2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group A

Group A of the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Spain, Romania, Finland, Kosovo, Cyprus, and San Marino. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 6 February 2025 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
1  Spain 7 7 0 0 26 2 +24 21 Final tournament — 2–1 6 Oct 2–0 3–0 7–0
2  Finland 7 5 1 1 26 2 +24 16 Final tournament or play-offs 25 Sep — 2–0 0–0 3–0 7–0
3  Romania 7 4 1 2 8 4 +4 13 0–2 30 Sep — 0–0 2–0 3–0
4  Kosovo (Y) 7 2 2 3 12 6 +6 8 1–3 6 Oct 0–1 — 30 Sep 7–0
5  Cyprus (E) 7 1 0 6 5 24 −19 3 0–7 0–5 25 Sep 0–4 — 6 Oct
6  San Marino (E) 7 0 0 7 0 39 −39 0 30 Sep 0–8 0–2 25 Sep 0–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly; may still reach the play-offs

Matches

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

Finland 7–0 San Marino
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Attendance: 2,084
Referee: Seth Galia (Gibraltar)
Romania 0–0 Kosovo
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Attendance: 8,565
Referee: Mehmet Türkmen (Turkey)
Spain 3–0 Cyprus
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Attendance: 2,369
Referee: Mateo Erceg (Croatia)

Cyprus 0–5 Finland
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Attendance: 170
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Kosovo 1–3 Spain
  • Hasani 22'
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Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Martin Matoša (Slovenia)
San Marino 0–2 Romania
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Attendance: 354
Referee: Antoine Chiaramonti (Andorra)

Romania 2–0 Cyprus
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Attendance: 5,831
Referee: Ladislav Szikszay (Czech Republic)
Kosovo 7–0 San Marino
  • Bujupi 12'
  • Frokaj 16', 84'
  • Berisha 20', 60'
  • L. Jashari 63'
  • Selmonaj 76'
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Attendance: 602
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)
Spain 2–1 Finland
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Attendance: 3,628
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)

Spain 7–0 San Marino
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Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
Finland 2–0 Romania
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Attendance: 1,503
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)
Cyprus 0–4 Kosovo
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Attendance: 130
Referee: Mateo Erceg (Croatia)

Finland 0–0 Kosovo
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Attendance: 2,109
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
Romania 0–2 Spain
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Attendance: 9,732
Referee: Matteo Marchetti (Italy)
San Marino 0–5 Cyprus
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  • Vrontis 14'
  • Andreou 45'
  • Papastylianou 56'
  • Athanasiou 63'
  • Neofytou 90+2'
Attendance: 165
Referee: Ilioski Vlatko (North Macedonia)

San Marino 0–8 Finland
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Attendance: 196
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Cyprus 0–7 Spain
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Attendance: 350
Referee: Mathieu Vernice (France)
Kosovo 0–1 Romania
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Attendance: 350
Referee: Iwan Griffith (Wales)

Finland 3–0 Cyprus
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Attendance: 1,891
Referee: Jóhann Ingi Jónsson (Iceland)
Romania 3–0 San Marino
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Attendance: 1,755
Referee: Artem Gasparyan (Armenia)
Spain 2–0 Kosovo
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Attendance: 2,318
Referee: Joakim Östling (Sweden)

Finland v Spain
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Cyprus v Romania
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San Marino v Kosovo
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Romania v Finland
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Kosovo v Cyprus
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San Marino v Spain
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Spain v Romania
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Kosovo v Finland
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Notes

  1. ↑ CEST (UTC+2) for matches until 26 October 2025 and from 29 March 2026 (matchday 1–3 and 7–10), and CET (UTC+1) for matches from 26 October 2025 to 29 March 2026 (matchday 4–6).

Goalscorers

There have been 77 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match (as of 31 March 2026).

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Cyprus national under-21 football team Harry Mills (against Spain)
  • San Marino national under-21 football team Mattia Ciacci (against Finland)
  • San Marino national under-21 football team Nicolò Semprini (against Finland)
  • Spain national under-21 football team Yarek Gasiorowski (against Finland)

References

  1. ↑ "2025-27 Under-21 EURO qualifying group stage draw". UEFA. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.