2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6

Group 6 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Spain, Israel, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, and Faroe Islands. 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 6 June 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	Spain	10	9	1	0	20	1	+19	28	Final tournament	—	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
2	North Macedonia	10	5	3	2	20	12	+8	18		0–1	—	1–1	1–1	7–1	2–1
3	Israel	10	3	4	3	12	14	−2	13		1–1	1–1	—	1–2	3–1	0–0
4	Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	12	21	−9	10		0–1	1–4	1–2	—	2–3	0–4
5	Faroe Islands	10	3	0	7	11	25	−14	9		0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–0
6	Montenegro	10	2	1	7	11	13	−2	7		0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)

18:00 (17:00 WEST)

Faroe Islands	1–3	Kazakhstan
Radosavljevic 85'	Report	Bakhtiyarov 2' Bachek 68' Prokopenko 90+4'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 213

Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

20:30

Montenegro	1–2	Kazakhstan
Tursynbay 3' (o.g.)	Report	Seydakhmet 62' Karimov 90+4'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

15:00 (19:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	0–1	Spain
	Report	Olmo 28' (pen.)

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 5,149

Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)

20:00

Montenegro	3–0	Faroe Islands
Krstović 19', 30' (pen.) Vukotić 44' (pen.)	Report

Gradski stadion, Nikšić

Attendance: 438

Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)

15:00 (19:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	1–2	Israel
Shvyrev 22'	Report	Almog 2' Yosefi 83'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan

Attendance: 1,500^[7]

Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)

16:00

North Macedonia	7–1	Faroe Islands
Mitrovski 26', 45+3', 85' Churlinov 32', 88' Daci 59' Lichina 62'	Report	Andreasen 19' (pen.)

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Attendance: 278

Referee: Jason Barcelo (Gibraltar)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)

19:45

Spain	2–0	Montenegro
Olmo 3', 9'	Report

Nou Estadi Castàlia, Castellón de la Plana

Attendance: 4,669

Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia)

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

17:00

Montenegro	1–2	North Macedonia
Skenderović 10'	Report	Atanasov 14', 33' (pen.)

DG Arena, Podgorica

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

14:30

North Macedonia	1–1	Kazakhstan
Ristovski 20'	Report	Omirtayev 75'

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Attendance: 680

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

18:35 (19:35 IDT)

Israel	3–1	Faroe Islands
Baribo 8', 53' Malede 86'	Report	Samuelsen 64'

HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva

Attendance: 1,050

Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

18:45

Montenegro	0–2	Spain
	Report	Buñuel 34' Cucurella 62'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 2,458

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14)

19:05 (20:05 IST)

Israel	0–0	Montenegro
	Report

Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

Attendance: 2,050

Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14)

19:45

Spain	3–0	North Macedonia
García 7' Serafimov 47' (o.g.) Pedrosa 87'	Report

Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo, Alcorcón

Attendance: 2,033

Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

18:30 (19:30 IST)

Israel	1–1	Spain
Karzev 81' (pen.)	Report	Óscar 50'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 4030

Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

2 September 2020 (2020-09-02)

18:00 (17:00 WEST)

Faroe Islands	3–1	Israel
Mikkelsen 53' Radosavljevic 78' Knudsen 84'	Report	Yosefi 36' (pen.)

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03)

15:00 (19:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	0–4	Montenegro
	Report	Osmajić 59', 65' Rakonjac 80' Vukotić 90+3'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Rahim Hasanov (Azerbaijan)

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03)^{[note 3]}

18:45

North Macedonia	0–1	Spain
	Report	Duro 84' (pen.)

Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)^{[note 4]}

15:00 (14:00 WEST)

Faroe Islands	1–2	North Macedonia
Knudsen 85'	Report	Ristovski 17' Ackovski 81'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)

18:40 (19:40 IDT)

Israel	1–2	Kazakhstan
Shviro 90+2'	Report	Astanov 45+2' Omirtayev 90+5'

Green Stadium, Nof HaGalil

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08)

13:00 (17:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	1–4	North Macedonia
Omirtayev 52'	Report	Churlinov 38', 48' Atanasov 41' Mitrovski 67'

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 0

Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08)

18:00

Montenegro	1–2	Israel
Krstović 50'	Report	Almog 15' (pen.), 83'

DG Arena, Podgorica

Attendance: 0

Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08)^{[note 5]}

18:45 (17:45 WEST)

Faroe Islands	0–2	Spain
	Report	Brahim 51', 90+1'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 121

Referee: David Munro (Scotland)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)^{[note 5]}

14:30

North Macedonia	1–1	Israel
Atanasov 90+5'	Report	Elias 21'

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)^{[note 5]}

18:00 (17:00 WEST)

Faroe Islands	1–0	Montenegro
Radosavljevic 29'	Report

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 0

Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Greece)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)^{[note 5]}

18:45

Spain	3–0	Kazakhstan
Guillamón 65' Gómez 71', 85'	Report

Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo, Alcorcón

Attendance: 0

Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)^{[note 5]}

18:30 (19:30 IST)

Israel	1–1	North Macedonia
Yosefi 1'	Report	Atanasov 76'

Netanya Stadium, Netanya

Attendance: 0

Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)^{[note 3]}

19:00

Spain	2–0	Faroe Islands
Pedrosa 67' López 87'	Report

Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella

Attendance: 0

Referee: Admir Šehović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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

12:00 (17:00 ALMT)

Kazakhstan	2–3	Faroe Islands
Karimov 65' Omirtayev 81' (pen.)	Report	Radosavljevic 20' Knudsen 50' Johannesen 64'

Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent

Attendance: 0

Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)

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

13:30

North Macedonia	2–1	Montenegro
Gjorgjievski 13' Miovski 78' (pen.)	Report	N. Krstović 86'

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Attendance: 0

Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)

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

18:45

Spain	3–0	Israel
López 65' (pen.) Barrenetxea 75' Moncayola 89'	Report

Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella

Attendance: 0

Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

5 goals

Jani Atanasov

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Nikola Serafimov (against Spain)
Sagadat Tursynbay (against Montenegro)

Notes

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[8]^[9]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Five 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.
^ The match between Faroe Islands and North Macedonia was originally scheduled on 19 November 2019, 17:00 WET, at Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, but was postponed due to a frozen field.^[10] It was originally rescheduled to 4 June 2020, but was postponed to 8 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.

References

^ "2020/21 Under-21 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
^ ^a ^b "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Under-21 EURO: New format and schedule announced". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
^ "Казахстан (U-21) – Израиль (U-21) 1:2. Нехватка свежести" (in Russian). footboom.kz. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Frost avlýsir U21-landsdystin". Faroe Islands Football Association. 19 November 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}