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)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	U-23:; West Germany 3–3 Yugoslavia ; (Frankfurt, West Germany; 25 June 1955); U-21:; Poland 1–0 West Germany ; (Toruń, Poland; 10 October 1979)
Biggest win
	U-23:; West Germany 3–0 Turkey ; (Augsburg, West Germany; 24 April 1971); U-21:; San Marino 0–11 Germany ; (Serravalle, San Marino; 17 November 2009)
Biggest defeat
	U-23:; Soviet Union 3–1 West Germany ; (Yerevan, Soviet Union; 29 April 1972); U-21:; Portugal 5–0 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

Competing as West Germany

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

UEFA U-21 Championship record

Year	Progress
1992	Quarterfinals
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Quarterfinals
1998	Quarterfinals
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Group Stage
2006	Group Stage
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Champions
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Group Stage
2015	Semifinals
2017	Champions
/ 2019	Runners-up
/ 2021	Qualified

Individual Awards

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

Matches

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Moldova

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

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Germany

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

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Germany

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

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

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Slovenia

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

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Wales

17 November 2020 2021 UEFA Q	Germany	2–1	Wales	Braunschweig
18:15	Nmecha 17' (pen.) Burkardt 26'	Report	Harris 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]

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Germany

24 March 2021 2021 European Championship	Hungary	0–3	Germany	Székesfehérvár
21:00		Report	Nmecha 61' Baku 66', 73'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Sóstó Attendance: 0^[2]^{[note 1]} Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

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Netherlands

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

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Romania

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

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Germany

31 May 2021 2021 European Championship	Denmark	v	Germany	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
		Report		Stadium: MOL Aréna Sóstó

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Germany

3 September 2021 2023 UEFA Q	San Marino	v	Germany
		Report

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Germany

7 September 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Latvia	v	Germany
		Report

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Israel

7 October 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Germany	v	Israel
		Report

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Germany

12 October 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Hungary	v	Germany
		Report

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Poland

12 November 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Germany	v	Poland
		Report

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San Marino

16 November 2021 2023 UEFA Q	Germany	v	San Marino
		Report

Players

Current squad

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 26)	6	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
2	2DF	Josha Vagnoman	(2000-11-12) 12 November 2000 (age 23)	7	0	Hamburger SV
3	2DF	David Raum	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Greuther Fürth
4	2DF	Nico Schlotterbeck	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 24)	10	3	Union Berlin
5	2DF	Amos Pieper	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Arminia Bielefeld
6	3MF	Niklas Dorsch	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 26)	11	1	Gent
7	4FW	Youssoufa Moukoko	(2004-11-20) 20 November 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Borussia Dortmund
8	3MF	Arne Maier (c)	(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 25)	15	1	Hertha BSC
9	4FW	Jonathan Burkardt	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 23)	8	2	Mainz 05
10	4FW	Lukas Nmecha	(1998-12-14) 14 December 1998 (age 25)	17	10	Anderlecht
11	4FW	Mërgim Berisha	(1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 (age 26)	10	1	Red Bull Salzburg
12	1GK	Finn Dahmen	(1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Mainz 05
13	3MF	Salih Özcan	(1998-01-11) 11 January 1998 (age 26)	13	1	1. FC Köln
14	2DF	Stephan Ambrosius	(1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Hamburger SV
15	2DF	Ismail Jakobs	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 24)	7	0	1. FC Köln
16	3MF	Malick Thiaw	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Schalke 04
17	3MF	Anton Stach	(1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 25)	2	0	Greuther Fürth
18	4FW	Florian Krüger	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 25)	6	1	Erzgebirge Aue
19	2DF	Maxim Leitsch	(1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26)	3	0	VfL Bochum
20	3MF	Vitaly Janelt	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 26)	8	0	VfL Bochum
21	2DF	Ridle Baku	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 26)	11	2	VfL Wolfsburg
22	3MF	Mateo Klimowicz	(2000-07-06) 6 July 2000 (age 23)	3	0	VfB Stuttgart
23	1GK	Lennart Grill	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Bayer Leverkusen

Player records

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

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

Germany national football team

Notes

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

References

↑ "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

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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