U-19 European Football Championship 2003

U-19 European Football Championship 2003
2003 UEFA Under 19 Championship
Number of nations	8  (of 52 applicants)
European champion	Italy (1st title)
venue	Liechtenstein
Opening game	July 16, 2003
Endgame	July 26, 2003
Games	15th
Gates	54  (⌀: 3.6 per game)
Top scorer	Paulo Sérgio (5 goals)

The 19th U-19 European Football Championship was held in Liechtenstein from July 16 to 26, 2003 . The winner was Italy with a 2: 0 victory over Portugal . Defending champion Spain could not qualify like Germany and Switzerland , Austria was eliminated in the semifinals.

The UEFA decided a little change of mode. A semi-final was introduced between the preliminary round and the final. Instead, the game for third place was canceled.

mode

The eight qualified teams are divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team plays each other once. The first two in the group contest the semi-finals. The semi-final winners reach the final.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

•  England : Luke Steele , Justin Hoyte , Peter Whittingham , John Welsh , Liam Ridgewell , Andrew Davies , Wayne Routledge , Ciaran Donnelly , Thomas Wright , Lee Croft , Stewart Downing , Steven Schumacher , Lee Camp , Alan Moogan , Dean Leacock , Marcel McKie , Jerome Watt , Dorryl Proffitt - Team Principal : Stuart Baxter .
•  France : Florent Chaigneau , Abdelaziz Camara , Jérémy Berthod , Julio Colombo , Jacques Faty , Stephen Drouin , Luigi Glombard , Hassan Yebda , Sébastien Grax , Mourad Meghni , Yann Jouffre , Emerse Faé , Sylvain Idangar , Albin Ebondo , Kevin Jacmot , Mickaël Fabre , Grégory Bourillon , Sérisay Barthelemy - Team Principal : René Girard .
•  Italy : Marco Paoloni , Damiano Ferronetti , Andrea Mantovani , Gabriele Perico , Peter Belotti , Giorgio Chiellini , Adriano D'Astolfo , Alberto Aquilani , Luigi Della Rocca , Francesco Lodi , Giampaolo Pazzini , Andrea Ivaldi , Giuseppe Scurto , Alessandro Potenza , Mirko Stefani , Simon Laner , Simone Padoin , Raffaele Palladino - Team Principal: Paolo Berrettini
•  Liechtenstein (host): Daniel Steuble , Christoph Bühler , Sandro Maierhofer , Reto Mündle , Franz-Josef Vogt , Matthias Biedermann , Claudio Alabor , Pascal Söldi , Martin Büchel , Christoph Frick , Mirco Stoffel , Florian Meier , Michael Noser , Marc Messenger , Stefan Büchel , Sandro Hasler , Marco Ritzberger , Raphael Rohrer - Team Principal: Ralf Loose .
•  Norway : Rune Almenning Jarstein , Martin Overvik , Kristian Flittie Onstad , Vegard Lie , Gisle Refseth , Eirik Bertheussen , Kjell André Thu , Olav Tuelo Johannesen , Branimir Poljac , Petter Vaagan Moen , Jone Samuelsen , Magnus Hjulstad , Trond Erik Bertelsen , Tommy Edvardsen , Michael Røn , Daniel Fredheim Holm , Trond Olsen , Henning Hauger - Team principal: Egil Olsen .
•  Austria : Robert Almer , Thomas Lechner , Ernst Öbster , Martin Lassnig , Jürgen Rauchbauer , Markus Berger , Thomas Prager , Klaus Salmutter , Pascal Velek , Lukas Mössner , Salmin Cehajic , Jürgen Säumel , Thomas Vollnhofer , Mario Fürthaler , Mario Bolter , Sandro Lindschinger , René Schicker , Roman Kienast - Team Principal: Paul Gludovatz .
•  Portugal : Paulo Ribeiro , Euripedes Amoreirinha , Amaro Fernandes , Miguel Angelo , Rodrigo Angelo , João Pedro da Silva Pereira , Daniel , Hugo Almeida , Hélio Pinto , Paulo Sérgio , Tecalão , João Pedro , Filipe Oliveira , Ricardo Jorge , Pedro Pereira , Fonseca , Flávio Igor - Team Principal: Carlos Alberto Lopes Dinis .
•  Czech Republic : Tomáš Černý , Václav Procházka , Lukás Nachtman , Roman Hubník , Michal Kadlec , Martin Pulkert , Ladislav Volešák , Pavel Siranec , Adam Varadi , Martin Klein , Michal Blazej , Milan Matula , Josef Brodský , Petr Mikolanda , Petr Kobylík , Petr Bolek , Pavel Malchárek , Aleš Neuwirth - Team Principal: Michal Bílek .

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Balzers , Eschen-Mauren , Schaan , Triesen and Vaduz .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	1	0	007: 200	+5	07th
2.	Portugal	3	1	2	0	008: 300	+5	05
3.	Norway	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	002:120	−10	00

July 16, 2003 in Vaduz
Liechtenstein	-	Portugal	0: 5
July 16, 2003 in Balzers
Norway	-	Italy	0: 1
July 18, 2003 in Triesen
Liechtenstein	-	Norway	1: 2
July 18, 2003 in Eschen-Mauren
Portugal	-	Italy	1: 1
July 20, 2003 in Balzers
Italy	-	Liechtenstein	5: 1
July 20, 2003 in Schaan
Portugal	-	Norway	2: 2

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Austria	3	2	1	0	007: 300	+4	07th
2.	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	007: 700	± 0	04th
3.	England	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	France	3	0	2	1	004: 600	−2	02

July 16, 2003 in Vaduz
France	-	Czech Republic	3: 3
July 16, 2003 in Schaan
England	-	Austria	1: 2
July 18, 2003 in Eschen-Mauren
France	-	England	0: 2
July 18, 2003 in Schaan
Czech Republic	-	Austria	1: 4
July 20, 2003 in Triesen
Austria	-	France	1: 1
July 20, 2003 in Eschen-Mauren
Czech Republic	-	England	3-0

Final round

Semifinals

July 23, 2003 in Vaduz
Italy	-	Czech Republic	1-0
Austria	-	Portugal	3: 6 a.d.

final

July 26, 2003 in Vaduz
Italy	-	Portugal	2-0

decisions

Italy became European U-19 champions for the first time.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA.com: Under-19 European Championship 2002-2003 (accessed 3 December 2008)

Web links

• Official website of UEFA for EM 2003
• U-18 European Championship 2003 on rsssf.com