U-19 European Football Championship 2010

This article covers the 2010 European Under-19 Football Championship for men. For the women's competition, see the 2010 Women's U-19 European Football Championship .

U-19 European Football Championship 2010
2010 UEFA Under 19 Championship
Number of nations	8  (of 52 applicants)
European champion	France (6th title)
venue	France
Opening game	July 18, 2010
Endgame	July 30, 2010
Games	15th
Gates	45  (⌀: 3 per game)
Top scorer	Daniel Pacheco (4 goals)
yellow cards	60  (⌀: 4 per game)
Red cards	4  (⌀: 0.27 per game)

The final round of the 26th U-19 European Championship took place in France from July 18-30, 2010, but the defending champions Ukraine did not qualify for the final round. France became European champions with a 2-1 victory over the juniors from world champions Spain.

qualification

The first qualifying round began on September 23, 2009 and was completed on November 18, 2009. The elite round began on April 14, 2010 and ended on May 31, 2010.

Germany took third place in Group 6 behind the Netherlands (0: 3; May 23) and Slovakia (1: 2; May 20) and ahead of Poland (4: 1; May 18)

Austria and Switzerland were in a balanced group along with Serbia and Denmark. After 2 games, all teams had 3 points, so that each team still had the chance to qualify for the European Championship on the last day of the match. In a dramatic game, Austria fought after two defeats against Denmark 4: 3, which was enough for first place, as Serbia defeated Switzerland 4: 2 in the parallel game.

Attendees

52 U-19 national teams took part in the first qualifying round. Host France was the only team to automatically qualify for the finals. So there were seven more places to be awarded to the seven group winners of the elite round. Ultimately, the following teams were able to qualify:

England France (hosts) Portugal Italy

Netherlands Spain Croatia Austria

Venues

The finals were played in five cities in the western French region of Basse-Normandie , namely Bayeux ( Stade Henry-Jeanne ), Caen ( Stade Michel-d'Ornano ), Flers ( Stade du Hazé ), Mondeville ( Stade Michel-Farré ) and Saint -Lô ( Stade Louis-Villemer ).

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	1	0	010: 200	+8	07th
2.	England	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
3.	Austria	3	1	0	2	003: 800	−5	03
4th	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03

Sun, July 18, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
France	-	Netherlands	4: 1 (2: 0)
Sun, July 18, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
Austria	-	England	2: 3 (0: 2)
Wed, July 21, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
France	-	Austria	5: 0 (1: 0)
Wed, July 21, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
Netherlands	-	England	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sat, July 24, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
England	-	France	1: 1 (0: 0)
Sat, July 24, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
Netherlands	-	Austria	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	007: 200	+5	09
2.	Croatia	3	1	1	1	006: 200	+4	04th
3.	Portugal	3	1	0	2	003: 700	−4	03
4th	Italy	3	0	1	2	000: 500	−5	01

Sun, July 18, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
Croatia	-	Spain	1: 2 (1: 0)
Sun, July 18, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
Italy	-	Portugal	0: 2 (0: 0)
Wed, July 21, 2010 at 3 p.m.
Spain	-	Portugal	2: 1 (1: 0)
Wed, July 21, 2010 at 4 p.m.
Croatia	-	Italy	0: 0 (0: 0)
Sat, July 24, 2010 at 4 p.m.
Portugal	-	Croatia	0: 5 (0: 3)
Sat, July 24, 2010 at 4 p.m.
Spain	-	Italy	3: 0 (2: 0)

The top three of the two groups (France, Spain, England, Croatia, Austria and Portugal) qualified for the 2011 U-20 World Cup in Colombia.

Final round

Semifinals

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in Caen
France	-	Croatia	2: 1 (1: 1)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. in Saint-Lô
Spain	-	England	3: 1 (2: 1)

final

Fri., July 30, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in Caen
France	-	Spain	2: 1 (0: 1)

Squad of the European champions

(in brackets: club, number of tournaments / number of hits)

Goal: Abdoulaye Diallo ( Stade Rennes , 5/0), Marc Vidal ( FC Toulouse , 0/0)

Defense: Gaëtan Bussmann ( FC Metz , 1/0), Sébastien Faure ( Olympique Lyon , 5/0), Timothée Kolodziejczak (Olympique Lyon, 5/0), Johan Marcial ( SC Bastia , 1/0), Chris Mavinga ( FC Liverpool , 4/0), Loïc Nego ( FC Nantes , 5/0)

Midfield: Francis Coquelin ( FC Lorient , 4/0), Gueïda Fofana ( Le Havre AC , 4/0), Clément Grenier (Olympique Lyon, 3/0), Antoine Griezmann ( Real Sociedad San Sebastián , 5/2), Enzo Reale (Olympique Lyon, 3/1)

Attack: Cédric Bakambu ( FC Sochaux , 5/3), Gaël Kakuta ( FC Chelsea , 5/2), Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyon, 5/3), Gilles Sunu ( FC Arsenal , 4/1), Yanis Tafer (Olympique Lyon, 3/1)

Coach: Francis Smerecki

Team of the tournament

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker	Best player
Matej Delač Declan Rudd	Marc Bartra Nathaniel Clyne Chris Mavinga Loïc Nego Carles Planas Gernot Trauner Ricardo van Rhijn	Arijan Ademi Francis Coquelin Gueïda Fofana Sérgio Oliveira Zvonko Pamić Dean Parrett Oriol Romeu Thiago	Cédric Bakambu Jerson Cabral Antoine Griezmann Gaël Kakuta Keko Daniel Pacheco	Gaël Kakuta

Remarks

1. ↑ France Football of August 3, 2010, pp. 56/57

Web links

• Official website of UEFA for the 2010 European Championship
• U-18 European Championship 2010 on rsssf.com