U-19 European Football Championship 2013

This article covers the 2013 Men's U-19 Football Championship. For the women's competition, see the 2013 Women's U-19 European Football Championship .

U-19 European Football Championship 2013
UEFA Under 19 Championship 2013
Number of nations	8  (of 52 applicants)
European champion	Serbia (1st title)
venue	Lithuania
Opening game	20th July 2013
Endgame	1 August 2013
Games	15th
Gates	47  (⌀: 3.13 per game)
spectator	56,169  (⌀: 3,745 per game)
Top scorer	Anass Achahbar Alexandre Guedes Gratas Sirgėdas (3 each)
yellow cards	69  (⌀: 4.6 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.07 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.07 per game)

The finals of the 29th U-19 European Championship took place from July 20 to August 1, 2013 in Lithuania .

qualification

The qualification for the tournament took place in two stages. The first qualifying round was followed by a second round, called the elite round. Lithuania was directly qualified to host.

First qualifying round

The first qualifying round took place between September 26, 2012 and November 26, 2012. Twelve groups with four teams each played the placements among themselves in tournament mode, i.e. H. each team only played once against the other three. Each group played its six group matches within a few days, with one of the participating countries acting as the host. The group winners and second as well as the best third in the group qualified for the elite round.

The German team played in group 5. The games were played in Luxembourg against the national team there as well as against Macedonia and Ireland. After clear victories against Macedonia (5: 0) and Luxembourg (5: 0), the lead of two goals against Ireland was lost and the game ended 2: 2. This was enough for the group victory.

The Austrian team played in group 12 in Hungary, which was won with three wins against Andorra (9: 0), Bulgaria (2: 1) and the hosts (2: 1).

The Swiss team played in Group 9, which played their games in Scotland. After a 0-0 draw against Romania, only a 4-0 win against Armenia and a 3-4 defeat against the hosts could be achieved. With this, the second place behind group winners Scotland was reached, which was enough for the entry into the elite round.

Elite round

The elite round was held in groups of four in a similar fashion at the end of May and beginning of June 2013, with one team again hosting. The seven group winners qualified for participation in the final round.

The German team played in Group 5 in Norway. After a 3-1 win against Cyprus, they lost two games to Norway (3-1) and the Netherlands (0-1), which was only enough for third place. The Netherlands qualified for the finals.

Austria played as hosts in Group 1. After two convincing victories against Bosnia-Herzegovina (6-0) and Sweden (3-0), there was a final against France, which had also won two games. Due to the better goal difference, a draw would have been enough for the Austrians to rise. However, the French won the game 1-0 and qualified for the finals.

Switzerland ended up tied with hosts Serbia and Slovakia in Group 2 as each of these teams scored 4 points. The Swiss drew against Ireland (2-2), followed by a win against Serbia (1-0) and a defeat against Slovakia (0-2). Because of the worse goal difference, Switzerland came in second behind group winners Serbia.

Attendees

Host Lithuania was the only team to automatically qualify for the finals. Thus there were seven more places that were awarded to the seven group winners of the elite round. The following teams had qualified (qualification path in brackets):

Lithuania (hosts)  France (elite group 1)  Serbia (elite group 2)  Portugal (elite group 3)

Spain (elite group 4)  Netherlands (elite group 5)  Georgia (elite group 6)  Turkey (elite group 7)

Venues

The final round matches were played in three cities, Alytus ( Alytus Stadium ), Kaunas ( S.Dariaus and S.Girėno Stadium ), and Marijampolė ( Sūduva Stadium )

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups with four teams each. The two group winners and runners-up qualified for the semifinals. In the event of a tie, first the direct comparison and then the goal difference decided the ranking.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	09
2.	Portugal	3	2	0	1	008: 400	+4	06th
3.	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	006: 900	−3	03
4th	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	004: 900	−5	00

Sat, July 20, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in Kaunas (5:30 p.m. CEST )
Lithuania	-	Netherlands	2: 3 (1: 2)
Sat., July 20, 2013 at 9:15 p.m. in Marijampolė (8:15 p.m. CEST)
Spain	-	Portugal	1: 0 (1: 0)
Tue., July 23, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. in Alytus (3:30 p.m. CEST)
Netherlands	-	Portugal	1: 4 (0: 1)
Tue., July 23, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in Kaunas (5:30 p.m. CEST)
Lithuania	-	Spain	0: 2 (0: 1)
Fri., July 26, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. in Alytus (8:00 p.m. CEST)
Netherlands	-	Spain	2: 3 (1: 0)
Friday, July 26, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. in Kaunas (8:00 p.m. CEST)
Portugal	-	Lithuania	4: 2 (2: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Serbia	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	France	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Turkey	3	1	0	2	006: 600	± 0	03
4th	Georgia	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

Sat, July 20, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. in Marijampolė (4:00 p.m. CEST )
Serbia	-	Turkey	2: 1 (1: 0)
Sat., July 20, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in Alytus (6:00 p.m. CEST)
Georgia	-	France	0-0
Tue., July 23, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in Marijampolė (5:30 p.m. CEST)
Serbia	-	Georgia	1: 0 (0: 0)
Tue., July 23, 2013 at 8:45 p.m. in Alytus (7:45 p.m. CEST)
Turkey	-	France	1: 2 (0: 1)
Friday, July 26, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. in Kaunas (3:30 p.m. CEST)
France	-	Serbia	1: 1 (1: 0)
Friday, July 26, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. in Marijampolė (3:30 p.m. CEST)
Turkey	-	Georgia	4: 2 (2: 1)

Final round

Semifinals

Mon., July 29, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. in Alytus (3:30 p.m. CEST )
Serbia	-	Portugal	2: 2 n.v. (2: 2, 1: 0), 3: 2 i. E.
Mon., July 29, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. in Kaunas (8:00 p.m. CEST)
Spain	-	France	1: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)

final

Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 9:45 p.m. in Marijampolė (8:45 p.m. CEST )
France	-	Serbia	0: 1 (0: 0)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Anass Achahbar	3
	Alexandre Guedes	3
	Gratas Sirgėdas	3
4th	Yassine Benzia	2
	Okan Deniz	2
	Iker Hernández	2
	Adrien Hunou	2
	Andrija Luković	2
	Recep Niyaz	2
	Sandro Ramírez	2
	Rai Vloet	2

In addition, there were another 21 players, each with a goal and an own goal by the Lithuanian Petrauskas in the group game against Portugal.

The top scorer of the overall competition (including qualification) was Achahbar from the Netherlands with a total of 9 goals.

referee

referee	vintage	Assistants	vintage	Fourth official	vintage
Emir Alečković	1979	Dermot Broughton	1985	Gediminas Mažeika	1978
Orel Grinfeld	1981	Mubariz Hashimov	1981	Sergeyus Slyva	1980
Alexei Kulbakov	1979	Michael Karsiotis	1979
Michael Oliver	1985	Stelios Nikita	1975
Martin Strömbergsson	1977	Derya Oğuz	1975
Felix Zwayer	1981	Leif Erik Opland	1980
		Nikola Razic	1979
		Mitchell Scerri	1982

Web links

• Official website of UEFA for Euro 2013
• U-18 European Championship 2013 on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} final round 2013: Lithuania. In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed July 23, 2013 .