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2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 10 October – 20 November 2018 Elite round: 20–26 March 2019
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	120
Goals scored	370 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Loïs Openda Valentin Mihăilă Aljoša Matko (6 goals each)
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International football competition

The 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Armenia in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1]

Apart from Armenia, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions were permitted per team in each match.^[3]

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:^[4]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Portugal and Germany, which received byes to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The thirteen group winners and the thirteen runners-up advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group was as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 19.04):^[4]

In the qualifying round and elite round, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[4]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 6 December 2017, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[5][6]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following (a four-year window was used instead of the previous three-year window):^[7]

• 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  Armenia 2.333 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  Portugal 24.722 1  Germany 22.778 2

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  England 21.889 3  Austria 19.000 4  France 18.556 5  Netherlands 17.667 6  Spain 16.500 7  Ukraine 14.833 8  Czech Republic 14.833 9  Serbia 14.667 10  Russia 14.611 11  Italy 14.222 12  Greece 12.500 13  Sweden 12.111 14  Georgia 11.833 15

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Croatia 11.778 16  Israel 11.333 17  Belgium 11.167 18  Turkey 11.000 19  Bulgaria 10.556 20  Slovakia 9.833 21  Republic of Ireland 9.000 22  Hungary 9.000 23  Scotland 8.833 24   Switzerland 8.500 25  Denmark 8.500 26  Poland 8.167 27  Montenegro 8.000 28

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Norway 7.667 29  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.833 30  Wales 6.333 31  Slovenia 6.167 32  Romania 5.333 33  Cyprus 5.167 34  Lithuania 4.667 35  Finland 4.667 36  Northern Ireland 4.000 37  Iceland 4.000 38  Azerbaijan 4.000 39  Belarus 3.333 40  Macedonia 3.333 41

Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Latvia 3.000 42  Albania 2.667 43  Luxembourg 2.667 44  Estonia 2.667 45  Malta 2.333 46  Andorra 1.333 47  Faroe Islands 1.333 48  Moldova 1.000 49  Liechtenstein 0.333 50  Gibraltar 0.333 51  Kazakhstan 0.333 52  San Marino 0.000 53  Kosovo — 54

Notes

• Teams marked in bold qualified for the final tournament.

The qualifying round was required to be completed by 20 November 2018.^[6]

Times up to 27 October 2018 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Elite round
2	Azerbaijan	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Georgia (H)	3	1	1	1	9	3	+6	4
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Azerbaijan	1–4	Israel
Gasimov 82'	Report	Kanaan 9' Masarwa 28' Arad 56', 64'

Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Georgia	7–0	Liechtenstein
Davitashvili 18' Guliashvili 23', 49', 51' Kvaratskhelia 52' Babunadze 63' Ivaniadze 80'	Report

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Israel	2–1	Liechtenstein
Abada 10' Karzev 83'	Report	Unterrainer 55'

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Georgia	1–2	Azerbaijan
Kharabadze 45+1'	Report	Bayramov 66' Mardanov 70'

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Israel	1–1	Georgia
Karzev 42' (pen.)	Report	Davitashvili 17'

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Liechtenstein	0–3	Azerbaijan
	Report	Mahmudov 14' Guliyev 64', 69'

Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Elite round
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
3	Finland	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
4	Estonia (H)	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

Italy	3–0	Estonia
Raspadori 11', 87' Portanova 25'	Report

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Finland	0–0	Denmark
	Report

Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Italy	3–0	Finland
Kytilä 4' (o.g.) Riccardi 24' Bettella 80' (pen.)	Report

Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Denmark	3–0	Estonia
Madsen 48' (pen.) Jensen 78' Kaastrup 87'	Report

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Denmark	0–1	Italy
	Report	Corbo 9'

Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Estonia	0–0	Finland
	Report

Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Elite round
2	Croatia	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Macedonia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Macedonia	1–1	Croatia
Churlinov 11'	Report	Šutalo 55'

Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Czech Republic	2–1	Luxembourg
Pachlopník 4' Heidenreich 56'	Report	Schaus 16'

Referee: Timotheos Christofi (Cyprus)

Croatia	2–1	Luxembourg
Marin 42' Palaversa 80' (pen.)	Report	Olesen 72'

Referee: Timotheos Christofi (Cyprus)

Czech Republic	2–1	Macedonia
Zlatohlávek 24' Kušej 54'	Report	Gjorgjievski 67'

Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

Croatia	2–2	Czech Republic
Šego 34' Palaversa 89'	Report	Slaměna 42' Fukala 53'

Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Luxembourg	0–2	Macedonia
	Report	Taleski 19' Fazlagikj 72'

Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Elite round
2	Wales (H)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Sweden	2–1	San Marino
Mbunga-Kimpioka 54' Moretti 60' (o.g.)	Report	Moretti 67'

Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)

Wales	1–2	Scotland
Williams 68'	Report	Cooper 60' (o.g.) Gilmour 85' (pen.)

Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Scotland	5–0	San Marino
Awokoya-Mebude 21' Aitchison 23', 40' Gilmour 35' Ross 90+2'	Report

Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)

Sweden	1–2	Wales
Mbunga-Kimpioka 31'	Report	Adams 13' Norton 63'

Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Scotland	2–2	Sweden
Gilmour 20' (pen.) Watt 83'	Report	Ousou 71' Vagic 73'

Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

San Marino	0–2	Wales
	Report	Collins 52' Bowen 83'

Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6[a]	Elite round
2	England	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6[a]
3	Iceland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Moldova	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

England	4–0	Moldova
Gallagher 24' Loader 65' Saka 85' Sessegnon 90+7'	Report

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Iceland	2–1	Turkey
Willumsson 39' Guðjohnsen 84'	Report	Akgün 90+3'

Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

England	3–1	Iceland
Sessegnon 13' Walker 55', 77'	Report	Ólafsson 34'

Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

Turkey	3–0	Moldova
Uzun 6' Taşkın 49' Akyuz 74'	Report

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Turkey	1–0	England
Takır 72'	Report

Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

Moldova	1–1	Iceland
Conohov 85'	Report	Guðjohnsen 13'

Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Elite round
2	Belgium	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5
3	Malta (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

France	1–0	Malta
Abi 35'	Report

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Lithuania	0–5	Belgium
	Report	Openda 29' (pen.) Mockus 38' (o.g.) Lutonda 58' Reyners 72', 80'

Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

France	7–0	Lithuania
Solet 3' Isidor 6', 23' (pen.), 89' (pen.) Koyalipou 20' Caqueret 44' Diop 87'	Report

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Belgium	1–1	Malta
Schoonbaert 45+1'	Report	Schoonbaert 11' (o.g.)

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Belgium	2–2	France
Lloci 10' Openda 40' (pen.)	Report	Koyalipou 8' Isidor 76'

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Malta	2–1	Lithuania
Satariano 52' Grima 65'	Report	Anisas 12'

Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
3	Austria	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Kosovo	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

Austria	0–0	Kosovo
	Report

Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)

Slovenia	1–2	Hungary
Matko 14'	Report	Szoboszlai 60' Schön 66'

Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Austria	2–2	Slovenia
Schmid 48' Aganovic 90+1'	Report	Svetlin 15' Štravs 34'

Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Hungary	0–0	Kosovo
	Report

Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)

Hungary	2–1	Austria
Torvund 21' Timári 90+4'	Report	Anselm 13'

Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Kosovo	1–4	Slovenia
Limani 54'	Report	Matko 40' (pen.), 57', 88' Prelec 42'

Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6[a]	Elite round
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6[a]
3	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6[a]
4	Albania (H)	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Norway	1–2	Slovakia
Ugland 80'	Report	Strelec 53', 70'

Attendance: 70

Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Ireland)

Ukraine	1–0	Albania
Mudryk 85'	Report

Attendance: 322

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Slovakia	3–0	Albania
Kmeť 7', 30' Kadák 32'	Report

Attendance: 205

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Ukraine	1–2	Norway
Lyakh 82'	Report	Botheim 23' Tagseth 30'

Attendance: 400

Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

Slovakia	1–4	Ukraine
Gono 1'	Report	Isaenko 11' Sikan 35' Mudryk 45+2' (pen.) Tsitaishvili 70'

Attendance: 200

Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Ireland)

Albania	0–1	Norway
	Report	Botheim 31'

Attendance: 250

Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Elite round
2	Poland	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Northern Ireland (H)	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Serbia	2–2	Kazakhstan
Vlahović 54' Vidosavljević 78'	Report	Skvortsov 26' Zhakypbayev 33'

Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)

Northern Ireland	0–0	Poland
	Report

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Poland	4–0	Kazakhstan
Nawrocki 15' Żurawski 45' Bogusz 71' Kiwior 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)

Serbia	3–1	Northern Ireland
Vidosavljević 52' (pen.) Kamenović 64' Terzić 69'	Report	Palmer 10'

Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

Poland	1–4	Serbia
Zvekanov 25' (o.g.)	Report	Grabowski 9' (o.g.) Vlahović 36', 52' Terzić 49'