2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round

The 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round was the first round of qualification for the final tournament of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Malta. Fifty-two teams entering in this round were drawn into 13 groups of four teams, where they played each other in a single round-robin mini-tournament hosted by one of the group's teams. The 13 group winners, 13 group runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the elite round, the second round of qualification.

As hosts, Malta qualified directly for the final tournament, while Germany received a bye to the elite round as the side with the highest competition coefficient. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 5 December 2012 in Nyon, and matches took place between 21 September and 19 November 2013.[1]

Seeds

A total of fifty-two participating teams were divided in two draw pots based on the UEFA Under-17 coefficient ranking. Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan would not host the mini-tournament if they are drawn in the same group due to the dispute concerning territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with the same rule applying for Georgia and Russia due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia. The UEFA Executive Committee admitted Gibraltar as a provisional member of UEFA on 1 October 2012. Gibraltar Football Association was admitted as a full member of UEFA at the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress in London in May 2013.[2]

Pot A Pot B

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
  2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
  4. If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5) and 6) will apply
  5. Results of all group matches:
    1. Superior goal difference
    2. Higher number of goals scored
  6. Drawing of lots

Additionally, if two teams which have the same number of points and the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by the penalty shoot-out and not by the criteria listed above. This procedure is applicable only if a ranking of the teams is required to determine the group winner or the runners-up and the third-placed team.

Groups

The hosts of the thirteen mini-tournament groups are indicated below.

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00) until 26 October 2013 and CET (UTC+01:00) starting from 27 October 2013.

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Elite round
2  Albania (H) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3  Belarus 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Finland 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Belarus 1–0 Finland
Vasilyew  67' Report
Referee: Georgi Vadachkoria (Georgia)
Romania 1–0 Albania
Ivan  48' Report
Referee: Sergiu Derenov (Moldova)
Finland 0–1 Romania
Report Ivan  76'
Referee: Georgi Vadachkoria (Georgia)
Belarus 1–2 Albania
Kozlov  37' Report Toli  22'
Bakalli  80+5'
Referee: Chris Reisch (Luxembourg)
Romania 2–0 Belarus
Stoica  13'
Manea  80+2'		 Report
Referee: Sergiu Derenov (Moldova)
Albania 0–0 Finland
Report
Referee: Chris Reisch (Luxembourg)

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Elite round
2  Sweden 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Ukraine 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Lithuania (H) 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
Source:
(H) Host.
Italy 2–1 Ukraine
Panico  3', 61' Report Taranukha  39'
Sweden 3–0 Lithuania
Tshakasua  35', 73'
Reuterswärd  39'		 Report
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Italy 0–0 Lithuania
Report
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Ukraine 0–0 Sweden
Report
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)
Sweden 0–3 Italy
Report Panico  27'
Locatelli  36'
Caronte  80+1'
Lithuania 1–1 Ukraine
Fastov  38' (o.g.) Report Taranukha  1'
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

† On 21 October 2012, the match between Ukraine and Sweden to be played at the ARVI Football Arena in Marijampolė was postponed to the next day due to heavy rain.[4][5]

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Elite round
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  Israel (H) 3 1 1 1 12 6 +6 4
4  Liechtenstein 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Czech Republic 4–2 Israel
Pulkrab  34', 39', 47'
Mihálik  80+4'		 Report Hamzey  22' (pen.)
Isakov  53'
France 2–0 Liechtenstein
Jamrozik  17'
Kwateng  62'		 Report
National team complex, Shefayim
Referee: Kevin Azzopardi (Malta)
Czech Republic 3–0 Liechtenstein
Januška  7'
Quaderer  27' (o.g.)
Štěpánek  79'		 Report
National team complex, Shefayim
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Israel 2–2 France
Yizhak  18'
Zenati  27'		 Report Dembele  43', 58'
France 3–0 Czech Republic
Lusamba  29' (pen.)
Saint-Maximin  36', 51'		 Report
National team complex, Shefayim
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Liechtenstein 0–8 Israel
Report Yizhak  4', 28', 29', 33', 62'
Yerushalmi  15', 78'
Hershkovich  48'
Referee: Kevin Azzopardi (Malta)

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Scotland 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Elite round
2  Wales 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 5
3  Slovenia (H) 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4  Hungary 3 0 1 2 8 11 −3 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Scotland 3–1 Slovenia
Wighton  40' (pen.), 42', 71' Report Šušnjara  53'
Bistrica, Bistrica
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Hungary 5–5 Wales
Sallai  19'
Damásdi  26', 31'
Hursán  38'
Pávkovics  52'		 Report Morrell  12' (pen.)
Harries  50'
James  59'
Wilson  62'
Evans  80'
ŠRC Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci
Referee: Aliyar Aghaev (Azerbaijan)
Scotland 0–0 Wales
Report
Bistrica, Bistrica
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)
Slovenia 4–2 Hungary
Repas  12'
Tijanić  31', 52'
Šušnjara  72'		 Report Csonka  68'
Pávkovics  77'
ŠRC Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Hungary 1–2 Scotland
Sallai  38' Report Kiltie  37', 66'
ŠRC Bakovci Stadium, Bakovci
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)
Wales 3–0 Slovenia
Wilson  37', 66'
G. Thomas  78'		 Report
Bistrica, Bistrica
Referee: Aliyar Aghaev (Azerbaijan)

Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Elite round
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3  Croatia 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4  Montenegro 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Croatia 1–0 Montenegro
Mrkonjić  80+2' Report
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Portugal 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sambu  9', 16' Report
Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)
Croatia 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Plantak  12' (o.g.)
Lelić  76'
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)
Montenegro 1–2 Portugal
Vujnović  56' Report Rodrigues  50' (pen.)
Delgado  77' (pen.)
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Portugal 1–0 Croatia
Sanches  24' Report
Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–0 Montenegro
Report
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)

Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia (H) 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7 Elite round
2  Greece 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
3  Estonia 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4  Andorra 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Greece 3–1 Estonia
Angelopoulos  42'
Dimitriadis  57'
Xiros  80+3'		 Report Käit  80'
FK Obilić, Belgrade
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Serbia 6–0 Andorra
Karišić  10'
Jović  27', 32'
Šaponjić  51'
Duronjić  70'
Zlatković  80+3' (pen.)		 Report
FK Srem, Jakovo
Referee: Mervyn Smyth (Northern Ireland)
Greece 1–0 Andorra
Stathopoulos  79' Report
FK Obilić, Belgrade
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Estonia 1–4 Serbia
Kokla  26' Report Šaponjić  29'
Jović  42', 69'
Mijailović  50'
FK Srem, Jakovo
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Serbia 0–0 Greece
Report
FK Rad, Belgrade
Referee: Mervyn Smyth (Northern Ireland)
Andorra 0–2 Estonia
Report Golovljov  52', 72'
FK Srem, Jakovo
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

Group 7
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9 Elite round
2  Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 6
3  Armenia (H) 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source:
(H) Host.
England 4–0 Armenia
Roberts  3'
Armstrong  32', 80'
Solanke  75'		 Report
Referee: Antonis Giachos (Greece)
Republic of Ireland 4–1 Gibraltar
Holland  26'
Elworthy  31', 36'
Kinsella  68'		 Report Wink  17'
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
Gibraltar 0–8 England
Report Armstrong  29', 34'
Ojo  36'
Solanke  42', 74'
Brewitt  48'
Brown  52'
Roberts  62'
Referee: Antonis Giachos (Greece)
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Armenia
Poynton  30' (pen.)
Devers  59'		 Report
Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Croatia)
England 6–0 Republic of Ireland
Brown  19', 52'
Armstrong  37', 44'
Roberts  57'
Ledson  80+1'		 Report
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
Armenia 2–1 Gibraltar
Ilangyozyan  66'
Panosyan  76'		 Report Wink  12'
Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Croatia)

Group 8
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Elite round
2  Norway 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3  Cyprus (H) 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Moldova 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Norway 4–2 Cyprus
Svendsen  44' (pen.)
Lorentzen  49', 80+1'
Berg Gjerstrøm  57'		 Report Christodoulou  15' (pen.), 67'
Kouklia Community Stadium, Paphos
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Spain 3–0 Moldova
Villalibre  11'
Canós  14'
Altamirano  23'		 Report
Norway 1–1 Moldova
Lorentzen  16' Report Cebotari  20'
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)
Cyprus 0–1 Spain
Report Meré  68'
Kouklia Community Stadium, Paphos
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Spain 2–0 Norway
Villalibre  53'
Canós  65'		 Report
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)
Moldova 0–2 Cyprus
Report Fragkou  17'
Christodoulou  23'
Kouklia Community Stadium, Paphos

Group 9
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Elite round
2  Latvia 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3  Northern Ireland (H) 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Luxembourg 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Turkey 2–2 Luxembourg
Alıcı  16'
E. Ünal  44'		 Report Sousa  9'
Flies  15' (pen.)
Attendance: 47
Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)
Northern Ireland 0–1 Latvia
Report Juhnevičs  27'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Anatolii Zhabchenko (Ukraine)
Latvia 0–1 Turkey
Report E. Ünal  74'
Attendance: 54
Referee: Anatoli Zhabchenko (Ukraine)
Northern Ireland 3–1 Luxembourg
Salley  1'
Thompson  32'
Mooney  80+4'		 Report Sousa  57'
Attendance: 524
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)
Turkey 2–0 Northern Ireland
E. Ünal  53'
Alıcı  66'		 Report
Attendance: 105
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)
Luxembourg 0–2 Latvia
Report Vavilovs  48'
Gulbis  57'
Attendance: 30
Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)

Group 10
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iceland 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7 Elite round
2  Russia (H) 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4  Azerbaijan 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Iceland 3–3 Azerbaijan
Einarsson  20'
Sigthorsson  62'
Bjarnason  72'		 Report Kama  11'
Jafarov  50'
Jabrailov  68' (pen.)
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Russia 2–1 Slovakia
Pronichev  22'
Yevtushenko  80+4'		 Report Špalek  76'
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Slovakia 2–4 Iceland
Gorelčík  24'
Krč  40+3'		 Report Einarsson  15'
Larusson  55', 79'
Guðmundsson  61'
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Russia 1–0 Azerbaijan
Obolski  6' Report
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)
Iceland 2–1 Russia
Gunnarsson  31'
Guðmundsson  50'		 Report Yamschikov  35'
Olimpia Stadium, Volgograd
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Azerbaijan 2–4 Slovakia
Kama  62' (pen.)
Akmurzaev  69'		 Report Gorelčík  10'
Krč  25'
Špalek  68' (pen.)
Kondrlík  78'
Zenit Stadium, Volgograd
Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

Group 11
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17 9 Elite round
2  Georgia (H) 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Faroe Islands 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3
4  San Marino 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Netherlands 4–0 Faroe Islands
Slabbekoorn  32'
Verloo  40'
Owobowale  46'
Nouri  54'		 Report
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Georgia 3–1 San Marino
Beridze  8'
Mamuchashvili  19'
Lashkhia  33'		 Report Tamagnini  67'
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (Cyprus)
San Marino 0–12 Netherlands
Report Bergwijn  9'
van der Moot  23', 59', 71'
Nouri  25'
Slabbekoorn  33'
Walian  52', 64', 66', 68', 76'
Owobowale  78'
Tsentraluri, Gori
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (Cyprus)
Georgia 2–0 Faroe Islands
Mikeltadze  15'
Jobava  80+5'		 Report
Referee: Elmir Pilav (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Netherlands 1–0 Georgia
Slabbekoorn  26' Report
Attendance: Alexander Harkam (Austria)
Faroe Islands 1–0 San Marino
Olsen  76' Report
Tsentraluri, Gori
Referee: Elmir Pilav (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Group 12
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7 Elite round
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3  Denmark (H) 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Denmark 1–0 Kazakhstan
Rasmussen  35' (pen.) Report
Varde Idrætspark, Varde
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Switzerland  4–0 Austria
Ajeti  10', 80+2'
Alves  31'
Cani  40'		 Report
Sport og Event Park Esbjerg, Esbjerg
Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)
Kazakhstan 0–3  Switzerland
Report Ajeti  26', 51' (pen.)
Alves  66'
Varde Idrætspark, Varde
Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)
Denmark 0–2 Austria
Report Yılmaz  7', 65'
Haderslev, Haderslev
Referee: Robert Rogers (Republic of Ireland)
Switzerland  0–0 Denmark
Report
Varde Idrætspark, Varde
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Austria 2–0 Kazakhstan
Gugganig  28'
Yılmaz  40+1'		 Report
Haderslev, Haderslev
Referee: Robert Rogers (Republic of Ireland)

Group 13
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Elite round
2  Belgium 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  Macedonia (H) 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Belgium 2–0 Bulgaria
Verreth  2'
Dimata  69'		 Report
Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
Referee: Ádám Németh (Hungary)
Poland 3–2 Macedonia
Kozak  50'
Siemaszko  73', 76'		 Report Georgiev  19'
Krstevski  43'
FFM Training Centre, Skopje
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)
Belgium 5–0 Macedonia
Weymans  20'
Bocevski  26' (o.g.)
Verkindere  43'
Verreth  48'
Callebaut  54'		 Report
Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
Bulgaria 0–3 Poland
Report Jagiełło  60'
Siemaszko  72'
Skrzecz  74'
FFM Training Centre, Skopje
Referee: Ádám Németh (Hungary)
Poland 2–0 Belgium
Vershueren  25' (o.g.)
Ryczkowski  55'		 Report
Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)
Macedonia 2–1 Bulgaria
Jevtoski  38'
Petkovski  54'		 Report Maksimov  77'
FFM Training Centre, Skopje

Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-ranked team from the qualifying round, only the results of the third-placed team against the winners and runners-up in each group are taken into account.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 2  Ukraine 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 Elite round
2 3  Israel 2 0 1 1 4 6 −2 1
3 12  Denmark 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
4 10  Slovakia 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 0
5 8  Cyprus 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
6 1  Belarus 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
7 5  Croatia 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
8 9  Northern Ireland 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
9 6  Estonia 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
10 4  Slovenia 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
11 13  Macedonia 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0
12 7  Armenia 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
13 11  Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source:

References
  1. Saffer, Paul (5 December 2012). "2014 Under-17 qualifying round draw made". UEFA.com. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. 2013/14 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws UEFA.com
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