2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The qualifying groups for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where possible, matched the 7- and 6-team World Cup 2006 qualifying groups of the senior European teams. The exceptions were where Andorra, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, and Northern Ireland were involved; none of whom entered an under-21 team. Germany, whose seniors did not need to qualify for the World Cup (as they will be hosts) were added to one of the 5-team groups created by the absence of the aforementioned nations.

Europe's 48 national under-21 teams entering were divided into eight groups (six groups of 6 + one group of 5 + one group of 7). The eight group winners played off against the eight group runners-up on a two-legged home-and-away basis to decide the eight qualifying teams.

Qualifying Groups

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

This was the last time when this grouping schema was applied for U21 qualifying groups.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 10721217+1423
 Czech Republic 10631268+1821
 Romania 10613178+919
 Macedonia 1023591899
 Finland 1021771697
 Armenia 10127225235
 
Armenia  0–4 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–5
Czech Republic  6–0 3–0 2–0 2–4 4–1
Finland  0–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–1
Macedonia  4–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0
Netherlands  0–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–0
Romania  2–0 0–0 1–0 5–1 2–0

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 129213012+1829
 Ukraine 12723227+1523
 Greece 12624189+920
 Turkey 12543159+619
 Georgia 123277221511
 Albania 12237927189
 Kazakhstan 12219823157
 
Albania  1–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1
Denmark  7–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 3–2
Georgia  2–1 2–4 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–3
Greece  2–0 0–1 3–0 5–0 2–1 0–1
Kazakhstan  0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1
Turkey  4–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
Ukraine  5–0 0–1 6–0 1–0 2–1 0–0

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 101000293+2630
 Russia 10613246+1819[lower-alpha 1]
 Slovakia 10613129+319[lower-alpha 1]
 Latvia 103341016612
 Estonia 10037424203
 Luxembourg 10028425212
 
Estonia  1–3 0–0 0–5 1–5 0–2
Latvia  0–0 2–1 1–2 0–4 0–0
Luxembourg  1–1 1–2 1–6 0–4 0–2
Portugal  3–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–1
Russia  3–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–0
Slovakia  2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
  1. Head-to-head results: Russia 4–0 Slovakia, Slovakia 1–0 Russia

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 8611135+819
  Switzerland 8431158+715[lower-alpha 1]
 Israel 8431117+415[lower-alpha 1]
 Republic of Ireland 8125101445
 Cyprus 8017217151
 
Cyprus  0–1 1–1 0–1 1–5
France  2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Republic of Ireland  3–0 1–2 2–2 0–1
Israel  1–0 3–2 3–1 1–1
Switzerland   3–0 0–3 4–2 0–0
  1. Head-to-head results: Switzerland 0–0 Israel, Israel 1–1 Switzerland

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 10811163+1325
 Slovenia 104331313015
 Norway 104241413+114
 Belarus 104152019+113
 Moldova 10325812411
 Scotland 10136617116
 
Belarus  1–1 2–3 2–3 3–2 1–2
Italy  2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Moldova  1–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–3
Norway  2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0
Scotland  2–3 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–1
Slovenia  1–4 0–3 1–0 2–2 3–0

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 10730245+1924
 England 10631217+1421
 Poland 103431818013
 Austria 10325914511
 Wales 103169211210
 Azerbaijan 10037117163
 
Austria  3–0 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–0
Azerbaijan  0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1
England  1–2 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–0
Germany  2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0
Poland  2–2 3–0 1–3 1–3 3–2
Wales  1–0 3–0 0–4 0–4 2–2

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belgium 10730256+1924
 Serbia and Montenegro 107122911+1822
 Spain 10622378+2920
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 103161720310[lower-alpha 1]
 Lithuania 10316916710[lower-alpha 1]
 San Marino 100010460560
 
Belgium  2–1 3–0 4–0 5–0 1–0
Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–1 2–0 1–3 5–1 0–2
Lithuania  1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Serbia and Montenegro  1–1 5–1 3–2 9–0 1–0
San Marino  0–4 1–4 1–2 0–5 1–10
Spain  2–2 4–2 2–0 2–0 14–0
  1. Head-to-head results: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 Lithuania, Lithuania 1–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 10811146+825
 Hungary 10613127+519
 Sweden 106041612+418
 Iceland 104151511+413
 Bulgaria 1021791787
 Malta 10127316135
 
Bulgaria  2–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–2
Croatia  1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Hungary  1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1
Iceland  3–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–1
Malta  1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1
Sweden  2–0 0–2 2–1 1–4 6–0

Play-offs

Group winners played at home in the second leg.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
England  2–3  France 1–1 1–2
Czech Republic  0–3  Germany 0–2 0–1
Hungary  1–2  Italy 1–1 0–1
Serbia and Montenegro  5–2  Croatia 3–1 2–1
Ukraine  5–4  Belgium 2–3 3–1
Russia  1–4  Denmark 0–1 1–3
Switzerland   2–3  Portugal 1–1 1–2
Slovenia  0–2  Netherlands 0–0 0–2
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