2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9

The teams competing in Group 9 of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championships qualifying competition were Italy, Serbia, Belgium, Cyprus and Northern Ireland.

The ten group winners and the four best second-placed teams advanced to the play-offs.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	8	6	0	2	19	7	+12	18	Play-offs		—	3–2	1–3	7–1	3–0
2	Serbia	8	5	1	2	18	10	+8	16			1–0	—	2–2	2–1	3–1
3	Belgium	8	5	1	2	15	7	+8	16			0–1	0–3	—	2–0	1–0
4	Cyprus	8	2	0	6	7	21	−14	6			0–2	2–1	0–6	—	3–0
5	Northern Ireland	8	1	0	7	3	17	−14	3			0–2	1–4	0–1	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results and fixtures

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00) during summer and CET (UTC+01:00) during winter.

25 March 2013

20:00

Belgium	2–0	Cyprus
M'Poku 3' Lestienne 53' (pen.)	Report

Den Dreef, Leuven

Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria)

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30 May 2013

17:00

Cyprus	3–0	Northern Ireland
Roushias 19' Theodorou 59' Sotiriou 69'	Report

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

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5 September 2013

20:00

Serbia	2–1	Cyprus
Milunović 41', 47'	Report	Kyriacou 65'

Metalac Stadium, Gornji Milanovac

Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)

5 September 2013

21:00

Italy	1–3	Belgium
Battocchio 39'	Report	Hazard 47' Malanda 52' Carrasco 90+2'

Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno, Rieti

Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

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9 September 2013

15:00

Cyprus	0–2	Italy
	Report	Fedato 67' Improta 90+3'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Referee: Orel Greenfeld (Israel)

9 September 2013

20:00

Belgium	1–0	Northern Ireland
Batshuayi 43'	Report

Den Dreef, Leuven

Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer (Kazakhstan)

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11 October 2013

16:00

Northern Ireland	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Batshuayi 44'

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

11 October 2013

19:00

Cyprus	2–1	Serbia
Froxylias 54' (pen.) Thalassitis 71'	Report	Mitrović 84' (pen.)

Dasaki Stadium, Achna

Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

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14 October 2013

20:30

Belgium	0–1	Italy
	Report	Battocchio 4'

Cristal Arena, Genk

Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal)

15 October 2013

18:00

Serbia	3–1	Northern Ireland
Morgan 63' (o.g.) Milunović 64' Vitas 74'	Report	Gray 54'

Metalac Stadium, Gornji Milanovac

Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

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14 November 2013

21:00

Italy	3–0	Northern Ireland
Viviani 26' Rozzi 86' Belotti 88'	Report

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia

Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)

15 November 2013

17:00

Serbia	2–2	Belgium
Đurđević 4' Mitrović 85'	Report	M'Poku 77' Ngawa 90+4'

Metalac Stadium, Gornji Milanovac

Referee: Ilias Spathas (Greece)

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19 November 2013

17:00

Serbia	1–0	Italy
Čaušić 60'	Report

Metalac Stadium, Gornji Milanovac

Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

19 November 2013

20:30

Northern Ireland	1–0	Cyprus
Gorman 85'	Report

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

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5 March 2014

17:00

Northern Ireland	0–2	Italy
	Report	Rugani 59' Trotta 89'

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

5 March 2014

18:00

Belgium	0–3	Serbia
	Report	Mitrović 11', 56' Brašanac 53'

Den Dreef, Leuven

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

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5 September 2014

17:00

Cyprus	0–6	Belgium
	Report	Tielemans 13' Denayer 57' M'Poku 63' Batshuayi 74', 83' Kabasele 90+2'

Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca

Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)

5 September 2014

21:00

Italy	3–2	Serbia
Belotti 23', 45+4' (pen.) Berardi 75'	Report	Pešić 8', 13'

Stadio Adriatico - Giovanni Cornacchia, Pescara

Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

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9 September 2014

17:00

Northern Ireland	1–4	Serbia
Brobbel 67'	Report	Pešić 34' Srnić 36', 56' Kostić 58'

Shamrock Park, Portadown

Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

9 September 2014

17:00

Italy	7–1	Cyprus
Bernardeschi 42' Panayiotou 45+2' (o.g.) Sturaro 56' Belotti 62' Dezi 70' Longo 76' Rugani 80'	Report	Sotiriou 29'

Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro

Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Michy Batshuayi
• Andrea Belotti
• Aleksandar Mitrović

3 goals

• Paul-José M'Poku
• Luka Milunović
• Aleksandar Pešić

2 goals

• Pieros Sotiriou
• Cristian Battocchio
• Daniele Rugani
• Slavoljub Srnić

1 goal

• Jason Denayer
• Yannick Carrasco
• Thorgan Hazard
• Nathan Kabasele
• Maxime Lestienne
• Junior Malanda
• Pierre-Yves Ngawa
• Youri Tielemans
• Dimitris Froxylias
• Andreas Kyriakou
• Onisiforos Roushias
• Michael Thalassitis
• Zacharias Theodorou
• Domenico Berardi
• Federico Bernardeschi
• Jacopo Dezi
• Francesco Fedato
• Riccardo Improta
• Samuele Longo
• Antonio Rozzi
• Stefano Sturaro
• Marcello Trotta
• Federico Viviani
• Ryan Brobbel
• Johnny Gorman
• James Gray
• Darko Brašanac
• Goran Čaušić
• Uroš Đurđević
• Filip Kostić
• Uroš Vitas

1 own goal

• Emilios Panayiotou (against Italy)
• David Morgan (against Serbia)

References

1. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2013–15" (PDF).

External links

• Standings and fixtures at UEFA.com