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2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Squads
The following is a list of squads for all sixteen national teams that competed at the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Each national team had to submit a final squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. Players in boldface were capped at full international level at some point in their career. ''Ages, caps, goals and clubs as of 21 June 2023.'' Group A Belgium A 23-player squad was announced on 14 June 2023. Arthur Vermeeren and Roméo Lavia withdrew due to injury; they were replaced by Arne Engels and Anthony Descotte. Head coach: Jacky Mathijssen Georgia A 23-player squad was announced on 15 June 2023. Head coach: Ramaz Svanadze Netherlands The final roster was announced on 29 May 2023. Sepp van den Berg had an injury and was replaced by Shurandy Sambo. Head coach: Erwin van de Looi Portugal A 25-player preliminary squad was announced on 31 May 2023. The final squad was rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2023) was the 24th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (27th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth Association football, football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. A total of 16 teams played in the final tournament, and only players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to participate. The tournament was co-hosted by Romania and Georgia (country), Georgia. Romania hosted the opening match, while Georgia hosted the final. Romania already hosted the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. As with previous Under-21 Championships held one year prior to the Olympic Games, this tournament served as European qualifying for the Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2024 Summer Olympics. Besides France Olympic football team, France, which qualified automatically as Olympic hosts, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loïs Openda
Ikoma-Loïs Openda (born 16 February 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Belgium national team. Club career Early career Openda played as a youth for Patro Othee FC and RFC Liège before joining the youth academy of Standard Liège. Club Brugge In 2015, he moved to the academy of Club Brugge, where he made his senior debut on 10 August 2018 in the Belgian Pro League against Kortrijk. Openda replaced Jelle Vossen after 80 minutes. Loan to Vitesse On 21 July 2020, Openda joined Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse on a season-long loan deal. He scored his first goal for the club on 3 October, in a 3–0 win over Heracles Almelo. Vitesse reached the final of the KNVB Cup, but lost 2–1 to Ajax. Openda scored the only goal for the Arnhem-based team. In June 2021, Openda rejoined Vitesse on loan for another season. Lens On 6 July 2022, Lens announced the signing of Openda on a five-year deal from Club Brugge. The stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim De Cuyper
Maxim Peter M. De Cuyper (; born 22 December 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge and the Belgium national team. Club career De Cuyper began his career at the youth academy of Club Brugge. On 20 February 2020, De Cuyper made his professional debut for Brugge against Manchester United in the first-leg of the UEFA Europa League Round of 32. He started and played 73 minutes as Club Brugge drew 1–1. De Cuyper was then a starter again for Brugge in the second leg of the tie and played the whole match as Brugge fell 0–5. On 30 August 2020, De Cuyper made his debut for Club NXT, Brugge's reserve team, in Belgian First Division B. He came on as a 64th minute substitute as Brugge were defeated 2–2. On 4 February 2022, Club Brugge announced that they had extended de Cuyper's contract through 2025. On 2 August 2021, he joined Westerlo on loan for the 2021–22 season. The loan was extended for the 2022–23 sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Patris
Louis Patris (born 7 June 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Sint-Truiden in the Belgian Pro League on loan from Anderlecht. Career In 2015 Patris joins OH Leuven from Standard Liège. He made his debut for the club on 1 March 2021 in the home match against Antwerp. On 8 July 2023, Patris joined fellow Belgian Pro League team Anderlecht for a fee of €3.5 million. On 4 September 2024, Patris was loaned to Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. With more than 41,500 inhabitants, it is on ..., with an option to buy. The option was exercised in April 2025, allowing Patris to move to Sint-Truiden on permanent basis in the summer of 2025.https://stvv.com/nl/nieuws/artikel/louis-patris-op-permanente-basis-naar-kanaries References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Brugge KV
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional Association football, football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They play in the Belgian Pro League, the top domestic league in Belgian football. One of the most decorated clubs in Football in Belgium, Belgian football, Club Brugge has been crowned List of Belgian football champions, Belgian league champions 19 times, second only to major rivals R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht, and shares the Jan Breydel Stadium with city rival Cercle Brugge K.S.V., Cercle Brugge, with whom they contest the Bruges derby. Throughout its long history, "Club" has enjoyed much European football success, reaching two European finals and three European semi-finals. Club Brugge is the only Belgian club to have played the final of the European Cup (now the UEFA Champions League) as of November 2024, losing to Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senne Lammens
Senne Lammens (born 7 July 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp. Club career Lammens began his career at the youth academy of Club Brugge. On 11 December 2019 the then 17-year old goalkeeper scored the decisive headed goal (2-2) against Real Madrid CF (youth) in the 95th minute of the play-off match in the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League group stage, enabling his team to reach the knock-out phase of the tournament. On 8 June 2023, Lammens signed a four-year contract with Royal Antwerp. International career In March 2025 he was named in the senior Belgium squad for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League play-off matches against Ukraine on 20 and 23 March 2025, respectively. Career statistics Club Honours Club Brugge * Belgian Super Cup: 2021 Royal Antwerp * Belgian Super Cup: 2023 References External linksProfileat the Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UD Almería
Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión Deportiva Almería''. The club currently plays in the , and plays their home games at the 17,400-seat capacity UD Almería Stadium. History The first football club in Almería was founded in 1909: el Almería Foot-Ball Club. Since then, several Almería football clubs appeared and disappeared. One of them was AD Almería, a team that played in La Liga between 1979 and 1981, but disappeared in 1982, and was arguably UD Almería's predecessor. In 1989, a club named ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' was born, but in 2001 was renamed ''Unión Deportiva Almería''. On 19 January 2001 the mayor of Almería Santiago Martínez Cabrejas announced in the city council that the new club UD Almería had been formed after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Largie Ramazani
Largie Ramazani (born 27 February 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Leeds United. Club career Early career Born in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Ramazani moved to London at the age of 12, and joined Charlton Athletic's youth setup after failed trials at Fulham and Chelsea. On 3 July 2017, aged 16, he signed a four-year deal with Manchester United. Manchester United After impressing with the under-18s, Ramazani signed his first professional contract on 21 March 2018. He then progressed through the club's youth setup, playing for the under-21 and under-23 squads. Ramazani made his senior debut for United on 28 November 2019, coming on as a late substitute for James Garner in a 2–1 UEFA Europa League away loss against FC Astana. He was released from the club the following June, after reportedly having rejected a new deal. Almería On 24 August 2020, free agent Ramazani signed a five-year contract with Spanish Segunda División club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Antwerp F
Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family or royalty Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a city * Royal, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Royal, Nebraska, a village * Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina, an unincorporated area * Royal, Utah, a ghost town * Royal, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Royal Gorge, on the Arkansas River in Colorado * Royal Township (other) Elsewhere * Mount Royal, a hill in Montreal, Canada * Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland * Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Royal'' (Jesse Royal album), 2021 * Royal (Ayo album), 2020 * ''The Royal'', a British medical drama television series * '' The Royal Magazine'', a monthly British literary magazine published between 1898 and 1939 * '' The Raja Saab'', working title ''Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel-Ange Balikwisha
Michel-Ange Sumai Balikwisha (born 10 May 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Royal Antwerp. Club career Balikwisha made his professional debut for Standard Liège on 20 September 2020 in a Belgian First Division A game against KV Kortrijk. Royal Antwerp On4 July 2021, Balikwisha joined Royal Antwerp on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee. He was part of the squad that won a domestic double during the 2022–23 season, including the club's first league title in 66 years. On 23 July 2023, Balikwisha scored a goal in the Belgian Super Cup against Mechelen. Antwerp would win on penalties to claim the trophy for the first time in their history. On 30 August 2023, he helped the club secure a spot in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever, by scoring a goal in the second leg of their 3–1 aggregate victory over AEK Athens in the play-off round. He scored in Antwerp's first home match in the Champions Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (), also known as Union Saint-Gilloise, Union SG or simply Union, is a Belgian professional Football club (association football), football club from Brussels based in Forest, Belgium, Forest. Founded in 1897 in the neighbouring Saint-Gilles, Belgium, Saint-Gilles, the club has played its home matches at the historic Joseph Marien Stadium since the 1920s. One of the most successful clubs in Belgian football history, Union won eleven Belgian Pro League, national titles between 1904 and 1935, dominating the domestic game before World War II. From 1933 to 1935, they went 60 league matches unbeaten—a national record that still stands. After a long decline that saw the club fall as low as the Belgian Fourth Division, fourth tier, Union experienced a resurgence in the 2020s following a takeover by British businessman Tony Bloom, also chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion. In 2021, they returned to the Belgian Pro League after 48 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorbe Vertessen
Yorbe Vertessen (born 8 January 2001) is a Belgian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward or a winger (association football), winger for Austrian club FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg. Club career Born in the Belgian town of Tienen, Vertessen joined PSV Eindhoven as a schoolboy from K.V.C. Westerlo, Westerlo in 2009. On 2 May 2021, Vertessen scored his first goal for the PSV senior side in a 2–2 draw with SC Heerenveen in 2020–21 Eredivisie, Eredivisie play. On 7 August 2021, Vertessen scored in a 4–0 2021 Johan Cruyff Shield, Johan Cruyff Shield win over rivals AFC Ajax, Ajax, in turn helping to end Ajax's 17 game unbeaten streak. On 28 January 2023, Vertessen was loaned to Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Union Saint-Gilloise until the end of the 2022–23 season, while Union were lying second in the Belgian Pro League, and made his debut in Union's 4–0 win over S.V. Zulte Waregem, Zulte Waregem on 5 Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
