2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5

Group 5 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Germany, Israel, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Azerbaijan, and Kosovo. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017,^[1][2] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.^[3]

The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 25 March 2017 and 16 October 2018. The group winners qualified directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).^[4]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	8	1	1	33	7	+26	25	Final tournament		—	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	6–1
2	Norway	10	4	3	3	15	13	+2	15			3–1	—	2–1	0–0	0–3[a]	1–1
3	Republic of Ireland	10	4	2	4	12	15	−3	14[b]			0–6	0–0	—	4–0	1–0	1–0
4	Israel	10	4	2	4	17	18	−1	14[b]			2–5	1–3	3–1	—	3–0	3–1
5	Kosovo	10	3	3	4	9	12	−3	12			0–0	3–2	1–1	0–4	—	2–0
6	Azerbaijan	10	0	3	7	6	27	−21	3			0–7	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. The Norway v Kosovo match originally ended with a 5–0 win for Norway, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kosovo, after UEFA concluded that Norway had played Kristoffer Ajer in this match, who was ineligible after being suspended due to cards in his U-19 tournament match.^[5][6]
2. Head-to-head results: Republic of Ireland 4–0 Israel, Israel 3–1 Republic of Ireland.

Matches

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

Republic of Ireland	1–0	Kosovo
Shodipo 56'	Report

25 March 2017 (2017-03-25)

14:00 (13:00 GMT)

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

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Norway	0–3 Awarded[note 2]	Kosovo
Thorsby 3' Ajer 23' Risa 66' Reitan 83' Hanche-Olsen 87'	Report

12 June 2017 (2017-06-12)

19:00

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Attendance: 2,871

Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)

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Israel	3–1	Azerbaijan
Barshazki 12' Peretz 38' Plakuschenko 57'	Report	Jafarov 70'

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)

18:30 (19:30 IDT)

Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre

Referee: Cătălin Gaman (Romania)

Kosovo	3–2	Norway
Bytyqi 41', 87' Hasani 42'	Report	Bjørdal 5' Ødegaard 36'

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)

19:00

Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica

Referee: Fyodor Zammit (Malta)

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Azerbaijan	1–3	Republic of Ireland
Madatov 12'	Report	Manning 9', 37' Grego-Cox 51'

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

17:00 (19:00 AZT)

Dalga Arena, Baku

Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)

Germany	1–0	Kosovo
M. Eggestein 45'	Report

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

19:00

Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück

Attendance: 5,331

Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Norway	0–0	Israel
	Report

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

19:00

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)

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Republic of Ireland	0–0	Norway
	Report

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)

20:45 (19:45 IST)

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Luis Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)

Germany	6–1	Azerbaijan
Ochs 8', 37' Dahoud 34' Krivotsyuk 53' (o.g.) Hartel 72' Teuchert 83'	Report	Safarzade 86'

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)

19:00

Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus

Attendance: 7,345

Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

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Republic of Ireland	4–0	Israel
Grego-Cox 1', 38' (pen.), 51' Charsley 35'	Report

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

16:30 (15:30 IST)

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

Norway	3–1	Germany
Thorsby 45', 71' Ødegaard 56'	Report	Teuchert 31'

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

19:00

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Attendance: 1,810

Referee: Ognjen Valjić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Azerbaijan	0–7	Germany
	Report	Hartel 2', 46', 58' Amiri 14' Seydel 28' Klostermann 60' Öztunalı 84'

9 November 2017 (2017-11-09)

15:00 (18:00 AZT)

Dalga Arena, Baku

Attendance: 150

Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

Kosovo	0–4	Israel
	Report	Nachmias 15' Weissman 44' Dasa 58' Cohen 90+2'

9 November 2017 (2017-11-09)

19:00

Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica

Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)

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Azerbaijan	0–0	Kosovo
	Report

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)

15:00 (18:00 AZT)

Dalga Arena, Baku

Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

Israel	2–5	Germany
Barshazki 44' Weissman 73'	Report	Dahoud 17' Klostermann 54' Seydel 79' Baumgartl 82' Neuhaus 90+1'

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)

18:30 (19:30 IST)

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)

Norway	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Ødegaard 19' Fossum 90+1'	Report	Mulraney 32'

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)

19:00

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

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Germany	3–0	Israel
Löwen 11' Teuchert 26' Öztunalı 88' (pen.)	Report

22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)

19:00

Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig

Attendance: 6,071

Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

Kosovo	2–0	Azerbaijan
Hasani 54' Kolgeci 61'	Report

22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)

19:00

Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica

Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

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Israel	1–3	Norway
Hanche-Olsen 55' (o.g.)	Report	Espejord 5', 7' (pen.) Ryerson 31'

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)

18:45 (19:45 IDT)

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)

Kosovo	0–0	Germany
	Report

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)

18:45

Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica

Attendance: 7,850

Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)

Republic of Ireland	1–0	Azerbaijan
Donnellan 90+9'	Report

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)

20:30 (19:30 IST)

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

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Azerbaijan	1–1	Israel
Dadashov 1'	Report	Weissman 30'

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)

19:00 (21:00 AZT)

Dalga Arena, Baku

Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Kosovo	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Hasani 64'	Report	Curtis 82'

7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)

19:00

Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica

Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

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Azerbaijan	1–3	Norway
Ekinjier 56'	Report	Risa 48' Thorsby 50', 76'

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)

18:00 (20:00 AZT)

Dalga Arena, Baku

Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)

Republic of Ireland	0–6	Germany
	Report	Seydel 6' Teuchert 22' (pen.), 66', 73' (pen.) Serdar 83' (pen.), 86'

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)

19:00 (18:00 IST)

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 2,325

Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)

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Israel	3–1	Republic of Ireland
Kanichowsky 15' Plakuschenko 77' Cohen 90+7'	Report	Hale 64'

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)

16:00 (17:00 IDT)

Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre

Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Germany	2–1	Norway
Teuchert 21' Waldschmidt 31'	Report	Risa 46'

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)

20:00

Audi Sportpark, Ingolstadt

Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

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Israel	3–0	Kosovo
Ganem 10', 45+2' Meir 72'	Report

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

17:00 (18:00 IDT)

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)

Germany	2–0	Republic of Ireland
Serra 32' Öztunalı 40'	Report

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

18:15

Voith-Arena, Heidenheim

Referee: Karim Abed (France)

Norway	1–1	Azerbaijan
Østigård 76'	Report	Muradbayli 9' (pen.)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

18:15

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)

Goalscorers

There were 94 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.

7 goals

• Cedric Teuchert

5 goals

• Morten Thorsby

4 goals

• Marcel Hartel
• Reece Grego-Cox

3 goals

• Levin Öztunalı
• Aaron Seydel
• Shon Weissman
• Florent Hasani
• Martin Ødegaard
• Birk Risa

2 goals

• Mahmoud Dahoud
• Lukas Klostermann
• Philipp Ochs
• Suat Serdar
• Moti Barshazki
• Yonatan Cohen
• Kayes Ganem
• Maxim Plakuschenko
• Enis Bytyqi
• Runar Espejord
• Ryan Manning

1 goal

• Renat Dadashov
• Baris Ekinjier
• Elnur Jafarov
• Mahir Madatov
• Fahmin Muradbayli
• Ilyas Safarzade
• Nadiem Amiri
• Timo Baumgartl
• Maximilian Eggestein
• Eduard Löwen
• Florian Neuhaus
• Janni Serra
• Luca Waldschmidt
• Or Dasa
• Gavriel Kanichowsky
• Raz Meir
• Idan Nachmias
• Eliel Peretz
• Besfort Kolgeci
• Kristoffer Ajer
• Henrik Bjørdal
• Iver Fossum
• Andreas Hanche-Olsen
• Leo Skiri Østigård
• Erlend Dahl Reitan
• Julian Ryerson
• Henry Charsley
• Ronan Curtis
• Shaun Donnellan
• Ronan Hale
• Jake Mulraney
• Olamide Shodipo

1 own goal

• Anton Krivotsyuk (against Germany)
• Andreas Hanche-Olsen (against Israel)

Notes

1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 26 March and 28 October 2017 and between 25 March and 27 October 2018, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
2. The Norway v Kosovo match originally ended with a 5–0 win for Norway, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kosovo, after UEFA concluded that Norway had played Kristoffer Ajer in this match, who were ineligible after being suspended due to cards.^[5]