The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 25 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]
^The Norway v Kosovo match originally ended with a 5–0 win for Norway, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kosovo, after
UEFA concluded that
Norway had played
Kristoffer Ajer in this match, who was ineligible after being suspended due to cards in his U-19 tournament match.[5][6]
^
abHead-to-head results: Republic of Ireland 4–0 Israel, Israel 3–1 Republic of Ireland.
Matches
Times are
CET/
CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
^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.
^The Norway v Kosovo match originally ended with a 5–0 win for Norway, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kosovo, after
UEFA concluded that
Norway had played
Kristoffer Ajer in this match, who were ineligible after being suspended due to cards.[5]