2017 European Under-21 Championship
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The 2017 European Under-21 Championship is being hosted by Poland and, unlike previous years, will feature an expanded 12-team format with three groups of four teams. Teams face each other once in the group stage before the group winners progress to the semi-finals along with the best runner-up.
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Qualification
Qualification for the final tournament takes place in two stages, with the initial qualifying round staged from September 2015 through to October 2016 and the play-off round held in November 2016. For more on the qualification rounds for the Championships, see 2017 European Under-21 Championship (Qualifying).
Teams
11 teams qualified for the final tournament in Poland, alongside the hosts: Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 (Q) | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 1 |
| 16th June 2017 | Poland | 1-2 | Slovakia | Arena Lublin, Lublin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patryk Lipski '1 | Martin Valjent '20 Pavol Safranko '78 |
Referee: Serdar Gozubuyuk |
| 19th June 2017 | Slovakia | 1-2 | England | Kolporter Arena, Kielce |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Chrien '23 | Alfie Mawson '50 Nathan Redmond '61 |
Referee: Gediminas Mazeika |
| 19th June 2017 | Poland | 2-2 | Sweden | Arena Lublin, Lublin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lukasz Moneta '6 Dawid Kownacki (pen) '90+1 |
Carlos Strandberg '36 Jacob Larsson '41 |
Referee: Slavko Vincic |
| 22 June 2017 | England | 3-0 | Poland | Kolporter Arena, Kielce |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demarai Gray '6 Jacob Murphy '69 Lewis Baker (pen) '83 |
Referee: Harald Lechner |
| 22 June 2017 | Slovakia | 3-0 | Sweden | Arena Lublin, Lublin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Chrien '5 Jaroslav Mihalik '22 Lubomir Satka '73 |
Referee: Jesus Gil Manzano |
Group B
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 (Q) | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 4 | Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 1 |
| 17 June 2017 | Portugal | 2-0 | Serbia | Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goncalo Guedes '37 Bruno Fernandes '88 |
Referee: Benoit Bastien |
| 17 June 2017 | Spain | 5-0 | Macedonia | Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saul Niguez '10 Marco Asensio '16, '54, '72 Gerard Deulofeu (pen) '35 |
Referee: Harald Lechner |
| 20 June 2017 | Serbia | 2-2 | Macedonia | Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mijat Gacinovic '24 Uros Djurdjevic '90 |
Enis Bardi (pen) '64 Nikola Gjorgjev '83 |
Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 20 June 2017 | Portugal | 1-3 | Spain | Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruma '77 | Niguez '21 Sandro Ramirez '65 Inaki Williams '90+3 |
Referee: Tobias Stieler |
| 23 June 2017 | Macedonia | 2-4 | Portugal | Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enis Bardi '40 Kire Markoski '80 |
Edgar Ie '2 Bruma '22, '90+1 Daniel Podence '57 |
Referee: Ivan Kruzliak |
| 23 June 2017 | Serbia | 0-1 | Spain | Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Suarez '38 | Referee: Gediminas Mazeika |
Group C
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 (Q) | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 2 (Q) | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 June 2017 | Germany | 2-0 | Czech Republic | Stadion Miejski, Tychy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Meyer '44 Serge Gnabry '50 |
Referee: Jesus Gil Manzano |
| 18 June 2017 | Denmark | 0-2 | Italy | Stadion Cracovia, Krakow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Pellegrini '54 Andrea Petagna '86 |
Referee: Ivan Kruzliak |
| 21 June 2017 | Czech Republic | 3-1 | Italy | Stadion Miejski, Tychy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Travnik '24 Marek Havlik '79 Michael Luftner '85 |
Domenico Berardi '70 | Referee: Benoit Bastien |
| 21 June 2017 | Germany | 3-0 | Denmark | Stadion Cracovia, Krakow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davie Selke '53 Marc-Oliver Kempf '73 Nadiem Amiri '79 |
Referee: Serdar Gozubuyuk |
| 24 June 2017 | Italy | 1-0 | Germany | Stadion Cracovia, Krakow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federico Bernardeschi '31 | Referee: Slavko Vincic |
| 24 June 2017 | Czech Republic | 2-4 | Denmark | Stadion Miejksi, Tychy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Schick '27 Tomas Chory '54 |
Lucas Qvistorff Andersen '23 Kenneth Zohore '35, '73 Marcus Ingvartsen '90+1 |
Referee: Bobby Madden |
Semi-Finals
| 27 June 2017 | England | v | Group B/C Runner-Up or Group C Winner | |
| 27 June 2017 | Spain | v | Group A Runner-Up or Group C Winner | |
Final
| 30 June 2017 | v | Stadion Cracovia, Krakow | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Goalscorers
A list of all the goalscorers at the tournament.
3 Goals
- Bruma (Portugal)
- Marco Asensio (Spain)
2 Goals
- Enis Bardi (Macedonia)
- Martin Chrien (Slovakia)
- Saul Niguez (Spain)
1 Goal
- Marek Havlik (Czech Rep)
- Michael Luftner (Czech Rep)
- Michal Travik (Czech Rep)
- Lewis Baker (England)
- Demarai Gray (England)
- Alfie Mawson (England)
- Jacob Murphy (England)
- Nathan Redmond (England)
- Nadiem Amiri (Germany)
- Serge Gnabry (Germany)
- Marc-Oliver Kempf (Germany)
- Max Meyer (Germany)
- Davie Selke (Germany)
- Domenico Berardi (Italy)
- Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy)
- Andrea Petagna (Italy)
- Nikola Gjorgjev (Macedonia)
- Kire Markoski (Macedonia)
- Patryk Lipski (Poland)
- Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
- Goncalo Guedes (Portugal)
- Edgar Ie (Portugal)
- Daniel Podence (Portugal)
- Uros Djurdjevic (Serbia)
- Mijat Gacinovic (Serbia)
- Jaroslav Mihalik (Slovakia)
- Pavol Safranko (Slovakia)
- Lubomir Satka (Slovakia)
- Martin Valjent (Slovakia)
- Gerard Deulofeu (Spain)
- Sandro Ramirez (Spain)
- Denis Suarez (Spain)
- Inaki Williams (Spain)
