title: 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
text: # 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
  
  The 48 national teams were divided into ten groups (two groups of four + eight groups of 5). Each group winner, as well as the six highest ranked second placed teams, advanced to the play-off. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.
  
  ## Qualifying group stage
  
  ### Draw
  
  The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
  
  * Groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 and 10 featured the same nations
  * Group 5 did not include Faroe Islands
  * Group 7 did not include Liechtenstein, but included Portugal (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)
  * Group 8 did not include Andorra
  
  ### Group 1
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | France | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 22 |
  | Cyprus | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 |
  | Israel | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 10 |
  | Slovenia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 9 |
  | Malta | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 1 |
  | Cyprus | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
  | France | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
  | Israel | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 |
  | Malta | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 |
  | Slovenia | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |
  
  ### Group 2
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Norway | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 19 |
  | Denmark | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 19 |
  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 13 |
  | Romania | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 |
  | Luxembourg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | −31 | 0 |
  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
  | Denmark | 3–0 | — | 9–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
  | Luxembourg | 0–1 | 0–6 | — | 0–5 | 0–2 |
  | Norway | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | — | 2–1 |
  | Romania | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |
  
  ### Group 3
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Czech Republic | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 18 |
  | Belarus | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 18 |
  | Austria | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 11 |
  | Netherlands | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 |
  | Moldova | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 2 |
  | Austria | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | Belarus | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
  | Czech Republic | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 |
  | Moldova | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 |
  | Netherlands | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — |
  
  ### Group 4
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Poland | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 20 |
  | Sweden | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 14 |
  | Hungary | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 12 |
  | Latvia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 9 |
  | San Marino | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 3 |
  | Hungary | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
  | Latvia | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 |
  | Poland | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 7–0 | 1–1 |
  | San Marino | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | — | 1–5 |
  | Sweden | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — |
  
  ### Group 5
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Scotland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 |
  | Germany | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 |
  | Lithuania | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
  | Iceland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
  | Germany | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
  | Iceland | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 |
  | Lithuania | 1–4 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 |
  | Scotland | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — |
  
  ### Group 6
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Spain | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 19 |
  | Greece | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 |
  | Ukraine | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 |
  | Northern Ireland | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 7 |
  | Armenia | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 5 |
  | Armenia | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
  | Greece | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
  | Northern Ireland | 3–1 | 2–6 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 |
  | Spain | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
  | Ukraine | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
  
  ### Group 7
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Turkey | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 22 |
  | Portugal | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 18 |
  | England | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 11 |
  | Slovakia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 6 |
  | Macedonia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 1 |
  | England | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
  | Macedonia | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
  | Portugal | 4–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–2 |
  | Slovakia | 0–4 | 5–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 |
  | Turkey | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | — |
  
  ### Group 8
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Croatia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 |
  | Belgium | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 |
  | Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 |
  | Estonia | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 |
  | Belgium | — | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
  | Bulgaria | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 |
  | Croatia | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 |
  | Estonia | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
  
  ### Group 9
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Italy | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 21 |
  | Serbia and Montenegro | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 19 |
  | Finland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 |
  | Wales | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 7 |
  | Azerbaijan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 |
  | Azerbaijan | — | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
  | Finland | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
  | Italy | 6–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 8–1 |
  | Serbia and Montenegro | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 |
  | Wales | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
  
  ### Group 10
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Switzerland | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 19 |
  | Russia | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 15 |
  | Albania | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
  | Republic of Ireland | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 |
  | Georgia | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 5 |
  | Albania | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
  | Georgia | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
  | Republic of Ireland | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–3 |
  | Russia | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 |
  | Switzerland | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |
  
  ### Ranking of second-placed teams
  
  Because some groups contained five teams and some four, matches against the fifth-placed team in each group are not included in the ranking. As a result, six matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table. The top six advanced to the play-off.
  
  | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 |
  | 2 | Denmark | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 |
  | 9 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 13 |
  | 7 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 12 |
  | 3 | Belarus | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 12 |
  | 4 | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 11 |
  | 8 | Belgium | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 |
  | 1 | Cyprus | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 |
  | 10 | Russia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 |
  | 6 | Greece | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 |
  
  ## Play-offs
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Serbia and Montenegro | 5–4 | Norway | 5–1 | 0–3 |
  | Germany | 2–1 | Turkey | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | Portugal | 3–3 (4–1 p) | France | 1–2 | 2–1 |
  | Denmark | 1–1 (a) | Italy | 1–1 | 0–0 |
  | Belarus | 5–1 | Poland | 1–1 | 4–0 |
  | Sweden | 3–1 | Spain | 2–0 | 1–1 |
  | Switzerland | 3–3 (4–3 p) | Czech Republic | 1–2 | 2–1 |
  | Croatia | 2–1 | Scotland | 2–0 | 0–1 |
  