2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2

Group 2 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: France, Slovakia, Switzerland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Liechtenstein. 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,{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/draws/2021/2001101/|title=2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw|publisher=UEFA}} 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 6 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/57/87/64/2578764_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205143900/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/57/87/64/2578764_DOWNLOAD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2018|title=2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations|publisher=UEFA}}

On 17 March 2020, all matches were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|title=COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025c-0f8e776686e3-9f77b5a55c0e-1000--chronology-uefa-response-to-covid-19-pandemic/|website=UEFA|date=17 March 2020}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025e-0fb6101cfdbf-8b878372d79d-1000--uefa-competitions-to-resume-in-august/ |title=UEFA competitions to resume in August |website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 June 2020 |access-date=17 June 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0262-1081498f8833-04c0fb0a653d-1000--uefa-competitions-calendar-2020-21/ |title=Updated UEFA competitions calendar |website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 June 2020 |access-date=17 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/025e-0facadc7c0b3-fd20d45f3e7c-1000--new-format-and-schedule/|title=Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced|publisher=UEFA|date=17 June 2020}}

Standings

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|win_GEO=5 |draw_GEO=0 |loss_GEO=5 |gf_GEO=17|ga_GEO=14

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|match_SUI_SVK=4–1

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|match_GEO_FRA=0–2

|match_GEO_SVK=2–1

|match_GEO_SUI=0–3

|match_GEO_AZE=1–0

|match_GEO_LIE=4–0

|match_AZE_FRA=1–2

|match_AZE_SVK=2–1

|match_AZE_SUI=0–1

|match_AZE_GEO=0–3

|match_AZE_LIE=1–0

|match_LIE_FRA=0–5

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Matches

Times are CET/CEST,{{refn|group="note"|name="Time zone"|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.}} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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|date = {{Start date|2019|6|6|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

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|score = 1–0

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|stadium = Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

|attendance = 323

|referee = Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026507/

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|id = GEO v LIE

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|5|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 {{small|(19:00 GET)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|LIE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026503/

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|id = AZE v SVK

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|6|df=y}}

|time = 18:30 {{small|(20:30 AZT)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|AZE}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SVK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dalga Arena, Baku

|attendance = 274

|referee = Dejan Jakimovski (North Macedonia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026512/

}}

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|id = LIE v SUI

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|10|df=y}}

|time = 18:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|LIE}}

|score = 0–5

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SUI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

|attendance = 774

|referee = Paul McLaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026506/

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|id = AZE v GEO

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|10|df=y}}

|time = 18:30 {{small|(20:30 AZT)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|AZE}}

|score = 0–3

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dalga Arena, Baku

|attendance = 357

|referee = Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026514/

}}

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|id = LIE v SVK

|date = {{Start date|2019|10|9|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|LIE}}

|score = 2–4

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SVK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

|attendance = 275

|referee = Vilhjálmur Thórarinsson (Iceland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026505/

}}

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|id = FRA v AZE

|date = {{Start date|2019|10|10|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|FRA}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|AZE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de l'Épopée, Calais

|attendance = 8,912

|referee = António Nobre (Portugal)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026509/

}}

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|id = SUI v GEO

|date = {{Start date|2019|10|11|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SUI}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur

|attendance = 650

|referee = Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026510/

}}

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|id = AZE v SUI

|date = {{Start date|2019|10|15|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(20:00 AZT)}}

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|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SUI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kapital Bank Arena, Sumqayit

|attendance = 1,517

|referee = Novak Simović (Serbia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026513/

}}

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|id = SVK v FRA

|date = {{Start date|2019|10|15|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SVK}}

|score = 3–5

|team2 = {{fbu|21|FRA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = MOL Aréna, Dunajská Streda

|attendance = 2,603

|referee = Donald Robertson (Scotland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026511/

}}

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|id = AZE v LIE

|date = {{Start date|2019|11|14|df=y}}

|time = 15:00 {{small|(18:00 AZT)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|AZE}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|LIE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kapital Bank Arena, Sumqayit

|attendance = 715

|referee = Loukas Soteriou (Cyprus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026504/

}}

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|id = FRA v GEO

|date = {{Start date|2019|11|15|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|FRA}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Marcel Picot, Tomblaine

|attendance = 11,798

|referee = Christopher Jaeger (Austria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026508/

}}

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|id = SVK v GEO

|date = {{Start date|2019|11|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SVK}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra

|attendance = 1548

|referee = Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026604/

}}

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|id = SUI v FRA

|date = {{Start date|2019|11|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SUI}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|FRA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

|attendance = 9021

|referee = Stuart Attwell (England)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026606/

}}

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{{Football box

|id = GEO v FRA

|date = {{Start date|2020|9|4|df=y}}

|time = 19:00 {{small|(21:00 GET)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|FRA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori

|attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name="behind closed doors"|Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0260-102b2c2ace44-637fb4a08f89-1000/ |title=UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=19 August 2020 |access-date=1 September 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0260-103712e48c82-4059778ef426-1000/ |title=UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=25 August 2020 |access-date=1 September 2020}}}}

|referee = Duje Strukan (Croatia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026607/

}}

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|id = SUI v SVK

|date = {{Start date|2020|9|4|df=y}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SUI}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SVK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = LIPO Park Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen

|attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name="behind closed doors"}}

|referee = Mads Kristoffersen (Denmark)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026609/

}}

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{{Football box

|id = AZE v FRA

|date = {{Start date|2020|9|7|df=y}}

|time = 19:00 {{small|(21:00 AZT)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|AZE}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|FRA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kapital Bank Arena, Sumqayit

|attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name="behind closed doors"}}

|referee = Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026608/

}}

{{Football box

|id = LIE v GEO

|date = {{Start date|2020|9|8|df=y}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|LIE}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|GEO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

|attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name="behind closed doors"}}

|referee = Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026601/

}}

{{Football box

|id = SVK v SUI

|date = {{Start date|2020|9|8|df=y}}

|time = 20:15

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SVK}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SUI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra

|attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name="behind closed doors"}}

|referee = Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026603/

}}

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{{Football box

|id = SVK v AZE

|date = {{Start date|2020|10|8|df=y}}

|time = 16:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SVK}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|AZE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra

|attendance = 0

|referee = Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026695/

}}

{{Football box

|id = FRA v LIE

|date = {{Start date|2020|10|8|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|FRA}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|LIE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

|attendance = 1321

|referee = Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026692/

}}

{{Football box

|id = GEO v SUI

|date = {{Start date|2020|10|9|df=y}}

|time = 18:00 {{small|(20:00 GET)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 0–3

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SUI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori

|attendance = 0

|referee = Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026697/

}}

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|id = FRA v SVK

|date = {{Start date|2020|10|12|df=y}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|FRA}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SVK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

|attendance = 2287

|referee = Miloš Djordjic (Serbia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026694/

}}

{{Football box

|id = GEO v AZE

|date = {{Start date|2020|10|13|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 {{small|(19:00 GET)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|AZE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori

|attendance = 0

|referee = Dzmitry Dzmitryieu (Belarus)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026696/

}}

{{Football box

|id = SUI v LIE

|date = {{Start date|2020|10|13|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SUI}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|LIE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne

|attendance = 532

|referee = Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026693/

}}

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{{Football box

|id = GEO v SVK

|date = {{Start date|2020|11|12|df=y}}{{refn|group="note"|name="COVID-19"}}

|time = 11:00 {{small|(13:00 GET)}}

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GEO}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SVK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

  • Gono {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium = Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance = 0

|referee = Gergő Bogár (Hungary)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026610/

}}

{{Football box

|id = SUI v AZE

|date = {{Start date|2020|11|12|df=y}}{{refn|group="note"|name="COVID-19"}}

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SUI}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|AZE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stockhorn Arena, Thun

|attendance = 0

|referee = Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026605/

}}

{{Football box

|id = LIE v FRA

|date = {{Start date|2020|11|12|df=y}}{{refn|group="note"|name="COVID-19"|All matches originally scheduled to be played in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played in November 2020.}}

|time = 20:45

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|LIE}}

|score = 0–5

|team2 = {{fbu|21|FRA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

|attendance = 0

|referee = Morten Krogh (Denmark)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026600/

}}

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{{Football box

|id = FRA v SUI

|date = {{Start date|2020|11|16|df=y}}{{refn|group="note"|name="COVID-19"}}

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|FRA}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|21|SUI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen

|attendance = 0

|referee = Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026602/

}}

{{Football box

|id = SVK v LIE

|date = {{Start date|2020|11|17|df=y}}{{refn|group="note"|name="COVID-19"}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SVK}}

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{fbu|21|LIE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra

|attendance = 0

|referee = Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026599/

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers|goals=106|matches=30

|11 goals=

|9 goals=

|4 goals=

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

|1 own goal=

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Notes

{{Reflist|group="note"}}

References

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