U-19 European Football Championship 2005

U-19 European Football Championship 2005
UEFA Under 19 Championship 2005
Number of nations	8  (of 52 applicants)
European champion	France (5th title)
venue	Northern Ireland
Opening game	July 18, 2005
Endgame	July 29, 2005
Games	15th
Gates	46  (⌀: 3.07 per game)
Top scorer	Borko Veselinović (5 goals)

The 21 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was in the period from 18th bis 29. July 2005 in Northern Ireland held. The winner was France with a 3: 1 victory over England . Germany was eliminated in the semi-finals against the eventual title holder. Defending champions Spain , like Austria and Switzerland, could not qualify.

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:

•  Armenia : Edel Bete , Hayk Chilingaryan , Mikheil Simonyan , arms Hovhannisyan , Rafael Safaryan , Narek Manukyan , Mkhitar Grigoryan , Gurgen Meliksetyan , Aleksandr Petrosyan , Zhora Hovhannisyan , Edgar Manucharyan , arms Fishyan , Artur Stepanyan , Artak Hovhannisyan , Carl Lombé , Vahe Meghrabyan , Artak Oseyan , Gevorg Nranyan - Team Principal : Samvel Petrosyan .
•  Germany : Florian Fromlowitz ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ), Markus Heppke ( FC Schalke 04 ), Sascha Dum ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ), Robert Müller ( Hertha BSC ), Pascal Bieler (Hertha BSC), Niko Bungert (FC Schalke 04), Markus Steinhöfer ( FC Bayern Munich ), Eugen Polanski ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ), Mustafa Kučuković ( Hamburger SV ), Ashkan Dejagah (Hertha BSC), Stephan Schröck ( SpVgg Greuther Fürth ), Manuel Neuer (FC Schalke 04), Jérôme Polenz ( Werder Bremen ) , Denis Epstein ( 1. FC Cologne ), Dennis Kempe (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Florian Müller (FC Bayern Munich), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Hertha BSC), Chhunly Pagenburg ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) - team principal: Uli Stielike .
•  England : David Martin , Anthony McMahon , Andrew Taylor , Mark Noble , Matt Mills , Martin Cranie , James Morrison , Grant Leadbitter , Matty Fryatt , Ryan Jarvis , Lee Holmes , Dexter Blackstock , John Ruddy , Laurence Wilson , Philip Ifil , Richard Jones , Ryan Smith , David Wheater - Team Principal: Martin Hunter .
•  France : Hugo Lloris , Yassin Moutaouakil , Cedric Cambon , Abou Diaby , Mohamed Chakouri , Didier Digard , Olivier Nsiambanfunu , Younès Kaboul , Moussa Sow , Djamel Abdoun , Abdoulaye Baldé , Yoann Gourcuff , Frédéric Sammaritano , Geoffrey Jourdren , Yohan Cabaye , Florian Marange , Franck Dja Djedje , Yoan Gouffran - Team Principal : Philippe Bergeroo .
•  Greece : Alexandros Kasmeridis , Giannis Maniatis , Stefanos Siontis , Theodoros Tripotseris , Christos Lisgaras , Sotirios Balafas , Charalampos Perperidis , Stilianos Iliadis , Antonis Petropoulos , Lazaros Hristodoulopoulos , Christos Aravidis , Dimitris Sotiriou , Antonis Rikka , Vassilis Sachinidis , Dimitrios Kiliaras , Grigorios Makos , Efthimios Kotitsas , Nikolaos Soulidis - Team Principal : Nikolaos Nioplias .
•  Northern Ireland (Organizer): Jonathan Tuffey , Chris Turner , Paul Hamilton , Kyle Mcvey , Rory McArdle , Aaron Callaghan , Dermot McCaffrey , Andrew Cleary , Daryl Fordyce , Matthew Doherty , Kieran McKenna , Paul Willis , Paul Mccrink , Aidan Watson , David Buchanan , Jonny Steele , Michael Carville , Thomas Stewart - Team Principal: Mal Donaghy .
•  Norway : Joakim Heier , Arnar Førsund , Magnus Ueland , Johan Lædre Bjørdal , Steffen Hagen , Per Ciljan Skjelbred , Alexander Tettey , Dawda Leigh , Bjarne Ingebretsen , Matthew Doherty , Petter Hanssen , Dag Ole Hoving Thomassen , Kevin Larsen , Tore Reginiussen , Vidar Nisja , Alexander Mathisen , Karim Aoudia , Morten Krüger Hæstad - Team principal: Tor Ole Skullerund .
•  Serbia and Montenegro : Aleksandar Jovic , Predrag Pavlović , Marko Djalovic , Gojko Kačar , Milan Perendija , Milan Smiljanic , Vladimir Bogdanović , Nenad Lazareski , Borko Veselinović , Nebojša Marinković , Marko Markovski , Dejan Mustur , Nenad Djurović , Borislav Pavlovic , Ljubomir Stevanovic , Nenad Tomović , Stefan Djurović , Nemanja Arsenijević - Team Principal : Zvonko Živković .

Venues

It was played in the cities of Ballymena , Belfast , Lurgan and Newry .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	0	008: 200	+6	09
2.	Germany	3	2	0	1	007: 500	+2	06th
3.	Greece	3	1	0	2	001: 600	−5	03
4th	Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	001: 400	−3	00

July 18, 2005 in Lurgan
Serbia and Montenegro	-	Germany	4: 2
Belfast July 18, 2005
Northern Ireland	-	Greece	0: 1
July 20, 2005 in Lurgan
Greece	-	Germany	0: 3
July 20, 2005 in Newry
Northern Ireland	-	Serbia and Montenegro	0: 1
July 23, 2005 in Ballymena
Northern Ireland	-	Germany	1: 2
Belfast July 23, 2005
Greece	-	Serbia and Montenegro	0: 3

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	England	3	1	2	0	005: 400	+1	05
3.	Norway	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
4th	Armenia	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01

Belfast July 18, 2005
France	-	England	1: 1
July 18, 2005 in Lurgan
Norway	-	Armenia	2-0
July 20, 2005 in Ballymena
Armenia	-	England	1: 1
20th July 2005 in Belfast
Norway	-	France	1: 3
July 23, 2005 in Lurgan
Armenia	-	France	0: 1
July 23, 2005 in Newry
Norway	-	England	2: 3

Final round

Semifinals

July 26, 2005 in Ballymena
France	-	Germany	3: 2
July 26, 2005 in Lurgan
Serbia and Montenegro	-	England	1: 3

final

Belfast July 29, 2005
France	-	England	3: 1

decisions

France became European U-19 champions for the fifth time .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA.com: Under-19 European Championship 2005-2006 (accessed 3 December 2008)

Web links

• Official website of UEFA for EM 2005
• U-18 European Championship 2005 on rsssf.com