2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9

Group 9 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: France, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, and Luxembourg. 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 28 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	France	10	9	1	0	24	6	+18	28	Final tournament		—	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–0
2	Slovenia	10	4	4	2	14	12	+2	16			1–3	—	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1
3	Montenegro	10	3	2	5	15	15	0	11			0–2	1–3	—	5–1	0–0	3–0
4	Kazakhstan	10	2	4	4	13	18	−5	10[a]			0–3	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	3–0
5	Bulgaria	10	2	4	4	10	11	−1	10[a]			0–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	—	0–1
6	Luxembourg	10	2	1	7	7	21	−14	7			2–3	1–1	1–3	0–3[b]	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Bulgaria 2–2 Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan 1–1 Bulgaria (Kazakhstan won on away goals).
2. The Luxembourg v Kazakhstan originally ended with a 1–2 win for Kazakhstan, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kazakhstan, after UEFA concluded that Luxembourg had played an ineligible player.^[5]

Matches

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

Luxembourg	0–3 Awarded[note 2]	Kazakhstan
E. Muratovic 6' (pen.)	Report	Sokolenko 35' Najaryan 60'

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)

17:00

Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange, Differdange

Attendance: 620^[6]

Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

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Kazakhstan	1–1	Montenegro
Fedin 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Kukuličić 61'

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)

15:00 (18:00 AQTT)

Central Stadium, Aktobe

Attendance: 7,250^[6]

Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Greece)

Slovenia	3–1	Luxembourg
Ožbolt 51', 90+1' (pen.) Mlakar 59'	Report	Pinto 41'

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)

16:30

Ajdovščina Stadium, Ajdovščina

Attendance: 300^[6]

Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Macedonia)

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Bulgaria	0–1	Luxembourg
	Report	Tinelli 90'

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Trace Arena, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 461^[6]

Referee: Bojan Nikolić (Serbia)

France	4–1	Kazakhstan
Terrier 71', 83', 87' Bamba 74'	Report	Zhalmukan 54'

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

18:30

MMArena, Le Mans

Attendance: 4,257^[6]

Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

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Luxembourg	1–1	Slovenia
Tinelli 87'	Report	Žužek 41'

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)

18:30

Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn

Attendance: 575^[6]

Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)

France	2–1	Montenegro
Terrier 66' Mousset 75'	Report	Skenderović 45+1'

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)

19:00

Stade de l'Aube, Troyes

Attendance: 4,615^[6]

Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)

Bulgaria	2–2	Kazakhstan
Despodov 9' Yordanov 51'	Report	Zhalmukan 20' Omirtayev 86'

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)

17:30 (18:30 EEST)

Trace Arena, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 510^[6]

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

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Montenegro	1–3	Slovenia
Lončar 43'	Report	Kramarič 9' Pišek 71' (pen.) Vrbanec 78'

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

17:30

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 600^[6]

Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Luxembourg	2–3	France
E. Muratovic 9', 27' (pen.)	Report	Terrier 48', 87' Mousset 75'

9 October 2017 (2017-10-09)

21:00

Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 836^[6]

Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

Kazakhstan	1–1	Bulgaria
Zainutdinov 76'	Report	Kerchev 89'

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

15:00 (19:00 ALMT)

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 1,420^[6]

Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

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France	3–0	Bulgaria
Terrier 58' Ntcham 81' Mousset 90'	Report

9 November 2017 (2017-11-09)

19:00

MMArena, Le Mans

Attendance: 4,794^[6]

Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

Slovenia	2–0	Montenegro
Mlakar 61' Vrbanec 79'	Report

9 November 2017 (2017-11-09)

19:00

Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Attendance: 550^[6]

Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)

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Slovenia	1–3	France
Tučić 21'	Report	Dembélé 34' (pen.), 41', 45+1'

13 November 2017 (2017-11-13)

18:45

Domžale Sports Park, Domžale

Attendance: 400^[6]

Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Bulgaria	3–1	Montenegro
Despodov 47' Kraev 58' Milev 66'	Report	Krsotvić 53'

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)

17:30 (18:30 EET)

Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 370^[6]

Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)

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Kazakhstan	0–3	France
	Report	Dembélé 52' Augustin 56' Bamba 59'

23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)

14:00 (19:00 ALMT)

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 7,500^[6]

Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

Luxembourg	1–3	Montenegro
B. Muratovic 70'	Report	Janketić 49' Skenderović 71' Stijepović 90+4'

23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)

18:30

Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange, Differdange

Attendance: 812^[6]

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

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Kazakhstan	3–0	Luxembourg
Vorogovskiy 10', 13' Fedin 73' (pen.)	Report

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)

15:00 (19:00 ALMT)

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 4,500^[6]

Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

Bulgaria	3–0	Slovenia
Vutov 20' Despodov 42', 83'	Report

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)

17:30 (18:30 EEST)

Trace Arena, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 400^[6]

Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Greece)

Montenegro	0–2	France
	Report	Amian 60' Augustin 87' (pen.)

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)

21:05

Gradski stadion, Nikšić

Attendance: 1,000^[6]

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

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Kazakhstan	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)

15:00 (19:00 ALMT)

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 600^[6]

Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)

Bulgaria	0–1	France
	Report	Dembélé 57'

7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Trace Arena, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 820^[6]

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Slovenia	2–1	Kazakhstan
Lipušček 11' Gliha 89'	Report	Fedin 79'

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)

16:30

Ptuj City Stadium, Ptuj

Attendance: 470^[6]

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Montenegro	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)

20:30

Gradski stadion, Nikšić

Attendance: 295^[6]

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

France	2–0	Luxembourg
Aouar 60' Bamba 88'	Report

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)

20:45

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

Attendance: 7,367^[6]

Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

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Montenegro	3–0	Luxembourg
Osmajić 26' Vukotić 29' Vukčević 72' (pen.)	Report

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)

16:00

Gradski stadion, Nikšić

Attendance: 258^[6]

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Slovenia	1–1	Bulgaria
Šušnjara 63'	Report	Yordanov 86'

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)

18:00

Stadion Z'dežele, Celje

Attendance: 500^[6]

Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

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Montenegro	5–1	Kazakhstan
Uskoković 20' Milošević 53' Vukotić 73' Drinčić 82' Miličković 87'	Report	Soltanov 26'

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

16:00

Gradski stadion, Nikšić

Attendance: 250^[6]

Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

France	1–1	Slovenia
Aouar 54'	Report	Ožbolt 70'

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

18:45

Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon

Attendance: 7,046^[6]

Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

Luxembourg	1–0	Bulgaria
Hall 25'	Report

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

19:00

Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn

Attendance: 385^[6]

Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)

Goalscorers

There were 83 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match.

7 goals

• Martin Terrier

5 goals

• Moussa Dembélé

4 goals

• Kiril Despodov

3 goals

• Jonathan Bamba
• Lys Mousset
• Maxim Fedin
• Edvin Muratovic
• Alen Ožbolt

2 goals

• Tonislav Yordanov
• Houssem Aouar
• Jean-Kévin Augustin
• Yan Vorogovskiy
• Didar Zhalmukan
• Loris Tinelli
• Meris Skenderović
• Ilija Vukotić
• Jan Mlakar
• Matic Vrbanec

1 goal

• Ventsislav Kerchev
• Bozhidar Kraev
• Nasko Milev
• Antonio Vutov
• Kelvin Amian
• Olivier Ntcham
• Gevorg Najaryan
• Oralkhan Omirtayev
• Aleksandr Sokolenko
• Zhandos Soltanov
• Baktiyor Zainutdinov
• Tim Hall
• Belmin Muratovic
• Ricardo Couto Pinto
• Miloš Drinčić
• Velizar Janketić
• Nikola Krsotvić
• Filip Kukuličić
• Stefan Lončar
• Marko Miličković
• Stefan Milošević
• Milutin Osmajić
• Ognjen Stijepović
• Luka Uskoković
• Andrija Vukčević
• Erik Gliha
• Martin Kramarič
• Žiga Lipušček
• Janez Pišek
• Luka Šušnjara
• Milan Tučić
• Žan Žužek

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 Luxembourg v Kazakhstan originally ended with a 1–2 win for Kazakhstan, but was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Kazakhstan, after UEFA concluded that Luxembourg had played an ineligible player.^[5]