2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Round 1: 23 September – 14 November 2021 Round 2: 8 March – 13 April 2022
Teams	49 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	124
Goals scored	546 (4.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Valentina Mädl Hanna Huizenga (9 goals each)
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The 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1]

49 teams, including hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina, entered the qualifying competition.^[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to participate.

Format

From this season, UEFA implemented a new format for the women's U17 and U19 Euros, based on a league-style qualifying format.

The teams are divided in two leagues: League A and League B. In this first season of the new system, the teams were divided using coefficient rankings.

Each league will play two rounds:

• Round 1: In each league, groups of 4 teams will play mini-tournaments. The winners of each mini-tournament in league B and the best runner-up will be promoted and the last-placed teams in league A mini-tournaments will be relegated.
• Round 2: The seven winners of League A will qualify for the final tournament. The six winners of mini-tournaments in league B and the best runner-up will be promoted and the last-placed teams in league A will be relegated for Round 1 of the next edition of the tournament.

Tiebreakers

In Round 1 and Round 2, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):^[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Position in the applicable ranking:
   1. for teams in round 1, position in the coefficient rankings;
   2. for teams in round 2, position in the round 1 league ranking.

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):^[2]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. Position in the applicable ranking:
   1. for teams in round 1, position in the coefficient rankings;
   2. for teams in round 2, position in the round 1 league ranking.

Round 1

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 11 March 2021, 13:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[3]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following :^[1]

• 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan would not be drawn in the same group.^[3]

The 28 first teams in the coefficient ranking qualified for League A. Teams 29–49 qualified for League B.

Teams entering League A^[4]

Pot 1 Team Coeff Rank  Germany TH 33.167 1  Spain 30.056 2  England 23.444 3  Netherlands 22.056 4  Norway 19.278 5  Denmark 15.389 6  Italy 15.056 7

Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank  France 14.278 8  Poland 13.722 9  Republic of Ireland 13.722 10  Austria 13.611 11  Finland 13.500 12  Czech Republic 12.389 13  Serbia 12.333 14

Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank  Portugal 12.333 15  Belgium 11.667 16  Iceland 11.000 17  Sweden 11.000 18  Hungary 10.500 19   Switzerland 10.000 20  Slovenia 9.667 21

Pot 4 Team Coeff Rank  Russia 8.667 22  Scotland 8.167 23  Greece 8.167 24  Bulgaria 6.000 25  Wales 5.833 26  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.833 27  Northern Ireland 5.500 28

Teams entering League B^[4]

Pot 5 Team Coeff Rank  Ukraine 5.500 29  Belarus 5.000 30  Turkey 4.833 31  Slovakia 4.333 32  Azerbaijan 3.500 33  Lithuania 3.333 34

Pot 6 Team Coeff Rank  Romania 3.167 35  Croatia 2.333 36  Georgia 1.667 37  Israel 1.667 38  Estonia 1.333 39  Montenegro 1.333 40

Pot 7 Team Coeff Rank  Faroe Islands 1.000 41  Latvia 1.000 42  Moldova 0.333 43  Kazakhstan 0.333 44  North Macedonia 0.333 45  Albania 0.000 46  Armenia 0.000 47  Kosovo NC 48  Luxembourg NC 49

League A

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Norway (H)	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Netherlands (H)	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Czech Republic	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Slovenia	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
4	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew, relegated to Round 2 (League B)[a]

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Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Sweden (H)	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	France	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Finland	3	1	0	2	4	11	−7	3
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Group A5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Poland (H)	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Russia	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
3	England	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	Belgium	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Group A6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Austria	3	1	2	0	9	6	+3	5
3	Greece (H)	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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Group A7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Transfer to Round 2 (League A)
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Serbia (H)	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0	Relegated to Round 2 (League B)

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League B

Group B1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kosovo	3	2	1	0	18	3	+15	7	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Belarus	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
3	Luxembourg (H)	3	1	0	2	12	6	+6	3	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	31	−31	0

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Group B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Croatia (H)	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Lithuania	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	4	10	−6	4
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Group B3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Estonia (H)	3	2	0	1	15	1	+14	6	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21	0

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Group B4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Slovakia (H)	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Israel	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	3	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

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Group B5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Romania	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Turkey (H)	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Latvia	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

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Group B6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Montenegro	2	2	0	0	14	2	+12	6	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Azerbaijan	2	0	1	1	4	9	−5	1	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Albania (H)	2	0	1	1	4	11	−7	1

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Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best runner-up, only the results of the runner-up teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B1	Belarus	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	B3	Estonia	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	3
3	B4	Israel	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	3
4	B5	Turkey	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
5	B2	Lithuania	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
6	B6	Azerbaijan	2	0	1	1	4	9	−5	1

Round 2

Draw

The 21 teams of Round 1 League A and the 7 teams of Round 2 League B (six group winners and the best runner-up) are drawn in seven groups of four teams.

The teams were seeded according to their results in the round 1 (Regulations Article 15.01).^[6]

Teams entering League A

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	A4	Germany	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Pot A
2	A7	Spain	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
3	A1	Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
4	A3	Sweden	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
5	A6	Denmark	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
6	A5	Poland	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
7	A2	Netherlands	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
8	A3	France	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Pot B
9	A1	Norway	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6
10	A4	Portugal	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
11	A7	Iceland	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
12	A6	Austria	3	1	2	0	9	6	+3	5
13	A5	Russia	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
14	A2	Czech Republic	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
15	A7	Serbia	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3	Pot C
16	A5	England	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
17	A1	Hungary	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
18	A6	Greece	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
19	A3	Italy	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
20	A4	Finland	3	1	0	2	4	11	−7	3
21	A2	Slovenia	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
22	B2	Croatia	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Pot D
23	B3	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9
24	B1	Kosovo	3	2	1	0	18	3	+15	7
25	B6	Montenegro	2	2	0	0	14	2	+12	6
26	B4	Slovakia	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6
27	B5	Romania	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
28	B1	Belarus	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4

Teams entering League B

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	A5	Belgium	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3	Pot A
2	A6	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1
3	A2	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	A7	Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0
5	A3	Wales	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0[a]
6	A1	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0[a]
7	B3	Estonia	3	2	0	1	15	1	+14	6	Pot B
8	B2	Lithuania	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
9	B4	Israel	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	3
10	B5	Turkey	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
11	B6	Azerbaijan	2	0	1	1	4	9	−5	1
12	A4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0
13	B2	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	4	10	−6	4	Pot C
14	B1	Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	12	6	+6	3
15	B3	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
16	B5	Latvia	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1
17	B6	Albania	2	0	1	1	4	11	−7	1
18	B4	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
19	B2	Armenia	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0
20	B3	Moldova	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21	0
21	B1	Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	31	−31	0

League A

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

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Iceland	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1
4	Slovakia	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	6	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Hungary (H)	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	3
3	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
4	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]

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Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Norway (H)	3	2	0	1	16	3	+13	6[a]	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6[a]
3	Sweden	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6[a]
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	1	25	−24	0	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Denmark (H)	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Greece	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
3	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
4	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Suspended[a]

Group A5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6
3	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Kosovo (H)	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Group A6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	France	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	England	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	Poland (H)	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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Group A7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	17	1	+16	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	13	5	+8	3
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	1	30	−29	0	Relegated to League B for the next tournament qualification

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League B

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 2]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group B1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Northern Ireland	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Israel (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Luxembourg	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

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Group B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Turkey	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Latvia	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
3	Armenia (H)	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
4	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]

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Group B3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Scotland	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	9	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Albania (H)	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
3	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	5	13	−8	3
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

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Group B4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Estonia	2	2	0	0	9	5	+4	6	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Bulgaria (H)	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Georgia	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

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Group B5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	15	0	+15	6	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Lithuania (H)	2	1	0	1	7	5	+2	3
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	2	19	−17	0

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Group B6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3
3	Moldova	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0

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Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best runner-up, only the results of the runner-up teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3	Promotion to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	B5	Lithuania	2	1	0	1	7	5	+2	3
3	B1	Israel	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
4	B4	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
5	B2	Latvia	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
6	B3	Albania	2	1	0	1	4	8	−4	3

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified to the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Under-17 Euro1 only U-17 era (since 2008)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hosts	24 September 2019[1]	0 (debut)
Denmark	Round 2 Group A4 winners	16 March 2022	3 (2008, 2012, 2019)
Netherlands	Round 2 Group A7 winners	22 March 2022	4 (2010, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Germany	Round 2 Group A5 winners	29 March 2022	11 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Finland	Round 2 Group A1 winners	29 March 2022	1 (2018)
France	Round 2 Group A6 winners	30 March 2022	7 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
Norway	Round 2 Group A3 winners	30 March 2022	4 (2009, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Spain	Round 2 Group A2 winners	13 April 2022	10 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

In Round 1 there were 272 goals scored in 66 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.

In Round 2 there were 274 goals scored in 58 matches, for an average of 4.72 goals per match.

In total, there were 546 goals scored in 124 matches, for an average of 4.4 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com

References

External links

• Official website

Notes