2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 21 U-19 Football Championship was held in the period from 18 to 29 July 2005 in Northern Ireland. The winner was France with a 3-1 victory over England. Germany was eliminated in the semifinals against eventual champions. Holders Spain could not qualify as Austria and Switzerland.
- 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:
- Armenia Armenia: Edel Bete, Hayk Chilingaryan, Mikheil Simonyan, Armen Hovhannisyan, Rafael Safaryan, Narek Manukyan, Mkhitar Grigoryan, Gurgen Meliksetyan, Aleksandr Petrosyan, Zhora Hovhannisyan, Edgar Manutscharjan, poor Fishyan, Artur Stepanyan, Artak Hovhannisyan, Carl Lombé, Vahe Meghrabyan, Artak Oseyan, Gevorg Nranyan - Team Director: Samvel Petrosyan.
- Germany Germany: Florian Fromlowitz ( 1.FC Kaiserslautern ), Markus Heppke (FC Schalke 04 ), Sascha Dum (Bayer 04 Leverkusen ), Robert Mueller (Hertha BSC), Pascal Bieler (Hertha BSC), Niko Bungert (FC Schalke 04) Markus Steinhöfer (Bayern Munich ), Eugen Polanski (Borussia Mönchengladbach ), Mustafa Kucukovic (Hamburger SV), Ashkan Dejagah (Hertha BSC), Stephan Schrock ( SpVgg Greuther Fürth ), Manuel Neuer ( FC Schalke 04), Jérôme Polenz (Werder Bremen ), Denis Epstein (1st FC Cologne), Dennis Kempe (Borussia Mönchengladbach ), Florian Müller ( Bayern Munich), Kevin -Prince Boateng (Hertha BSC), Chhunly Pagenburg ( 1.FC Nürnberg ) - Team Director: Uli Stielike.
- England England: David Martin, Anthony McMahon, Andrew Taylor, Mark Noble, Matthew Mills, Martin Cranie, James Morrison, Grant Leadbitter, Matty Fryatt, Ryan Jarvis, Lee Holmes, Dexter Blackstock, John Ruddy, Laurence Wilson, Philip Ifil, Richard Jones, Ryan Smith, David Wheater - Team Principal: Martin Hunter.
- France France: Hugo Lloris, Yassin Moutaouakil, Cedric Cambon, Abou Diaby, Mohamed Chakouri, Didier Digard, Olivier Nsiambanfunu, Younès Kaboul, Moussa Sow, Djamel Abdoun, Abdoulaye Balde, Yoann Gourcuff, Frédéric Sammaritano, Geoffrey Jourdren, Yohan Cabaye, Florian Marange Franck Dja Djedje, Yoan Gouffran - Team Principal: Philippe Bergeroo.
- Greece Greece: Alexandros Kasmeridis, Ioannis Maniatis, Stefanos Siontis, Theodoros Tripotseris Christos Lisgaras, Sotirios Balafas, Charalampos Perperidis, Stilianos Iliadis, Antonis Petropoulos, Lazaros Hristodoulopoulos, Christos Aravidis, Dimitris Sotiriou, Antonis Rikka, Vassilis Sachinidis, Dimitrios Kiliaras, Grigorios Makos Efthimios Kotitsas, Nikolaos Soulidis - Team Principal: Nikolaos Nioplias.
- Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( host ): Jonathan Tuffey, Chris Turner, Paul Hamilton, Kyle Mcvey, Rory McArdle, Aaron Callaghan, Dermot McCaffrey, Andrew Cleary, Daryl Fordyce, Matthew Doherty, Kieran McKenna, Paul Willis, Paul Mccrink, Aidan Watson, David Buchanan, Johnny Steele, Michael Carville, Thomas Stewart - Team Director: Mal Donaghy.
- Norway Norway: Joakim Heier, Arnar Førsund, Magnus Ueland, Johan Lædre Bjørdal, Steffen Hagen, Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Alexander Tettey, Dawda Leigh, Bjarne Ingebretsen, Matthew Doherty, Petter Hanssen, Dag Ole Thomassen Hoving, Kevin Larsen, Tore Reginiussen, Vidar Nisja, Alexander Mathisen, Karim Aoudia, Morten Krüger Hæstad - Team Principal: Tor Ole Skullerund.
- Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Jovic, Predrag Pavlović, Marko Djalovic, Gojko Kačar, Milan Perendija, Milan Smiljanić, Vladimir Bogdanovic, Nenad Lazareski, Borko Veselinović, Nebojša Marinković, Marko Markovski, Dejan Mustur, Nenad Djurović, Borislav Pavlovic, Ljubomir Stevanovic, Nenad Tomović Djurović Stefan Nemanja Arsenijević - Team Principal: Zvonko Zivkovic.
Venues
It was played in the cities of Ballymena, Belfast, Lurgan and Newry.
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Final round
Semifinal
Final
Decisions
France was the fifth time the U -19 European Football Championships.