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2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C

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Group C of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Spain, Russia, Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Lithuania, and Malta. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 28 January 2021, 12:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland,[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.[2]

On 28 February 2022, Russia was suspended from the competition.[3] On 2 May 2022, UEFA officially announced that Russia would no longer be allowed to take part in the competition, therefore Spain has qualified for the tournament with a game to spare.[4]

StandingsEdit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Spain (Q) 6 6 0 0 24 4 +20 18 Final tournament — 3–2 3–0 7 Jun 8–0 4–1
2   Slovakia (Y) 7 4 0 3 15 9 +6 12 Play-offs 2–3 — 2–1 4–0 3–1 Canc.
3   Northern Ireland (Y) 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6 3 Jun 1–0 — 0–2 4–0 Canc.
4   Malta (Y) 6 2 0 4 8 15 −7 6 0–5 3 Jun 4–1 — 1–3 Canc.
5   Lithuania (E) 7 2 0 5 6 21 −15 6 0–2 0–2 7 Jun 2–1 — 0–3
6   Russia[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified 1–0 3–0 1–0 6–0 Canc. —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, may only advance to play-offs
Notes:
  1. ^ On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] On 2 May 2022, UEFA declared all of their results to be null and void.[6]

MatchesEdit

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

Malta  4–1  Northern Ireland
Engerer   24'
Veselji   36', 40' (pen.)
Attard   84'		 Report Lane   58'
Attendance: 184
Slovakia  3–1  Lithuania
Kaprálik   24', 61'
Trusa   79' (pen.)		 Report Dolznikov   56' (pen.)
Attendance: 757
Spain  Voided
(4–1)		  Russia
Niño   13', 54'
Pino   47', 86'		 Report Agalarov   10'
Attendance: 1,585
Lithuania  0–2  Spain
Report Francés   32'
Pino   78'
Attendance: 671
Russia  Voided
(6–0)		  Malta
Khlusevich   6', 14'
Agalarov   17', 74'
Bozhenov   80'
Kravtsov   86'		 Report
Attendance: 308
Northern Ireland  1–0  Slovakia
Galbraith   54' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 397
Lithuania  2–1  Malta
Milašius   38'
Kalinauskas   56' (pen.)		 Report Sixsmith   90+4'
Attendance: 211
Russia  Voided
(1–0)		  Northern Ireland
Prokhin   16' Report
Attendance: 250
Spain  3–2  Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 4,200
Slovakia  4–0  Malta
 Report
Attendance: 468
Lithuania  Voided
(0–3)		  Russia
Report
Attendance: 220
Spain  3–0  Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 2,632
Northern Ireland  4–0  Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 324
Russia  Voided
(3–0)		  Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 296
Malta  0–5  Spain
Report
Attendance: 365
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)
Lithuania  0–2  Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 172
Russia  Voided
(1–0)		  Spain
 Report
Attendance: 396
Northern Ireland  0–2  Malta
Report
Attendance: 347
Malta  Cancelled  Russia
Report
Slovakia  2–1  Northern Ireland
Trusa   37'
Kadák   86' (pen.)		 Report Johnston   61'
Attendance: 1,377
Spain  8–0  Lithuania
Rodri   16', 37'
Gómez   35'
Gil   40'
Ruiz   43'
Manu Sánchez   61'
Álex Baena   65'
Turrientes   70'		 Report
Attendance: 3,700
Northern Ireland  Cancelled  Russia
Report
Slovakia  2–3  Spain
Bernát   38' (pen.)
Nebyla   90+1'		 Report Gil   4'
Gómez   66'
Navarro   81'
Malta  1–3  Lithuania
J. Zammit   78' Report Gauci   64' (o.g.)
Dovydaitis   80'
Steponavičius   90+3'
Northern Ireland  v  Spain
Report
Russia  Cancelled  Lithuania
Report
Malta  v  Slovakia
Report
Lithuania  v  Northern Ireland
Report
Slovakia  Cancelled  Russia
Report
Spain  v  Malta
Report

GoalscorersEdit

There have been 79 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.59 goals per match (as of 29 March 2022).

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

NotesEdit

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 31 March and 26 October 2021 and between 29 March and 24 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  3. ^ UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  4. ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". fifa.com. FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  6. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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