title: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2
text: # 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)
  