2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2003 UEFA Under-17 Championship
Campeonato Europeu de Futebol Sub-17 de 2003
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates 7 – 17 May
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions  Portugal (5th title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Austria
Fourth place  England
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 44 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Spain David Rodríguez (6 goals)
Best player Portugal Miguel Veloso[1]

The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Portugal hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition. Host Portugal defeated Spain in the final to win the competition for the fifth time.

Portugal and Spain qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Finland.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament of the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship consisted of two rounds: a Qualifying round and an Elite round. In the qualifying round, 44 national teams competed in 11 groups of four teams, with each group winner and the ten best runners-up advancing to the elite round. There, the 21 first-round qualifiers plus the teams who were given a bye (Spain, England, Russia, Finland, Serbia and Montenegro, Polonia and Hungary), were distributed in seven groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament
 Portugal Hosts 1 (2002)
 Spain Group 1 winner 1 (2002)
 Denmark Group 2 winner 1 (2002)
 Austria Group 3 winner 0 (debut)
 Israel Group 4 winner 0 (debut)
 Hungary Group 5 winner 1 (2002)
 England Group 6 winner 1 (2002)
 Italy Group 7 winner 0 (debut)

Venues

The final tournament was played in seven venues located in seven different cities, Viseu, Nelas, Chaves, Mangualde, Vila Real, Santa Comba Dão and Santa Marta de Penaguião. The Estádio do Fontelo was the largest stadium with a tournament capacity of 12,000 seats, and served as both the opening ceremony and the final venue.

The table below lists stadium capacity for the final tournament, which may not correspond to their effective maximum capacity.

Viseu Chaves
Estádio do Fontelo Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 12,000
Santa Comba Dão Nelas
Estádio Dr. Orlando Mendes Estádio Municipal de Nelas
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,500
Vila Real Mangualde Santa Marta de Penaguião
Complexo Desportivo Monte da Forca Estádio Municipal de Mangualde Municipal de Santa Marta de Penaguião
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 500

Squads

Each participating national association had to submit a final list of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). All players must have been born on or after 1 January 1986.

Match officials

Country Referee Matches refereed
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Novo Panic Denmark 2–0 Hungary (group A)
Israel 1–2 England (group B)
Portugal 2–1 Spain (Final)
Moldova Moldova Veaceslav Banari Israel 0–3 Spain (group B)
Denmark 0–2 Austria (group A)
Slovenia Slovenia Damir Skomina Portugal 3–2 Denmark (group A)
Italy 4–0 Israel (group B)
Portugal 2–2 England (Semi-final)
Sweden Sweden Stefan Johannesson England 0–0 Italy (group B)
Hungary 0–2 Portugal (group A)
England 0–1 Austria (Third-place)
Turkey Turkey Kuddusi Müftüoglu Spain 2–0 Italy (group B)
Portugal 1–0 Austria (group A)
Ukraine Ukraine Sergiy Berezka Austria 1–0 Hungary (group A)
England 2–2 Spain (group B)
Spain 5–2 Austria (Semi-final)

Group stage

Group A

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 33006249
 Austria 32013126
 Denmark 310245-13
 Hungary 300305-50

7 May 2003
16:00 CET
Portugal  3 – 2  Denmark
João Pedro  34'
Paulo Machado  40'
Curto  55'
Report  32', 42' Torry

7 May 2003
18:00 CET
Austria  1 – 0  Hungary
Saurer  78' Report
Nelas
Referee: Sergiy Berezka (UKR)

9 May 2003
16:00 CET
Portugal  1 – 0  Austria
Curto  14' Report
Santa Comba Dão
Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoglu (TUR)

9 May 2003
18:00 CET
Denmark  2 – 0  Hungary
Storm  33'
Jakobsen  50'
Report
Mangualde
Referee: Novo Panic (BIH)

11 May 2003
17:30 CET
Hungary  0 – 2  Portugal
Report  50' Bruno Gama
 62' Vieirinha

11 May 2003
17:30 CET
Denmark  0 – 2  Austria
Report  42' Mayer
 83' Horvath
Nelas
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (MVA)

Group B

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 32107257
 England 31204315
 Italy 31114224
 Israel 300319-80

7 May 2003
16:00 CET
Israel  1 – 2  England
Rafaelov  47' (pen.) Report  51' Bowditch
 54' Milner
Santa Marta de Penaguião
Referee: Novo Panic (BIH)

7 May 2003
18:00 CET
Spain  2 – 0  Italy
Cases  28'
Nadal  35'
Report
Vila Real
Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoglu (TUR)

9 May 2003
15:30 CET
Israel  0 – 3  Spain
Report  33' Silva
 36' David
 47' Cases
Chaves
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (MDA)

9 May 2003
18:00 CET
England  0 – 0  Italy
Report

11 May 2003
17:30 CET
England  2 – 2  Spain
Taylor  47'
Milner  51'
Report  9' Nadal
 27' Jurado
Vila Real
Referee: Sergiy Berezka (UKR)

11 May 2003
17:30 CET
Italy  4 – 0  Israel
Pozzi  32', 46'
Lupoli  35', 78'
Report

Knockout stage

Knockout map

Semi-finals Final
14 May – Viseu
  Portugal (p)  2 (3)  
  England  2 (2)  
 
17 May – Viseu
      Portugal  2
    Spain  1
Third place
14 May – Mangualde 17 May - Santa Comba Dão
  Spain  5   England  0
  Austria  2     Austria  1

Semifinals


14 May 2003
16:00 CET
Spain  5 – 2  Austria
David  4', 12', 37', 68'
Cases  16'
Report  59' Fuchs
 62' Stankovic

Third Place Playoff

17 May 2003
15:30 CET
 England 0 – 1 Austria 
Report  53' Pirker
Santa Comba Dão
Referee: Sergiy Berezka (UKR)

Final

17 May 2003
18:30 CET
 Portugal 2 – 1 Spain 
Márcio Sousa  22', 47' Report  42' David
Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu
Referee: Novo Panic (BIH)
Portugal
Spain
GK 12 Mário Felgueiras
RB 2 João Dias  60'
CB 4Miguel Veloso (c)
CB 14 Paulo Ricardo
LB 3Tiago Gomes
CM 6 Paulo Machado
CM 17João Coimbra  70'
MO 10Márcio Sousa  77'
RW 7 Vieirinha
LW 15 João Pedro  52'
CF 9Carlos Saleiro
Substitutions:
GK 1Pedro Freitas
LB 13Vítor Vinha
CB 5Tiago Costa
MF 8João Moutinho  77'
LW 11Hélder Barbosa
RW 16Bruno Gama  52'
FW 18 Manuel Curto  70'
Manager:
António Violante
GK 13Antonio Adán
RB 2Manuel Ruz  72'
CB 5Sergio Sánchez
CB 14 César Arzo  81'
LB 3Raúl Llorente
DM 8 Markel Bergara  63'
MF 16José Cases  49'
MF 11Jurado (c)
MF 10David Silva
LW 7Sisi
CF 9 David Rodríguez
Substitutions:
GK 1 Roberto Jiménez
DF 4Marcos Martín
DF 17César Collado  72'
MF 6 Marcos Tébar  49'
MF 15Eneko Urien
FW 12Manu Alejandro
FW 18 Xisco Nadal  63'
Manager:
Juan Santisteban

Goalscorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

References

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