2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 10 October – 20 November 2018 Elite round: 20–26 March 2019
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	120
Goals scored	370 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Loïs Openda Valentin Mihăilă Aljoša Matko (6 goals each)
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The 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Armenia in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1]

Apart from Armenia, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions were permitted per team in each match.^[3]

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:^[4]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Portugal and Germany, which received byes to the elite round as the teams 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 thirteen group winners and the thirteen runners-up advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven 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 seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group was as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 19.04):^[4]

Group schedule

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

In the qualifying round and elite round, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[4]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (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. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 6 December 2017, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[5][6]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following (a four-year window was used instead of the previous three-year window):^[7]

• 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  Armenia 2.333 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  Portugal 24.722 1  Germany 22.778 2

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  England 21.889 3  Austria 19.000 4  France 18.556 5  Netherlands 17.667 6  Spain 16.500 7  Ukraine 14.833 8  Czech Republic 14.833 9  Serbia 14.667 10  Russia 14.611 11  Italy 14.222 12  Greece 12.500 13  Sweden 12.111 14  Georgia 11.833 15

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Croatia 11.778 16  Israel 11.333 17  Belgium 11.167 18  Turkey 11.000 19  Bulgaria 10.556 20  Slovakia 9.833 21  Republic of Ireland 9.000 22  Hungary 9.000 23  Scotland 8.833 24   Switzerland 8.500 25  Denmark 8.500 26  Poland 8.167 27  Montenegro 8.000 28

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Norway 7.667 29  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.833 30  Wales 6.333 31  Slovenia 6.167 32  Romania 5.333 33  Cyprus 5.167 34  Lithuania 4.667 35  Finland 4.667 36  Northern Ireland 4.000 37  Iceland 4.000 38  Azerbaijan 4.000 39  Belarus 3.333 40  Macedonia 3.333 41

Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Latvia 3.000 42  Albania 2.667 43  Luxembourg 2.667 44  Estonia 2.667 45  Malta 2.333 46  Andorra 1.333 47  Faroe Islands 1.333 48  Moldova 1.000 49  Liechtenstein 0.333 50  Gibraltar 0.333 51  Kazakhstan 0.333 52  San Marino 0.000 53  Kosovo — 54

Notes

• Teams marked in bold qualified for the final tournament.

The qualifying round was required to be completed by 20 November 2018.^[6]

Times up to 27 October 2018 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Elite round
2	Azerbaijan	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Georgia (H)	3	1	1	1	9	3	+6	4
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Elite round
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
3	Finland	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
4	Estonia (H)	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Elite round
2	Croatia	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Macedonia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Elite round
2	Wales (H)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6[a]	Elite round
2	England	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6[a]
3	Iceland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Moldova	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Elite round
2	Belgium	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5
3	Malta (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
3	Austria	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Kosovo	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6[a]	Elite round
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6[a]
3	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6[a]
4	Albania (H)	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Elite round
2	Poland	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Northern Ireland (H)	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Elite round
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Elite round
2	Cyprus (H)	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4[a]
3	Latvia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4[a]
4	Montenegro	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Elite round
2	Switzerland (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Andorra	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9	Elite round
2	Romania	3	1	1	1	12	6	+6	4
3	Bulgaria (H)	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

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The draw for the elite round was held on 6 December 2018, 11:00 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] Portugal and Germany, which received byes 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. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn in the same group.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	13	Greece	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
4	12	Spain	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
5	2	Italy	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
6	10	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
7	6	France	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
8	4	Scotland	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Pot B
9	9	Serbia	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
10	1	Israel	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
11	11	Russia	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
12	3	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
13	7	Hungary	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
14	10	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	6
15	5	England	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Pot C
16	8	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
17	5	Turkey	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
18	4	Wales	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
19	12	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
20	1	Azerbaijan	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
21	8	Norway	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
22	6	Belgium	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5	Pot D
23	3	Croatia	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
24	13	Romania	3	1	1	1	12	6	+6	4
25	7	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
26	2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
27	9	Poland	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
28	11	Cyprus	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4

The elite round was played from 18–26 March 2019, during the March FIFA International Match Calendar dates.

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Final tournament
2	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Russia (H)	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6	Final tournament
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4[a]
3	England (H)	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4[a]
4	Denmark	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Final tournament
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Croatia (H)	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Hungary	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Final tournament
2	Netherlands (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Final tournament
2	Israel	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Poland	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Final tournament
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Turkey	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
4	Cyprus	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Final tournament
2	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4[a]
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4[a]
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Under-19 Euro1 only U-19 era (since 2002)
Armenia	Hosts	9 December 2016[1]	1 (2005)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round Group 1 winners	23 March 2019	2 (2002, 2011)
Czech Republic	Elite round Group 2 winners	26 March 2019	6 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2017)
Norway	Elite round Group 3 winners	26 March 2019	4 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018)
Spain	Elite round Group 4 winners	26 March 2019	11 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
France	Elite round Group 5 winners	26 March 2019	10 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018)
Portugal	Elite round Group 6 winners	26 March 2019	10 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Italy	Elite round Group 7 winners	26 March 2019	6 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

In the qualifying round, there were 243 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.

In the elite round, there were 127 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.02 goals per match.

In total, there were 370 goals scored in 120 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com^[11]

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