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2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3

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Group 3 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: England, Austria, Turkey, Kosovo, Albania, and Andorra. 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.

The group was originally scheduled to be played in home-and-away round-robin format between 23 March 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 10 9 1 0 34 9 +25 28 Final tournament 5–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 3–1
2  Austria 10 6 0 4 24 16 +8 18 1–2 1–5 3–0 4–0 4–0
3  Albania 10 4 2 4 16 21 −5 14 0–3 0–4 1–2 2–1 3–1
4  Turkey 10 4 1 5 15 18 −3 13 2–3 3–2 2–2 3–0 1–0
5  Kosovo 10 3 0 7 9 20 −11 9 0–6 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0
6  Andorra 10 1 2 7 10 24 −14 5 3–3 1–3 2–2 2–0 0–4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

Albania 1–2 Turkey
  • Tafa 20'
Report
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Andorra 2–2 Albania
Report
Attendance: 578
Referee: Kári Jóannesarson Á Høvdanum (Faroe Islands)

Andorra 0–4 Kosovo
Report
Attendance: 207
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)
Turkey 2–2 Albania
Report
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Kosovo 3–1 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 2,875
Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland)

Andorra 1–3 Austria
Report
Attendance: 278
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
Turkey 2–3 England
Report
Attendance: 14,955
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

Albania 0–4 Austria
Report
England 2–0 Kosovo
Report
Attendance: 15,258
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

Austria 3–0 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 1,076

Albania 2–1 Kosovo
Report
England 5–1 Austria
Report
Attendance: 11,772
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)

Austria 4–0 Kosovo
Report
Attendance: 3015
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
Albania 0–3 England
Report
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)
Andorra 2–0 Turkey
Report
Attendance: 237
Referee: Dragan Petrovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Austria 1–5 Albania
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Rob Jenkins (Wales)
Kosovo 0–6 England
Report
Turkey 1–0 Andorra
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)

Albania 3–1 Andorra
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)
Austria 1–2 England
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Andorra 3–3 England
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)
Kosovo 0–1 Austria
Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Kosovo 1–0 Andorra
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jamie Robert Robinson (Northern Ireland)
England 2–1 Turkey
Report

Turkey 3–2 Austria
Report
Attendance: 88
Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)
Kosovo 0–1 Albania
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
England 3–1 Andorra
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)

Turkey 3–0 Kosovo
Report
Attendance: 106
Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia)
Austria 4–0 Andorra
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
England 5–0 Albania
Report

Goalscorers

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There were 108 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

13 goals

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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  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. ^ a b c d e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[7][8]
  3. ^ a b c d 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 October and November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Three matches originally scheduled to be played in September and October 2020 were rescheduled following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

References

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  1. ^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
  3. ^ a b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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