Group D of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Portugal, Greece, Iceland, Belarus, Cyprus, and Liechtenstein. 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Portugal
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10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3 | +38 | 28 | Final tournament | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 11–0 | |
| 2 | Iceland
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10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 18 | Play-offs | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 9–0 | |
| 3 | Greece
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 17 | 0–4 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Belarus
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10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 12 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 5 | Cyprus
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10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 6–0 | ||
| 6 | Liechtenstein
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 63 | −63 | 0 | 0–9 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–6 | — |
Matches
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Liechtenstein | 0–5 | Greece |
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| Belarus | 1–2 | Iceland |
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Shestyuk  71' |
Report | Haraldsson 20', 54' |
| Portugal | 11–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Belarus | 6–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Liechtenstein | 0–3 | Iceland |
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| Greece | 1–0 | Iceland |
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| Liechtenstein | 0–4 | Belarus |
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| Portugal | 1–1 | Iceland |
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| Cyprus | 1–1 | Iceland |
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| Gerolemou 27' |
Report | K. Hlynsson 90+4' |
| Belarus | 2–0 | Cyprus |
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Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan (Armenia)[note 2]
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg (Denmark)
| Iceland | 9–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Belarus | 1–5 | Portugal |
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Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan (Armenia)[note 2]
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
| Iceland | 5–0 | Cyprus |
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Goalscorers
There were 114 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.
12 goals
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Roman Davyskiba
- Yaroslav Oreshkevich
- Ilya Vasilevich
- Roman Vegerya
- Kirill Zinovich
- Michalis Charalambous
- Andreas Katsantonis
- Hector Kyprianou
- Giorgos Naoum
- Thomas Nikolaou
- Daniil Paroutis
- Iasonas Pikis
- Ruel Sotiriou
- Giannis Christopoulos
- Apostolos Diamantis
- Giannis Fivos Botos
- Fotis Ioannidis
- Michalis Kosidis
- Georgios Koutsias
- Theodosis Macheras
- Giannis Michailidis
- Nikos Michelis
- Vasilis Sourlis
- Vasilis Zagaritis
- Viktor Örlygur Andrason
- Ágúst Hlynsson
- Sævar Atli Magnússon
- Kolbeinn Þórðarson
- André Almeida
- Francisco Conceição
- David Costa
- Gonçalo Inácio
- Nuno Tavares
- Tiago Tomás
1 own goal
- Nikita Supranovich (against Greece)
- Andreas Karamanolis (against Iceland)
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus is required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice.[5]
References
- ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ "Liechtenstein vs. Greece" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ 2023 Under-21 EURO qualifying: Belarus-Cyprus match rescheduled, Belta, 1 June 2021
- ^ "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.