U19 Euros Qualifiers Preview: Germany vs. Sweden

Germany U19 will play three Euro 2026 qualifying games between March 25th and 31st at the maxworx Sportpark in Dreieich, Hesse. The opening fixture of their Elite Round campaign will be against Sweden on Wednesday.

Seven group winners will join hosts Wales in the competition that will be played between June 28th and July 11th. The 28 teams in the Elite Round went through an earlier qualifying round during the October and November international breaks, while defending champions Spain will join from this stage.

UEFA assigned hosts for every group, and the games in Group 1 will be played in Germany. Christian Wörns’ side will face Sweden, Greece and Austria in the space of a week.

Germany won all three games in the first qualifying round by scoring 14 goals in the first international window under the former Germany international. Montrell Culbreath, who started the draw with Bayern Munich in the middle of substitute appearances in Bayer Leverkusen’s Champions League knockout tie against Arsenal, is part of the squad.

Bochum’s in-form midfielder Francis Onyeka, who is also in the ranks of Leverkusen, is the joint top-scorer in the qualifying campaign with six goals. Juventus’ winger Adin Licina is the only foreign-based player in the current roster.

Full Germany U19 squad

Goalkeepers: Florian Hellstern (VfB Stuttgart), Enis Vauclain Kamga (FC Kaiserslautern) and Tom Heinz Wisbereit (Union Berlin)

Mirza Catovic (VfB Stuttgart), Montrell Culbreath (Bayer Leverkusen), Luis Engelns, Luca Erlein, Juan Tiago Esteban Poller and Jykese Fields (TSG Hoffenheim), Francis Onyeka and Kacper Koscierski (VfL Bochum), Adin Licina (Juventus), Boris Lum (Hertha BSC), Till Neininger (VfL Wolfsburg), Ben Nink (Wehen Wiesbaden), Rafael Pinto Pedrosa (Karlsruher SC), Mick Schmetgens (Werder Bremen), Otto Stange    (Hamburger SV), Niklas Swider (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Yannik Wagner (1. FC Heidenheim) and Mika Wallentowitz (Schalke 04)