Group 2 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Lithuania, and Andorra. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.
The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualified directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Italy
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10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 24 | Final tournament | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Serbia
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10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 23 | Play-offs | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
| 3 | Slovenia
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10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 15 | 0–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Republic of Ireland
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10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 12 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Lithuania
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 10 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Andorra
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10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).
| Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | Andorra |
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Connolly  31' |
Report |
| Slovenia | 4–0 | Andorra |
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| Šporar 14' Kastrevec 21'Zahović 29'Stankovič 74' |
Report |
| Andorra | 1–0 | Lithuania |
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| A. Sánchez 51' (pen.) |
Report |
| Slovenia | 3–0 | Lithuania |
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| Hotić 31' Šporar 65'Štulac 81' |
Report |
| Andorra | 0–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Report | Hoban 13' Cullen 21' |
| Italy | 1–0 | Slovenia |
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| Bernardeschi 51' (pen.) |
Report |
| Serbia | 5–0 | Lithuania |
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| Đurđević 29', 36' (pen.) Milinković-Savić 44', 75'Ožegović 49' |
Report |
| Serbia | 5–0 | Andorra |
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| Luković 9', 52' Ožegović 38' (pen.), 47'Mulić 64' |
Report |
| Slovenia | 0–3 | Italy |
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| Report | Monachello 71', 84' Benassi 87' |
| Republic of Ireland | 3–0 | Lithuania |
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| O'Dowda 27' Wilkinson 30'Browne 77' |
Report |
| Italy | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Parigini 66' |
Report |
| Lithuania | 0–2 | Serbia |
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| Report | Čavrić 19', 44' |
| Andorra | 0–5 | Slovenia |
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| Report | Gorenc Stankovič 6' Štulac 48', 52'Kastrevec 55', 81' |
| Lithuania | 3–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Spalvis 22' Stankevičius 45'Kazlauskas 73' |
Report | Wilkinson 44' |
| Serbia | 1–1 | Italy |
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| Milinković-Savić 47' |
Report | Cataldi 56' |
| Slovenia | 2–0 | Serbia |
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| Šporar 61' Hotić 83' |
Report |
| Italy | 2–0 | Lithuania |
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| Berardi 2' Benassi 24' |
Report |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–4 | Italy |
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| Mandragora 17' (o.g.) |
Report | Benassi 28' Rosseti 36'Romagnoli 59'Lenihan 82' (o.g.) |
| Andorra | 0–4 | Serbia |
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| Report | Babić 29' Đurđević 40'Ožegović 59' (pen.)Maraš 87' |
| Slovenia | 3–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Krajnc 14' Bajde 55' (pen.)Zajc 72' |
Report | O'Dowda 65' |
| Andorra | 0–1 | Italy |
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| Report | Cerri 79' |
| Lithuania | 1–0 | Andorra |
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| Sirgėdas 34' |
Report |
| Italy | 1–1 | Serbia |
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| Cerri 54' (pen.) |
Report | Gajić 33' |
| Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | Slovenia |
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| Charsley 87' Maguire 90+1' |
Report |
| Serbia | 3–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Đurđević 12', 72' (pen.) Lazić 65' |
Report | O'Dowda 69' Maguire 81' |
| Italy | 3–0 | Andorra |
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| Di Francesco 48', 73' Pellegrini 88' |
Report |
| Lithuania | 1–0 | Slovenia |
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| Ruzgis 72' |
Report |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–3 | Serbia |
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| Duffus 49' |
Report | Mihajlović 64' Gaćinović 67'Lukić 88' |
| Lithuania | 0–0 | Italy |
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| Serbia | 3–1 | Slovenia |
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| Đurđević 8', 25' (pen.), 86' |
Report | Lotrič 19' |
Goalscorers
- 8 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Alberto Cerri
- Federico Di Francesco
- Gaetano Monachello
- Sean Maguire
- Conor Wilkinson
- Aleksandar Čavrić
- Andrija Luković
- Jon Gorenc Stanković
- Dino Hotić
- 1 goal
- Aarón Sánchez
- Domenico Berardi
- Federico Bernardeschi
- Danilo Cataldi
- Vittorio Parigini
- Lorenzo Pellegrini
- Alessio Romagnoli
- Lorenzo Rosseti
- Donatas Kazlauskas
- Manfredas Ruzgis
- Gratas Sirgėdas
- Lukas Spalvis
- Simonas Stankevičius
- Alan Browne
- Harry Charsley
- Dylan Connolly
- Josh Cullen
- Courtney Duffus
- Tommie Hoban
- Srđan Babić
- Mijat Gaćinović
- Milan Gajić
- Darko Lazić
- Saša Lukić
- Nikola Maraš
- Nemanja Mihajlović
- Fejsal Mulić
- Gregor Bajde
- Luka Krajnc
- Mitja Lotrič
- Luka Zahović
- Miha Zajc
- 1 own goal
- Rolando Mandragora (against Republic of Ireland)
- Darragh Lenihan (against Italy)
References
- "2017 Under-21 qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 5 February 2015.
- "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
External links
- Standings and fixtures at UEFA.com
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