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2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C

Group C of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted 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, FIFA and UEFA announced that Russia was suspended from all competitions.[3][4] On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia would no longer be allowed to take part in the competition, that their previous results were nullified, and that Group C would continue with five teams. Therefore, Spain qualified for the tournament with a game to spare.[5][6]

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Spain 8 8 0 0 37 5 +32 24 Final tournament — 3–2 3–0 8–0 7–1 4–1
2   Slovakia 8 5 0 3 18 10 +8 15 Play-offs 2–3 — 2–1 3–1 4–0 Canc.
3   Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 8 18 −10 7 0–6 1–0 — 4–0 0–2 Canc.
4   Lithuania 8 2 1 5 7 22 −15 7 0–2 0–2 1–1 — 2–1 0–3
5   Malta 8 2 0 6 10 25 −15 6 0–5 1–3 4–1 1–3 — Canc.
6   Russia[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified 1–0 3–0 1–0 Canc. 6–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][7] On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void.[5][8]

Matches edit

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

Malta  4–1  Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 184
Slovakia  3–1  Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 757
Spain  Voided
(4–1)		  Russia
 Report (Agalarov   10'
Attendance: 1,585
Lithuania  0–2  Spain
Report
Attendance: 671
Russia  Voided
(6–0)		  Malta
 Report
Attendance: 308
Northern Ireland  1–0  Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 397
Lithuania  2–1  Malta
 Report
Attendance: 211
Russia  Voided
(1–0)		  Northern Ireland
 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
 Report
Attendance: 1,377
Spain  8–0  Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 3,700
Northern Ireland  Cancelled  Russia
Report
Slovakia  2–3  Spain
 Report
Attendance: 3,024
Malta  1–3  Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 142
Northern Ireland  0–6  Spain
Report
Attendance: 1,100
Russia  Cancelled  Lithuania
Report
Malta  1–3  Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 218
Referee: Snir Levy (Israel)
Lithuania  1–1  Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 374
Slovakia  Cancelled  Russia
Report
Spain  7–1  Malta
 Report
Attendance: 3,273

Goalscorers edit

The table below includes 19 goals from 6 voided matches.[9]

There were 99 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.81 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes edit

  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.

References edit

  1. ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  3. ^ a b "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  5. ^ a b "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.
  6. ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  7. ^ UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  8. ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  9. ^ "U21 EURO − Stats". UEFA.com. UEFA.

External links edit

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