Group 2 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Lithuania, and Andorra. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.[1]

The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. 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).[2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 10 7 3 0 17 3 +14 24 Final tournament — 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0
2  Serbia 10 7 2 1 27 8 +19 23 Play-offs 1–1 — 3–1 3–2 5–0 5–0
3  Slovenia 10 5 0 5 18 11 +7 15 0–3 2–0 — 3–1 3–0 4–0
4  Republic of Ireland 10 4 0 6 14 17 −3 12 1–4 1–3 2–0 — 3–0 1–0
5  Lithuania 10 3 1 6 5 17 −12 10 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 — 1–0
6  Andorra 10 1 0 9 1 26 −25 3 0–1 0–4 0–5 0–2 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).

Republic of Ireland 1–0 Andorra
Connolly 31' Report
Slovenia 4–0 Andorra
Šporar 14'
Kastrevec 21'
Zahović 29'
Stankovič 74'		 Report
Referee: Alexandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)
Andorra 1–0 Lithuania
A. Sánchez 51' (pen.) Report
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Slovenia 3–0 Lithuania
Hotić 31'
Šporar 65'
Štulac 81'		 Report
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Andorra 0–2 Republic of Ireland
Report Hoban 13'
Cullen 21'
Italy 1–0 Slovenia
Bernardeschi 51' (pen.) Report
Serbia 5–0 Lithuania
Đurđević 29', 36' (pen.)
Milinković-Savić 44', 75'
Ožegović 49'		 Report
Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)
Serbia 5–0 Andorra
Luković 9', 52'
Ožegović 38' (pen.), 47'
Mulić 64'		 Report
Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)
Slovenia 0–3 Italy
Report Monachello 71', 84'
Benassi 87'
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Lithuania
O'Dowda 27'
Wilkinson 30'
Browne 77'		 Report
Referee: Johnny Casanova (San Marino)
Italy 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Parigini 66' Report
Lithuania 0–2 Serbia
Report Čavrić 19', 44'
Andorra 0–5 Slovenia
Report Gorenc Stankovič 6'
Štulac 48', 52'
Kastrevec 55', 81'
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
Lithuania 3–1 Republic of Ireland
Spalvis 22'
Stankevičius 45'
Kazlauskas 73'		 Report Wilkinson 44'
Serbia 1–1 Italy
Milinković-Savić 47' Report Cataldi 56'
Slovenia 2–0 Serbia
Šporar 61'
Hotić 83'		 Report
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Italy 2–0 Lithuania
Berardi 2'
Benassi 24'		 Report
Republic of Ireland 1–4 Italy
Mandragora 17' (o.g.) Report Benassi 28'
Rosseti 36'
Romagnoli 59'
Lenihan 82' (o.g.)
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
Andorra 0–4 Serbia
Report Babić 29'
Đurđević 40'
Ožegović 59' (pen.)
Maraš 87'
Referee: Dennis Antamo (Finland)
Slovenia 3–1 Republic of Ireland
Krajnc 14'
Bajde 55' (pen.)
Zajc 72'		 Report O'Dowda 65'
Andorra 0–1 Italy
Report Cerri 79'
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)
Lithuania 1–0 Andorra
Sirgėdas 34' Report
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)
Italy 1–1 Serbia
Cerri 54' (pen.) Report Gajić 33'
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Slovenia
Charsley 87'
Maguire 90+1'		 Report
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Serbia 3–2 Republic of Ireland
Đurđević 12', 72' (pen.)
Lazić 65'		 Report O'Dowda 69'
Maguire 81'
Italy 3–0 Andorra
Di Francesco 48', 73'
Pellegrini 88'		 Report
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)
Lithuania 1–0 Slovenia
Ruzgis 72' Report
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Lithuania 0–0 Italy
Report
Serbia 3–1 Slovenia
Đurđević 8', 25' (pen.), 86' Report Lotrič 19'
Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)

Goalscorers

8 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. ↑ "2017 Under-21 qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 5 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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