2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group A
Group A of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Croatia, Austria, Norway, Finland, Azerbaijan, and Estonia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 28 January 2021, 12:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland,[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.[2]
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Norway
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10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 24 | Final tournament | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Croatia
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10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 22 | Play-offs | 3–2 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Finland
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 19 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Austria
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 16 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Azerbaijan
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10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 6 | Estonia
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 32 | −32 | 0 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–5 | — |
Matches
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Austria | 2–0 | Estonia |
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Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis
Attendance: 1,080
)| Croatia | 2–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Austria | 6–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis
Attendance: 950
Referee: Amin Kurgheli (Belarus
)| Croatia | 3–2 | Norway |
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| Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Finland |
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Hüseynli  86' |
Report | Agcabayov 75' (o.g.) |
Sumqayit
Attendance: 150
Referee: Viktor Shimusik (Belarus
)| Azerbaijan | 1–5 | Croatia |
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Report |
Sumqayit
Attendance: 120
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic
)| Azerbaijan | 0–3 | Austria |
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| Report |
Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 70
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia
)| Azerbaijan | 1–2 | Norway |
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Report |
Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 95
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece
)| Austria | 1–3 | Croatia |
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Report |
Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden
)| Azerbaijan | 3–0 | Estonia |
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Report |
Sumqayit
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: David Munro (Scotland
)| Austria | 2–1 | Norway |
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Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis
Attendance: 1015
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark
)| Estonia | 0–5 | Azerbaijan |
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| Report |
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| Austria | 2–3 | Finland |
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| Report |
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Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis
Attendance: 800
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden
)| Finland | 3–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Report |
| Norway | 2–1 | Azerbaijan |
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Goalscorers
There were 103 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.43 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
- Musa Gurbanlı
Luka Sučić
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Yusuf Demir- Leo Greiml
- Alexander Prass
- Nicolas Seiwald
Rüfar Abdullazada- Ildar Alekperov
- Abdulakh Khaibulaev
- Ceyhun Nuriyev
- Bartol Franjić
- Lukas Kačavenda
- Marin Ljubičić
- Antonio Marin
- Jurica Pršir
- Nikola Soldo
- Gabriel Vidović
Terry Ablade- Daniel Håkans
- Anthony Olusanya
- Agon Sadiku
- Anssi Suhonen
- Julius Tauriainen
Tobias Christensen- Jesper Daland
- Håkon Evjen
- Fredrik Oppegard
- Osame Sahraoui
- Sebastian Sebulonsen
1 own goal
- Arsen Agcabayov (against Finland)
Mattias Sapp (against Finland)- Viljami Sinisalo (against Azerbaijan)
Notes
References
- ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.