Germany play Denmark, Serbia and the Czech Republic in the 2015 UEFA European U21 Championship. DFB.de takes a look at the teams that Horst Hurbesch’s side will be facing in the tournament and looking at their Bundesliga stars.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic will be hoping continue their impressive record in the tournament – Winners in 2002, runners-up in 2000 and a fourth place finish in 2011. Manager Jakub Dovalil has been in the job for five years and guided the team to fourth place in Denmark three years ago. The team didn’t qualify for the tournament in Israel two years ago so will be hoping to impress in front of their home crowd. They include Eintracht Frankfurt’s Václav Kadlec amongst their ranks; he’s already a senior international.
Denmark
The hosts of EURO 2011 picked up 26 points out of 30 in qualifying and scored 37 goals in the process – more than any other side. It was therefore a surprise that Jess Thorup’s side only beat Iceland in the play-offs on the away goals rule, thanks to Nicolaj Thomsen’s late goal. Thorup can call upon Hoffenheim’s Jannik Vestergaard and Bayern München’s Pierre-Emile Højbjerg for the tournament, even though they are also senior internationals.
Serbia
Radovan Ćurčić’s side qualified for the tournament for the first time since 2009. They caused a big surprise in the play-offy by beating defending champions Spain 2-1 on aggregate. Stuttgart’s Filip Kostić grabbed a late winner in the second-leg in Cádiz. Serbia have plenty of experienced players in their ranks: Matija Nastasić (Manchester City), Miloš Jojić (Borussia Dortmund), Filip Djuričić (1. FSV Mainz 05) and Lazar Marković (Liverpool FC).
Germany play Denmark, Serbia and the Czech Republic in the 2015 UEFA European U21 Championship. DFB.de takes a look at the teams that Horst Hurbesch’s side will be facing in the tournament and looking at their Bundesliga stars.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic will be hoping continue their impressive record in the tournament – Winners in 2002, runners-up in 2000 and a fourth place finish in 2011. Manager Jakub Dovalil has been in the job for five years and guided the team to fourth place in Denmark three years ago. The team didn’t qualify for the tournament in Israel two years ago so will be hoping to impress in front of their home crowd. They include Eintracht Frankfurt’s Václav Kadlec amongst their ranks; he’s already a senior international.
Denmark
The hosts of EURO 2011 picked up 26 points out of 30 in qualifying and scored 37 goals in the process – more than any other side. It was therefore a surprise that Jess Thorup’s side only beat Iceland in the play-offs on the away goals rule, thanks to Nicolaj Thomsen’s late goal. Thorup can call upon Hoffenheim’s Jannik Vestergaard and Bayern München’s Pierre-Emile Højbjerg for the tournament, even though they are also senior internationals.
Serbia
Radovan Ćurčić’s side qualified for the tournament for the first time since 2009. They caused a big surprise in the play-offy by beating defending champions Spain 2-1 on aggregate. Stuttgart’s Filip Kostić grabbed a late winner in the second-leg in Cádiz. Serbia have plenty of experienced players in their ranks: Matija Nastasić (Manchester City), Miloš Jojić (Borussia Dortmund), Filip Djuričić (1. FSV Mainz 05) and Lazar Marković (Liverpool FC).
