This article lists the squads for the

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that was hosted in

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. Only players born on or after 1 January 1990 were eligible to play. Each participating team had to submit a list of forty players, including no fewer than four goalkeepers, thirty days before the opening match. This then had to be reduced to a final squad of 23 players by 26 May 2013. Players born no earlier than 1 January 1990 were eligible for the tournament, meaning some participants were 23 years old as the 'under-21' limit applied at the start of the qualifying competition. Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career. Players with a dagger had been given a full international cap by their country prior to the start of the tournament. ''Age, caps, goals and club as of 5 June 2013.''

Group A

Head coach: Stuart Pearce

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named their squad on 14 May 2013.

Callum McManaman Callum Henry McManaman (born 25 April 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger, most recently for Tranmere Rovers. Born in Whiston, Merseyside, lived and brought up in Rainhill, Merseyside, McManaman began his youth c ...

was ruled out with injury and replaced by Nathan Delfouneso on 17 May.

Andros Townsend Andros Darryl Townsend (born 16 July 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Everton. A graduate of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, Townsend was initially loaned out to several League One and then Champions ...

and

Luke Shaw Luke Paul Hoare Shaw (born 12 July 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Manchester United and the England national team. Originally a member of Southampton's youth system, Shaw made his first-team debu ...

were replaced by

Nathan Redmond Nathan Daniel Jerome Redmond (born 6 March 1994) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a Winger (sports), winger or Forward (association football), forward for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş. Redm ...

and

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, due to withdrawal and injury respectively, on 24 May.

Head coach:

Guy Luzon Guy Luzon ( he, גיא לוזון; born 7 August 1975) is an Israeli former footballer and manager, currently managing the Israel national under-21 football team. Club career Guy Luzon was a graduate of the Maccabi Petah Tikva youth program, jo ...

named their squad on 23 May 2013.

Heach coach: Devis Mangia

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named their squad on 27 May 2013.

Head coach:

Tor Ole Skullerud Tor Ole Skullerud (born 10 December 1970) is a Norwegian football manager and former player. Club career Skullerud was born Kongsvinger, Norway. He played for hometown club Kongsvinger IL, before turning out for Ready, Frigg, Grue IL, and Ull ...

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named their squad on 22 May 2013. Alexander Groven withdrew from the squad due to injury on 27 May, and was replaced by

Markus Henriksen Markus Henriksen (born 25 July 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club Rosenborg. Club career Rosenborg Henriksen moved from Trond IL to Rosenborg as a boy. He proved himself early on as an ...

, who had originally been omitted in order to play for the senior side in their World Cup qualifier against

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on 7 June.

Håvard Nordtveit Håvard Nordtveit (born 21 June 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Skjold IL in the Norwegian 4th Division. Club career Norway Nordtveit began his career as a youth in Norway with V ...

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and Joshua King were also selected for the qualifier, meaning all four played were ruled out of the opening group game of the tournament.

Group B

Head coach: Rainer Adrion

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named a 25-man squad on 16 May 2013.

Antonio Rüdiger Antonio Rüdiger (born 3 March 1993) is a German professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and the Germany national football team, Germany national team. Rüdiger began ...

was added to their squad on 24 May after

Jan Kirchhoff Jan Tilman Kirchhoff (born 1 October 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Club career Mainz 05 Born in Frankfurt, West Germany, Kirchhoff began his football career at SpVgg Ki ...

was ruled with injury. Germany confirmed their final squad on 28 May, with original party members

Tolgay Arslan Tolgay Ali Arslan (; born August 16, 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Udinese. Born in Germany, he has Turkish ancestry. He represented both Germany and Turkey internationally at youth level. Club career E ...

and Sebastian Jung also out injured.

Head coach:

Cor Pot Cornelis "Cor" Pot (born 8 June 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former professional footballer. Playing career Pot started his career with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy. Coaching career ...

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named their squad on 17 May 2013.

Jürgen Locadia Jürgen Leonardo Locadia (born 7 November 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger. Club career Early career Locadia, who is of Curaçaoan descent, was born in Emmen, Netherlands, and began playing footbal ...

was ruled out with injury and replaced by

Danny Hoesen Daniel "Danny" Hoesen (born 15 January 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Fortuna Sittard After short stints at local amateur clubs Hoesen enrolled in the Fortuna Sittard youth academy. He was promote ...

on 27 May.

Head coach:

Nikolai Pisarev Nikolai Nikolayevich Pisarev (russian: Николай Николаевич Писарев; born 23 November 1968) is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Russia national football team. International car ...

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named their squad on 28 May 2013.

Alan Dzagoev Alan Yelizbarovich Dzagoev (russian: Алан Елизбарович Дзагоев, ; os, Дзӕгъойты Елизбары фырт Алан; romanized as Dzagoyev; born 17 June 1990) is a Russian international footballer who plays as a cen ...

Oleg Shatov Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatov (russian: Олег Александрович Шатов; born 29 July 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ural Yekaterinburg. Earlier in his career, he mostly played as ...

and

Aleksandr Kokorin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kokorin ('' né'' Kartashov; russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Коко́рин, ; born 19 March 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot club Aris Limassol ...

were all named despite having to miss the opening game in order to play for the full international side. Kokorin was ruled out with injury on 31 May, while Shatov was subsequently released from the senior squad for the start of the tournament.

Head coach:

Julen Lopetegui Julen Lopetegui Agote (; born 28 August 1966) is a Spanish former professional footballer, currently manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. A goalkeeper, he played 149 La Liga matches over nine seasons, representing Real Madrid ...

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named their squad on 23 May 2013.

Player statistics

;Player representation by club In total 118 clubs were represented in the tournament. ;Player representation by league The

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squad were made up entirely of players from the respective countries domestic leagues. Altogether, there were fifteen national leagues that had players in the tournament. ;Average age of squads

Footnotes

References

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