2006 European Under-17 Football Championship

U-17 European Championship 2006
UEFA Under 17 Championship 2006
Number of nations	8th
European champion	Russia (1st title)
venue	Luxembourg
Opening game	May 3, 2006
Endgame	May 14, 2006
Games	16
Gates	46  (⌀: 2.88 per game)
Top scorer	Tomáš Necid / Bojan Krkić / Manuel Fischer (5 goals each)

The 24th U17 European Football Championship took place from May 3rd to 14th, 2006 in Luxembourg . For Luxembourg, hosting the tournament meant the only participation so far. It was the second UEFA tournament in Luxembourg after the 1996 European Under-18 Football Championship, which was organized with France . Russia won the final over the Czech Republic. Defending champion Turkey and final opponent Netherlands could not qualify, Germany finished fourth. Toni Kroos was named a golden player by UEFA .

mode

The eight qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners and runners-up reached the semi-finals. The semi-final winners reached the final, the losers played for third place.

Attendees

The following eight teams took part in the tournament:

Spain  Hungary  Russia  Luxembourg (hosts)

Germany  Czech Republic  Serbia and Montenegro  Belgium

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFB selection

player	society	Games	Gates
Sascha Burchert	Hertha BSC	1	0
Ron-Robert Zieler	Manchester United	4th	0
Florian Jungwirth	TSV 1860 Munich	4th	0
Björn Kopplin	FC Bayern Munich	4th	0
Stefan Reinartz	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2	1
Christopher Schorch	Hertha BSC	5	0
David Vržogić	Borussia Dortmund	5	0
Mathias Wittek	TSV 1860 Munich	2	0
Lars Bender	TSV 1860 Munich	4th	0
Sven Bender	TSV 1860 Munich	5	0
Toni Kroos	Hansa Rostock	5	1
Danny Latza	FC Schalke 04	3	0
Marko Marin	Borussia Monchengladbach	5	0
Mario Vrančić	1. FSV Mainz 05	5	0
Manuel Fischer	VfB Stuttgart	5	5
Timo Gebhart	TSV 1860 Munich	4th	0
Sebastian Huke	Hertha BSC	3	0
Raphael Lorenz	Borussia Dortmund	3	1

• Trainer: Bernd Stöber

FLF selection

#	Surname	Item	society	Games	Gates
1	Fabiano Castellani	goalkeeper	US Rumelange	3	0
2	Massimo Martino	Defense	RFC Union Luxembourg	3	0
3	Christophe Scholer	Defense	RFC Union Luxembourg	3	0
4th	Michel Kettenmeyer	Defense	CSO Villerupt	3	0
5	Jérôme Marcolino	Defense	UN Käerjéng ​​97	3	0
6th	Lars Gerson	midfield	-	1	0
7th	Pit Hilbert	Storm	FC Pratzerthal / Rédange	3	0
8th	Gilles Bettmer	midfield	Sc freiburg	3	0
9	Miralem Pjanic	midfield	FC Metz	3	1
10	Matthew De Cae	midfield	FC throats	3	0
11	Richard Jankowoy	Storm	Syra Mensdorf	3	0
12	André Bill	goalkeeper	UN Käerjéng ​​97	0	0
13	Mirko Albanese	Storm	FC Differdange 03	3	0
14th	Ricardo Thom	midfield	FC Monnerich	3	0
15th	Mato Djuric	Storm	RFC Union Luxembourg	2	0
16	Mathias Jänisch	midfield	US Hostert	3	0
17th	Paul Bossi	midfield	FC Progrès Niederkorn	0	0
18th	Tom Siebenaler	Defense	FC Remerschen	0	0

• Trainer: Ronny Bonvini

Venues

place	Stadion	capacity
Dudelange	Jos Nosbaum Stadium	4,650
Ettelbruck	Center Sportif du Deich	2,020
Grevenmacher	op Flohr Stadium	4,000
Hesperange	Stade Alphonse Theis	4,000
Luxembourg City	Josy Barthel Stadium	4,000
Bad Mondorf	Stade John Green	3,600

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	010: 100	+9	09
2.	Russia	3	2	0	1	003: 300	± 0	06th
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	2	004: 300	+1	03
4th	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	001:130	−12	00

May 3, 2006
Luxembourg	-	Spain	1: 7
Hungary	-	Russia	0: 1
May 5, 2006
Luxembourg	-	Hungary	0: 4
Spain	-	Russia	3-0
May 8, 2006
Luxembourg	-	Russia	0: 2
Spain	-	Hungary	2-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	008-000	+8	07th
2.	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
3.	Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	1	2	002: 700	−5	01
4th	Belgium	3	0	1	2	002: 800	−6	01

May 3, 2006
Belgium	-	Germany	0: 4
Serbia and Montenegro	-	Czech Republic	1: 2
May 5, 2006
Belgium	-	Serbia and Montenegro	1: 1
Germany	-	Czech Republic	0-0
May 8, 2006
Czech Republic	-	Belgium	3: 1
Germany	-	Serbia and Montenegro	4-0

Final round

Semifinals

May 11th
Spain	-	Czech Republic	0: 2
May 11th
Russia	-	Germany	1-0

3rd place match

May 14th
Spain	-	Germany	1: 1 n.V., 3: 2 n.e.

final

May 14th
Czech Republic	-	Russia	2: 2 n.V., 3: 5 n.e.