Each participating team had to submit a list of forty players, including no fewer than four goalkeepers, thirty days before the opening match. This then had to be reduced to a final squad of 23 players by 26 May 2013. Players born no earlier than 1 January 1990 were eligible for the tournament, meaning some participants were 23 years old as the 'under-21' limit applied at the start of the qualifying competition.
Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.
† Players with a dagger had been given a full international cap by their country prior to the start of the tournament.
Norway named their squad on 22 May 2013.[7]Alexander Groven withdrew from the squad due to injury on 27 May, and was replaced by Markus Henriksen, who had originally been omitted in order to play for the senior side in their World Cup qualifier against Albania on 7 June. Håvard Nordtveit, Valon Berisha and Joshua King were also selected for the qualifier, meaning all four played were ruled out of the opening group game of the tournament.[8]
Russia named their squad on 28 May 2013. Alan Dzagoev, Oleg Shatov and Aleksandr Kokorin were all named despite having to miss the opening game in order to play for the full international side.[15] Kokorin was ruled out with injury on 31 May,[16] while Shatov was subsequently released from the senior squad for the start of the tournament.[17]
The English squad were made up entirely of players from the respective countries domestic leagues. Altogether, there were fifteen national leagues that had players in the tournament.
