2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The 48 national teams were divided into ten groups (two groups of four + eight groups of 5). Each group winner, as well as the six highest ranked second placed teams, advanced to the play-off. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

Qualifying group stage

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

  • Groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 and 10 featured the same nations
  • Group 5 did not include Faroe Islands
  • Group 7 did not include Liechtenstein, but included Portugal (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)
  • Group 8 did not include Andorra

Group 1

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 France8710140+1422
 Cyprus8503125+715
 Israel8314611−510
 Slovenia823347−39
 Malta8017013−131
 
Cyprus  0–12–02–04–0
France  2–02–02–01–0
Israel  0–30–33–00–0
Malta  0–10–30–10–0
Slovenia  2–00–01–21–0

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Norway8611194+1519
 Denmark8611243+2119
 Bosnia and Herzegovina8413610−413
 Romania821567−17
 Luxembourg8008031−310
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–31–01–32–1
Denmark  3–09–02–00–0
Luxembourg  0–10–60–50–2
Norway  0–03–05–02–1
Romania  0–10–12–00–1

Group 3

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Czech Republic8602174+1318
 Belarus8602116+518
 Austria832358−311
 Netherlands8143610−47
 Moldova8026314−112
 
Austria  0–20–21–01–1
Belarus  0–11–03–12–1
Czech Republic  3–13–03–01–2
Moldova  0–10–20–22–2
Netherlands  0–00–10–30–0

Group 4

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Poland8620246+1820
 Sweden84221713+414
 Hungary84041713+412
 Latvia83051116−59
 San Marino8107829−213
 
Hungary  3–11–24–15–2
Latvia  2–00–24–10–4
Poland  3–23–07–01–1
San Marino  1–20–21–51–5
Sweden  1–03–21–10–3*

Group 5

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Scotland6411106+413
 Germany6411115+613
 Lithuania6303101009
 Iceland6006212−100
 
Germany  1–01–00–1
Iceland  1–31–20–2
Lithuania  1–43–02–1
Scotland  2–21–03–2

Group 6

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Spain8611162+1419
 Greece8332107+312
 Ukraine825185+311
 Northern Ireland8215816−87
 Armenia8125517−125
 
Armenia  0–02–00–21–1
Greece  2–10–11–00–0
Northern Ireland  3–12–61–41–1
Spain  5–02–01–02–0
Ukraine  4–01–11–00–0

Group 7

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Turkey8710185+1322
 Portugal86022011+918
 England83231410+411
 Slovakia8206916−76
 Macedonia8017423−191
 
England  3–11–22–01–1
Macedonia  1–11–40–20–4
Portugal  4–21–04–11–2
Slovakia  0–45–10–20–1
Turkey  1–03–04–22–1

Group 8

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Croatia632194+511
 Belgium6312108+210
 Bulgaria631278−110
 Estonia6024410−62
 
Belgium  3–10–24–2
Bulgaria  2–11–31–0
Croatia  1–10–13–1
Estonia  0–11–10–0

Group 9

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Italy8701265+2121
 Serbia and Montenegro8611168+819
 Finland8323119+211
 Wales8215716−97
 Azerbaijan8008022−220
 
Azerbaijan  0–10–30–20–1
Finland  3–01–21–22–1
Italy  6–01–04–18–1
Serbia and Montenegro  3–03–31–03–0
Wales  3–0*0–01–20–1

Group 10

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
  Switzerland8611126+619
 Russia8503148+615
 Albania83141010010
 Republic of Ireland8224811−38
 Georgia8125716−95
 
Albania  3–01–01–40–0
Georgia  3–11–10–30–2
Republic of Ireland  0–3*1–12–02–3
Russia  1–03–22–01–2
Switzerland  2–12–00–21–0

Ranking of second-placed teams

Because some groups contained five teams and some four, matches against the fifth-placed team in each group are not included in the ranking. As a result, six matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table. The top six advanced to the play-off.

GrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
5  Germany6411115+613
2  Denmark641193+613
9  Serbia and Montenegro6411118+313
7  Portugal64021510+512
3  Belarus640265+112
4  Sweden6321129+311
8  Belgium6312108+210
1  Cyprus630395+49
10  Russia630398+19
6  Greece622286+28

Play-offs

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Serbia and Montenegro  5–4  Norway5–10–3
Germany  2–1  Turkey1–01–1
Portugal  3–3 (4–1 p)  France1–22–1
Denmark  1–1 (a)  Italy1–10–0
Belarus  5–1  Poland1–14–0
Sweden  3–1  Spain2–01–1
Switzerland  3–3 (4–3 p)  Czech Republic1–22–1
Croatia  2–1  Scotland2–00–1