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
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | +32 | 24 | Final tournament | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 7–1 | |||
2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 15 | Play-offs | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | Canc. | ||
3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 7 | 0–6 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–2 | Canc. | |||
4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||||
5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 25 | −15 | 6 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | — | Canc. | |||
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | Canc. | — |
Matches
editTimes are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Malta | 4–1 | |
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Russia | Voided (1–0) | |
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Northern Ireland | 4–0 | |
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Russia | Voided (3–0) | |
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Slovakia | 2–1 | |
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Northern Ireland | Cancelled | |
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Malta | 1–3 | |
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Lithuania | 1–1 | |
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Goalscorers
editThe 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
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
editReferences
edit- ^ "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ a b "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "U21 EURO − Stats". UEFA.com. UEFA.