UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2015/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Krakow Stadium - Krakow Friday 30 June 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Germany Matchday 5 - Final Spain Last updated 29/06/2017 15:26CET

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1 Germany - Spain Friday 30 June 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Krakow Stadium, Krakow

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Spain take on Germany in the final of the U21 EURO looking to join Italy at the top of the tournament's all-time winners' list. • With four title triumphs to their name, Spain would equal Italy's total of five with victory in the final in Krakow but Germany have other ideas as they bid to add to the single U21 crown they won in 2009. Previous meetings • The teams have met in six competitive fixtures at U21 level, with Spain registering four wins to Germany's one. • On the two previous occasions the sides met in final tournaments, both times in the group stage, one of them went on to lift the trophy. • The first encounter came on the opening day of the 2009 finals, a goalless draw in Halmstad, Sweden. Spain bowed out after the group stage; Germany beat England in the final. • Four years ago the teams were again paired in the group phase, Julen Lopetegui's Spain overcoming Rainer Adrion's Germany with a goal four minutes from time by Álvaro Morata. This time Germany went home after the group while Spain advanced to the final where they beat Italy. • The line-ups for that game in Netanya, Israel, on 9 June 2013 were: Germany: Leno, Jantschke, Thesker, Ginter, Sorg, Rudy (Rüdiger 82), Rode (Can 70), Holtby, Herrmann (Lasogga 64), Clemens, Volland. Spain: De Gea, Bartra, Montoya, Iñigo Martínez, Moreno, Illarramendi, Koke, Isco (Camacho 89), Thiago Alcántara, Rodrigo (Morata 73), Tello (Muniain 85). • West Germany edged Spain 2-1 on aggregate in a two-legged quarter-final in 1982. Spain won the home leg 1-0 in Tenerife and held the lead until ten minutes from time in Augsburg before goals from Rudi Völler (80) and Pierre Littbarski (89) turned it round for the Germans. West Germany went on to reach the final, losing 5-4 to England over two legs. • The sides' most recent meeting was a friendly on 4 March 2014 in Palencia, northern Spain. Strikes by Morata (52) and Isco (54) earned the hosts a 2-0 victory. Saúl Ñíguez, and Kepa Arrizabalaga were all half-time substitutes. Match background Germany • Germany have lifted the European U21 trophy on just one occasion, when they thrashed England 4-0 in the 2009 final in Malmo. • That was Germany's sole previous final appearance as a unified country; as West Germany they lost to England in the two-legged 1982 final. Meanwhile, East Germany were defeated 5-4 by Yugoslavia in the 1978 final and 1-0 by the Soviet Union in 1980, both also over two legs. • Germany have appeared in five of the last seven tournaments, yet survived the group stage in only 2009 and 2015 prior to this year. • They got to the semi-finals as the best of the three section runners-up, having come second behind Italy in Group C after beating the Czech Republic (2-0) and Denmark (3-0) before losing to the Azzurrini (0-1). • Kuntz's team then outlasted England 4-3 on penalties in the semi-finals, Davie Selke and substitute Felix Platte having scored in a 2-2 draw. In the shoot-out, Julian Pollersbeck saved two England attempts with Yannick Gerhardt missing for Germany; Maximilian Arnold, Maximilian Philipp, and Nadiem Amiri all converted their kicks. • Captain , Marc-Oliver Kempf, Levin Öztunali and Selke were in Germany's victorious UEFA European Under-19 Championship side of 2014, all playing 90 minutes in the 1-0 final win against Portugal. • Substitute Kempf converted a penalty in the shoot-out of the 2012 U17 final but Germany succumbed 5-4 to the Netherlands in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Meyer played all 80 minutes with Marvin Schwäbe and Stark unused replacements. • Odisseas Vlachodimos was Germany goalkeeper in the 2011 UEFA European U17 Championship final; they lost 5-2 to the Netherlands in Novi Sad, Serbia. Spain • Spain's four previous triumphs came in 1986, 1998, 2011 and 2013.

2 Germany - Spain Friday 30 June 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Krakow Stadium, Krakow • Their actual final record is W4 L2: 1984: Spain 0-1 England (Seville, Spain); England 2-0 Spain (Sheffield, England) – England win 3-0 on aggregate 1986: Italy 2-1 Spain (Rome, Italy); Spain 2-1 Italy (Valladolid, Spain) – Spain win 3-0 on penalties 1996: Italy 1-1 Spain, 4-2 pens (Barcelona, Spain) 1998: Greece 0-1 Spain (Bucharest, Romania) 2011: Switzerland 0-2 Spain (Aarhus, Denmark) 2013: Italy 2-4 Spain (Jerusalem, Israel) • Spain made the semi-finals as Group B winners, having recorded three straight victories against FYR Macedonia (5- 0), Portugal (3-1) and Serbia (1-0). They then saw off Italy 3-1 to progress to the final for the third time in four editions of the competition. • scored Spain's opener in the 2-0 success over Russia in the 2015 UEFA European U19 Championship final. , Dani Ceballos, Rodri Hernández, Mikel Merino, Jorge Meré and captain Jesús Vallejo also featured. • Deulofeu, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Jonny and substitute Denis Suárez were in the Spain team that beat Greece 1-0 in the 2012 U19 final in Tallinn, Estonia. • Deulofeu had also been in the side that ousted the Czech Republic 3-2 after extra time in the 2011 U19 final in Bucharest, Romania. • Deulofeu netted Spain's goal in the 2-1 reverse to England in the European U17 Championship final in 2010. Saúl also figured in that match in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Coach and player links • Albert Celades was in the Spain team beaten 3-1 by Germany in their final group game at the 1994 UEFA European U18 Championship – a defeat that cost them a place in the final. More recently, as U16 national coach, his Spain side drew 2-2 with Germany in a friendly in February 2015. • As a Real Madrid player, Celades won 2-0 at Wisla Kraków’s Miejski Stadium – 1.4km from the Krakow Stadium – in a UEFA Champions League qualifying tie in August 2004. • As a Barcelona player, Celades won the 1998 UEFA Super Cup against . • Merino and Mayoral scored in Spain's 3-0 group stage victory over Germany at the 2015 European U19 Championship. Asensio, Ceballos and Hernández also featured for Spain; Lukas Klünter and Nadiem Amiri were in the German team. • Germany qualified for the 2014 U19 finals – a tournament they would win – by dispatching Spain 3-1 in their last elite round fixture, Selke getting the first goal. Stark, Kempf, Öztunali and Meyer also played; Héctor Bellerín, José Gayà and Sandro Ramírez were involved for Spain. • Mahmoud Dahoud and Suárez faced each other when Barcelona beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-0 in a UEFA Champions League group stage fixture last December. • Dahoud and Maximilian Philipp will be team-mates of Merino at Borussia Dortmund next season. • and Bellerín were team-mates at Arsenal from 2012-16. • Saúl scored to give Atlético Madrid a 1-0 success over Bayern München in the home leg of their 2015/16 UEFA Champions League semi-final.

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:: Squad list No: number DoB: date of birth Qual: qualifying FT: final tournament Pld: played Gls: goals Overall U21: final tournament only

:: Match officials Nat: nationality DoB: date of birth

Under-21: Total matches officiated in the UEFA European U21 Championship including all qualifying round matches. Matches as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

UEFA: Total matches officiated in all UEFA competitions including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

:: Group statistics/Tournament schedule Pos: position Pld: played W: won D: drawn L: lost GF: goals for GA: goals against Pts: points

:: NOTE: All-time statistics Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out. Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited

4 Germany - Spain Friday 30 June 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Krakow Stadium, Krakow Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Overall: Total appearances in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament only Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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