2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5

Group 5 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Serbia, Poland, Russia, Bulgaria, Latvia, and Estonia. 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 5 September 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	Russia	10	7	2	1	22	4	+18	23	Final tournament		—	2–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	2−0
2	Poland	10	6	2	2	19	8	+11	20			1–0	—	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–1
3	Bulgaria	10	5	3	2	14	5	+9	18			0–0	3−0	—	0–1	3–0	1–0
4	Serbia	10	3	3	4	12	9	+3	12			0–2	1–0	1–2	—	6−0	1–1
5	Estonia	10	1	2	7	3	34	−31	5			0–5	0–6	0–4	0–0	—	2–1
6	Latvia	10	0	4	6	7	17	−10	4			1–4	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05)

16:30 (17:30 EEST)

Estonia	0–4	Bulgaria
	Report	Yordanov 15', 48', 65' Ivanov 39'

Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 207

Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

16:00 (17:00 EEST)

Latvia	0–1	Poland
	Report	Klimala 27'

Zemgale Olympic Center, Jelgava

Attendance: 350

Referee: Admir Šehović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

18:00 (19:00 MSK)

Russia	1–0	Serbia
Diveyev 20'	Report

Mordovia Arena, Saransk

Attendance: 28,220

Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)

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10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)

18:00

Poland	4–0	Estonia
Płacheta 6' Fila 65' Jóźwiak 80' Dziczek 90+4' (pen.)	Report

Białystok City Stadium, Białystok

Attendance: 6,358

Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)

19:00

Serbia	1–1	Latvia
Adžić 57'	Report	Regža 10'

Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad

Attendance: 723

Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)

19:30 (20:30 EEST)

Bulgaria	0–0	Russia
	Report

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

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11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

16:00 (19:00 YEKT)

Russia	2–2	Poland
Utkin 25' Suleymanov 90+1'	Report	Diveyev 10' (o.g.) Klimala 45+1'

Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 16,028

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Bulgaria	0–1	Serbia
	Report	Stuparević 87'

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 1,020

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

18:15 (19:15 EEST)

Estonia	2–1	Latvia
Soomets 11' Valge 24'	Report	Regža 18'

Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu

Attendance: 247

Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)

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15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Latvia	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 305

Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

18:00

Poland	1–0	Serbia
Bogusz 79'	Report

Stadion Widzewa, Łódź

Attendance: 3,628

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

18:15 (19:15 EEST)

Estonia	0–5	Russia
	Report	Chalov 26' (pen.) Glushenkov 35' Glebov 65' Krugovoy 69' Kalugin 75'

Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu

Attendance: 403

Referee: Nikolas Neokleous (Cyprus)

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15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

16:00 (18:00 MSK)

Russia	2–0	Latvia
Diveyev 9' Umyarov 65'	Report

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 11,088

Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

17:00 (18:00 EET)

Bulgaria	3–0	Poland
Yordanov 43' Ivanov 51', 61'	Report

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 453

Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)

19:00

Serbia	6–0	Estonia
L. Ilić 12' Joveljić 20', 52', 61' I. Ilić 38' Tedić 87'	Report

Čair Stadium, Niš

Attendance: 504

Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

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19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

19:00

Serbia	0–2	Russia
	Report	Chalov 8' Suleymanov 44'

Čair Stadium, Niš

Attendance: 3,413

Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

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4 September 2020 (2020-09-04)

16:00 (17:00 EEST)

Latvia	2–2	Serbia
Liepa 8' Regža 17'	Report	Mašović 51' Adžić 67' (pen.)

Zemgale Olympic Center, Jelgava

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Gai Leibovitz (Israel)

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04)

18:00 (19:00 EEST)

Estonia	0–6	Poland
	Report	Bogusz 5', 59' Klimala 16' Kamiński 35' Gumny 48' Tomczyk 82'

Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04)

18:00 (19:00 MSK)

Russia	2–0	Bulgaria
Glushenkov 2' Diveyev 66'	Report

Arena Khimki, Khimki

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)

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8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)

16:00 (17:00 EEST)

Latvia	1–1	Estonia
Regža 62'	Report	Reinkort 54'

Zemgale Olympic Center, Jelgava

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)

18:00

Poland	1–0	Russia
Dziczek 62'	Report

Stadion Widzewa, Łódź

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)

20:00

Serbia	1–2	Bulgaria
L. Ilić 87' (pen.)	Report	Iliev 45+1' Krastev 65'

Stadion Metalac, Gornji Milanovac

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

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9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)

17:00 (18:00 MSK)

Russia	4–0	Estonia
Villota 8' (o.g.) Kuchayev 13' Chalov 21' (pen.), 40'	Report

Arena Khimki, Khimki

Attendance: 650

Referee: Antonio Nobre (Portugal)

9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)

17:45 (18:45 EEST)

Bulgaria	1–0	Latvia
Ivanov 67'	Report

Stadion Slavia, Sofia

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Viktor Shimusik (Belarus)

9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)

18:00

Serbia	1–0	Poland
Nikolić 11'	Report

Stadion Metalac, Gornji Milanovac

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

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13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)

15:00 (16:00 EEST)

Estonia	0–0	Serbia
	Report

Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala (Latvia)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Ireland)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)

16:00 (17:00 EEST)

Latvia	1–4	Russia
Lūsiņš 90+3'	Report	Kuchayev 28' Yevgenyev 51' Lesovoy 55' Lomovitsky 85'

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 653

Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)

18:00

Poland	1–1	Bulgaria
Bida 66'	Report	Dimitrov 41'

Stadion Miejski, Gdynia

Attendance: 1,894

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

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

17:30 (18:30 EET)

Bulgaria	3–0	Estonia
Kotev 28' Tombak 30' Krastev 88'	Report

Stadion Slavia, Sofia

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)

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

17:30

Poland	3–1	Latvia
Białek 48' Kiwior 61' Klimala 71'	Report	Regža 89'

Stadion Widzewa, Łódź

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Dragan Petrovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Goalscorers

There were 77 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.

5 goals

• Marko Regža

4 goals

• Stanislav Ivanov
• Tonislav Yordanov
• Patryk Klimala
• Fyodor Chalov

3 goals

• Mateusz Bogusz
• Igor Diveyev
• Dejan Joveljić

2 goals

• Kaloyan Krastev
• Patryk Dziczek
• Maksim Glushenkov
• Konstantin Kuchayev
• Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov
• Luka Adžić
• Luka Ilić

1 goal

• Zdravko Dimitrov
• Ilian Iliev
• Lachezar Kotev
• Ertan Tombak
• Sten Reinkort
• Markus Soomets
• Ander Ott Valge
• Kristaps Liepa
• Kristers Lūsiņš
• Bartosz Białek
• Bartosz Bida
• Karol Fila
• Robert Gumny
• Kamil Jóźwiak
• Jakub Kamiński
• Jakub Piotr Kiwior
• Przemysław Płacheta
• Paweł Tomczyk
• Danil Glebov
• Nikita Kalugin
• Danil Krugovoy
• Daniil Lesovoy
• Aleksandr Lomovitskiy
• Nail Umyarov
• Daniil Utkin
• Roman Yevgenyev
• Ivan Ilić
• Erhan Mašović
• Veljko Nikolić
• Filip Stuparević
• Slobodan Tedić

1 own goal

• Igor Diveyev (against Poland)
• Magnus Villota (against Russia)

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. The match between Estonia and Serbia was played in Latvia due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic between Estonia and Serbia.^[9]
4. 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 November 2020.