2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5

Group 5 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Serbia, Poland, Russia, Bulgaria, Latvia, and Estonia. 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 5 September 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
1  Russia 10 7 2 1 22 4 +18 23 Final tournament 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 2−0
2  Poland 10 6 2 2 19 8 +11 20 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–1
3  Bulgaria 10 5 3 2 14 5 +9 18 0–0 3−0 0–1 3–0 1–0
4  Serbia 10 3 3 4 12 9 +3 12 0–2 1–0 1–2 6−0 1–1
5  Estonia 10 1 2 7 3 34 −31 5 0–5 0–6 0–4 0–0 2–1
6  Latvia 10 0 4 6 7 17 −10 4 1–4 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Estonia 0–4 Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 207
Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)
Latvia 0–1 Poland
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Admir Šehović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Russia 1–0 Serbia
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Attendance: 28,220
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)

Poland 4–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 6,358
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
Serbia 1–1 Latvia
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Attendance: 723
Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)
Bulgaria 0–0 Russia
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Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

Russia 2–2 Poland
Report
Attendance: 16,028
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Bulgaria 0–1 Serbia
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Attendance: 1,020
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Estonia 2–1 Latvia
Report
Attendance: 247
Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)

Latvia 0–0 Bulgaria
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Attendance: 305
Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)
Poland 1–0 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 3,628
Estonia 0–5 Russia
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Attendance: 403
Referee: Nikolas Neokleous (Cyprus)

Russia 2–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 11,088
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Bulgaria 3–0 Poland
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Attendance: 453
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
Serbia 6–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 504
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

Serbia 0–2 Russia
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Attendance: 3,413

Latvia 2–2 Serbia
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Gai Leibovitz (Israel)
Estonia 0–6 Poland
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Russia 2–0 Bulgaria
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)

Latvia 1–1 Estonia
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Poland 1–0 Russia
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Serbia 1–2 Bulgaria
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Russia 4–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 650
Referee: Antonio Nobre (Portugal)
Bulgaria 1–0 Latvia
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Viktor Shimusik (Belarus)
Serbia 1–0 Poland
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

Estonia 0–0 Serbia
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Ireland)
Latvia 1–4 Russia
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Attendance: 653
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
Poland 1–1 Bulgaria
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Attendance: 1,894
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Bulgaria 3–0 Estonia
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)
Poland 3–1 Latvia
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Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Dragan Petrovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Goalscorers

There were 77 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[7][8]
  3. ^ The match between Estonia and Serbia was played in Latvia due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic between Estonia and Serbia.[9]
  4. ^ a b 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 November 2020.

References

  1. ^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
  3. ^ a b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  9. ^ "U21 koondist ootavad ees valikmäng Venemaal ja kohtumine Serbiaga Lätis". Eesti Jalgpalli Liit. 29 September 2020.