2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group G

Group G of the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Portugal, Croatia, Greece, Belarus, Faroe Islands, and Andorra. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 2 February 2023 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland,[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (X) 8 7 0 1 28 4 +24 21 Final tournament 2–0 5–1 4–0 6–1 3–0
2  Greece (Y) 9 5 2 2 14 7 +7 17 Play-offs 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0
3  Croatia 8 5 1 2 15 12 +3 16 0–2 15 Oct '24 2–1 2–0 11 Oct '24
4  Faroe Islands (E) 8 2 1 5 9 21 −12 7 11 Oct '24 0–4 2–4 15 Oct '24 2–2
5  Belarus (E) 9 1 3 5 6 19 −13 6 0–5 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–0
6  Andorra (E) 8 0 3 5 3 12 −9 3 15 Oct '24 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (X) Assured of at least a play-off spot; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, but may advance via the play-offs

Matches

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

Belarus 0–0 Andorra
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Armavir City Stadium, Armavir (Armenia)[note 2]
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Greece 1–1 Belarus
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)

Faroe Islands 2–2 Andorra
  • Nielsen 13' (pen.)
  • Dahl-Olsen 74'
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  • Solà 22'
  • Rodrigo 58'
Attendance: 1,061
Referee: David Munro (Scotland)

Andorra 1–1 Belarus
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Attendance: 533
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)

Belarus 2–3 Faroe Islands
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  • Nielsen 35', 48', 59'
Armavir City Stadium, Armavir (Armenia)[note 2]
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (Armenia)

Portugal 3–0 Andorra
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Attendance: 2,203
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands)

Belarus 0–5 Portugal
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Armavir City Stadium, Armavir (Armenia)[note 2]
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Andorra 0–1 Greece
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Attendance: 506
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Faroe Islands 2–4 Croatia
  • Dahl-Olsen 78', 85'
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Attendance: 1,118
Referee: Jérémy Muller (Luxembourg)

Greece 2–2 Croatia
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Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)
Portugal 6–1 Belarus
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Attendance: 1,627
Referee: Lazar Lukić (Serbia)

Croatia 2–0 Belarus
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Attendance: 584
Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)
Andorra 0–1 Faroe Islands
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  • Bárðarson 31'
Attendance: 522
Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)
Portugal 2–0 Greece
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Attendance: 2,231
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

Greece 3–0 Faroe Islands
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Attendance: 250
Referee: Mervan Bejtullahu (Kosovo)

Belarus 0–1 Croatia
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  • Ljubičić 84'
Armavir City Stadium, Armavir (Armenia)[note 2]
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)
Greece 2–1 Portugal
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Attendance: 500
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Portugal 4–0 Faroe Islands
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Attendance: 712
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
Andorra 0–3 Croatia
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  • Izquierdo 2' (o.g.)
  • Ljubičić 8'
  • Bukvić 86'
Belarus 1–0 Greece
  • Martynov 57' (pen.)
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Armavir City Stadium, Armavir (Armenia)[note 2]
Attendance: 0[note 2]

Greece 1–0 Andorra
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Attendance: 651
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Portugal 5–1 Croatia
  • Santos 3', 11', 22'
  • Bernardo 25'
  • Silva 63' (pen.)
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  • Ljubičić 15' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,523
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Croatia 2–1 Faroe Islands
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  • Nolsøe 90+3'
Sport Centre Rudes, Zagreb
Attendance: 921
Referee: Rob Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

Faroe Islands 0–4 Greece
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Attendance: 253
Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)
Croatia 0–2 Portugal
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Attendance: 3,471
Referee: Eric Wattellier (France)

Faroe Islands v Portugal
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Croatia v Andorra
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Ivan Kušek-Apaš City Stadium, Koprivnica

Andorra v Portugal
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Croatia v Greece
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Ivan Kušek-Apaš City Stadium, Koprivnica
Faroe Islands v Belarus
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Goalscorers

There have been 75 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of 10 September 2024).

6 goals

  • Croatia Marin Ljubičić
  • Portugal Fábio Silva

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Andorra Eric Izquierdo (against Croatia)

Notes

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 26 March and 29 October 2023 and between 31 March and 27 October 2024, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2025 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw: See the groups". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.