2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 24 U-19 European Championship took place from July 14 to 26, 2008 in the Czech Republic instead. Defending champion Spain was that Greece had defeated in the 2007 final 1-0. Germany managed in contrast to Austria and Switzerland to qualify for the finals. It won the tournament with a 3-1 over Italy and was first time since 1992 winner of a junior tournament. Scorer of the tournament was the Czech Tomáš Necid. The Germans Lars Bender and Sven Bender honored as Golden Player of the Tournament.

  • 5.1 Semi-finals
  • 5.2 final

Mode

Besides qualify automatically as hosts Czech Republic took all 52 European associations participated in the qualification for the finals. The first qualifying round was played in 13 groups of four, with one association each group has hosted a tournament in which each team took once against each other in the group. The two highest ranked in each group and the two best third qualified for the second qualifying round ( " Elite Round "), which was played in seven groups of four according to the same mode. The group winners achieved in addition to the Czech Republic to the finals.

The final round in the Czech Republic was played in two groups of four teams each. The two group winners contested the semi-finals, the semi-final winners reached the final. In addition to the semi-final participants, qualified the two group third parties for the U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009.

Participant

At the tournament the following teams participated:

  • Bulgaria: Ivan Karadschow, Zwetomir Panov, Miltscho Makendschiew, Daniel Slatkow, Kristian Usunow, Aleksandar Kirov, Mikhail Aleksandrov, Stefan Welew, Radoslaw Vasilev, Daniel Dimov, Branimir Kostadinov, Petar Dentschew, Kostadin Gadschalow, Todor Kolev, Ivan Tatschew, Ismail Isa Mustafa, Momchil Tsvetanov, Atanas Sechirow - Maintainer: Mikhail Madanski.
  • Germany Germany: Ron -Robert Zieler, Dennis Diekmeier, Stefan Reinartz, Ömer Toprak, Florian Jungwirth, Lars Bender, Sven Bender, Marcel Risse, Danny Latza, Timo Gebhart, Richard Sukuta -Pasu, Savio Nsereko, Tom Mickel, Mario Vrancic, Bastian Oczipka, Rahman Soyudogru, Björn Kopplin, Deniz Naki - Supervisor: Horst Hrubesch.
  • England England: David Button, Jason Steele, Jack Cork, Joe Mattock, Dan Gosling, James Tomkins, Krystian Pearce, Scott Sinclair, Kieran Gibbs, Daniel Sturridge, Freddie Sears, Danny Rose, Ryan Bertrand, Victor Moses, Jamie Chandler, Fabian Delph, Benjamin Mee, Tope Obadeyi - Supervisor: Brian Eastick.
  • Greece Greece: Dean Bouzanis, Nikos Barboudis, Vasilis Lambropoulos, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Nikos Boutzikos, Savvas Gentsoglou, Sotirios Ninis, Michalis Kyrgias, Eleftherios Matsoukas, Sotiris Stratakis, Michalis Pavlis Nikos Babaniotis, Leonidas Argyropoulos, Vangelis Galanis, Stergios Psianos, Giannis Papadopoulos, Thodoros Karapetsas, Apostolos Giannou - Supervisor: Alexis Alexiou.
  • Italy Italy: Vincenzo Fiorillo, Matteo Darmian, Matteo Bruscagin, Silvano Raggio Garibaldi, Massimiliano Tagliani, Matteo Gentili, Alberto Paloschi, Andrea Mazzarani, Stefano Okaka, Fernando Forestieri, Umberto Eusepi, Carlo Pinsoglio, Giovanni Formiconi, Michelangelo Albertazzi, Andrea Poli, Giacomo Bonaventura, Domenico Marchetti, Fabio Zamblera - Supervisor: Francesco Rocca.
  • Spain (holders ): David de Gea, César Azpilicueta, José María Antón, Cesar Ortiz, Mikel Sanjosé, Ignacio Camacho Barnola, Daniel Parejo, Aarón Ñíguez, Jordi Alba, Daniel Aquino, Emilio Nsue, Tomás Mejía, Víctor Ruiz Torre, Manuel Castellano, Álvaro Domínguez, Miguel Ángel Luque, Iván Bolado, Fran Merida - Supervisor: Gines Melendez.
  • Switzerland Switzerland ( host ): Tomáš Vaclík, Miroslav Stepanek, Jan Polák, Martin Zeman, Jan Hable, Roman Brunclík, Jan Vošahlík, Jan Moravek, Tomáš Nuc, Tomáš Necid, Libor Kozák, Petr Reinberk, Jan Lecjaks, Radim Řezník, Jakub Heidenreich Michal Barta, Petr Wojnar, Lukáš Mareček - Maintainer: Jakub Dovalil.
  • Hungary Hungary: Péter Gulácsi Attila Busai, Zsolt Korcsmár, Dániel Lengyel, András Debreceni, András Gál, Vladimir Koman, András Simon, Krisztián Németh, Márk Nikházi, László Szabó, Péter Pokorni, Adrián Szekeres, Ádám Présinger, Bence Iszlai, Bálint Bajner, András Gosztonyi, Olivér Nagy - Supervisor: Tibor Sisa.

Venues

The European Championship was played out in the following stages: Štruncovy - Sady Stadium (Pilsen ), Na - Litavce Stadium ( Pribram ), Mestsky Stadium ( Mladá Boleslav ), Střelnice Stadium ( Jablonec nad Nisou ), U - Nisy Stadium (Liberec ), Victoria Stadium ( Prague)

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Semifinal

Final

The German team

Ron -Robert Zieler, Tom Mickel - Florian Jungwirth, Björn Kopplin, Stefan Reinartz, Dennis Diekmeier, Ömer Toprak - Lars Bender, Sven Bender, Timo Gebhart, Danny Latza, Bastian Oczipka, Mario Vrančić, Marcel Risse - Deniz Naki, Savio Nsereko, Rahman Soyudogru, Richard Sukuta -Pasu

July 26 Mihail Aleksandrov Atanas Zehirov Ron-Robert Zieler Jason Steele (footballer) Danny Rose (footballer born 1990) Sotiris Ninis Lefteris Matsoukas Yiannis Papadopoulos Giacomo Bonaventura Plzeň Na Litavce Chance Arena FK Viktoria Stadion Willie Collum Rahman Soyudoğru
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