2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2

Group 2 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Spain, Slovakia, Iceland, Albania, Estonia, and Northern Ireland. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017,[1][2] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.[3]

The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 8 June 2017 and 16 October 2018. 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).[4]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Northern Ireland 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Final tournament — 31 Aug '17 10 Oct '17 22 Mar '18 16 Oct '18 26 Mar '18
2  Albania 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Play-offs if among four best runners-up 10 Nov '17 — 0–0 11 Oct '18 23 Mar '18 10 Oct '17
3  Estonia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 1–2 16 Oct '18 — 5 Sep '17 1 Sep '17 14 Nov '17
4  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Sep '18 6 Sep '18 27 Mar '18 — 14 Nov '17 9 Nov '17
5  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Sep '17 27 Mar '18 12 Oct '18 10 Oct '17 — 5 Oct '17
6  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Oct '18 4 Sep '17 6 Sep '18 16 Oct '18 11 Sep '18 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 26 March and 28 October 2017 and between 25 March and 27 October 2018, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).

8 June 2017 (2017-06-08)
17:00
Estonia  1–2  Northern Ireland
Sappinen  50' Report Parkhouse  74'
Donnelly  90+4' (pen.)

12 June 2017 (2017-06-12)
20:00
Albania  0–0  Estonia
Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan
Attendance: 3000[5]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)
20:30
Northern Ireland  v  Albania
Report

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)
16:45
Estonia  v  Slovakia
Report

4 September 2017 (2017-09-04)
17:00
Iceland  v  Albania
Report

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)
19:15
Estonia  v  Spain
Report

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)
20:30
Slovakia  v  Northern Ireland
Report

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)
Slovakia  v  Iceland
Report

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)
Albania  v  Iceland
Report

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)
Slovakia  v  Spain
Report

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)
Northern Ireland  v  Estonia
Report

9 November 2017 (2017-11-09)
Spain  v  Iceland
Report

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
Albania  v  Northern Ireland
Report

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)
Spain  v  Slovakia

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)
Estonia  v  Iceland

22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)
Northern Ireland  v  Spain

23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)
Albania  v  Slovakia

26 March 2018 (2018-03-26)
Northern Ireland  v  Iceland

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)
Spain  v  Estonia

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)
Slovakia  v  Albania

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)
Spain  v  Albania

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)
Iceland  v  Estonia

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)
Spain  v  Northern Ireland

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)
Iceland  v  Slovakia

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)
Iceland  v  Northern Ireland

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)
Albania  v  Spain

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)
Slovakia  v  Estonia

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)
Iceland  v  Spain

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)
Estonia  v  Albania

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)
Northern Ireland  v  Slovakia

Goalscorers

There have been 3 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 1.5 goals per match.

1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "2019 Under-21 qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 26 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "England face Netherlands, Scotland in 2019 U21 qualifying". UEFA.com. 26 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Under-21 coefficients: 2019 qualifying draw" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ↑ "2017-19 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
  5. ↑ attendance Albania U21 vs. Estonia U21 - 12 June 2017 Soccerway
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