2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2008 UEFA Under-19 ChampionshipMistrovství Evropy ve fotbale hráčů do 19 let 2008

Tournament details
Host country| Czech Republic
Dates| 14–26 July
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up|  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 15
Goals scored| 37 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Tomáš Necid (4 goals)
Best player(s)|  Lars Bender
Sven Bender[1]

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The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA's premier competition for players under the age of 19. The tournament was held in the Czech Republic with matches played from 14 July to 26 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2009 U-20 World Cup.

## Qualification[edit]

Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages. The first qualifying stage divided the remaining 52 UEFA nations (minus the hosts, the Czech Republic) into 13 groups of four teams. Matches in the first stage were played from 24 September 2007 to 15 November 2007. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams then qualified for the elite qualifying stage, where the 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four. Matches in the elite qualifying stage were played from 1 March 2008 to 31 May 2008, when the top team from each group advanced to the final tournament.

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

* Czech Republic (as host)
* Bulgaria
* England
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Spain

## Squads[edit]

Main article: 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

## Final group stage[edit]

The groups were drawn on 1 June 2008 in Prague by the first vice-chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee, Jim Boyce, and senior Czech internationals Petr Čech and Martin Fenin.[2]

In the following tables:

Key: Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points

| Team qualified for the Semi-Final

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### Group A[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9
Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6
Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3
Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0

14 July

17:30 CET

Bulgaria | 0–1|  Hungary

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| Report | Németh 10'

FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague

Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

14 July

19:30 CET

Germany | 2–1|  Spain

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Sukuta-Pasu 7'
Toprak 56' | Report | Alba 66'

Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

* * *

17 July

18:00 CET

Spain | 0–1|  Hungary

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| Report | Nagy 71'

Na Litavce, Příbram

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

17 July

20:30 CET

Germany | 3–0|  Bulgaria

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Diekmeier 16'
Nsereko 43'
L. Bender 56' | Report |

Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

* * *

20 July

20:00 CET

Hungary | 1–2|  Germany

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Simon 74' | Report | Reinartz 36'
Risse 76'

Na Litavce, Příbram

Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

20 July

20:00 CET

Spain | 4–0|  Bulgaria

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Aarón 14'
Nsue 17', 52'
Mérida 64' | Report |

FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague

Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

### Group B[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5
Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4
England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4
Greece | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2

14 July

17:30 CET

Czech Republic | 2–0|  England

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Necid 54', 58' | Report |

Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

14 July

19:30 CET

Greece | 1–1|  Italy

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Pavlis 23' | Report | Paloschi 90' (pen.)

Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav

Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

* * *

17 July

18:00 CET

Czech Republic | 0–0|  Greece

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| Report |

Stadion u Nisy, Liberec

Attendance: 6,623[3]

Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

17 July

20:00 CET

England | 0–0|  Italy

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| Report |

Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou

Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

* * *

20 July

18:00 CET

Italy | 4–3|  Czech Republic

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Poli 22', 79'
Bonaventura 56'
Paloschi 72' (pen.) | Report | Necid 23'
Morávek 58', 86'

Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav

Attendance: 5,000[4]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

20 July

18:00 CET

England | 3–0|  Greece

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Mee 48'
Sears 68' (pen.)
Sturridge 85' | Report |

Stadion u Nisy, Liberec

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

## Knock-out stage[edit]

### Bracket[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |

| 23 July – Mladá Boleslav| |

|  Germany (aet)| 2

| 26 July – Jablonec nad Nisou

|  Czech Republic| 1 |

|  Germany| 3

| 23 July – Plzeň

| |  Italy| 1

|  Italy| 1

|  Hungary| 0 |

### Semi-finals[edit]

23 July

17:30

Italy | 1–0|  Hungary

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Forestieri 65' | Report |

Štruncovy Sady Stadion, Plzeň

Attendance: 3023

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

* * *

23 July

20:15

Germany | 2–1 (a.e.t.)|  Czech Republic

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Risse 17'
Sukuta-Pasu 119' | Report | Necid 24'

Městský Stadion, Mladá Boleslav

Attendance: 5,000[5]

Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

### Final[edit]

26 July

19:00

Germany | 3–1|  Italy

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L. Bender 24'
Sukuta-Pasu 61'
Gebhart 80' | Report | Garibaldi 78'

Střelnice Stadion, Jablonec nad Nisou

Attendance: 4,100

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

2008 UEFA U-19 European champions

Germany
Second title

## Goalscorers[edit]

4 goals

* Tomáš Necid

3 goals

* Richard Sukuta-Pasu

2 goals

* Jan Morávek
* Lars Bender
* Marcel Risse
* Alberto Paloschi
* Andrea Poli
* Emilio Nsue

1 goal

* Benjamin Mee
* Freddie Sears
* Daniel Sturridge

1 goal, cont.

* Dennis Diekmeier
* Timo Gebhart
* Savio Nsereko
* Stefan Reinartz
* Ömer Toprak
* Michalis Pavlis
* Olivér Nagy
* Krisztián Németh
* András Simon
* Giacomo Bonaventura
* Fernando Forestieri
* Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
* Jordi Alba
* Fran Mérida
* Aarón

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## Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

* Germany
* Hungary
* Spain
* Italy
* Czech Republic
* England

## Team of the tournament[edit]

After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 22 players to integrate the "team of the tournament".[6]

Goalkeepers

* David Button
* Péter Gulácsi
* Vincenzo Fiorillo

Defenders

* Jan Polák
* Ben Mee
* Dennis Diekmeier
* Alexander Eberlein
* Stefan Reinartz
* Vassilis Lambropoulos
* András Debreceni

Midfielders

* Jan Morávek
* Deniz Naki
* Savio Nsereko
* Kyriakos Papadopoulos
* Vladimir Koman
* Aarón Ñíguez

Forwards

* Tomáš Necid
* Timo Gebhart
* Richard Sukuta-Pasu
* Krisztián Németh
* Fernando Forestieri
* Emilio Nsue

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "2008: Lars & Sven Bender". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
2. ^ Spain steeled for Germany test UEFA.com
3. ^ "FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace U-19 - statistiky".
4. ^ "FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace U-19 - statistiky".
5. ^ "FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace U-19 - statistiky".
6. ^ "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 25. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Official Site
* 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship technical report

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