Group 2 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted 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 was played in home-and-away round-robin format. 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). [2]
| 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 | — |
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).
| Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | Andorra |
|---|---|---|
Connolly  31' | Report |
| Slovenia | 4–0 | Andorra |
|---|---|---|
| Šporar 14' Kastrevec 21'Zahović 29'Stankovič 74' | Report |
| Andorra | 1–0 | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| A. Sánchez 51' (pen.) | Report |
| 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 |
| Serbia | 5–0 | Andorra |
|---|---|---|
| Luković 9', 52' Ožegović 38' (pen.), 47'Mulić 64' | Report |
| Slovenia | 0–3 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Monachello 71', 84' Benassi 87' |
| Republic of Ireland | 3–0 | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| O'Dowda 27' Wilkinson 30'Browne 77' | Report |
| Italy | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Parigini 66' | Report |
| Andorra | 0–5 | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gorenc Stankovič 6' Štulac 48', 52'Kastrevec 55', 81' |
| 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' |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–4 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Mandragora 17' (o.g.) | Report | Benassi 28' Rosseti 36'Romagnoli 59'Lenihan 82' (o.g.) |
| Andorra | 0–4 | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Babić 29' Đurđević 40'Ožegović 59' (pen.)Maraš 87' |
| Slovenia | 3–1 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Krajnc 14' Bajde 55' (pen.)Zajc 72' | Report | O'Dowda 65' |
| Andorra | 0–1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Cerri 79' |
| Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
| Charsley 87' Maguire 90+1' | Report |
| 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 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–3 | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| Duffus 49' | Report | Mihajlović 64' Gaćinović 67'Lukić 88' |
| Lithuania | 0–0 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Aarón Sánchez Domenico Berardi Federico Bernardeschi Danilo Cataldi Vittorio Parigini Lorenzo Pellegrini Alessio Romagnoli Lorenzo Rosseti Donatas Kazlauskas Manfredas Ruzgis Gratas Sirgėdas Lukas Spalvis Simonas Stankevičius Alan Browne Harry Charsley Dylan Connolly Josh Cullen Courtney Duffus Tommie Hoban Srđan Babić Mijat Gaćinović Milan Gajić Darko Lazić Saša Lukić Nikola Maraš Nemanja Mihajlović Fejsal Mulić Gregor Bajde Luka Krajnc Mitja Lotrič Luka Zahović Miha Zajc Rolando Mandragora (against Republic of Ireland) Darragh Lenihan (against Italy)