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U21 European Championship 2019 - Results up to date: Spain beat Belgium and can dream of the European Championship semifinals
As the first German U21 wants the team of coach Stefan Kuntz at the European Football Championship in Italy defend your title successfully. For this the DFB selection would have to first the preliminary round with the three opponents Denmark. Serbia and Austria survive as group winners or best of three runners-up and then prevail in the semifinals and in the final. Germany is not a top favorite in the tournament, but has quite a chance of the renewed triumph.
U21 European Championship 2019: All results of the Under-21 European Championship according to the schedule
To keep track of U21 European Championship 2019, read all the results and game info here European Championship The U21 men in the overview and learn how the teams have beaten in the group stage, the semi-finals and the final on June 30, 2019.
| date | round | heading | Result |
| Sunday, 16.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group A | Poland - Belgium | 3: 2 |
| Sunday, 16.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group A | Italy - Spain | 3: 1 |
| Monday, 17.06.2019 | Group phase, group B | Serbia - Austria | 0: 2 |
| Monday, 17.06.2019 | Group phase, group B | Germany - Denmark | 3: 1 |
| Tuesday, 18.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group C | Romania - Croatia | 4: 1 |
| Tuesday, 18.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group C | England - France | 1: 2 |
| Wednesday, 19.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group A | Spain - Belgium | 2: 1 |
| Wednesday, 19.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group A | Italy - Poland | |
| Thursday, 20.06.2019 | Group phase, group B | Denmark - Austria | |
| Thursday, 20.06.2019 | Group phase, group B | Germany - Serbia | |
| Friday, 21.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group C | England - Romania | |
| Friday, 21.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group C | France - Croatia | |
| Saturday, 22.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group A | Belgium - Italy | |
| Saturday, 22.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group A | Spain - Poland | |
| Sunday, 23.06.2019 | Group phase, group B | Denmark - Serbia | |
| Sunday, 23.06.2019 | Group phase, group B | Austria Germany | |
| Monday, 24.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group C | Croatia - England | |
| Monday, 24.06.2019 | Group Phase, Group C | France - Romania | |
| Thursday, 27.06.2019 | semifinal | ||
| Thursday, 27.06.2019 | semifinal | ||
| Sunday, 30.06.2019 | final |
+++ 19.06.2019: Spain can hope for victory against Belgium on European Championship semi-finals +++
The four-time European Under-21 champion may continue to hope for a place in the European Championship semi-finals after a last-minute win against Belgium. The team around the Cologne football professional Jorge Meré sat down on Tuesday evening in Reggio Emilia with 2: 1 (1: 1) against Belgium. Spain have three points after two games and Belgium have not scored a point. Only the three group winners as well as the best of three runner-up move into the semifinals of the tournament in Italy and San Marino on.
Dani Olmo had taken the Spaniards early in the lead (6th minute) before Sebastian Bornauw equalized for Belgium (24.). A late goal by Pablo Fornals decided the exciting game in favor of the Spaniards (89). A goal by the Dodi Lukebakio Dusseldorf had not counted because of an offside position (5th). Spain have to play against Poland for the group final, Belgium's final opponent is host and record winner Italy.
+++ 19.06.2019: Expected teams at the European Under-21 Championship in the preliminary round Germany - Serbia +++
U21 European Championship, preliminary round, Group B, 2nd matchday: Germany - Serbia
Germany: Nübel (FC Schalke 04/22 years / 13 U21 internationals) - Klostermann (RB Leipzig / 23/18), Tah (Bayer Leverkusen / 23/10), Baumgartl (VfB Stuttgart / 23/16), Henrichs (AS Monaco / 22/14) - Neuhaus (Borussia Mönchengladbach / 22/13), M. Eggestein (Werder Bremen / 22/12) - Öztunali (FSV Mainz 05/23/26), Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund/ 23/18), judge (FC Augsburg / 21/5) - Waldschmidt (SC Freiburg / 23/11)
Serbia: Radunovic (US Cremonese / 23/13) - Gajic (Red Star Belgrade / 23/22), Milenkovic (Fiorentina / 21/6), Babic (Red Star Belgrade / 23/3), Bogosavac (FK Cukaricki / 22 / 10) - Lukic (Torino FC / 22/14), Masovic (FK AS Trencin / 20/8), Pantic (Partizan Belgrade / 22/10) - Zivkovic (Benfica Lisbon / 22/15), Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt / 21 / 12), Radonjic (Olympique Marseille / 23/8)
referee: Kovács (Romania)
+++ 19.06.2019: After defeat: Kuntz expected reaction from Serbia +++
U21 national coach Stefan Kuntz expected from the next European Championship opponents Serbia after his defeat against Austria a significant performance increase. "I think there will be a reaction from the Serbian side tomorrow because they were not satisfied with the first game," said Kuntz before the second European Championship match of his young footballers on Thursday (21.00 hrs / ARD) in Trieste. "We have to prepare for it." Serbia had lost 2-0 to the European Championship start, Germany had won 3-1 against Denmark.
Serbia's Sturm-Jewel Luka Jovic of Eintracht Frankfurt does not want to give Kuntz any special protection. "We try to prevent him from coming to the ball too often," said the 56-year-old. "But if we all focus on him, the other Serbs will have a nice game." In general, Kuntz does not want to look too much at the opponent: "We focus more on ourselves, we see that we have so much to offer that Serbia has problems with us."
+++ 19.06.2019: U21 professional Serdar before duel with Jovic: "Do not worry" in front of a player +++
The German U21 footballers are confident in the duel with top striker Luka Jovic in the second European Championship round match against Serbia. "I think we do not need to worry about a player," said midfielder Suat Serdar from FC Schalke 04 ahead of Thursday's match (21.00 hrs / ARD) in Trieste. Also with Jovic, who changes for a million-transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt to Real Madrid, Serbia had lost to the European Championship start 0: 2 against Austria.
Center-back Timo Baumgartl praised Jovic as a "complete striker". "He has everything from a top striker, we have to defend against him as a team, that's going forward," said the Under-21 international from VfB Stuttgart. "He has a very good quality, but Serbia still has ten other players," said the 23-year-old.
Serdar expects the German U21 in the second round game a performance improvement compared to 3-1 (1-0) against Denmark. I think the first appearance was not so overwhelming, "said the 22-year-old, who came on in the 79th minute. "Many teams had problems coming in in the first game, and that's what we saw."
+++ 18.06.2019: Romania's U21 wins against Croatia - Wolfsburg's Brekalo injured +++
Romania's U21 national team has celebrated their first European Championship since 1998 equal to a first-round victory. The team led by Ianis Hagi, son of former world-class footballer Georghe Hagi, prevailed on Tuesday evening in Serravalle in San Marino with 4: 1 (2: 1) against Croats. The Croatians were injured by offensive player Josip Brekalo of VfL Wolfsburg for a shocking moment. He had to leave the court after 14 minutes.
George Puscas brought the Romanians early with a penalty in the lead (11th minute), Hagi made the 2: 0 (14). After Nikola Vlasic's (18 ') lead, Tudor Baluta rebuilt after a missed pass from Stuttgart's Borna Sosa (66) and Adrian Petre (90 + 3). Croatia has to worry about getting ahead. Only the group winners and the best of the three runners-up move into the European Championship semi-final.
The second game of the group C deny in the evening (21.00 clock) in Cesena the co-favorites England and France. Germany started the tournament on Monday with a 3-1 victory over Denmark.
+++ 17.06.2019: German U21 starts with victory in EM +++
Their perfect start to the European Championships was celebrated by German Under-21 soccer players Tor Tor debutant Marco Richter with a nocturnal pool party. National coach Stefan Kuntz gave his boys after the convincing 3-1 (1-0) against Denmark, the go for the night bath - even with the cool wet he did not want to jump. "Mostly the coach is the fun brake," he said with a chuckle. "At the temperatures, they deserve to be left alone." The victory meant for the DFB youngsters also the first important step towards title defense and Olympic qualification.
Above all, after the opening success on Monday evening in Udine, the one in the pool deserved to be rewarded: Marco Richter from FC Augsburg decided the match with his two goals (28th / 52nd minute). He prepared the third goal by Luca Waldschmidt (65th). "Of course I was very happy about the goals and I could not believe it either, it was my first European Championship games," said the 21-year-old almost shyly in front of the many microphones.
In the fifth international match, it was the first goals for Richter, who had played in any DFB junior team until the U20. "Marco has earned this starting position," praised Kuntz his match winner. "He showed that he belongs in the first eleven." Richter played for Hoffenheim Nadiem Amiri, who is not 100 percent after a break. "I learned this morning that I'm playing, that was a great surprise," Richter said.
With the appearance of the Augsburg coach Kuntz was completely satisfied, overall, the EM opening match of the defending champion was but especially in the initial phase still expandable. "The players were told that the freshness was not there for 90 minutes," Kuntz admitted. "With a win in the back, it is now easier."
With his two goals Richter has helped the German junior footballers to an optimal starting position in the fight for the semi-final entry. On Thursday in the second preliminaries game against Serbia, which lost 0-2 against Austria to open. captain Jonathan Tah promised: "We can all put a fool on that, we'll do that in the next game."
+++ 17.06.2019: Defeat against Austria: EM-false start for Serbia and Jovic +++
Football striker Luka Jovic has experienced a false start to the European Championships in Italy and San Marino with Serbia's U21. The team around the Frankfurt striker defeated on Monday evening in the German group B with 0: 2 (0: 1) against European debutant Austria. Thus, the Serbs, who are the next opponents of the German U21 on Thursday, have to worry about progressing. Only the group winners and the best of the three runners-up move into the European Championship semi-final.
The German team of coach Stefan Kuntz starts on Monday (21.00 clock / ARD) against Denmark in the tournament. Striker Hannes Wolf, who moves from RB Salzburg to RB Leipzig in the summer, took the Austrians into the lead (37th minute). Later, the 19-year-old had to be taken off injured after a foul, Serbia's Vukasin Jovanovic saw the red card (75.). Sascha Horvath converted the free-kick to make it 2-0 to the outsider (78th).
Austrian coach Werner Gregoritsch, father of Augsburg's Michael Gregoritsch, offered four Bundesliga pros. Kevin Danso from FC Augsburg, Philipp Lienhart from SC Freiburg, Hoffenheim's Stefan Posch and Mathias Honsak from Holstein Kiel were in the starting eleven.
+++ 16.06.2019: Defending champion Germany starts against Denmark in U21 European Championship +++
Germany's under-21 footballers start the European Championship in Italy and San Marino on Monday night. The team of coach Stefan Kuntz strives for a victory in the first group match against the Scandinavians in Udine. Only the three group winners and the best of three runners-up move into the semi-finals. Other preliminary round opponents of defending champions Germany are Serbia (June 20) and Austria (June 23). All 23 pros in the German U21 squad are fit, Jonathan Tah will lead the team as captain. In Denmark, especially offensive player Jacob Bruun Larsen of Borussia Dortmund is in focus.
+++ 17.06.2019: UEFA breakdown: video of Denmark training published +++
UEFA has broken down before the UEFA European Under-21 Championship against Denmark. The European Football Union had inadvertently put a video of the Danish final training on a platform to which the participating associations also have access. UEFA removed the video following a hint from the German Football Association. The European association has apologized for the incident at the Danish Association claims. Earlier on Monday the "Bild" reported about it.
+++ 17.06.2019: German U21 starts with Maier and Richter against Denmark +++
Germany U21 national team goes with the Berlin Arne Maier and Marco Richter from FC Augsburg in the starting eleven in the first European Championship match against Denmark. The defensive midfielder Maier is ready for the tournament in time after his inside ribbon break in the knee. Nadiem Amiri of TSG Hoffenheim, U21 European Champion of 2017, sits in the game on Monday evening (21.00 clock / ARD) in Udine after his ankle injury initially on the bench. In central defense offers football coach Stefan Kuntz next to Captain Jonatahan Tah the Stuttgart Timo Baumgartl on.
The German starters: Nübel - Klostermann, Baumgartl, Tah, Henrichs - Maier, Eggestein - Öztunali, Dahoud, Richter - Waldschmidt
+++ 16.06.2019: Expected teams for Germany vs Denmark at the U21 European Championship in the preliminary round, Group B on Matchday 1 +++
Germany: Nübel (FC Schalke 04/22 years / 12 U21 internationals) - Klostermann (RB Leipzig / 23/17), Baumgartl (VfB Stuttgart / 23/15), Tah (Bayer Leverkusen / 23/9), Henrichs (AS Monaco / 22/13) - Maier (Hertha BSC / 20/5) - Öztunali (FSV Mainz 05/23/25), M. Eggestein (Werder Bremen / 22/11), Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund / 23/17), Amiri ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim / 22/19) - Waldschmidt (SC Freiburg / 23/10)
Denmark: Iversen (Oldham Athletic / 21/12) - Kristensen (Ajax Amsterdam / 21/22), Rasmussen (Empoli FC / 22/17), Nelsson (FC Nordsjælland / 20/16), Poulsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach / 19/7) - Abildgaard (Aalborg BK / 23/9), Jensen (Celta de Vigo / 23/12), Billing (Huddersfield Town / 23/8) - Skov (FC Copenhagen / 23/22), Wind (FC Copenhagen / 20/26) , Bruun Larsen (Borussia Dortmund / 20/13)
Referee: Grinfeld (Israel)
+++ 16.06.2019: Italy hosts with perfect start in U21 European Championship: 3: 1 against Spain +++
Italy has started with a victory in the U21 European Championship. The record winner won the match Sunday night in Bologna against Spain 3-1 (1-1). Dani Ceballos had the Spaniard in the lead (9th minute), but Federico Chiesa (36./64.) And Lorenzo Pellegrini (82./Foulelfmeter) turned the game in favor of the Italians. In the first tournament game Poland's Under-21 footballers had won Dusseldorf's Dawid Kownacki in Reggio Emilia against Belgium 3-2 (1-1). In Group A with Spain and Italy, getting ahead for Belgium with Fortuna professional Dodi Lukebakio will be very difficult.
Only the group winners and the best of three runner-up move into the European Championship semi-final. Toulouse coach Aaron Leya Iseka gave the Belgians the lead (16 minutes), Szymon Zurkowski (26) equalized. In the second half Krystian Bielik (52.) and Sebastian Szymanski (79.) made the decision in favor of the Poles. The first goal by Dion Cools (84.) came too late.
Defending champion Germany starts in Udine against Denmark in the tournament on Monday. On the 30th of June the final will take place in Udine.
+++ 16.06.2019: Poland wins at the start of the U21 European Championship against Belgium +++
Poland's U21 footballers started the European Under-21 Championship with a victory against Belgium. In the first game of the tournament, the selection of Dusseldorf Dawid Kownacki sat on Sunday evening in Reggio Emilia with 3: 2 (1: 1) against Belgium. In Group A with Spain and Italy, getting ahead for Belgium with Fortuna professional Dodi Lukebakio will be very difficult.
Only the group winners and the best of three runner-up move into the European Championship semi-final. Toulouse coach Aaron Leya Iseka gave the Belgians the lead (16 minutes), Szymon Zurkowski (26) equalized. In the second half Krystian Bielik (52.) and Sebastian Szymanski (79.) made the decision in favor of the Poles. The first goal by Dion Cools (84.) came too late.
The tournament will be officially opened on Sunday evening with the hosts Italy against Spain in Bologna. Defending champion Germany will start on Monday (21.00 clock / ARD) in Udine against Denmark in the tournament. On the 30th of June the final will take place in Udine.