2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group E

Group E of the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Italy, Poland, Sweden, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Armenia. 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  Poland 8 8 0 0 23 2 +21 24 Final tournament — 2–1 2–0 30 Sep 3–0 4–1
2  Italy 8 7 0 1 25 5 +20 21 Final tournament or play-offs 5 Oct — 2–1 4–0 4–0 5–1
3  Montenegro (E) 8 3 1 4 11 14 −3 10 0–1 1–4 — 2–0 3–2 5 Oct
4  Sweden (E) 8 3 1 4 10 19 −9 10 0–6 0–4 2–2 — 5 Oct 3–0
5  North Macedonia (E) 8 2 0 6 7 17 −10 6 0–1 0–1 30 Sep 1–4 — 2–1
6  Armenia (E) 8 0 0 8 4 23 −19 0 0–4 30 Sep 1–2 0–1 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated

Matches

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

Sweden 3–0 Armenia
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Attendance: 1,025
Referee: Anton Lashuk (Belarus)
Poland 3–0 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 5,874
Referee: Karel Rouček (Czech Republic)
Italy 2–1 Montenegro
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Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger (Switzerland)

Armenia 0–4 Poland
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Attendance: 950
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)
North Macedonia 0–1 Italy
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Attendance: 7,559
Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)
Montenegro 2–0 Sweden
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Attendance: 400
Referee: Matthew De Gabriele (Malta)

North Macedonia 2–1 Armenia
  • Trajkov 54', 83'
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  • Hovhannisyan 38'
Attendance: 1,890
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Poland 2–0 Montenegro
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Attendance: 4,274
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
Italy 4–0 Sweden
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Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Germany)

Sweden 0–6 Poland
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Attendance: 1,618
Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)
Montenegro 3–2 North Macedonia
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  • Meliqi 13'
  • Trajkov 90+1'
Attendance: 812
Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus)
Italy 5–1 Armenia
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  • Vardanyan 78'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gal Levi (Israel)

North Macedonia 1–4 Sweden
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Attendance: 928
Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan (Ireland)
Armenia 1–2 Montenegro
  • Afyan 37'
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Attendance: 800
Referee: Karel Rouček (Czechia)
Poland 2–1 Italy
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Attendance: 19,177
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Armenia 0–1 Sweden
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Attendance: 600
Referee: Rareș George Vidican (Romania)
North Macedonia 0–1 Poland
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  • Kocaba 33'
Attendance: 312
Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
Montenegro 1–4 Italy
  • Mrvaljević 37'
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Attendance: 300
Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)

Italy 4–0 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 1,485
Referee: David Dickinson (Scotland)
Poland 4–1 Armenia
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  • Hakobyan 69' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,007
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)
Sweden 2–2 Montenegro
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Attendance: 711
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)

Montenegro 0–1 Poland
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  • Krajewski 37'
Attendance: 330
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Greece)
Armenia 0–2 North Macedonia
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Attendance: 500
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou (Cypus)
Sweden 0–4 Italy
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Attendance: 1,105
Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui (Belgium)

Poland v Sweden
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Armenia v Italy
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Montenegro v Armenia
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Sweden v North Macedonia
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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 80 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match (as of 31 March 2026).

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ↑ "2025-27 Under-21 EURO qualifying group stage draw". UEFA. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.