This article lists the squads for the
2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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that was hosted in
Israel. 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
Stuart Pearce (born 24 April 1962) is an English professional football manager and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He was nicknamed "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play.
...
England named their squad on 14 May 2013.
Callum McManaman was ruled out with injury and replaced by
Nathan Delfouneso
Nathan Abayomi Delfouneso (born 2 February 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Accrington Stanley.
Having graduated from Aston Villa's academy Delfouneso broke into their first team in 2008, m ...
on 17 May.
Andros Townsend and
Luke Shaw were replaced by
Nathan Redmond and
Jack Robinson, due to withdrawal and injury respectively, on 24 May.
Head coach:
Guy Luzon
Israel named their squad on 23 May 2013.
Heach coach:
Devis Mangia
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Managing career
Early years
Mangia started his coaching career at age 30, working alongside Sean Sogliano ...
Italy named their squad on 27 May 2013.
Head coach:
Tor Ole Skullerud
Norway named their squad on 22 May 2013.
Alexander Groven
Alexander Groven (né Hassum; born 2 January 1992) is a Norwegian football defender who currently plays for Hønefoss BK.
Career
He started his career in Frigg Oslo FK. He later joined Lyn Oslo's junior team. He made his senior debut on 4 O ...
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 ...
, who had originally been omitted in order to play for the senior side in their
World Cup qualifier
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Qualifying tournaments are hel ...
against
Albania 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 ...
,
Valon Berisha
Valon Berisha (born 7 February 1993) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League club Melbourne City, on loan from Ligue 1 club Reims, and the Kosovo national team. He previously represented Norway at youth ...
and
Joshua King
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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
Rainer Adrion (born 10 December 1953) is a German football manager and former defender.
Coaching career
Adrion was head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching on two occasions. The first stint was from July 1991 to May 1993 and the second stint was from ...
Germany named a 25-man squad on 16 May 2013.
Antonio Rüdiger 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 and
Sebastian Jung
Sebastian Alexander Jung (born 22 June 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back for Karlsruher SC in the 2. Bundesliga.
Club career
Jung played his first Bundesliga match for Eintracht Frankfurt, and first fully profe ...
also out injured.
Head coach:
Cor Pot
Netherlands named their squad on 17 May 2013.
Jürgen Locadia was ruled out with injury and replaced by
Danny Hoesen 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 ...
Russia named their squad on 28 May 2013.
Alan Dzagoev,
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 ...
Spain 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
English 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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Squads
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UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads