2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2008 UEFA Under-19 Championship
UEFA Under-19 European Championship Czech Republic 2008
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	14 July – 26 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	37 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tomáš Necid (4 goals)
Best player	Lars Bender Sven Bender^[1]

The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA's premier competition for players under the age of 19. The tournament was held in the Czech Republic with matches played from 14 July to 26 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2009 U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages. The first qualifying stage divided the remaining 52 UEFA nations (minus the hosts, the Czech Republic) into 13 groups of four teams. Matches in the first stage were played from 24 September 2007 to 15 November 2007. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams then qualified for the elite qualifying stage, where the 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four. Matches in the elite qualifying stage were played from 1 March 2008 to 31 May 2008, when the top team from each group advanced to the final tournament.

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

Final group stage

The groups were drawn on 1 June 2008 in Prague by the first vice-chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee, Jim Boyce, and senior Czech internationals Petr Čech and Martin Fenin.^[2]

In the following tables:

Key: Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points

Team qualified for the Semi-Final

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9
Hungary	3	2	1	3	2	+1	6
Spain	3	1	2	5	3	+2	3
Bulgaria	3	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Bulgaria v Hungary

14 July
17:30 CET

Bulgaria	0 – 1	Hungary
	Report	Németh 10'

FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

Germany v Spain

14 July
19:30 CET

Germany	2 – 1	Spain
Sukuta-Pasu 7' Toprak 56'	Report	Alba 66'

Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Spain v Hungary

17 July
18:00 CET

Spain	0 – 1	Hungary
	Report	Nagy 71'

Na Litavce, Příbram
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Germany v Bulgaria

17 July
20:30 CET

Germany	3 – 0	Bulgaria
Diekmeier 16' Nsereko 43' L. Bender 56'	Report

Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Hungary v Germany

20 July
20:00 CET

Hungary	1 – 2	Germany
Simon 74'	Report	Reinartz 36' Risse 76'

Na Litavce, Příbram
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

Spain v Bulgaria

20 July
20:00 CET

Spain	4 – 0	Bulgaria
Aarón 14' Nsue 17', 52' Mérida 64'	Report

FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
England	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Greece	3	0	2	1	1	4	-3	2

Czech Republic v England

14 July
17:30 CET

Czech Republic	2 – 0	England
Necid 54', 58'	Report

Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Greece v Italy

14 July
19:30 CET

Greece	1 – 1	Italy
Pavlis 23'	Report	Paloschi 90' (pen.)

Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

Czech Republic v Greece

17 July
18:00 CET

Czech Republic	0 – 0	Greece
	Report

U Nisy Stadium, Liberec
Attendance: 6,623^[3]
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

England v Italy

17 July
20:00 CET

England	0 – 0	Italy
	Report

Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Italy v Czech Republic

20 July
18:00 CET

Italy	4 – 3	Czech Republic
Poli 22', 79' Bonaventura 56' Paloschi 72' (pen.)	Report	Necid 23' Morávek 58', 86'

Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav
Attendance: 5,000^[4]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

England v Greece

20 July
18:00 CET

England	3 – 0	Greece
Mee 48' Sears 68' (pen.) Sturridge 85'	Report

U Nisy Stadium, Liberec
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

23 July – Mladá Boleslav
Germany (aet)	2
Czech Republic	1

		26 July – Jablonec nad Nisou
		Germany	3
		Italy	1



23 July – Plzeň
Italy	1
Hungary	0

Semi-finals

Italy v Hungary

23 July
17:30

Italy	1 – 0	Hungary
Forestieri 65'	Report

Štruncovy Sady Stadion, Plzeň
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Germany v Czech Republic

23 July
20:15

Germany	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Czech Republic
Risse 17' Sukuta-Pasu 119'	Report	Necid 24'

Městský Stadion, Mladá Boleslav
Attendance: 5,000^[5]
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Final

Germany v Italy

26 July
19:00

Germany	3 – 1	Italy
L. Bender 24' Sukuta-Pasu 61' Gebhart 80'	Report	Garibaldi 78'

Střelnice Stadion, Jablonec nad Nisou
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

2008 UEFA U-19 European Champions
Germany Second title

Goalscorers

4 goals

Tomáš Necid

3 goals

Richard Sukuta-Pasu

2 goals

1 goal

1 goal, cont.

Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Team of the tournament

After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 22 players to integrate the "team of the tournament".^[6]

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

↑ "2008: Lars & Sven Bender". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ Spain steeled for Germany test UEFA.com
↑ http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match3.asp
↑ http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match2.asp
↑ http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match4.asp
↑ "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 25. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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