2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5

Group 5 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Germany, Israel, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Azerbaijan, and Kosovo. 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 25 March 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  Germany (Q) 9 7 1 1 31 7 +24 22 Final tournament — 2–1 16 Oct 1–0 3–0 6–1
2  Norway (E) 9 4 2 3 14 12 +2 14 3–1 — 2–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 16 Oct
3  Republic of Ireland (E) 9 4 2 3 12 13 −1 14 0–6 0–0 — 1–0 4–0 1–0
4  Kosovo (E) 9 3 3 3 9 9 0 12 0–0 3–2 1–1 — 0–4 2–0
5  Israel (E) 9 3 2 4 14 18 −4 11 2–5 1–3 3–1 16 Oct — 3–1
6  Azerbaijan (E) 9 0 2 7 5 26 −21 2 0–7 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ The Norway v Kosovo match originally ended with a 5–0 win for Norway, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kosovo, after UEFA concluded that Norway had played Kristoffer Ajer in this match, who was ineligible after being suspended due to cards in his U-19 tournament match.[5][6]

Matches

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Republic of Ireland  1–0  Kosovo
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Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)
Norway  0–3
Awarded[note 2]		  Kosovo
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Attendance: 2,871
Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)
Israel  3–1  Azerbaijan
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Referee: Cătălin Gaman (Romania)
Kosovo  3–2  Norway
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Referee: Fyodor Zammit (Malta)
Azerbaijan  1–3  Republic of Ireland
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Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Germany  1–0  Kosovo
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Attendance: 5,331
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Norway  0–0  Israel
Report
Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Norway
Report
Referee: Luis Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)
Germany  6–1  Azerbaijan
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  • Safarzade  86'
Attendance: 7,345
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
Republic of Ireland  4–0  Israel
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Norway  3–1  Germany
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Attendance: 1,810
Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Azerbaijan  0–7  Germany
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)
Kosovo  0–4  Israel
Report
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)
Azerbaijan  0–0  Kosovo
Report
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
Israel  2–5  Germany
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Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)
Norway  2–1  Republic of Ireland
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Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
Germany  3–0  Israel
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Attendance: 6,071
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Kosovo  2–0  Azerbaijan
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Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
Israel  1–3  Norway
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Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
Kosovo  0–0  Germany
Report
Attendance: 7,850
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Republic of Ireland  1–0  Azerbaijan
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Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Azerbaijan  1–1  Israel
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Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Kosovo  1–1  Republic of Ireland
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Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)
Azerbaijan  1–3  Norway
  • Ekinjier  56'
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Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)
Republic of Ireland  0–6  Germany
Report
Attendance: 2,325
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)
Israel  3–1  Republic of Ireland
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  • Hale  64'
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Germany  2–1  Norway
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Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)
Israel  v  Kosovo
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Germany  v  Republic of Ireland
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Norway  v  Azerbaijan
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Goalscorers

There have been 87 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 3.22 goals per match (as of 12 October 2018).

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

  1. ↑ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 26 March and 28 October 2017 and between 25 March and 27 October 2018, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
  2. ↑ The Norway v Kosovo match originally ended with a 5–0 win for Norway, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kosovo, after UEFA concluded that Norway had played Kristoffer Ajer in this match, who were ineligible after being suspended due to cards.[5]

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. 1 2 "UEFA confirms: Kosovo wins three points on table against Norway". Football Federation of Kosovo. 29 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "NFF har tatt grep etter Kristoffer Ajer-brøleren" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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