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 10 7 3 0 17 3 +14 24 Final tournament — 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0
2  Serbia 10 7 2 1 27 8 +19 23 Play-offs 1–1 — 3–1 3–2 5–0 5–0
3  Slovenia 10 5 0 5 18 11 +7 15 0–3 2–0 — 3–1 3–0 4–0
4  Republic of Ireland 10 4 0 6 14 17 −3 12 1–4 1–3 2–0 — 3–0 1–0
5  Lithuania 10 3 1 6 5 17 −12 10 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 — 1–0
6  Andorra 10 1 0 9 1 26 −25 3 0–1 0–4 0–5 0–2 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

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).

Slovenia 4–0 Andorra
Šporar  14'
Kastrevec  21'
Zahović  29'
Stankovič  74'		 Report
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)
Andorra 1–0 Lithuania
A. Sánchez  51' (pen.) Report
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Slovenia 3–0 Lithuania
Hotić  31'
Šporar  65'
Štulac  81'		 Report
Arena Petrol, Celje
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Andorra 0–2 Republic of Ireland
Report Hoban  13'
Cullen  21'
Italy 1–0 Slovenia
Bernardeschi  51' (pen.) Report
Serbia 5–0 Lithuania
Đurđević  29', 36' (pen.)
Milinković-Savić  44', 75'
Ožegović  49'		 Report
Metalac Stadium, Gornji Milanovac
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Serbia 5–0 Andorra
Luković  9', 52'
Ožegović  38' (pen.), 47'
Mulić  64'		 Report
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)
Slovenia 0–3 Italy
Report Monachello  71', 84'
Benassi  87'
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Lithuania
O'Dowda  27'
Wilkinson  30'
Browne  77'		 Report
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)
Italy 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Parigini  66' Report
Lithuania 0–2 Serbia
Report Čavrić  19', 44'
Andorra 0–5 Slovenia
Report Gorenc Stankovič  6'
Štulac  48', 52'
Kastrevec  55', 81'
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
Lithuania 3–1 Republic of Ireland
Spalvis  22'
Stankevičius  45'
Kazlauskas  73'		 Report Wilkinson  44'
Serbia 1–1 Italy
Milinković-Savić  47' Report Cataldi  56'
Slovenia 2–0 Serbia
Šporar  61'
Hotić  83'		 Report
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Italy 2–0 Lithuania
Berardi  2'
Benassi  24'		 Report
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
Republic of Ireland 1–4 Italy
Mandragora  17' (o.g.) Report Benassi  28'
Rosseti  36'
Romagnoli  59'
Lenihan  82' (o.g.)
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
Andorra 0–4 Serbia
Report Babić  29'
Đurđević  40'
Ožegović  59' (pen.)
Maraš  87'
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)
Slovenia 3–1 Republic of Ireland
Krajnc  14'
Bajde  55' (pen.)
Zajc  72'		 Report O'Dowda  65'
Andorra 0–1 Italy
Report Cerri  79'
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)
Lithuania 1–0 Andorra
Sirgėdas  34' Report
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Italy 1–1 Serbia
Cerri  54' (pen.) Report Gajić  33'
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Slovenia
Charsley  87'
Maguire  90+1'		 Report
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Serbia 3–2 Republic of Ireland
Đurđević  12', 72' (pen.)
Lazić  65'		 Report O'Dowda  69'
Maguire  81'
Italy 3–0 Andorra
Di Francesco  48', 73'
Pellegrini  88'		 Report
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)
Lithuania 1–0 Slovenia
Ruzgis  72' Report
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Republic of Ireland 1–3 Serbia
Duffus  49' Report Mihajlović  64'
Gaćinović  67'
Lukić  88'
Lithuania 0–0 Italy
Report
Serbia 3–1 Slovenia
Đurđević  8', 25' (pen.), 86' Report Lotrič  19'
Metalac Stadium, Gornji Milanovac
Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)

Goalscorers
8 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own 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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