Group E of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Netherlands, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Wales, Moldova, and Gibraltar. 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]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | +29 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Switzerland | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 23 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Moldova | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 12 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Wales | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 11 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Bulgaria | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 6 | Gibraltar | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 41 | −40 | 1 | 0–7 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–7 | 1–1 | — |
Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Bulgaria | 0–4 | Wales |
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| Netherlands | 3–0 | Moldova |
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| Bulgaria | 5–0 | Gibraltar |
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| Switzerland | 2–2 | Netherlands |
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| Bulgaria | 0–1 | Switzerland |
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| Netherlands | 5–0 | Wales |
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| Switzerland | 3–0 | Moldova |
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| Netherlands | 3–1 | Bulgaria |
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| Gibraltar | 0–7 | Netherlands |
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| Wales | 0–1 | Switzerland |
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| Switzerland | 5–1 | Wales |
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| Wales | 1–1 | Bulgaria |
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| Netherlands | 2–0 | Switzerland |
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| Moldova | 0–3 | Netherlands |
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| Switzerland | 1–0 | Bulgaria |
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| Moldova | 1–1 | Switzerland |
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| Wales | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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| Gibraltar | 1–1 | Bulgaria |
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There were 87 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.9 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Mitko Mitkov Martin Petkov Dimitar Stoyanov Dylan Peacock Eugeniu Gliga Dinis Ieşeanu Iurie Iovu Nicu Namolovan Sepp van den Berg Myron Boadu Sven Botman Lutsharel Geertruida Ki-Jana Hoever Daniël van Kaam Ian Maatsen Crysencio Summerville Quinten Timber Gabriel Barès Anel Husic Alex Jankewitz Jan Kronig Ryan Astley Owen Beck Oliver Hammond Luke Jephcott Eli King Sam Pearson Billy Sass-Davies Terry Taylor Daniel Williams 1 own goal
Fin Stevens (against Netherlands)