2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Appearance
Campeonato Europeu de Futebol Sub-21 de 2006 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Portugal |
Dates | 23 May – 4 June |
Teams | 8 (finals) 51 (qualifying) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Netherlands (1st title) |
Runners-up | Ukraine |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 34 (2.27 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar |
The 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began in August 2004. On 25 December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place 23 May–4 June 2006. The tournament was won by the Netherlands, who beat Ukraine 3–0 in the final.
The finals tournament featured two groups of four, with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the semi-finals.
The draw for the finals groups took place on February 8, 2006.
Qualification
The Finals
The finals took place between 23 May and 4 June 2006 in Portugal.
Venues
- Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda
- Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
- Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos
- Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
- Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
- Estádio do Bessa, Porto
Squads
Players born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play.
Matches
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 0 – 1 | Germany |
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Report | Polanski 61' |
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
Portugal | 0 – 2 | Serbia and Montenegro |
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Report | Castro 17' (o.g.) Ivanović 65' |
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
France | 2 – 0 | Serbia and Montenegro |
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Bergougnoux 33' Toulalan 54' |
Report |
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Denmark | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
Ukraine | 2 – 1 | Netherlands |
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Milevskiy 39' (pen.) Fomin 51' |
Report | Luirink 90+2' |
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
Italy | 3 – 3 | Denmark |
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Potenza 16' Palladino 61' Bianchi 90' |
Report | Würtz 21' Kahlenberg 33' Andreasen 41' |
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Denmark | 1 – 1 | Netherlands |
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Kahlenberg 48' | Report | Huntelaar 38' |
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
Netherlands | 1 – 0 | Italy |
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De Ridder 74' | Report |
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
1 June – Braga | ||||||
France | 2 | |||||
4 June – Porto | ||||||
Netherlands (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Netherlands | 3 | |||||
1 June – Aveiro | ||||||
Ukraine | 0 | |||||
Ukraine (p) | 0 (5) | |||||
Serbia and Montenegro | 0 (4) | |||||
Semi-finals
France | 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
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Faubert 51' Bergougnoux 85' |
Report | Hofs 6', 107' Huntelaar 38' |
Ukraine | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Serbia and Montenegro |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Aliyev Fomin Chygrynskiy Hodin Yatsenko Maksymov |
5 – 4 | Janković Milijaš Milovanović Basta Lomić Purović |
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Final
Netherlands | 3 – 0 | Ukraine |
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Huntelaar 11', 43' (pen.) Hofs 90+4' |
Report |
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
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Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
- Bruno Vale (against France)
- Zé Castro (against Serbia and Montenegro)
External links
- Results Archive at UEFA.com at archive.today (archived July 10, 2012)
- RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com