2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

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]

2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 22 September – 31 October 2015 Elite round: 11 March – 3 April 2016
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	343 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	João Filipe (7 goals)
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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

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

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

Draw

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]

• 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

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

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

Group 1

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. Ranked by head-to-head record (Netherlands: 3 pts; Switzerland: 0 pts).

Netherlands	1–2	Wales
Nunnely 40+1'	Report	Cooper 4', 71'

22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)

13:00

Dragon Park, Newport

Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)

Switzerland	2–0	Albania
Zeqiri 9' Kameraj 25'	Report

22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)

17:00

Newport Stadium, Newport

Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

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Albania	0–5	Netherlands
	Report	Adekanye 4' Lopez 10', 40' Vente 79' Kumbulla 80+2' (o.g.)

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)

13:00

Newport Stadium, Newport

Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)

Switzerland	1–0	Wales
Zeqiri 57'	Report

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)

17:00

Dragon Park, Newport

Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)

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Netherlands	4–1	Switzerland
Vente 44', 54', 76' Obispo 64'	Report	Hajrizi 80+3'

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)

13:00

Newport Stadium, Newport

Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Wales	1–1	Albania
Evans 42'	Report	Kastrati 39'

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)

13:00

Dragon Park, Newport

Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)

Group 2

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'

30 September 2015 (2015-09-30)

14:00

City Stadium, Orsha

Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)

Russia	6–0	Cyprus
Latsevich 27', 40+1' Rudenko 30', 44' (pen.) Papoutsos 72' (o.g.) Vartanyan 75'	Report

30 September 2015 (2015-09-30)

17:00

Spartak Stadium, Mogilev

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Belarus	2–3	Cyprus
Kapov 10' Malkevich 35'	Report	Louka 50', 52', 78'

2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)

14:00

City Stadium, Orsha

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Montenegro	0–2	Russia
	Report	Suleymanov 44' Patsev 77'

2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)

17:00

Spartak Stadium, Mogilev

Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj (Albania)

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Russia	2–0	Belarus
Golubev 62' Rudenko 68'	Report

5 October 2015 (2015-10-05)

14:00

City Stadium, Orsha

Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)

Cyprus	0–1	Montenegro
	Report	Vukotić 46' (pen.)

5 October 2015 (2015-10-05)

14:00

Spartak Stadium, Mogilev

Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj (Albania)

Group 3

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'

24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)

13:00

Eerikkilä Areena, Tammela

Referee: Edin Jakupović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Republic of Ireland	1–0	Finland
Molumby 22'	Report

24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)

17:00

Eerikkilä Areena, Tammela

Referee: Milan Ilić (Serbia)

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Malta	0–6	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Cregan 28', 60' (pen.), 74' Rice 33', 39' Flanagan 53'

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)

11:00

Harju Sport Center, Lohja

Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

Sweden	1–1	Finland
Asoro 80+2'	Report	Jokelainen 21'

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)

15:00

Harju Sport Center, Lohja

Referee: Milan Ilić (Serbia)

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Republic of Ireland	1–1	Sweden
McAuley 39'	Report	Colley 77'

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)

15:45

Harju Sport Center, Lohja

Referee: Edin Jakupović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Finland	4–2	Malta
Stavitski 29' Hyökyvirta 46' Montola 69' Saira 80+3'	Report	Frendo 53' Elouni 77'

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)

15:45

Eerikkilä Areena, Tammela

Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

Group 4

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. Ranked by head-to-head record (Georgia: 3 pts; Romania: 0 pts).

Hungary	1–2	Romania
Bévárdi 66'	Report	Craiu 8' Dragomir 68'

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)

13:15

Globall Football Park, Telki

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'

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)

13:30

Városi Stadion, Dabas

Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)

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Hungary	1–1	Slovakia
Virág 24' (pen.)	Report	Almási 80+4'

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

13:30

Pancho Arena, Felcsút

Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

Romania	0–3	Georgia
	Report	Spanderashvili 24' Chakbetadze 44' Ninua 68'

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

13:30

Városi Stadion, Dabas

Referee: Anders Poulsen (Denmark)

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Georgia	2–2	Hungary
Kavtaradze 21' Ozbetelashvili 80+2'	Report	Timári 22' Virág 44'

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)

13:30

Pancho Arena, Felcsút

Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)

Slovakia	1–1	Romania
Almási 80+3'	Report	Craiu 10'

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)

13:30

Városi Stadion, Dabas

Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

Group 5

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'

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)

16:00

Terrain Kuerzwénkel, Consdorf

Referee: Tsvetan Krastev (Bulgaria)

Austria	2–0	Lithuania
Mathis 59' Meister 65'	Report

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)

16:00

Op Biirk, Mensdorf

Referee: Orkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

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Serbia	0–0	Lithuania
	Report

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

16:00

Terrain Kuerzwénkel, Consdorf

Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)

Luxembourg	1–2	Austria
Thill 38'	Report	Riegler 31' Baumgartner 47'

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

19:00

Stade rue Henri Dunant, Beggen

Referee: Orkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

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Austria	1–1	Serbia
V. Müller 2'	Report	Veselinović 22'

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)

19:00

Stade rue Henri Dunant, Beggen

Referee: Tsvetan Krastev (Bulgaria)

Lithuania	2–0	Luxembourg
Sūnelaitis 37' Kubilinskas 66'	Report

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)

19:00

Op Biirk, Mensdorf

Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)

Group 6

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

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)

12:30

Stadions Arkādija, Riga

Attendance: 40

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

Poland	4–0	Latvia
Macierzyński 23', 67' Kwietniewski 40+1' Gajda 70'	Report

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)

17:00

Stadions Arkādija, Riga

Attendance: 428

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

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Poland	1–0	Andorra
Macierzyński 21'	Report

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)

12:30

Stadions Arkādija, Riga

Attendance: 78

Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Latvia	0–2	Spain
	Report	Mboula 20', 74'

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)

17:00

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 1017

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

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Spain	2–1	Poland
Morlanes 33', 53'	Report	Szymański 8'

30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)

17:00

Stadions Arkādija, Riga

Attendance: 83

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Andorra	0–3	Latvia
	Report	Čebotarjovs 53', 65' Regža 60'

30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)

17:00

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 413

Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Group 7

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'

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

12:00

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

Czech Republic	4–0	Liechtenstein
Růsek 19' Graiciar 48' Sadílek 52' Kubala 63'	Report

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

15:00

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

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Gibraltar	1–9	Czech Republic
Valarino 39'	Report	Graiciar 2', 25', 30' Burda 4' Sedláček 15', 37' Zikl 27' Kubala 74' Sadílek 77'

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)

12:00

Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers

Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

Croatia	2–0	Liechtenstein
Vujčić 15' Čuže 19'	Report

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)

15:00

Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers

Referee: Adrian Azzopardi (Malta)

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Czech Republic	2–2	Croatia
Chytil 49' Beňo 66'	Report	Špikić 55' Kulenović 70'

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)

15:00

Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers

Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

Liechtenstein	3–0	Gibraltar
Caglar 6' N. Graber 35' Cottrel 65' (o.g.)	Report

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)

15:00

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

Referee: Adrian Azzopardi (Malta)

Group 8

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

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)

18:00

Keflavíkurvöllur, Keflavík

Referee: Rob Rogers (Republic of Ireland)

Iceland	5–0	Kazakhstan
Jónsson 18', 35' Hauksson 22' Kristjansson 33' Andrason 78' (pen.)	Report

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)

18:00

Grindavíkurvöllur, Grindavík

Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

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Denmark	4–1	Kazakhstan
Odgaard 1' Poulsen 25' Bruus 62' Jensen 70'	Report	Oral 55'

24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)

17:00

Kaplakrikavöllur, Hafnarfjörður

Referee: Rob Rogers (Republic of Ireland)

Greece	1–1	Iceland
Kostanasios 65'	Report	Finnsson 45'

24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)

21:15

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

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Iceland	0–2	Denmark
	Report	Bruus 58' Okkels 79'

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)

18:00

Keflavíkurvöllur, Keflavík

Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

Kazakhstan	0–6	Greece
	Report	Tzovaras 5', 68' Chatzidimpas 53' Lolos 59' Xenitidis 65' Bortay 78' (o.g.)

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)

18:00

Grindavíkurvöllur, Grindavík

Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Group 9

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

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)

15:00

Complexo Desportivo de Febres, Febres

Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)

Portugal	7–0	Armenia
Quina 9', 42' Gomes 39', 68' Filipe 40+1', 58' Leão 78'	Report

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)

17:00

Centro de Treino, Luso

Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)

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England	5–0	Armenia
Dozzell 18' Nelson 23', 42', 54' Embleton 75'	Report

1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)

15:00

Estádio Municipal Carlos Duarte, Pampilhosa

Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)

San Marino	0–5	Portugal
	Report	Miguel Luís 8' Tipote 11' (pen.) Filipe 61', 80+3' Gomes 80'

1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)

17:00

Complexo Desportivo da Tocha, Tocha

Referee: Dejan Jakimovksi (Macedonia)

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Portugal	1–1	England
Filipe 64'	Report	Chalobah 16'

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04)

17:00

Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição, Coimbra

Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)

Armenia	1–1	San Marino
Harutyunyan 29'	Report	Frisoni 75'

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04)

17:00

Estádio Municipal Carlos Duarte, Pampilhosa

Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)

Group 10

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

24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)

15:00

Stadion Bakovci, Bakovci

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Belgium	2–1	Slovenia
Vanheusden 2' Vanhaecke 77'	Report	Čerin 60'

24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)

15:00

Lendava Sports Park, Lendava

Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)

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Turkey	1–1	Slovenia
Ömür 6'	Report	Celar 80+3'

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)

15:00

Lendava Sports Park, Lendava

Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

Faroe Islands	1–4	Belgium
Mortensen 76'	Report	Corryn 19' Vanhaecke 21', 39' Ndayishimiye 29'

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)

15:00

Stadion Bakovci, Bakovci

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

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Belgium	0–0	Turkey
	Report

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)

15:00

Lendava Sports Park, Lendava

Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

Slovenia	1–0	Faroe Islands
Kerin 31'	Report

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)

15:00

Stadion Bakovci, Bakovci

Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)

Group 11

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'

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20)

14:00

HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva

Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

France	1–0	Northern Ireland
Cuisance 65' (pen.)	Report

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20)

14:00

Shefayim National Team Complex, Shefayim

Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

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Norway	1–1	Northern Ireland
Agouda 63'	Report	Gallagher 49'

22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)

14:00

Shefayim National Team Complex, Shefayim

Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Israel	0–3	France
	Report	Taha 43' Guitane 58' El Mokeddem 67'

22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)

14:00

HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva

Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

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France	1–0	Norway
Nguiamba 69'	Report

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)

14:00

Shefayim National Team Complex, Shefayim

Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Northern Ireland	1–2	Israel
Browne 36'	Report	Almog 12' Nadir 34'

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)

14:00

HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva

Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

Group 12

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. Ranked by head-to-head record (Bulgaria: 3 pts; Scotland: 0 pts).

Italy	3–0	Bulgaria
Scamacca 63' Pinamonti 67' (pen.) Gabbia 77'	Report

21 October 2015 (2015-10-21)

15:30

Arena Sozopol, Sozopol

Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)

Scotland	3–0	Macedonia
Bowers 8' L. Morrison 21' Watson 70'	Report

21 October 2015 (2015-10-21)

18:00

Lazur Stadium, Burgas

Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber (Austria)

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Italy	0–0	Macedonia
	Report

23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)

15:30

Arena Sozopol, Sozopol

Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Bulgaria	2–0	Scotland
Kostadinov 24' Tilev 67'	Report

23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)

18:00

Lazur Stadium, Burgas

Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)

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Scotland	1–1	Italy
Duffy 32'	Report	Pinamonti 40+1'

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

16:00

Arena Sozopol, Sozopol

Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber (Austria)

Macedonia	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

16:00

Lazur Stadium, Burgas

Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Group 13

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'

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

14:00

CSR Orhei, Orhei

Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Estonia
Smajić 22' Dadić 27'	Report	Poom 36'

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26)

14:00

Stadionul CPSM, Vadul lui Vodă

Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)

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Ukraine	2–0	Estonia
Popov 4' Khakhlov 46' (pen.)	Report

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)

14:00

Stadionul CPSM, Vadul lui Vodă

Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Moldova	0–5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Dadić 18' Perić 25' (pen.) Veladžić 46', 74' Smajić 65'

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)

14:00

CSR Orhei, Orhei

Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Ukraine
	Report	Kashchuk 1' Deda 30' Kulakov 47'

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)

14:00

Stadionul CPSM, Vadul lui Vodă

Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)

Estonia	1–0	Moldova
Sorga 16'	Report

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)

14:00

CSR Orhei, Orhei

Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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. Tie broken by disciplinary points.

Elite round

Draw

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. Tie broken by coefficient.
2. Tie broken by disciplinary points.

Groups

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

Group 1

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. Ranked by head-to-head record (Scotland: 3 pts; Czech Republic: 0 pts).

Denmark	4–0	Scotland
Odgaard 5', 50', 54' Mikkelsen 58'	Report

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)

13:00

Letná Stadion, Zlín

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Czech Republic	2–2	Switzerland
Růsek 51' Sedláček 77'	Report	Hajrizi 25' Bajrami 80+2'

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)

17:00

Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty, Uherské Hradiště

Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)

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Switzerland	1–2	Denmark
Aliu 57'	Report	Holse 56' (pen.) Jakobsen 80+1'

30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)

13:00

Stadion Širuch, Stare Mesto

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Czech Republic	0–2	Scotland
	Report	Morrison 21' McLennan 64'

30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)

17:00

Letná Stadion, Zlín

Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

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Denmark	2–3	Czech Republic
Odgaard 11' Torp 68'	Report	Růsek 44' Kubala 63' Sadílek 80+1'

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02)

15:30

Letná Stadion, Zlín

Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)

Scotland	1–1	Switzerland
Aitchison 46'	Report	Bajrami 72'

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02)

15:30

Stadion Širuch, Stare Mesto

Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

Group 2

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

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

16:00

Harrison Park, Leek

Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

England	3–1	Turkey
Nelson 38', 48' (pen.) Leko 42'	Report	Güçlü 78'

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

20:00

Proact Stadium, Chesterfield

Referee: Sérgio Piscarreta (Portugal)

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England	1–0	Finland
Dozzell 33'	Report

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

16:00

Harrison Park, Leek

Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

Turkey	0–3	Ukraine
	Report	Buletsa 35', 49' Kozyrenko 73'

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

20:00

St George's Park Main Stadium, Burton upon Trent

Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

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Ukraine	1–1	England
Sich 57'	Report	Taylor-Crossdale 16'

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

20:00

Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent

Referee: Sergio Piscaretta (Portugal)

Finland	1–3	Turkey
Louko 35'	Report	Demir 28' Güçlü 70' Engin 80+2'

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

20:00

St George's Park Main Stadium, Burton upon Trent

Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Group 3

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. 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.)

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)

11:00

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

Russia	0–4	Italy
	Report	Melegoni 5' (pen.) Kean 25', 65' Pinamonti 72'

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)

13:00

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi

Referee: Georgios Kyzas (Greece)

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Russia	1–0	Georgia
Grulev 40+2'	Report

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17)

11:00

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: Andrew Davey (Northern Ireland)

Italy	0–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Hadžić 65'

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17)

13:00

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi

Referee: Georgios Kyzas (Greece)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	Russia
Hadžić 27'	Report	Latsevich 12' Grulev 66'

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20)

11:00

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi

Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

Georgia	0–1	Italy
	Report	Frattesi 46'

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20)

11:00

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee: Andrew Davey (Northern Ireland)

Group 4

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

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

15:00

Stadion am Eisenbrand, Meerbusch

Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)

Germany	5–1	Slovakia
Dadachov 5' Baxmann 26', 48' Maier 43', 61'	Report	Kráľovič 22'

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

18:00

Paul-Janes-Stadion, Düsseldorf

Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

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Slovakia	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Malen 16' (pen.) Vente 40'

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

12:00

Stadion am Eisenbrand, Meerbusch

Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)

Germany	1–1	Bulgaria
Schreck 48'	Report	Tilev 19' (pen.)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

15:00

Stadion Ratingen, Ratingen

Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)

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Netherlands	0–1	Germany
	Report	Baxmann 25'

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

18:00

Paul-Janes-Stadion, Düsseldorf

Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

Bulgaria	0–3	Slovakia
	Report	Almási 40' Brenkus 48' Vician 80+3'

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

18:00

Stadion Ratingen, Ratingen

Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)

Group 5

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

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)

12:30

Stadion Veruda, Pula

Referee: Deniz Ates Bitnel (Turkey)

Croatia	0–2	Wales
	Report	Woodburn 16' Cullen 45'

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)

15:30

Stadion Valbruna, Rovinj

Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

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Portugal	1–0	Wales
Gomes 40'	Report

18 March 2016 (2016-03-18)

13:30

Stadion Veruda, Pula

Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Sweden	2–1	Croatia
Isak 65' Bergqvist 71'	Report	Javorčić 80+2'

18 March 2016 (2016-03-18)

15:30

Stadion Valbruna, Rovinj

Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

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Croatia	2–4	Portugal
Špikić 35' Javorčić 47' (pen.)	Report	Almeida 27' Djú 31', 69' Filipe 54' (pen.)

21 March 2016 (2016-03-21)

15:30

Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula

Referee: Deniz Ates Bitnel (Turkey)

Wales	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Isak 69'

21 March 2016 (2016-03-21)

15:30

Stadion Valbruna, Rovinj

Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Group 6

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

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

18:30

Stade Saint-Jean, Anglet

Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

Austria	0–0	Iceland
	Report

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

18:30

Stade Kechiloa, Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)

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France	1–0	Iceland
Taha 54'	Report

31 March 2016 (2016-03-31)

18:30

Stade Saint-Martin, Biarritz

Referee: Ryan Stewart (Wales)

Greece	0–0	Austria
	Report

31 March 2016 (2016-03-31)

18:30

Stade Saint-Jean, Anglet

Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)

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Austria	2–1	France
Sittsam 23' Schmid 80+3'	Report	Taha 15'

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03)

15:00

Stade Kechiloa, Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

Iceland	1–0	Greece
Guðjónsson 63'	Report

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03)

15:00

Stade Saint-Martin, Biarritz

Referee: Ryan Stewart (Wales)

Group 7

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. 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'

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)

15:00

Stadion Znicza Pruszków, Pruszków

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Poland	2–0	Montenegro
Drawz 6' Kopacz 53'	Report

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)

18:00

Stadion Polonii Warszawa, Warsaw

Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Greece)

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Republic of Ireland	3–0	Montenegro
Molumby 40+3' Mallon 71' Byrne 79'	Report

30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)

14:00

Stadion ROSRRiT Siedlce, Siedlce

Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Serbia	2–1	Poland
S. Ilić 27' Djerlek 56'	Report	Kwietniewski 78'

30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)

18:00

Stadion Polonii Warszawa, Warsaw

Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Greece)

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Poland	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	Report
Penalties
Kwietniewski Puchacz Chrzanowski Macierzyński	4–3	T. O'Connor Wilson McKenna Carroll McAuley

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02)

18:00

Stadion Znicza Pruszków, Pruszków

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Montenegro	0–2	Serbia
	Report	Joveljić 28' L. Ilić 57'

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02)

18:00

Stadion ROSRRiT Siedlce, Siedlce

Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Group 8

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. 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

11 March 2016 (2016-03-11)

15:00

Belgian Football Center, Tubize

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Belgium	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

11 March 2016 (2016-03-11)

15:00

Begijnhofstadion, Overijse

Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

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Spain	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)

15:00

Sportcomplex Dooren, Merchtem

Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)

Israel	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Verlinden 31'

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)

15:00

Begijnhofstadion, Overijse

Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

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Belgium	0–0	Spain
	Report
Penalties
Emmers Antonucci Vanheusden Foulon	4–3	Morlanes Ruiz Lozano Díaz Busquets

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)

15:00

Sportcomplex Dooren, Merchtem

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Slovenia	1–1	Israel
Celar 26'	Report	Goldberg 74'

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)

15:00

Belgian Football Center, Tubize

Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)

Ranking of second-placed teams

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

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

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

7 goals

• João Filipe

6 goals

• Reiss Nelson

5 goals

• Jens Odgaard
• Dylan Vente
• José Gomes
• Teddy Bergqvist

4 goals

• Duje Javorčić
• Martin Graiciar