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, 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]
Standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Spain
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8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | +32 | 24 | Final tournament | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 7–1 | ||
| 2 | Slovakia
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 15 | Play-offs | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | Canc. | |
| 3 | Northern Ireland
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 7 | 0–6 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–2 | Canc. | ||
| 4 | Lithuania
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | |||
| 5 | Malta
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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 | Canc. | — |
- ^ 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]
Matches edit
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Malta | 4–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Russia | Voided (1–0) | Northern Ireland |
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| Northern Ireland | 4–0 | Lithuania |
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| Russia | Voided (3–0) | Slovakia |
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| Slovakia | 2–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Northern Ireland | Cancelled | Russia |
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| Malta | 1–3 | Lithuania |
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| Lithuania | 1–1 | Northern Ireland |
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Goalscorers edit
The table below includes 19 goals from 6 voided matches.[7]
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
Artūr Dolžnikov- Deividas Dovydaitis
- Tomas Kalinauskas
- Titas Milašius
- Faustas Steponavičius
- Artemijus Tutyškinas
Jake Engerer- Marcus Grima
- Jamie Sixsmith
- Joseph Zammit
Chris Conn-Clarke- Ethan Galbraith
- Carl Johnston
- Paddy Lane
- Paul O'Neill
- Dale Taylor
Kirill Bozhenov- Kirill Kravtsov
- Danila Prokhin
- Timur Suleymanov
Filip Lichý- Sebastian Nebyla
- Peter Pokorný
Álex Baena- Alejandro Francés
- Víctor Gómez
- Rodrigo Riquelme
- Beñat Turrientes
1 own goal
- Karolis Uzėla (against Russia)
- Christian Gauci (against Lithuania)
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". UEFA.com. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". fifa.com. FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "U21 EURO − Stats". UEFA.com. UEFA.