Group D of the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Germany, Poland, Israel, Bulgaria, Kosovo, and Estonia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 2 February 2023 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland,[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.
Standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Germany (X)
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8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 22 | Final tournament | — | 3–1 | 11 Oct '24 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Poland
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8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 18 | Play-offs | 15 Oct '24 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria (E)
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 12[a] | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 4 | Kosovo (Y)
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 12[a] | 0–3 | 11 Oct '24 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Israel (E)
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8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 15 Oct '24 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Estonia (E)
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 30 | −27 | 1 | 1–10 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 15 Oct '24 | 10 Oct '24 | — |
Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (X) Assured of at least a play-off spot; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, but may still qualify through play-offs
Notes:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (X) Assured of at least a play-off spot; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, but may still qualify through play-offs
Notes:
Matches
editTimes are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Estonia | 1–1 | Bulgaria |
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| Kosovo | 0–3 | Germany |
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| Israel | 1–2 | Poland |
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Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena (Germany)[note 3]
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)
| Israel | 1–0 | Estonia |
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Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr (Hungary)[note 3]
Attendance: 0[note 7]
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
| Israel | 0–1 | Kosovo |
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Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr (Hungary)[note 3]
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou (Cyprus)
Goalscorers
editThere have been 79 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.29 goals per match (as of 10 September 2024).
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Asen Mitkov- Robert Raychev
- Stanislav Shopov
- Emil Tsenov
Danil Kuraksin- Robert Veering
Maximilian Beier- Brajan Gruda
- Colin Kleine-Bekel
- Tim Lemperle
- Max Rosenfelder
Ran Binyamin- Elad Madmon
- Stav Nahmani
- Adi Yona
- Niv Yehoshua
Milot Avdyli- Andi Hoti
- Arian Llugiqi
- Veton Tusha
Jakub Kałuziński- Miłosz Matysik
- Maksymilian Pingot
- Kajetan Szmyt
- Szymon Włodarczyk
- Nicola Zalewski
Notes
edit- ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 26 March and 29 October 2023 and between 31 March and 27 October 2024, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
- ^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war protests, the Kosovo v Israel match was played behind closed doors.
- ^ a b c d e Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[3]
- ^ The Israel v Germany match was originally to be played on 17 October 2023, 18:30 (19:30 IST), but was postponed due to the Israel–Hamas war.[4]
- ^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war protests, the Israel v Germany match was played behind closed doors.
- ^ The Israel v Estonia match was originally to be played on 12 October 2023, 18:00 (19:00 IST), but was postponed due to the Israel–Hamas war.[4]
- ^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war protests, the Israel v Estonia match was played behind closed doors.
References
edit- ^ "2025 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw: See the groups". UEFA.com.
- ^ "2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying, Group Stage". 17 November 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ a b "UEFA postpones matches in Israel". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.