1998 European Under-21 Football Championship

1998 European Under-21 Football Championship
UEFA Under-21 Championship
Number of nations	8  (of 46 applicants)
European champion	Spain (2nd title)
venue	Romania
Opening game	May 23, 1998
Endgame	May 31, 1998
Games	12
Gates	22  (⌀: 1.83 per game)
Top scorer	Steffen Iversen Nikos Liberopoulos (3 goals each)

The 14th U-21 European Football Championship was won by Spain . It was the second victory for the Iberians. Defending champion Italy failed to qualify. Germany came in fifth. The final round took place in Romania from May 23 to 31, 1998 . The Spanish goalkeeper Francesc Arnau was named golden player of the tournament.

qualification

→ Main article : 1998 European Under-21 Football Championship / qualification

Final round

Quarter finals

23. May
Germany	-	Greece	0: 1
23. May
Netherlands	-	Romania	2: 1
May 24th
Spain	-	Russia	1-0
May 24th
Norway	-	Sweden	1-0

Semifinals

May 26
Netherlands	-	Greece	0: 3
May 27th
Norway	-	Spain	0: 1 a.d.

3rd place match

31. May
Norway	-	Netherlands	2-0

final

31. May
Spain	-	Greece	1-0

The winning eleven: Arnau - Lopez, Rekarte, Guerrero, Garcia Calvo, Roger (Guti) - Vales, Felipe, Ito, Benjamin (Angulo) - Valeron (Victor), Ivan Perez

Ivan Perez scored the winning goal.

Placement round

May 26
Romania	-	Germany	0: 1 n.GG
May 27th
Russia	-	Sweden	0: 2

Game for 7th place

May 29th
Russia	-	Romania	2: 1

Play for 5th place

May 29th
Germany	-	Sweden	2: 1

Germany played with: Simon Jentzsch - Frank Baumann - Christian Fährmann , Mustafa Doğan , Thomas Cichon - Torsten Frings , Michael Ballack , Danny Schwarz - Lars Ricken - Markus Schroth ( Thomas Brdarić ), Kai Michalke ( Lars Müller )

Brdaric, Frings / Åslund scored the goals.

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Steffen Iversen	3
	Nikos Liberopoulos	3
3	Emile Heskey	2
	Iván Pérez Muñoz	2

Web links

• 1998 U21 European Championship on uefa.com
• Details about the 1998 tournament on rsssf.com