The Full Roster for the U21 European Championships

The European Under-21 Championship is set to commence in Slovakia, with national team coaches having finalised their squads for this premier football event of the year. Let’s take a look at the players we can expect to see on German pitches this coming June and July.

Group A

Goalkeepers: Alejandro Iturbe (Atlético Madrid), Aitor Fraga (Real Sociedad), Pablo Cuñat (Cartagena)

Defenders: Juanlu Sánchez (Sevilla), Marc Pubill (Almería), Cristhian Mosquera (Valencia), Juanma Herzog (Las Palmas), Rafa Marín (Naples), César Tárrega (Valencia), Hugo Bueno (Feyenoord), Gerard Martín (Barcelona), Andrés García (Aston Villa)

Midfielders: Beñat Turrientes (Real Sociedad), Mikel Jauregizar (Bilbao), Javi Guerra (Valencia), Pablo Torre (Barcelona), Pablo Marín (Real Sociedad), Alberto Moleiro (Las Palmas)

Forwards: Jesús Rodríguez (Betis), Diego López (Valencia), Raúl Moro (Valladolid), Mateo Joseph (Leeds United), Roberto Fernández (Espanyol)

Goalkeepers: Ľubomír Belko (Žilina), Adam Danko (Podbrezová), Tomáš Frühwald (Bohemians)

Defenders: Samuel Kopásek (Žilina), Adam Gaži (Skalica), Jakub Jakubko (Košice), Marek Ujlaky (Spartak Trnava), Adam Obert (Cagliari), Filip Mielke (Podbrezová), Dominik Javorček (Kiel), Nicolas Šikula (Banská Bystrica)

Midfielders: Sebastian Nebyla (Jablonec), Martin Šviderský (Almería), Mário Sauer (Žilina), Artur Gajdoš (Trenčín), Tomáš Rigo (Baník Ostrava), Leo Sauer (Feyenoord/Breda)

Forwards: Adrián Kaprálik (Žilina), Nino Marcelli (Slovan Bratislava), Tomáš Suslov (Hellas), Dominik Hollý (Jablonec), Roman Čerepkai (Košice), Timotej Jambor (Žilina)

Goalkeepers: Sebastiano Desplanches (Palermo), Jacopo Sassi (Crotone), Gioele Zacchi (Latina)

Defenders: Diego Coppola (Verona), Daniele Ghilardi (Verona), Gabriele Guarino (Carrarese), Michael Kayode (Brentford), Lorenzo Pirola (Olympiacos), Matteo Ruggeri (Atalanta), Riccardo Turicchia (Juventus), Mattia Zanotti (Lugano)

Midfielders: Alessandro Bianco (Monza), Cesare Casadei (Torino), Issa Doumbia (Venice), Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna), Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), Cher Ndour (Fiorentina), Niccolò Pisilli (AS Roma), Matteo Prati (Cagliari)

Forwards: Giuseppe Ambrosino (Frosinone), Tommaso Baldanzi (Roma), Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United), Luca Koleosho (Burnley)

Goalkeepers: Razvan Sava (Udinese), Otto Hindrich (CFR Cluj), Vlad Rafaila (US Lecce)

Defenders: Dan Sirbu (Farul Constanța), Tony Strata (AC Ajaccio), Cristian Ignat (FC Rapid 1923), Matteo Dutu (AC Milan), Ümit Akdag (Toulouse FC), Matei Ilie (CFR Cluj), Andrei Borza (FC Rapid 1923), Costin Amzar (Al Nassr)

Midfielders: Catalin Vulturar (FC Rapid 1923), Ovidiu Perianu (Unirea Slobozia), Marius Corbu (APOEL Nicosia), Cristian Mihai (Dinamo Bucharest), Constantin Grameni (FC Rapid 1923), Rares Ilie (US Catanzaro), Octavian Popescu (FCSB), Ianis Stoica (FC Hermannstadt), Zoran Mitrov (FC Botosani)

Forwards: Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj), Vladislav Blanuta (Universitatea Cluj), Rares Burnete (US Lecce)

Group B

Goalkeepers: Jiří Borek (Slovácko), Lukáš Horníček (Braga), Jan Koutný (Olomouc)

Defenders: Matěj Hadaš (Olomouc), Denis Halinský (Teplice), Štěpán Chaloupek (Slavia Praha), Josef Koželuh (Liberec), Jan Paluska (Plzeň), Filip Prebsl (Zabrze), Karel Spáčil (Hradec Králové), Martin Suchomel (Sparta Praha), Albert Labík (Teplice)

Midfielders: Kryštof Daněk (LASK Linz), Adam Karabec (Hamburg), Ondřej Kričfaluši (Teplice), Daniel Langhamer (Teplice), Alexandr Sojka (Plzeň), Vojtěch Stránský (Mladá Boleslav), Denis Višinský (Plzeň), Patrik Vydra (Sparta Praha)

Forwards: Daniel Fila (Venezia), Václav Sejk (Famalicão), Filip Vecheta (Karviná)

Goalkeepers: James Beadle (Brighton), Teddy Sharman-Lowe (Chelsea), Tommy Simkin (Stoke City)

Defenders: Charlie Cresswell (Toulouse), Ronnie Edwards (Southampton), CJ Egan-Riley (Burnley), Tino Livramento (Newcastle), Brooke Norton Cuffy (Genoa), Jarell Quansah (Liverpool)

Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Archie Gray (Tottenham), Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough), Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton), Tyler Morton (Liverpool), Alex Scott (Bournemouth), James McAtee (Manchester City), Harvey Elliott (Liverpool)

Forwards: Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), Sam Iling (Aston Villa), Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), Jonathan Rowe (Marseille), Jay Stansfield (Birmingham)

Goalkeepers: Noah Atubolu (Freiburg), Tjark Ernst (Hertha), Nahuel Noll (Greuther Fürth)

Defenders: Bright Akwo Arrey-Mbi (Braga), Elias Baum (Elversberg), Nathaniel Brown (Frankfurt), Pharrel Nnamdi Collins (Frankfurt), Tim Oermann (Bochum), Max Rosenfelder (Freiburg), Jamil Siebert (Düsseldorf), Lukas Ullrich (Mönchengladbach)

Midfielders: Brajan Gruda (Brighton), Caspar Jander (Nuremberg), Ansgar Knauff (Frankfurt), Eric Martel (1. FC Köln), Paul Nebel (Mainz), Rocco Reitz (Mönchengladbach), Merlin Röhl (Freiburg), Jan Thielmann (1. FC Köln), Paul Wanner (Heidenheim)

Strikers: Nicolo Tresoldi (Hannover), Nelson Weiper (Mainz), Nick Woltemade (Stuttgart)

Goalkeepers: Martin Turk (Ruch Chorzów), Žan Luk Leban (Everton), Lovro Štubljar (Domžale)

Defenders: Lovro Golic (AS Roma), Mitja Ilenic (New York City), Srđan Kuzmič (Viborg), Nino Milic (Domžale), Relja Obric (Atalanta)

Midfielders: Marko Brest (Olimpija), Tio Cipot (Grazer), Žan Jevšenak (União Desportiva Oliveirense), Sandro Jovanović (Koper), Marcel Lorber (Domžale), Enrik Ostrc (Helmond Sport), Martin Pečar (Bravo), Jošt Pišek (Mura), Svit Sešlar (Celje), Luka Topalović (Inter Milan), Adrian Zeljkovič (Plzeň), Edvin Krupič (Domžale)

Forwards: Tjaš Begič (Frosinone), Jaka Čuber Potočnik (1. FC Köln), Dino Kojič (Olimpija)

Group C

Goalkeepers: Luka Kharatishvili (Dinamo Batumi), Levani Tandilashvili (Telavi), Mikheil Makatsaria (Dinamo Tbilisi)

Defenders: Saba Khvadagiani (Dinamo Tbilisi), Irakli Iakobidze (Dinamo Tbilisi), Saba Mamatsashvili (IK Sirius), Saba Sazonov (Empoli), Lado Odishvili (Telavi), Giorgi Maisuradze (Polissya Zhytomyr), Irakli Azarov (Shakhtar)

Midfielders: Gizo Mamageishvili (Iberia 1999 Tbilisi), Luka Gagnidze (Samara), Irakli Yegoian (Vitesse), Nodar Lominadze (Dinamo Tbilisi), Gabriel Sigua (Basel), Levan Osikmashvili (Hapoel Hadera), Tornike Morchiladze (Dinamo Tbilisi), Otar Mamageishvili (Famalicao)

Forwards: Giorgi Kvernadze (Frosinone), Vakho Bedoshvili (Gareji), Giorgi Abuashvili (Kolkheti 1913), Vasil Gordeziani (Sarajevo), Lasha Odisharia (FC RFS)

Goalkeepers: Guillaume Restes (Toulouse), Obed Nkambadio (Paris FC), Robin Risser (Strasbourg)

Defenders: Ismaël Doukouré (Strasbourg), Castello Lukeba (RB Leipzig), Chrislain Matsima (Augsburg), Christian Mawissa (Monaco), Kiliann Sildillia (Freiburg), Nathan Zézé (Nantes)

Midfielders: Lucien Agoumé (Sevilla), Andy Diouf (Lens), Johann Lepenant (Nantes), Quentin Merlin (Marseille), Wilson Odobert (Tottenham), Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (Frankfurt), Noah Edjouma (Toulouse), Loum Tchaouna (Lazio), Félix Lemarechal (Strasbourg), Djaoui Cisse (Rennes), Soungoutou Magassa (Monaco)

Forwards: Thierno Barry (Villarreal), Mathys Tel (Tottenham), Matthis Abline (Nantes)

Goalkeepers: Diogo Pinto (Sporting), Joao Carvalho (Braga), Samuel Soares (Benfica)

Defenders: Chico Lamba (Arouca), Christian Marques (Yverdon), Flávio Nazinho (Cercle Brugge), Joao Muniz (Sporting), Rafael Rodrigues (AVS), Rodrigo Pinheiro (Famalicao), Lourenco Figueiredo (Varzim), Rodrigo Gomes (Wolverhampton)

Midfielders: Diogo Nascimento (Vizela), Gustavo Sá (Famalicao), Joao Marques (Gil Vicente), Mateus Fernandes (Southampton), Mathias de Amorim (Famalicao), Paulo Bernardo (Celtic)

Forwards: Pedro Santos (Moreirense), Carlos Borges (Wolverhampton), Geovany Quenda (Sporting), Henrique Araújo (Arouca), Roger Fernandes (Braga), Tiago Tomás (Wolfsburg)

Goalkeepers: Kacper Tobiasz (Legia), Kacper Trelowski (Raków Częstochowa), Slawomir Abramowicz (Jagiellonia Bialystok)

Defenders: Ariel Mosór (Raków Częstochowa), Patryk Peda (S.S. Juve Stabia), Milosz Matysik (Aris Limassol), Lukasz Bejger (NK Celje), Filip Luberecki (Motor Lublin), Michal Gurgul (Lech Poznan)

Midfielders: Mateusz Lęgowski (Yverdon-Sport FC), Kajetan Szmyt (Zaglebie Lubin), Jakub Kaluziński (Antalyaspor), Kacper Kozlowski (Gaziantep FK), Michal Rakoczy (MKE Ankaragücü), Arkadiusz Pyrka (Piast Gliwice), Antoni Kozubal (Lech Poznan), Bartlomiej Smolarczyk (Korona Kielce), Tomasz Pieńko (Zaglebie Lubin), Mateusz Kowalczyk (GKS Katowice), Dominik Marczuk (Real Salt Lake), Mariusz Fornalczyk (Korona Kielce)

Forwards: Filip Szymczak (GKS Katowice), Wiktor Bogacz (New York Red Bulls)

Group D

Goalkeepers: Lucas Bergström (Chelsea), Elmo Henriksson (Sporting Gijón), Roope Paunio (FC Honka)

Defenders: Rony Jansson (Kalmar FF), Tomas Galvez (SC Cambuur), Matti Peltola (DC United), Samuli Miettinen (KuPS), Kalle Wallius (Ilves), Dario Naamo (St. Pölten), Ville Koski (NK Istra), Miska Ylitolva (HJK)

Midfielders: Santeri Väänänen (Rosenborg BK), Naatan Skyttä (USL Dunkerque), Adam Marhiev (Aris Limassol), Doni Arifi (KuPS), Casper Terho (SC Paderborn), Niklas Pyyhtiä (FC Südtirol), Luka Hyryläinen (SSV Ulm), Juho Talvitie (Heracles Almelo), Topi Keskinen (Aberdeen FC), Oiva Jukkola (Ilves)

Forwards: Teemu Hytönen (Ilves), Otso Liimatta (FC Famalicao)

Goalkeepers: Andreas Jungdal (KVC Westerlo), Theo Sander (Hvidovre), William Lykke (Nordsjaelland)

Defenders: Anton Gaaei (Ajax), Aske Adelgaard (Go Ahead Eagles), Elias Jelert (Galatasaray), Lucas Hey (Anderlecht), Oliver Provstgaard (Lazio), Thomas Kristensen (Udinese), Sebastian Otoa (Genoa), Victor Bak Jensen (Midtjylland), Clement Bischoff (Bröndby)

Midfielders: Isak Jensen (Viborg), Noah Nartey (Bröndby), Oliver Sörensen (Midtjylland), Oscar Höjlund (Frankfurt), Oscar Fraulo (Utrecht), Tochi Chukwuani (Sturm Graz), Thomas Jörgensen (Viborg)

Forwards: Conrad Harder (Sporting), Mathias Kvistgaarden (Bröndby), William Böving (Sturm Graz), William Osula (Newcastle)

Goalkeepers: Tristan van den Heuvel (Bruggy), Calvin Raatsie (Excelsior), Robin Roefs (NEC)

Defenders: Neraysho Kasanwirjo (Rangers), Rav van den Berg (Middlesbrough), Ryan Flamingo (PSV), Jorrel Hato (Ajax), Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa), Bjorn Meijer (Club Brugge), Devyne Rensch (AS Roma), Anass Salah-Eddine (AS Roma), Wouter Goes (Alkmaar)

Midfielders: Ezechiel Banzuzi (OH Leuven), Antoni Milambo (Feyenoord), Youri Regeer (Ajax), Kenneth Taylor (Ajax), Luciano Valente (Groningen)

Forwards: Thom van Bergen (Groningen), Myron van Brederode (Düsseldorf), Million Manhoef (Stoke), Noah Ohio (Utrecht), Ernest Poku (Alkmaar), Ruben van Bommel (Alkmaar)

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neshcheret (Dynamo Kyiv), Georgiy Yermakov (Oleksandria), Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (Girona)

Defenders: Kostiantyn Vivcharenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Illia Krupskyi (Vorskla Poltava), Taras Mykhavko (Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Smoliakov (Polissya), Volodymyr Saliuk (Odessa), Eduard Kozik (Shakhtar), Vitalii Roman (Ruch Lviv), Arsenii Batahov (Trabzonspor)

Midfielders: Volodymyr Brazhko (Dynamo Kyiv), Illia Kvasnytsia (Ruch Lviv), Oleh Ocheretko (Shakhtar), Nazar Voloshyn (Dynamo Kyiv), Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford), Oleksandr Yatsyk (Zorya), Anton Tsarenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Vladyslav Veleten (Kolos Kovalivka), Maksym Braharu (Dynamo Kyiv), Valentyn Rubchynskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)

Forwards: Bohdan Viunnyk (Shakhtar), Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv)