UEFA U21 Slovakia 2025

[Jackson Harrison]

Qualifiers draw is on 2nd Feb.

Presume 10 groups of 5/6 with Winners qualifying to finals and 2nd place going to 2 legged play offs for last 5 spots. But who knows...UEFA like to keep us on our toes!

[Jackson Harrison]

2023-25 UEFA European Under-21 Championship – Host appointment and revised regulations
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are pleased to inform you that the UEFA Executive Committee on 25 January 2023 appointed Slovakia as the host for the UEFA Under-21 2025 Final Tournament.
In addition, the Regulations of the 2023-25 UEFA European Under-21 Championship were approved at the same meeting and are now available in the UEFA Documents portal.
• Article 5.01. b – Duties of the association
In alignment with other competition regulations and the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Sustainability regulations: the head coach must hold the highest coaching qualification but at least the UEFA A licence, and the assistant coach the second highest but as a minimum the UEFA B licence.
•
Most of the changes are related to updates to UEFA standard clauses, applied consistently across all UEFA competitions, and the material amendments are due to the need of aligning the format to one final
tournament host.
It is worth mentioning the following article updates:
Article 13 – Group formation and match system – qualifying competition
52 teams will take part in the qualifying phase as Liechtenstein will not enter the competition, the host is automatically qualified for the final tournament and Russia is currently suspended until further notice following the UEFA Executive Committee decision of 28 February 2022, which has
further been confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 15 July 2022.
The 52 teams will be split into 9 groups in total: 7 groups of 6 and 2 groups of 5 teams.
The 9 group winners and the 3 best runners- up will directly qualify for the final tournament and
the 6 other runners-up will play the play-offs for the 3 remaining spots.

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Article 17.03 – Match system – final tournament
With the final tournament being played in one country, the path to reach the final has been
reviewed to ensure that two teams from the same group cannot meet before the final
• Article 39.04 – Match sheet
The 5+1 substitution rule has been amended already for the current Under-21 competition and is now integral part of the regulations.
We kindly ask you to share this information with the relevant persons within your association and if you have any questions concerning these regulations, please contact MensYouthCompetitions@uefa.ch
Yours faithfully,
UEFA
Theodore Theodoridis General Secretary
cc
- UEFA Executive Committee
- UEFA National Team Competitions Committee
- European members of the FIFA Council
- FIFA, Zurich
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9 groups:
Liechtenstein not participating
Russia banned

[amenina]

Full regulations:

https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulation ... ons-Online

[amenina]

2025 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw

Date: 09:00 CET on Thursday 2 February
https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/027d- ... -thursday/

Draw procedure:
https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/02 ... ure_1_.pdf

Seeding pots:
https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/02 ... edings.pdf

Match dates:
Group stage
20–28 March 2023
12–20 June 2023
4–12 September 2023
9–17 October 2023
13–21 November 2023
18–26 March 2024
2–10 September 2024
7–15 October 2024
Play-offs
11–19 November 2024

[Jackson Harrison]

2025 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw

Date: 09:00 CET on Thursday 2 February
https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/027d- ... -thursday/

Draw procedure:
https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/02 ... ure_1_.pdf

Seeding pots:
https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/02 ... edings.pdf

Match dates:
Group stage
20–28 March 2023
12–20 June 2023
4–12 September 2023
9–17 October 2023
13–21 November 2023
18–26 March 2024
2–10 September 2024
7–15 October 2024
Play-offs
11–19 November 2024

Why did Liechtenstein not enter? Can't find a team?

[Tazmania]

Yes, very strange.

[amenina]

Yes, very strange.

Between 2020 and 2023, Liechtenstein were the only team that did not enter U19, but they did enter the 2024 tournament.

So perhaps there really is a lack of players for this age group, or at least there is no corresponding age group team for some reason.

[Jackson Harrison]

Yes, very strange.

Between 2020 and 2023, Liechtenstein were the only team that did not enter U19, but they did enter the 2024 tournament.

So perhaps there really is a lack of players for this age group, or at least there is no corresponding age group team for some reason.

So the U19 lack now corresponds to u21 2 years later.

[amenina]

2025 Under-21 EURO qualifying draw

Date: 09:00 CET on Thursday 2 February
https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/027d- ... -thursday/

Draw procedure:
https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/02 ... ure_1_.pdf

Seeding pots:
https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/02 ... edings.pdf

Match dates:
Group stage
20–28 March 2023
12–20 June 2023
4–12 September 2023
9–17 October 2023
13–21 November 2023
18–26 March 2024
2–10 September 2024
7–15 October 2024
Play-offs
11–19 November 2024

2025 U21 EURO qualifying groups

Group A: Italy*, Republic of Ireland, Norway*, Türkiye, Latvia, San Marino

Group B: Spain*, Belgium*, Scotland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Malta

Group C: Netherlands*, Sweden, Georgia*, North Macedonia, Moldova, Gibraltar

Group D: Germany*, Poland, Israel*, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Estonia

Group E: Romania*, Switzerland*, Finland, Albania, Montenegro, Armenia

Group F: England*, Ukraine*, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg

Group G: Portugal*, Croatia*, Greece, Belarus, Faroe Islands, Andorra

Group H: France*, Austria, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus

Group I: Denmark, Czechia*, Iceland, Wales, Lithuania

*Competing at 2023 finals in Georgia and Romania from 21 June to 8 July.

The groups will be played between March 2023 and October 2024.
The nine group winners and the three best runners-up (not counting results against sixth-placed teams) will qualify directly for the final tournament in summer 2025 alongside hosts Slovakia.
The other six runners-up will play off over two legs for the remaining three finals berths in November 2024.

[Lorric]

Our group looks tougher than most. I can recall Serbia doing well in U tournaments, though maybe not so much now if they're in pot 3.

[Jackson Harrison]

Our group looks tougher than most. I can recall Serbia doing well in U tournaments, though maybe not so much now if they're in pot 3.

I still think we can win out group!

[Jackson Harrison]

Our group looks tougher than most. I can recall Serbia doing well in U tournaments, though maybe not so much now if they're in pot 3.

I still think we can win out group!
Nice that draw was on at 8am UK so I could watch before I start working!

[amirbachar]

Our group looks tougher than most. I can recall Serbia doing well in U tournaments, though maybe not so much now if they're in pot 3.

U19 Euro 2022 is the closest we have to this age group, and France's group seems a bit Stronger with Austria as top 6 team, and Bosnia very close to pass France in the qualifying (lead 1-0 until the 83rd minute, and conceded 2 goals).
Serbia also qualified to the final, so England's group is close second IMO...

[Lorric]

Our group looks tougher than most. I can recall Serbia doing well in U tournaments, though maybe not so much now if they're in pot 3.

U19 Euro 2022 is the closest we have to this age group, and France's group seems a bit Stronger with Austria as top 6 team, and Bosnia very close to pass France in the qualifying (lead 1-0 until the 83rd minute, and conceded 2 goals).
Serbia also qualified to the final, so England's group is close second IMO...

Thanks for that. Maybe our group overall is the group of death then, since England won that tournament...

It's weird that nobody has created the page on the wiki yet. It's not like it's a long way off either, teams that didn't qualify for 2023 will be playing in the next window.

[Jackson Harrison]

Our group looks tougher than most. I can recall Serbia doing well in U tournaments, though maybe not so much now if they're in pot 3.

U19 Euro 2022 is the closest we have to this age group, and France's group seems a bit Stronger with Austria as top 6 team, and Bosnia very close to pass France in the qualifying (lead 1-0 until the 83rd minute, and conceded 2 goals).
Serbia also qualified to the final, so England's group is close second IMO...

Thanks for that. Maybe our group overall is the group of death then, since England won that tournament...

It's weird that nobody has created the page on the wiki yet. It's not like it's a long way off either, teams that didn't qualify for 2023 will be playing in the next window.

I noticed that. I can't make one as I've not got enough edits what about you mate?