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2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

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2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details
DatesQualifying round:
22 September – 31 October 2015
Elite round:
11 March – 3 April 2016
Teams53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored343 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal João Filipe (7 goals)
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The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification was a men's under-17 football competition organised by UEFA to determine the 15 national teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Azerbaijan in the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.[1]

A total of 53 national teams entered this qualifying competition, which was played in two rounds between September 2015 and April 2016.[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

Format

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The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:[3]

  • Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, which received a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the five third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
  • Elite round: The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualified for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

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The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
  7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:[3]

  1. Higher number of points;
  2. Superior goal difference;
  3. Higher number of goals scored;
  4. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  5. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

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Draw

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The draw for the qualifying round was held on 3 December 2014, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4][5]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[6][7]

Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar (due to the disputed status of Gibraltar), as well as Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group.[2]

Bye to elite round
Team Coeff Rank
 Germany 11.333 1
Pot A
Team Coeff Rank
 England 10.000 2
 Netherlands 10.000 3
 Portugal 9.167 4
 Poland 9.167 5
 France 8.833 6
 Serbia 8.667 7
 Russia 8.000 8
  Switzerland 7.833 9
 Italy 7.833 10
 Spain 7.500 11
 Czech Republic 7.500 12
 Scotland 7.333 13
 Georgia 7.000 14
 Sweden 7.000 15
 Hungary 6.667 16
 Ukraine 6.500 17
 Belgium 6.500 18
 Iceland 6.000 19
 Austria 5.833 20
 Turkey 5.667 21
 Croatia 5.667 22
 Denmark 5.500 23
 Republic of Ireland 5.167 24
 Norway 4.833 25
 Belarus 4.633 26
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.167 27
Pot B
Team Coeff Rank
 Greece 4.167 28
 Bulgaria 4.000 29
 Israel 4.000 30
 Slovakia 4.000 31
 Albania 3.833 32
 Slovenia 3.667 33
 Northern Ireland 3.500 34
 Romania 2.833 35
 Latvia 2.667 36
 Macedonia 2.667 37
 Estonia 2.500 38
 Finland 2.333 39
 Wales 2.000 40
 Lithuania 2.000 41
 Armenia 2.000 42
 Luxembourg 1.667 43
 Cyprus 1.667 44
 Faroe Islands 1.667 45
 Moldova 1.333 46
 Montenegro 1.333 47
 Kazakhstan 1.333 48
 Malta 0.333 49
 Andorra 0.333 50
 San Marino 0.333 51
 Liechtenstein 0.000 52
 Gibraltar 0.000 53
Notes
  • Azerbaijan (Coeff: 1.667) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.

Groups

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Times up to 24 October 2015 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6[a] Elite round
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6[a]
3  Wales (H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Albania 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (Netherlands: 3 pts; Switzerland: 0 pts).
Netherlands 1–2 Wales
Nunnely 40+1' Report Cooper 4', 71'
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)
Switzerland 2–0 Albania
Zeqiri 9'
Kameraj 25'		 Report
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Albania 0–5 Netherlands
Report Adekanye 4'
Lopez 10', 40'
Vente 79'
Kumbulla 80+2' (o.g.)
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)
Switzerland 1–0 Wales
Zeqiri 57' Report
Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)
Netherlands 4–1  Switzerland
Vente 44', 54', 76'
Obispo 64'		 Report Hajrizi 80+3'
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Wales 1–1 Albania
Evans 42' Report Kastrati 39'
Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Elite round
2  Montenegro 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3  Cyprus 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4  Belarus (H) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Belarus 1–1 Montenegro
Ksenofontov 12' Report Zečević 33'
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Russia 6–0 Cyprus
Latsevich 27', 40+1'
Rudenko 30', 44' (pen.)
Papoutsos 72' (o.g.)
Vartanyan 75'		 Report
Belarus 2–3 Cyprus
Kapov 10'
Malkevich 35'		 Report Louka 50', 52', 78'
Montenegro 0–2 Russia
Report Suleymanov 44'
Patsev 77'
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj (Albania)
Russia 2–0 Belarus
Golubev 62'
Rudenko 68'		 Report
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
Cyprus 0–1 Montenegro
Report Vukotić 46' (pen.)
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj (Albania)

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Elite round
2  Sweden 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5
3  Finland (H) 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
4  Malta 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Sweden 5–1 Malta
Bellman 11'
Bergqvist 15', 25', 35', 62'		 Report Elouni 69'
Referee: Edin Jakupović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Republic of Ireland 1–0 Finland
Molumby 22' Report
Referee: Milan Ilić (Serbia)
Malta 0–6 Republic of Ireland
Report Cregan 28', 60' (pen.), 74'
Rice 33', 39'
Flanagan 53'
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)
Sweden 1–1 Finland
Asoro 80+2' Report Jokelainen 21'
Referee: Milan Ilić (Serbia)
Republic of Ireland 1–1 Sweden
McAuley 39' Report Colley 77'
Referee: Edin Jakupović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Finland 4–2 Malta
Stavitski 29'
Hyökyvirta 46'
Montola 69'
Saira 80+3'		 Report Frendo 53'
Elouni 77'
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5 Elite round
2  Georgia 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4[a]
3  Romania 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4[a]
4  Hungary (H) 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (Georgia: 3 pts; Romania: 0 pts).
Hungary 1–2 Romania
Bévárdi 66' Report Craiu 8'
Dragomir 68'
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)
Georgia 3–4 Slovakia
Kavtaradze 10' (pen.)
Ninua 66'
Kharabadze 71'		 Report Gerebenits 22'
Vician 55'
Vaško 59'
Kopas 80+1'
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)
Hungary 1–1 Slovakia
Virág 24' (pen.) Report Almási 80+4'
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Romania 0–3 Georgia
Report Spanderashvili 24'
Chakbetadze 44'
Ninua 68'
Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)
Georgia 2–2 Hungary
Kavtaradze 21'
Ozbetelashvili 80+2'		 Report Timári 22'
Virág 44'
Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)
Slovakia 1–1 Romania
Almási 80+3' Report Craiu 10'
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Elite round
2  Serbia 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 5
3  Lithuania 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Luxembourg (H) 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia 6–1 Luxembourg
Petrović 3'
Jovanović 28'
Tomašević 57'
Bosnjak 62' (pen.)
Đorđević 68'
Joveljić 80'		 Report Thill 60'
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev (Bulgaria)
Austria 2–0 Lithuania
Mathis 59'
Meister 65'		 Report
Referee: Orkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Serbia 0–0 Lithuania
Report
Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)
Luxembourg 1–2 Austria
Thill 38' Report Riegler 31'
Baumgartner 47'
Referee: Orkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
Austria 1–1 Serbia
V. Müller 2' Report Veselinović 22'
Referee: Tsvetan Krastev (Bulgaria)
Lithuania 2–0 Luxembourg
Sūnelaitis 37'
Kubilinskas 66'		 Report
Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)

Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Elite round
2  Poland 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Latvia (H) 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Andorra 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Spain 2–0 Andorra
Ruiz 8'
Zabarte 38'		 Report
Attendance: 40
Poland 4–0 Latvia
Macierzyński 23', 67'
Kwietniewski 40+1'
Gajda 70'		 Report
Attendance: 428
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
Poland 1–0 Andorra
Macierzyński 21' Report
Attendance: 78
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Latvia 0–2 Spain
Report Mboula 20', 74'
Attendance: 1017
Spain 2–1 Poland
Morlanes 33', 53' Report Szymański 8'
Attendance: 83
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
Andorra 0–3 Latvia
Report Čebotarjovs 53', 65'
Regža 60'
Attendance: 413
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 15 3 +12 7 Elite round
2  Croatia 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7
3  Liechtenstein (H) 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 2 16 −14 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Croatia 4–1 Gibraltar
Javorčić 2', 80+1' (pen.)
Knežević 11', 80+3'		 Report Espinosa 49'
Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)
Czech Republic 4–0 Liechtenstein
Růsek 19'
Graiciar 48'
Sadílek 52'
Kubala 63'		 Report
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Gibraltar 1–9 Czech Republic
Valarino 39' Report Graiciar 2', 25', 30'
Burda 4'
Sedláček 15', 37'
Zikl 27'
Kubala 74'
Sadílek 77'
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Croatia 2–0 Liechtenstein
Vujčić 15'
Čuže 19'		 Report
Referee: Adrian Azzopardi (Malta)
Czech Republic 2–2 Croatia
Chytil 49'
Beňo 66'		 Report Špikić 55'
Kulenović 70'
Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)
Liechtenstein 3–0 Gibraltar
Caglar 6'
N. Graber 35'
Cottrel 65' (o.g.)		 Report
Referee: Adrian Azzopardi (Malta)

Group 8

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Elite round
2  Greece 3 1 2 0 7 1 +6 5
3  Iceland (H) 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Denmark 0–0 Greece
Report
Referee: Rob Rogers (Republic of Ireland)
Iceland 5–0 Kazakhstan
Jónsson 18', 35'
Hauksson 22'
Kristjansson 33'
Andrason 78' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)
Denmark 4–1 Kazakhstan
Odgaard 1'
Poulsen 25'
Bruus 62'
Jensen 70'		 Report Oral 55'
Referee: Rob Rogers (Republic of Ireland)
Greece 1–1 Iceland
Kostanasios 65' Report Finnsson 45'
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Iceland 0–2 Denmark
Report Bruus 58'
Okkels 79'
Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)
Kazakhstan 0–6 Greece
Report Tzovaras 5', 68'
Chatzidimpas 53'
Lolos 59'
Xenitidis 65'
Bortay 78' (o.g.)
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Group 9

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7 Elite round
2  Portugal (H) 3 2 1 0 13 1 +12 7
3  Armenia 3 0 1 2 1 13 −12 1
4  San Marino 3 0 1 2 1 14 −13 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England 8–0 San Marino
Ennis 6'
Leko 11'
Nelson 16'
Brown 21'
Shashoua 30', 42'
Adeniran 47'
Lewis 49'		 Report
Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)
Portugal 7–0 Armenia
Quina 9', 42'
Gomes 39', 68'
Filipe 40+1', 58'
Leão 78'		 Report
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)
England 5–0 Armenia
Dozzell 18'
Nelson 23', 42', 54'
Embleton 75'		 Report
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
San Marino 0–5 Portugal
Report Miguel Luís 8'
Tipote 11' (pen.)
Filipe 61', 80+3'
Gomes 80'
Referee: Dejan Jakimovksi (Macedonia)
Portugal 1–1 England
Filipe 64' Report Chalobah 16'
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)
Armenia 1–1 San Marino
Harutyunyan 29' Report Frisoni 75'
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)

Group 10

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Elite round
2  Turkey 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
3  Slovenia (H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Faroe Islands 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Turkey 3–0 Faroe Islands
Yalçın 17', 19', 39' Report
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Belgium 2–1 Slovenia
Vanheusden 2'
Vanhaecke 77'		 Report Čerin 60'
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
Turkey 1–1 Slovenia
Ömür 6' Report Celar 80+3'
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Faroe Islands 1–4 Belgium
Mortensen 76' Report Corryn 19'
Vanhaecke 21', 39'
Ndayishimiye 29'
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Belgium 0–0 Turkey
Report
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
Slovenia 1–0 Faroe Islands
Kerin 31' Report
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)

Group 11

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Elite round
2  Israel (H) 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
4  Norway 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Norway 1–3 Israel
Borchgrevink 57' Report Almog 34' (pen.), 53'
Sarsur 72'
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
France 1–0 Northern Ireland
Cuisance 65' (pen.) Report
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Norway 1–1 Northern Ireland
Agouda 63' Report Gallagher 49'
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
Israel 0–3 France
Report Taha 43'
Guitane 58'
El Mokeddem 67'
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
France 1–0 Norway
Nguiamba 69' Report
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
Northern Ireland 1–2 Israel
Browne 36' Report Almog 12'
Nadir 34'
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Group 12

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5 Elite round
2  Bulgaria (H) 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4[a]
3  Scotland 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4[a]
4  Macedonia 3 0 2 1 0 3 −3 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (Bulgaria: 3 pts; Scotland: 0 pts).
Italy 3–0 Bulgaria
Scamacca 63'
Pinamonti 67' (pen.)
Gabbia 77'		 Report
Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)
Scotland 3–0 Macedonia
Bowers 8'
L. Morrison 21'
Watson 70'		 Report
Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber (Austria)
Italy 0–0 Macedonia
Report
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
Bulgaria 2–0 Scotland
Kostadinov 24'
Tilev 67'		 Report
Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)
Scotland 1–1 Italy
Duffy 32' Report Pinamonti 40+1'
Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber (Austria)
Macedonia 0–0 Bulgaria
Report
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Group 13

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Elite round
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Estonia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Moldova (H) 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ukraine 1–1 Moldova
Deda 36' Report Domașcan 21'
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Estonia
Smajić 22'
Dadić 27'		 Report Poom 36'
Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)
Ukraine 2–0 Estonia
Popov 4'
Khakhlov 46' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Moldova 0–5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Dadić 18'
Perić 25' (pen.)
Veladžić 46', 74'
Smajić 65'
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3 Ukraine
Report Kashchuk 1'
Deda 30'
Kulakov 47'
Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)
Estonia 1–0 Moldova
Sorga 16' Report
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round advancing to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1  Wales 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 Elite round
2 10  Slovenia 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3 3  Finland 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
4 8  Iceland 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1[a]
5 12  Scotland 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1[a]
6 5  Lithuania 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
7 4  Romania 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
8 11  Northern Ireland 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
9 13  Estonia 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
10 7  Liechtenstein 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0[a]
11 6  Latvia 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0[a]
12 2  Cyprus 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
13 9  Armenia 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Tie broken by disciplinary points.

Elite round

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Draw

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The draw for the elite round was held on 3 December 2015, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8][9]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[10] Germany, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.[11]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Seeding
1 —  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pot A
2 2  Russia 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9
3 6  Spain 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
4 11  France 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
5 9  England 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7
6 7  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 15 3 +12 7
7 9  Portugal 3 2 1 0 13 1 +12 7
8 3  Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7
9 7  Croatia 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Pot B
10 13  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7[a]
11 8  Denmark 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7[a]
12 10  Belgium 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
13 5  Austria 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
14 1  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
15 6  Poland 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
16 13  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
17 11  Israel 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6 Pot C
18 1   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
19 8  Greece 3 1 2 0 7 1 +6 5
20 5  Serbia 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 5
21 3  Sweden 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5
22 10  Turkey 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5[b]
23 12  Italy 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5[b]
24 4  Slovakia 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
25 8  Iceland 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4 Pot D
26 4  Georgia 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4
27 3  Finland 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
28 12  Scotland 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
29 10  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[b]
30 1  Wales 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[b]
31 2  Montenegro 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4[b]
32 12  Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4[b]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tie broken by coefficient.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Tie broken by disciplinary points.

Groups

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Times up to 26 March 2016 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6 Final tournament
2  Scotland 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4[a]
3  Czech Republic (H) 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4[a]
4   Switzerland 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (Scotland: 3 pts; Czech Republic: 0 pts).
Denmark 4–0 Scotland
Odgaard 5', 50', 54'
Mikkelsen 58'		 Report
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Czech Republic 2–2  Switzerland
Růsek 51'
Sedláček 77'		 Report Hajrizi 25'
Bajrami 80+2'
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Switzerland 1–2 Denmark
Aliu 57' Report Holse 56' (pen.)
Jakobsen 80+1'
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Czech Republic 0–2 Scotland
Report Morrison 21'
McLennan 64'
Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)
Denmark 2–3 Czech Republic
Odgaard 11'
Torp 68'		 Report Růsek 44'
Kubala 63'
Sadílek 80+1'
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
Scotland 1–1  Switzerland
Aitchison 46' Report Bajrami 72'
Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Final tournament
2  England (H) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
3  Turkey 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4  Finland 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ukraine 3–0 Finland
Bondar 55'
Kashchuk 59'
Buletsa 67'		 Report
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
England 3–1 Turkey
Nelson 38', 48' (pen.)
Leko 42'		 Report Güçlü 78'
Referee: Sérgio Piscarreta (Portugal)
England 1–0 Finland
Dozzell 33' Report
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Turkey 0–3 Ukraine
Report Buletsa 35', 49'
Kozyrenko 73'
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Ukraine 1–1 England
Sich 57' Report Taylor-Crossdale 16'
Referee: Sergio Piscaretta (Portugal)
Finland 1–3 Turkey
Louko 35' Report Demir 28'
Güçlü 70'
Engin 80+2'
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6[a] Final tournament
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6[a]
3  Russia 3 2 0 1 3 5 −2 6[a]
4  Georgia (H) 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ranked by head-to-head record (Italy: 3 pts, +3 GD; Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3 pts, 0 GD; Russia: 3 pts, −3 GD).
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Georgia
Resić 16'
Kovač 75'		 Report Mirić 14' (o.g.)
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Russia 0–4 Italy
Report Melegoni 5' (pen.)
Kean 25', 65'
Pinamonti 72'
Referee: Georgios Kyzas (Greece)
Russia 1–0 Georgia
Grulev 40+2' Report
Referee: Andrew Davey (Northern Ireland)
Italy 0–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Hadžić 65'
Referee: Georgios Kyzas (Greece)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Russia
Hadžić 27' Report Latsevich 12'
Grulev 66'
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Georgia 0–1 Italy
Report Frattesi 46'
Referee: Andrew Davey (Northern Ireland)

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Final tournament
2  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4  Bulgaria 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Netherlands 0–0 Bulgaria
Report
Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)
Germany 5–1 Slovakia
Dadachov 5'
Baxmann 26', 48'
Maier 43', 61'		 Report Kráľovič 22'
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard-Andersen (Denmark)
Slovakia 0–2 Netherlands
Report Malen 16' (pen.)
Vente 40'
Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)
Germany 1–1 Bulgaria
Schreck 48' Report Tilev 19' (pen.)
Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
Netherlands 0–1 Germany
Report Baxmann 25'
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard-Andersen (Denmark)
Bulgaria 0–3 Slovakia
Report Almási 40'
Brenkus 48'
Vician 80+3'
Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Final tournament
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  Wales 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
4  Croatia (H) 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Portugal 2–0 Sweden
Filipe 44' (pen.)
Gomes 69'		 Report
Referee: Deniz Ates Bitnel (Turkey)
Croatia 0–2 Wales
Report Woodburn 16'
Cullen 45'
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Portugal 1–0 Wales
Gomes 40' Report
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Sweden 2–1 Croatia
Isak 65'
Bergqvist 71'		 Report Javorčić 80+2'
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Croatia 2–4 Portugal
Špikić 35'
Javorčić 47' (pen.)		 Report Almeida 27'
Djú 31', 69'
Filipe 54' (pen.)
Referee: Deniz Ates Bitnel (Turkey)
Wales 0–1 Sweden
Report Isak 69'
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 Final tournament
2  Austria 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Iceland 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4  Greece 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
France 1–0 Greece
Maolida 58' Report
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Austria 0–0 Iceland
Report
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)
France 1–0 Iceland
Taha 54' Report
Referee: Ryan Stewart (Wales)
Greece 0–0 Austria
Report
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)
Austria 2–1 France
Sittsam 23'
Schmid 80+3'		 Report Taha 15'
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)
Iceland 1–0 Greece
Guðjónsson 63' Report
Referee: Ryan Stewart (Wales)

Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Final tournament
2  Poland (H) 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[a]
3  Republic of Ireland 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[a]
4  Montenegro 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tie broken by penalty shoot-out, as they were playing each other in the last round of matches.
Republic of Ireland 0–2 Serbia
Report S. Ilić 24'
Joveljić 61'
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Poland 2–0 Montenegro
Drawz 6'
Kopacz 53'		 Report
Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Greece)
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Montenegro
Molumby 40+3'
Mallon 71'
Byrne 79'		 Report
Serbia 2–1 Poland
S. Ilić 27'
Djerlek 56'		 Report Kwietniewski 78'
Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Greece)
Poland 0–0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Penalties
Kwietniewski soccer ball with check mark
Puchacz soccer ball with check mark
Chrzanowski soccer ball with check mark
Macierzyński soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark T. O'Connor
soccer ball with red X Wilson
soccer ball with check mark McKenna
soccer ball with check mark Carroll
soccer ball with red X McAuley
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Montenegro 0–2 Serbia
Report Joveljić 28'
L. Ilić 57'

Group 8

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium (H) 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5[a] Final tournament
2  Spain 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5[a]
3  Slovenia 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
4  Israel 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tie broken by penalty shoot-out, as they were playing each other in the last round of matches.
Spain 1–0 Israel
Ruiz 80+3' Report
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Belgium 0–0 Slovenia
Report
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Spain 0–0 Slovenia
Report
Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)
Israel 0–1 Belgium
Report Verlinden 31'
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Slovenia 1–1 Israel
Celar 26' Report Goldberg 74'
Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)

Ranking of second-placed teams

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To determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round qualifying for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 2  England 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Final tournament
2 6  Austria 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3 4  Netherlands 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
4 3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
5 5  Sweden 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
6 1  Scotland 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
7 8  Spain 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
8 7  Poland 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.

Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
only U-17 era (since 2002)
 Azerbaijan Hosts 20 March 2012[1] 0 (debut)
 Denmark Elite round Group 1 winners 30 March 2016 3 (2002, 2003, 2011)
 Ukraine Elite round Group 2 winners 26 March 2016 4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2013)
 Italy Elite round Group 3 winners 20 March 2016 5 (2003, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015)
 Germany Elite round Group 4 winners 29 March 2016 8 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
 Portugal Elite round Group 5 winners 18 March 2016 5 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2014)
 France Elite round Group 6 winners 31 March 2016 9 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
 Serbia Elite round Group 7 winners 30 March 2016 4 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2011)
 Belgium Elite round Group 8 winners 16 March 2016 4 (2006, 2007, 2012, 2015)
 England Elite round best seven runners-up 26 March 2016 10 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015)
 Austria Elite round best seven runners-up 3 April 2016 4 (2003, 2004, 2013, 2015)
 Netherlands Elite round best seven runners-up 29 March 2016 9 (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Elite round best seven runners-up 20 March 2016 0 (debut)
 Sweden Elite round best seven runners-up 21 March 2016 1 (2013)
 Scotland Elite round best seven runners-up 2 April 2016 3 (2008, 2014, 2015)
 Spain Elite round best seven runners-up 2 April 2016 9 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Top goalscorers

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The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition:[12]

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals

References

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  1. ^ a b "Malta, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan picked for U17s". UEFA. 20 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Under-17 entries for Azerbaijan 2015/16". UEFA.com. 2 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "2015/16 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  5. ^ "2015/16 Under-17 qualifying round draw made". UEFA.com. 3 December 2014.
  6. ^ "2015/16 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Qualifying round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  7. ^ "UEFA Under-17 National Team Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "2015/16 elite round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Germany-Netherlands in Under-17 elite round draw". UEFA.com. 3 December 2015.
  10. ^ "2015/16 UEFA European Under-17 and Under-19 Championships Elite round draws" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  11. ^ "Under-17 elite round draw seedings". UEFA.com. 19 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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