2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4

Group 4 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Portugal, Israel, Greece, Hungary, Albania, and Liechtenstein. 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  Portugal 5 5 0 0 19 1 +18 15 Final tournament — 4–0 2 Sep 2–0 6 Sep 24 Mar
2  Albania 6 2 2 2 8 13 −5 8 Possible Play-offs 1–6 — 1–1 28 Mar 24 Mar 2–0
3  Israel 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 7 0–3 TBC — 3–0 6 Oct 6 Sep
4  Hungary 5 2 1 2 10 8 +2 7 6 Oct 2–2 24 Mar — 2–1 1 Sep
5  Greece 4 2 0 2 8 6 +2 6 0–4 2 Sep 28 Mar TBC — 5–0
6  Liechtenstein (X) 6 0 0 6 0 21 −21 0 11 Oct 0–2 0–4 0–6 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2015. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(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).

28 March 2015 (2015-03-28)
20:30
Liechtenstein  0–2  Albania
Report Latifi  31'
Manaj  52'

7 June 2015 (2015-06-07)
18:00
Liechtenstein  0–4  Israel
Report Kinda  5'
Altman  49', 62'
Abu Abaid  58'
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)
15:00
Albania  1–1  Israel
Çekiçi  83' (pen.) Report Hugi  29'
Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Referee: Sergei Ivanov (Russia)

3 September 2015 (2015-09-03)
15:00
Liechtenstein  0–6  Hungary
Report Márkvárt  29'
Prosser  39', 68'
Forgács  45'
Kleinheisler  59'
Sallai  90+1'
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)
18:45
Liechtenstein  0–2  Greece
Report Ioannidis  43', 75'
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Referee: Adrian Azzopardi (Malta)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
18:00
Albania  1–6  Portugal
Rashica  83' Report Neves  31'
Lopes  36'
Silva  43', 45', 62'
Horta  70'
Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)
18:15
Portugal  2–0  Hungary
Fernandes  35'
Paciência  56' 		Report
Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel
Attendance: 5,282
Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
17:30
Greece  0–4  Portugal
Report Guedes  45'
Martins  50'
Cancelo  87'
Paciência  90+3'
Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi
Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
18:45
Hungary  2–2  Albania
Prosser  28', 63' Report Manaj  24'
Latifi  43'
Pancho Arena, Felcsút
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
14:30
Greece  5–0  Liechtenstein
Mavrias  20', 37'
Fountas  32'
Vergos  60'
Ioannidis  70' 		Report
Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium, Kallithea
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
18:15
Portugal  4–0  Albania
Horta  43'
Mané  47'
Vezo  60'
Paciência  82' 		Report

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
18:45
Israel  3–0  Hungary
David  60'
Gozlan  85'
Ohana  90+2' 		Report
HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva
Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)
18:00
Albania  2–0  Liechtenstein
Latifi  18'
Laçi  83' 		Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan
Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou (Cyprus)

16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)
18:00
Hungary  2–1  Greece
Kalmár  45'
Bese  78' 		Report Ioannidis  75' (pen.)
Gyirmóti Stadion, Győr
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)
18:40
Israel  0–3  Portugal
Report Fernandes  28' (pen.)
Silva  35'
Horta  87'
HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)
Albania  v  Greece
Report

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)
Hungary  v  Israel
Report
Gyirmóti Stadion, Győr

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)
Greece  v  Israel
Report

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)
Albania  v  Hungary
Report

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)
Hungary  v  Liechtenstein
Report

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Portugal  v  Israel
Report

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Greece  v  Albania
Report

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)
Portugal  v  Greece
Report

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)
Israel  v  Liechtenstein
Report

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)
Israel  v  Greece
Report

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)
Hungary  v  Portugal
Report

11 October 2016
Liechtenstein  v  Portugal

Dates of remaining fixtures to be confirmed.

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "2017 Under-21 qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 5 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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