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 | |||||||
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1 | Spain (Q) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | +20 | 18 | Final tournament | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 7 Jun | 8–0 | ||
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 | — | |||
6 | Russia[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | Canc. | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, may only advance to play-offs
Notes:
- ^ 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).
Northern Ireland | 1–0 | Slovakia |
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Galbraith 54' (pen.) | Report |
Russia | Voided (1–0) | Northern Ireland |
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Prokhin 16' | Report |
Northern Ireland | 4–0 | Lithuania |
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Report |
Russia | Voided (3–0) | Slovakia |
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Report |
Spain | 8–0 | Lithuania |
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Rodri 16', 37' Gómez 35' Gil 40' Ruiz 43' Manu Sánchez 61' Álex Baena 65' Turrientes 70' |
Report |
Northern Ireland | Cancelled | Russia |
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Report |
Slovakia | 2–3 | Spain |
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Bernát 38' (pen.) Nebyla 90+1' |
Report | Gil 4' Gómez 66' Navarro 81' |
Malta | 1–3 | Lithuania |
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J. Zammit 78' | Report | Gauci 64' (o.g.) Dovydaitis 80' Steponavičius 90+3' |
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
- Artur Dolznikov
- Deividas Dovydaitis
- Tomas Kalinauskas
- Titas Milašius
- Faustas Steponavičius
- Ayrton Attard
- Jake Engerer
- Marcus Grima
- Jamie Sixsmith
- Andrea Zammit
- Joseph Zammit
- Chris Conn-Clarke
- Ethan Galbraith
- Carl Johnston
- Paddy Lane
- Paul O'Neill
- Kirill Bozhenov
- Kirill Kravtsov
- Danila Prokhin
- Timur Suleymanov
- Filip Lichý
- Sebastian Nebyla
- Álex Baena
- Alejandro Francés
- Julen Lobete
- Juan Miranda
- Robert Navarro
- Manu Sánchez
- Beñat Turrientes
1 own goal
- Karolis Uzėla (against Russia)
- Christian Gauci (against Lithuania)
- Carlo Zammit Lonardelli (against Slovakia)
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "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.