2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C

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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]

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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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Spain.svgFlag of Slovakia.svgUlster Banner.svgFlag of Lithuania.svgFlag of Malta.svgFlag of Russia.svg
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8800375+3224 Final tournament 3–2 3–0 8–0 7–1 4–1
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 85031810+815 Play-offs 2–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 Canc.
3Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 8215818107 0–6 1–0 4–0 0–2 Canc.
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 8215722157 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–3
5Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 82061025156 0–5 1–3 4–1 1–3 Canc.
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [lower-alpha 1] 00000000Disqualified 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  Flag of Malta.svg4–1Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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Spain  Flag of Spain.svgVoided
(4–1)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
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Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg0–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 671
Referee: Nejc Kajtazovic (Slovenia)
Russia  Flag of Russia.svgVoided
(6–0)
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Arena Khimki, Khimki
Attendance: 308
Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg1–0Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg2–1Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Alytus Stadium, Alytus
Attendance: 211
Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)
Russia  Flag of Russia.svgVoided
(1–0)
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Spain  Flag of Spain.svg3–2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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La Cartuja, Seville
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg4–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svgVoided
(0–3)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
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Alytus Stadium, Alytus
Attendance: 220
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg3–0Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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La Cartuja, Seville
Attendance: 2,632
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Ukraine)

Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg4–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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Russia  Flag of Russia.svgVoided
(3–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Arena Khimki, Khimki
Attendance: 296
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 365
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)

Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg0–2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Russia  Flag of Russia.svgVoided
(1–0)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Arena Khimki, Khimki
Attendance: 396
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg0–2Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Malta  Flag of Malta.svgCancelledFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
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Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–1Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina
Attendance: 1,377
Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svgCancelledFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
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Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Malta  Flag of Malta.svg1–3Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg0–6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Inver Park, Larne
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)
Russia  Flag of Russia.svgCancelledFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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Malta  Flag of Malta.svg1–3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 218
Referee: Snir Levy (Israel)

Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg1–1Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Alytus Stadium, Alytus
Attendance: 374
Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svgCancelledFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
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Spain  Flag of Spain.svg7–1Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
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Estadio Álvarez Claro, Melilla
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.

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