30
Andorra  0–5  Slovenia
Report Gorenc Stankovič  6'
Štulac  48', 52'
Kastrevec  55', 81'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)
17:30
Lithuania  3–1  Republic of Ireland
Spalvis  22'
Stankevičius  45'
Kazlauskas  73'
Report Wilkinson  44'
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)
18:30
Serbia  1–1  Italy
Milinković-Savić  47' Report Cataldi  56'
Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)
16:30
Slovenia  2–0  Serbia
Šporar  61'
Hotić  83'
Report
Bonifika Stadium, Koper
Referee: Fabio Verssimo (Portugal)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)
17:00
Italy  2–0  Lithuania
Berardi  2'
Benassi  24'
Report
Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)
19:00
Republic of Ireland  1–4  Italy
Mandragora  17' (o.g.) Report Benassi  28'
Rosseti  36'
Romagnoli  59'
Lenihan  82' (o.g.)

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
16:00
Andorra  0–4  Serbia
Report Babić  29'
Đurđević  40'
Ožegović  59' (pen.)
Maraš  87'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)
18:00
Slovenia  3–1  Republic of Ireland
Krajnc  14'
Bajde  55' (pen.)
Zajc  72'
Report O'Dowda  65'
Bonifika Stadium, Koper
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)
18:30
Andorra  0–1  Italy
Report Cerri  79'

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)
Lithuania  v  Andorra
Report

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Italy  v  Serbia
Report

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Republic of Ireland  v  Slovenia
Report

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)
Serbia  v  Republic of Ireland
Report

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)
Italy  v  Andorra
Report

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
Republic of Ireland  v  Serbia
Report

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
Lithuania  v  Slovenia
Report

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)
Serbia  v  Slovenia
Report

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)
Lithuania  v  Italy
Report

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

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