2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 19 U-19 Football Championship was held in the period from July 16 to 26, 2003 in Liechtenstein. Winners Italy was a 2-0 victory over Portugal. Holders Spain could not qualify as Germany and Switzerland, Austria bowed out from.

UEFA decided on a small change of mode. Between the preliminaries and the finals semi-finals has been introduced. But the game was canceled for the third place.

• 5.1 Semi-finals
• 5.2 final

Mode

The eight teams are split into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team plays once against each other. The two group winners will contest the semi-finals. The semi-final winners reach the final.

Participant

At the tournament the following teams participated:

• England England: Luke Steele, Justin Hoyte, Peter Whittingham, John Welsh, Liam Ridgewell, Andrew Davies, Wayne Routledge, Ciaran Donnelly, Thomas Wright, Lee Croft, Stewart Downing, Steven Schumacher, Lee Camp, Alan Moogan, Dean Leacock, Marcel McKie Jerome Watt, Dorryl Proffitt - Team Principal: Stuart Baxter.
• France France: Florent Chaigneau, Abdelaziz Camara, Jérémy Berthod, Julio Colombo, Jacques Faty, Stephen Drouin, Luigi Glombard, Hassan Yebda, Sébastien Grax, Mourad Meghni, Yann Jouffre emerse Faé, Sylvain Idangar, Albin Ebondo, Kevin Jacmot, Mickaël Fabre, Grégory Bourillon, Serisay Barthelemy - Team Principal: René Girard.
• Italy Italy: Marco Paoloni, Damiano Ferronetti, Andrea Mantovani, Gabriele Perico, Peter Belotti, Giorgio Chiellini, Adriano D' Astolfo, Alberto Aquilani, Luigi Della Rocca, Francesco Lodi, Giampaolo Pazzini, Andrea Ivaldi, Giuseppe Scurto, Alessandro Potenza, Mirko Stefani Simon Laner, Simone Padoin, Raffaele Palladino - Team Principal Paolo Berrettini
• Liechtenstein Liechtenstein ( host ): Daniel Steuble, Christoph Bühler, Sandro Maierhofer, Reto Mündle, Franz -Josef Vogt, Matthias Biedermann, Claudio Alabor, Pascal Söldi, Martin Büchel, Christoph Frick, Mirco Stoffel, Florian Meier, Michael Noser, Marc Messenger Stefan Büchel, Sandro Hasler, Marco Ritzberger, Raphael Rohrer - Team Director: Ralf Loose.
• Norway Norway: Rune Common Lands Jarstein, Martin Overvik, Kristian Flittie Onstad, Vegard Lie, Gisle Refseth, Eirik Bertheussen, Kjell André Thu, Olav Tuelo Johannesen, Branimir Poljac, Petter Vaagan Moen, Jone Samuelsen, Magnus Hjulstad, Trond Erik Bertelsen, Tommy Edvardsen Michael Røn, Daniel Fredheim Holm, Trond Olsen, Henning Hauger - Team Principal: Egil Olsen.
• Austria Austria: Robert Almer, Thomas Lechner, Martin Lassnig, Jürgen Rauchbauer, Mark Berger, Thomas Prager, Klaus Salmutter, Pascal Velek, Luke Mössner, salmine Cehajic, Jürgen Säumel, Thomas Vollnhofer, Mario Fürthaler, Mario Bolter, Sandro Lindschinger, Rene Schicker, Roman Kienast - Team Principal: Paul Gludovatz.
• Portugal: Paulo Ribeiro, Euripedes Amoreirinha Amaro Fernandes, Miguel Angelo, Rodrigo Angelo, João Pedro da Silva Pereira, Daniel, Hugo Almeida, Hélio Pinto, Paulo Sérgio, Tecalão, João Pedro Filipe Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge, Pedro Pereira, Fonseca, Flávio Igor - Team Principal: Carlos Alberto Lopes Dinis.
• Czech Republic Czech Republic Tomáš Černý, Václav Prochazka, Lukás Nachtman, Roman Hubník, Michal Kadlec, Martin Pulkert, Ladislav Volešák, Pavel Siranec, Adam Varadi, Martin Klein, Michal Blazej, Milan Matula, Joseph Brodsky, Petr Mikolanda, Petr Kobylík Petr Bolek Pavel Malchárek, Aleš Neuwirth - Team Principal: Michal Bílek.

Venues

It was played in the cities Balzers, Eschen-Mauren, Schaan, Triesen and Vaduz.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Semifinal

Final

Decisions

Italy was the first time U-19 European Football Championships.