2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round

The 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round was the first round of the qualification for the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament. A total of 52 participating teams were divided into 13 groups of 4 teams, with one of the teams hosting all six group matches in a single round-robin format. The 13 group winners, 13 group runners-up and the best third-placed team secured qualification for the elite round. Hungary qualified as hosts, while Spain received a bye to the elite round as the side with the highest competition coefficient. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 5 December 2012 in Nyon.[1] Matches were played from 6 September to 19 November 2013.

2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates6 September – 19 November 2013
Teams52 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored256 (3.28 per match)
Top scorer(s) Matúš Bero (5 goals)
Main article: 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Seeding

A total of 52 participating teams were divided in two draw pots, based on the UEFA Under-19 coefficient ranking. Before the draw, UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan would not host the mini-tournament if they were drawn in the same group, due to the dispute concerning the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh; the same rule applied for Georgia and Russia, due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia. The UEFA Executive Committee admitted Gibraltar as a provisional member of UEFA on 1 October 2012. A decision on the admission of the Gibraltar Football Association as a full member of UEFA was taken by the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress in London in May 2013.[2]

Pot A Pot B

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
  2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
  4. If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5) and 6) will apply
  5. Results of all group matches:
    1. Superior goal difference
    2. Higher number of goals scored
  6. Drawing of lots

Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner or the runners-up and the third-placed team.

Groups
Colour key in group tables
Group winners, runners-up and best third-place team advance to the elite round.

The hosts of the thirteen mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00) until 26 October 2013 and CET (UTC+01:00) starting from 27 October 2013.

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic (H) 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9
 Cyprus 3 1 1 1 10 6 +4 4
 Croatia 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
 Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Croatia 7–0 Gibraltar
Jedvaj  41'
Pašalić  45+2'
Kolar  50', 62', 85'
Mujan  89'
Biljan  90+2'		 Report
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj (Albania)
Czech Republic 4–1 Cyprus
Mašek  7' (pen.), 9' (pen.)
Matoušek  39'
Buchvaldek  90+4' (pen.)		 Report Makris  35'
Referee: Tamás Bognar (Hungary)
Gibraltar 0–3 Czech Republic
Report Mašek  40'
Schick  47'
Buchvaldek  57'
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj (Albania)
Croatia 2–2 Cyprus
Mujan  3'
Kolar  22'		 Report Makris  76', 90+5'
Referee: Anar Salmanov (Azerbaijan)
Czech Republic 3–0 Croatia
Sodoma  1'
Vichta  17'
Mašek  22'		 Report
Referee: Anar Salmanov (Azerbaijan)
Cyprus 7–0 Gibraltar
Makris  3'
Therapontos  22'
Lillis  61'
Djamas  66', 90+5'
Katsiati  89'
Karo  90+1'		 Report
Referee: Tamás Bognar (Hungary)

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Lithuania 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Armenia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Poland (H) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:
(H) Host.
Romania 1–1 Armenia
Vînă  12' Report Simonyan  44'
Olympic Municipal Stadium, Inowrocław
Poland 1–1 Lithuania
Frankowski  63' Report Stankevičius  36'
Olympic Municipal Stadium, Inowrocław
Referee: Vlado Glođović (Serbia)
Romania 1–0 Lithuania
Vînă  52' Report
GKS Olimpia Grudziadz, Grudziądz
Referee: Javier Estrada (Spain)
Armenia 1–0 Poland
Bakalyan  75' Report
CSiRT Tuchola stadium, Tuchola
Poland 1–1 Romania
Stolarski  35' Report Balasa  4'
GKS Olimpia Grudziadz, Grudziądz
Referee: Javier Estrada (Spain)
Lithuania 1–0 Armenia
Stankevičius  15' Report
CSiRT Tuchola stadium, Tuchola
Referee: Vlado Glodjović (Serbia)

Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 Sweden (H) 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
 Azerbaijan 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Azerbaijan
O'Sullivan  34'
O'Hanlon  83'		 Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–4 Sweden
Alispahić  47' Report Tanković  10', 56', 67'
Zeneli  57'
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Azerbaijan 0–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Republic of Ireland 1–0 Sweden
Kelly  83' Report
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 Republic of Ireland
Predragović  24' Report Crowe  45+2'
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Sweden 5–1 Azerbaijan
Nordenberg  16', 69'
Hedlund  33'
Olausson  53'
Zeneli  55'		 Report Muradbayli  74'
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belgium (H) 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
 Iceland 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
 France 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
 Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:
(H) Host.

France, the reigning youth world champions having won the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, failed to advance from this stage, thus also missed out on qualification to the 2015 World Cup.

France 2–2 Iceland
Rabiot  22'
Jean  24'		 Report Finnbogason  83'
Sigurjónsson  87' (pen.)
Eburons Dome Op De Keiberg, Tongeren
Belgium 2–0 Northern Ireland
Origi  45'
Bongonda  78'		 Report
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)
Belgium 2–0 Iceland
Origi  9'
Schrijvers  53'		 Report
KVV Thes Sport, Tessenderlo
Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)
Northern Ireland 1–1 France
Hanna  88' Report Jean  68'
France 2–2 Belgium
Dendoncker  12' (o.g.)
Rabiot  90+1'		 Report Fiore  69'
Bongonda  78'
Eburons Dome Op De Keiberg, Tongeren
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)
Iceland 1–0 Northern Ireland
Ómarsson  57' Report
KVV Thes Sport, Tessenderlo
Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)

Group 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
 Scotland 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Latvia 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
 Belarus (H) 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Scotland 1–1 Latvia
Gauld  90+1' Report Kņuts  21'
Germany 2–1 Belarus
Mukhtar  8'
Gnabry  63'		 Report Kaborda  90+4'
Germany 5–0 Latvia
Selke  22', 40', 49', 84'
Dudziak  37'		 Report
Referee: Tornike Gvantseladze (Georgia)
Belarus 0–1 Scotland
Report Johnstone  32'
Scotland 1–1 Germany
Walsh  2' Report Gnabry  62'
Latvia 2–1 Belarus
Gutkovskis  1'
Vītolnieks  55'		 Report Rassadkin  21'
Referee: Tornike Gvantseladze (Georgia)

Group 6
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
 Bulgaria (H) 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Slovakia 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
 Albania 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:
(H) Host.
Slovakia 1–2 Bulgaria
Bero  49' (pen.) Report Daskalov  20'
Despodov  75'
Rakovski Stadium, Sevlievo
Referee: Sven Bindels (Luxembourg)
Greece 1–0 Albania
Popovits  86' Report
Lovech Stadium, Lovech
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)
Greece 1–1 Bulgaria
Donis  21' Report Despodov  45+1'
Rakovski Stadium, Sevlievo
Albania 1–1 Slovakia
Prendi  90+1' Report Bero  3' (pen.)
Lovech Stadium, Lovech
Referee: Sven Bindels (Luxembourg)
Slovakia 3–3 Greece
Bero  50' (pen.), 65', 72' Report Kritikos  18'
Donis  76'
Pantelakis  90'
Rakovski Stadium, Sevlievo
Bulgaria 1–1 Albania
Daskalov  61' Report Prendi  75'
Lovech Stadium, Lovech
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)

Group 7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia (H) 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
 Austria 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
 Kazakhstan 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
 Finland 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Serbia 3–0 Kazakhstan
Milinković-Savić  8' (pen.)
Gaćinović  22'
Ilić  71'		 Report
Stadion Srem Jakovo, Belgrade
Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Austria 6–0 Finland
Michorl  16'
Bytyqi  20', 67'
Blutsch  50'
Rosenbichler  55'
Grubeck  88'		 Report
Stadion Suvača, Pećinci
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
Serbia 1–0 Finland
Simić  76' Report
Stadion Suvača, Pećinci
Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)
Kazakhstan 1–3 Austria
Suley  32' Report Bytyqi  4', 68'
Grillitsch  15'
Stadion Srem Jakovo, Belgrade
Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Austria 0–1 Serbia
Report Milinković-Savić  12'
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
Finland 0–0 Kazakhstan
Report
Stadion Srem Jakovo, Belgrade
Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)

Group 8
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal (H) 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9
 Norway 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
 Luxembourg 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
 San Marino 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Norway 2–0 San Marino
Finne  88'
Hestad  90+4'		 Report
Estádio Municipal de Mangualde, Mangualde
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)
Portugal 3–0 Luxembourg
A. Silva  7', 45+1'
Rodrigues  70' (pen.)		 Report
Estádio João Cardoso, Tondela
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
Luxembourg 1–5 Norway
Catic  38' Report Utvik  4', 48'
Sørloth  18', 41'
Finne  61'
Parque Desportivo Sant'Ana, Penalva do Castelo
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)
Portugal 6–0 San Marino
Ponde  17', 35', 76'
Martins  32'
Santos  63'
Luís Rafael  81'		 Report
Estádio João Cardoso, Tondela
Norway 2–3 Portugal
Sørloth  47'
Sakor  90+4'		 Report Guzzo  41', 52'
Rodrigues  45+1'
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Croatia)
San Marino 0–4 Luxembourg
Report Bechtold  19' (pen.)
Couto Pinto  30'
Mersch  52'
Fabbro  76'
Estádio João Cardoso, Tondela

Group 9
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
 Slovenia (H) 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5 4
 Andorra 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Switzerland  4–0 Andorra
Elvedi  5'
Tarashaj  26', 79'
Custodio  75'		 Report
Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)
England 1–1 Slovenia
Baker  85' Report Barišič  13'
Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (Lithuania)
Switzerland  3–1 Slovenia
Tarashaj  14' (pen.), 30'
Castroman  33'		 Report Zahović  59'
Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci
Andorra 0–7 England
Report Bennett  17', 78'
Loftus-Cheek  20', 48'
Pearson  41', 45+2'
Morris  57'
Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (Lithuania)
England 1–0  Switzerland
Bennett  34' Report
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)
Slovenia 7–0 Andorra
Črnigoj  8', 37', 51'
Gajič  39'
Barišič  58'
Zahović  72', 90+1'		 Report
Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci

Group 10
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
 Israel (H) 3 2 0 1 12 3 +9 6
 Italy 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
 Liechtenstein 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Italy 0–2 Israel
Report Ohana  15', 81'
Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)
Denmark 2–0 Liechtenstein
Hjulsager  36'
Maigaard  58'		 Report
National Team Complex, Shefayim
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
Italy 5–0 Liechtenstein
Cristante  10', 52' (pen.)
Crecco  23'
Iotti  33'
Kaiser  61' (o.g.)		 Report
National Team Complex, Shefayim
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
Israel 1–3 Denmark
Shamir  78' Report Plum  19'
Hansen  51'
Hjulsager  55' (pen.)
Referee: Alexander Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Denmark 0–2 Italy
Report Crecco  39'
Petagna  87'
National Team Complex, Shefayim
Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)
Liechtenstein 0–9 Israel
Report Safouri  19'
Hugi  23', 50'
Danino  29'
Peretz  41'
Abu El Hija  52'
Cohen  80', 84'
Shamir  82'
Referee: Alexander Kostadinov (Bulgaria)

Group 11
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Georgia (H) 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
 Wales 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
 Moldova 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Georgia 5–1 Wales
Papunashvili  22'
Jikia  26', 56'
Gureshidze  43'
Tsintsadze  60'		 Report O'Sullivan  85'
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Netherlands 3–0 Moldova
Zivkovic  55'
Acolatse  72'
Vloet  79'		 Report
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
Moldova 0–2 Georgia
Report Kikabidze  4'
Aburjania  8'
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
Netherlands 0–0 Wales
Report
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Georgia 2–1 Netherlands
Papunashvili  10'
Aburjania  51'		 Report Zivkovic  45+1'
Wales 6–0 Moldova
Jones  13'
Noor  32'
O'Sullivan  41'
Reid  66'
John  71' (pen.)
Kandi  89'		 Report
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Group 12
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Turkey 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
 Montenegro 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
 Macedonia (H) 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
 Faroe Islands 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Turkey 4–1 Macedonia
Çınar  14'
Taşdemir  30', 63'
Altıntaş  49'		 Report Imeri  33' (pen.)
Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)
Montenegro 5–0 Faroe Islands
Janković  37' (pen.)
Ilinčić  45+1'
Grbović  53'
Vušurović  64'
Milošević  71'		 Report
Stadion Mladost, Strumica
Turkey 2–0 Faroe Islands
Zengin  42'
Demirci  48'		 Report
Stadion Mladost, Strumica
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
Macedonia 2–1 Montenegro
Velkoski  13'
Kostovski  90+1'		 Report Milošević  64'
Montenegro 2–1 Turkey
Baošić  6'
Ćosić  13'		 Report Tufan  19'
Stadion Mladost, Strumica
Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)
Faroe Islands 0–5 Macedonia
Report Markoski  11'
Velkoski  16'
Kostovski  65'
Imeri  71'
Sulejmanov  87'
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Group 13
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia (H) 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7
 Ukraine 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
 Estonia 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1
 Malta 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Ukraine 3–1 Estonia
Radchenko  64', 72'
Miranyan  90+3'		 Report Kacharaba  44' (o.g.)
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
Russia 4–0 Malta
Martusevich  4'
Davydov  18', 45'
Yefremov  78'		 Report
Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (Iceland)
Malta 0–4 Ukraine
Report Miranyan  30'
Radchenko  61', 68'
Kharatin  83'
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
Russia 5–1 Estonia
Davydov  3', 63' (pen.)
Morgunov  7'
Efremov  41'
Yaschuk  90+3'		 Report Saliste  1'
Referee: Marco Ferreira (Portugal)
Ukraine 1–1 Russia
Kovalenko  45+1' Report Morgunov  17'
Referee: Marco Ferreira (Portugal)
Estonia 2–2 Malta
Välja  12'
Vaštšuk  75' (pen.)		 Report Mckay  33'
Debono  84'
Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (Iceland)

Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-ranked team from the qualifying round, only the results of the third-placed team against the winners and runners-up in each group are taken into account.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10  Italy 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
12  Macedonia 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3
4  France 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
6  Slovakia 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
2  Armenia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
11  Netherlands 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
9  Slovenia 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
1  Croatia 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
5  Latvia 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5 1
7  Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
13  Estonia 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
8  Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
Source:

References
  1. 2013/14 U19 qualifying round draw UEFA.com
  2. 2013/14 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws UEFA.com
  3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2013/14" (PDF).
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