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UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2017/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Friuli - Udine Monday 17 June 2019 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Germany Group B - Matchday 1 Denmark Last updated 28/06/2019 01:34CET UEFA UNDER 21 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Team facts 15 Legend 17 1 Germany - Denmark Monday 17 June 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Selke 53, Kempf 73, 21/06/2017 GS-FT Germany - Denmark 3-0 Krakow Amiri 79 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Volland 32, 48, Ginter 20/06/2015 GS-FT Germany - Denmark 3-0 Prague 53 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 12/10/1993 QR (GS) Germany - Denmark 0-1 Celle Kristensen 26 Møller 60; Ziege 29, 13/04/1993 QR (GS) Denmark - Germany 1-4 Ronne 88, Herrlich 63, Wück 68 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Germany 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 0 1 10 2 Denmark 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 2 10 2 Germany - Denmark Monday 17 June 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Match background For the third UEFA European Under-21 Championship running, Germany and Denmark meet in the group stage – with recent history suggesting a tough night for the Danes. • Germany, the reigning champions, won both of those games 3-0 and will be looking for a positive start to their trophy defence in Udine. Previous meetings • Two years ago, second-half goals from Davie Selke, Marc-Oliver Kempf and Nadiem Amiri gave Germany a 3-0 matchday two victory against Denmark in Krakow with Mahmoud Dahoud and substitute Levin Öztunalı also in the victorious side. That result proved crucial in taking the eventual winners through as Group C runners-up behind Italy; Denmark finished third in the section. • Three-nil was also the score in Prague in 2015, also on matchday two; Kevin Volland scored twice and Matthias Ginter once, all the goals coming in a 22-minute period either side of half-time. Then, however, Denmark finished top of the section with Germany second, although both sides were eliminated in the semi-finals. • Germany have won the last four fixtures between the sides having also been victorious in two friendlies, most recently a 2-1 success in September 2015; Casper Nielsen's goal in that game is the only one Denmark have managed in that four-match sequence, with 12 conceded. • Denmark have not avoided defeat against Germany since a 2-2 friendly draw in November 2000. • The teams' only other competitive fixtures came in the 1994 preliminaries, when each recorded an away win. Christian Ziege's two goals helped Germany to a 4-1 success in Denmark, who were 1-0 victors in their away game. • A Germany side featuring Öztunalı were 4-0 winners against Denmark, for whom Jannik Pohl was a second-half substitute, in the elite round of their victorious European U19 Championship campaign in June 2014. Form guide Germany • Germany were champions in 2017, their second U21 title following their 2009 success in Sweden. Two years ago in Poland, they finished second in Group C, qualifying for the semi-finals as the best runners-up over the three sections; they beat England 4-3 on penalties in the last four after a 2-2 draw before a Mitchell Weiser goal earned a 1-0 final win against Spain. • This is the eighth time Germany have qualified for an eight or 12-team final tournament. Aside from their two titles, they were semi-finalists in 2015 and quarter-finalists in 1998. They also reached the last eight in 1990, 1992 and 1996. • As West Germany, they were runners-up to England in 1982. • Germany qualified for these finals as Group 5 winners, picking up 25 points from their ten fixtures (W8 D1 L1) and scoring 33 goals – the most of any of the 11 qualified teams, though non-qualifiers Portugal matched that figure. Germany won their last three fixtures, and are unbeaten in seven competitive games (W6 D1). • A 1-0 loss against Italy on matchday three in 2017 ended Germany's six-match unbeaten run in the final tournament group stage (W4 D2). • Four members of Germany's squad were in the victorious 2017 party; Öztunalı, Waldemar Anton, Dahoud and Amiri. Anton was a late replacement for Jonathan Tah. • Öztunalı was also part of the victorious Germany side at the 2014 European U19 Championship in Hungary. • Lukas Nmecha scored England's winner in both the semi-final and the final at the 2017 European U19 Championship; having switched his international allegiance, the Hamburg-born striker made his Germany U21 debut against England in March. • Öztunalı was also in Germany's 2014 European U19 Championship-winning squad. Denmark • This is Denmark's third successive U21 final tournament, and a fifth participation in the eight or 12-team finals. They were eliminated in the group stage in 2006, 2011 on home soil and 2017, but did reach the semi-finals in 2015, losing 4-1 to eventual champions Sweden. • Two years ago in Poland, the Danes finished third in Group C behind Italy and eventual champions Germany having collected three points from their three games (W1 L2). • Denmark have therefore won four of their 12 group stage games in the final tournament overall, losing six. 3 Germany - Denmark Monday 17 June 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine • A place in the 2015 semi-finals equalled Denmark's most successful U21 campaign; they also reached the last four in 1992 having previously got to the quarter-finals in 1978 and 1986. • Denmark qualified as the winners of Group 3, with 23 points from ten fixtures (W7 D2 L1), and were unbeaten in their last five games (W3 D2). They scored 30 goals, including at least one in every game. Links and trivia • Have played in Germany: Andreas Poulsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach 2018-) Asger Sørensen (Jahn Regensburg 2017-) Jacob Rasmussen (Schalke 2014–16, St Pauli 2016–17) Jacob Bruun Larsen (Borussia Dortmund 2015-, Stuttgart 2018) • Bruun Larsen is a Dortmund team-mate of Dahoud. • Poulsen is a Mönchengladbach team-mate of Florian Neuhaus. • Jonathan Tah and Lukas Klostermann both played 90 minutes in Germany's 2-0 UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying win away to Belarus on 8 June. • Robert Skov made his senior Denmark debut on 10 June as they defeated Georgia 5-1 at home in a UEFA EURO 2020 qualifier. 4 Germany - Denmark Monday 17 June 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Squad list Germany Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Alexander Nübel 30/09/1996 22 Schalke - 9 0 0 0 9 - 12 Florian Müller 13/11/1997 21 Mainz - 0 0 0 0 - - 23 Markus Schubert 12/06/1998 21 Dresden - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders 2 Benjamin Henrichs 23/02/1997 22 Monaco - 6 0 0 0 6 - 3 Lukas Klostermann 03/06/1996 23 Leipzig - 9 2 0 0 13 2 4 Jonathan Tah 11/02/1996 23 Leverkusen - 4 0 0 0 7 - 5 Timo Baumgartl 04/03/1996 23 Stuttgart - 8 1 0 0 8 1 14 Maximilian Mittelstädt 18/03/1997 22 Hertha - 1 0 0 0 1 - 15 Waldemar Anton 20/07/1996 22 Hannover - 6 0 0 0 6 - 17 Felix Uduokhai 09/09/1997 21 Wolfsburg - 1 0 0 0 1 - 20 Robin Koch 17/07/1996 22 Freiburg - 2 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders 6 Maximilian Eggestein 08/12/1996 22 Bremen - 7 1 0 0 7 1 7 Levin Öztunali 15/03/1996 23 Mainz - 7 3 0 0 14 4 8 Mahmoud Dahoud 01/01/1996 23 Dortmund - 5 2 0 0 12 2 16 Suat Serdar 11/04/1997 22 Schalke - 2 2 0 0 2 2 18 Nadiem Amiri 27/10/1996 22 Hoffenheim - 5 1 0 0 12 2 19 Florian Neuhaus 16/03/1997 22 Mönchengladbach - 7 1 0 0 7 1 21 Arne Maier 08/01/1999 20 Hertha - 2 0 0 0 2 - 22 Eduard Löwen 28/01/1997 22 Nürnberg - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards 9 Lukas Nmecha 14/12/1998 20 Preston - 0 0 0 0 - - 10 Luca Waldschmidt 19/05/1996 23 Freiburg - 4 1 0 0 4 1 11 Marco Richter 24/11/1997 21 Augsburg - 1 0 0 0 1 - 13 Johannes Eggestein 08/05/1998 21 Bremen - 3 0 0 0 3 - Coach - Stefan Kuntz 30/10/1962 56 - 10 0 0 0 18 - 5 Germany - Denmark Monday 17 June 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Friuli, Udine Denmark Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Daniel Iversen 19/07/1997 21 Oldham - 9 0 0 0 9 - 16 Peter Vindhal-Jensen 16/02/1998 21 Nordsjælland - 0 0 0 0 - - 22 Snorre Olsen 26/01/1999 20 Lyngby - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders 2 Rasmus Kristensen 11/07/1997 21 Ajax - 9 5 0 0 14 5 3 Jacob Rasmussen 28/05/1997 22 Empoli - 10 0 0 0 11 - 4 Jonas Bager 18/07/1996 22 Randers - 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 Victor Nelsson 14/10/1998 20 Nordsjælland - 10 0 0 0 10 - 13 Mads Pedersen 01/09/1996 22 Nordsjælland - 4 0 0 0 8 - 15 Joakim Mæhle 20/05/1997 22 Genk - 2 0 0 0 2 - 19 Andreas Poulsen 13/10/1999 19 Mönchengladbach - 3 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders 6 Philip Billing 11/06/1996 23 Huddersfield - 7 1 0 0 7 1 7 Mikkel Duelund 29/06/1997 21 Dynamo Kyiv - 10 4 0 0 14 4 8 Mathias Jensen 01/01/1996 23 Celta - 7 1 0 0 9 1 10 Robert Skov 20/05/1996 23 København - 10 8 0 0 10 8 11 Jacob Bruun Larsen 19/09/1998 20 Dortmund - 8 2 0 0 8 2 12 Asger Sørensen 05/06/1996 23 Jahn - 4 0 0 0 4 - 18 Oliver Abildgaard 10/06/1996 23 AaB - 4 1 0 0 4 1 20 Magnus Kofod Andersen 10/05/1999 20 Nordsjælland - 0 0 0 0 - - 21 Jens Stage 08/11/1996 22 AGF - 1 0 0 0 1 - Forwards 9 Marcus Ingvartsen 04/01/1996 23 Genk - 10 5 0 0 19 14 14 Anders Dreyer 02/05/1998 21 Brighton - 4 0 0 0 4 - 17 Andreas Olsen