2019_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship_qualification_Group_2 Knowpia

Group 2 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Spain, Slovakia, Iceland, Albania, Estonia, and Northern Ireland. 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]

The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 8 June 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 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	9	0	1	31	10	+21	27	Final tournament	—	1–2	5–1	1–0	3–0	3–1
2	Northern Ireland	10	6	2	2	15	11	+4	20		3–5	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–2
3	Slovakia	10	6	0	4	17	18	−1	18		1–4	1–0	—	0–2	4–1	2–0
4	Iceland	10	3	2	5	16	19	−3	11		2–7	0–1	2–3	—	2–3	5–2
5	Albania	10	1	4	5	9	17	−8	7		0–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	—	0–0
6	Estonia	10	0	2	8	11	24	−13	2		0–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches edit

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

8 June 2017

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Estonia	1–2	Northern Ireland
Sappinen 50'	Report	Parkhouse 74' Donnelly 90+4' (pen.)

Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 312

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

12 June 2017

20:00

Albania	0–0	Estonia
	Report

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Attendance: 3,000^[5]

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

31 August 2017

20:30 (19:30 BST)

Northern Ireland	1–0	Albania
Donnelly 90+5' (pen.)	Report

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Attendance: 234

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

1 September 2017

16:45 (17:45 EEST)

Estonia	1–2	Slovakia
Poom 83'	Report	Sipľak 14' Mutso 89' (o.g.)

Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 243^[6]

Referee: Jari Järvinen (Finland)

4 September 2017

19:00 (17:00 WET)

Iceland	2–3	Albania
Andrésson 45' Einarsson 71'	Report	Abazaj 45+1', 65' Durmishaj 75'

Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 584

Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

5 September 2017

19:15 (20:15 EEST)

Estonia	0–1	Spain
	Report	Soler 65'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 964

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

5 September 2017

20:30

Slovakia	1–0	Northern Ireland
Bénes 61'	Report

Štadión FK Senica, Senica

Attendance: 2,339^[7]

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

5 October 2017

17:20

Slovakia	0–2	Iceland
	Report	A. Guðmundsson 8', 90+5'

NTC Poprad, Poprad

Attendance: 3,076^[8]

Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece)

10 October 2017

19:00

Albania	0–0	Iceland
	Report

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Attendance: 2,150

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

10 October 2017

20:30

Slovakia	1–4	Spain
Vavro 59'	Report	Merino 26' Oyarzabal 49' Rodri 56' Ceballos 69'

NTC Poprad, Poprad

Attendance: 5,574^[9]

Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

10 October 2017

20:30 (19:30 BST)

Northern Ireland	4–2	Estonia
Johnson 2' Gorman 43' Sykes 61' Igonen 75' (o.g.)	Report	Liivak 11' Sappinen 20'

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Attendance: 463

Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)

9 November 2017

19:30

Spain	1–0	Iceland
Fabián 36'	Report

La Condomina, Murcia

Attendance: 15,168

Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (Israel)

10 November 2017

18:00

Albania	1–1	Northern Ireland
Ramadani 83'	Report	Lavery 89'

Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 1,250

Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

14 November 2017

17:00 (18:00 EET)

Estonia	2–3	Iceland
Sinyavskiy 45' Lilander 51'	Report	A. Guðmundsson 56' H. Guðmundsson 74' Karlsson 80'

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 369

Referee: Alper Ulusoy (Turkey)

14 November 2017

21:50

Spain	5–1	Slovakia
Ceballos 38', 55', 61' Córdoba 53' Mayoral 86'	Report	Fabián 23' (o.g.)

Cartagonova, Cartagena

Attendance: 12,912

Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)

22 March 2018

20:45 (19:45 GMT)

Northern Ireland	3–5	Spain
Donnelly 30' (pen.), 45+2' Lavery 68'	Report	Oyarzabal 15', 44' Mayoral 47', 75', 84'

Shamrock Park, Portadown

Attendance: 2,309

Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

23 March 2018

17:20

Albania	2–3	Slovakia
Manaj 44', 52'	Report	Špalek 48' Dimun 80' Mráz 87'

Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 985^[10]

Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

26 March 2018

20:30 (19:30 BST)

Northern Ireland	0–0	Iceland
	Report

The Showgrounds, Coleraine

Attendance: 1,088

Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

27 March 2018

17:20

Slovakia	4–1	Albania
Haraslín 19' Mráz 45+2', 74' Sipľak 70'	Report	Manaj 63'

Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina

Attendance: 2,177^[11]

Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

27 March 2018

19:30

Spain	3–1	Estonia
Fabián 8' Mayoral 37', 51'	Report	Sinyavskiy 59'

El Toralín, Ponferrada

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

6 September 2018

18:45 (16:45 WET)

Iceland	5–2	Estonia
Karlsson 19', 22' Friðjónsson 45+3' Sigurðsson 53' A. Guðmundsson 64'	Report	Liivak 61' (pen.) Kaldma 68'

Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

Attendance: 332

Referee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

6 September 2018

20:00

Spain	3–0	Albania
Oyarzabal 5' Mayoral 56' Mir 90+2'	Report

Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba

Attendance: 8,025

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

11 September 2018

17:30 (15:30 WET)

Iceland	2–3	Slovakia
Guðmundsson 33', 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Bénes 58' Vestenický 90' Rodák 90+4'

KR-völlur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 337^[12]

Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

11 September 2018

18:45

Spain	1–2	Northern Ireland
Mir 90+2'	Report	Lavery 4' Donnelly 8' (pen.)

Carlos Belmonte, Albacete

Attendance: 3,400

Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

11 October 2018

18:45 (16:45 WET)

Iceland	0–1	Northern Ireland
	Report	Ballard 90'

Fylkisvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 337

Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

11 October 2018

19:00

Albania	0–1	Spain
	Report	Mir 84'

Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 1,150

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

12 October 2018

20:30

Slovakia	2–0	Estonia
Jirka 1' Vestenický 58'	Report

MOL Aréna, Dunajská Streda

Attendance: 3,373^[13]

Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)

16 October 2018

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Estonia	2–2	Albania
Liivak 32' Kuusk 87'	Report	Seferi 12', 69'

Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu

Attendance: 237

Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

16 October 2018

18:45 (16:45 WET)

Iceland	2–7	Spain
Þorsteinsson 41' Karlsson 58'	Report	Oyarzabal 24' (pen.) Mir 25', 40' Gunnarsson 45+2' (o.g.) Soler 54' Mayoral 87' Fabián 90'

Fylkisvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 368

Referee: Cătălin Gaman (Romania)

16 October 2018

20:30 (19:30 BST)

Northern Ireland	1–0	Slovakia
Sykes 62'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 5,462^[14]

Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (Israel)

Goalscorers edit

There were 99 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.

8 goals

Borja Mayoral

6 goals

Albert Guðmundsson

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Matvei Igonen (against Northern Ireland)
Kaspar Mutso (against Slovakia)
Hörður Ingi Gunnarsson (against Spain)
Fabián (against Slovakia)

Notes edit

^ 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.

References edit

^ "2019 Under-21 qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 26 January 2017.
^ "England face Netherlands, Scotland in 2019 U21 qualifying". UEFA.com. 26 January 2017.
^ "Under-21 coefficients: 2019 qualifying draw" (PDF). UEFA.com.
^ "2017-19 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
^ attendance Albania U21 vs. Estonia U21 - 12 June 2017 Soccerway
^ Estonia U21 vs. Slovakia U21 Soccerway
^ Slovensko 21 1:0 Severné Írsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk
^ Slovensko 21 0:2 Island 21 Futbalsfz.sk
^ Slovensko 21 1:4 Španielsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk
^ Albania U21 vs. Slovakia U21 Soccerway
^ Slovensko 21 4:1 Albánsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk
^ Iceland U21 vs. Slovakia U21 Soccerway
^ Slovensko 21 2:0 Estónsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk
^ Severné Írsko 21 1:0 Slovensko 21 Futbalsfz.sk

External links edit

Under-21 Standings: 2017–19 qualifying, UEFA.com

[Time_zone-5] 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.

[1] "2019 Under-21 qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 26 January 2017.

[2] "England face Netherlands, Scotland in 2019 U21 qualifying". UEFA.com. 26 January 2017.

[rank-3] "Under-21 coefficients: 2019 qualifying draw" (PDF). UEFA.com.

[regulations-4] "2017-19 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.

[6] ttendance Albania U21 vs. Estonia U21 - 12 June 2017 Soccerway

[7] Estonia U21 vs. Slovakia U21 Soccerway

[8] Slovensko 21 1:0 Severné Írsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk

[9] Slovensko 21 0:2 Island 21 Futbalsfz.sk

[10] Slovensko 21 1:4 Španielsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk

[11] Albania U21 vs. Slovakia U21 Soccerway

[12] Slovensko 21 4:1 Albánsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk

[13] Iceland U21 vs. Slovakia U21 Soccerway

[14] Slovensko 21 2:0 Estónsko 21 Futbalsfz.sk

[15] Severné Írsko 21 1:0 Slovensko 21 Futbalsfz.sk

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Summary

Standings edit

Matches edit

Goalscorers edit

Notes edit

References edit

External links edit