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  Spain 10 9 0 1 31 10 +21 27 Final tournament — 1–2 5–1 1–0 3–0 3–1
2  Northern Ireland 10 6 2 2 15 11 +4 20 3–5 — 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–2
3  Slovakia 10 6 0 4 17 18 −1 18 1–4 1–0 — 0–2 4–1 2–0
4  Iceland 10 3 2 5 16 19 −3 11 2–7 0–1 2–3 — 2–3 5–2
5  Albania 10 1 4 5 9 17 −8 7 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 — 0–0
6  Estonia 10 0 2 8 11 24 −13 2 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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

Estonia 1–2 Northern Ireland
 Report
Albania 0–0 Estonia
Report
Attendance: 3,000[5]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Northern Ireland 1–0 Albania
 Report
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Estonia 1–2 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 243[6]
Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)
Iceland 2–3 Albania
 Report
Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)
Estonia 0–1 Spain
Report
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Slovakia 1–0 Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 2,339[7]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Slovakia 0–2 Iceland
Report
Attendance: 3,076[8]
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)
Albania 0–0 Iceland
Report
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Slovakia 1–4 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 5,574[9]
Northern Ireland 4–2 Estonia
 Report
Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)
Spain 1–0 Iceland
  • Fabián  36'
 Report
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (Israel)
Albania 1–1 Northern Ireland
 Report
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Estonia 2–3 Iceland
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Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)
Spain 5–1 Slovakia
 Report
  • Fabián  23' (o.g.)
Northern Ireland 3–5 Spain
 Report
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Albania 2–3 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 985[10]
Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)
Northern Ireland 0–0 Iceland
Report
Slovakia 4–1 Albania
 Report
Attendance: 2,177[11]
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)
Spain 3–1 Estonia
 Report
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Iceland 5–2 Estonia
 Report
Spain 3–0 Albania
 Report
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)
Iceland 2–3 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 337[12]
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Spain 1–2 Northern Ireland
 Report
Iceland 0–1 Northern Ireland
Report
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Albania 0–1 Spain
Report
Slovakia 2–0 Estonia
 Report
Attendance: 3,373[13]
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
Estonia 2–2 Albania
 Report
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)
Iceland 2–7 Spain
 Report
Referee: Cătălin Gaman (Romania)
Northern Ireland 1–0 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 5,462[14]
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (Israel)

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Matvei Igonen (playing against Northern Ireland)
  • Kaspar Mutso (playing against Slovakia)
  • Hörður Ingi Gunnarsson (playing against Spain)
  • Fabián (playing against Slovakia)

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.

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
  6. Estonia U21 vs. Slovakia U21 Soccerway
  7. Slovensko 21 1:0 Severné Írsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk
  8. Slovensko 21 0:2 Island 21 Futbalsfz.sk
  9. Slovensko 21 1:4 Španielsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk
  10. Albania U21 vs. Slovakia U21 Soccerway
  11. Slovensko 21 4:1 Albánsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk
  12. Iceland U21 vs. Slovakia U21 Soccerway
  13. Slovensko 21 2:0 Estónsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk
  14. Severné Írsko 21 1:0 Slovensko 21 Futbalsfz.sk
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