U-21 European Football Championship 2019
U-21 European Football Championship 2019 | |
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UEFA Under 21 Championship | |
Number of nations | 12 (of 55 applicants) |
European champion | Spain (5th title) |
venue |
Italy San Marino |
Opening game | June 16, 2019 |
Endgame | June 30, 2019 |
Games | 21st |
Gates | 78 (⌀: 3.71 per game) |
spectator | 191,405 (⌀: 9,115 per game) |
Top scorer | Luca Waldschmidt (7 goals) |
Best player | Fabian |
yellow cards | 92 (⌀: 4.38 per game) |
Yellow-red cards | 1 (⌀: 0.05 per game) |
Red cards | 3 (⌀: 0.14 per game) |
The finals of the U-21 European Football Championship 2019 took place for the first time in Italy and San Marino from June 16 to 30, 2019 . As hosts, the team from Italy was qualified for the round of the last twelve teams. All other eleven teams, including co-hosts San Marino, had to qualify for the finals from a group of 54 teams. Players born on or after January 1, 1996 were allowed to participate.
The tournament also served as European qualification for the football tournament of the men at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo . The four nations that qualified for the semi-finals are entitled to start there.
qualification
The 54 teams played a home and return match in nine groups of six teams each. The nine group winners qualified directly for the final round, the four best runners-up in the group competed in the play-offs in a return game and determined the two remaining participants.
The qualifying group matches took place from March 20, 2017 to October 16, 2018, the play-off first legs on November 12, 2018 and the second legs on November 20, 2018.
mode
The twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The group winners as well as the best runner-up reached the semifinals, the winners of the semifinals reached the final. If several teams were tied after the group stage, the ranking was determined according to the following criteria in this order:
- higher number of points from the direct encounters between the teams concerned
- better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams in question
- higher number of goals scored from direct encounters between the teams in question
- if, after applying criteria 1 to 3, several teams still have the same place, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied, but only to the direct encounters between the teams in question, in order to determine their final ranking. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 8 are applied
- better goal difference from all group matches
- higher number of goals scored in all group matches
- Lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards = 3 points)
- Position in the U-21 national team coefficient ranking used for the final tournament draw
If two teams met in the final group match with the same number of points, goal difference and the same number of goals, and the game in question ended in a draw, the final ranking of the two teams will be determined by penalty shoot-out, provided that no other team in the same group is completed the group stage had the same number of points.
Attendees
The following teams qualified for the finals:
In the group draw, host Italy was placed in pot 1 with defending champions Germany and England. Pot 2 included Spain, Denmark and France. The remaining teams were divided into Pot 3.
draw
The draw took place in Bologna on November 23, 2018 and was carried out by Andrea Pirlo , who himself played 46 games for the Italian U21 national team.
GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
Venues
The Italian Football Federation announced on 9 December 2016, the six stages are known in which the European Championship should be performed.
Bologna | Reggio nell'Emilia | Cesena |
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Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Capacity: 31,000 |
Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore Capacity: 21,500 |
Stadio Dino Manuzzi Capacity: 20,194 |
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Trieste | Udine | Serravalle | |||
Stadio Nereo Rocco Capacity: 20,500 |
Stadio Friuli Capacity: 25,151 |
San Marino Stadium Capacity: 4,778 |
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Squad of the German national team
The following players were included in the competition:
No. | player | Club (league) | birthday | Bundesliga games | Calls | Gates | |
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goal | |||||||
1 | Alexander Nübel | FC Schalke 04 (Bundesliga) | Sep 30 1996 | 20th | 5 | 0 | |
12 | Florian Müller | 1. FSV Mainz 05 ( Bundesliga ) | Nov 13, 1997 | 29 | Without any effort | ||
23 | Markus Schubert | Dynamo Dresden ( 2nd Bundesliga ) | June 12, 1998 | - | Without any effort | ||
Defense | |||||||
2 | Benjamin Henrichs | AS Monaco ( Ligue 1 ) | Feb 23, 1997 | 62 | 4th | 0 | |
3 | Lukas Klostermann | RB Leipzig (Bundesliga) | June 3, 1996 | 53 | 5 | 0 | |
4th | Jonathan Tah | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Bundesliga) | Feb 11, 1996 | 125 | 5 | 0 | |
5 | Timo Baumgartl | VfB Stuttgart (Bundesliga) | 4th Mar 1996 | 86 | 5 | 0 | |
14th | Maximilian Mittelstädt | Hertha BSC (Bundesliga) | 18 Mar 1997 | 51 | 1 | 0 | |
15th | Waldemar Anton | Hannover 96 (Bundesliga) | July 20, 1996 | 69 | Without any effort | ||
17th | Felix Uduokhai | VfL Wolfsburg (Bundesliga) | Sep 9 1997 | 30th | Without any effort | ||
midfield | |||||||
6th | Maximilian Eggestein | Werder Bremen (Bundesliga) | Dec 8, 1996 | 91 | 5 | 0 | |
7th | Levin Öztunali | 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Bundesliga) | 15th Mar 1996 | 126 | 5 | 0 | |
8th | Mahmoud Dahoud | Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) | Jan. 1, 1996 | 98 | 5 | 1 | |
11 | Marco Richter | FC Augsburg (Bundesliga) | Nov 24, 1997 | 37 | 4th | 3 | |
16 | Suat Serdar | FC Schalke 04 (Bundesliga) | Apr 11, 1997 | 71 | 3 | 0 | |
18th | Nadiem Amiri | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (Bundesliga) | Oct 27, 1996 | 106 | 5 | 3 | |
19th | Florian Neuhaus | Borussia Mönchengladbach (Bundesliga) | 16. Mar. 1997 | 32 | 5 | 0 | |
20th | Robin Koch | SC Freiburg (Bundesliga) | July 17, 1996 | 50 | 2 | 0 | |
21st | Arne Maier | Hertha BSC (Bundesliga) | Jan. 8, 1999 | 42 | 3 | 1 | |
22nd | Eduard Löwen | 1. FC Nuremberg (Bundesliga) | Jan. 28, 1997 | 22nd | Without any effort | ||
Storm | |||||||
9 | Luke Nmecha | Preston North End ( Championship ) | Dec 14, 1998 | - | 3 | 0 | |
10 | Luca Waldschmidt | SC Freiburg (Bundesliga) | May 19, 1996 | 80 | 5 | 7th | |
13 | Johannes Eggestein | Werder Bremen (Bundesliga) | May 8, 1998 | 30th | Without any effort |
Squad of the Austrian national team
The following players were included in the competition:
No. | player | society | birthday | Calls | Gates | ||
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goal | |||||||
1 | Johannes Kreidl | SV Ried | 7th Mar 1996 | Without any effort | |||
12 | Patrick Pentz | FK Austria Vienna | Jan. 2, 1997 | Without any effort | |||
23 | Alexander Schlager | LASK | Feb. 1, 1996 | 3 | 0 | ||
Defense | |||||||
2 | Marco Friedl | Werder Bremen | 16. Mar. 1998 | 2 | 0 | ||
4th | Stefan Posch | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | May 14, 1997 | 3 | 0 | ||
5 | Philipp Lienhart | Sc freiburg | July 11, 1996 | 3 | 1 | ||
10 | Petar Gluhakovic | FK Austria Vienna | 25th Mar 1996 | Without any effort | |||
13 | Maximilian Ullmann | LASK | June 17, 1996 | 2 | 0 | ||
15th | Dario Maresic | SK Sturm Graz | 29 Sep 1999 | Without any effort | |||
17th | Sandro Ingolitsch | SKN St. Pölten | Apr 18, 1997 | 2 | 0 | ||
midfield | |||||||
3 | Emir Karic | SCR Altach | June 9, 1997 | Without any effort | |||
6th | Kevin Danso | FC Augsburg | 19 Sep 1998 | 3 | 1 | ||
8th | Xaver Schlager | FC Red Bull Salzburg | 28 Sep 1997 | 3 | 0 | ||
11 | Mathias Honsak | Holstein Kiel | Dec 20, 1996 | 3 | 0 | ||
14th | Husein Balić | SKN St. Pölten | July 15, 1996 | 3 | 0 | ||
17th | Ivan Ljubic | SKN Sturm Graz | July 7, 1996 | 2 | 0 | ||
18th | Dejan Ljubicic | SK Rapid Vienna | Oct 8, 1997 | 2 | 0 | ||
19th | Hannes Wolf | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Apr 16, 1999 | 1 | 1 | ||
20th | Christoph Baumgartner | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Aug 1, 1999 | 2 | 0 | ||
21st | Sascha Horvath | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 22 Aug 1996 | 3 | 1 | ||
Storm | |||||||
7th | Adrian Grbić | SCR Altach | Aug 4, 1996 | 2 | 0 | ||
9 | Marko Kvasina | SV Mattersburg | Dec 20, 1996 | 1 | 0 | ||
16 | Saša Kalajdžić | FC Admira Wacker Mödling | July 7, 1997 | 2 | 0 |
Preliminary round
Group A
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8: 4 | +4 | 6th |
2. | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6: 3 | +3 | 6th |
3. | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4: 7 | −3 | 6th |
4th | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4: 8 | −4 | 0 |
Sun 16 June 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in Reggio nell'Emilia | |||
Poland | - | Belgium | 3: 2 (1: 1) |
Sun., June 16, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Bologna | |||
Italy | - | Spain | 3: 1 (1: 1) |
Wed 19 June 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in Reggio nell'Emilia | |||
Spain | - | Belgium | 2: 1 (1: 1) |
Wed., June 19, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Bologna | |||
Italy | - | Poland | 0: 1 (0: 1) |
Sat., June 22nd, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Reggio nell'Emilia | |||
Belgium | - | Italy | 1: 3 (0: 1) |
Sat., June 22, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Bologna | |||
Spain | - | Poland | 5: 0 (3: 0) |
Group B
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10: 3 | +7 | 7th |
2. | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6: 4 | +2 | 6th |
3. | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4: 4 | ± 0 | 4th |
4th | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1:10 | −9 | 0 |
Mon., June 17, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in Trieste | |||
Serbia | - | Austria | 0: 2 (0: 1) |
Mon., June 17, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Udine | |||
Germany | - | Denmark | 3: 1 (1: 0) |
Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in Udine | |||
Denmark | - | Austria | 3: 1 (1: 0) |
Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Trieste | |||
Germany | - | Serbia | 6: 1 (3: 0) |
Sun., June 23, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Udine | |||
Austria | - | Germany | 1: 1 (1: 1) |
Sun., June 23, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Trieste | |||
Denmark | - | Serbia | 2: 0 (1: 0) |
Group C
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8: 3 | +5 | 7th |
2. | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3: 1 | +2 | 7th |
3. | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6: 9 | −3 | 1 |
4th | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4: 8 | −4 | 1 |
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in Serravalle | |||
Romania | - | Croatia | 4: 1 (2: 1) |
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Cesena | |||
England | - | France | 1: 2 (0: 0) |
Friday, June 21, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in Cesena | |||
England | - | Romania | 2: 4 (0: 0) |
Fri., June 21, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Serravalle | |||
France | - | Croatia | 1: 0 (1: 0) |
Mon., June 24, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Serravalle | |||
Croatia | - | England | 3: 3 (1: 1) |
Mon., June 24, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Cesena | |||
France | - | Romania | 0-0 |
Ranking of the runners-up
The following criteria were used to determine the best runner-up in the group, who was entitled to participate in the semi-finals alongside the first in the group:
- higher score
- better goal difference
- higher number of goals scored
- Lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards = 3 points)
- Position in the U-21 national team coefficient ranking used for the final tournament draw
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points | |||
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1. | France (C) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3: 1 | +2 | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2. | Italy (A) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6: 3 | +3 | 6th | 8th | 0 | 0 |
3. | Denmark (B) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6: 4 | +2 | 6th | 6th | 0 | 0 |
Final round
If England had qualified for the semifinals, the second and third best runners-up in the group would have played a play-off game for the last remaining starting place at the 2020 Olympic Games on June 28, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Cesena , as England did not play at the Olympics is entitled to start.
Semifinals
The top three in the group and the best team in second place carry out the semi-finals.
Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in Bologna | |||
Germany | - | Romania | 4: 2 (1: 2) |
Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. in Reggio nell'Emilia | |||
Spain | - | France | 4: 1 (2: 1) |
final
Sun., June 30, 2019 at 8:45 p.m. in Udine | |||
Germany | - | Spain | 1: 2 (0: 1) |
Best goal scorers
Listed below are the top scorers in the finals who have scored at least two goals. The sorting takes place according to the number of goals scored, if the number of hits is the same, the templates and then the game minutes are decisive. Further criteria would be goals in qualifying, cards in the final round and cards in qualifying.
rank | player | Gates | templates | Game minutes |
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1 | Luca Waldschmidt | 7th | 1 | 450 |
2 | George Puşcaş | 4th | 0 | 348 |
3 | Marco Richter | 3 | 2 | 217 |
4th | Nadiem Amiri | 3 | 2 | 279 |
5 | Dani Olmo | 3 | 1 | 360 |
6th | Federico Chiesa | 3 | 0 | 270 |
7th | Fabian | 2 | 2 | 283 |
8th | Dani Ceballos | 2 | 2 | 432 |
9 | Joakim Mæhle | 2 | 1 | 180 |
10 | Pablo Fornals | 2 | 1 | 320 |
11 | Mikel Oyarzabal | 2 | 1 | 331 |
12 | Josip Brekalo | 2 | 0 | 131 |
13 | Florinel Coman | 2 | 0 | 169 |
14th | Borja Mayoral | 2 | 0 | 235 |
15th | Nikola Vlašić | 2 | 0 | 246 |
16 | Krystian Bielik | 2 | 0 | 270 |
17th | Ianis Hagi | 2 | 0 | 357 |
Final score |
Team of the tournament
The tournament technical observers published a list of the best players in the tournament the day after the final, which will make up the tournament team.
goalkeeper | Defense | midfield | striker |
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Lukas Klostermann Jonathan Tah Jesús Vallejo Benjamin Henrichs |
Mahmoud Dahoud Fabián Dani Olmo Luca Waldschmidt Dani Ceballos |
referee
UEFA nominated nine referee trios for the tournament , each consisting of a main referee and two assistants. In contrast to previous editions, no additional gate judges have been appointed this time. Instead, video evidence was used. For this purpose, UEFA nominated a total of 14 video referees, who could also be used as fourth officials.
country | referee | Assistant referees |
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Sweden | Andreas Ekberg | Mehmet Culum Stefan Hallberg |
Netherlands | Serdar Gözübüyük | Charles Schaap Jan de Vries |
Israel | Orel Grinfeld | Roy Hassan Idan Yarkoni |
Serbia | Srđan Jovanović | Milan Mihajlović Uroš Stojković |
Bulgaria | Georgi Kabakov | Martin Margaritow Dijan Walkow |
Romania | István Kovács | Mihai Ovidiu Artene Vasile Florin Marinesc |
Belarus | Alexey Kubalkow | Aleh Maslianka Dsmitry Schuk |
Scotland | Robert Madden | Francis Connor David Roome |
Latvia | Andris Treimanis | Haralds Gudermanis Aleksejs Spasjonnikovs |
Video Referee and Fourth Official | ||
country | VAR1 | VAR2 |
England | Stuart Atwell | Paul Tierney |
Spain | Ricardo de Burgos | Xavier Estrada Fernández |
France | Ruddy Buquet | François Letexier |
Germany | Christian Dingert | Tobias Stieler |
Italy | Michael Fabbri | Marco Guida |
Netherlands | Jochem Kamphuis | Bas Nijhuis |
Portugal | Luís Miguel Branco Godinho | João Pedro Silva Pinheiro |
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Regulations for the 2017-19 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed August 22, 2017 .
- ↑ UEFA: U21 EURO 2019 final tournament draw (English; accessed November 23, 2018)
- ↑ La UEFA assegna all'Italia l'Europeo Under 21 del 2019. In: figc.it. FIGC , accessed June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Città Ospitanti. In: figc.it. FIGC , accessed June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ DFB: U21 men - team and coach. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
- ^ U21 European Championship in Italy and San Marino: The squad of Austria. In: football-wm.pro. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Statistics top goal scorers. In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed June 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Euro Under 21 Championship Top Scorers . In: BBC Sport. Retrieved June 29, 2019
- ↑ U21 EURO: Official Under-21 Team of the Tournament (English). In: uefa.com. UEFA, July 1, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ 2019 UEFA Under-21 Championship - Selected Officials (Update 13/06/2019). In: law5-theref.blogspot.com. Law5 - The Referee , June 13, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .