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

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

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
Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)
Slovakia 3–1 Lithuania
 Report
  • Dolžnikov 56' (pen.)
Spain Voided
(4–1)		 Russia
 Report (Agalarov 10'
Attendance: 1,585
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
Lithuania 0–2 Spain
Report
Attendance: 671
Referee: Nejc Kajtazovic (Slovenia)
Russia Voided
(6–0)		 Malta
 Report
Attendance: 308
Northern Ireland 1–0 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 397
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
Lithuania 2–1 Malta
 Report
  • Sixsmith 90+4'
Attendance: 211
Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)
Russia Voided
(1–0)		 Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Spain 3–2 Slovakia
  • Guillamón 58'
  • S. Gómez 80' (pen.)
  • Miranda 88' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 4,200
Slovakia 4–0 Malta
 Report
Attendance: 468
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
Lithuania Voided
(0–3)		 Russia
Report
Attendance: 220
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)
Spain 3–0 Northern Ireland
  • S. Gómez 26' (pen.), 32'
  • Ruiz 56'
 Report
Attendance: 2,632
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Ukraine)
Northern Ireland 4–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 324
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
Russia Voided
(3–0)		 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 296
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)
Malta 0–5 Spain
Report
Attendance: 365
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)
Lithuania 0–2 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 172
Referee: Haris Kaljanac (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Russia Voided
(1–0)		 Spain
Report
Northern Ireland 0–2 Malta
Report
  • Grima 49'
  • A. Zammit 89'
Attendance: 347
Referee: Kári Á Høvdanum (Faroe Islands)
Malta Cancelled Russia
Report
Slovakia 2–1 Northern Ireland
 Report
Spain 8–0 Lithuania
 Report
Estadio El Prado, Talavera de la Reina
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Joni Hyytiä (Finland)
Northern Ireland Cancelled Russia
Report
Slovakia 2–3 Spain
 Report
  • Gil 4'
  • S. Gómez 66'
  • Navarro 81'
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)
Malta 1–3 Lithuania
  • J. Zammit 78'
 Report
Attendance: 142
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Northern Ireland 0–6 Spain
Report
  • Ruiz 22'
  • Gil 50', 61'
  • Miranda 64'
  • Riquelme 76'
  • V. Gómez 87'
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)
Russia Cancelled Lithuania
Report
Malta 1–3 Slovakia
  • Attard 44'
 Report
  • Pokorný 45+3'
  • Iľko 90+2', 90+7'
Attendance: 218
Referee: Snir Levy (Israel)
Lithuania 1–1 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 374
Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)
Slovakia Cancelled Russia
Report
Spain 7–1 Malta
  • Navarro 8', 69'
  • Ruiz 47', 64'
  • Sánchez 55'
  • Lobete 73', 78'
 Report
  • A. Zammit 71'
Attendance: 3,273
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Goalscorers

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

  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

  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.

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