2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3

Group 3 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: England, Austria, Turkey, Kosovo, Albania, and Andorra. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 11 December 2018, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland,^[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.

The group was originally scheduled to be played in home-and-away round-robin format between 23 March 2019 and 13 October 2020. Under the original format, the group winners and the best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining eight runners-up would advance to the play-offs.^[2]

On 17 March 2020, all matches were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the qualifying group stage would be extended and end on 17 November 2020, while the play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in November 2020, would be cancelled. Instead, the group winners and the five best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) would qualify for the final tournament.^[4][5][6]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	9	1	0	34	9	+25	28	Final tournament		—	5–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Austria	10	6	0	4	24	16	+8	18			1–2	—	1–5	3–0	4–0	4–0
3	Albania	10	4	2	4	16	21	−5	14			0–3	0–4	—	1–2	2–1	3–1
4	Turkey	10	4	1	5	15	18	−3	13			2–3	3–2	2–2	—	3–0	1–0
5	Kosovo	10	3	0	7	9	20	−11	9			0–6	0–1	0–1	3–1	—	1–0
6	Andorra	10	1	2	7	10	24	−14	5			3–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	0–4	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)

19:00

Albania	1–2	Turkey
Tafa 20'	Report	Yüksel 11' Özcan 78'

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Attendance: 1,900

Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

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26 March 2019 (2019-03-26)

18:30

Andorra	2–2	Albania
Aláez 19', 55'	Report	Imeri 53' Sula 86'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 578

Referee: Kári Jóannesarson Á Høvdanum (Faroe Islands)

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6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)

18:30

Andorra	0–4	Kosovo
	Report	Gashi 4' (pen.) Daku 30' Mema 32' Abedini 45'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 207

Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

19:30 (20:30 TRT)

Turkey	2–2	Albania
Müldür 54' Dervişoğlu 85'	Report	Maloku 49' Bullari 90+5'

Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 2,100

Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

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11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

20:00

Kosovo	3–1	Turkey
Xhemajli 45+2' Daku 72' Kastrati 90'	Report	Dervişoğlu 46'

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 2,875

Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland)

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5 September 2019 (2019-09-05)

18:00

Andorra	1–3	Austria
Rosas 36'	Report	Meister 22', 26' Danso 76' (pen.)

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 278

Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

19:45 (20:45 TRT)

Turkey	2–3	England
Sinik 25' Müldür 51'	Report	Nketiah 4', 74' Nelson 75'

Kocaeli Stadium, İzmit

Attendance: 14,955

Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

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9 September 2019 (2019-09-09)

16:00

Albania	0–4	Austria
	Report	Raguž 6' Lovrić 9', 73' Baumgartner 72'

Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

9 September 2019 (2019-09-09)

20:45 (19:45 BST)

England	2–0	Kosovo
Foden 25', 90+3'	Report

KCOM Stadium, Kingston upon Hull

Attendance: 15,258

Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

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11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

20:30

Austria	3–0	Turkey
Meister 10' Raguž 32' Lovrić 65'	Report

Sonnenseestadion, Ritzing

Attendance: 1,076

Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

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15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

19:00

Albania	2–1	Kosovo
Tafa 76' Mucolli 81'	Report	Baftiu 90'

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Attendance: 845

Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

20:45 (19:45 BST)

England	5–1	Austria
Hudson-Odoi 12', 45+1' Nketiah 28', 39', 79'	Report	Baumgartner 66'

Stadium MK, Milton Keynes

Attendance: 11,772

Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)

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15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

18:00

Austria	4–0	Kosovo
Raguž 14' Friedl 20', 69' Lovrić 74' (pen.)	Report

Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis

Attendance: 3015

Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

19:00

Albania	0–3	England
	Report	Foden 22' Gallagher 43' Nelson 90+3'

Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër

Attendance: 1,050

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

18:00

Andorra	2–0	Turkey
Cucu 7' Aláez 86' (pen.)	Report

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 237

Referee: Dragan Petrovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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4 September 2020 (2020-09-04)

18:30

Austria	1–5	Albania
Wolf 84' (pen.)	Report	Kallaku 17' Tuci 27' Muçi 65', 88' Selmani 90'

Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Rob Jenkins (Wales)

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04)

19:00

Kosovo	0–6	England
	Report	Nketiah 52', 56', 62' (pen.) Nelson 67' Sessegnon 83' Bellingham 86'

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04)

19:30 (20:30 TRT)

Turkey	1–0	Andorra
Yalçın 50'	Report

Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)

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8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)

19:00

Albania	3–1	Andorra
Selmani 63' Vrioni 86' Bullari 90+5'	Report	Aláez 3' (pen.)

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)

20:30

Austria	1–2	England
Schmidt 61'	Report	Nketiah 28' Godfrey 50'

Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

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7 October 2020 (2020-10-07)

15:00

Andorra	3–3	England
Cucu 28', 76' García 90+1'	Report	Davies 45+1' Dasilva 69' Nketiah 82'

Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella

Attendance: 0

Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)

19:00

Kosovo	0–1	Austria
	Report	Grüll 86'

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 20

Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

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13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)

19:00

Kosovo	1–0	Andorra
Daku 62'	Report

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 0

Referee: Jamie Robert Robinson (Northern Ireland)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)^{[note 3]}

20:30 (19:30 BST)

England	2–1	Turkey
Türkmen 17' (o.g.) Nketiah 88'	Report	Dervişoğlu 90+2'

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 0

Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

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13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)^{[note 4]}

18:00 (19:00 TRT)

Turkey	3–2	Austria
Dervişoğlu 64', 81', 90+2'	Report	Arase 36' Wolf 90'

Samsun 19 Mayis Stadyumu, Samsun

Attendance: 88

Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)

13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)^{[note 3]}

19:00

Kosovo	0–1	Albania
	Report	Çokaj 35'

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 50

Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)^{[note 3]}

20:30 (19:30 GMT)

England	3–1	Andorra
Jones 27' Wilmot 49' Hudson-Odoi 65' (pen.)	Report	García 45' (pen.)

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 0

Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)

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17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)^{[note 4]}

17:00 (18:00 TRT)

Turkey	3–0	Kosovo
Dervişoğlu 21' Yalçın 32' (pen.) Özdemir 64'	Report

Samsun 19 Mayis Stadyumu, Samsun

Attendance: 106

Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia)

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)^{[note 3]}

20:25

Austria	4–0	Andorra
Wolf 4' (pen.), 31' Grüll 11' Wöber 90+5' (pen.)	Report

Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis

Attendance: 0

Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)^{[note 4]}

20:25 (19:25 GMT)

England	5–0	Albania
Hudson-Odoi 5' Justin 26' Musiala 36' Nketiah 52', 86'	Report

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 0

Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

There were 108 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

13 goals

• Eddie Nketiah

7 goals

• Halil Dervişoğlu

4 goals

• Jordi Aláez
• Hannes Wolf
• Sandi Lovrić
• Callum Hudson-Odoi

3 goals

• Cucu
• Nicolas Meister
• Marko Raguž
• Phil Foden
• Reiss Nelson
• Mirlind Daku

2 goals

• Emiliano Bullari
• Ernest Muçi
• Adolf Selmani
• Shaqir Tafa
• Christian García
• Christoph Baumgartner
• Marco Friedl
• Marco Grüll
• Mert Müldür
• Güven Yalçın

1 goal

• Enis Çokaj
• Omar Imeri
• Sherif Kallaku
• Leonardo Maloku
• Arbnor Mucolli
• Din Sula
• Indrit Tuci
• Giacomo Vrioni
• Albert Rosas
• Kelvin Arase
• Kevin Danso
• Patrick Schmidt
• Maximilian Wöber
• Jude Bellingham
• Josh Dasilva
• Tom Davies
• Conor Gallagher
• Ben Godfrey
• Curtis Jones
• James Justin
• Jamal Musiala
• Ryan Sessegnon
• Ben Wilmot
• Eris Abedini
• Blendi Baftiu
• Ardit Gashi
• Lirim Kastrati
• Lirim Mema
• Arbenit Xhemajli
• Berkay Özcan
• Doğukan Sinik
• İlker Yüksel
• Berat Özdemir

1 own goal

• Hüseyin Türkmen (against England)

Notes

1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 31 March and 26 October 2019 and between 29 March and 24 October 2020, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[7][8]
3. All matches originally scheduled to be played in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[3] These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played in October and November 2020.
4. Three matches originally scheduled to be played in September and October 2020 were rescheduled following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.