England national under-21 football team results (2020–present)

For results before 2000, see England national under-21 football team results (1976–1999). For results from 2000 to 2019, see England national under-21 football team results (2000–2019).

This is a list of the England national under-21 football team results from 2020 to the present (Matches 382 onwards).

2020s

2020

Kosovo   v   England

4 September 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier	Kosovo	0–6	England	Pristina, Kosovo
Match 382	Hajrizi  62' Kryeziu  71'	Report	Nketiah 52', 56', 62' (pen.) Nelson 67' Sessegnon 83' Bellingham 86'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Austria   v   England

8 September 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier	Austria	1–2	England	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
Match 383	Schmidt 27' Raguž  63' Reiter  69' Demaku  75' Müller  76' Friedl  87' Schmid  90+6'	Report	Nketiah 27' Godfrey 49'	Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Andorra   v   England

7 October 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier	Andorra	3–3	England	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Match 384	Cucu 28', 76' 85' Aláez  40' Rosas Ubach  56' Rebelo  74' Pomares  87' García 90+1' Álvarez  90+4'	Report	Jones  18' Williams  43' Davies 45+1' Dasilva 69' Nketiah 82' [b]	Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

England   v   Turkey

13 October 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier	England	2–1	Turkey	Wolverhampton, England
Match 385	Türkmen 17' (o.g.) Skipp  38' Bellingham  41' Nketiah 88' [c]	Report	Dervişoğlu  18', 90+2' Kapacak  79'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

England   v   Andorra

13 November 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier	England	3–1	Andorra	Wolverhampton, England
Match 386	Jones 27' Wilmot 49' Hudson-Odoi 65' (pen.)	Report	de Pablos  26' García  30', 45' (pen.) Guillén  76'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)

England   v   Albania

17 November 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier	England	5–0	Albania	Wolverhampton, England
Match 387	Hudson-Odoi 5' Justin 26' Musiala 36' Nketiah 52', 86',  90+3'	Report	Çokaj  37' Selmani  90+3'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

2021

England   v    Switzerland

25 March 2021 UEFA U-21 Championship Group stage	England	0–1	Switzerland	Koper, Slovenia
Match 388	Guehi  60' Hudson-Odoi  83' Skipp  90+4'	Report	Bamert  63' Ndoye 78' Jankewitz  85'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Portugal   v   England

28 March 2021 UEFA U-21 Championship Group stage	Portugal	2–0	England	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Match 389	Correia  52' Mota 64' Trincão 74' (pen.) Ramos  90+1'	Report	Godfrey  67'	Stadium: Stadion Stožice Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: François Letexier (France)

Croatia   v   England

31 March 2021 UEFA U-21 Championship Group stage	Croatia	1–2	England	Koper, Slovenia
Match 390	Ivanušec  12' Bradarić  45+3'90+1' Špikić  62' Žaper  87'	Report	Eze 12' (pen.) Kelly  45' Jones 74' 48'  90+8' Tanganga  85' Skipp  90'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

England   v   Kosovo

7 September 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	England	2–0	Kosovo	Milton Keynes, England
Match 391	Brewster 11' (pen.) Palmer 27'	Report	F. Hoti  72' A. Hoti  89'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 5,781 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen (Finland)

Slovenia   v   England

7 October 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	Slovenia	2–2	England	Celje, Slovenia
Match 392	Spanring 49' Stojinovic 66'	Report	Gallagher 5' Palmer 14' Aarons  44'	Stadium: Stadion Z'dežele Attendance: 457 Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Greece)

Andorra   v   England

11 October 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	Andorra	0–1	England	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Match 393	Vales  67' Izquierdo  84' Rente  90+4'	Report	Brewster  19'  55' Thomas  50' Smith Rowe 67'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella Attendance: 572 Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)

England   v   Czech Republic

11 November 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	England	3–1	Czech Republic	Burnley, England
Match 394	Gordon 4', 11' Balogun 30' Thomas  39' Aarons  45+1'	Report	Kaloc  32' Karabec 40' (pen.) Gabriel  59' Koubek  86'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 6,507 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)

Georgia   v   England

16 November International friendly	Georgia	3–2	England	Batumi, Georgia
Match 395	Guliashvili 24', 47' Gagua  53' Gocholeishvili 65'	Report	Cresswell  53' Garner  72' Greenwood 81' Guéhi 90+4'	Stadium: Batumi Stadium Referee: Zorbay Kucuk (Turkey)

2022

England   v   Andorra

25 March 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	England	4–1	Andorra	Bournemouth, England
Match 396	Balogun 6' Ramsey 34' Gibbs-White 54' Gordon 80'	Report	Gomes  33' Robinat  55' Rosas 65' Guillén  81'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 8,852 Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)

Albania   v   England

29 March 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	Albania	0–3	England	Elbasan, Albania
Match 397	Çelhaka  15' Kalaj  81'	Report	Johnson  42' Balogun 47', 61' Jones 51'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

Czech Republic   v   England

3 June 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	Czech Republic	1–2	England	České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Match 398	Fila 88' Souček  90+3'	Report	Smith Rowe 22' Harwood-Bellis  24' Ramsey 46' Gibbs-White  64' Bursik  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Attendance: 5,654 Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

England   v   Albania

7 June 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	England	3–0	Albania	Chesterfield, England
Match 399	Balogun 45', 66' 69' Doyle  74' Archer 77'	Report	Selmani  40' Dobra  47'  79' Rrapaj  49'	Stadium: Technique Stadium Attendance: 4,422 Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland)

Kosovo   v   England

10 June 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	Kosovo	0–5	England	Pristina, Kosovo
Match 400	Veliu  41'	Report	Lewis-Potter 2' Gordon 13' Archer 52', 72' Krasniqi 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

England   v   Slovenia

14 June 2023 UEFA U-21 Group G Qualifier	England	1–2	Slovenia	Huddersfield, England
Match 401	Cresswell  8' Gibbs-White  58' Garner  68' Aarons  70' Elliott  86' Gomes  90' Archer 90+1'	Report	Spence 1' (o.g.) Zabukovnik 64' Zec  86' Markuš  90'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 5,236 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

Italy   v   England

22 September International friendly	Italy	0–2	England	Pescara, Italy
Match 402	Rovella  29'  86'	Report	Brewster 3' (pen.), 5' 14' Gomes  17' Skipp  69'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)

England   v   Germany

27 September International friendly	England	3–1	Germany	Sheffield, England
Match 403	Balogun 41' Gallagher 47' Brewster  90+5' Palmer 90+5' Doyle  90+7'	Report	Nmecha 35' Knauff  79'  90+7'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 10,735 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

2023

England   v   France

25 March 2023 International friendly	England	4–0	France	Leicester, England
Match 404	Skipp  26' Smith Rowe 50' Aarons  59' Madueke 77' Jones 79' Ramsey 86'	Report	Olise  71'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 12,806 Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)

England   v   Croatia

28 March 2023 International friendly	England	1–2	Croatia	Fulham, England
Match 405	Lewis  33' Gibbs-White 87' Johnson  90+5'	Report	Baturina 34' Beljo 53' (pen.) Frigan  64' Pršir  83'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 5,005 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

England   v   Japan

10 June 2023 International friendly	England	0–2	Japan	Burton upon Trent, England
Match 406		Report	Yamamoto 65' Matsumura 75'	Stadium: St. George's Park

Czech Republic   v   England

22 June 2023 (2023-06-22) UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Final tournament) group stage	Czech Republic	0–2	England	Batumi, Georgia
20:00	Sejk  19' Šulc  45+1' Karabec  90+3'	Report	Gordon  20' Ramsey 47' 84' Aarons  56' Gibbs-White  69' Smith Rowe 90+4'	Stadium: Batumi Stadium Attendance: 8,168 Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

England   v   Israel

25 June 2023 (2023-06-25) UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Final tournament) group stage	England	2–0	Israel	Kutaisi, Georgia
20:00	Gordon 15' Johnson  45' Smith Rowe 68' Jones  76'	Report	Hajaj  76'	Stadium: Ramaz Shengelia Stadium Attendance: 5,106 Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

England   v   Germany

28 June 2023 (2023-06-28) UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Final tournament) group stage	England	2–0	Germany	Batumi, Georgia
20:00	Archer 4' Elliott 21'	Report		Stadium: Batumi Stadium Attendance: 9,587 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

England   v   Portugal

2 July 2023 (2023-07-02) UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Final tournament) quarter-final	England	1–0	Portugal	Kutaisi, Georgia
20:00	Gordon 34' Aarons  51' Johnson  80' Trafford  85'	Report	Zé Carlos  83'	Stadium: Ramaz Shengelia Stadium Attendance: 6,920 [1] Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

Israel   v   England

5 July 2023 (2023-07-05) UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Final tournament) semi-final	Israel	0–3	England	Batumi, Georgia
20:00	Turgeman  20' Lemkin  82'	Report	Gibbs-White 42' Palmer 63' Colwill  81' Archer 90'	Stadium: Adjarabet Arena Attendance: 11,801 [2] Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

England   v   Spain

8 July 2023 (2023-07-08) 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final	England	1–0	Spain	Batumi, Georgia
20:00	Gomes  24' Jones 45+4' Colwill  45+6' Gibbs-White  69'  90+12' Trafford  74'	Report	Baena  34' Blanco  37'  90+12' Sancet  45+6' Oroz  62' Riquelme  86'	Stadium: Adjarabet Arena Attendance: 18,498 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Luxembourg   v   England

11 September 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	Luxembourg	0–3	England	Differdange, Luxembourg
	Cerqueira  3' Lohei  11' Monteiro  48'	Report	Delap 43' Wood  44' Doyle 58' Palmer 67' Bynoe-Gittens  70'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange Attendance: 1,405 Referee: Miloš Savović (Montenegro)

England   v   Serbia

12 October 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	England	9–1	Serbia	Nottingham, England
	Philogene 38', 63' Delap 42' Elliott 45+7', 90+1' Madueke 53', 59' Subotić 87' (o.g.) Rowe 89'	Report	Lazetić  6' Lučić 27' Rogan  45+2' Ilić  58'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,753 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

Ukraine   v   England

16 October 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	Ukraine	3–2	England	Košice, Slovakia
	Voloshyn 31' Ocheretko 43' Rubchynskyi  90+2' Kvasnytsya 90+4'	Report	Lewis  66' Madueke 67' Cresswell 89'	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 3,245 Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

Serbia   v   England

18 November 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	Serbia	0–3	England	Bačka Topola, Serbia
	Ratkov  83'	Report	McAtee 5', 19' Elliott 55' Delap  63'	Stadium: TSC Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard (Denmark)

England   v   Northern Ireland

21 November 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	England	3–0	Northern Ireland	Liverpool, England
	Morton 31' Branthwaite  36' Elliott 52', 80'	Report	McDonnell  36' Forbes  36' Devlin  50' McCann  75'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 7,890 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt (Belgium)

2024

Azerbaijan   v   England

22 March 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	Azerbaijan	1–5	England	Baku, Azerbaijan
	Valiyev  68' Ahmadov  74' Hüseynov  74' Nasirli 86'	Report	Madueke 29' Elliott 25', 67' 42' Philogene 53' McAtee  61' Gray 88'	Stadium: Azersun Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

England   v   Luxembourg

26 March 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	England	7–0	Luxembourg	Bolton, England
	Madueke 23', 55' Iling-Junior 41', 72' Bynoe-Gittens 51' Rogers 62', 82'	Report	Gonçalves  15'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 11,620 Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)

Northern Ireland   v   England

6 September 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	Northern Ireland	0–0	England	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
	McKiernan  36' Forbes  42' Devlin  83'	Report	Trafford  74' Delap  90+3'	Stadium: The Showgrounds Attendance: 3,237 Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)

England   v   Austria

9 September International friendly	England	4–1	Austria	Luton, England
	Delap  1' Rogers 25' (pen.), 49' McAtee 59' Quansah  78' Fellows 82'		Ballo 35' Micheler  41'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 5,294 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

England   v   Ukraine

11 October 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	England	2–1	Ukraine	Bournemouth, England
	Delap  55' Morton  56' McAtee 88', 90+2' Hall  89'	Report	Khlan  26' Mykhavko  63'70'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 9,858 Referee: Joakim Östling (Sweden)

England   v   Azerbaijan

15 October 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier	England	7–0	Azerbaijan	Bristol, England
	Cresswell 2' Doyle 27' McAtee 55' Hüseynov 70' (o.g.) Anderson 72' Scarlett 86' Hutchinson 90'	Report	Qurbanlı  29'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 14,974 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Spain   v   England

15 November International friendly	Spain	0–0	England	La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
	Guerra  65'		Delap  65' Scarlett  77'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción Referee: Cláudio Pereira (Portugal)

Netherlands   v   England

18 November International friendly	Netherlands	1–1	England	Almere, Netherlands
	Salah-Eddine  64' van Bergen 82' Kasius  88'		Scarlett 5' Morton  37' Delap  86' Gray  89'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan (Republic of Ireland)

2025

France   v   England

21 March International friendly	France	5–3	England	Lorient, France
	Merlin 4' Ekitike 7', 35', 55' Cherki 76'	Report	McAtee 2' Elliott 37' Anderson  41' Scott  50' Delap 61' Hutchinson  85'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,271 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt (Belgium)

England   v   Portugal

24 March International friendly	England	4–2	Portugal	West Bromwich, England
	Hackney 7' Nwaneri 10' Hutchinson 76' Delap  87' Philogene 90+1'	Report	Silva 22' Marques  63' Forbs 85'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 14,783 Referee: Iwan Griffith (Wales)

Czech Republic   v   England

12 June 2025 (2025-06-12) 2025 UEFA Under-21 Group Stage	Czech Republic	1−3	England	Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
21:00 CEST (GMT+2)	Fila 51'	Report	Anderson  1' Elliott 39' Rowe 48' Cresswell 76'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 8,087 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)

England   v   Slovenia

15 June 2025 (2025-06-15) 2025 UEFA Under-21 Group Stage	England	0−0	Slovenia	Nitra, Slovakia
18:00 CEST (GMT+2)	Elliott  9' Morton  85'	Report		Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 5,217 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

England   v   Germany

18 June 2025 (2025-06-18) 2025 UEFA Under-21 Group Stage	England	1−2	Germany	Nitra, Slovakia
21:00 CEST (GMT+2)	Scott  66', 76'	Report	Knauff 3' Weiper 33'	Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 5,624 [3] Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)

Spain   v   England

21 June 2025 (2025-06-21) 2025 UEFA Under-21 Quarter-finals	Spain	1–3	England	Trnava, Slovakia
21:00 CEST (GMT+2)	Guerra 39' (pen.) Marín  90+5'	Report	McAtee 10',  90+5' Elliott 15' Morton  34' Rowe  86' Anderson 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 8,247 Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

England   v   Netherlands

25 June 2025 (2025-06-25) 2025 UEFA Under-21 Semi-finals	England	2–1	Netherlands	Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 CEST (GMT+2)	Anderson  45+1' Elliott 62', 86'	Report	Ohio 72' Goes  78'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 14,719 [4] Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)

England   v   Germany

28 June 2025 (2025-06-28) 2025 UEFA Under-21 Final	England	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Germany	Bratislava, Slovakia
21:00 CEST (GMT+2)	Elliott 5' Hutchinson 24' Scott  43' Rowe 92' Iling-Junior  113' Beadle  115'	Report	Martel  37' Weiper 45+1' Nebel 61'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 19,153 [5] Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)

Kazakhstan   v   England

8 September 2025 (2025-09-08) 2027 UEFA U-21 Group D Qualifier	Kazakhstan	0–2	England	Central Stadium, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
16:00	Bagdat  8' Murzagaliyev  65'	Report	Nwaneri 18' Bellingham 23' Gray  34' Mubama  43' Esse  65'	Attendance: 9,624 Referee: Edgar Malcevs (Latvia)

Moldova   v   England

10 October 2025 (2025-10-10) 2027 UEFA U-21 Group D Qualifier

Moldova

v

England

England   v   Andorra

13 October 2025 (2025-10-13) 2027 UEFA U-21 Group D Qualifier

England

v

Andorra

England   v   Republic of Ireland

14 November 2025 (2025-11-14) 2027 UEFA U-21 Group D Qualifier

England

v

Republic of Ireland

Slovakia   v   England

18 November 2025 (2025-11-18) 2027 UEFA U-21 Group D Qualifier

Slovakia

v

England

Notes

1. This game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. With this goal Eddie Nketiah equalled the England Under 21 all-time goalscoring record of 13 goals, held by Alan Shearer and Francis Jeffers.
3. With this goal Eddie Nketiah surpassed the England Under 21 all-time goalscoring record of 13 goals, held by Alan Shearer and Francis Jeffers.

References

1. "England vs. Portugal" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
2. "Israel vs. England" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
3. "England vs. Germany" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
4. "England vs. Netherlands" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
5. "England vs. Germany" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.