2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group A

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Group A of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Croatia, Austria, Norway, Finland, Azerbaijan, and Estonia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 28 January 2021, 12:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, [1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. [2]

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Standings

Austria against Finland (2022-06-03) UEFA Euro 2023 Qualifiers Austria vs. Finland (2022-06-03) 69.jpg
Austria against Finland (2022-06-03)
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Norway.svgFlag of Croatia.svgFlag of Finland.svgFlag of Austria.svgFlag of Azerbaijan.svgFlag of Estonia.svg
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 108022611+1524 Final tournament 3–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–0
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 107122510+1522 Play-offs 3–2 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–0
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 106131813+519 0–2 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–0
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 105142213+916 2–1 1–3 2–3 6–0 2–0
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 102171224127 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–3 3–0
6Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 100010032320 0–5 0–4 0–3 0–4 0–5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
  • Schmid Soccerball shade.svg7'
  • Demir Soccerball shade.svg56'
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Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg2–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Norway  Flag of Norway.svg3–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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Raatti Stadium, Oulu
Attendance: 2,903
Referee: Vitor Ferreira (Portugal)
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg6–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg3–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Stadion Varteks, Varaždin
Attendance: 718
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Hüseynli Soccerball shade.svg86' Report Agcabayov Soccerball shade.svg75' (o.g.)
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Norway  Flag of Norway.svg3–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
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Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–5Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Tampere Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 1,594
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg2–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
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Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula
Attendance: 548
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg0–3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Norway  Flag of Norway.svg3–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
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Arto Tolsa Areena, Kotka
Attendance: 907
Referee: Georgi Davidov (Bulgaria)

Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg1–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg3–0Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
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Kapital Bank Arena, Sumqayit
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: David Munro (Scotland)
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg0–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg2–3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Stadion Varteks, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg3–2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
Attendance: 670
Referee: David Munro (Scotland)
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3–0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Bolt Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 1,043
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)

Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–4Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Veritas Stadion, Turku
Attendance: 2,333
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey)

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–1Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
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Goalscorers

There were 103 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.43 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 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 2021 and between 29 March and 24 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.

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References

  1. "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.