2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

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The 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs constituted the second and final round of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification tournament. The ties were contested over two legs, with the first leg played on 9 and 10 October and the second leg played on 14 October 2014. The seven winners qualified for the final tournament in Czech Republic. [1]

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Seedings

The draw for the play-offs was held on 12 September 2014 in Nyon to determine the seven pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. The seven group winners with the highest competition coefficients were seeded and those teams were drawn against the unseeded teams. Nations from the same group could not be drawn against each other. [2] [3]

Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating: [4]

Matches

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–1 1–3
France  Flag of France.svg3–4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–0 1–4
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg1–1 (a)Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 0–0 1–1
England  Flag of England.svg4–2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2–1 2–1
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg4–7Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 0–2 4–5
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg0–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0–3 0–2
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg2–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0–0 2–1

All times listed are CEST (UTC+02:00).

First leg

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0−2Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Report Oliveira Soccerball shade.svg45' (pen.)
Mané Soccerball shade.svg82'
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg0–0Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Jagodina City Stadium, Jagodina
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg0–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Report P. Hofmann Soccerball shade.svg35'
Volland Soccerball shade.svg61'
J. Hofmann Soccerball shade.svg79'
Tsentralnyi Stadion, Cherkasy
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg0–0Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Report
Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
England  Flag of England.svg2–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Kane Soccerball shade.svg58'
Berahino Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.)		 Report Livaja Soccerball shade.svg13'
Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
France  Flag of France.svg2–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Thauvin Soccerball shade.svg44' (pen.)
Kondogbia Soccerball shade.svg81'		 Report
MMArena, Le Mans
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Second leg

Italy won 4–2 on aggregate.

Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg1–2Flag of England.svg  England
Livaja Soccerball shade.svg38' Report Moore Soccerball shade.svg9'
Hughes Soccerball shade.svg73'
Stadion HNK Cibalia, Vinkovci
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

England won 4–2 on aggregate.

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Volland Soccerball shade.svg89'
Bittencourt Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		 Report
Stadion Essen, Essen
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Germany won 5–0 on aggregate.

Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svg5–4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Vezo Soccerball shade.svg13'
Neves Soccerball shade.svg20'
Ricardo Soccerball shade.svg50', 66'
B. Silva Soccerball shade.svg87'		 Report Weghorst Soccerball shade.svg15'
Kongolo Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
Aké Soccerball shade.svg64', 89' (pen.)
Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Portugal won 7–4 on aggregate.

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Roberto Soccerball shade.svg90+2' Report Gayà Soccerball shade.svg31' (o.g.)
Kostić Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Serbia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg1–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Friðjónsson Soccerball shade.svg90+3' (pen.) Report Thomsen Soccerball shade.svg90'
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

1–1 on aggregate. Denmark won on away goals rule.

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–1Flag of France.svg  France
Kiese Thelin Soccerball shade.svg3', 35'
Lewicki Soccerball shade.svg71', 88'		 Report Kurzawa Soccerball shade.svg87'
Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate.

References

  1. ↑ "Holders Spain draw Serbia in play-offs". UEFA. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Under-21 play-off seedings confirmed for draw". UEFA. 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jong Oranje in Pot B". onsoranje.nl. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2013–15" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2013.
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