2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

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2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates	25 March 2021 – November 2022
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	172 (2.97 per match)
Attendance	1,501 (26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	nine players (3 goals each)
← 2021 → All statistics correct as of 7 September 2021.

The 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-21 football competition that determine the 14 teams joining the automatically qualified co-hosts Romania and Georgia in the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament.

Apart from Romania and Georgia, all remaining 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to participate.

Format[]

The qualifying competition will consist of the following two rounds:

Qualifying group stage: The 53 teams are drawn into nine groups: eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. Each group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners and the best runners-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining eight runners-up advance to the play-offs.
Play-offs: The eight teams are drawn into four ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last four qualified teams.

Schedule[]


Stage	Draw date	FIFA International Dates
Qualifying group stage	28 January 2021^[1]	Matchday 1 (1–3 September 2021)^[a]
		Matchday 2 (6–7 September 2021)
		Matchday 3 (7–8 October 2021)
		Matchday 4 (11–12 October 2021)
		Matchday 5 (10–12 November 2021)
		Matchday 6 (14–16 November 2021)
		Matchday 7 (24–25 March 2022)
		Matchday 8 (28–29 March 2022)
		Matchday 9 (2–6 June 2022)
		Matchday 10 (6–14 June 2022)
Play-offs	TBD	TBD
Play-offs	TBD	TBD

^ Some matches of Matchday 1 were played on 25 and 29 March 2021 and some matches were played on 4–8 June 2021

Qualifying group stage[]

Draw[]

Final tournament co-hosts
Team
Romania
Georgia

Pot A
Team
Spain
Germany
France
England
Italy
Denmark
Portugal
Netherlands
Croatia

Pot B
Team
Austria
Poland
Sweden
Czech Republic
Belgium
Russia
Serbia
Switzerland
Greece

Pot C
Team
Slovakia
Iceland
Ukraine
Slovenia
Republic of Ireland
Israel
Norway
Bulgaria
Turkey

Pot D
Team
Scotland
North Macedonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wales
Northern Ireland
Finland
Hungary
Belarus
Albania

Pot E
Team
Montenegro
Kosovo
Lithuania
Kazakhstan
Moldova
Cyprus
Faroe Islands
Azerbaijan
Latvia

Pot F
Team
Luxembourg
Armenia
Malta
Andorra
Estonia
Gibraltar
Liechtenstein
San Marino

Each group contained one team from each of Pots A–F (Pots A–E for five-team group). Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following teams would not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Armenia and Azerbaijan
Gibraltar and Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo
Kosovo and Serbia
Kosovo and Russia
Russia and Ukraine^[3]

Groups[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Final tournament		—	3–1	2 Jun '22	12 Nov	14 Jun '22	12 Oct
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6	Play-offs		28 Mar '22	—	16 Nov	2 Jun '22	6–0	2–0
3	Croatia	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6			8 Oct	24 Mar '22	—	28 Mar '22	2–0	11 Nov
4	Finland	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3			9 Jun '22	12 Oct	0–2	—	6 Jun '22	15 Nov
5	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0			16 Nov	12 Nov	12 Oct	8 Oct	—	24 Mar '22
6	Estonia	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0			0–5	8 Oct	7 Jun '22	0–3	2 Jun '22	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: UEFA

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Final tournament		—	7 Oct	3 Jun '22	12 Nov	25 Mar '22	16 Nov
2	Israel	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Play-offs		29 Mar '22	—	16 Nov	24 Mar '22	12 Oct	7 Jun '22
3	Hungary	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3			12 Oct	1–2	—	8 Oct	12 Nov	24 Mar '22
4	Poland	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3			7 Jun '22	1–2	29 Mar '22	—	16 Nov	12 Oct
5	Latvia	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0			1–3	2 Jun '22	7 Jun '22	0–2	—	7 Oct
6	San Marino	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0			0–6	11 Nov	0–4	2 Jun '22	29 Mar '22	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: UEFA

Group C[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Final tournament		—	4–1	8 Oct	12 Oct	7 Jun '22	25 Mar '22
2	Russia	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3	3	Play-offs		16 Nov	—	12 Nov	8 Oct	6–0	3 Jun '22
3	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3			29 Mar '22	7 Jun '22	—	25 Mar '22	12 Oct	3–1
4	Northern Ireland	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3			3 Jun '22	29 Mar '22	1–0	—	16 Nov	12 Nov
5	Malta	2	1	0	1	4	7	−3	3			12 Nov	25 Mar '22	3 Jun '22	4–1	—	29 Mar '22
6	Lithuania	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0			0–2	12 Oct	16 Nov	7 Jun '22	8 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: UEFA

Group D[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cyprus	3	2	1	0	12	0	+12	7	Final tournament		—	12 Oct	29 Mar '22	12 Nov	26 Mar '22	6–0
2	Greece	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5	Play-offs		0–0	—	16 Nov	29 Mar '22	12 Nov	25 Mar '22
3	Iceland	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4			11 Jun '22	1–1	—	12 Oct	8 Jun '22	3 Jun '22
4	Portugal	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3			16 Nov	11 Jun '22	25 Mar '22	—	1–0	7 Oct
5	Belarus	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0			5 Jun	8 Oct	1–2	4 Jun '22	—	12 Oct
6	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0			0–6	0–5	12 Nov	7 Jun '22	16 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: UEFA

Group E[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	6	Final tournament		—	25 Mar '22	8 Oct	4 Jun '22	12 Nov	4–0
2	Wales	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4	Play-offs		16 Nov	—	11 Jun '22	29 Mar '22	0–0	14 Jun '22
3	Netherlands	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3			29 Mar '22	12 Oct	—	12 Nov	3–0	7 Jun '22
4	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3			12 Oct	0–4	25 Mar '22	—	16 Nov	11 Jun '22
5	Moldova	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1			8 Jun '22	8 Oct	3 Jun '22	0–2	—	12 Oct
6	Gibraltar	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0			0–4	12 Nov	15 Nov	8 Oct	29 Mar '22	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: UEFA

Group F[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Final tournament		—	9 Jun '22	29 Mar '22	8 Oct	12 Nov	6–0
2	Italy	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Play-offs		12 Oct	—	14 Jun '22	1–0	29 Mar '22	3–0
3	Republic of Ireland	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4			16 Nov	12 Nov	—	6 Jun '22	3 Jun '22	8 Oct
4	Montenegro	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4			1–3	25 Mar '22	12 Oct	—	2–2	10 Jun '22
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2			1–1	8 Oct	0–2	16 Nov	—	25 Mar '22
6	Luxembourg	4	0	1	3	2	12	−10	1			2 Jun '22	6 Jun '22	1–1	1–2	12 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: UEFA

Group G[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Final tournament		—	3 Jun '22	12 Oct	1–0	4–0	14 Jun '22
2	England	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Play-offs		11 Nov	—	2–0	14 Jun '22	7 Jun '22	25 Mar '22
3	Kosovo	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3			7 Oct	10 Jun '22	—	25 Mar '22	16 Nov	2–0
4	Slovenia	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3			16 Nov	7 Oct	29 Mar '22	—	12 Nov	10 Jun '22
5	Albania	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3			25 Mar '22	29 Mar '22	14 Jun '22	11 Oct	—	7 Oct
6	Andorra	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0			29 Mar '22	11 Oct	4 Jun '22	0–1	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: UEFA

Group H[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Final tournament		—	29 Mar '22	12 Oct	2–1	16 Nov	7 Jun '22
2	France	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4	Play-offs		8 Oct	—	24 Mar '22	11 Nov	3 Jun '22	3–0
3	Faroe Islands	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4			2 Jun '22	1–1	—	2–0	7 Jun '22	7 Oct
4	Armenia	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3			24 Mar '22	7 Jun '22	2–0	—	7 Oct	12 Oct
5	Serbia	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1			0–1	12 Oct	12 Nov	29 Mar '22	—	24 Mar '22
6	North Macedonia	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1			11 Nov	16 Nov	29 Mar '22	2 Jun '22	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: UEFA

Group I[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Final tournament		—	12 Oct	5 Jun '22	12 Nov	8 Oct
2	Denmark	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	Play-offs		29 Mar '22	—	8 Oct	14 Jun '22	4 Jun '22
3	Scotland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1			16 Nov	10 Jun '22	—	25 Mar '22	12 Nov
4	Turkey	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1			0–3	16 Nov	1–1	—	10 Jun '22
5	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0			1–3	0–1	29 Mar '22	12 Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams[]

Only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team in six-team groups are not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team are counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The top-ranked team qualifies directly for the final tournament, while the other teams enter the play-offs

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Israel	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Final tournament
2	E	Wales	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4	Play-offs
3	A	Austria	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	3
4	C	Russia	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3	3
5	G	England	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
6	I	Denmark	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
7	F	Italy	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
8	D	Greece	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
9	H	France	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2021. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) wins; 6) away wins; 7) disciplinary points; 8) coefficient ranking.

Play-offs[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	1		TBD	TBD
	2		TBD	TBD
	3		TBD	TBD
	4		TBD	TBD

Qualified teams[]

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Romania	Co-hosts	3 December 2020	4th	2021	Semi-finals (2019)
Georgia	Co-hosts	3 December 2020	1st	—	Debut

Top goalscorers[]

There have been 172 goals scored in 58 matches, for an average of 2.97 goals per match (as of 7 September 2021).

3 goals

For full lists of goalscorers, see sections in each group:

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I

References[]

^ UEFA.com (2021-01-04). "2021-23 Under-21 qualifying draw: 28 January". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ UEFA.com (2021-01-04). "2021-23 Under-21 qualifying draw: 28 January". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ UEFA.com (2014-07-17). "Emergency Panel decisions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

External links[]

Official website

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