2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group A

Group A of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Croatia, Austria, Norway, Finland, Azerbaijan, and Estonia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 28 January 2021, 12:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland,[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.[2]

Standings

Austria against Finland (2022-06-03)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 10 8 0 2 26 11 +15 24 Final tournament — 3–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–0
2  Croatia 10 7 1 2 25 10 +15 22 Play-offs 3–2 — 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–0
3  Finland 10 6 1 3 18 13 +5 19 0–2 0–2 — 3–1 3–0 1–0
4  Austria 10 5 1 4 22 13 +9 16 2–1 1–3 2–3 — 6–0 2–0
5  Azerbaijan 10 2 1 7 12 24 −12 7 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–3 — 3–0
6  Estonia 10 0 0 10 0 32 −32 0 0–5 0–4 0–3 0–4 0–5 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

Austria 2–0 Estonia
  • Schmid 7'
  • Demir 56'
 Report
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)
Croatia 2–0 Azerbaijan
 Report
Attendance: 753
Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)
Estonia 0–3 Finland
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Norway 3–1 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 360
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)
Finland 0–2 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 2,903
Referee: Vitor Ferreira (Portugal)
Austria 6–0 Azerbaijan
 Report
Attendance: 950
Referee: Amin Kurgheli (Belarus)
Estonia 0–5 Norway
Report
Attendance: 63
Referee: Gergö Bogár (Hungary)
Croatia 3–2 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 718
Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)
Azerbaijan 1–1 Finland
Hüseynli 86' Report Agcabayov 75' (o.g.)
Attendance: 150
Referee: Viktor Shimusik (Belarus)
Estonia 0–4 Austria
Report
Attendance: 153
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
Norway 3–0 Estonia
 Report
Attendance: 228
Referee: Jason Barcelo (Gibraltar)
Azerbaijan 1–5 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
Finland 3–1 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 1,594
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Croatia 2–0 Estonia
 Report
Attendance: 548
Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)
Azerbaijan 0–3 Austria
Report
Attendance: 70
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Norway 3–1 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 407
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Finland 1–0 Estonia
 Report
Attendance: 907
Referee: Georgi Davidov (Bulgaria)
Azerbaijan 1–2 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 95
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)
Austria 1–3 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 1,300
Azerbaijan 3–0 Estonia
 Report
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: David Munro (Scotland)
Croatia 0–0 Austria
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)
Austria 2–1 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 1015
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Croatia 2–3 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
Norway 3–2 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 670
Referee: David Munro (Scotland)
Estonia 0–5 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 174
Referee: Robert Ian Jenkins (Wales)
Austria 2–3 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Finland 3–0 Azerbaijan
 Report
Attendance: 1,043
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)
Estonia 0–4 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 262
Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (Armenia)
Finland 0–2 Norway
Report
Attendance: 2,333
Norway 2–1 Azerbaijan
 Report
Attendance: 750
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Goalscorers

There were 103 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.43 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Azerbaijan Arsen Agcabayov (against Finland)
  • Estonia Mattias Sapp (against Finland)
  • Finland Viljami Sinisalo (against Azerbaijan)

Notes

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 31 March and 26 October 2021 and between 29 March and 24 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.

References

  1. ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.
  2. ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.
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