2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5

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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]

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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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Germany.svgFlag of Norway.svgFlag of Ireland.svgFlag of Israel.svgFlag of Kosovo.svgFlag of Azerbaijan.svg
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10811337+2625 Final tournament 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 6–1
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 104331513+215 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 [a] 1–1
3Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 104241215314 [b] 0–6 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0
4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 104241718114 [b] 2–5 1–3 3–1 3–0 3–1
5Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 10334912312 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–4 2–0
6Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 10037627213 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. 1 2 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  Flag of Ireland.svg1–0Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–3
Awarded [note 2]
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Attendance: 2,871
Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg3–1Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre
Referee: Cătălin Gaman (Romania)
Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svg3–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica
Referee: Fyodor Zammit (Malta)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–3Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Dalga Arena, Baku
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–0Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück
Attendance: 5,331
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
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Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)

Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg0–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Luis Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6–1Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
Attendance: 7,345
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg4–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
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Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg3–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Attendance: 1,810
Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Dalga Arena, Baku
Attendance: 150
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)
Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svg0–4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
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Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–0Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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Dalga Arena, Baku
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg2–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
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Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
Attendance: 6,071
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svg2–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svg0–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica
Attendance: 7,850
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
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Dalga Arena, Baku
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svg1–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Dalga Arena, Baku
Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg0–6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 2,325
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg3–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Audi Sportpark, Ingolstadt
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg3–0Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–0Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Voith-Arena, Heidenheim
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–1Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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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. 26 January 2017.
  2. "England face Netherlands, Scotland in 2019 U21 qualifying". UEFA. 26 January 2017.
  3. "Under-21 coefficients: 2019 qualifying draw" (PDF). UEFA.
  4. "2017-19 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "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.