2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

UEFA Under-19 Championship 2008 Mistrovství Evropy ve fotbale hráčů do 19 let 2008 Czech Republic 14–26 July 8 6 6 19 GER 2 19 ITA 15 37 CZE Tomáš Necid (4 goals) GER Lars BenderGER Sven Benderhttp://www.uefa.com/under19/history/season=2008/goldenplayer/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100514150047/http://www1.uefa.com/under19/history/season=2008/goldenplayer/index.html dead May 14, 2010 2008: Lars & Sven Bender UEFA Union of European Football Associations 1 January 2009 29 June 2015 2007 2009 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 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: 19 CZE (as host) 19 BUL 19 ENG GER Germany 19 GRE 19 HUN 19 ITA 19 ESP Squads 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads Final group stage 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.Spain steeled for Germany test UEFA.com 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 Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts19 GER330072+5919 HUN320132+1619 ESP310253+2319 BUL300308−80 14 July 17:30 CET 19 BUL 0–1 ReportMarch 2025 medicmedic 19 HUN Németh 10 FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg) 14 July 19:30 CET 19 GER 2–1 Report 19 ESP Sukuta-Pasu 7Toprak 56 Alba 66 Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň Willie Collum (Scotland) 17 July 18:00 CET 19 ESP 0–1 Report 19 HUN Nagy 71 Na Litavce, Příbram Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia) 17 July 20:30 CET 19 GER 3–0 Report 19 BUL Diekmeier 16Nsereko 43L. Bender 56 Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) 20 July 20:00 CET 19 HUN 1–2 ReportMarch 2025 medicmedic 19 GER Simon 74 Reinartz 36Risse 76 Na Litavce, Příbram Dejan Filipović (Serbia) 20 July 20:00 CET 19 ESP 4–0 ReportMarch 2025 medicmedic 19 BUL Aarón 14Nsue 17 52Mérida 64 FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Olivier Thual (France) Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts19 ITA312054+1519 CZE311154+1419 ENG311132+1419 GRE302114−32 14 July 17:30 CET 19 CZE 2–0 Report 19 ENG Necid 54 58 Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia) 14 July 19:30 CET 19 GRE 1–1 ReportMarch 2025 medicmedic 19 ITA Pavlis 23 Paloschi 90 pen. Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav Dejan Filipović (Serbia) 17 July 18:00 CET 19 CZE 0–0 ReportMarch 2025 medicmedic 19 GRE Stadion u Nisy, Liberec 6,623http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match3.asp FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace U-19 - statistiky 2011-09-11 2012-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404194306/http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match3.asp dead Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg) 17 July 20:00 CET 19 ENG 0–0 Report 19 ITA Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou Olivier Thual (France) 20 July 18:00 CET 19 ITA 4–3 ReportMarch 2025 medicmedic 19 CZE Poli 22 79Bonaventura 56Paloschi 72 pen. Necid 23Morávek 58 86 Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav 5,000http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match2.asp FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace U-19 - statistiky 2011-09-11 2012-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404194318/http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match2.asp dead Willie Collum (Scotland) 20 July 18:00 CET 19 ENG 3–0 Report 19 GRE Mee 48Sears 68 pen.Sturridge 85 Stadion u Nisy, Liberec Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) Knock-out stage Bracket 23 July – Mladá Boleslav 19 GER (aet) 2 19 CZE 1 23 July – Plzeň 19 ITA 1 19 HUN 0 26 July – Jablonec nad Nisou 19 GER 3 19 ITA 1 Semi-finals 23 July 17:30 19 ITA 1–0 Report 19 HUN Forestieri 65 Štruncovy Sady Stadion, Plzeň 3023 Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) 23 July 20:15 19 GER 2–1 yes ReportMarch 2025 medicmedic 19 CZE Risse 17Sukuta-Pasu 119 Necid 24 Městský Stadion, Mladá Boleslav 5,000http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match4.asp FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace U-19 - statistiky 2011-09-11 2012-03-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322112753/http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-19/statistiky/viewstat2.asp?page=/nat/19/2008/match4.asp dead Olivier Thual (France) Final 26 July 19:00 19 GER 3–1 Report 19 ITA L. Bender 24Sukuta-Pasu 61Gebhart 79 Garibaldi 78 Střelnice Stadion, Jablonec nad Nisou 4,100 Willie Collum (Scotland) fbu 19 2008 UEFA U-19 European champions GER Second Goalscorers 4 goals CZE Tomáš Necid 3 goals GER Richard Sukuta-Pasu 2 goals CZE Jan Morávek GER Lars Bender GER Marcel Risse ITA Alberto Paloschi ITA Andrea Poli ESP Emilio Nsue 1 goal ENG Benjamin Mee ENG Freddie Sears ENG Daniel Sturridge 1 goal, cont. GER Dennis Diekmeier GER Timo Gebhart GER Savio Nsereko GER Stefan Reinartz GER Ömer Toprak GRE Michalis Pavlis HUN Olivér Nagy HUN Krisztián Németh HUN András Simon ITA Giacomo Bonaventura ITA Fernando Forestieri ITA Silvano Raggio Garibaldi ESP Jordi Alba ESP Fran Mérida ESP Aarón Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup Germany Germany 19 Hungary 19 Spain 19 Italy 19 Czech Republic 19 England Team of the tournament After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 22 players to integrate the "team of the tournament".Technical Report https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Publications/uefa/UEFAMedia/75/74/64/757464_DOWNLOAD.pdf UEFA Union of European Football Associations 28 July 2016 25 Goalkeepers ENG David Button HUN Péter Gulácsi ITA Vincenzo Fiorillo Defenders CZE Jan Polák ENG Ben Mee GER Dennis Diekmeier GER Alexander Eberlein GER Stefan Reinartz GRE Vassilis Lambropoulos HUN András Debreceni Midfielders CZE Jan Morávek GER Deniz Naki GER Savio Nsereko GRE Kyriakos Papadopoulos HUN Vladimir Koman ESP Aarón Ñíguez Forwards CZE Tomáš Necid GER Timo Gebhart GER Richard Sukuta-Pasu HUN Krisztián Németh ITA Fernando Forestieri ESP Emilio Nsue References External links Official Site 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship technical report 2008 Under-18 Championship Under-19 Championship Under-19 Championship Category:2008–09 in Czech football Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by the Czech Republic Category:Youth international association football competitions hosted by the Czech Republic Category:July 2008 sports events in Europe