2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4

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Group 4 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Scotland, Lithuania, and San Marino. 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 June 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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 10 6 3 1 20 4 +16 21 Final tournament — 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 6–0
2  Croatia 10 6 2 2 37 7 +30 20 1–2 — 1–2 5–0 7–0 10–0
3  Scotland 10 5 3 2 16 5 +11 18 2–0 2–2 — 0–1 0–0 2–0
4  Greece 10 5 1 4 10 11 −1 16 0–2 0–1 1–0 — 1–0 5–0
5  Lithuania 10 3 1 6 9 15 −6 10 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 — 3–0
6  San Marino 10 0 0 10 0 50 −50 0 0–6 0–7 0–7 0–1 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches[edit]

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

San Marino 0–3 Lithuania
Report
Attendance: 240
Referee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)
Greece 5–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 258
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Scotland 2–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 1,542
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Ukraine)
Czech Republic 2–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 3,823
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
Greece 1–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 258
Referee: Besfort Kasumi (Kosovo)
Croatia 1–2 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 2,134
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Czech Republic 1–1 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 2,126
Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)
Scotland 0–0 Lithuania
Report
Attendance: 1,084
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)
Czech Republic 0–0 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 5,187
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
San Marino 0–7 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 170
Referee: Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen (Finland)
Lithuania 1–3 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 243
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)
Czech Republic 6–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 1,977
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)
Scotland 0–1 Greece
Report
Attendance: 1,284
Croatia 1–2 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 1,636
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
San Marino 0–6 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Amine Kourgheli (Belarus)
Croatia 5–0 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
San Marino 0–1 Greece
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo (Gibraltar)
Czech Republic 0–0 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
Lithuania 0–1 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Lithuania 2–0 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 223
Croatia 10–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland)
Scotland 2–0 Czech Republic
 Report
Attendance: 155
Greece 0–1 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
San Marino 0–7 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Luis Teixeira (Portugal)
Lithuania 0–1 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 97
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Scotland 2–2 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 132
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Lithuania 3–0 San Marino
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Dzmitry Dzmitryieu (Belarus)
Greece 0–2 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Croatia 7–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)
Greece 1–0 Scotland
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Attendance: 0[note 2]

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 92 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.07 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes[edit]

  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 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[7][8]
  3. ^ a b c d e 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[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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