2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship
U-19-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2004; Championnat d'Europe de football des moins de 19 ans 2004; Campionato europeo di calcio
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	13–24 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (5th title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	45 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Öztürk; Łukasz Piszczek; (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Juanfran
	← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was held in Switzerland from 13 to 24 July 2004. Players born after 1 January 1985 can participate in this competition. The tournament was won by Spain, who beat Turkey in the final. It also served as the European qualification for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Venues

City / Town	Stadium	Host club(s)	Capacity
Kriens	Stadion Kleinfeld	Kriens	5,100
Aarau	Stadion Brügglifeld	Aarau	9,249
Fribourg	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard	Fribourg	9,000
Lausanne	Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium
Nyon	Colovray	Nyon	7,200

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.

1. 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship first qualifying round
2. 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship second qualifying round

Teams

The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:

Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament:

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Belgium	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

13 July 2004

19:00 CET

Belgium	0–0	Ukraine
	Report

Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens

Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)

13 July 2004

19:00 CET

Switzerland	1–1	Italy
Salatić 72'	Report	Alberti 45'

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

15 July 2004

19:00 CET

Italy	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Milevskyi 61'

Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

15 July 2004

20:00 CET

Switzerland	2–0	Belgium
Antić 38' Bühler 78'	Report

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

18 July 2004

20:00 CET

Ukraine	0–0	Switzerland
	Report

Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens

Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

18 July 2004

20:00 CET

Italy	4–0	Belgium
Alberti 28', 50' Montolivo 48' Sorrentino 84'	Report

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Germany	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Poland	3	0	0	3	5	11	−6	0

13 July 2004

18:00 CET

Germany	0–3	Spain
	Report	Víctor 51' Gavilán 73' Soldado 88'

Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg

Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

13 July 2004

19:00 CET

Poland	3–4	Turkey
Piszczek 43', 88' Madera 75'	Report	A. Öztürk 26', 68', 83' Adın 42'

Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium, Lausanne

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

15 July 2004

18:00 CET

Germany	3–1	Poland
Gómez 18' Dejagah 76' Thomik 87'	Report	Piszczek 8'

Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

15 July 2004

19:00 CET

Spain	3–2	Turkey
Juanfran 8' Silva 13' Robusté 90+3'	Report	A. Öztürk 45' (pen.) Aksu 87'

Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium, Lausanne

Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)

18 July 2004

19:00 CET

Turkey	1–1	Germany
Adın 90'	Report	Dejagah 90+1'

Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg

Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

18 July 2004

18:00 CET

Spain	4–1	Poland
Valero 10' Víctor 14' Gavilán 62' Soldado 84'	Report	Piszczek 47'

Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium, Lausanne

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round 1		Round 2

21 July – Fribourg

Switzerland	2
		24 July – Nyon
Turkey (aet)	3
		Turkey	0
21 July – Lausanne
		Spain	1
Spain (pen)	2 (4)

Ukraine	2 (1)