England under-21s will play holders Sweden, hosts Poland and Slovakia at Euro 2017 next summer.
The Young Lions have been placed in Group A after the draw for the tournament was made on Thursday in Krakow.
The Group A matches will take place in Kielce and Lublin, with the competition starting on June 16 and the final in Krakow on June 30.
England, who have qualified for the last six tournaments, will be aiming to avoid a repeat of their disappointing Euro 2015 campaign when they failed to get out of the group after winning just one of their three games.
The tournament has been expanded to 12 teams for the first time and the Young Lions were in pot two of the draw with Spain and Denmark, with Germany and Portugal top seeds.
Portugal lead Group B and will face Serbia, Spain and Macedonia.
Group C features Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark and Italy.
The Football Association now need to make an appointment after former under-21 boss Gareth Southgate was named as senior manager on a four-year contract on Wednesday.
Interim boss Aidy Boothroyd attended the draw after he took over for their final two qualifying games, beating Kazakhstan and Bosnia, as unbeaten England topped Group Nine.
Boothroyd stepped up from managing the under-20s and won three and lost one of his four matches, suffering a 3-2 friendly defeat to France in his final game last month.
Asked about preparations for the Euros, Boothroyd said: "Gareth had all that boxed off. We will play Germany in March and then see what happens next.
"We will certainly look to prepare properly and hopefully we will get some games organised before the tournament.
"We are now on a fact-finding mission to see where we will set up a base.
"We have got to have these games. We have had players who have experienced all this before, like Nathan Redmond, James Ward-Prowse and Nathaniel Chalobah. They know about the fine margins of tournament football.
"I think they will be three really good games and we will have to be mentally right for all three. That is the challenge: to make sure we are properly prepared."
Boothroyd accepted that the process of naming a full-time Under-21s manager had to take a back seat while the FA sorted out the appointment of the senior team boss. And he admitted he was still unsure of his summer plans.
"From day one, it was always a case of sorting Gareth's situation out first. He stepped up and when I was asked to step up, I happily did the same," he said.
"I was asked to come to this draw and I was only too happy to do that. I have loved every minute of doing this role and working with these players, but I don't know when things will be decided. It is a frantic time at the FA and there have been one or two other things going on.
"I don't know whether I will be preparing for this tournament or preparing for the Under-20 World Cup. We will see what happens."
The Group A matches at Euro 2017 will take place in Kielce and Lublin, with the competition starting on June 16 and the final in Krakow on June 30.
England, who have qualified for the last six tournaments, will be aiming to avoid a repeat of their disappointing Euro 2015 campaign when they failed to get out of the group after winning just one of their three games.