2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

The teams competing in Group 8 of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championships qualifying competition were Israel, Portugal, Norway, Macedonia and Azerbaijan.

The ten group winners and the four best second-placed teams advanced to the play-offs.[1]

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Portugal 8 8 0 0 22 6 +16 24 Play-offs 3–0 5–1 3–1 2–0
2   Israel 8 5 0 3 22 15 +7 15 3–4 4–1 7–2 2–1
3   Norway 8 3 0 5 11 19 −8 9 1–2 1–3 1–3 2–1
4   Azerbaijan 8 2 1 5 9 15 −6 7 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0
5   Macedonia 8 1 1 6 4 13 −9 4 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results and fixtures edit

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00) during summer and CET (UTC+01:00) during winter.

Azerbaijan  0–0  Macedonia
Report
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Portugal  5–1  Norway
Betinho   30'
Cavaleiro   35'
Oliveira   45+1'
Carvalho   63' (pen.)
Pereira   78'
Report Bakenga   15' (pen.)

Israel  7–2  Azerbaijan
Dabbur   3', 51'
Micha   4' (pen.), 65'
Mizrahi   72', 84'
Saba   90+2'
Report Erat   25'
Abasiyev   77'
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (Austria)
Norway  2–1  Macedonia
Groven   3'
Bakenga   24' (pen.)
Report Nikolov   72'

Norway  1–3  Azerbaijan
Hussain   54' Report Erat   56', 90+5'
Ramazanov   69'
Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)
Portugal  3–0  Israel
Carvalho   15'
Bruma   45'
Tawatha   78' (o.g.)
Report

Azerbaijan  0–2  Portugal
Report R. Silva   53'
Cavaleiro   64'
Norway  1–3  Israel
Hussain   12' Report Dabbur   29'
Itzhak   38'
Agayov   85'

Israel  4–1  Norway
Dabbur   37', 49', 84'
Grøgaard   88' (o.g.)
Report Ben-Shimon   83' (o.g.)
Macedonia  1–0  Azerbaijan
Velkovski   69' Report

Israel  3–4  Portugal
Dabbur   9'
Saba   55'
Tawatha   74'
Report Cavaleiro   16'
Pereira   59'
B. Silva   64', 86'
Macedonia  1–3  Norway
Velkovski   45' Report Rashani   47'
Berisha   54' (pen.)
Nielsen   71'
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

Portugal  2–0  Macedonia
B. Silva   51'
Esgaio   59' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Barış Şimşek (Turkey)

Macedonia  0–1  Portugal
Report Ilori   64'
Referee: Robert Rogers (Republic of Ireland)

Azerbaijan  0–1  Norway
Report Omoijuanfo   84'

Macedonia  0–3  Israel
Report Mizrahi   33', 41'
Gozlan   81'

Azerbaijan  3–0  Israel
Ramazanov   22'
Hajiyev   31', 87'
Report
Norway  1–2  Portugal
Bakenga   66' Report Mané   22'
Pereira   62'

Israel  2–1  Macedonia
Micha   25'
Dabbur   54' (pen.)
Report Sulejmanov   48'
Referee: Marios Panayi (Cyprus)
Portugal  3–1  Azerbaijan
R. Silva   13'
  82'
Esgaio   90+1' (pen.)
Report Abasiyev   55'

Goalscorers edit

8 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes edit

  1. ^
    The Israel v Macedonia will be played outside Israel due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2013–15" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Emergency Panel decisions". UEFA.com. 17 July 2014.

External links edit