2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2

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Group 2 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: France, Slovakia, Switzerland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Liechtenstein. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 11 December 2018, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, [1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.

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The group was originally scheduled to be played in home-and-away round-robin format between 6 June 2019 and 13 October 2020. Under the original format, the group winners and the best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining eight runners-up would advance to the play-offs. [2]

On 17 March 2020, all matches were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the qualifying group stage would be extended and end on 17 November 2020, while the play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in November 2020, would be cancelled. Instead, the group winners and the five best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify for the final tournament. [4] [5] [6]

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of France.svgFlag of Switzerland.svgFlag of Georgia.svgFlag of Slovakia.svgFlag of Azerbaijan.svgFlag of Liechtenstein.svg
1Flag of France.svg  France 109013210+2227 Final tournament 3–1 3–2 1–0 5–0 5–0
2Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 10901268+1827 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–0
3Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 105051714+315 0–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 4–0
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 104062221+112 3–5 1–2 3–2 2–1 6–0
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 10208618126 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–0
6Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 10109335323 0–5 0–5 0–2 2–4 1–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

Liechtenstein  Flag of Liechtenstein.svg1–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Attendance: 323
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg4–0Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
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Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)
Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg2–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Dalga Arena, Baku
Attendance: 274
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (North Macedonia)

Liechtenstein  Flag of Liechtenstein.svg0–5Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
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Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 774
Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Republic of Ireland)
Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–3Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Dalga Arena, Baku
Attendance: 357
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Liechtenstein  Flag of Liechtenstein.svg2–4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Attendance: 275
Referee: Vilhjálmur Thórarinsson (Iceland)
France  Flag of France.svg5–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Stade de l'Épopée, Calais
Attendance: 8,912
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
Switzerland   Flag of Switzerland.svg2–1Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Attendance: 650
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–1Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
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Kapital Bank Arena, Sumqayit
Attendance: 1,517
Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–5Flag of France.svg  France
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MOL Aréna, Dunajská Streda
Attendance: 2,603
Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–0Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
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Kapital Bank Arena, Sumqayit
Attendance: 715
Referee: Loukas Soteriou (Cyprus)
France  Flag of France.svg3–2Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Stade Marcel Picot, Tomblaine
Attendance: 11,798
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)

Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–2Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra
Attendance: 1548
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
Switzerland   Flag of Switzerland.svg3–1Flag of France.svg  France
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Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–2Flag of France.svg  France
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Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori
Attendance: 0 [note 2]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Switzerland   Flag of Switzerland.svg4–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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LIPO Park Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 0 [note 2]
Referee: Mads Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–2Flag of France.svg  France
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Kapital Bank Arena, Sumqayit
Attendance: 0 [note 2]
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
Liechtenstein  Flag of Liechtenstein.svg0–2Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Attendance: 0 [note 2]
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg1–2Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
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Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra
Attendance: 0 [note 2]
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–1Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)
France  Flag of France.svg5–0Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
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Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 1321
Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–3Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
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Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

France  Flag of France.svg1–0Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 2287
Referee: Miloš Djordjic (Serbia)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg1–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dzmitry Dzmitryieu (Belarus)
Switzerland   Flag of Switzerland.svg3–0Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
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Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
Attendance: 532
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg2–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
Switzerland   Flag of Switzerland.svg2–1Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Stockhorn Arena, Thun
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)
Liechtenstein  Flag of Liechtenstein.svg0–5Flag of France.svg  France
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Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 0
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

France  Flag of France.svg3–1Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
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Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg6–0Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
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Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

Goalscorers

There were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match.

11 goals

9 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 31 March and 26 October 2019 and between 29 March and 24 October 2020, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors. [7] [8]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 All matches originally scheduled to be played in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. [3] These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played in November 2020.

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