Group 5 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted 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 was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 25 March 2017 and 16 October 2018. The group winners qualified directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were 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 10 8 1 1 33 7 +26 25 Final tournament — 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 6–1
2  Norway 10 4 3 3 15 13 +2 15 3–1 — 2–1 0–0 0–3[a] 1–1
3  Republic of Ireland 10 4 2 4 12 15 −3 14[b] 0–6 0–0 — 4–0 1–0 1–0
4  Israel 10 4 2 4 17 18 −1 14[b] 2–5 1–3 3–1 — 3–0 3–1
5  Kosovo 10 3 3 4 9 12 −3 12 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–4 — 2–0
6  Azerbaijan 10 0 3 7 6 27 −21 3 0–7 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
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]
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Republic of Ireland 4–0 Israel, Israel 3–1 Republic of Ireland.

Matches

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

Republic of Ireland 1–0 Kosovo
  • Shodipo 56'
 Report
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)
Norway 0–3
Awarded[note 2]		 Kosovo
 Report
Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Attendance: 2,871
Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)
Israel 3–1 Azerbaijan
 Report
Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre
Referee: Cătălin Gaman (Romania)
Kosovo 3–2 Norway
 Report
Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica
Referee: Fyodor Zammit (Malta)
Azerbaijan 1–3 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Dalga Arena, Baku
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Germany 1–0 Kosovo
 Report
Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück
Attendance: 5,331
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Norway 0–0 Israel
Report
Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)
Republic of Ireland 0–0 Norway
Report
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Luis Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)
Germany 6–1 Azerbaijan
 Report
  • Safarzade 86'
Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
Attendance: 7,345
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
Republic of Ireland 4–0 Israel
 Report
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Norway 3–1 Germany
 Report
Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Attendance: 1,810
Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Azerbaijan 0–7 Germany
Report
Dalga Arena, Baku
Attendance: 150
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)
Kosovo 0–4 Israel
Report
Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)
Azerbaijan 0–0 Kosovo
Report
Dalga Arena, Baku
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
Israel 2–5 Germany
 Report
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)
Norway 2–1 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
Germany 3–0 Israel
 Report
Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
Attendance: 6,071
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Kosovo 2–0 Azerbaijan
 Report
Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
Israel 1–3 Norway
 Report
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
Kosovo 0–0 Germany
Report
Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica
Attendance: 7,850
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Republic of Ireland 1–0 Azerbaijan
 Report
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Azerbaijan 1–1 Israel
 Report
Dalga Arena, Baku
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Kosovo 1–1 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica
Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)
Azerbaijan 1–3 Norway
 Report
Dalga Arena, Baku
Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)
Republic of Ireland 0–6 Germany
Report
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 2,325
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)
Israel 3–1 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Germany 2–1 Norway
 Report
Audi Sportpark, Ingolstadt
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)
Israel 3–0 Kosovo
  • Ganem 10', 45+2'
  • Meir 72'
 Report
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Germany 2–0 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Voith-Arena, Heidenheim
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
Norway 1–1 Azerbaijan
 Report
Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)

Goalscorers

There were 94 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.

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. ^ a b "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.

External links

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Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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