UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2019/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Haladás Stadion - Szombathely Wednesday 31 March 2021 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Denmark Group C - Matchday 3 Russia Last updated 01/06/2021 15:26CET UEFA UNDER 21 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Match officials 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 12 Legend 14 1 Denmark - Russia Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Haladás Stadion, Szombathely Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached L. Christensen 5, 44, Vestergaard 56, A. 03/09/2014 QR (GS) Denmark - Russia 4-2 Aalborg Christensen 73; Koryan 33, Davydov 89 Jønsson 49, Brock- 15/10/2013 QR (GS) Russia - Denmark 0-2 Khimki Madsen 52 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Rasmussen 8, 3-1 Bergvold 16, 16/11/2005 PO Denmark - Russia Brondby agg: 4-1 Kahlenberg 62 (P); Zhirkov 2 12/11/2005 PO Russia - Denmark 0-1 Krasnodar Lorentzen 60 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Narbekovas 39, 24/09/1985 QR (GS) USSR - Denmark 2-0 Moscow Savichev 89 04/06/1985 QR (GS) Denmark - USSR 1-0 Naestved Larsen 82 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 Denmark 3 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 - - - - 6 5 0 1 11 5 Russia 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 - - - - 6 1 0 5 5 11 2 Denmark - Russia Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Haladás Stadion, Szombathely Match background Denmark will be looking to make it five victories from five matches against Russia as the teams conclude Group C at the Haladás Stadion in Szombathely. • The Danes are top of the section having beaten France 1-0 and, last time out, Iceland 2-0 thanks to early goals from Gustav Isaksen (5) and Mads Bech (18). That has given them a three-point lead over both France and Russia, meaning Denmark go through if they avoid defeat by two goals or more against Russia or if France do not beat Iceland. Denmark finish as group winners if they avoid defeat. • Russia beat Iceland 4-1 on Matchday 1 but lost their last fixture 2-0 to France. They will go through as group winners if they beat Denmark by more than two goals, or with any win if France do not beat Iceland. Russia also go through as runners-up if they draw and France lose, or if Russia lose and France lose 1-0, 2-1, or by a margin of two or three goals. Previous meetings • Denmark have won all four of their games against Russia, scoring ten goals and conceding only three. • All four of those fixtures have come in European U21 Championship qualifying, most recently in the preliminaries for the 2015 edition. Denmark were 2-0 victors in Khimki on 15 October 2013 thanks to two goals in four second-half minutes from Jens Jønsson (49) and Nicolai Brock-Madsen (52) before a 4-2 home success in Aalborg on 3 September 2014. Lasse Vigen Christensen struck twice in the first half (5, 44) for the home side, whose other goals came from Jannik Vestergaard (56) and Andreas Christensen (73); Arshak Koryan (33) and Denis Davydov (89) were the Russian scorers. • The latter result, in the penultimate round of qualifiers, helped Denmark finish first in Group 1, reach the qualifying play-offs and ultimately the semi-finals at the tournament itself. Russia, runners-up to the Danes, were eliminated. • Denmark also qualified for the 2006 finals at Russia's expense, running out 4-1 aggregate winners in their two- legged play-off. Kasper Lorentzen scored the only goal of the first leg at the Kuban Stadium in Krasnodar on 12 November 2005; four days later, at the Brøndby Stadium, the home side recovered from Yuri Zhirkov's second-minute opener to win 3-1 thanks to goals from Morten Rasmussen (8), Martin Bergvold (16) and Thomas Kahlenberg (62 pen). • The Danes also won 3-1 against Russia in an unofficial U21 international in France in May 2010, Andreas Bjelland (6), Emil Lyng (11) and Nicki Bille Nielsen (56) getting the goals; Pavel Mamaev (36) was on target for Russia. Form guide Denmark • This is Denmark's fourth successive U21 final tournament, and a sixth participation in the eight or 12-team finals. They were eliminated in the group stage in 2006, 2011 on home soil, 2017 and 2019, but did reach the semi-finals in 2015, losing 4-1 to eventual champions Sweden. • Two years ago in Italy, the Danes were eliminated having finished second in Group B behind eventual runners-up Germany with six points from their three games (W2 L1). • Their 2021 results mean Denmark have now won eight of their 17 group stage games in the finals overall, losing seven. • 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. • Albert Capellas succeeded Niels Frederiksen as coach after those 2019 finals and oversaw an unbeaten qualifying campaign, the Spaniard's side picking up 26 points from their ten matches (W8 D2) to win Group 8 by six points from Romania. • Jacob Bruun Larsen provided seven assists in qualifying, more than any other player, and also set up Denmark's Matchday 1 goal at these finals. Russia • Champions as part of the Soviet Union in 1980 and 1990, this is only Russia's second finals appearance since they reached the quarter-finals in 1998, a tournament in which they finished in seventh place. • Russia's most recent U21 EURO, in 2013, ended in group stage elimination; a side coached by Nikolai Pisarev lost to Spain (0-1), Netherlands (1-5) and Germany (1-2) to finish bottom of Group B, Russia's only goals coming from future senior internationals Denis Cheryshev and Alan Dzagoev. • Russia have therefore lost six of their eight games at the U21 final tournament; before beating Iceland on Matchday 1, the sole exception was a 2-1 victory against hosts Romania in Bucharest in the seventh-place play-off in 1998. 3 Denmark - Russia Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Haladás Stadion, Szombathely • For this tournament, a team coached by Mikhail Galaktionov – who has been in charge since 2018 – finished first in qualifying Group 5 on 23 points, three ahead of second-placed Poland. Russia won seven of their ten fixtures, losing only to Poland in their eighth game (0-1 a) and scoring four goals in each of their last two, against Estonia (4-0 h) and Latvia (4-1 a). Links and trivia • Carlo Holse was in the Copenhagen team beaten 1-0 at Zenit in the UEFA Europa League group stage on 29 November 2018. 4 Denmark - Russia Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Haladás Stadion, Szombathely Squad list Denmark Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Oliver Christensen 22/03/1999 22 OB - 10 0 2 0 12 - 16 Peter Vindahl-Jensen 16/02/1998 23 Nordsjælland - 0 0 0 0 - - 22 Mads Hermansen 11/07/2000 20 Brøndby - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders 2 Mads Roerslev 24/06/1999 21 Brentford - 2 0 2 0 4 - 3 Andreas Poulsen 13/10/1999 21 Austria Wien - 5 1 1 0 9 1 4 Mads Bech 07/01/1999 22 Brentford * 6 0 2 1 8 1 5 Victor Nelsson 14/10/1998 22 Copenhagen * 10 1 2 0 25 1 12 Sebastian Hausner 11/04/2000 20 AGF - 1 0 0 0 1 - 13 Frederik Alves Ibsen 08/11/1999 21 West Ham - 3 0 0 0 3 - 15 Rasmus Carstensen 10/11/2000 20 Silkeborg * 4 0 1 0 5 - Midfielders 6 Nikolas Nartey 22/02/2000 21 Sandhausen - 9 1 1 0 10 1 8 Jesper Lindstrøm 29/02/2000 21 Brøndby * 3 1 2 0 5 1 11 Anders Dreyer 02/05/1998 22 Midtjylland - 6 0 2 1 13 1 14 Morten Hjulmand 25/06/1999 21 Lecce * 6 0 2 0 8 - 18 Victor Jensen 08/02/2000 21 Nordsjælland - 2 2 1 0 3 2 19 Gustav Isaksen 19/04/2001 19 Midtjylland - 4 0 2 1 6 1 20 Magnus Kofod Andersen 10/05/1999 21 Nordsjælland * 10 0 2 0 14 - Forwards 7 Nikolai Laursen 19/02/1998 23 Emmen - 6 2 1 0 8 3 9 Nikolai Baden Frederiksen 18/05/2000 20 Tirol - 0 0 2 0 2 - 10 Jacob Bruun Larsen 19/09/1998 22 Anderlecht - 7 2 2 0 20 5 17 Mohamed Daramy 07/01/2002 19 Copenhagen - 3 0 1 0 4 - 21 Carlo Holse 02/06/1999 21 Rosenborg - 8 0 2 0 10 - 23 Wahidullah Faghir 29/07/2003 17 VB - 0 0 2 0 2 - Coach - Alberto Capellas Herms 01/10/1967 53 - 0 0 2 0 2 - 5 Denmark - Russia Wednesday 31 March 2021 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Haladás Stadion, Szombathely Russia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Krylya 1 Ivan Lomaev 21/01/1999 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Sovetov Spartak 12 Aleksandr Maksimenko 19/03/1998 23 - 3 0 2 0 7 - Moskva 23 Denis Adamov 20/02/1998 23 Sochi - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders CSKA 3 Igor Diveev 27/09/1999 21 - 7 3 2 0 9 3 Moskva Dynamo 4 Roman Evgeniev 23/02/1999 22 - 10 1 2 0 12 1 Moscow 5 Danil Krugovoi 28/05/1998 22 Zenit - 4 1 0 0 4 1 6 Artem Golubev 21/01/1999 22 Ufa * 4 0 1 0 5 - Spartak 14 Pavel Maslov 14/04/2000 20 * 3 0 2 0 5 - Moskva Spartak 14 Pavel Maslov 14/04/2000 20 S 3 0 2 0 5 - Moskva 16 Nikita Kalugin 12/03/1998 23 Neftekhimik - 4 1 0 0 4 1 Midfielders Arsenal 7 Aleksandr Lomovitski 27/01/1998 23 - 9 1 2 0 11 1 Tula CSKA 10 Ivan Oblyakov 05/07/1998 22 * 10 0 2 0 20 2 Moskva 11 Magomed Suleymanov 16/12/1999 21 Krasnodar - 8 2 0 0 8 2 Lokomotiv 15 Daniil Kulikov 24/06/1998 22 - 0 0 1 0 1 - Moskva 18 Daniil Utkin 12/10/1999 21 Krasnodar - 7 1 0 0 7 1 Dynamo 19 Daniil Lesovoy 12/01/1998 23 - 7 1 2 0 9 1 Moscow Spartak 20 Nail Umyarov 27/06/2000 20 * 8 1 2 0 10 1 Moskva 21 Danil Glebov 03/11/1999 21 Rostov - 7 1 2 0 9 1 Dynamo 22 Arsen Zakharyan 26/05/2003 17