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2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group A

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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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Austria against Finland (2022-06-03)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 10 8 0 2 26 11 +15 24 Final tournament 3–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–0
2  Croatia 10 7 1 2 25 10 +15 22 Play-offs 3–2 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–0
3  Finland 10 6 1 3 18 13 +5 19 0–2 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–0
4  Austria 10 5 1 4 22 13 +9 16 2–1 1–3 2–3 6–0 2–0
5  Azerbaijan 10 2 1 7 12 24 −12 7 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–3 3–0
6  Estonia 10 0 0 10 0 32 −32 0 0–5 0–4 0–3 0–4 0–5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

Austria 2–0 Estonia
Report

Croatia 2–0 Azerbaijan
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Estonia 0–3 Finland
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Norway 3–1 Austria
Report

Finland 0–2 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 2,903
Referee: Vitor Ferreira (Portugal)
Austria 6–0 Azerbaijan
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Estonia 0–5 Norway
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Croatia 3–2 Norway
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Azerbaijan 1–1 Finland
Hüseynli 86' Report Agcabayov 75' (o.g.)
Estonia 0–4 Austria
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Norway 3–0 Estonia
Report
Azerbaijan 1–5 Croatia
Report
Finland 3–1 Austria
Report

Croatia 2–0 Estonia
Report

Azerbaijan 0–3 Austria
Report
Norway 3–1 Finland
Report

Finland 1–0 Estonia
Report

Azerbaijan 1–2 Norway
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Austria 1–3 Croatia
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Azerbaijan 3–0 Estonia
Report
Attendance: 1,080
Croatia 0–0 Austria
Report

Austria 2–1 Norway
Report
Croatia 2–3 Finland
Report
Attendance: 1,200

Norway 3–2 Croatia
Report
Estonia 0–5 Azerbaijan
Report
Austria 2–3 Finland
Report

Finland 3–0 Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 1,043

Estonia 0–4 Croatia
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Finland 0–2 Norway
Report
Attendance: 2,333

Norway 2–1 Azerbaijan
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Goalscorers

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There were 103 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.43 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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