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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 |
England
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10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 9 | +25 | 28 | Final tournament | — | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 |
Austria
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10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 18 | 1–2 | — | 1–5 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 |
Albania
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 14 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 4 |
Turkey
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10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 13 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 5 |
Kosovo
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10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 9 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 |
Andorra
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10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | — |
Matches
Times are CET/ CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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Andorra | 2–2 |
Albania |
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Turkey | 2–2 |
Albania |
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Kosovo | 3–1 |
Turkey |
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England | 5–1 |
Austria |
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England | 2–1 |
Turkey |
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Turkey | 3–2 |
Austria |
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Goalscorers
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
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Enis Çokaj
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Omar Imeri
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Sherif Kallaku
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Leonardo Maloku
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Arbnor Mucolli
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Din Sula
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Indrit Tuci
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Giacomo Vrioni
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Albert Rosas
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Kelvin Arase
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Kevin Danso
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Patrick Schmidt
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Maximilian Wöber
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Jude Bellingham
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Josh Dasilva
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Tom Davies
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Conor Gallagher
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Ben Godfrey
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Curtis Jones
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James Justin
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Jamal Musiala
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Ryan Sessegnon
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Ben Wilmot
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Eris Abedini
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Blendi Baftiu
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Ardit Gashi
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Lirim Kastrati
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Lirim Mema
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Arbenit Xhemajli
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Berkay Özcan
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Doğukan Sinik
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İlker Yüksel
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Berat Özdemir
1 own goal
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Hüseyin Türkmen (against England)
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
- ^ a b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
- ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
- ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
External links
- Under-21 Matches: 2021 Qualifying, UEFA.com