Germany national under-21 football team

Germany Under-21
Association	Deutscher Fußball-Bund
Head coach	Stefan Kuntz
Captain	Arne Maier
Most caps	Fabian Ernst (31)
Top scorer	Pierre Littbarski (18)
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First international
	U-23:; Germany West Germany 3–3 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; (Frankfurt, West Germany; 25 June 1955); U-21:; Poland Poland 1–0 West Germany Germany; (Toruń, Poland; 10 October 1979)
Biggest win
	U-23:; Germany West Germany 3–0 Turkey Turkey; (Augsburg, West Germany; 24 April 1971); U-21:; San Marino San Marino 0–11 Germany Germany; (Serravalle, San Marino; 17 November 2009)
Biggest defeat
	U-23:; Soviet Union Soviet Union 3–1 West Germany Germany; (Yerevan, Soviet Union; 29 April 1972); U-21:; Portugal Portugal 5–0 Germany Germany; (Olomouc, Czech Republic; 27 June 2015)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 1982)
Best result	Winners (2009, 2017)

The Germany national under-21 football team are the under-21s of Germany. It is currently controlled by the DFB.

Competition records[change]

Competing as West Germany[change]

UEFA U-23 Championship record

Year	Progress
1972	Quarterfinals
1974	Did not qualify
1976	Did not enter

UEFA U-21 Championship record

Year	Progress
1978	Did not enter
1980	Did not enter
1982	Final
1984	Did not qualify
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Did not qualify
1990	Quarterfinals

Competing as Germany[change]

UEFA U-21 Championship record

Year	Progress
1992	Quarterfinals
France 1994	Did not qualify
Spain 1996	Quarterfinals
Romania 1998	Quarterfinals
Slovakia 2000	Did not qualify
Switzerland 2002	Did not qualify
Germany 2004	Group Stage
Portugal 2006	Group Stage
Netherlands 2007	Did not qualify
Sweden 2009	Champions
Denmark 2011	Did not qualify
Israel 2013	Group Stage
Czech Republic 2015	Semifinals
Poland 2017	Champions
Italy/San Marino 2019	Runners-up
Hungary/Slovenia 2021	Qualified

Individual Awards[change]

Golden Player: Rudi Völler (1982)
Silver Boot: Kevin Volland (2015)

Matches[change]

3 September 2020 2021 UEFA Q	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	4–1	File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova	Wiesbaden
18:15	Berisha Goal 10' Nmecha Goal 62' (pen.) Schlotterbeck Goal 74' Krüger Goal 79'	Report	Carastoian Goal 84'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović (Slovenia)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

8 September 2020 2021 UEFA Q	Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	4–1	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Heverlee
16:00	Ndayishimiye Goal 19', 60' (pen.) De Ketelaere Goal 52' Openda Goal 76'	Report	Nmecha Goal 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

9 October 2020 2021 UEFA Q	Moldova File:Flag of Moldova.svg	0–5	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Chișinău
18:15		Report	Nmecha Goal 19', 25' (pen.) Özcan Goal 41' Burkardt Goal 67' Kother Goal 90+2'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

13 October 2020 2021 UEFA Q	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fürth
18:15	Nmecha Goal 29'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 0 Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

12 November 2020 Friendly	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia	Braunschweig
18:15	Wintzheimer Goal 42' (pen.)	Report	Medved Goal 46' (pen.)	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

17 November 2020 2021 UEFA Q	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	Braunschweig
18:15	Nmecha Goal 17' (pen.) Burkardt Goal 26'	Report	Harris Goal 34'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Arman Ismuratov (Kazakhstan)
Note: The match was originally scheduled to take place on 17 March 2020, but was postponed due to the due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and played behind closed doors.^[1]

27 March 2021 2021 European Championship	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	1–1	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
21:00	Nmecha Goal 84'	Report	Kluivert Goal 48'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Sóstó Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

30 March 2021 2021 European Championship	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	Budapest, Hungary
18:00		Report		Stadium: Bozsik Aréna Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

31 May 2021 2021 European Championship	Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg	v	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
		Report		Stadium: MOL Aréna Sóstó

3 September 2021 2023 UEFA Q	San Marino File:Flag of San Marino.svg	v	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
		Report

7 September 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Latvia File:Flag of Latvia.svg	v	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
		Report

7 October 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	v	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
		Report

12 October 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg	v	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
		Report

12 November 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	v	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
		Report

16 November 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	v	File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino
		Report

Players[change]

Current squad[change]

Players born in or after 1998 are eligible for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship from 24 to 30 March 2021.^[3]

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

Caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2021.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Markus Schubert	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 27)	6	0	Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
2	2DF	Josha Vagnoman	(2000-11-12) 12 November 2000 (age 24)	7	0	Germany Hamburger SV
3	2DF	David Raum	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 27)	5	0	Germany Greuther Fürth
4	2DF	Nico Schlotterbeck	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 25)	10	3	Germany Union Berlin
5	2DF	Amos Pieper	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 27)	7	0	Germany Arminia Bielefeld
6	3MF	Niklas Dorsch	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 27)	11	1	Belgium Gent
7	4FW	Youssoufa Moukoko	(2004-11-20) 20 November 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Germany Borussia Dortmund
8	3MF	Arne Maier (c)	(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 26)	15	1	Germany Hertha BSC
9	4FW	Jonathan Burkardt	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 25)	8	2	Germany Mainz 05
10	4FW	Lukas Nmecha	(1998-12-14) 14 December 1998 (age 26)	17	10	Belgium Anderlecht
11	4FW	Mërgim Berisha	(1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 (age 27)	10	1	Austria Red Bull Salzburg
12	1GK	Finn Dahmen	(1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 (age 27)	5	0	Germany Mainz 05
13	3MF	Salih Özcan	(1998-01-11) 11 January 1998 (age 27)	13	1	Germany 1. FC Köln
14	2DF	Stephan Ambrosius	(1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Germany Hamburger SV
15	2DF	Ismail Jakobs	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 26)	7	0	Germany 1. FC Köln
16	3MF	Malick Thiaw	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 24)	0	0	Germany Schalke 04
17	3MF	Anton Stach	(1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Germany Greuther Fürth
18	4FW	Florian Krüger	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 26)	6	1	Germany Erzgebirge Aue
19	2DF	Maxim Leitsch	(1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 27)	3	0	Germany VfL Bochum
20	3MF	Vitaly Janelt	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 27)	8	0	Germany VfL Bochum
21	2DF	Ridle Baku	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 27)	11	2	Germany VfL Wolfsburg
22	3MF	Mateo Klimowicz	(2000-07-06) 6 July 2000 (age 25)	3	0	Germany VfB Stuttgart
23	1GK	Lennart Grill	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 27)	7	0	Germany Bayer Leverkusen

Player records[change]

Most caps

No. of caps	Player	U-21 career
31	Fabian Ernst	1998–2001
30	Levin Öztunalı	2015–2019
27	Andreas Beck	2007–2009
26	Mike Hanke	2003–2005
25	Dennis Aogo	2007–2009
24	Christian Tiffert	2002–2004
	Daniel Schwaab	2007–2010
	Lewis Holtby	2009–2013
	Moritz Leitner	2011–2015
	Nadiem Amiri	2016–2019

Most goals

No. of goals	No. of caps	Player	U-21 career
18	21	Pierre Littbarski	1979–1982
17	20	Heiko Herrlich	1990–1993
15	23	Benjamin Auer	2002–2004
14	26	Mike Hanke	2003–2005
14	24	Lewis Holtby	2009–2013
13	21	Rouwen Hennings	2007–2009
11	22	Kevin Volland	2012–2015
10	19	Rudi Völler	1979–1982
	22	Christian Nerlinger	1992–1996
	15	Luca Waldschmidt	2017–2019
	17	Lukas Nmecha	2019–2021

Former coaches[change]

Hannes Löhr (1990–2002)
Jürgen Kohler (2002–2003)
Uli Stielike (2003–2004)
Dieter Eilts (2004–2008)
Horst Hrubesch (2008–2009)
Rainer Adrion (2009–2013)
Horst Hrubesch (2013–2016)
Stefan Kuntz (2016–)

Related pages[change]

Germany national football team

Notes[change]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References[change]

↑ "Offiziell bestätigt: Länderspiele im März und April abgesagt". dfb.de. 17 March 2020.
↑ "Hungary vs. Germany". Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
↑ "Kuntz mit vier Neulingen zur EM-Gruppenphase nach Ungarn". dfb.de. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
↑ "U 21-Nationalteam Männer Team". dfb.de. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

Other websites[change]

Site of the Under-21 national team at the German Football Association homepage

[Behind_closed_doors-3] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[Cancelled-1] "Offiziell bestätigt: Länderspiele im März und April abgesagt". dfb.de. 17 March 2020.

[2] "Hungary vs. Germany". Union of European Football Associations. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[4] "Kuntz mit vier Neulingen zur EM-Gruppenphase nach Ungarn". dfb.de. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

[5] "U 21-Nationalteam Männer Team". dfb.de. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

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