2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3

Group 3 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: France, Ukraine, Scotland, Iceland, Macedonia, and Northern Ireland. 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
1	Macedonia	10	6	3	1	13	7	+6	21	Final tournament	—	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
2	France	10	6	2	2	17	8	+9	20		1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
3	Iceland	10	5	3	2	13	9	+4	18		3–0	3–2	—	2–4	2–0	1–1
4	Ukraine	10	4	2	4	14	12	+2	14		0–2	1–0	0–1	—	4–0	1–1
5	Scotland	10	2	2	6	8	17	−9	8		0–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	—	3–1
6	Northern Ireland	10	0	2	8	6	18	−12	2		1–2	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
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).

11 June 2015 (2015-06-11)21:15

Iceland	3–0	Macedonia
E. Ómarsson 55' Gunnlaugsson 61', 67'	Report

Hlíðarendi, ReykjavíkReferee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)15:00

Northern Ireland	1–2	Scotland
Kennedy 7'	Report	Christie 33' Fraser 61'

Mourneview Park, LurganReferee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) 5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)16:00

Iceland	3–2	France
Sigurjónsson 10', 85' (pen.) Hermannsson 48'	Report	Laporte 39' Kyei 90'

Kópavogsvöllur, KópavogurReferee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) 5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)16:00

Macedonia	1–0	Ukraine
Radeski 90+3'	Report

Training Centre Petar Miloševski, SkopjeReferee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)18:30

Iceland	1–1	Northern Ireland
Þrándarson 37'	Report	Johnson 2'

Fylkisvöllur, ReykjavíkReferee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)18:00

Ukraine	0–1	Iceland
	Report	Vilhjálmsson 71'

Tsentralnyi Stadion, CherkasyReferee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland) 10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)16:00

Scotland	1–2	France
King 90+1'	Report	Kingsley 11' (o.g.) Tolisso 53'

Pittodrie Stadium, AberdeenReferee: Marco Guida (Italy)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)18:00

Northern Ireland	1–2	Macedonia
Doherty 43'	Report	Babunski 46' Markoski 85'

Mourneview Park, LurganReferee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary) 13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)18:45

France	2–0	Ukraine
Lemar 70' Rabiot 77'	Report

Stade de la Meinau, StrasbourgReferee: Andreas Pappas (Greece) 13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)18:45

Scotland	0–0	Iceland
	Report

Pittodrie Stadium, AberdeenReferee: István Kovács (Romania)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)18:45

France	1–0	Northern Ireland
Crivelli 82'	Report

Stade du Roudourou, GuingampReferee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia) 13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)18:45

Scotland	2–2	Ukraine
Cummings 31' Paterson 37'	Report	Khlyobas 26' Svatok 83'

St Mirren Park, PaisleyReferee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)13:00

Macedonia	2–2	France
Angelov 19' Radeski 40'	Report	Haller 65' Nkoudou 72'

Training Centre Petar Miloševski, SkopjeReferee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia) 17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)20:30

Northern Ireland	1–2	Ukraine
McCartan 53'	Report	Kovalenko 64', 73'

Mourneview Park, LurganReferee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)14:00

Macedonia	0–0	Iceland
	Report

Training Centre Petar Miloševski, SkopjeReferee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland) 24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)21:00

France	2–0	Scotland
Haller 69', 74'	Report

Stade Jean-Bouin, AngersReferee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)21:00

France	1–1	Macedonia
Bejtulai 27' (o.g.)	Report	Angelov 15'

MMArena, Le MansReferee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark) 29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)17:00

Scotland	3–1	Northern Ireland
McBurnie 58' Cummings 64', 78'	Report	McCartan 13'

St Mirren Park, PaisleyReferee: Craig Pawson (England)

27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)18:00

Ukraine	0–2	Macedonia
	Report	Radeski 18' Demiri 56'

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, KyivReferee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)20:00

Northern Ireland	0–1	Iceland
	Report	Ægisson 87'

Mourneview Park, LurganReferee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland) 2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)20:30

Scotland	0–1	Macedonia
	Report	Markoski 18'

Tynecastle Stadium, EdinburghReferee: Sebastian Colțescu (Romania) 2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)21:00

Ukraine	1–0	France
Vakulko 90+2'	Report

Obolon Arena, KyivReferee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)17:30

Ukraine	4–0	Scotland
Bliznichenko 26' Besyedin 69', 77' Boryachuk 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Obolon Arena, KyivReferee: Edin Jakupović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)18:45

France	2–0	Iceland
Tolisso 11', 62'	Report

Stade Michel d'Ornano, CaenReferee: Bobby Madley (England) 6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)18:45

Macedonia	2–0	Northern Ireland
Doherty 37' (o.g.) Markoski 85'	Report

Philip II Arena, SkopjeReferee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)

5 October 2016 (2016-10-05)17:30

Iceland	2–0	Scotland
Þrándarson 47' E. Ómarsson 66'	Report

Víkingsvöllur, ReykjavíkReferee: Christian Dingert (Germany) 6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)17:30

Ukraine	1–1	Northern Ireland
Besyedin 15'	Report	Smyth 12'

Obolon Arena, KyivReferee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)18:45

Iceland	2–4	Ukraine
Grétarsson 22' E. Ómarsson 88'	Report	Boryachuk 56', 90' Besyedin 75' Zubkov 90+4'

Laugardalsvöllur, ReykjavíkReferee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark) 11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)18:45

Macedonia	2–0	Scotland
Markoski 18' Bardhi 22'	Report

Philip II Arena, SkopjeReferee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia) 11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)18:45

Northern Ireland	0–3	France
	Report	Augustin 16', 42' Dembélé 89'

Windsor Park, BelfastReferee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

Goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Egzon Bejtulai (against France)
Josh Doherty (against Macedonia)
Stephen Kingsley (against France)

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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