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{{Infobox football match
| title              = 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final
| image              = Stožice (31523159192).jpg
| caption            = The [[Stožice Stadium]] in [[Ljubljana]] hosted the final.
| event              = [[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]
| team1              = [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany]]
| team1association   = {{flagicon|GER|size=30px}}
| team1score         = 1
| team2              = [[Portugal national under-21 football team|Portugal]]
| team2association   = {{flagicon|POR|size=30px}}
| team2score         = 0
| details            =
| date               = {{Start date|2021|6|6|df=yes}}
| stadium            = [[Stožice Stadium]]
| city               = [[Ljubljana]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Ridle Baku]] (Germany)<ref name="MOTM">{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0267-11e0581758b6-d2ff629fc3fb-1000/ |title=Every U21 EURO Player of the Match |work=UEFA |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
| referee            = [[Giorgi Kruashvili]] ([[Georgian Football Federation|Georgia]])
| attendance         = 4,883<ref name="attendance"/>
| weather            = Cloudy night<br />{{convert|20|°C|°F|abbr=on}}<br />94% [[humidity]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2031981--germany-vs-portugal/matchinfo/ |title=Under-21 – Germany v Portugal – Match info |website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
| previous           = [[2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final|2019]]
| next               = [[2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final|2023]]
}}
The '''2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final''' was a [[Association football|football]] match that took place on 6 June 2021 at the [[Stožice Stadium]] in [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia, to determine the winners of the [[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]. The match was contested by [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany]] and [[Portugal national under-21 football team|Portugal]].
Germany won the match 1–0 for their third [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]] title.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2031981--germany-vs-portugal/postmatch/report/ |title=Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title |website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
==Route to the final==
{{Details|2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship}}
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#99CCFF;"
! colspan="2" | Germany
! Round
! colspan="2" | Portugal
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#C1E0FF;"
| Opponents
| Result
| [[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship#Group stage|Group stage]]
| Opponents
| Result
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|HUN}}
| 3–0
| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Match 1
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|CRO}}
| 1–0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|NED}}
| 1–1
| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Match 2
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|ENG}}
| 2–0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|ROU}}
| 0–0
| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Match 3
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|SUI}}
| 3–0
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship#Group A|Group A]] runners-up'''
<div class="center">{{:2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|transcludesection=Group A|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=GER}}</div>
| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Final standings
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship#Group D|Group D]] winners'''
<div class="center">{{:2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|transcludesection=Group D|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=POR}}</div>
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#C1E0FF;"
| Opponents
| Result
| [[2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
| Opponents
| Result
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|DEN}}
| 2–2 {{aet}} {{pso|6–5}}
| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Quarter-finals
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|ITA}}
| 5–3 {{aet}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|NED}}
| 2–1
| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Semi-finals
| style="text-align:left;" | {{fbu|21|ESP}}
| 1–0
|}
==Match==
===Details===
<onlyinclude>{{Football box
|date       = {{Start date|2021|6|6|df=y}}
|time       = 21:00 <noinclude>[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]</noinclude>
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|21|GER}}
|score      = 1–0
|team2      = {{fbu|21|POR}}
|goals1     =
*[[Lukas Nmecha|Nmecha]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Stožice Stadium]], [[Ljubljana]]
|attendance = 4,883<ref name="attendance">{{UEFA match attendance|2031981|Germany vs. Portugal |date=6 June 2021|access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
|referee    = [[Giorgi Kruashvili]] ([[Georgian Football Federation|Georgia]])
|report     = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2031981/
}}</onlyinclude>
{| width=92%
|-
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|title      = Germany
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|{{Football kit
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|}
{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''12'''||[[Finn Dahmen]]
|-
|RB ||'''21'''||[[Ridle Baku]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Amos Pieper]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Nico Schlotterbeck]]
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[David Raum]] || {{yel|90}}
|-
|CM ||'''8''' ||[[Arne Maier]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Niklas Dorsch]] || || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|RW ||'''7''' ||[[Florian Wirtz]] || {{yel|12}} || {{suboff|68}}
|-
|AM ||'''13'''||[[Salih Özcan]] || {{yel|90+2}} || {{suboff|90+2}}
|-
|LW ||'''11'''||[[Mërgim Berisha]] || || {{suboff|67}}
|-
|CF ||'''10'''||[[Lukas Nmecha]] || {{yel|43}} || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Jonathan Burkardt]] || || {{subon|67}}
|-
|FW ||'''18'''||[[Karim Adeyemi]] || || {{subon|68}}
|-
|MF ||'''20'''||[[Vitaly Janelt]] || || {{subon|85}}
|-
|DF ||'''15'''||[[Ismail Jakobs]] || || {{subon|85}}
|-
|MF ||'''17'''||[[Anton Stach]] || || {{subon|90+2}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Stefan Kuntz]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:GER-POR (U21) 2021-06-06.svg|300px]]
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Diogo Costa]]
|-
|RB ||'''5''' ||[[Diogo Dalot]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||[[Diogo Queirós]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Diogo Leite (footballer, born 1999)|Diogo Leite]]
|-
|LB ||'''2''' ||[[Abdu Conté]] || || {{suboff|86}}
|-
|DM ||'''6''' ||[[Florentino Luís]] || || {{suboff|83}}
|-
|CM ||'''7''' ||[[Vitinha (footballer, born February 2000)|Vitinha]] || || {{suboff|59}}
|-
|CM ||'''10'''||[[Daniel Bragança]] || {{yel|58}}
|-
|AM ||'''23'''||[[Fábio Vieira (footballer, born 2000)|Fábio Vieira]]
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Dany Mota]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|CF ||'''19'''||[[Tiago Tomás]] || || {{suboff|59}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Rafael Leão]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|FW ||'''20'''||[[Jota (footballer, born March 1999)|Jota]] || {{yel|90+3}} || {{subon|59}}
|-
|FW ||'''21'''||[[Francisco Conceição]] || || {{subon|59}}
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Gedson Fernandes]] || || {{subon|83}}
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||[[Gonçalo Ramos]] || || {{subon|86}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Rui Jorge]]
|}
|}
{| style="width:100%;font-size:90%"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Ridle Baku]] (Germany)<ref name="MOTM"/>
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Levan Varamishvili ([[Georgian Football Federation|Georgia]])
<br />Zaza Pipia ([[Georgian Football Federation|Georgia]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />Irakli Kvirikashvili ([[Georgian Football Federation|Georgia]])
|style="width:60%;vertical-align:top"|
'''Match rules'''<ref name="regulations">{{cite web|url=https://documents.uefa.com/viewer/document/BEsb2Teb8FHyFgVujjM6HQ|title=2019–21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations|publisher=UEFA}}</ref>
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if necessary.
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level.
*Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
*Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.{{refn|group=note|Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.}}
|}
==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.uefa.com/under21/}}
{{UEFA European Under-21 Championship}}
[[Category:2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|Final]]
[[Category:UEFA European Under-21 Championship finals]]
[[Category:Germany national under-21 football team]]
[[Category:2020–21 in German football]]
[[Category:Portugal national under-21 football team]]
[[Category:2020–21 in Portuguese football]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Ljubljana]]
[[Category:21st century in Ljubljana]]
[[Category:2020–21 in Slovenian football]]