2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

September 2014 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 2015 22 March 2013 – 14 October 2014 52 1 234 790 ENG Saido Berahino (10 goals) 2013 2017 The 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship started with a qualifying competition which began in March 2013 and finished in September 2014. The final tournament was held in the Czech Republic. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 31 January 2013 in Nyon, with matches played between March 2013 and September 2014.2015 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifying draw UEFA.com There were ten groups. Two of these groups had six teams; the remaining eight groups consisted of five teams. Group competition was a double round robin: each team hosted a game with every other team in its group. At the conclusion of qualifying, the 10 teams at the top of each group and four best second-placed teams qualified for the two-legged play-offs scheduled in October 2014, with the seven winners of the play-off ties joining Czech Republic in the finals. Seeding A total of fifty-two participating teams were divided in five draw pots based on the UEFA Under-21 coefficient ranking. Pots A through D contained ten teams, while pot E twelve teams. Pot APot BPot CPot DPot E21 ESP 21 ENG 21 NED 21 ITA 21 GER 21 SUI 21 RUS 21 FRA 1974 21 SWE 21 ISR21 ROM 21 SRB 21 TUR 21 UKR 21 SCO 21 POR 21 AUT 21 DEN 21 BLR 21 WAL21 GRE 21 SVK 21 BEL 21 HUN 21 ARM 21 CRO 21 NOR 21 MNE 21 FIN 21 SLO21 BIH 21 POL 21 GEO 21 ISL 21 MDA 21 IRL 21 BUL 21 CYP 21 MKD Macedonia 21 LAT21 NIR 21 ALB 21 FRO 21 LTU 21 AZE 21 KAZ 21 EST 21 MLT 21 LUX 21 AND 21 LIE 21 SMR Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Armenia would not be drawn against Azerbaijan (due to the dispute concerning territory of Nagorno-Karabakh) and Georgia would not be drawn against Russia (due to the dispute regarding the territory of South Ossetia and Abkhazia) in the qualifiers for 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. 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.https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/88/95/94/1889594_DOWNLOAD.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130127163139/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/88/95/94/1889594_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead January 27, 2013 Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2013–15 Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6) and 7) will apply Results of all group matches: Superior goal difference Higher number of goals scored Higher number of goals scored away from home Position in the UEFA Under-21 coefficient ranking used for the group stage draw Qualifying group stage Key to colours in group tables Group winners and four best runners up advance to the play-offs Group 1 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1 no_hide_class_rules Group 2 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2 no_hide_class_rules Group 3 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3 no_hide_class_rules Group 4 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4 no_hide_class_rules Group 5 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5 no_hide_class_rules Group 6 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6 no_hide_class_rules Group 7 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7 no_hide_class_rules Group 8 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8 no_hide_class_rules Group 9 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9 no_hide_class_rules Group 10 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 10 no_hide_class_rules Ranking of second-placed teams Because some groups contain six teams and some five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team will count for the purposes of the second-placed table. The following criteria are applied to determine the rankings. Higher number of points obtained in these matches Superior goal difference from these matches Higher number of goals scored in these matches Higher number of away goals scored in these matches Position in the UEFA Under-21 coefficient ranking used for the group stage draw main football complete UEFA true UKR NED ISL SRB AUT RUS GRE ISR FIN ROU 3 3 2 12 10 1 5 1 2 14 12 2 5 1 2 22 6 3 5 1 2 15 12 4 6 1 1 20 8 5 3 3 2 14 19 6 5 0 3 20 10 7 5 0 3 22 15 8 5 1 2 18 10 9 5 1 2 20 11 10 21 FIN 21 RUS 21 NED 21 AUT 21 UKR 21 ROU 21 GRE 21 ISR 21 SRB 21 ISL Q PO PO PO PO green1 Play-offs 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) National team coefficient. Play-offs 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs The play-offs for the tournament finals were held on 9,10 and 14 October 2014. The seven winners qualify for the final tournament in Czech Republic. Seedings The draw for the play-offs was held on 12 September 2014 in Nyon to determine the seven pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. The seven group winners with the highest competition coefficients were seeded and were drawn against the unseeded teams. Nations from the same group could not be drawn against each other.http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/draws/round=2000413/index.html https://archive.today/20150411212925/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/draws/round=2000413/index.html dead April 11, 2015 Under-21 play-off seedings confirmed for draw 12 September 2014 28 March 2015 UEFA http://www.onsoranje.nl/nieuws/artikel/18872/jong-oranje-pot-b Jong Oranje in Pot B 10 September 2014 10 September 2014 onsoranje.nl https://web.archive.org/web/20140913082010/http://www.onsoranje.nl/nieuws/artikel/18872/jong-oranje-pot-b 2014-09-13 dead Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating: 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying group stage. 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying stage and final tournament. 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying stage and final tournament. Seeded 21 ESP 21 ITA 21 ENG 21 FRA 1974 21 GER 21 POR 21 DEN Unseeded 21 SWE 21 SVK 21 CRO 21 UKR 21 NED 21 ISL 21 SRB Matches 21 SVK 2–4 21 ITA 1–1 1–3 21 FRA 3–4 21 SWE 2–0 1–4 21 DEN 1–1 (a) 21 ISL 0–0 1–1 21 ENG 4–2 21 CRO 2–1 2–1 21 NED 4–7 21 POR 0–2 4–5 21 UKR 0–5 21 GER 0–3 0–2 21 SRB 2–1 21 ESP 0–0 2–1 |} Top goalscorers The top scorers in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification were as follows. Players in italics have also played in the play-offs.http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/statistics/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130813121100/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/statistics/index.html dead August 13, 2013 Statistics – Goals scored UEFA Rank Name Goals Apps Minutes played1ENG Saido Berahino10108002POL Arkadiusz Milik965173ESP Álvaro Morata87583ISL Emil Atlason810599ISR Mu'nas Dabbur876166CRO Marcelo Brozović77586NED Quincy Promes77596GER Philipp Hofmann710726 References External links https://www.uefa.com/under21/ Qualification 2015 Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification