2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2
# 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2

Group 2 of the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Lithuania, and Andorra. 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 | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 24 | Final tournament | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Serbia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 23 | Play-offs | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 15 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 12 | | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 10 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Andorra | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

## 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).

## Goalscorers

### 8 goals

* Uroš Đurđević

### 4 goals

* Ognjen Ožegović

### 3 goals

* Marco Benassi
* Callum O'Dowda
* Sergej Milinković-Savić
* Žiga Kastrevec
* Andraž Šporar
* Leo Štulac

### 2 goals

* Alberto Cerri
* Federico Di Francesco
* Gaetano Monachello
* Sean Maguire
* Conor Wilkinson
* Aleksandar Čavrić
* Andrija Luković
* Jon Gorenc Stanković
* Dino Hotić

### 1 goal

* Aarón Sánchez
* Domenico Berardi
* Federico Bernardeschi
* Danilo Cataldi
* Vittorio Parigini
* Lorenzo Pellegrini
* Alessio Romagnoli
* Lorenzo Rosseti
* Donatas Kazlauskas
* Manfredas Ruzgis
* Gratas Sirgėdas
* Lukas Spalvis
* Simonas Stankevičius
* Alan Browne
* Harry Charsley
* Dylan Connolly
* Josh Cullen
* Courtney Duffus
* Tommie Hoban
* Srđan Babić
* Mijat Gaćinović
* Milan Gajić
* Darko Lazić
* Saša Lukić
* Nikola Maraš
* Nemanja Mihajlović
* Fejsal Mulić
* Gregor Bajde
* Luka Krajnc
* Mitja Lotrič
* Luka Zahović
* Miha Zajc

### 1 own goal

* Rolando Mandragora (against Republic of Ireland)
* Darragh Lenihan (against Italy)
