2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Campeonato Europeu de Futebol Sub-21 de 2006
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) Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (4)
Best player Netherlands 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

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
 France 330060+69
 Serbia and Montenegro 31022313
 Portugal 31021323
 Germany 31021433

23 May 2006
19:45
Portugal  0 – 1  France
Report Vale  41' (o.g.)




Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 320143+16
 Netherlands 31113304
 Italy 31114404
 Denmark 30215612

24 May 2006
17:15
Ukraine  2 – 1  Netherlands
Milevskiy  39' (pen.)
Fomin  51'
Report Luirink  90+2'

24 May 2006
19:45
Italy  3 – 3  Denmark
Potenza  16'
Palladino  61'
Bianchi  90'
Report Würtz  21'
Kahlenberg  33'
Andreasen  41'


26 May 2006
19:45
Italy  1 – 0  Ukraine
Chiellini  90+3' Report


Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
1 June – Braga
  France 2  
  Netherlands (a.e.t.) 3  
 
4 June – Porto
      Netherlands 3
    Ukraine 0
1 June – Aveiro
  Ukraine (p) 0 (5)
  Serbia and Montenegro 0 (4)  

Semi-finals


Final

4 June 2006
19:45
Netherlands  3 – 0  Ukraine
Huntelaar  11', 43' (pen.)
Hofs  90+4'
Report
Netherlands
NETHERLANDS:
1 Kenneth Vermeer
3 Gijs Luirink
5 Urby Emanuelson
6 Stijn Schaars
7 Romeo Castelen  69'
8 Nicky Hofs
9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
10Ismaïl Aissati  78'
16Dwight Tiendalli
17Ron Vlaar  74'
20Demy de Zeeuw
Substitutions:
11Daniël de Ridder  69'
4 Ramon Zomer  78'
Coach:
Netherlands Foppe de Haan
Ukraine
UKRAINE:
1 Andriy Pyatov
2 Oleksandr Romanchuk Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 26', 77'
5 Oleksandr Yatsenko  42'
6 Dmytro Chygrynskiy
10Artem Milevskiy
11Ruslan Fomin  46'
14Yevhen Cheberyachko
15Hryhoriy Yarmash  38'
17Taras Mykhalyk
18Oleksiy Hodin  46'
19Oleksandr Maksymov
Substitutions:
7 Maksym Feshchuk  59'  46'
8 Oleksandr Aliyev  46'
Coach:
Ukraine Alexei Mikhailichenko

Assistant referees:
Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)
Roger East (England)
Fourth official:
Howard Webb (England)

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

1 goal, cont.
Own goals

External links

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