On Tuesday, 8 September, at NV Arena in St.Polten a U-21 European Championship 2017 qualifying match between Austria and Russia took place.

The match had a tough competition and finished with a failure of Russia  – 3:4.

The following official matches will be played by Russia only in November – against Azerbaijan and Faroe Islands.

Austria – Russia 4:3 (2:1)

Goals: Gregoritsch, 9 (1:0). Schaub, 21 (2:0). Sheydaev, 41 (2:1). Tashaev, 49 (2:2). Schöpf, 53 (3:2). Sheydaev, 64 – penalty (3:3). Schöpf, 79 (4:3).