2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

This article lists the squads for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Only players born on or after 1 January 1988 are eligible to play.

Each participating national association must submit a list of up to 40 players to the UEFA administration on or before 12 May 2011. No further changes may be made to this list after this deadline. At least four of these 40 players must be goalkeepers.

Only 23 of the 40 players listed are authorised to take part in the final tournament. A list of these 23 players must be in the possession of the UEFA administration on or before 1 June 2011. Three of these 23 players must be goalkeepers.^[1]

Group A

Belarus

Head coach: Georgi Kondratiev^[2]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Alyaksandr Hutar (1989-24-18)18 December 1989 (aged 21) 17 0 BATE Borisov 2 3MF Stanislaw Drahun (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 23) 20 5 Dinamo Minsk 3 2DF Syarhey Matsveychyk (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 23) 17 0 Gomel 4 2DF Syarhey Palitsevich (1990-04-09)9 April 1990 (aged 21) 19 0 Dinamo Minsk 5 3MF Dzmitry Baha (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 21) 15 0 BATE Borisov 6 2DF Yury Astravukh (1988-01-21)21 January 1988 (aged 23) 12 0 Vedrich-97 Rechytsa 7 3MF Mikhail Sivakov (1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 23) 19 3 Wisła Kraków 8 3MF Mikita Bukatkin (1988-03-07)7 March 1988 (aged 23) 16 0 Naftan Novopolotsk 9 4FW Maksim Skavysh (1989-11-13)13 November 1989 (aged 21) 23 4 BATE Borisov 10 4FW Aleksandr Perepechko (1989-04-07)7 April 1989 (aged 22) 0 0 Dinamo Minsk 11 4FW Andrey Varankow (1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 22) 15 4 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 12 1GK Artem Gomelko (1989-12-08)8 December 1989 (aged 21) 11 0 Lokomotiv Moscow 13 3MF Pavel Nyakhaychyk (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 22) 18 4 BATE Borisov 14 2DF Yury Ryzhko (1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 21) 7 0 Torpedo Zhodino 15 3MF Dzmitry Rekish (1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 22) 23 8 Polonia Warszawa 16 3MF Mikhail Gordeichuk (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 21) 14 0 BATE Borisov 17 2DF Vital Hayduchyk (1989-07-12)12 July 1989 (aged 21) 5 0 Dinamo Brest 18 2DF Dzyanis Palyakow (1991-04-17)17 April 1991 (aged 20) 3 0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 19 3MF Yawhen Savastsyanaw (1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 23) 8 0 Neman Grodno 20 2DF Aleh Veratsila (1988-07-10)10 July 1988 (aged 22) 24 1 Dinamo Minsk 21 2DF Egor Filipenko (1988-04-10)10 April 1988 (aged 23) 16 2 BATE Borisov 22 1GK Dzmitry Hushchanka (1988-12-03)3 December 1988 (aged 22) 2 0 Vitebsk 23 4FW Uladzimir Khvashchynski (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 21) 3 0 Dinamo Brest

Denmark

Head coach: Keld Bordinggaard^[3]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Jonas Lössl (1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 22) 7 0 Midtjylland 2 2DF Anders Randrup (1988-07-16)16 July 1988 (aged 22) 17 0 Brøndby 3 2DF Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 21) 8 0 København 4 2DF Andreas Bjelland (1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 22) 9 0 Nordsjælland 5 2DF Nicolai Boilesen (1992-02-16)16 February 1992 (aged 19) 0 0 Ajax 6 3MF Mads Albæk (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 21) 7 0 Midtjylland 7 2DF Daniel Wass (1989-05-31)31 May 1989 (aged 22) 10 0 Brøndby 8 3MF Mike Jensen (1988-02-19)19 February 1988 (aged 23) 23 3 Brøndby 9 4FW Nicolai Jørgensen (1991-01-15)15 January 1991 (aged 20) 1 0 Bayer Leverkusen 10 4FW Christian Eriksen (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 19) 0 0 Ajax 11 4FW Nicolaj Agger (1988-10-23)23 October 1988 (aged 22) 8 2 Brøndby 12 2DF Mads Fenger Nielsen (1990-09-10)10 September 1990 (aged 20) 1 0 Randers 13 2DF Lasse Nielsen (1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 23) 11 1 AaB 14 4FW Nicki Bille (1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 23) 21 15 Villarreal 15 2DF Jesper Juelsgård (1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 22) 5 0 Midtjylland 16 1GK Mikkel Andersen (1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 22) 4 0 Reading 17 3MF Thomas Delaney (1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 20) 1 0 København 18 3MF Kasper Povlsen (1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 21) 8 0 AGF 19 2DF Frederik Sørensen (1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (aged 19) 0 0 Juventus F.C. 20 3MF Matti Lund Nielsen (1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 23) 11 1 Nordsjælland 21 4FW Henrik Dalsgaard (1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 21) 4 0 AaB 22 4FW Bashkim Kadrii (1991-07-09)9 July 1991 (aged 19) 0 0 OB 23 1GK Nicklas Højlund (1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 21) 2 0 Lyngby

Iceland

Head coach: Eyjólfur Sverrisson^[4]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Haraldur Björnsson (1989-01-11)11 January 1989 (aged 22) 16 0 Valur 2 2DF Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson (1988-07-30)30 July 1988 (aged 22) 10 1 KR 3 2DF Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson (1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 20) 18 2 West Ham United 4 3MF Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson (1988-08-18)18 August 1988 (aged 22) 12 0 Hearts 5 2DF Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson (1988-09-27)27 September 1988 (aged 22) 11 0 IFK Göteborg 6 3MF Birkir Bjarnason (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 23) 22 2 Viking 7 4FW Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 20) 11 6 AZ 8 3MF Bjarni Þór Viðarsson (1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 23) 24 6 KV Mechelen 9 4FW Rúrik Gíslason (1988-02-25)25 February 1988 (aged 23) 16 6 OB 10 3MF Gylfi Sigurðsson (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 21) 11 6 Hoffenheim 11 4FW Arnór Smárason (1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 22) 8 2 Esbjerg 12 1GK Óskar Pétursson (1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 22) 1 0 Grindavík 13 2DF Elfar Freyr Helgason (1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 21) 6 0 AEK 14 2DF Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 21) 3 0 ÍBV 15 3MF Almarr Ormarsson (1988-02-25)25 February 1988 (aged 23) 9 2 Fram 16 3MF Guðmundur Kristjánsson (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 22) 10 0 Breiðablik 17 3MF Aron Gunnarsson (1989-04-22)22 April 1989 (aged 22) 9 1 Coventry City 18 3MF Andrés Már Jóhannesson (1988-12-21)21 December 1988 (aged 22) 11 0 Fylkir 19 4FW Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 21) 13 3 AZ 20 1GK Arnar Darri Pétursson (1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 20) 3 0 SønderjyskE 21 4FW Alfreð Finnbogason (1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 22) 9 5 Lokeren 22 4FW Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 20) 3 1 Lillestrøm 23 2DF Jón Guðni Fjóluson (1989-10-04)4 October 1989 (aged 21) 8 0 Beerschot

Switzerland

Head coach: Pierluigi Tami^[5]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Yann Sommer (1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 22) 26 0 Basel 2 2DF Philippe Koch (1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 20) 13 1 Zürich 3 2DF Fabio Daprelà (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 20) 7 0 Brescia 4 3MF Pajtim Kasami (1992-06-02)2 June 1992 (aged 19) 8 1 Palermo 5 2DF Jonathan Rossini (1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 23) 18 1 Sassuolo 6 3MF Fabian Lustenberger (1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 23) 20 2 Hertha BSC 7 4FW Innocent Emeghara (1989-05-27)27 May 1989 (aged 22) 3 4 Grasshopper 8 3MF Moreno Costanzo (1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 23) 9 1 Young Boys 9 3MF Fabian Frei (1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 22) 17 4 Basel 10 3MF Xherdan Shaqiri (1991-10-10)10 October 1991 (aged 19) 2 0 Basel 11 4FW Admir Mehmedi (1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 20) 5 1 Zürich 12 1GK Kevin Fikentscher (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 22) 5 0 Sion 13 4FW Nassim Ben Khalifa (1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 19) 7 1 Nuremberg 14 3MF Granit Xhaka (1992-09-27)27 September 1992 (aged 18) 1 0 Basel 15 2DF Timm Klose (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 23) 7 0 Thun 16 2DF François Affolter (1991-03-13)13 March 1991 (aged 20) 7 1 Young Boys 17 2DF Frank Feltscher (1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 23) 6 1 AC Bellinzona 18 3MF Amir Abrashi (1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 21) 7 0 Grasshopper 19 4FW Mario Gavranović (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 (aged 21) 9 3 Schalke 04 20 2DF Daniel Pavlovic (1988-04-22)22 April 1988 (aged 23) 14 0 Grasshopper 21 1GK Benjamin Siegrist (1992-01-31)31 January 1992 (aged 19) 0 0 Aston Villa 22 3MF Xavier Hochstrasser (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 22) 16 2 Padova 23 2DF Gaetano Berardi (1988-08-21)21 August 1988 (aged 22) 15 0 Brescia

Group B

Czech Republic

Head coach: Jakub Dovalil^[6]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Tomáš Vaclík (1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 22) 11 0 Viktoria Žižkov 2 2DF Jan Lecjaks (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 20) 12 0 Anderlecht 3 2DF Radim Řezník (1989-01-20)20 January 1989 (aged 22) 11 0 Baník Ostrava 4 2DF Ondřej Mazuch (1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 22) 19 1 Anderlecht 5 2DF Ondřej Čelůstka (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 21) 13 1 Slavia Prague 6 2DF Lukáš Vácha (1989-05-13)13 May 1989 (aged 22) 14 1 Slovan Liberec 7 3MF Tomáš Hořava (1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 23) 13 1 Sigma Olomouc 8 3MF Bořek Dočkal (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 22) 22 6 Slovan Liberec 9 4FW Libor Kozák (1989-05-30)30 May 1989 (aged 22) 10 3 Lazio 10 3MF Jan Morávek (1989-11-01)1 November 1989 (aged 21) 5 0 Kaiserslautern 11 4FW Tomáš Pekhart (1989-05-26)26 May 1989 (aged 22) 22 16 Nuremberg 12 3MF Jan Kovařík (1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 22) 9 2 Jablonec 13 3MF Marcel Gecov (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 23) 11 1 Slovan Liberec 14 4FW Václav Kadlec (1992-05-20)20 May 1992 (aged 19) 1 1 Sparta Prague 15 3MF Milan Černý (1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 23) 6 0 Slavia Prague 16 1GK Marek Štěch (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 21) 6 0 West Ham United 17 2DF Marek Suchý (1988-03-29)29 March 1988 (aged 23) 17 0 Spartak Moscow 18 3MF Lukáš Mareček (1990-04-17)17 April 1990 (aged 21) 13 1 Anderlecht 19 4FW Jan Chramosta (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 20) 3 2 Mladá Boleslav 20 4FW Michael Rabušic (1989-09-17)17 September 1989 (aged 21) 8 4 Brno 21 2DF Jan Hošek (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 22) 9 0 Teplice 22 3MF Adam Hloušek (1988-12-20)20 December 1988 (aged 22) 4 0 Kaiserslautern 23 1GK Jan Hanuš (1988-04-28)28 April 1988 (aged 23) 6 0 Slavia Prague

England

Head coach: Stuart Pearce^[7]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Frank Fielding (1988-04-04)4 April 1988 (aged 23) 9 0 Derby County 2 2DF Michael Mancienne (1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 23) 28 1 Hamburg 3 2DF Ryan Bertrand (1989-08-05)5 August 1989 (aged 21) 13 0 Chelsea 4 3MF Fabrice Muamba (1988-04-06)6 April 1988 (aged 23) 31 0 Bolton Wanderers 5 2DF Chris Smalling (1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 21) 11 1 Manchester United 6 2DF Phil Jones (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 19) 6 0 Blackburn Rovers 7 3MF Marc Albrighton (1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 21) 7 1 Aston Villa 8 3MF Jordan Henderson (1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 20) 8 2 Liverpool 9 4FW Danny Welbeck (1990-11-26)26 November 1990 (aged 20) 11 3 Manchester United 10 4FW Daniel Sturridge (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 21) 12 4 Chelsea 11 3MF Scott Sinclair (1989-03-25)25 March 1989 (aged 22) 4 1 Swansea City 12 2DF Kieran Gibbs* (1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 21) 15 3 Arsenal 13 1GK Alex McCarthy (1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 21) 3 0 Reading 14 2DF Kyle Walker (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 21) 4 0 Tottenham Hotspur 15 2DF James Tomkins (1989-09-23)23 September 1989 (aged 21) 10 0 West Ham United 16 3MF Jack Cork (1989-06-25)25 June 1989 (aged 21) 13 0 Chelsea 17 3MF Tom Cleverley (1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 21) 14 0 Manchester United 18 3MF Henri Lansbury (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 20) 6 0 Arsenal 19 3MF Jack Rodwell (1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 20) 15 2 Everton 20 3MF Danny Rose (1990-07-02)2 July 1990 (aged 20) 17 3 Tottenham Hotspur 21 4FW Nathan Delfouneso (1991-02-02)2 February 1991 (aged 20) 8 2 Aston Villa 22 4FW Connor Wickham (1993-03-31)31 March 1993 (aged 18) 3 0 Ipswich Town 23 1GK Jason Steele (1990-08-18)18 August 1990 (aged 20) 1 0 Middlesbrough

• Withdrawn prior to tournament but not replaced.

Spain

Head coach: Luis Milla^[8]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Rubén Miño (1989-01-18)18 January 1989 (aged 22) 2 0 Barcelona 2 2DF César Azpilicueta (1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 21) 18 1 Marseille 3 2DF Álvaro Domínguez (1989-05-15)15 May 1989 (aged 22) 8 1 Atlético Madrid 4 3MF Javi Martínez (c) (1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 22) 19 1 Athletic Bilbao 5 2DF Mikel San José (1989-05-30)30 May 1989 (aged 22) 8 1 Athletic Bilbao 6 4FW Jeffrén Suárez (1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 23) 9 1 Barcelona 7 4FW Adrián López (1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 23) 14 4 Deportivo La Coruña 8 3MF Daniel Parejo (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 22) 15 5 Valencia 9 4FW Bojan Krkić (1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 20) 18 4 Barcelona 10 3MF Juan Mata (1988-04-28)28 April 1988 (aged 23) 15 3 Valencia 11 3MF Diego Capel (1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 23) 21 5 Sevilla 12 2DF Martín Montoya (1991-04-14)14 April 1991 (aged 20) 3 0 Barcelona 13 1GK David de Gea (1990-11-07)7 November 1990 (aged 20) 8 0 Atlético Madrid 14 4FW Emilio Nsue (1989-09-30)30 September 1989 (aged 21) 7 1 Mallorca 15 2DF José Ángel Valdés (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 21) 4 0 Sporting Gijón 16 2DF Víctor Ruiz (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 22) 4 0 Napoli 17 2DF Dídac Vilà (1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 22) 3 0 Milan 18 3MF Ander Herrera (1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 21) 10 2 Real Zaragoza 19 3MF Thiago Alcântara (1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 20) 7 0 Barcelona 20 2DF Alberto Botía (1989-01-27)27 January 1989 (aged 22) 12 0 Sporting Gijón 21 3MF Rubén Pérez (1989-04-26)26 April 1989 (aged 22) 5 0 Deportivo La Coruña 22 4FW Iker Muniain (1992-12-19)19 December 1992 (aged 18) 2 0 Athletic Bilbao 23 1GK Diego Mariño (1990-05-09)9 May 1990 (aged 21) 3 0 Villarreal

Ukraine

Head coach: Pavlo Yakovenko^[9]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Anton Kanibolotskiy (1988-05-16)16 May 1988 (aged 23) 19 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 2DF Bohdan Butko (1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 20) 9 1 Volyn 3 2DF Yevhen Selin (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 23) 23 0 Vorskla 4 2DF Yaroslav Rakitskiy (1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 21) 14 3 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 3MF Artem Putivtsev (1988-08-29)29 August 1988 (aged 22) 5 1 Illichivets 6 3MF Vitaliy Vitsenets (1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 20) 7 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 7 3MF Yevhen Konoplyanka (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 21) 14 5 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8 3MF Taras Stepanenko (c) (1989-08-08)8 August 1989 (aged 21) 27 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 9 3MF Mykola Morozyuk (1988-01-17)17 January 1988 (aged 23) 26 3 Metalurh Donetsk 10 4FW Roman Zozulya (1989-11-17)17 November 1989 (aged 21) 20 2 Dynamo Kyiv 11 4FW Andriy Yarmolenko (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 21) 13 3 Dynamo Kyiv 12 1GK Denys Boyko (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 23) 8 0 Dynamo Kyiv 13 2DF Temur Partsvaniya (1991-07-06)6 July 1991 (aged 19) 1 0 Dynamo Kyiv 14 3MF Oleh Holodyuk (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 23) 14 2 Karpaty 15 2DF Serhiy Kryvtsov (1991-03-15)15 March 1991 (aged 20) 14 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 16 3MF Maksym Bilyi (1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 22) 8 2 Zorya 17 3MF Volodymyr Chesnakov (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 23) 22 2 Vorskla 18 2DF Oleksiy Kurylov (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 23) 16 0 Vorskla 19 3MF Denys Harmash (1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 21) 13 1 Dynamo Kyiv 20 2DF Oleksandr Matviyiv (1989-02-11)11 February 1989 (aged 22) 11 0 Vorskla 21 3MF Valeriy Fedorchuk (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 22) 18 2 Kryvbas 22 4FW Artem Kravets (1989-06-03)3 June 1989 (aged 22) 7 0 Dynamo Kyiv 23 1GK Dmytro Nepohodov (1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 23) 2 0 Metalurh Donetsk

Player statistics

Player representation by club

Players	Clubs
6	BATE Borisov, Dynamo Kyiv
5	Barcelona
4	Shakhtar Donetsk, Vorskla, Basel, Brøndby
3	Aston Villa, Chelsea, Manchester United, West Ham United, Zürich, Grasshopper, Athletic Bilbao, Midtjylland, Anderlecht, Slavia Prague, Slovan Liberec
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Metalurh Donetsk, Kryvbas, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Reading, Young Boys, Brescia, Nuremberg, Kaiserslautern, Atlético Madrid, Sporting Gijón, Deportivo La Coruña, Villarreal, AEK Athens, SønderjyskE, AaB, OB, København, Nordsjælland, AZ, Ajax, Dinamo Minsk, Dinamo Brest, Shakhtyor

Player representation by league

Country	Players	Percentage	Outside national squad
Total	184
England	27	14.67%	5
Ukraine	24	13.04%	1
Denmark	21	11.41%	3
Spain	21	11.41%	1
Belarus	19	10.33%	0
Czech Republic	14	7.61%	0
Switzerland	13	7.07%	0
Germany	9	4.89%	9
Italy	8	4.35%	8
Iceland	7	3.80%	0
Belgium	6	3.26%	6
Others	14	7.62%

The Ukrainian squad were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. Altogether, there were 18 national leagues that had players in the tournament.

Average age of squads

References