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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, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.

On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA announced that Russia was suspended from all competitions. 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.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	8	8	0	0	37	5	+32	24	Final tournament		—	3–2	3–0	8–0	7–1	4–1
2	Slovakia	8	5	0	3	18	10	+8	15	Play-offs		2–3	—	2–1	3–1	4–0	Canc.
3	Northern Ireland	8	2	1	5	8	18	−10	7			0–6	1–0	—	4–0	0–2	Canc.
4	Lithuania	8	2	1	5	7	22	−15	7			0–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–1	0–3
5	Malta	8	2	0	6	10	25	−15	6			0–5	1–3	4–1	1–3	—	Canc.
6	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified		1–0	3–0	1–0	Canc.	6–0	—

1. On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void.

Matches

Times are CET/CEST, 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'

Slovakia	3–1	Lithuania
Kaprálik 24', 61' Trusa 79' (pen.)	Report	Dolžnikov 56' (pen.)

Spain	Voided (4–1)	Russia
Niño 13', 54' Pino 47', 86'	Report	(Agalarov 10'

Lithuania	0–2	Spain
	Report	Francés 32' Pino 78'

Russia	Voided (6–0)	Malta
Khlusevich 6', 14' Agalarov 17', 74' Bozhenov 80' Kravtsov 86'	Report

Northern Ireland	1–0	Slovakia
Galbraith 54' (pen.)	Report

Lithuania	2–1	Malta
Milašius 38' Kalinauskas 56' (pen.)	Report	Sixsmith 90+4'

Russia	Voided (1–0)	Northern Ireland
Prokhin 16'	Report

Spain	3–2	Slovakia
Guillamón 58' S. Gómez 80' (pen.) Miranda 88' (pen.)	Report	Bernát 19' Lichý 71'

Slovakia	4–0	Malta
Trusa 23', 64', 81' (pen.) Kadák 36'	Report

Lithuania	Voided (0–3)	Russia
	Report	Tyukavin 65', 71' Uzėla 68' (o.g.)

Spain	3–0	Northern Ireland
S. Gómez 26' (pen.), 32' Ruiz 56'	Report

Northern Ireland	4–0	Lithuania
McCalmont 8', 75' O'Neill 44' (pen.) Conn-Clarke 87'	Report

Russia	Voided (3–0)	Slovakia
Khlusevich 34' Agalarov 45' Suleymanov 82'	Report

Malta	0–5	Spain
	Report	S. Gómez 23' Ruiz 24', 88' Guillamón 40' Lobete 50'

Lithuania	0–2	Slovakia
	Report	Trusa 12' Kaprálik 55'

Russia	Voided (1–0)	Spain
Tyukavin 60'	Report

Northern Ireland	0–2	Malta
	Report	Grima 49' A. Zammit 89'

Malta	Cancelled	Russia
	Report

Slovakia	2–1	Northern Ireland
Trusa 37' Kadák 86' (pen.)	Report	Johnston 61'

Spain	8–0	Lithuania
Rodri 16', 37' S. Gómez 35' Gil 40' Ruiz 43' Sánchez 61' Baena 65' Turrientes 70'	Report

Northern Ireland	Cancelled	Russia
	Report

Slovakia	2–3	Spain
Bernát 38' (pen.) Nebyla 90+1'	Report	Gil 4' S. Gómez 66' Navarro 81'

Malta	1–3	Lithuania
J. Zammit 78'	Report	Gauci 64' (o.g.) Dovydaitis 80' Steponavičius 90+3'

Northern Ireland	0–6	Spain
	Report	Ruiz 22' Gil 50', 61' Miranda 64' Riquelme 76' V. Gómez 87'

Russia	Cancelled	Lithuania
	Report

Malta	1–3	Slovakia
Attard 44'	Report	Pokorný 45+3' Iľko 90+2', 90+7'

Lithuania	1–1	Northern Ireland
Tutyškinas 90+7'	Report	Taylor 17'

Slovakia	Cancelled	Russia
	Report

Spain	7–1	Malta
Navarro 8', 69' Ruiz 47', 64' Sánchez 55' Lobete 73', 78'	Report	A. Zammit 71'

Goalscorers

The table below includes 19 goals from 6 voided matches.

There were 99 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.81 goals per match.

7 goals

• Abel Ruiz

6 goals

• Matej Trusa
• Sergio Gómez

4 goals

• Gamid Agalarov
• Bryan Gil

3 goals

• Daniil Khlusevich
• Konstantin Tyukavin
• Adrián Kaprálik
• Julen Lobete
• Robert Navarro
• Yeremy Pino

2 goals

• Ayrton Attard
• Matteja Veselji
• Andrea Zammit
• Alfie McCalmont
• Ján Bernát
• Patrik Iľko
• Jakub Kadák
• Hugo Guillamón
• Juan Miranda
• Fer Niño
• Rodri
• Manu Sánchez

1 goal

• Artūr Dolžnikov
• Deividas Dovydaitis
• Tomas Kalinauskas
• Titas Milašius
• Faustas Steponavičius
• Artemijus Tutyškinas
• Jake Engerer
• Marcus Grima
• Jamie Sixsmith
• Joseph Zammit
• Chris Conn-Clarke
• Ethan Galbraith
• Carl Johnston
• Paddy Lane
• Paul O'Neill
• Dale Taylor
• Kirill Bozhenov
• Kirill Kravtsov
• Danila Prokhin
• Timur Suleymanov
• Filip Lichý
• Sebastian Nebyla
• Peter Pokorný
• Álex Baena
• Alejandro Francés
• Víctor Gómez
• Rodrigo Riquelme
• Beñat Turrientes

1 own goal

• Karolis Uzėla (against Russia)
• Christian Gauci (against Lithuania)

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. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
4. UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
5. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
6. "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
7. UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
8. "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
9. "U21 EURO − Stats". UEFA.com. UEFA.

External links

• 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification