Group 9 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: France, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, and Luxembourg. 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 28 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  France 10 9 1 0 24 6 +18 28 Final tournament — 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–0
2  Slovenia 10 4 4 2 14 12 +2 16 1–3 — 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1
3  Montenegro 10 3 2 5 15 15 0 11 0–2 1–3 — 5–1 0–0 3–0
4  Kazakhstan 10 2 4 4 13 18 −5 10[a] 0–3 0–0 1–1 — 1–1 3–0
5  Bulgaria 10 2 4 4 10 11 −1 10[a] 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 — 0–1
6  Luxembourg 10 2 1 7 7 21 −14 7 2–3 1–1 1–3 0–3[b] 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Bulgaria 2–2 Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan 1–1 Bulgaria (Kazakhstan won on away goals).
  2. ^ The Luxembourg v Kazakhstan originally ended with a 1–2 win for Kazakhstan, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kazakhstan, after UEFA concluded that Luxembourg had played an ineligible player.[5]

Matches

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

Luxembourg 0–3
Awarded[note 2]		 Kazakhstan
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Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange, Differdange
Attendance: 620[6]
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Kazakhstan 1–1 Montenegro
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Central Stadium, Aktobe
Attendance: 7,250[6]
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Greece)
Slovenia 3–1 Luxembourg
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  • Pinto 41'
Ajdovščina Stadium, Ajdovščina
Attendance: 300[6]
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Bulgaria 0–1 Luxembourg
Report
Trace Arena, Stara Zagora
Attendance: 461[6]
Referee: Bojan Nikolić (Serbia)
France 4–1 Kazakhstan
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MMArena, Le Mans
Attendance: 4,257[6]
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)
Luxembourg 1–1 Slovenia
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Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn
Attendance: 575[6]
Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)
France 2–1 Montenegro
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Stade de l'Aube, Troyes
Attendance: 4,615[6]
Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)
Bulgaria 2–2 Kazakhstan
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Trace Arena, Stara Zagora
Attendance: 510[6]
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Montenegro 1–3 Slovenia
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Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 600[6]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
Luxembourg 2–3 France
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Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 836[6]
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Kazakhstan 1–1 Bulgaria
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Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 1,420[6]
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
France 3–0 Bulgaria
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MMArena, Le Mans
Attendance: 4,794[6]
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Slovenia 2–0 Montenegro
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Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica
Attendance: 550[6]
Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)
Slovenia 1–3 France
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Domžale Sports Park, Domžale
Attendance: 400[6]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Bulgaria 3–1 Montenegro
 Report
  • Krsotvić 53'
Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora
Attendance: 370[6]
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)
Kazakhstan 0–3 France
Report
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 7,500[6]
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)
Luxembourg 1–3 Montenegro
  • B. Muratovic 70'
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Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange, Differdange
Attendance: 812[6]
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
Kazakhstan 3–0 Luxembourg
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Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 4,500[6]
Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)
Bulgaria 3–0 Slovenia
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Trace Arena, Stara Zagora
Attendance: 400[6]
Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Greece)
Montenegro 0–2 France
Report
Gradski stadion, Nikšić
Attendance: 1,000[6]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Kazakhstan 0–0 Slovenia
Report
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 600[6]
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)
Bulgaria 0–1 France
Report
Trace Arena, Stara Zagora
Attendance: 820[6]
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Slovenia 2–1 Kazakhstan
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Ptuj City Stadium, Ptuj
Attendance: 470[6]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Montenegro 0–0 Bulgaria
Report
Gradski stadion, Nikšić
Attendance: 295[6]
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
France 2–0 Luxembourg
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Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 7,367[6]
Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)
Montenegro 3–0 Luxembourg
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Gradski stadion, Nikšić
Attendance: 258[6]
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)
Slovenia 1–1 Bulgaria
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Stadion Z'dežele, Celje
Attendance: 500[6]
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
Montenegro 5–1 Kazakhstan
 Report
  • Soltanov 26'
Gradski stadion, Nikšić
Attendance: 250[6]
Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)
France 1–1 Slovenia
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Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon
Attendance: 7,046[6]
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)
Luxembourg 1–0 Bulgaria
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Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn
Attendance: 385[6]
Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)

Goalscorers

There were 83 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 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 Luxembourg v Kazakhstan originally ended with a 1–2 win for Kazakhstan, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kazakhstan, after UEFA concluded that Luxembourg had played an ineligible player.[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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29.
  5. ^ a b "МОЛОДЕЖНАЯ СБОРНАЯ КАЗАХСТАНА ВЫРВАЛА НИЧЬЮ У БОЛГАРИИ". Football Federation of Kazakhstan. 6 October 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Summary UEFA U21 Championship, Group 9". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

External links

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Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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