Group 3 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: France, Ukraine, Scotland, Iceland, Macedonia, and Northern Ireland. 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 | Macedonia | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 21 | Final tournament | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | France | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 20 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Iceland | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 18 | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Ukraine | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 14 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Scotland | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 8 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 6 | Northern Ireland | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |
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).
| Iceland | 3–0 | Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
E. Ómarsson  55'Gunnlaugsson 61', 67' | Report |
| Northern Ireland | 1–2 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Kennedy 7' | Report | Christie 33' Fraser 61' |
| Iceland | 3–2 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Sigurjónsson 10', 85' (pen.) Hermannsson 48' | Report | Laporte 39' Kyei 90' |
| Iceland | 1–1 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Þrándarson 37' | Report | Johnson 2' |
| Ukraine | 0–1 | Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Vilhjálmsson 71' |
| Northern Ireland | 1–2 | Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
| Doherty 43' | Report | Babunski 46' Markoski 85' |
| Scotland | 0–0 | Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| France | 1–0 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Crivelli 82' | Report |
| Scotland | 2–2 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Cummings 31' Paterson 37' | Report | Khlyobas 26' Svatok 83' |
| Macedonia | 2–2 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Angelov 19' Radeski 40' | Report | Haller 65' Nkoudou 72' |
| Northern Ireland | 1–2 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| McCartan 53' | Report | Kovalenko 64', 73' |
| France | 2–0 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Haller 69', 74' | Report |
| Scotland | 3–1 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| McBurnie 58' Cummings 64', 78' | Report | McCartan 13' |
| Northern Ireland | 0–1 | Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ægisson 87' |
| Ukraine | 4–0 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Bliznichenko 26' Besyedin 69', 77'Boryachuk 90+2' (pen.) | Report |
| Macedonia | 2–0 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Doherty 37' (o.g.) Markoski 85' | Report |
| Iceland | 2–0 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Þrándarson 47' E. Ómarsson 66' | Report |
| Iceland | 2–4 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Grétarsson 22' E. Ómarsson 88' | Report | Boryachuk 56', 90' Besyedin 75'Zubkov 90+4' |
| Northern Ireland | 0–3 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Augustin 16', 42' Dembélé 89' |
Enzo Crivelli Moussa Dembélé Grejohn Kyei Aymeric Laporte Thomas Lemar Georges-Kévin Nkoudou Adrien Rabiot Heiðar Ægisson Daníel Leó Grétarsson Hjörtur Hermannsson Árni Vilhjálmsson David Babunski Enis Bardhi Besir Demiri Josh Doherty Ryan Johnson Mikhail Kennedy Paul Smyth Ryan Christie Ryan Fraser Billy King Oli McBurnie Callum Paterson Andriy Bliznichenko Dmytro Khlyobas Oleksandr Svatok Yuriy Vakulko Oleksandr Zubkov Egzon Bejtulai (against France) Josh Doherty (against Macedonia) Stephen Kingsley (against France)