2017 European Under-21 Championship
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.
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 | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 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 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
| 2 | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Macedonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | v | Italy | Stadion Miejski, Tychy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2017 | Czech Republic | v | Denmark | Stadion Miejksi, Tychy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Semi-Finals
| 27 June 2017 | Group A Winner | v | Group B/C Runner-Up or Group C Winner | |
| 27 June 2017 | Group B Winner | v | Group A Runner-Up or Group C Winner | |
Goalscorers
A list of all the goalscorers at the tournament.
3 Goals
- Marco Asensio (Spain)
1 Goal
- Alfie Mawson (England)
- Nathan Redmond (England)
- Serge Gnabry (Germany)
- Max Meyer (Germany)
- Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy)
- Andrea Petagna (Italy)
- Patryk Lipski (Poland)
- Goncalo Guedes (Portugal)
- Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
- Martin Chrien (Slovakia)
- Martin Valjent (Slovakia)
- Pavol Safranko (Slovakia)
- Saul Niguez (Spain)
- Gerard Deulofeu (Spain)
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