2011 European Under-21 Football Championship
2011 European Under-21 Football Championship | |
---|---|
UEFA Under 21 Championship | |
Number of nations | 8 (of 53 applicants) |
European champion | Spain (3rd title) |
venue | Denmark |
Opening game | June 11, 2011 |
Endgame | June 25, 2011 |
Games | 16 |
Gates | 36 (⌀: 2.25 per game) |
spectator | 101,000 (⌀: 6,313 per game) |
Top scorer | Adrián López (5 goals) |
Best player | Juan Mata |
yellow cards | 79 (⌀: 4.94 per game) |
Yellow-red cards | 2 (⌀: 0.13 per game) |
Red cards | 2 (⌀: 0.13 per game) |
The finals of the U-21 European Football Championship 2011 took place for the first time in Denmark from June 11th to 25th. Players born on or after January 1, 1988 were allowed to participate. All UEFA member associations took part in the 21st European Under-21 Football Championship for the first time - 53 nations at the time. As the organizer, Denmark was automatically set for the final round of the last eight teams. The other seven finalists had to qualify first.
The Spanish U-21 team emerged victorious from the tournament, defeating Switzerland 2-0 (1-0) in the final. For Spain this meant the third title after 1986 and 1998, while Switzerland was able to qualify for the final for the first time.
The tournament also served as the European qualifier for the men's soccer tournament at the London 2012 Olympics.
qualification
mode
The teams were divided into two groups. The group winners and the runners-up reached the semi-finals, the winners of the semi-finals reached the final. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided.
Attendees
The following U-21 national teams had qualified for the tournament:
→ For the team squad, see the sub-article U-21 European Football Championship 2011 / squad
Venues
Aarhus | Aalborg | Herning | Viborg | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aarhus Stadium | Aalborg Stadium | Herning Stadium | Viborg Stadium | ||
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 10,500 | Capacity: 11,809 | Capacity: 9,566 | ||
|
Preliminary round
Group A
While Switzerland could confidently take the group victory with three convincing victories, behind these dramatic scenes played out. At the end of the preliminary round, three teams were tied with three points each, so that, according to the regulations, direct encounters had to be used for the decision. Belarus had the better end for themselves with a goal difference of 3: 2 against Iceland (3: 3) and organizers Denmark (3: 4). While Iceland's coach Eyjólfur Sverrisson was quite satisfied despite the elimination and praised the "perfect attitude" of his players, Danish coach Keld Bordinggaard was disappointed and complained about having failed because of the lack of chances.
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6-0 | +6 | 9 |
2. | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3: 5 | −2 | 3 |
3. | Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3: 5 | −2 | 3 |
4th | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3: 5 | −2 | 3 |
Sat, June 11, 2011, in Aarhus | |||
Belarus | - | Iceland | 2: 0 (0: 0) |
Goal scorers: 1-0 Andrej Warankou (77th, penalty ), 2-0 Maksim Skavysh (87th) Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev |
|||
Sat, June 11, 2011, in Aalborg | |||
Denmark | - | Switzerland | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
Goal scorers: 0: 1 Xherdan Shaqiri (48th) Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer |
|||
Tue., June 14, 2011, in Aalborg | |||
Switzerland | - | Iceland | 2: 0 (2: 0) |
Goal scorers: 1: 0 Fabian Frei (1st), 2: 0 Innocent Emeghara (40th) Referee: Marijo Strahonja |
|||
Tue., June 14, 2011, in Aarhus | |||
Denmark | - | Belarus | 2: 1 (1: 1) |
Goalscorers: 0: 1 Dsmitry Baha (20th), 1: 1 Christian Eriksen (22nd, penalty margin), 2: 1 Nicolai Jørgensen (71st) Referee: Paolo Tagliavento |
|||
Sat, June 18, 2011, in Aalborg | |||
Iceland | - | Denmark | 3: 1 (0: 0) |
Goal scorers: 1-0 Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (58th), 2-0 Birkir Bjarnason (60th), 2: 1 Bashkim Kadrii (81st), 3: 1 Hjörtur Valgarðsson (90th + 2 ') Referee: Milorad Mažić |
|||
Sat., June 18, 2011 in Aarhus | |||
Switzerland | - | Belarus | 3: 0 (2: 0) |
Goal scorers: 1-0 Admir Mehmedi (6th, penalty), 2-0 Admir Mehmedi (43rd), 3-0 Frank Feltscher (93rd) Referee: Markus Strömbergsson |
Group B
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6: 1 | +5 | 7th |
2. | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4: 4 | ± 0 | 6th |
3. | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2: 3 | −1 | 2 |
4th | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1: 5 | −4 | 1 |
Sun., June 12, 2011, in Viborg | |||
Czech Republic | - | Ukraine | 2: 1 (0: 0) |
Goalscorers: 1: 0 Bořek Dočkal (49th), 2: 0 Bořek Dočkal (56th), 2: 1 Maksym Bilyi (87th) Referee: Milorad Mažić |
|||
Sun June 12, 2011 in Herning | |||
Spain | - | England | 1: 1 (1: 0) |
Goalscorers: 1: 0 Ander Herrera (14th), 1: 1 Danny Welbeck (87th) Referee: Markus Strömbergsson |
|||
Wed., June 15, 2011, in Viborg | |||
Czech Republic | - | Spain | 0: 2 (0: 1) |
Goal scorers: 0: 1 Adrián López (27.), 0: 2 Adrián López (47.) Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer |
|||
Wed., June 15, 2011, in Herning | |||
Ukraine | - | England | 0-0 |
Goal scorers: none Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev |
|||
Sun., June 19, 2011, in Viborg | |||
England | - | Czech Republic | 1: 2 (0: 0) |
Goal scorers: 1: 0 Danny Welbeck (76th), 1: 1 Jan Chramosta (89th), 1: 2 Tomáš Pekhart (90th + 4 ') Referee: Paolo Tagliavento |
|||
Sun., June 19, 2011 in Herning | |||
Ukraine | - | Spain | 0: 3 (0: 2) |
Goalscorers: 0: 1 Juan Mata (10th), 0: 2 Adrián López (27th), 0: 3 Adrián López Juan Mata (72nd, penalty ); Yevhen Konoplyanka missed a penalty for Ukraine (75th) Referee: Marijo Strahonja |
Final round
Semifinals
Wed., June 22, 2011, in Viborg | |||
Spain | - | Belarus | 3: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1) |
Goal scorers: 0: 1 Andrej Warankou (38th), 1: 1 Adrián López (89th), 2: 1 Adrián (105th), 3: 1 Jeffrén (113th) Referee: Markus Strömbergsson |
|||
Wed., June 22, 2011, in Herning | |||
Switzerland | - | Czech Republic | 1: 0 a.d. |
Goal scorers: 1: 0 Admir Mehmedi (114.) Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer |
Playoff game for the Olympic Games
The four British football associations had agreed that England should provide a team and, as an automatically qualified team, represent the host country under the name Great Britain . Of the seven remaining teams at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the three best teams qualified as representatives of Europe for the 2012 Olympic football tournament in London. Since England did not reach the semi-finals, a playoff between the two losing semi-finalists was required.
With the 1-0 win against the Czech Republic, which had to do without Lukáš Vácha from the 75th minute of the game after a yellow-red card , Belarus qualified together with the two finalists for the Summer Olympics.
pairing | Czech Republic - Belarus |
Result | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
date | June 25, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. |
Stadion |
Aalborg Stadion , Aalborg 817 spectators |
referee | Milorad Mažić ( Serbia ) |
Gates | 0: 1 Egor Filipenko (88.) |
Warnings | Lukáš Vácha (31st), Libor Kozák (78th), Marcel Gecov (82nd) / Oleg Veretilo (26th), Andrej Warankou (44th), Maksim Skavysh (60th), Aljaksandr Hutar (90th + 1 ' ) |
References | Lukáš Vácha (75th) |
Czech Republic |
Tomáš Vaclík ; Jan Lecjaks (13th Jan Kovařík ), Ondřej Mazuch , Marek Suchý , Ondřej Čelůstka ; Marcel Gecov ; Adam Hloušek (46th Libor Kozák ), Tomáš Hořava , Lukáš Vácha , Bořek Dočkal ; Jan Chramosta (83rd Václav Kadlec ) System 4-1-4-1 Coach: Jakub Dovalil |
---|---|
Belarus |
Aljaksandr Hutar ; Siarhei Matveichyk (76th Dsjanis Paljakou ), Sergey Politevich , Egor Filipenko , Oleg Veretilo ; Pavel Nekhaychik , Michail Siwakou , Stanislau Drahun , Aleksandrs Perepecko (34th Dsmitry Baha ); Maksim Skavysh (83rd Dmitriy Rekish ), Andrej Warankou System 4-4-2 coach: Georgiy Kondratiev |
final
While Switzerland was able to qualify for the final for the first time in the history of this competition and thus landed a huge success, Spain was in the final for the fourth time after 1984 , 1986 and 1998 . The Spaniards had more play from the start and so it was not surprising that they were able to use their superiority to lead 1-0 shortly before the break. The Swiss tried in vain to equalize the deficit after the break, as Spain not only neutralized the game, but also managed to add another goal to make it 2-0 in the finish. This is the third time the Spaniards have won the U-21 European Football Championship after 1986 and 1998. With Adrián López , who missed out in the final , the European champion also provides the winner of the Golden Shoe.
pairing | Switzerland - Spain |
Result | 0: 2 (0: 1) |
date | June 25, 2011 at 8:45 pm |
Stadion |
Aarhus Stadion , Aarhus 16,100 spectators |
referee | Paolo Tagliavento ( Italy ) |
Gates | 0: 1 Ander Herrera (41.), 0: 2 Thiago (81.) |
Warnings | Fabian Lustenberger (16.), Gaetano Berardi (61.) / Javi Martínez (77.), David de Gea (90. + 4 ') |
Switzerland |
Yann Sommer ; Gaetano Berardi , Jonathan Rossini , Timm Klose , Philippe Koch ; Fabian Lustenberger ; Innocent Emeghara (53rd Mario Gavranović ), Fabian Frei (54th Amir Abrashi ), Granit Xhaka (67th Pajtim Kasami ), Xherdan Shaqiri ; Admir Mehmedi System 4-1-4-1 Trainer: Pierluigi Tami |
---|---|
Spain |
David de Gea ; Dídac Vilà , Álvaro Domínguez , Alberto Botía , Martín Montoya ; Javi Martínez ; Iker Muniain (85th Dani Parejo ), Ander Herrera (90th Diego Capel ), Thiago , Juan Mata ; Adrián López (80th Jeffrén ) System 4-1-4-1 Coach: Luis Milla |
Best goal scorers
The top scorer in the final round was awarded the "Golden Shoe" .
space | player | Gates |
---|---|---|
1 | Adrián López | 5 |
2 | Admir Mehmedi | 3 |
3 | Bořek Dočkal | 2 |
Other Herrera | 2 | |
Juan Mata | 2 | |
Andrei Varankou | 2 | |
Danny Welbeck | 2 |
Allstar team
UEFA's technical team has appointed an all-star team after the tournament was over.
referee
The games of the European Championship were led by six referees . They were assisted by eight line judges and two fourth officials . The oldest referee was the Italian Paolo Tagliavento at the age of 38; The youngest game director of the Macedonians Aleksandar Stavrev with 34 years and youngest assistant referee of the Irish Damien McGrath with 30 years. All 16 referees were from different nations.
referee | vintage | Linesman | vintage | Fourth official | vintage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Schörgenhofer | 1973 | Michael Soteriou | 1979 | Know Hansen | 1980 |
Marijo Strahonja | 1975 | Jukka-Pekka Koskela | 1978 | Liran Liany | 1977 |
Paolo Tagliavento | 1972 | Mark Borsch | 1977 | ||
Aleksandar Stavrev | 1977 | Christos Akrivos | 1976 | ||
Milorad Mažić | 1973 | Damien McGrath | 1980 | ||
Markus Strömbergsson | 1975 | Vytautas Simkus | 1975 | ||
Marcin Borkowski | 1979 | ||||
Venâncio Tomé | 1974 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regulations for the 2009-11 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
- ↑ UEFA.com: Emotional Sverrisson is mighty proud (accessed June 22, 2011)
- ↑ UEFA: U21 all stars named by UEFA technical team , June 29, 2011
- ↑ UEFA.com: Six referees lead the way (accessed June 12, 2011)