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
Dates23 May – 4 June
Teams8 (finals)
48 (qualifying)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored34 (2.27 per match)
Attendance180,942 (12,063 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (4 goals)
Best player(s)Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
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2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 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 8 February 2006.

Qualification

Main article: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The Finals

The finals took place between 23 May and 4 June 2006 in Portugal.

Venues

Squads

Main article: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 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 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
 Portugal 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
 Germany 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
Serbia and Montenegro 0–1 Germany
Report Polanski 61'
Attendance: 3,245
Portugal 0–1 France
Report Vale 41' (o.g.)
Attendance: 25,146
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
France 3–0 Germany
Sinama Pongolle 45'
Gouffran 71'
Mavuba 75'		 Report
Attendance: 8,023
Portugal 0–2 Serbia and Montenegro
Report Castro 17' (o.g.)
Ivanović 65'
Attendance: 9,968
Germany 0–1 Portugal
Report Moutinho 90+4'
Attendance: 28,174
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
France 2–0 Serbia and Montenegro
Bergougnoux 33'
Toulalan 54'		 Report
Attendance: 8,545

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Italy 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Denmark 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
Ukraine 2–1 Netherlands
Milevskyi 39' (pen.)
Fomin 51'		 Report Luirink 90+2'
Attendance: 4,250
Italy 3–3 Denmark
Potenza 16'
Palladino 61'
Bianchi 90'		 Report Würtz 21'
Kahlenberg 33'
Andreasen 41'
Attendance: 11,250
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Denmark 1–1 Netherlands
Kahlenberg 48' Report Huntelaar 38'
Attendance: 8,021
Italy 1–0 Ukraine
Chiellini 90+3' Report
Attendance: 6,873
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Netherlands 1–0 Italy
De Ridder 74' Report
Attendance: 14,323
Denmark 1–2 Ukraine
Kahlenberg 43' Report Fomin 31'
Milevskyi 84'
Attendance: 5,734

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 June – Braga
 
 
 France2
 
4 June – Porto
 
 Netherlands (a.e.t.)3
 
 Netherlands3
 
1 June – Aveiro
 
 Ukraine0
 
 Ukraine (p)0 (5)
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro0 (4)
 

Semi-finals

France 2–3 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Faubert 51'
Bergougnoux 85'		 Report Hofs 6', 107'
Huntelaar 38'
Attendance: 7,887
Ukraine 0–0 (a.e.t.) Serbia and Montenegro
Report
Penalties
Aliyev soccer ball with red X
Fomin soccer ball with check mark
Chyhrynskyi soccer ball with check mark
Hodin soccer ball with check mark
Yatsenko soccer ball with check mark
Maksymov soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with red X Janković
soccer ball with check mark Milijaš
soccer ball with check mark Milovanović
soccer ball with check mark Basta
soccer ball with check mark Lomić
soccer ball with red X Purović
Attendance: 17,357
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Final

Netherlands 3–0 Ukraine
Huntelaar 11', 43' (pen.)
Hofs 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 22,146
GK 1 Kenneth Vermeer
DF 16 Dwight Tiendalli
DF 17 Ron Vlaar Yellow card 74'
DF 3 Gijs Luirink
DF 5 Urby Emanuelson
MF 10 Ismaïl Aissati downward-facing red arrow 78'
MF 20 Demy de Zeeuw
MF 6 Stijn Schaars
MF 8 Nicky Hofs
FW 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
FW 7 Romeo Castelen downward-facing red arrow 69'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Daniël de Ridder upward-facing green arrow 69'
DF 4 Ramon Zomer upward-facing green arrow 78'
Coach:
Netherlands Foppe de Haan
GK 1 Andriy Pyatov
DF 15 Hryhoriy Yarmash Yellow card 38'
DF 6 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
DF 5 Oleksandr Yatsenko Yellow card 42'
DF 2 Oleksandr Romanchuk Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card 77'
MF 17 Taras Mykhalyk
MF 18 Oleksiy Hodin downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF 14 Yevhen Cheberyachko
MF 19 Oleksandr Maksymov
FW 10 Artem Milevskyi
FW 11 Ruslan Fomin downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Maksym Feshchuk Yellow card 59' upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 8 Oleksandr Aliyev upward-facing green arrow 46'
Coach:
Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

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

Goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • "2006: Huntelaar thrives in Dutch triumph". UEFA.com. 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
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