Group 7 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Germany, Russia, Austria, Finland, Azerbaijan, and Faroe Islands. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 5 February 2015.
The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners qualified directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Germany
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10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8 | +27 | 30 | Final tournament | — | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Austria
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10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 22 | Play-offs | 1–4 | — | 2–0 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Finland
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 14 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Azerbaijan
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10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 9 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Russia
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10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 9 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 6 | Faroe Islands
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
Times are CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 29 March and 24 October 2015 and between 27 March and 29 October 2016, for other dates times are CET (UTC+1).
| Faroe Islands | 0–1 | Azerbaijan |
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| Report | Salahli  81' |
| Azerbaijan | 0–2 | Austria |
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| Report | Gregoritsch 14', 45' (pen.) |
| Finland | 2–0 | Russia |
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| Lassas 17' Mero 36' |
Report |
| Azerbaijan | 0–3 | Germany |
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| Report | Selke 33', 90+3' Kimmich 88' (pen.) |
| Austria | 4–3 | Russia |
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| Gregoritsch 9' Schaub 21'Schöpf 53', 79' |
Report | Sheydayev 41', 64' (pen.) Tashayev 49' |
| Finland | 3–0 | Faroe Islands |
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| Yaghoubi 24' (pen.), 39' Skrabb 31' |
Report |
| Austria | 7–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Grillitsch 45+1' Gregoritsch 49' (pen.), 74', 88'Friesenbichler 60'Schöpf 75'Wydra 90+5' (pen.) |
Report |
| Germany | 4–0 | Finland |
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| Sané 13', 90+1' Selke 16'Kimmich 27' |
Report |
| Azerbaijan | 0–1 | Finland |
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| Report | Lassas 80' |
| Faroe Islands | 0–6 | Germany |
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| Report | Meyer 8', 40' Arnold 13'Süle 45+2'Sané 73'Gnabry 75' |
| Russia | 2–0 | Faroe Islands |
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| Sheydayev 54' Panyukov 77' |
Report |
| Germany | 3–1 | Azerbaijan |
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| Werner 37', 63' Arnold 43' |
Report | Isayev 30' |
| Austria | 2–0 | Finland |
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| Gregoritsch 77' Friesenbichler 90+1' |
Report |
| Azerbaijan | 3–0 | Russia |
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| Behnke 11', 39' Abdullayev 69' (pen.) |
Report |
| Germany | 4–2 | Austria |
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| Meyer 39' Goretzka 42'Selke 50'Sané 76' |
Report | Gregoritsch 21' (pen.), 86' |
| Russia | 2–2 | Azerbaijan |
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| Zuyev 51' Barinov 56' |
Report | Madatov 46' Mammadov 59' |
| Germany | 4–1 | Faroe Islands |
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| Sané 17' Nattestad 59' (o.g.)Meyer 63' (pen.)Brandt 74' |
Report | Bogason Dam 43' |
| Austria | 1–0 | Faroe Islands |
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| Sallahi 28' |
Report |
| Russia | 0–2 | Germany |
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| Report | Selke 11' Meyer 79' |
| Faroe Islands | 1–6 | Finland |
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| Edmundsson 35' |
Report | Tuominen 18' Lassas 38'O'Shaughnessy 42'Hambo 45', 73'T. Olsen 90+2' (o.g.) |
| Faroe Islands | 0–3 | Russia |
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| Report | Komlichenko 8' Karpov 30'Yevseyev 43' |
| Finland | 0–1 | Austria |
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| Report | Dovedan 90+1' |
| Russia | 1–1 | Austria |
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| Zuyev 33' |
Report | Jakupovic 55' |
| Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Faroe Islands |
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| Madatov 88' |
Report | Jónsson 40' |
| Finland | 0–1 | Germany |
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| Report | Väisänen 41' (o.g.) |
| Faroe Islands | 0–1 | Austria |
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| Report | Schoissengeyr 44' |
| Finland | 0–0 | Azerbaijan |
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| Germany | 4–3 | Russia |
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| Arnold 12', 57' (pen.) Gnabry 34'Selke 36' |
Report | Lystsov 35' Yevseyev 45'Bezdenezhnykh 60' |
| Austria | 1–4 | Germany |
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| Lienhart 86' |
Report | Arnold 12' Öztunalı 52'Selke 58'Haberer 78' (pen.) |
| Russia | 1–1 | Finland |
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| Paliyenko 3' |
Report | Viitikko 64' |
Goalscorers
- 9 goals
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Kevin Friesenbichler
- Kerem Behnke
- Mahir Madatov
- Vahid Hambo
- Moshtagh Yaghoubi
- Serge Gnabry
- Joshua Kimmich
- Timo Werner
- Alexey Yevseyev
- Ilya Zuyev
- 1 goal
- Nikola Dovedan
- Florian Grillitsch
- Arnel Jakupovic
- Philipp Lienhart
- Ylli Sallahi
- Louis Schaub
- Christian Schoissengeyr
- Dominik Wydra
- Elshan Abdullayev
- Magsad Isayev
- Rahil Mammadov
- Azer Salahli
- Gestur Bogason Dam
- Hákun Edmundsson
- Ári Jónsson
- Joel Mero
- Daniel O'Shaughnessy
- Simon Skrabb
- Jasse Tuominen
- Mikko Viitikko
- Julian Brandt
- Leon Goretzka
- Janik Haberer
- Levin Öztunalı
- Niklas Süle
- Dmitri Barinov
- Igor Bezdenezhnykh
- Maksim Karpov
- Nikolay Komlichenko
- Vitali Lystsov
- Maksim Paliyenko
- Andrei Panyukov
- Aleksandr Tashayev
- 1 own goal
- Sonni Nattestad (against Germany)
- Teitur Olsen (against Finland)
- Sauli Väisänen (against Germany)
References
- "2017 Under-21 qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 5 February 2015.
- "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
External links
- Standings and fixtures at UEFA.com
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