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 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 Final tournament — 4–1 3–2 7 Jun '22 3–0 25 Mar '22
2  Russia 6 5 0 1 15 4 +11 15 Play-offs 1–0 — 3–0 6–0 1–0 3 Jun '22
3  Slovakia 6 3 0 3 11 8 +3 9 29 Mar '22 7 Jun '22 — 4–0 25 Mar '22 3–1
4  Malta 6 2 0 4 7 18 −11 6 0–5 25 Mar '22 3 Jun '22 — 4–1 29 Mar '22
5  Northern Ireland 6 2 0 4 6 10 −4 6 3 Jun '22 29 Mar '22 1–0 0–2 — 4–0
6  Lithuania 6 1 0 5 3 15 −12 3 0–2 0–3 0–2 2–1 7 Jun '22 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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)
Slovakia v Northern Ireland
Report
Spain v Lithuania
Report
Malta v Russia
Report
Northern Ireland v Russia
Report
Slovakia v Spain
Report
Malta v Lithuania
Report
Northern Ireland v Spain
Report
Russia v Lithuania
Report
Malta v Slovakia
Report
Lithuania v Northern Ireland
Report
Slovakia v Russia
Report
Spain v Malta
Report

Goalscorers

There have been 59 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.28 goals per match (as of 16 November 2021).

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Karolis Uzėla (against Russia)
  • 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.
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