2019_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship_qualification_Group_8 Knowpia

Group 8 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Portugal, Switzerland, Romania, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Liechtenstein. 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 28 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 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	10	7	3	0	19	4	+15	24	Final tournament	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0
2	Portugal	10	7	1	2	33	11	+22	22	Play-offs	1–2	—	4–2	2–0	2–1	7–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	6	0	4	24	11	+13	18		1–3	3–1	—	1–0	3–0	6–0
4	Wales	10	4	1	5	11	14	−3	13		0–0	0–2	0–4	—	3–1	2–1
5	Switzerland	10	3	1	6	11	18	−7	10		0–2	2–4	1–0	0–3	—	3–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	0	10	2	42	−40	0		0–2	0–9	0–4	1–3	0–2	—

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).

28 March 2017

15:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	6–0	Liechtenstein
Hadžiahmetović 10' Gojak 13' (pen.) Aganspahić 20' Kuzmanović 82', 90' Beganović 83'	Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica

Attendance: 825

Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

13 June 2017

19:00

Switzerland	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Haas 11'	Report

Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne

Attendance: 1,518

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

13 June 2017

19:00

Liechtenstein	0–2	Romania
	Report	Pușcaș 45', 71'

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

Attendance: 427

Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

1 September 2017

17:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Romania
Nedelcu 23' (o.g.)	Report	Pușcaș 32' Coman 54' Man 90+5'

Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica

Attendance: 400

Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyy (Ukraine)

1 September 2017

19:00

Switzerland	0–3	Wales
	Report	Roberts 7' Brooks 27' Thomas 90+1'

Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne

Attendance: 412

Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

5 September 2017

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Romania	1–1	Switzerland
Pușcaș 22'	Report	Oberlin 19'

Stadionul Viitorul, Ovidiu

Attendance: 1,621

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

5 September 2017

20:15 (19:15 WEST)

Portugal	2–0	Wales
Neves 25' (pen.) Guedes 41'	Report

Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira, Chaves

Attendance: 7,111

Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)

5 October 2017

18:30

Liechtenstein	1–3	Wales
Kardesoglu 57'	Report	Thomas 24', 31' (pen.) Smith 52'

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

Attendance: 278

Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo (Gibraltar)

6 October 2017

19:00

Switzerland	0–2	Romania
	Report	Dobre 24' Cicâldău 87'

Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano

Attendance: 550

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

10 October 2017

15:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Portugal
Šerbečić 22' Demirović 77' Menalo 90+5'	Report	Carvalho 10'

Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica

Attendance: 600

Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

10 October 2017

18:00

Liechtenstein	0–2	Switzerland
	Report	Spielmann 34', 51'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 471

Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

10 November 2017

18:00 (19:00 EET)

Romania	1–1	Portugal
Man 66'	Report	Gonçalves 16'

Stadionul Viitorul, Ovidiu

Attendance: 2,553

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

10 November 2017

19:00 (18:00 GMT)

Wales	0–4	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Gojak 26', 51' Ćavar 71' Menalo 77'

Nantporth, Bangor

Attendance: 1,041

Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)

14 November 2017

18:30 (17:30 WET)

Portugal	2–1	Switzerland
Gonçalves 10' Jota 29'	Report	Garcia 39'

Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira

Attendance: 6,554

Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

14 November 2017

19:00 (18:00 GMT)

Wales	0–0	Romania
	Report

Nantporth, Bangor

Attendance: 916

Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

23 March 2018

15:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Wales
Todorović 65'	Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica

Attendance: 800

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

23 March 2018

18:45 (17:45 WET)

Portugal	7–0	Liechtenstein
Gonçalves 7', 30', 63' Carvalho 10', 45' Xadas 26' Félix 67'	Report

Estádio João Cardoso, Tondela

Attendance: 2,847

Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

27 March 2018

17:00

Switzerland	2–4	Portugal
Sow 4' Cömert 37'	Report	Tavares 50' Horta 57' Félix 64' Dias 90'

Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Attendance: 2,070

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

27 March 2018

18:00

Liechtenstein	0–4	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Čivić 35' Ćavar 52' Memija 71' Gojak 90+2'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 429

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

7 September 2018

17:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Switzerland
Demirović 20', 34' Čataković 87'	Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

7 September 2018

19:00 (18:00 BST)

Wales	2–1	Liechtenstein
Thomas 5', 18'	Report	Graber 78'

Nantporth, Bangor

Attendance: 307

Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

7 September 2018

20:15 (19:15 WEST)

Portugal	1–2	Romania
Carvalho 85'	Report	Cicâldău 52' Ivan 59'

Estádio da Mata Real, Paços de Ferreira

Attendance: 5,354

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

11 September 2018

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Romania	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Petre 16' Hagi 70'	Report

Stadionul Viitorul, Ovidiu

Attendance: 4,182

Referee: François Letexier (France)

11 September 2018

18:30

Switzerland	3–0	Liechtenstein
Spielmann 63' de Oliveira 68' Cömert 79'	Report

Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne

Attendance: 324

Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)

11 September 2018

19:00 (18:00 BST)

Wales	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Horta 35' Félix 73'

Nantporth, Bangor

Attendance: 625

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

11 October 2018

18:30

Liechtenstein	0–9	Portugal
	Report	Graber 1' (o.g.) Tavares 28', 46', 62', 90+2' Filipe 45+1' Gonçalves 58' (pen.) Jota 84' Dias 90'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 810

Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia)

12 October 2018

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Romania	2–0	Wales
Man 55' Pușcaș 71'	Report

Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 12,588

Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)

16 October 2018

19:00 (18:00 BST)

Wales	3–1	Switzerland
Morrell 36' Lemonheigh-Evans 38', 87'	Report	Zeqiri 76'

Rodney Parade, Newport

Attendance: 242

Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

16 October 2018

20:00 (19:00 WEST)

Portugal	4–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Horta 20' Félix 53' Gonçalves 63' Tavares 90+1'	Report	Demirović 44' Turkes 90+4'

Estádio do Marítimo, Funchal

Attendance: 8,037

Referee: Paul Tierney (England)

16 October 2018

20:00 (21:00 EEST)

Romania	4–0	Liechtenstein
Pușcaș 14', 39' Hagi 25' Petre 78'	Report

Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploiești

Attendance: 12,108

Referee: Besfort Kasumi (Kosovo)

Goalscorers edit

There were 100 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

Heriberto Tavares

5 goals

George Thomas

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Noah Graber (against Portugal)
Dragoș Nedelcu (against Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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.

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.

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Summary

Standings edit

Matches edit

Goalscorers edit

Notes edit

References edit

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