2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4
Group 4 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists 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[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Czech Republic
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 21 | Final tournament | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Croatia
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 7 | +30 | 20 | 1–2 | �� | 1–2 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 10–0 | ||
| 3 | Scotland
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10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 18 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Greece
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 16 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 5 | Lithuania
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 6 | San Marino
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 50 | −50 | 0 | 0–6 | 0–7 | 0–7 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |
Matches[]
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| San Marino | 0–3 | Lithuania |
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| Greece | 5–0 | San Marino |
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| Scotland | 2–0 | San Marino |
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| Czech Republic | 1–1 | Greece |
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| Czech Republic | 0–0 | Scotland |
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| San Marino | 0–7 | Croatia |
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| Lithuania | 1–3 | Croatia |
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| Croatia | 1–2 | Czech Republic |
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| San Marino | 0–1 | Greece |
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| Lithuania | 0–1 | Scotland |
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| Lithuania | 2–0 | Greece |
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| Croatia | 10–0 | San Marino |
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| San Marino | 0–7 | Scotland |
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| Lithuania | 0–1 | Czech Republic |
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| Lithuania | 3–0 | San Marino |
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| Greece | 1–0 | Scotland |
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Goalscorers[]
There have been 92 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.07 goals per match (as of 17 November 2020).
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Joško Gvardiol-
- Vinko Soldo
- Boško Šutalo
- Marin Šverko
- Dario Vizinger
Libor Holík- Pavel Šulc
- Antonín Vaníček
Efthymis Christopoulos- Dimitris Emmanouilidis
- Dimitris Nikolaou
- Marios Vrousai
Domantas Antanavičius-
- Edgaras Dubickas
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- Linas Mėgelaitis
- Nauris Petkevičius
- Karolis Uzėla
Allan Campbell- Harrison Ashby
- Barry Maguire
- Ross McCrorie
- David Turnbull
1 own goal
(against Scotland)
Notes[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[7][8]
- ^ 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[]
- ^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
- ^ a b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
- ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
- ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "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[]
- Under-21 Matches: 2021 Qualifying, UEFA.com
- 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification