2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group D

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Group D of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Portugal, Greece, Iceland, Belarus, Cyprus, and Liechtenstein. 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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 10 9 1 0 41 3 +38 28 Final tournament 1–1 2–1 1–0 6–0 11–0
2  Iceland 10 5 3 2 25 7 +18 18 Play-offs 0–1 1–1 3–1 5–0 9–0
3  Greece 10 5 2 3 16 10 +6 17 0–4 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0
4  Belarus 10 4 0 6 16 15 +1 12 1–5 1–2 0–2 2–0 6–0
5  Cyprus 10 3 2 5 16 16 0 11 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 6–0
6  Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 0 63 −63 0 0–9 0–3 0–5 0–4 0–6
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches[edit]

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

Greece 0–0 Cyprus
Report

Liechtenstein 0–5 Greece
Report

Belarus 1–2 Iceland
Shestyuk 71' Report Haraldsson 20', 54'
Attendance: 3,260

Liechtenstein 0–6 Cyprus
Report

Portugal 1–0 Belarus
Vieira 32' (pen.) Report

Cyprus 6–0 Liechtenstein
Report
Iceland 1–1 Greece
Þórðarson 37' Report Ioannidis 45+1'
Attendance: 435

Portugal 11–0 Liechtenstein
Report

Belarus 0–2 Greece
Report

Iceland 0–1 Portugal
Report Vieira 55'
Belarus 6–0 Liechtenstein
Report

Greece 2–0 Belarus
Report
Liechtenstein 0–3 Iceland
Report
Cyprus 0–1 Portugal
Report

Greece 1–0 Iceland
Report
Liechtenstein 0–4 Belarus
Report
Portugal 6–0 Cyprus
Report

Greece 4–0 Liechtenstein
Report
Portugal 1–1 Iceland
Report

Cyprus 0–1 Belarus
Report Vegerya 32'
Attendance: 250

Cyprus 1–1 Iceland
Gerolemou 27' Report K. Hlynsson 90+4'
Attendance: 75
Greece 0–4 Portugal
Report

Belarus 2–0 Cyprus
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg (Denmark)

Iceland 9–0 Liechtenstein
Report

Belarus 1–5 Portugal
Report

Cyprus 3–0 Greece
Report
Attendance: 257

Liechtenstein 0–9 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 784

Iceland 3–1 Belarus
Report

Iceland 5–0 Cyprus
Report
Portugal 2–1 Greece
Report

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 114 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.

12 goals

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 31 March and 26 October 2021 and between 29 March and 24 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
  2. ^ a b c d Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus is required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  3. ^ "Liechtenstein vs. Greece" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ 2023 Under-21 EURO qualifying: Belarus-Cyprus match rescheduled, Belta, 1 June 2021
  5. ^ "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

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