U-21 European Football Championship 2019

U-21 European Football Championship 2019
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

→ Main article : 2019 European Under-21 Football Championship / 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:

1. higher number of points from the direct encounters between the teams concerned
2. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams in question
3. higher number of goals scored from direct encounters between the teams in question
4. 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
5. better goal difference from all group matches
6. higher number of goals scored in all group matches
7. 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)
8. 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:

•  Italy (hosts)
•  Croatia (Winner Group 1)
•  Spain (winner group 2)
•  Denmark (winner group 3)
•  England (Group 4 Winner)
•  Germany (winner group 5)
•  Belgium (Winner Group 6)
•  Serbia (Winner Group 7)
•  Romania (Winner Group 8)
•  France (winner group 9)
•  Poland (play-off winners)
•  Austria (play-off winners)

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

•  Italy
•  Spain
•  Poland
•  Belgium

GROUP B

•  Germany
•  Denmark
•  Serbia
•  Austria

GROUP C

•  England
•  France
•  Romania
•  Croatia

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	Bologna Reggio nell'Emilia Cesena Trieste Udine Serravalle European Championship venues for 2019 in Italy and San Marino
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Capacity: 31,000	Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore Capacity: 21,500	Stadio Dino Manuzzi Capacity: 20,194
Trieste	Udine	Serravalle
Stadio Nereo Rocco Capacity: 20,500	Stadio Friuli Capacity: 25,151	San Marino Stadium Capacity: 4,778

Squad of the German national team

The following players were included in the competition:

No.	player	Club (league)	birthday	Bundesliga games	Calls	Gates
goal
01	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
02	Benjamin Henrichs	AS Monaco ( Ligue 1 )	Feb 23, 1997	62	4th	0
03	Lukas Klostermann	RB Leipzig (Bundesliga)	0June 3, 1996	53	5	0
04th	Jonathan Tah	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)	Feb 11, 1996	125	5	0
05	Timo Baumgartl	VfB Stuttgart (Bundesliga)	04th 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)	0Sep 9 1997	30th	Without any effort
midfield
06th	Maximilian Eggestein	Werder Bremen (Bundesliga)	0Dec 8, 1996	91	5	0
07th	Levin Öztunali	1. FSV Mainz 05 (Bundesliga)	15th Mar 1996	126	5	0
08th	Mahmoud Dahoud	Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga)	0Jan. 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)	0Jan. 8, 1999	42	3	1
22nd	Eduard Löwen	1. FC Nuremberg (Bundesliga)	Jan. 28, 1997	22nd	Without any effort
Storm
09	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)	0May 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
goal
01	Johannes Kreidl	SV Ried	07th Mar 1996	Without any effort
12	Patrick Pentz	FK Austria Vienna	0Jan. 2, 1997	Without any effort
23	Alexander Schlager	LASK	0Feb. 1, 1996	3	0
Defense
02	Marco Friedl	Werder Bremen	16. Mar. 1998	2	0
04th	Stefan Posch	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	May 14, 1997	3	0
05	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
03	Emir Karic	SCR Altach	0June 9, 1997	Without any effort
06th	Kevin Danso	FC Augsburg	19 Sep 1998	3	1
08th	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	0July 7, 1996	2	0
18th	Dejan Ljubicic	SK Rapid Vienna	0Oct 8, 1997	2	0
19th	Hannes Wolf	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Apr 16, 1999	1	1
20th	Christoph Baumgartner	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	0Aug 1, 1999	2	0
21st	Sascha Horvath	FC Wacker Innsbruck	22 Aug 1996	3	1
Storm
07th	Adrian Grbić	SCR Altach	0Aug 4, 1996	2	0
09	Marko Kvasina	SV Mattersburg	Dec 20, 1996	1	0
16	Saša Kalajdžić	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	0July 7, 1997	2	0

Preliminary round

Group A

→ Main article : 2019 European Under-21 Football Championship / Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	0	1	008: 400	+4	06th
2.	Italy	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Poland	3	2	0	1	004: 700	−3	06th
4th	Belgium	3	0	0	3	004: 800	−4	00

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

→ Main article : 2019 European Under-21 Football Championship / Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	010: 300	+7	07th
2.	Denmark	3	2	0	1	006: 400	+2	06th
3.	Austria	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Serbia	3	0	0	3	001:100	−9	00

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

→ Main article : 2019 European Under-21 Football Championship / Group C.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Romania	3	2	1	0	008: 300	+5	07th
2.	France	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
3.	England	3	0	1	2	006: 900	−3	01
4th	Croatia	3	0	1	2	004: 800	−4	01

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:

1. higher score
2. better goal difference
3. higher number of goals scored
4. 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)
5. Position in the U-21 national team coefficient ranking used for the final tournament draw

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France (C)	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th	3	0	0
2.	Italy (A)	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th	8th	0	0
3.	Denmark (B)	3	2	0	1	006: 400	+2	06th	6th	0	0

Final round

→ Main article : U-21 European Football Championship 2019 / 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
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
Alexander Nübel	Lukas Klostermann Jonathan Tah Jesús Vallejo Benjamin Henrichs	Mahmoud Dahoud Fabián Dani Olmo Luca Waldschmidt Dani Ceballos	George Puşcaş

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
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

• Official UEFA website

Individual evidence

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