2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Majstrovstvá Európy vo futbale hráčov do 21 rokov 2025
Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Dates	11–28 June
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
	← 2023 2027 →

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

Croatia
Slovakia

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

Venues

Bratislava	Trnava	Dunajská Streda	Košice
Národný futbalový štadión	Anton Malatinský Stadium	MOL Aréna	Košická futbalová aréna
Capacity: 22,500	Capacity: 18,200	Capacity: 12,700	Capacity: 12,555

Bratislava Trnava Dunajská Streda Trenčín Žilina Košice Prešov Nitra 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

Qualified teams

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

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

The draw was held on 3 December 2024.^[3] The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 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; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; 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); Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Slovakia (H)	Knockout stage
2	Spain	Knockout stage
3	Italy
4	Romania

First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	Knockout stage
2	England	Knockout stage
3	Germany
4	Slovenia

First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Portugal	Knockout stage
2	France	Knockout stage
3	Poland
4	Georgia

First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Finland	Knockout stage
2	Netherlands	Knockout stage
3	Ukraine
4	Denmark

First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Preparations

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

References

^ ^a ^b "2025 Under-21 EURO in Slovakia: Tournament information". UEFA. Basel. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "2025 Under-21 EURO final tournament draw". UEFA. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
^ "2025 Under-21 EURO final tournament draw made". UEFA. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
^ "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.

[hosts-1] "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] "2025 Under-21 EURO final tournament draw made". UEFA. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[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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