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
Matches Times are CET /CEST ,[ note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
12 June 2017 (2017-06-12 )
20:00
31 August 2017 (2017-08-31 )
1 September 2017 (2017-09-01 )
4 September 2017 (2017-09-04 )
5 September 2017 (2017-09-05 )
5 September 2017 (2017-09-05 )
20:30
Attendance: 2,339[ 7]
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (
Turkey )
5 October 2017 (2017-10-05 )
17:20
Attendance: 3,076[ 8]
Referee: Georgios Kominis (
Greece )
10 October 2017 (2017-10-10 )
19:00
10 October 2017 (2017-10-10 )
20:30
10 October 2017 (2017-10-10 )
9 November 2017 (2017-11-09 )
19:30
Attendance: 15,168
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (
Israel )
10 November 2017 (2017-11-10 )
18:00
14 November 2017 (2017-11-14 )
Attendance: 369
Referee: Alper Ulusoy (
Turkey )
14 November 2017 (2017-11-14 )
21:50
22 March 2018 (2018-03-22 )
23 March 2018 (2018-03-23 )
17:20
26 March 2018 (2018-03-26 )
27 March 2018 (2018-03-27 )
17:20
Attendance: 2,177[ 11]
Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (
Wales )
27 March 2018 (2018-03-27 )
19:30
6 September 2018 (2018-09-06 )
6 September 2018 (2018-09-06 )
20:00
Attendance: 8,025
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (
Poland )
11 September 2018 (2018-09-11 )
Attendance: 337[ 12]
Referee: Alexander Harkam (
Austria )
11 September 2018 (2018-09-11 )
18:45
11 October 2018 (2018-10-11 )
11 October 2018 (2018-10-11 )
19:00
12 October 2018 (2018-10-12 )
20:30
16 October 2018 (2018-10-16 )
16 October 2018 (2018-10-16 )
16 October 2018 (2018-10-16 )
Attendance: 5,462[ 14]
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (
Israel )
Goalscorers There were 99 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.
8 goals
6 goals
Albert Guðmundsson 5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Notes ^ 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 ^ "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 Under-21 Standings: 2017–19 qualifying, UEFA.com