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    Team by team guide to the European Under 21 Championships in DenmarkByDAN RIPLEY

    Last updated at 12:01 AM on 10th June 2011

    Just when you thought the football season was overThere may be no World Cup or European Championship to showcase the finest talent over thesummer, but the stars of tomorrow take over as they contest UEFAs European Under 21Championships in Denmark.The competition has increased in popularity over the years and has provided the springboard to thecareers for some of the games finest players including Rudi Voller, Laurent Blanc, Luis Figo, FabioCannavaro and Petr Cech.If thats not enough, England are actually capable of winning it and will be amongst the leadingcontenders to taste glory this time around.Here's our definitive guide to who are they up against when the tournament begins on June 11...

    GROUP A

    DenmarkBest performanceIn the same year the full Denmark team won Euro 92, the Under 21s reached the semi finals beforelosing 3 0 on aggregate to eventual winners Italy.

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    June 11Switzerland (Aalborg, 7.45pm)June 14Belarus (Aarhus, 7.45pm)June 18Iceland (Aalborg, 7.45pm)

    Manager Keld BordinggaardA Danish international during the 80s, the former midfieldershighest profile role came as assistant to Morten Olsen for thefull national side during Euro 2004. This summer will mark hisfifth year in the job.Star manChristian Eriksen (Ajax)Arguably one of the finest players that will be on show.A regular for Ajax already, the forward was the youngest player to feature at last summers WorldCup and left many of the full England internationals on their backsides in a friendly earlier this year.

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    Great Dane: England fans are already familiar with Christian Eriksen after he shone against Fabio Capello'ssenior side during a friendly in Copenhagen last year

    Danger rating: 3/5The inclusion of Eriksen is a big plus for the hosts they havent had it all their own way with clubsides. Star defender Simon Kjaer was not released by Wolfsburg, but with home advantage to boostthem they could be dark horses for the tournament.SquadJonas Lossl (Midtjylland), Nicklas Hojlund (Lyngby), Mikkel Andersen (Reading), Anders Randrup(Brondby), Mads Fenger (Randers) Lasse Nielsen (Aalborg), Mathias Zanka Jorgensen(Copenhagen), Andreas Bjelland (Nordsjaelland), Jesper Juelsgaard (Midtjylland), Nicolai Boilesen(Ajax), Daniel Wass (Brondby), Kasper Povlsen (Aarhus), Mads Albaek (Midtjylland), Mike Jensen(Brondby), Thomas Delaney (Copenhagen), Christian Eriksen (Ajax), Matti Lund Nielsen(Nordsjaelland)' Nicki Bille Nielsen (Villarreal), Nicolai Agger (Brondby), Nicolai Jorgensen (Bayer Leverkusen), Bashkim Kadrii (Odense),Soren Frederiksen (Sonderjyske), Henrik Dalsgaard(Aalborg).

    SwitzerlandBest performanceAfter qualifying for the 2002 competition, Switzerland were chosen to host the tournament but despiteprogressing through a difficult group containing Italy, Portugal and England, were knocked out byFrance in the semi finals.

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    June 11Denmark (Aalborg, 7.45pm)June 14Iceland (Aalborg, 5pm)June 18Belarus (Aarhus, 7.45pm)

    Manager Pierluigi Tami

    In charge since July 2009, Tami has been on the coachingstaff of the full Swiss team under the reign of experiencedOttmar Hitzfeld. He doesnt ask much of his young playersonly that they play bravely in attack and compact in defence.I ask of my players that they are capable of adapting tovariable systems. I want to see 11 people working in attack aswell as defence. Tough customer.Star manXherdan Shaqiri (Basel)Has twice run Englands full team ragged in the Euro 2012 qualifiers and will be the creative spark inSwitzerlands midfield. The boy looks good enough to hold down a spot in the full national side solook out for some left foot wonder whacks from the Basel hot shot.

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    Enter Shaqiri: Xherdan Shaqiri starred in Switzerland's recent 2 2 draw with England at Wembley

    Danger rating: 2/5The future looks bright for Swiss football and Tami is aiming at least for a semi final spot to secure aplace at next summers Olympics. Six of the squad have appeared for the full national team and that

    will provide some valuable experience.SquadBenjamin Siegrist (Aston Villa), Kevin Fickentscher (Sion), Yann Sommer (Basel), Franois Affolter (Young Boys), Gaetano Berardi (Brescia), Fabio Daprel (Brescia), Timm Klose (Thun), JonathanRossini (Sassuolo), Philippe Koch (Zurich), Daniel Pavlovic (Grasshopper), Amir Abrashi(Grasshopper), Moreno Costanzo (Young Boys), Frank Feltscher (Bellinzona), Fabian Frei (StGallen), Xavier Hochstrasser (Padova), Pajtim Kasami (Palermo), Fabian Lustenberger (HerthaBerlin), Xherdan Shaqiri (Basel), Granit Xhaka (Basel), Nassim Ben Khalifa (Nuremberg), InnocentEmeghara (Grasshopper), Mario Gavranovic (Schalke), Admir Mehmedi (Zurich).

    IcelandBest performanceJust by making it to the last eight this year is a best ever performance. Defeated Scotland 4 2 onaggregate in the play offs after two convincing displays saw them win 2 1 home and away.

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    11 JuneBelarus (Aarhus, 5pm)14 JuneSwitzerland (Aalborg, 5pm)18 JuneDenmark (Aalborg, 7.45pm)

    Manager Eyjolfur SverrissonAn experienced player, winning the Bundesliga with Stuttgartas well as the Turkish league title with Besiktas. Capped 66times for his country, this is his second spell in charge of theUnder 21s after a failure to lead the full team to Euro 2008saw him return back to the role he last held in 2005.Star manGylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim)Reading fans will remember the name fondly, Liverpool fansnot so much. Sigurdsson was the star of the show as hehelped the Championship club famously knock the Reds outof the FA Cup at Anfield in 2010. Has since joined Bundesligaside Hoffenheim where he continues to shine. Five goals infive qualifying games.

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    Royal seal of approval: Former Reading star Gylfi Sigurdsson (R) is the pick of Iceland's promising young bunch

    Danger rating: 2/5Certainly no push overs. Iceland have been smashing goals in for fun in the qualifiers, hitting 14 pastSan Marino and eight past Northern Ireland. Their biggest scalp though was defeating Germany 4 1who seemed a little lost without the likes of Mesut Ozil and Thomas Muller. Sverrissons team at leastpromise to be entertaining.

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    BelarusBest performanceHave reached the finals twice in 2004 and 2009, but it was the former in Germany where they nearlycaused a shock. Despite defeating Italy in their first game, a draw to Croatia and defeat to Serbiaand Montenegro meant they crashed out of the group in third spot.

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    11 JuneIceland (Aarhus, 5pm)14 JuneDenmark (Aarhus, 7.45pm)18 JuneSwitzerland (Aarhus, 7.45pm)

    Manager Georgi KondratyevA Russian international in the 80s, the 51 year old hasremained largely anonymous in his coaching career and thetournament represents a chance for him to showcase hiscoaching skills he has developed at various clubs in Belarusover the last 13 years. Has been in his current role since2008.Star manAndrei Voronkov (Kryvbas, on loan from Dynamo Kiev)Belarus were rank outsiders as it was before play off heroVladimir Yurchenko was ruled out for six months on the eve of the tournament. Goal scoring duties will fall to Voronkov whohas full international caps and will need to make his 6ft framecount from set pieces.

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    Head boy: Andrei Voronkov is Belarus' bright hope

    Danger rating: 1/5The tournaments whipping boys. Kondratyev has stated on his selections: I have chosen theplayers I trust, the players who were with me in difficult situations and who would never let me down.No flamboyance here, its all for one and one for all as he aims to build a team strong in spirit andbeliefhe does not have much else but it can so often prove a potent weapon.Squad

    Aleksandr Gutor (BATE), Dmitri Guschenko (Vitebsk), Artyom Gomelko (Lokomotiv Moscow), OlegVeretilo (Dinamo Minsk), Denis Polyakov (Shakhtyor), Yegor Filipenko (BATE), Sergei Politevich(Dinamo Minsk), Sergei Matveychik (Gomel), Evgeni Savostyanov (Neman Grodno), Yuri Ostroukh(Vedrich), Yuri Ryzhko (Torpedo Zhodino), Vitali Gayduchik (Dinamo Brest), Stanislav Dragun(Dinamo Minsk), Dmitri Baga (BATE), Mikhail Sivakov (Wisla Krakow), Nikita Bukatkin (NaftanNovopolotsk), Pavel Nekhaychik (BATE), Dmitri Rekish (Polonia Warsaw), Mikhail Gordeychuk(BATE), Maksim Skavysh (BATE), Aleksandr Perepechko (Dinamo Minsk), Andrei Voronkov (KryvbasKryvyi), Vladimir Khvoshchynski (Dinamo Brest).

    GROUP B

    EnglandBest performanceWinning the tournament in 1982 against West Germany and retaining it two years later againstSpain. Not that it helped the full squad who would not reach the knock out round of any subsequentEuropean championship on foreign soil until Portugal in 2004.

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    12 JuneSpain (Herning, 7.45pm)15 JuneUkraine (Herning, 7.45pm)19 JuneCzech Republic (Viborg, 7.45pm)

    Manager Stuart PearceA passionate, authoritative England international in hisheyday, Pearce has tried to hone his coaching skills sinceretiring. After leaving his first post as Manchester Citymanager in 2007, he has taken over the Under 21s full timeand is being groomed to take over the full national side.Star manDaniel Sturridge (Chelsea)Spent the first half season picking up splinters on theChelsea bench and the second half banging in goals likecrazy at Bolton. If he can keep that sort of form up, Englandhave a great chance of going one step further than their finaldefeat to Germany two years ago.

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    Leading the charge: Stuart Pearce will rely on Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge for goals

    Danger rating: 4/5Pearce will be gutted to be without star players Andy Carroll and Jack Wilshere but there is enoughtalent in the squad to still give England a realistic chance of winning the tournament. With much of the full national side being criticised, this is an opportunity for players to put forward their case for acall up to Fabio Capellos squad.SquadFrank Fielding (Derby), Jason Steele (Middlesbrough), Alex McCarthy (Reading), Ryan Bertrand(Chelsea), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Michael Mancienne (Hamburg), Chris Smalling(Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Tottenham), Marc Albrighton (Aston Villa), Jack Cork (Chelsea),Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Henri Lansbury (Arsenal),Fabrice Muamba (Bolton), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Scott Sinclair (Swansea), Nathan Delfouneso (Aston Villa), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Danny Welbeck(Manchester United), Connor Wickham (Ipswich).

    UkraineBest performanceIn their one and only appearance back in 2006, Ukraine made it all the way to the final where theywere defeated 3 0 by a Dutch side they had already defeated in the group stages. A certain Klaas Jan Huntelaar grabbed a brace for Holland.

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    12 JuneCzech Republic (Viborg, 5pm)15 JuneEngland (Herning, 7.45pm)19 JuneSpain (Herning, 7.45pm)

    Manager Pavlo YakovenkoAfter returning in 2008, this is the second time the 46 year old has been in charge of the Under 21s following a spellbetween 2002 and 2004. A dynamic player in the mid 80s,he won the European Cup winners Cup in 1986 with DynamoKiev before starring for Russia at the World Cup in Mexicothat summer.Star manAndriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev)A star in Dynamo Kievs Europa League run, the 21 year oldcan play either as a forward or as a winger where at over 6fthe boats pace, power and trickery. Will be keen to showsome of his talent that had Manchester City in a twist earlier this season.

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    Tricky winger: Andriy Yarmolenko (R) will prove a handful for his opponents in Denmark

    Danger rating: 3/5One of the stronger teams in the tournament but they are in a ridiculously tough group where theywill do well just to reach the semi finals. They have a killer instinct though, gaining revenge for their 2006 final defeat by knocking out Holland on away goals in the play offs.SquadDenys Boyko (Dynamo Kiev), Dmytro Nepogodov (Metalurh Donetsk), Anton Kanibolotskiy (DniproDnipropetrovsk), Oleksandr Matvyeyev (Vorskla Poltava), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk),Temur Partsvaniya (Dynamo Kiev), Yevhen Selin (Vorskla Poltava), Bohdan Butko (Volyn Lutsk),Serhiy Kryvtsov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksiy Kurilov (Vorskla Poltava), Artem Putivtsev (MetalistKharkiv), Mykola Morozyuk (Metalurh Donetsk), Vitaliy Vitsenets (Shakhtar Donetsk), DenysGarmash (Dynamo Kiev), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yevhen Konoplyanka (DniproDnipropetrovsk), Volodymyr Chesnakov (Vorskla Poltava), Valeriy Fedorchuk (Kryvbas Kryvyi), OlegGolodyuk (Karpaty Lviv), Maxym Biliy (Zorya Luhansk), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev), ArtemKravets (Dynamo Kiev), Roman Zozulya (Dynamo Kiev).

    SpainBest performanceTwice winners. The first in 1986 saw them overcome Italy on penalties, while in 1998 they defeatedGreece 1 0 in Romania to lift their second title. Its all gone flat since though with no semi finalappearances going back to 2000.

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    12 JuneEngland (Herning, 7.45pm)15 JuneCzech Republic (Viborg, 5pm)19 JuneUkraine (Herning, 7.45pm)

    Manager Luis MillaImpressive playing CV that includes spending much of hiscareer at Real Madrid sandwiched in between spells atBarcelona and Valencia. After taking charge of the Under 17sand Under 19s, the 45 year old took the reins of the Under 21s last year and this tournament could provide a big casefor him to take control of the full squad in the future.Star manBojan Krkic (Barcelona)His talent is undeniable but he is at the right place at thewrong time in a star studded Barcelona squad. Can finallystep out the shadow of Lionel Messi, David Villa and Pedro toshow Europe just what he can do and all of the continentstop clubs will be monitoring him closely.

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    The boy from Barca: Spain boast the services of Bojan Krkic rated one of the most talented striker's in Europe

    Danger rating: 5/5The talented Spaniards keep coming through the system like they are on a conveyor belt but theyare not as untouchable as the full squad. They remain favourites but they too will be without somestars including Sergio Busquets and Sergio Canales. Milla is already quoted as saying this will beextremely difficultbut he would say that.SquadDavid De Gea (Atletico Madrid), Ruben Mino (Barcelona), Diego Marino (Villarreal), Mikel San Jose(Athletic Bilbao), lvaro Domnguez (Atletico Madrid), Alberto Bota (Sporting Gijon), Martin Montoya(Barcelona) Jose ngel Valdes (Sporting Gijon), Cesar Azpilicueta (Marseille), Didac Vila Rosello (ACMilan), Victor Ruiz (Napoli), Ander Herrera (Real Zaragoza), Diego Capel (Sevilla), Daniel Parejo(Getafe), Emilio Nsue (Real Mallorca), Thiago Alcantara (Barcelona), Ruben Perez (Deportivo), JaviMartnez (Athletic Bilbao), Bojan Krkic (Barcelona), Adrian (Deportivo), Juan Mata (Valencia), Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), Jeffren (Barcelona).

    Czech RepublicBest performanceA stunning performance from Petr Cech ensured Czech Republic held France to a 0 0 draw in the2002 final before prevailing 3 1 on penalties to record their first championship win in Switzerland.Victory was made even sweeter knowing that their opponents had comfortably beaten them 2 0 in the

    opening game of the tournament.FIXTURES

    12 JuneUkraine (Viborg, 5pm)15 JuneSpain (Viborg, 5pm)19 JuneEngland (Viborg, 7.45pm)

    Manager Jakub DovalilMoved into coaching at the relatively young age of 24, Dovalilhas made his way up the Czech coaching system, takingcontrol of the Under 17s, Under 19s and now the Under 21s.He isnt doing too badly either with eight out of eight wins sofar, albeit he missed two of the qualifying games.Star manTomas Pekhart (Nuremburg)The former Tottenham protege was destined for big things atWhite Hart Lane until injury hampered his progress and henever played a first team match. The injury ridden striker finally looks like getting back to his best after signing for Bundesliga side Nuremburg. Top scorer in qualifying with

    nine goals from just six games.

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    Danger rating: 4/5The form team. The only undefeated side in qualifying with just one draw at home to Germany in 10games. Even the defence keeps strikers under lock and key, conceding a measly four goals in thatperiod the least of anyone. It seems likely one of England or Spain will be going home in the groupstages with their tails between their legs.SquadJan Hanus (Slavia Prague), Marek Stech (West Ham), Tomas Vaclik (Viktoria Zizkov), OndrejCelustka (Slavia Prague), Jan Hosek (Teplice), Jan Lecjaks (Anderlecht), Ondrej Mazuch(Anderlecht), Radim Reznik (Banik Ostrava), Marek Suchy (Spartak Moscow), Lukas Vacha (SlovanLiberec), Milan Cerny (Slavia Prague), Borek Dockal (Slovan Liberec), Marcel Gecov (SlovanLiberec), Adam Hlousek (Kaiserslautern), Tomas Horava (Sigma Olomouc), Jan Kovarik (Jablonec),Lukas Marecek (Anderlecht), Jan Moravek (Kaiserslautern), Jan Chramosta (Mlada Boleslav), VaclavKadlec (Sparta Prague), Libor Kozak (Lazio), Tomas Pekhart (Nuremberg), Michael Rabusic(Zbrojovka Brno).

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    Henderson and Jones join forces for England after signing for Premier League rival Another Arsenal ace exits England Under 21 squad as injured Gibbs follows Wilshere out Pearce to rotate squad in bid for U21 European Championship glory

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