2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C

Group C of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists 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]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 8 7 0 1 28 6 +22 21 Final tournament — 4–1 3–2 3–0 7 Jun 8–0
2  Russia[lower-alpha 1] 6 5 0 1 15 4 +11 15 Play-offs 1–0 — 3–0 1–0 6–0 3 Jun
3  Slovakia (Y) 8 4 0 4 15 12 +3 12 2–3 7 Jun — 2–1 4–0 3–1
4  Northern Ireland (Y) 7 2 0 5 7 12 −5 6 3 Jun Canc. 1–0 — 0–2 4–0
5  Malta (Y) 7 2 0 5 8 21 −13 6 0–5 Canc. 3 Jun 4–1 — 1–3
6  Lithuania (E) 8 2 0 6 6 24 −18 6 0–2 0–3 0–2 7 Jun 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, may only advance to play-offs
Notes:
  1. On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Matches

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Malta 4–1 Northern Ireland
Engerer 24'
Veselji 36', 40' (pen.)
Attard 84'		 Report Lane 58'
Attendance: 184
Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)
Slovakia 3–1 Lithuania
Kaprálik 24', 61'
Trusa 79' (pen.)		 Report Dolznikov 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 757
Spain 4–1 Russia
Niño 13', 54'
Pino 47', 86'		 Report Agalarov 10'
Attendance: 1,585
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
Lithuania 0–2 Spain
Report Francés 32'
Pino 78'
Attendance: 671
Referee: Nejc Kajtazovic (Slovenia)
Russia 6–0 Malta
Khlusevich 6', 14'
Agalarov 17', 74'
Bozhenov 80'
Kravtsov 86'		 Report
Attendance: 308
Northern Ireland 1–0 Slovakia
Galbraith 54' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 397
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
Lithuania 2–1 Malta
Milašius 38'
Kalinauskas 56' (pen.)		 Report Sixsmith 90+4'
Attendance: 211
Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)
Russia 1–0 Northern Ireland
Prokhin 16' Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Spain 3–2 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 4,200
Slovakia 4–0 Malta
 Report
Attendance: 468
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
Lithuania 0–3 Russia
Report
Attendance: 220
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)
Spain 3–0 Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 2,632
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Ukraine)
Northern Ireland 4–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 324
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
Russia 3–0 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 296
Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)
Malta 0–5 Spain
Report
Attendance: 365
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)
Lithuania 0–2 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 172
Referee: Haris Kaljanac (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Russia 1–0 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 396
Northern Ireland 0–2 Malta
Report
  • Grima 49'
  • Zammit 89'
Attendance: 347
Referee: Kári Á Høvdanum (Faroe Islands)
Malta Cancelled Russia
Report
Slovakia 2–1 Northern Ireland
Trusa 37'
Kadák 86' (pen.)		 Report Johnston 61'
Attendance: 1,377
Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)
Spain 8–0 Lithuania
Rodri 16', 37'
Gómez 35'
Gil 40'
Ruiz 43'
Manu Sánchez 61'
Álex Baena 65'
Turrientes 70'		 Report
Estadio El Prado, Talavera de la Reina
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Joni Hyytiä (Finland)
Northern Ireland Cancelled Russia
Report
Slovakia 2–3 Spain
Bernát 38' (pen.)
Nebyla 90+1'		 Report Gil 4'
Gómez 66'
Navarro 81'
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)
Malta 1–3 Lithuania
Zammit 78' Report Gauci 64' (o.g.)
Dovydaitis 80'
Steponavičius 90+3'
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
Northern Ireland v Spain
Report
Russia v Lithuania
Report
TBD[4]
Malta v Slovakia
Report
Lithuania v Northern Ireland
Report
Slovakia v Russia
Report
Spain v Malta
Report

Goalscorers

There have been 79 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.59 goals per match (as of 29 March 2022).

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Karolis Uzėla (against Russia)
  • Christian Gauci (against Lithuania)
  • Carlo Zammit Lonardelli (against Slovakia)

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.

References
  1. "2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  2. "Under-21 National Teams Coefficient" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  3. "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". fifa.com. FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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