England
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
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After near misses in 2007 and 2009, when they lost the final to Germany, England will be hoping to make it a hat-trick of Under-21 titles this summer.
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England
Tournament record
Winners: 1982, 1984
Runners-up: 2009
Semi-finalists: 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 2007
Final tournament appearances: 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011
All-time record: P179 W102 D45 L32
2011 qualifying
P10 W6 D3 L1 F17 A8
Top scorer: (all 2) Andy Carroll, Zavon Hines, Daniel Sturridge, Danny Welbeck
Most appearances: 10 Thomas Cleverley
Biggest win: England6-3 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Coventry) 09/10/2009
Biggest defeat: England 1-2 Greece (Doncaster) 03/03/2010
Friendly results since qualifying
05/06/2011 England 2-0 Norway (Southampton)
28/03/2011 England 1-2 Iceland (Preston)
24/03/2011 Denmark 0-4 England (Viborg)
08/02/2011 Italy 1-0 England (Empoli)
16/11/2010 Germany 2-0 England (Wiesbaden)
England U21s capped at senior level
Jordan Henderson (1), Danny Welbeck (1)
Players with previous U21 Championship final tournament experience
Sweden 2009: Michael Mancienne, Fabrice Muamba, Jack Rodwell, Danny Rose, James Tomkins
Most capped player
All-time: 46 James Milner
Current: 32 Fabrice Muamba
Leading scorer
All-time: 13 Alan Shearer, Francis Jeffers
Current: 5 Danny Welbeck
Biggest wins
Final Tournament: England 6-0 Turkey 29/05/2000
2000 group stage, Tehelne Pole, Bratislava
Qualifying: England 8-1 Finland 12/10/1977
1978 qualifying group stage, Boothferry Park, Hull
Heaviest defeats
Final tournament: Portugal 3-1 England 22/05/2002
2002 group stage, Hardturm, Zurich
Qualifying: Romania 4-0 England 14/10/1980
1982 qualifying group stage, Ilie Oana, Ploiesti