2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C explained

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]

On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA announced that Russia was suspended from all competitions.^[3] 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.^[4]

Standings

Matches

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

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Goalscorers

The table below includes 19 goals from 6 voided matches.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021–23 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw. UEFA.com.
2. Web site: Under-21 National Teams Coefficient. UEFA.com.
3. Web site: UEFA.com . 2022-02-28 . FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions Inside UEFA . 2023-02-09 . UEFA.com . en.
4. Web site: Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion. BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. 2 May 2022.
5. Web site: U21 EURO − Stats. UEFA.com. UEFA.