England's European Under-21 Football Championship Record

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England's European Under-21 Football Championship Record includes winning the European Under-21 Football Championship twice, in 1982 and 1984. England's Under-21s have also been losing semi-finalists on four occasions, and got knocked out in the finals group stage twice. On seven occasions, including the 2004 and the 2006 finals, England have failed to qualify.

1 About the competition
2 1978 - Reached Semi Final
3 1980 - Reached Semi Final
4 1982 - Winners
5 1984 - Winners
6 1986 - Reached Semi Final
7 1988 - Reached Semi Final
8 1990 - Did not qualify
9 1992 - Did not qualify
10 1994 in France - Did not qualify
11 1996 in Spain - Did not qualify
12 1998 in Romania - Reached 8th place playoff
13 2000 in Slovakia - Reached Finals Group Stage
14 2002 in Switzerland - Reached Finals Group Stage
15 2004 in Germany - Did not qualify
16 2006 in Portugal - Reached Qualification playoff
17 2007 in the Netherlands - Reached Semi Final
18 See also
19 External links

[edit] About the competition

From 1978 to 1992 there was no finals tournament. Instead, the competition took place as follows: Uefa divided all entrant countries into 8 groups. Eight group winners were determined on a points basis after all teams played each other both home and away. Two points were awarded for a win throughout this period. The eight group winners were paired off and played each other as a knockout competition on a two-legged home & away basis. The final was two legged.

From 1994 there has been a finals tournament and a single host nation, always chosen from the eventual qualifiers. In 1994 and 1996 there were four teams in the finals, but since 1998, there has been eight.

Qualification for 1998 to 2002 involved nine groups, with a playoff between the two group winners with worst records to reduce the count to eight. In 1998 alone, the tournament was a single-legged knockout from the Quarter Finals onwards. 2000 brought about the same finals as we have today - two groups of four, group winners playing the other group's runners-up in the Semi-Finals.

2004 - the top nation of each of ten groups plus the six best runners-up played-off for eight finals spots. 2006 provided a more simple qualification process - eight groups, with the winners playing a runner-up. 2007's one year competition meant a shortened qualification process; between playoffs eliminating the eight weakest and seven of the strongest nations, 14 three-team groups were made. Each team played once at home and once away.

Note: Until 2006, all tournaments have been two-year campaigns. The year represents the year in which the finals actually took place.

Summary	P	W	D*	L	F	A
Qualification Stage	108	68	24	16	217	95
Finals matches	40	18	11	11	60	52
Total	148	86	35	27	277	147

Statistics correct as of June 21, 2007
* Draws includes 1 loss in a penalty shootout

[edit] 1978 - Reached Semi Final

Main article: 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Yugoslavia won.

Qualifying Group 5		P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	4	4	0	17	2	8
2	Norway	4	2	2	6	9	4
3	Finland	4	0	4	2	14	0

Finland 0-1 England
Norway 1-2 England
England 6-0 Norway
England 8-1 Finland

England qualify as group winners

Quarter Final

England 2-1 Italy
Italy 0-0 England

England win 2-1 on aggregate

Semi Final

Yugoslavia 2-1 England
England 1-1 Yugoslavia

England lose 3-2 on aggregate

England finish equal third

[edit] 1980 - Reached Semi Final

Main article: 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

USSR won.

Qualifying Group 1		P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	4	4	0	11	2	8
2	Denmark	4	1	3	3	4	2
3	Bulgaria	4	1	3	2	10	2

Denmark 1-2 England
Bulgaria 1-3 England
England 1-0 Denmark
England 5-0 Bulgaria

England qualify as group winners

Quarter Final

England 2-1 Scotland
Scotland 0-0 England

England win 2-1 on aggregate

Semi Final

England 1-2 East Germany
East Germany 1-0 England

England lose 3-1 on aggregate

England finish equal third

[edit] 1982 - Winners

Main article: 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Qualifying Group 4		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	6	4	1	1	12	5	9
2	Hungary	6	3	0	3	12	9	6
3	Romania	6	2	1	3	9	12	5
4	Switzerland	6	1	2	3	5	12	4

Romania 4-0 England
England 5-0 Switzerland
England 3-0 Romania
Switzerland 0-0 England
Hungary 1-2 England
England 2-0 Hungary

England qualify as group winners

Quarter Final

Poland 1-2 England
England 2-2 Poland

England win 4-3 on aggregate

Semi Final

Scotland 0-1 England
England 1-1 Scotland

England win 2-1 on aggregate

Final

England 3-1 West Germany
West Germany 3-2 England

England win 5-4 on aggregate

England finish as Champions

[edit] 1984 - Winners

Main article: 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Qualifying Group 3		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	6	5	0	1	13	4	10
2	Greece	6	3	2	1	6	4	8
3	Hungary	6	1	1	4	7	8	3
4	Denmark	6	1	1	4	6	16	3

Denmark 1-4 England
Greece 1-0 England
England 2-1 Greece
England 1-0 Hungary
England 4-1 Denmark
Hungary 0-2 England

England qualify as group winners

Quarter Final

England 6-1 France
France 0-1 England

England win 7-1 on aggregate

Semi Final

England 3-1 Italy
Italy 0-1 England

England win 3-2 on aggregate

Final

Spain 0-1 England
England 2-0 Spain

England win 3-0 on aggregate

England finish as Champions

[edit] 1986 - Reached Semi Final

Main article: 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Spain won.

Qualifying Group 3		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	6	3	2	1	9	3	8
2	Finland	6	1	4	1	6	6	6
3	Romania	6	1	4	1	5	7	6
4	Turkey	6	0	4	2	3	7	4

England 2-0 Finland
Turkey 0-0 England
Romania 0-0 England
Finland 3-1 England
England 3-0 Romania
England 3-0 Turkey

England qualify as group winners

Quarter Final

Denmark 0-1 England
England 1-1 Denmark

England win 2-1 on aggregate

Semi Final

Italy 3-1 England
England 1-1 Italy

England lose 2-1 on aggregate

England finish equal third

[edit] 1988 - Reached Semi Final

Main article: 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

France won.

Qualifying Group 4		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	4	1	3	0	7	3	5
2	Turkey	4	1	2	1	4	6	4
3	Yugoslavia	4	1	1	2	7	9	3

England 1-1 Yugoslavia
Turkey 0-0 England
England 1-1 Turkey
Yugoslavia 1-5 England

England qualify as group winners

Quarter Final

Scotland 0-1 England
England 1-0 Scotland

England win 2-0 on aggregate

Semi Final

France 4-2 England
England 2-2 France

England lose 6-4 on aggregate

England finish equal third

[edit] 1990 - Did not qualify

Main article: 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

USSR won.

Qualifying Group 2		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Sweden	6	4	2	0	10	2	10
2	England	6	4	1	1	10	5	9
3	Poland	6	1	2	3	4	10	6
4	Albania	6	0	1	5	1	8	1

England 1-1 Sweden
Albania 1-2 England
England 2-0 Albania
England 2-1 Poland
Sweden 1-0 England
Poland 1-3 England

England finish second and fail to qualify

[edit] 1992 - Did not qualify

Main article: 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Italy won.

Qualifying Group 7		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Poland	6	6	0	0	10	2	12
2	England	6	3	1	2	11	5	7
3	Turkey	6	1	1	4	6	11	3
4	Republic of Ireland	6	1	0	5	5	14	2

England 0-1 Poland
Ireland 3-0 England
England 3-0 Ireland
Turkey 2-2 England
England 2-0 Turkey
Poland 2-1 England

England finish second and fail to qualify

[edit] 1994 in France - Did not qualify

Main article: 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Italy won.

Qualifying Group 2		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Poland	10	7	0	3	26	10	21
2	Turkey	10	6	2	2	15	10	20
3	Norway	10	6	1	3	20	13	19
4	England	10	4	3	3	20	8	15
5	Netherlands	10	3	2	5	11	14	11
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	3	40	0

England 0-2 Norway
England 0-1 Turkey
England 6-0 San Marino
Turkey 0-0 England
England 3-0 Netherlands
Poland 1-4 England
Norway 1-1 England
England 1-2 Poland
Netherlands 1-1 England
San Marino 0-4 England

England finish fourth and fail to qualify

[edit] 1996 in Spain - Did not qualify

Main article: 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Italy won.

Qualifying Group 6		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Portugal	8	6	2	0	14	2	20
2	England	8	6	1	1	13	4	19
3	Republic of Ireland	8	2	2	4	7	9	8
4	Austria	8	2	1	5	5	11	7
5	Latvia	8	0	2	6	1	14	2

England 0-0 Portugal
Austria 1-3 England
England 1-0 Ireland
Ireland 0-2 England
Latvia 0-1 England
England 4-0 Latvia
Portugal 2-0 England
England 2-1 Austria

England finish second and fail to qualify

[edit] 1998 in Romania - Reached 8th place playoff

Main article: 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

France won.

Qualifying Group 2		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	8	5	3	0	7	1	18
2	Georgia	8	3	3	2	10	20	12
3	Italy	8	3	2	3	17	6	11
4	Poland	8	1	5	2	10	15	8
5	Moldova	8	1	1	1	5	17	4

Moldova 0-2 England
England 0-0 Poland
Georgia 0-1 England
England 1-0 Italy
England 0-0 Georgia
Poland 1-1 England
England 1-0 Moldova
Italy 0-1 England

England qualify from the group as winners

Group Winners		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Romania	6	6	0	0	14	4	18
2	Spain	6	5	1	0	14	6	16
3	Sweden	6	5	0	1	18	4	15
4	Norway	6	4	2	0	18	7	14
5	Germany	6	4	2	0	12	3	13
6	Netherlands	6	4	1	1	13	5	13
7	Russia	6	4	1	1	12	6	13
8	Greece	6	4	0	2	11	7	12
9	England	6	3	3	0	4	1	12

Left: List of qualifying group winners, used to determine the two group winners with worst records. Teams 1-7 qualify automatically. Teams 8 & 9 play-off for the eighth spot.

Only results between the top four team are used for this table.

Eighth place Playoff

Greece 2-0 England
England 4-2 Greece

England lose on away goals

England finish ninth

[edit] 2000 in Slovakia - Reached Finals Group Stage

Main article: 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Italy won.

Qualifying Group 5		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	8	7	0	1	23	3	21
2	Poland	8	5	2	1	21	12	17
3	Bulgaria	8	4	2	2	17	9	14
4	Sweden	8	2	0	6	17	9	6
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	0	29	0

Sweden 0-2 England
England 1-0 Bulgaria
Luxembourg 0-5 England
England 5-0 Poland
England 3-0 Sweden
Bulgaria 0-1 England
England 5-0 Luxembourg
Poland 3-1 England

England qualify from the group as winners

Nine group winners + seven best runners-up played-off. England were drawn against Yugoslavia, then in a state of civil unrest. For safety reasons, a single fixture on neutral ground was deemed fairest. This was held at FC Barcelona B's "Mini Estadi", next to the Nou Camp.

England 3-0 Yugoslavia

England qualify for the Final Tournament

Finals Group B		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	6	2	7
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	5	2	7
3	England	3	1	0	2	6	11	0
4	Turkey	3	0	0	0	2	11	0

England 0-2 Italy
England 6-0 Turkey
England 0-2 Slovakia

England finish third in the group and fail to progress

England finish equal fifth overall

[edit] 2002 in Switzerland - Reached Finals Group Stage

Czech Republic won.

Qualifying Group 9		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	8	5	2	1	18	8	17
2	Greece	8	5	1	2	14	6	16
3	Germany	8	5	1	2	18	7	16
4	Finland	8	1	1	6	7	20	4
5	Albania	8	1	1	6	3	19	4

England 1-1 Germany
Finland 2-2 England
England 4-0 Finland
Albania 0-1 England
Greece 3-1 England
Germany 1-2 England
England 5-0 Albania
England 2-1 Greece

England qualify from the group as winners

Qualification Playoff

Netherlands 2-2 England
England 1-0 Netherlands

England win 3-2 on aggregate and qualify for the Final Tournament

Finals Group 1		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	5
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	3	2	4
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
4	England	3	1	0	2	4	6	3

England 2-1 Switzerland
England 1-2 Italy
England 1-3 Portugal

England finish fourth in the group and fail to progress

England finish equal seventh overall

[edit] 2004 in Germany - Did not qualify

Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Italy won.

Qualifying Group 7		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Turkey	8	7	1	0	18	5	22
2	Portugal	8	6	0	2	20	11	18
3	England	8	3	2	3	14	10	11
4	Slovakia	8	3	2	3	6	16	6
5	FYR Macedonia	8	0	1	7	4	23	1

Slovakia 0-4 England
England 3-1 Macedonia
Portugal 4-2 England
England 1-1 Turkey
England 2-0 Slovakia
Macedonia 1-1 England
England 1-2 Portugal
Turkey 1-0 England

England finish third and fail to qualify

[edit] 2006 in Portugal - Reached Qualification playoff

Main article: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Finals tournament yet to take place.

Qualifying Group 6		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Germany	10	7	3	0	24	5	24
2	England	10	6	3	1	21	7	21
3	Poland	10	3	4	3	18	18	13
4	Austria	10	3	2	5	9	14	11
5	Wales	10	3	1	6	9	21	10
6	Azerbaijan	10	0	3	7	1	17	3

Austria 0-2 England
Poland 1-3 England
England 2-0 Wales
Azerbaijan 0-0 England
England 2-2 Germany
England 2-0 Azerbaijan
Wales 0-4 England
Germany 1-1 England
England 1-2 Austria
England 4-1 Poland

England qualify from the group in second place

Qualification Playoff

England 1-1 France
France 2-1 England

England lose 3-2 on aggregate

England finish equal ninth

[edit] 2007 in the Netherlands - Reached Semi Final

Main article: 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Qualifying Group 8		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	2	1	1	0	5	4	4
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	5	4	3
3	Moldova	2	0	1	1	3	5	1

England 2-2 Moldova
Tuesday August 15, 2006
Switzerland 2-3 England
Wednesday September 6, 2006

England qualify from the group as winners

Qualification Playoff

England 1-0 Germany
Germany 0-2 England

England win 3-0 on aggregate and qualify for the Final Tournament

Main article: 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Group B		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Serbia	3	2	0	1	2	2	6
2	England	3	1	2	0	4	2	5
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	5	4	4
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	1	4	1

Czech Rep 0-0 England
Monday June 11, 2007
England 2-2 Italy
Thursday June 14, 2006
England 2-0 Serbia
Sunday June 17, 2006

England qualify from the group as runners-up

Semi-final

England 1-1 Netherlands

England lose 13-12 on penalties

England finish joint-third

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Official FA England Under-21 website Contains listings of current England U-21 players.
Uefa Under-21 website Contains full results archive
England Football Online England Senior team information.
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21 Championship hosts and additional statistics, such as the Group Winners table for the 1998 qualifiers.