2006 European Under-21 Football Championship

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2006 European Under-21 Football Championship
UEFA Under-21 Championship
Number of nations 8  (of 48 applicants)
European champion NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands (1st title)
venue PortugalPortugal Portugal
Opening game May 23, 2006
Endgame June 4, 2006
Games 15th
Gates 34  (⌀: 2.27 per game)
Top scorer NetherlandsNetherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (4 goals)

The 18th European Under-21 Football Championship was won by the Netherlands. It was the first victory for Oranje . Defending champions Italy, like Germany, were eliminated in the final round after the group stage. Switzerland failed in the playoffs for a place in the final round to Portugal. Austria was eliminated in the qualifying round.

The final round was held in Portugal from May 23 to June 4, 2006 .

qualification

mode

All teams entered were divided into ten groups. The group winners and the six runners-up with the best points reached the round of 16. There the eight participants in the final round were determined in the first and second leg.

The eight finalists will be divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team plays once against each other team. The first and second in the group reach the semi-finals. The semi-final winners ultimately play the European champions in the final.

Performance of the German-speaking teams

Germany

Germany showed no nakedness in the strong qualification group. There were two draws against fellow favorites England (2-2 in Hull and 1-1 in Mainz ). The home draw (1-1 in Cottbus ) against Poland was offset by a 3-1 away win. In the end, Austria provided support with a 2-1 away win in England, which meant that Germany could no longer take the group victory.

In the playoffs for a place in the finals, Germany laid the foundation for promotion to the finals with goals from Nando Rafael and Christian Schulz with a 2-0 win in the away game against the Czech Republic. The 1-0 home win fixed by Nando Rafael ultimately made everything clear.

The group stage of the finals was a bit disappointing. There was a narrow 1-0 victory against Serbia and Montenegro, but this was followed by a smooth 3-0 defeat against France. A 1-0 defeat against Portugal ultimately led to the German team being eliminated.

Marvin Matip was the only player to be called up for all 15 matches and was always in the starting line-up. The closest to him came Malik Fathi, Mike Hanke and Moritz Volz with 14 games each, followed by Sascha Riether (13) and Christian Schulz (12).

Switzerland

Switzerland started the qualification with a rather disappointing 1-1 draw in Israel, but then retained their chance of winning the group with a 1-1 draw in France. So it stayed exciting until the finish. In the last game there was a direct duel against France for group victory. However, the French left no doubts and clearly won 3-0 in Schaffhausen . In the last game, however, Switzerland was able to take second place in the group with a 1-0 away win in Northern Ireland and qualify for the playoffs for the finals. Team boss Bernard Challandes nominated a total of 31 players in the qualifying round, of which no fewer than eight were present in all eight games.

For the playoffs, Switzerland was drawn with Portugal, an almost overpowering opponent. The home game at the Hardturm Stadium in Zurich brought a 1-1 draw after Davide Chiumento led 1-0. Switzerland also took the lead in the second leg in Porto thanks to David Degen, but Portugal were ultimately able to secure a narrow 2-1 victory with goals from Hugo Almeida and Silvestre Varela , which meant that Switzerland had to be eliminated.

Austria

With Germany and England, Austria was drawn to two almost overpowering opponents in the qualifying round. Then there were the strong Poles, who gave Austria a bitter 3-0 home defeat in their third game. In the end, only a respectable success remained for the Austrians with a 2-1 away win in England. In the end, however, this was only enough for fourth place, with which Austria was eliminated. It was remarkable that with goalkeepers Ramazan Özcan and Markus Berger only two players were present in all ten matches and that Austria's team boss Willibald Ruttensteiner called in no fewer than 44 different players, which did not succeed in establishing continuity.

Venues

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FranceFrance France  3  3  0  0 006-000  +6 09
 2. Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro  3  1  0  2 002: 300  −1 03
 3. GermanyGermany Germany  3  1  0  2 001: 400  −3 03
 4th PortugalPortugal Portugal  3  1  0  2 001: 300  −2 03
Serbia and Montenegro finished second in the group due to the goal difference from their direct encounters.
May 23, 2006 in Barcelos
Serbia & Montenegro - Germany 0: 1
Goals: 0: 1 Polanski (61.)
May 23, 2006 in Braga
Portugal - France 0: 1
Goals: 0: 1 Bruno Vale (41st, own goal)
May 25, 2006 in Guimarães
France - Germany 3-0
Goals: 1-0 Sinama Pongolle (45th), 2-0 Gouffran (71st), 3-0 Mavuba (75th)
May 25, 2006 in Barcelos
Portugal - Serbia & Montenegro 0: 2
Goals: 0-1 Zé Castro (17th, own goal), 0-2 Ivanović (65th)
May 28, 2006 in Guimarães
Germany - Portugal 0: 1
Goals: 0: 1 João Moutinho (90 '+ 4')
May 28, 2006 in Braga
France - Serbia & Montenegro 2-0
Goals: 1-0 Bergougnoux (33rd), 2-0 Toulalan (54th)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. UkraineUkraine Ukraine  3  2  0  1 004: 300  +1 06th
 2. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  0  3  0 003: 300  ± 0 03
 3. ItalyItaly Italy  3  0  3  0 004: 400  ± 0 03
 4th DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  0  2  1 005: 600  −1 02
The Netherlands are second in the group due to the better direct comparison.
May 24, 2006 in Águeda
Ukraine - Netherlands 2: 1
Goals: 1-0 Milewskyj (39th, Penalty), 2-0 Fomin (51st), 2-1 Luirink (90th + 2 ')
May 24, 2006 in Aveiro
Italy - Denmark 3: 3
Goals: 1-0 Potenza (16th), 1: 1 Würtz (21st), 1: 2 Kahlenberg (33rd), 1: 3 Andreasen (41st), 2: 3 Palladino (61st), 3: 3 Bianchi (90.)
May 26, 2006 in Aveiro
Denmark - Netherlands 1: 1
Goals: 0: 1 Huntelaar (38th), 1: 1 Kahlenberg (48th)
May 26, 2006 in Águeda
Italy - Ukraine 1-0
Goals: 1: 0 Chiellini <(90 '+ 3')
May 29, 2006 in Aveiro
Netherlands - Italy 1-0
Goals: 1-0 de Ridder (74.)
May 29, 2006 in Águeda
Denmark - Ukraine 1: 2
Goals: 0: 1 Fomin (31st), 1: 1 Kahlenberg (43rd), 1: 2 Milewskyj (84th)

Final round

Semifinals

June 1, 2006 in Braga
FranceFrance France - NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2: 3 a.d.
Goals: 0: 1 Hofs (6th), 0: 2 Huntelaar (38th), 1: 2 Faubert 51 (51st), 2: 2 Bergougnoux (85th), 2: 3 Hofs (107th)
June 1, 2006 in Aveiro
UkraineUkraine Ukraine - Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 0: 0 n.v. 5: 4 i. E.
Milan Purović missed the decisive penalty

final

The Dutch left no doubt from kick-off that they wanted to leave the field as winners. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar made everything clear before the break and was the man of the game with two goals. However, Ukraine also had a bit of bad luck when they failed twice on the goal post after the Netherlands 1-0. The Netherlands was able to win the European title in the under-21 competition for national teams for the first time.

Huntelaar, who already scored ten goals in qualifying, was also the most successful goalscorer in the finals with a total of four goals and was also voted the best player of the tournament.

pairing NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - Ukraine UkraineUkraine
Result 3: 0 (2: 0)
date June 4, 2006
Stadion Estádio do Bessa Século. XXI , postage
30,000 spectators
referee Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Gates 1-0 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (11th)
2-0 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (43rd, penalty)
3-0 Nicky Hofs (90th + 4 ')
Netherlands Kenneth Vermeer , Dwight Tiendalli , Ron Vlaar , Gijs Luirink , Urby Emanuelson , Ismaïl Aissati (78th Ramon Zomer ), Demy de Zeeuw , Stijn Schaars , Nicky Hofs , Klaas-Jan Huntelaar , Romeo Castelen (69th Daniël de Ridder )
Substitutes: Michel Vorm , Remko Pasveer , Paul Verhaegh , Haris Medunjanin , Patrick Gerritsen , Collins John , Fred Benson , Arnold Kruiswijk , Edson Braafheid
Trainer: Foppe de Haan
Ukraine Andriy Pyatov , Grigoriy Yarmash , Dmytro Chygrynskiy , Oleksandr Yatsenko , Olexandr Romanchuk , Taras Mykhalyk , Olexiy Godin (46. Maxym Feschuk ) Yevgen Cheberyachko , Olexandr Maksymov , Artem Milevskiy , Ruslan Fomin (46. Oleksandr Alijew )
substitutes: Olexandr Rybka , Yevgen Shirayev , Mykola Ischenko , Adrian Pukanych , Serhiy Pylypchuk , Ivan Kryvosheyenko , Olexandr Sytnik , Andriy Oberemko
Trainer: Oleksij Mychajlytschenko


Best goal scorers

space player Gates
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 4th
2 DenmarkDenmark Thomas Kahlenberg 3
NetherlandsNetherlands Nicky Hofs 3
4th FranceFrance Bryan Bergougnoux 2
UkraineUkraine Ruslan Fomin 2
UkraineUkraine Artem Milevskyi 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UEFA.com: Under-21 European Championship Finals Group Stage Group A (accessed December 8, 2008)
  2. ↑ UEFA.com: Under-21 European Championship Finals Group Stage Group B (accessed December 8, 2008)
  3. ↑ UEFA.com: Semi-Finals (accessed December 8, 2008)
  4. ↑ UEFA.com: Sovereign Dutch (accessed December 11, 2008)
  5. ↑ UEFA.com: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2006: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (accessed December 11, 2008)