2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale hráčov do 21 rokov 2025
Tournament details
Host countrySlovakia
Dates11–28 June
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
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The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2025) will be the 25th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (28th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe.

The tournament will be hosted by Slovakia.[1] A total of 16 teams will play in the final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to participate.

Host selection

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UEFA Executive Committee chose Slovakia as a host in 25 January 2023.[1]

Venues

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Bratislava Trnava Dunajská Streda Košice
Tehelné pole Anton Malatinský Stadium MOL Aréna Košická futbalová aréna
Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 18,200 Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 12,555
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Slovakia)
Žilina Trenčín Nitra Prešov
Štadión pod Dubňom Štadión Sihoť Štadión pod Zoborom Futbal Tatran Arena
Capacity: 10,897 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,480 Capacity: under construction

Qualification

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Main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).

Team Method of qualification Date of qualification Appearance First appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Slovakia Hosts 25 January 2023 3rd (9th incl. Czechoslovakia) 2000 2017 Fourth place (2000)
 Netherlands Group C winners 9 September 2024 10th 1988 2023 Champions (2006, 2007)
 Spain Group B winners 10 September 2024 17th 1982 2023 Champions (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019)
 Portugal Group G winners 11 October 2024 11th 1994 2023 Runners-up (1994, 2015, 2021)
 Germany Group D winners 11 October 2024 15th 1982 2023 Champions (2009, 2017, 2021)
 Denmark Group I winners 11 October 2024 10th 1978 2021 Semi-finals (1992, 2015)
 Ukraine Top three of second-placed teams 11 October 2024 4th (7th incl. Soviet Union) 2006 2023 Runners-up (2006)
 England Group F winners 12 October 2024 18th 1978 2023 Champions (1982, 1984, 2023)
 Romania Group E winners 15 October 2024 5th 1998 2023 Semi-finals (2019)
 Poland Top three of second-placed teams 15 October 2024 8th 1982 2019 Quarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994)
 Slovenia Group H winners 15 October 2024 2nd (6th incl. Yugoslavia) 2021 2021 Group stage (2021)
 France Top three of second-placed teams 15 October 2024 12th 1982 2023 Champions (1988)
 Italy Group A winners 15 October 2024 23rd 1978 2023 Champions (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Finland Play-offs winner 19 November 2024 2nd 2009 2009 Group stage (2009)
 Czech Republic Play-offs winner 19 November 2024 10th (16th incl. Czechoslovakia) 1996 2023 Champions (2002)
 Georgia Play-offs winner 19 November 2024 2nd (5th incl. Soviet Union) 2023 2023 Quarter-finals (2023)

Final draw

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The draw for the final tournament was held in Bratislava on 3 December 2024.[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Spain  Germany  Denmark  Georgia
 England (holders)  France  Romania  Slovenia
 Portugal  Ukraine  Poland  Finland
 Netherlands  Italy  Czech Republic  Slovakia (hosts)

Group stage

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The group winners and runners-up will advance to the quarter-finals.[3]

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Tiebreakers

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The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  9. Disciplinary points
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −3 points;
  10. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  11. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 June 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Slovakia v Spain
Report
Italy v Romania
Report
Spain v Romania
Report
Slovakia v Italy
Report
Romania v Slovakia
Report
Spain v Italy
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 12 June 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Czech Republic v England
Report
Germany v Slovenia
Report
England v Slovenia
Report
Czech Republic v Germany
Report
Slovenia v Czech Republic
Report
England v Germany
Report

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 June 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Portugal v France
Report
Poland v Georgia
Report
Portugal v Poland
Report
France v Georgia
Report
Georgia v Portugal
Report
France v Poland
Report

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: June 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ukraine v Denmark
Report
Finland v Netherlands
Report
Finland v Ukraine
Report
Netherlands v Denmark
Report
Denmark v Finland
Report
Netherlands v Ukraine
Report

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 June – Anton Malatinský Stadium
 
 
Winners Group A
 
25 June – Tehelné pole
 
Runners-up Group B
 
 
 
21 June – Štadión pod Dubňom
 
 
 
Winners Group C
 
28 June – Tehelné pole
 
Runners-up Group D
 
 
 
22 June – MOL Aréna
 
 
 
Winners Group B
 
25 June – Košická futbalová aréna
 
Runners-up Group A
 
 
 
22 June – Futbal Tatran Arena
 
 
 
Winners Group D
 
 
Runners-up Group C
 

Quarter-finals

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Winners Group CQF2Runners-up Group D
Report
Winners Group AQF1Runners-up Group B
Report
Winners Group BQF3Runners-up Group A
Report
Winners Group DQF4Runners-up Group C
Report

Semi-finals

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Winners QF1SF1Winners QF2
Report
Winners QF3SF2Winners QF4
Report

Final

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Winners SF1vWinners SF2
Report

Preparations

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In October 2023, UEFA officials came to Slovakia to further inspect their venues and were satisfied with them.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2025 Under-21 EURO in Slovakia: Tournament information". UEFA. Basel. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. ^ "2025 Under-21 EURO final tournament draw". UEFA. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Under-21 EURO match schedule: All the final tournament fixtures". UEFA. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  4. ^ "UEFA navštívila Slovensko, s infraštruktúrou na ME 2025 vyjadrila spokojnosť" [UEFA visited Slovakia, expressed satisfaction with 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship infrastructure]. News Agency of the Slovak Republic (in Slovak). 11 October 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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