2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final

The Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana hosted the final.
Event	2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Germany Portugal 1 0
Date	6 June 2021 (2021-06-06)
Venue	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Man of the Match	Ridle Baku (Germany)[1]
Referee	Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Attendance	4,883[2]
Weather	Cloudy night 20 °C (68 °F) 94% humidity[3]

The 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final was a football match that took place on 6 June 2021 at the Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to determine the winners of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The match was contested by Germany and Portugal.

Germany won the match 1–0 for their third UEFA European Under-21 Championship title.^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Germany		Round	Portugal
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Hungary	3–0	Match 1	Croatia	1–0
Netherlands	1–1	Match 2	England	2–0
Romania	0–0	Match 3	Switzerland	3–0
Group A runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Netherlands 3 5 2  Germany 3 5 3  Romania 3 5 4  Hungary (H) 3 0 Source: UEFA (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Portugal 3 9 2  Croatia 3 3 3   Switzerland 3 3 4  England 3 3 Source: UEFA
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
Denmark	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Quarter-finals	Italy	5–3 (a.e.t.)
Netherlands	2–1	Semi-finals	Spain	1–0

Match

Details

6 June 2021 (2021-06-06)

21:00 CEST

Germany	1–0	Portugal
Nmecha 49'	Report

Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 4,883^[2]

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Germany

Portugal

GK 12 Finn Dahmen RB 21 Ridle Baku CB 5 Amos Pieper CB 4 Nico Schlotterbeck LB 3 David Raum  90' CM 8 Arne Maier (c) CM 6 Niklas Dorsch  85' RW 7 Florian Wirtz  12'  68' AM 13 Salih Özcan  90+2'  90+2' LW 11 Mërgim Berisha  67' CF 10 Lukas Nmecha  43'  85' Substitutions: FW 9 Jonathan Burkardt  67' FW 18 Karim Adeyemi  68' MF 20 Vitaly Janelt  85' DF 15 Ismail Jakobs  85' MF 17 Anton Stach  90+2' Manager: Stefan Kuntz

GK 1 Diogo Costa RB 5 Diogo Dalot CB 4 Diogo Queirós (c) CB 3 Diogo Leite LB 2 Abdu Conté  86' DM 6 Florentino Luís  83' CM 7 Vitinha  59' CM 10 Daniel Bragança  58' AM 23 Fábio Vieira CF 11 Dany Mota  46' CF 19 Tiago Tomás  59' Substitutions: FW 9 Rafael Leão  46' FW 20 Jota  90+3'  59' FW 21 Francisco Conceição  59' MF 8 Gedson Fernandes  83' MF 18 Gonçalo Ramos  86' Manager: Rui Jorge

Man of the Match: Ridle Baku (Germany)[1] Assistant referees: Levan Varamishvili (Georgia) Zaza Pipia (Georgia) Fourth official: Irakli Kvirikashvili (Georgia)

Match rules[5] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

1. "Every U21 EURO Player of the Match". UEFA. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
2. "Germany vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
3. "Under-21 – Germany v Portugal – Match info". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
4. "Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
5. "2019–21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations". UEFA.

External links

• Official website