2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

This article lists the squads for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Only players born on or after 1 January 1988 were eligible to play.

Each participating national association had to submit a list of up to forty players to the UEFA administration on or before 12 May 2011. No further changes could be made to this list after this deadline. At least four of these forty players had to be goalkeepers.

Only 23 of the forty players listed were authorised to take part in the final tournament. A list of these 23 players had to be in the possession of the UEFA administration on or before 1 June 2011. Three of these 23 players had to be goalkeepers.^[1]

Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.

Age, caps, goals and club as of 11 June 2011.

Group A

 Belarus

Head coach: Georgi Kondratiev^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Alyaksandr Hutar	(1989-04-18)18 April 1989 (aged 22)	17	0	BATE Borisov
2	3MF	Stanislaw Drahun	(1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 23)	20	5	Dinamo Minsk
3	2DF	Syarhey Matsveychyk	(1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 23)	17	0	Gomel
4	2DF	Syarhey Palitsevich	(1990-04-09)9 April 1990 (aged 21)	19	0	Dinamo Minsk
5	3MF	Dzmitry Baha	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 21)	15	0	BATE Borisov
6	2DF	Yury Astravukh	(1988-01-21)21 January 1988 (aged 23)	12	0	Vedrich-97 Rechitsa
7	3MF	Mikhail Sivakov	(1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 23)	19	3	Wisła Kraków
8	3MF	Mikita Bukatkin	(1988-03-07)7 March 1988 (aged 23)	16	0	Naftan Novopolotsk
9	4FW	Maksim Skavysh	(1989-11-13)13 November 1989 (aged 21)	23	4	BATE Borisov
10	4FW	Aleksandr Perepechko	(1989-04-07)7 April 1989 (aged 22)	0	0	Dinamo Minsk
11	4FW	Andrey Varankow	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 22)	15	4	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
12	1GK	Artem Gomelko	(1989-12-08)8 December 1989 (aged 21)	11	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
13	3MF	Pavel Nyakhaychyk	(1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 22)	18	4	BATE Borisov
14	2DF	Yury Ryzhko	(1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 21)	7	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
15	3MF	Dzmitry Rekish	(1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 22)	23	8	Polonia Warszawa
16	3MF	Mikhail Gordeichuk	(1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 21)	14	0	BATE Borisov
17	2DF	Vital Hayduchyk	(1989-07-12)12 July 1989 (aged 21)	5	0	Dinamo Brest
18	2DF	Dzyanis Palyakow	(1991-04-17)17 April 1991 (aged 20)	3	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
19	3MF	Yawhen Savastsyanaw	(1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 23)	8	0	Neman Grodno
20	2DF	Aleh Veratsila	(1988-07-10)10 July 1988 (aged 22)	24	1	Dinamo Minsk
21	2DF	Egor Filipenko	(1988-04-10)10 April 1988 (aged 23)	16	2	BATE Borisov
22	1GK	Dzmitry Hushchanka	(1988-12-03)3 December 1988 (aged 22)	2	0	Vitebsk
23	4FW	Uladzimir Khvashchynski	(1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 21)	3	0	Dinamo Brest

 Denmark

Head coach: Keld Bordinggaard^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jonas Lössl	(1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 22)	7	0	Midtjylland
2	2DF	Anders Randrup	(1988-07-16)16 July 1988 (aged 22)	17	0	Brøndby
3	2DF	Mathias Jørgensen	(1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 21)	8	0	Copenhagen
4	2DF	Andreas Bjelland	(1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 22)	9	0	Nordsjælland
5	2DF	Nicolai Boilesen	(1992-02-16)16 February 1992 (aged 19)	0	0	Ajax
6	3MF	Mads Albæk	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 21)	7	0	Midtjylland
7	2DF	Daniel Wass	(1989-05-31)31 May 1989 (aged 22)	10	0	Brøndby
8	3MF	Mike Jensen	(1988-02-19)19 February 1988 (aged 23)	23	3	Brøndby
9	4FW	Nicolai Jørgensen	(1991-01-15)15 January 1991 (aged 20)	1	0	Bayer Leverkusen
10	4FW	Christian Eriksen	(1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 19)	0	0	Ajax
11	4FW	Nicolaj Agger	(1988-10-23)23 October 1988 (aged 22)	8	2	Brøndby
12	2DF	Mads Fenger Nielsen	(1990-09-10)10 September 1990 (aged 20)	1	0	Randers
13	2DF	Lasse Nielsen	(1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 23)	11	1	AaB
14	4FW	Nicki Bille Nielsen	(1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 23)	21	15	Villarreal
15	2DF	Jesper Juelsgård	(1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 22)	5	0	Midtjylland
16	1GK	Mikkel Andersen	(1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 22)	4	0	Reading
17	3MF	Thomas Delaney	(1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 20)	1	0	Copenhagen
18	3MF	Kasper Povlsen	(1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 21)	8	0	AGF
19	2DF	Frederik Sørensen	(1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (aged 19)	0	0	Juventus
20	3MF	Matti Lund Nielsen	(1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 23)	11	1	Nordsjælland
21	4FW	Henrik Dalsgaard	(1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 21)	4	0	AaB
22	4FW	Bashkim Kadrii	(1991-07-09)9 July 1991 (aged 19)	0	0	OB
23	1GK	Nicklas Højlund	(1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 21)	2	0	Lyngby

 Iceland

Head coach: Eyjólfur Sverrisson^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Haraldur Björnsson	(1989-01-11)11 January 1989 (aged 22)	16	0	Valur
2	2DF	Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson	(1988-07-30)30 July 1988 (aged 22)	10	1	KR
3	2DF	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	(1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 20)	18	2	West Ham United
4	3MF	Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson	(1988-08-18)18 August 1988 (aged 22)	12	0	Heart of Midlothian
5	2DF	Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson	(1988-09-27)27 September 1988 (aged 22)	11	0	IFK Göteborg
6	3MF	Birkir Bjarnason	(1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 23)	22	2	Viking
7	4FW	Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson	(1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 20)	11	6	AZ
8	3MF	Bjarni Þór Viðarsson	(1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 23)	24	6	KV Mechelen
9	4FW	Rúrik Gíslason	(1988-02-25)25 February 1988 (aged 23)	16	6	OB
10	3MF	Gylfi Sigurðsson	(1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 21)	11	6	1899 Hoffenheim
11	4FW	Arnór Smárason	(1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 22)	8	2	Esbjerg
12	1GK	Óskar Pétursson	(1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 22)	1	0	Grindavík
13	2DF	Elfar Freyr Helgason	(1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 21)	6	0	AEK Athens
14	2DF	Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson	(1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 21)	3	0	ÍBV
15	3MF	Almarr Ormarsson	(1988-02-25)25 February 1988 (aged 23)	9	2	Fram
16	3MF	Guðmundur Kristjánsson	(1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 22)	10	0	Breiðablik
17	3MF	Aron Gunnarsson	(1989-04-22)22 April 1989 (aged 22)	9	1	Coventry City
18	3MF	Andrés Már Jóhannesson	(1988-12-21)21 December 1988 (aged 22)	11	0	Fylkir
19	4FW	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	(1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 21)	13	3	AZ
20	1GK	Arnar Darri Pétursson	(1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 20)	3	0	SønderjyskE
21	4FW	Alfreð Finnbogason	(1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 22)	9	5	Lokeren
22	4FW	Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson	(1991-02-26)26 February 1991 (aged 20)	3	1	Lillestrøm
23	2DF	Jón Guðni Fjóluson	(1989-10-04)4 October 1989 (aged 21)	8	0	Beerschot

  Switzerland

Head coach: Pierluigi Tami^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yann Sommer	(1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 22)	26	0	Basel
2	2DF	Philippe Koch	(1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 20)	13	1	Zürich
3	2DF	Fabio Daprelà	(1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 20)	7	0	Brescia
4	3MF	Pajtim Kasami	(1992-06-02)2 June 1992 (aged 19)	8	1	Palermo
5	2DF	Jonathan Rossini	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 22)	18	1	Sassuolo
6	3MF	Fabian Lustenberger	(1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 23)	20	2	Hertha BSC
7	4FW	Innocent Emeghara	(1989-05-27)27 May 1989 (aged 22)	3	4	Grasshopper
8	3MF	Moreno Costanzo	(1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 23)	9	1	Young Boys
9	3MF	Fabian Frei	(1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 22)	17	4	Basel
10	3MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	(1991-10-10)10 October 1991 (aged 19)	2	0	Basel
11	4FW	Admir Mehmedi	(1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 20)	5	1	Zürich
12	1GK	Kevin Fickentscher	(1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 22)	5	0	Sion
13	4FW	Nassim Ben Khalifa	(1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 19)	7	1	1. FC Nürnberg
14	3MF	Granit Xhaka	(1992-09-27)27 September 1992 (aged 18)	1	0	Basel
15	2DF	Timm Klose	(1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 23)	7	0	Thun
16	2DF	François Affolter	(1991-03-13)13 March 1991 (aged 20)	7	1	Young Boys
17	2DF	Frank Feltscher[6]	(1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 23)	6	1	Bellinzona
18	3MF	Amir Abrashi[7]	(1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 21)	7	0	Grasshopper
19	4FW	Mario Gavranović	(1989-11-24)24 November 1989 (aged 21)	9	3	Schalke 04
20	2DF	Daniel Pavlović[8]	(1988-04-22)22 April 1988 (aged 23)	14	0	Grasshopper
21	1GK	Benjamin Siegrist	(1992-01-31)31 January 1992 (aged 19)	0	0	Aston Villa
22	3MF	Xavier Hochstrasser	(1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 22)	16	2	Padova
23	2DF	Gaetano Berardi	(1988-08-21)21 August 1988 (aged 22)	15	0	Brescia

Group B

 Czech Republic

Head coach: Jakub Dovalil^[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Tomáš Vaclík	(1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 22)	11	0	Viktoria Žižkov
2	2DF	Jan Lecjaks	(1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 20)	12	0	Anderlecht
3	2DF	Radim Řezník	(1989-01-20)20 January 1989 (aged 22)	11	0	Baník Ostrava
4	2DF	Ondřej Mazuch	(1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 22)	19	1	Anderlecht
5	2DF	Ondřej Čelůstka	(1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 21)	13	1	Slavia Prague
6	2DF	Lukáš Vácha	(1989-05-13)13 May 1989 (aged 22)	14	1	Slovan Liberec
7	3MF	Tomáš Hořava	(1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 23)	13	1	Sigma Olomouc
8	3MF	Bořek Dočkal	(1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 22)	22	6	Slovan Liberec
9	4FW	Libor Kozák	(1989-05-30)30 May 1989 (aged 22)	10	3	Lazio
10	3MF	Jan Morávek	(1989-11-01)1 November 1989 (aged 21)	5	0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
11	4FW	Tomáš Pekhart	(1989-05-26)26 May 1989 (aged 22)	22	16	1. FC Nürnberg
12	3MF	Jan Kovařík	(1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 22)	9	2	Jablonec
13	3MF	Marcel Gecov	(1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 23)	11	1	Slovan Liberec
14	4FW	Václav Kadlec	(1992-05-20)20 May 1992 (aged 19)	1	1	Sparta Prague
15	3MF	Milan Černý	(1988-03-16)16 March 1988 (aged 23)	6	0	Slavia Prague
16	1GK	Marek Štěch	(1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 21)	6	0	West Ham United
17	2DF	Marek Suchý	(1988-03-29)29 March 1988 (aged 23)	17	0	Spartak Moscow
18	3MF	Lukáš Mareček	(1990-04-17)17 April 1990 (aged 21)	13	1	Anderlecht
19	4FW	Jan Chramosta	(1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 20)	3	2	Mladá Boleslav
20	4FW	Michael Rabušic	(1989-09-17)17 September 1989 (aged 21)	8	4	Brno
21	2DF	Jan Hošek	(1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 22)	9	0	Teplice
22	3MF	Adam Hloušek	(1988-12-20)20 December 1988 (aged 22)	4	0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
23	1GK	Jan Hanuš	(1988-04-28)28 April 1988 (aged 23)	6	0	Slavia Prague

 England

Head coach: Stuart Pearce^[10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Frank Fielding	(1988-04-04)4 April 1988 (aged 23)	9	0	Derby County
2	2DF	Michael Mancienne	(1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 23)	28	1	Hamburger SV
3	2DF	Ryan Bertrand	(1989-08-05)5 August 1989 (aged 21)	13	0	Chelsea
4	3MF	Fabrice Muamba	(1988-04-06)6 April 1988 (aged 23)	31	0	Bolton Wanderers
5	2DF	Chris Smalling	(1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 21)	11	1	Manchester United
6	2DF	Phil Jones	(1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 19)	6	0	Blackburn Rovers
7	3MF	Marc Albrighton	(1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 21)	7	1	Aston Villa
8	3MF	Jordan Henderson	(1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 20)	8	2	Liverpool
9	4FW	Danny Welbeck	(1990-11-26)26 November 1990 (aged 20)	11	3	Manchester United
10	4FW	Daniel Sturridge	(1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 21)	12	4	Chelsea
11	3MF	Scott Sinclair	(1989-03-25)25 March 1989 (aged 22)	4	1	Swansea City
12	2DF	Kieran Gibbs[note 1]	(1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 21)	15	3	Arsenal
13	1GK	Alex McCarthy	(1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 21)	3	0	Reading
14	2DF	Kyle Walker	(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 21)	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur
15	2DF	James Tomkins	(1989-09-23)23 September 1989 (aged 21)	10	0	West Ham United
16	3MF	Jack Cork	(1989-06-25)25 June 1989 (aged 21)	13	0	Chelsea
17	3MF	Tom Cleverley	(1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 21)	14	0	Manchester United
18	3MF	Henri Lansbury	(1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 20)	6	0	Arsenal
19	3MF	Jack Rodwell	(1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 20)	15	2	Everton
20	3MF	Danny Rose	(1990-07-02)2 July 1990 (aged 20)	17	3	Tottenham Hotspur
21	4FW	Nathan Delfouneso	(1991-02-02)2 February 1991 (aged 20)	8	2	Aston Villa
22	4FW	Connor Wickham	(1993-03-31)31 March 1993 (aged 18)	3	0	Ipswich Town
23	1GK	Jason Steele	(1990-08-18)18 August 1990 (aged 20)	1	0	Middlesbrough

 Spain

Head coach: Luis Milla^[11]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Rubén Miño	(1989-01-18)18 January 1989 (aged 22)	2	0	Barcelona
2	2DF	César Azpilicueta	(1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 21)	18	1	Marseille
3	2DF	Álvaro Domínguez	(1989-05-15)15 May 1989 (aged 22)	8	1	Atlético Madrid
4	3MF	Javi Martínez (captain)	(1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 22)	19	1	Athletic Bilbao
5	2DF	Mikel San José	(1989-05-30)30 May 1989 (aged 22)	8	1	Athletic Bilbao
6	4FW	Jeffrén[12]	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 23)	9	1	Barcelona
7	4FW	Adrián	(1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 23)	14	4	Deportivo La Coruña
8	3MF	Dani Parejo	(1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 22)	15	5	Valencia
9	4FW	Bojan	(1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 20)	18	4	Barcelona
10	3MF	Juan Mata	(1988-04-28)28 April 1988 (aged 23)	15	3	Valencia
11	3MF	Diego Capel	(1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 23)	21	5	Sevilla
12	2DF	Martín Montoya	(1991-04-14)14 April 1991 (aged 20)	3	0	Barcelona
13	1GK	David de Gea	(1990-11-07)7 November 1990 (aged 20)	8	0	Atlético Madrid
14	4FW	Emilio Nsue[13]	(1989-09-30)30 September 1989 (aged 21)	7	1	Mallorca
15	2DF	José Ángel	(1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 21)	4	0	Sporting Gijón
16	2DF	Víctor Ruiz	(1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 22)	4	0	Napoli
17	2DF	Dídac Vilà	(1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 22)	3	0	Milan
18	3MF	Ander Herrera	(1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 21)	10	2	Zaragoza
19	3MF	Thiago	(1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 20)	7	0	Barcelona
20	2DF	Alberto Botía	(1989-01-27)27 January 1989 (aged 22)	12	0	Sporting Gijón
21	3MF	Rubén Pérez	(1989-04-26)26 April 1989 (aged 22)	5	0	Deportivo La Coruña
22	4FW	Iker Muniain	(1992-12-19)19 December 1992 (aged 18)	2	0	Athletic Bilbao
23	1GK	Diego Mariño	(1990-05-09)9 May 1990 (aged 21)	3	0	Villarreal

 Ukraine

Head coach: Pavlo Yakovenko^[14]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Anton Kanibolotskiy	(1988-05-16)16 May 1988 (aged 23)	19	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2	2DF	Bohdan Butko	(1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 20)	9	1	Volyn
3	2DF	Yevhen Selin	(1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 23)	23	0	Vorskla
4	2DF	Yaroslav Rakitskiy	(1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 21)	14	3	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	3MF	Artem Putivtsev	(1988-08-29)29 August 1988 (aged 22)	5	1	Illichivets
6	3MF	Vitaliy Vitsenets	(1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 20)	7	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
7	3MF	Yevhen Konoplyanka	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 21)	14	5	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
8	3MF	Taras Stepanenko (captain)	(1989-08-08)8 August 1989 (aged 21)	27	1	Shakhtar Donetsk
9	3MF	Mykola Morozyuk	(1988-01-17)17 January 1988 (aged 23)	26	3	Metalurh Donetsk
10	4FW	Roman Zozulya	(1989-11-17)17 November 1989 (aged 21)	20	2	Dynamo Kyiv
11	4FW	Andriy Yarmolenko	(1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 21)	13	3	Dynamo Kyiv
12	1GK	Denys Boyko	(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 23)	8	0	Dynamo Kyiv
13	2DF	Temur Partsvania	(1991-07-06)6 July 1991 (aged 19)	1	0	Dynamo Kyiv
14	3MF	Oleh Holodyuk	(1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 23)	14	2	Karpaty
15	2DF	Serhiy Kryvtsov	(1991-03-15)15 March 1991 (aged 20)	14	2	Shakhtar Donetsk
16	3MF	Maksym Bilyi	(1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 22)	8	2	Zorya
17	3MF	Volodymyr Chesnakov	(1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 23)	22	2	Vorskla
18	2DF	Oleksiy Kurylov	(1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 23)	16	0	Vorskla
19	3MF	Denys Harmash	(1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 21)	13	1	Dynamo Kyiv
20	2DF	Oleksandr Matvyeyev	(1989-02-11)11 February 1989 (aged 22)	11	0	Vorskla
21	3MF	Valeriy Fedorchuk	(1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 22)	18	2	Kryvbas
22	4FW	Artem Kravets	(1989-06-03)3 June 1989 (aged 22)	7	0	Dynamo Kyiv
23	1GK	Dmytro Nepohodov[15]	(1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 23)	2	0	Metalurh Donetsk

Player statistics

Player representation by club

Players	Clubs
6	BATE Borisov, Dynamo Kyiv
5	Barcelona
4	Shakhtar Donetsk, Vorskla, Basel, Brøndby
3	Aston Villa, Chelsea, Manchester United, West Ham United, Zürich, Grasshopper, Athletic Bilbao, Midtjylland, Anderlecht, Slavia Prague, Slovan Liberec
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Metalurh Donetsk, Kryvbas, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Reading, Young Boys, Brescia, 1. FC Nürnberg, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Atlético Madrid, Sporting Gijón, Deportivo La Coruña, Villarreal, AEK Athens, SønderjyskE, AaB, OB, Copenhagen, Nordsjælland, AZ, Ajax, Dinamo Minsk, Dinamo Brest, Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Player representation by league

Country	Players	Percentage	Outside national squad
Total	184
England	27	14.67%	5
Ukraine	24	13.04%	1
Denmark	21	11.41%	3
Spain	21	11.41%	1
Belarus	19	10.33%	0
Czech Republic	14	7.61%	0
Switzerland	13	7.07%	0
Germany	9	4.89%	9
Italy	8	4.35%	8
Iceland	7	3.80%	0
Belgium	6	3.26%	6
Others	14	7.62%

The Ukrainian squad were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. Altogether, there were eighteen national leagues that had players in the tournament.

Average age of squads

Average age	Countries
20	Switzerland
21	Denmark, Spain, England
22	Belarus, Czech Republic, Iceland, Ukraine

Notes

1. Withdrawn prior to tournament but not replaced.

References

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2. "Kondratyev names trusted Belarus squad for finals". 23 May 2011.
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4. "U21 karla – Hópurinn valinn fyrir úrslitakeppni EM" (PDF). 31 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
5. "Tami puts faith in experienced Switzerland party". ua-football.com (in Russian). 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
6. Feltscher capped for Venezuela
7. Abrashi capped for Albania
8. Pavlović capped for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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10. "Pearce names squad for Euro 2011". thefa.com. The Football Association. 23 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
11. "Milla names World Cup pair in Spain squad". 26 May 2011.
12. Jeffrén capped for Venezuela
13. Nsue capped for Equatorial Guinea
14. Молодежная сборная Украины: без Лысенко, но с Парцванией. ua-football.com (in Russian). 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
15. Nepohodov capped for Kazakhstan