2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group A

Group A of the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Italy, Ireland, Norway, Turkey, Latvia, and San Marino. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 2 February 2023 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland,^[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	7	4	3	0	16	3	+13	15	Final tournament		—	15 Oct '24	2–0	2–0	1–1	5 Sep '24
2	Republic of Ireland	6	4	1	1	19	8	+11	13	Play-offs		2–2	—	11 Oct '24	10 Sep '24	3–2	3–0
3	Norway	6	4	0	2	21	6	+15	12			10 Sep '24	3–2	—	7–0	15 Oct '24	4–0
4	Latvia	6	2	1	3	5	12	−7	7^[a]			0–0	1–2	6 Sep '24	—	2–1	2–0
5	Turkey	6	2	1	3	11	8	+3	7^[a]			0–2	6 Sep '24	2–0	11 Oct '24	—	5–0
6	San Marino (E)	7	0	0	7	0	35	−35	0			0–7	0–7	0–7	15 Oct '24	10 Sep '24	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated
Notes:

1. Ranked on head-to-head points: Latvia 3, Turkey 0.

Matches

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

20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)

17:00 (18:00 EEST)

Latvia	2–0	San Marino
Šits   38' Melnis   86'	Report

Sloka Stadium, Jūrmala

Attendance: 300

Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)

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7 September 2023 (2023-09-07)

18:00

San Marino	0–7	Norway
	Report	Schjelderup   35', 45+2', 83' Mannsverk   37' Hansen-Aarøen   45' Karlsbakk   88' Edh   90+4'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 284

Referee: Mervan Bejtullahu (Kosovo)

8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)

16:00 (17:00 EEST)

Latvia	0–0	Italy
	Report

Sloka Stadium, Jūrmala

Attendance: 348

Referee: Snir Levy (Israel)

8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)

20:30 (19:30 BST)

Republic of Ireland	3–2	Turkey
Moran   56' Gilsenan   87' (pen.) Emakhu   90+6'	Report	Yıldız   22' (pen.) Çanak   76'

Turners Cross, Cork

Attendance: 3.754

Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)

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12 September 2023 (2023-09-12)

18:00

Norway	7–0	Latvia
Arnstad   12', 45+1', 52' (pen.) Bobb   62' Schjelderup   67' Gulliksen   83' Mvuka   90'	Report

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Attendance: 580

Referee: Roman Jitari (Moldova)

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12)

18:45 (19:45 TRT)

Turkey	0–2	Italy
	Report	Miretti   45+2' Nasti   79'

Sakarya Atatürk Stadium, Adapazarı

Attendance: 2,358

Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12)

20:30 (19:30 BST)

Republic of Ireland	3–0	San Marino
Vata   8', 45+2' Matteoni   66' (o.g.)	Report

Turners Cross, Cork

Attendance: 3,826

Referee: Antoine Paul Chiaramonti (Andorra)

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13 October 2023 (2023-10-13)

14:00 (15:00 EEST)

Latvia	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Vapne   90+2'	Report	Oko-Flex   15', 57'

Zemgale Olympic Center, Jelgava

Attendance: 274

Referee: Oliver Reitala (Finland)

13 October 2023 (2023-10-13)

18:45 (19:45 TRT)

Turkey	5–0	San Marino
Destan   5', 37' Yardımcı   80', 82', 87'	Report

Ümraniye Stadyumu, Istanbul

Attendance: 472

Referee: Viktor Shimusik (Belarus)

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17 October 2023 (2023-10-17)

14:00 (15:00 EEST)

Latvia	2–1	Turkey
Vapne   25' Melnis   79'	Report	Yardımcı   14'

Zemgale Olympic Center, Jelgava

Attendance: 237

Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

17 October 2023 (2023-10-17)

17:45

Italy	2–0	Norway
Baldanzi   25' Esposito   46'	Report

Stadio Druso, Bolzano

Attendance: 4,627

Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

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16 November 2023 (2023-11-16)

18:30

San Marino	0–7	Italy
	Report	Pirola   5' Gnonto   30', 39' Volpato   46' Fabbian   53' Esposito   62' (pen.) Bianco   83'

Stadio Olimpico di San Marino, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,185

Referee: Joni Hyytiä (Finland)

17 November 2023 (2023-11-17)

18:00

Norway	3–2	Republic of Ireland
Opsahl   20' Arnstad   74' (pen.) Nordås   77'	Report	Emakhu   37' Armstrong   53'

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Attendance: 566

Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)

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21 November 2023 (2023-11-21)

17:45 (19:45 TRT)

Turkey	2–0	Norway
Çanak   30' Yardımcı   64'	Report

Alanya Oba Stadium, Alanya

Attendance: 457

Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)

21 November 2023 (2023-11-21)

18:30 (17:30 GMT)

Republic of Ireland	2–2	Italy
Phillips   31' Armstrong   47'	Report	Gnonto   45+1' (pen.), 90+6'

Turners Cross, Cork

Attendance: 6,157

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

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22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)

18:00

San Marino	0–7	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Armstrong   26' Moran   53' Benvenuti   57' (o.g.) Vata   62', 64', 90+2' Oko-Flex   73'

San Marino Stadium, Serravalle

Attendance: 213

Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi (Ukraine)

22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)

18:15

Italy	2–0	Latvia
Casadei   32' Fabbian   79'	Report

Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena

Attendance: 4,315

Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)

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26 March 2024 (2024-03-26)

17:00

Norway	4–0	San Marino
Hansen-Aarøen   6', 61' Østrøm   49' Aasgaard   89'	Report

Viking Stadion, Stavanger

Attendance: 510

Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

26 March 2024 (2024-03-26)

18:15

Italy	1–1	Turkey
Ghilardi   50'	Report	Kılıçsoy   90+1'

Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara

Attendance: 3,921

Referee: Cesar Soto Grado (Spain)

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5 September 2024 (2024-09-05)

TBD

Italy	v	San Marino
	Report

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)

TBD

Latvia	v	Norway
	Report

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)

TBD

Turkey	v	Republic of Ireland
	Report

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10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

TBD

San Marino	v	Turkey
	Report

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

TBD

Norway	v	Italy
	Report

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

TBD

Republic of Ireland	v	Latvia
	Report

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11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)

TBD

Turkey	v	Latvia
	Report

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)

TBD

Republic of Ireland	v	Norway
	Report

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15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

TBD

San Marino	v	Latvia
	Report

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

TBD

Norway	v	Turkey
	Report

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

TBD

Italy	v	Republic of Ireland
	Report

Goalscorers

There have been 72 goals scored in 199 matches, for an average of 0.362 goals per match (as of 26 March 2024).

5 goals

•   Rocco Vata

4 goals

•   Wilfried Gnonto
•   Kristian Arnstad
•   Isak Hansen-Aarøen
•   Andreas Schjelderup
•   Sinclair Armstrong
•   Armstrong Oko-Flex
•   Erencan Yardımcı

2 goals

•   Francesco Pio Esposito
•   Giovanni Fabbian
•   Bruno Melnis
•   Lukass Vapne
•   Aidomo Emakhu
•   Andrew Moran
•   Cihan Çanak
•   Enis Destan

1 goal

•   Tommaso Baldanzi
•   Alessandro Bianco
•   Cesare Casadei
•   Daniele Ghilardi
•   Fabio Miretti
•   Marco Nasti
•   Lorenzo Pirola
•   Cristian Volpato
•   Dario Šits
•   Thelo Aasgaard
•   Oscar Bobb
•   Eskil Edh
•   Tobias Fjeld Gulliksen
•   Daniel Karlsbakk
•   Sivert Mannsverk
•   Joel Mvuka
•   Robin Østrøm
•   Lasse Selvåg Nordås
•   Halvor Rødølen Opsahl
•   Zak Gilsenan
•   Killian Phillips
•   Semih Kılıçsoy
•   Erencan Yardımcı
•   Kenan Yıldız

1 own goal

•   Giacomo Benvenuti (against Republic of Ireland)
•   Giacomo Matteoni (against Republic of Ireland)

Notes

1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 26 March and 29 October 2023 and between 31 March and 27 October 2024, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.

References

1. "2025 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw: See the groups". UEFA.com.