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, 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
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[lower-alpha 1] 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.[5] On 2 May 2022, UEFA declared all of their results to be null and void.[6]

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
Attendance: 184
Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)
Slovakia 3–1 Lithuania
 Report
  • Dolžnikov 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 757
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
 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
 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
Attendance: 396
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
Attendance: 1,377
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
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
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)
Russia Cancelled Lithuania
Report
Malta 1–3 Slovakia
  • Attard 44'
 Report
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
 Report
  • A. Zammit 71'
Attendance: 3,273
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Goalscorers

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

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. "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". UEFA.com. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". fifa.com. FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  6. "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.
  7. "U21 EURO − Stats". UEFA.com. UEFA.
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