2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Football team member listings July 2023 National squads of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Players in bold have now been capped at full International level. Group A 21 FRA 1974 Head coach: René Girard 1 GK Jérémy Gavanon yes 2006 5 23 1983 9 20 MarseilleJérémy Gavanon: on loan at Clermont (FRA) FRA 1974 2 MF Lucien AubeyAubey capped for Congo yes 2006 5 23 1984 5 24 Toulouse FRA 1974 3 DF Jean-Michel Badiane yes 2006 5 23 1983 5 9 Paris Saint-Germain FRA 1974 4 DF Jérémy Berthod yes 2006 5 23 1984 4 24 Lyon FRA 1974 5 DF Grégory Bourillon yes 2006 5 23 1984 7 1 Rennes FRA 1974 6 DF François Clerc yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 18 Lyon FRA 1974 7 MF Olivier Veigneau yes 2006 5 23 1985 7 16 Monaco FRA 1974 8 MF Jacques FatyFaty capped for Senegal yes 2006 5 23 1984 2 25 Rennes FRA 1974 9 MF Bacary Sagna yes 2006 5 23 1983 2 14 Auxerre FRA 1974 10 DF Lassana Diarra yes 2006 5 23 1985 3 10 Chelsea ENG 11 FW Julien FaubertFaubert capped for Martinique yes 2006 5 23 1983 8 1 Bordeaux FRA 1974 12 GK Steve Mandanda yes 2006 5 23 1985 3 28 Le Havre FRA 1974 13 FW Yoann Gourcuff yes 2006 5 23 1986 7 11 Rennes FRA 1974 14 MF Rio Mavuba yes 2006 5 23 1984 3 8 Bordeaux FRA 1974 15 DF Jérémy Toulalan yes 2006 5 23 1983 9 10 Nantes FRA 1974 16 MF Mathieu Flamini yes 2006 5 23 1984 3 7 Arsenal ENG 17 MF Bryan Bergougnoux yes 2006 5 23 1983 1 12 Toulouse FRA 1974 18 FW Jimmy Briand yes 2006 5 23 1985 8 2 Rennes FRA 1974 19 DF Yoan Gouffran yes 2006 5 23 1986 5 25 Caen FRA 1974 20 MF Anthony Le Tallec yes 2006 5 23 1984 10 3 LiverpoolAnthony Le Tallec: on loan at Sunderland (ENG) August 2005 – May 2006 ENG 21 FW Florent Sinama Pongolle yes 2006 5 23 1984 10 20 LiverpoolFlorent Sinama-Pongolle: on loan at Blackburn Rovers (ENG) January–May 2006 ENG 22 GK Simon Pouplin yes 2006 5 23 1985 5 28 Rennes FRA 1974 21 GER Head coach: Dieter Eilts 1 GK Michael Rensing yes 2006 5 23 1984 5 14 Bayern Munich GER 2 DF Moritz Volz yes 2006 5 23 1983 1 21 Fulham ENG 3 DF Malik Fathi yes 2006 5 23 1983 10 29 Hertha BSC GER 4 DF Marvin MatipMatip capped for Cameroon yes 2006 5 23 1985 9 25 1. FC Köln GER 5 DF Markus Brzenska yes 2006 5 23 1984 5 25 Borussia Dortmund GER 6 DF Christian Schulz yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 1 Werder Bremen GER 7 FW Ioannis Masmanidis yes 2006 5 23 1983 3 9 Arminia Bielefeld GER 8 MF Matthias Lehmann yes 2006 5 23 1983 5 28 1860 Munich GER 9 FW Stefan Kießling yes 2006 5 23 1984 1 25 1. FC NürnbergKießling agreed to join Bayer Leverkusen after the tournament GER 10 FW Christian Eigler yes 2006 5 23 1984 1 1 Greuther Fürth GER 11 FW Nando RafaelNando Rafael capped for Angola yes 2006 5 23 1984 1 10 Borussia Mönchengladbach GER 12 GK Patrick Platins yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 19 VfL Wolfsburg GER 13 FW Patrick Helmes yes 2006 5 23 1984 3 1 1. FC Köln GER 14 MF Gonzalo Castro yes 2006 5 23 1987 6 1 Bayer Leverkusen GER 15 MF Alexander Meier yes 2006 5 23 1983 1 17 Eintracht Frankfurt GER 16 MF Roberto Hilbert yes 2006 5 23 1984 10 16 Greuther Fürth GER 17 DF Patrick Ochs yes 2006 5 23 1984 5 14 Eintracht Frankfurt GER 18 MF Peter Niemeyer yes 2006 5 23 1983 11 22 Twente NED 19 MF Eugen PolanskiPolanski capped for Poland yes 2006 5 23 1986 3 17 Borussia Mönchengladbach GER 20 DF Lukas Sinkiewicz yes 2006 5 23 1985 10 9 1. FC Köln GER 21 GK Florian Fromlowitz yes 2006 5 23 1986 7 2 1. FC Kaiserslautern GER 22 MF Sascha Riether yes 2006 5 23 1983 3 23 SC Freiburg GER 21 POR Head coach: Agostinho Oliveira 1 GK Bruno Vale yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 8 PortoBruno Vale: on loan at Estrela da Amadora POR 2 DF Nélson yes 2006 5 23 1983 6 10 Benfica POR 3 MF Raul Meireles yes 2006 5 23 1983 3 17 Porto POR 4 DF José Semedo yes 2006 5 23 1985 1 11 Sporting CPSemedo: on loan at Feirense POR 5 DF Pedro Ribeiro yes 2006 5 23 1983 1 25 Porto POR 6 DF Zé Castro yes 2006 5 23 1983 1 13 Académica de Coimbra POR 7 FW Ricardo Quaresma (captain) yes 2006 5 23 1983 9 26 Porto POR 8 MF Manuel Fernandes yes 2006 5 23 1986 2 5 Benfica POR 9 FW Hugo Almeida yes 2006 5 23 1984 5 23 Porto POR 10 MF João Moutinho yes 2006 5 23 1986 9 8 Sporting CP POR 11 MF Diogo Valente yes 2006 5 23 1984 9 23 Boavista POR 12 GK Paulo Ribeiro yes 2006 5 23 1984 3 6 Porto POR 13 DF Rolando yes 2006 5 23 1985 8 31 Belenenses POR 14 MF Custódio yes 2006 5 23 1983 5 24 Sporting CP POR 15 DF Nuno Morais yes 2006 5 23 1984 1 29 ChelseaNuno Morais: on loan at Marítimo ENG 16 MF Bruno Amaro yes 2006 5 23 1983 2 17 Penafiel POR 17 FW Silvestre Varela yes 2006 5 23 1985 2 2 Sporting CPSilvestre Varela: on loan at Vitória de Setúbal POR 18 MF Nani yes 2006 5 23 1986 11 17 Sporting CP POR 19 FW Ricardo Vaz Tê yes 2006 5 23 1986 10 1 Bolton Wanderers ENG 20 FW LourençoLourenço capped for Angola yes 2006 5 23 1983 6 5 Sporting CPLourenço: on loan at União de Leiria POR 21 FW Filipe Oliveira yes 2006 5 23 1984 5 27 Marítimo POR 22 GK Daniel Fernandes yes 2006 5 23 1983 9 25 PAOK GRE 21 SCG Head coach: Dragan Okuka 1 GK Vladimir Stojković (captain) yes 2006 5 23 1983 7 28 Red Star BelgradeStojković agreed to join Nantes after the tournament SCG 2 DF Branislav Ivanović yes 2006 5 23 1984 2 22 Lokomotiv Moscow RUS 3 DF Duško Tošić yes 2006 5 23 1985 1 19 Sochaux FRA 1974 4 MF Nemanja Rnić yes 2006 5 23 1984 9 30 Partizan SCG 5 DF Milan Stepanov yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 2 Trabzonspor TUR 6 DF Milan Biševac yes 2006 5 23 1983 8 31 Red Star Belgrade SCG 7 MF Nenad Milijaš yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 30 Red Star Belgrade SCG 8 FW Boško Janković yes 2006 5 23 1984 3 1 Red Star Belgrade SCG 9 FW Mirko VučinićVučinić also capped for Montenegro yes 2006 5 23 1983 10 1 Lecce ITA 2003 10 MF Simon VukčevićVukčević also capped for Montenegro yes 2006 5 23 1986 1 29 Saturn Ramenskoe RUS 11 MF Miloš Pavlović yes 2006 5 23 1983 11 27 Voždovac SCG 12 GK Aleksandar Jović yes 2006 5 23 1986 3 5 Zeta SCG 13 DF Marko Lomić yes 2006 5 23 1983 9 13 Partizan SCG 14 MF Stefan Babović yes 2006 5 23 1987 1 7 Partizan SCG 15 MF Dejan Milovanović yes 2006 5 23 1984 1 21 Red Star Belgrade SCG 16 FW Đorđe Rakić yes 2006 5 23 1985 10 31 OFK Beograd SCG 17 MF Miloš Krasić yes 2006 5 23 1984 11 1 CSKA Moscow RUS 18 DF Dušan Basta yes 2006 5 23 1984 8 18 Red Star Belgrade SCG 19 MF Ivan Todorović yes 2006 5 23 1983 7 29 Zeta SCG 20 FW Milan PurovićPurović capped for Montenegro yes 2006 5 23 1985 5 7 Red Star Belgrade SCG 21 FW Igor BurzanovićBurzanović capped for Montenegro yes 2006 5 23 1985 8 25 Budućnost Podgorica SCG 22 GK Miroslav Vujadinović yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 22 Budućnost Podgorica SCG Group B 21 DEN Head coach: Flemming Serritslev 1 GK Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard yes 2006 5 23 1983 5 23 17 0 Hertha BSC GER 2 DF Michael Jakobsen yes 2006 5 23 1986 1 2 10 0 AaB DEN 3 DF Leon Andreasen yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 23 20 5 Werder Bremen GER 4 DF Daniel Agger yes 2006 5 23 1984 12 12 7 3 Liverpool ENG 5 DF Martin Pedersen yes 2006 5 23 1983 10 9 27 0 AaBMartin Pedersen: on loan at SønderjyskE (DEN) DEN 6 MF Rasmus Würtz (captain) yes 2006 5 23 1983 9 18 26 0 AaB DEN 7 MF Martin Bergvold yes 2006 5 23 1984 2 20 11 2 Copenhagen DEN 8 MF Jacob Sørensen yes 2006 5 23 1983 2 12 16 2 AaBJacob Sørensen: on loan at SønderjyskE (DEN) DEN 9 FW Jonas Kamper yes 2006 5 23 1983 5 3 36 3 Brøndby DEN 10 MF Thomas Kahlenberg yes 2006 5 23 1983 3 20 23 7 Auxerre FRA 1974 11 FW Morten Rasmussen yes 2006 5 23 1985 1 31 17 8 Brøndby DEN 12 DF Jakob Poulsen yes 2006 5 23 1983 7 7 16 1 Heerenveen NED 13 MF Niki Zimling yes 2006 5 23 1985 4 19 1 0 Esbjerg DEN 14 DF Henrik Kildentoft yes 2006 5 23 1985 3 18 7 0 Brøndby DEN 15 DF Frank Hansen yes 2006 5 23 1983 2 23 9 0 Esbjerg DEN 16 GK Theis F. Rasmussen yes 2006 5 23 1984 7 12 3 0 Vejle DEN 17 DF Jonas Troest yes 2006 5 23 1985 3 4 19 0 Hannover 96 GER 18 MF Mikkel Thygesen yes 2006 5 23 1984 10 22 8 1 Midtjylland DEN 19 FW Johan Absalonsen yes 2006 5 23 1985 9 16 7 1 Brøndby DEN 20 FW Simon Busk Poulsen yes 2006 5 23 1984 10 7 7 0 Midtjylland DEN 21 FW Nicklas Bendtner yes 2006 5 23 1988 1 16 1 2 Arsenal ENG 22 GK Jesper Hansen yes 2006 5 23 1985 3 31 0 0 Nordsjælland DEN 21 ITA 2003 Head coach: Claudio Gentile 1 GK Federico Agliardi yes 2006 5 23 1983 2 11 Palermo ITA 2003 2 DF Alessandro Potenza yes 2006 5 23 1984 3 8 InternazionaleAlessandro Potenza: on loan to Mallorca ITA 2003 3 DF Cesare Bovo (c) yes 2006 5 23 1983 1 14 RomaCesare Bovo: joint ownership by Palermo and Roma. ITA 2003 4 MF Marco Donadel yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 21 Fiorentina ITA 2003 5 DF Andrea Mantovani yes 2006 5 23 1984 6 22 ChievoAndrea Mantovani: koint-ownership by Juventus and Chievo. ITA 2003 6 DF Giorgio Chiellini yes 2006 5 23 1984 8 14 Juventus ITA 2003 7 FW Simone Pepe yes 2006 5 23 1983 8 30 UdineseSimone Pepe: joint ownership by Palermo and Udinese ITA 2003 8 DF Michele Canini yes 2006 5 23 1985 6 5 CagliariMichele Canini: joint-ownership by Atalanta and Cagliari ITA 2003 9 FW Rolando Bianchi yes 2006 5 23 1983 2 15 Reggina ITA 2003 10 MF Davide Biondini yes 2006 5 23 1983 1 24 Reggina ITA 2003 11 FW Gianpaolo Pazzini yes 2006 5 23 1984 8 2 Fiorentina ITA 2003 12 GK Antonio Mirante yes 2006 5 23 1983 7 8 JuventusAntonio Mirante: on loan at Siena ITA 2003 13 DF Andrea Coda yes 2006 5 23 1985 4 25 EmpoliAndrea Coda: joint owner-ship by Empoli and Udinese. ITA 2003 14 MF Marino Defendi yes 2006 5 23 1985 8 19 Atalanta ITA 2003 15 DF Giuseppe Scurto yes 2006 5 23 1984 1 5 ChievoGiuseppe Scurto: joint-ownership by Roma and Chievo ITA 2003 16 DF Damiano Ferronetti yes 2006 5 23 1984 11 1 ParmaDamiano Ferronetti: joint-ownership of Roma nad Parma. ITA 2003 17 MF Pasquale Foggia yes 2006 5 23 1983 6 3 MilanPasquale Foggia: on loan at Ascoli ITA 2003 18 MF Riccardo Montolivo yes 2006 5 23 1985 1 18 FiorentinaRiccardo Montolivo: joint-ownership of Fiorentina and Atalanta ITA 2003 19 FW Raffaele Palladino yes 2006 5 23 1984 4 17 JuventusRaffaele Palladino: on loan at Livorno ITA 2003 20 MF Alessandro Rosina yes 2006 5 23 1984 1 31 TorinoAlessandro Rosina: joint ownership of Parma and Torino. ITA 2003 21 MF Paolo Sammarco yes 2006 5 23 1983 3 17 ChievoPaolo Sammarco: joint-ownership of Milan and Chievo ITA 2003 22 GK Gianluca Curci yes 2006 5 23 1985 7 12 Roma ITA 2003 21 NED Head coach: Foppe de Haan 1 GK Kenneth Vermeer yes 2006 5 23 1986 1 10 Ajax NED 2 DF Paul Verhaegh yes 2006 5 23 1983 9 1 Vitesse NED 3 DF Gijs Luirink yes 2006 5 23 1983 9 12 Groningen NED 4 DF Ramon Zomer yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 13 Twente NED 5 DF Urby Emanuelson yes 2006 5 23 1986 6 16 Ajax NED 6 MF Stijn Schaars (captain) yes 2006 5 23 1984 1 11 AZ NED 7 FW Romeo Castelen yes 2006 5 23 1983 5 3 Feyenoord NED 8 MF Nicky Hofs yes 2006 5 23 1983 5 17 Feyenoord NED 9 FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar yes 2006 5 23 1983 8 12 Ajax NED 10 MF Ismaïl AissatiAissati capped for Morocco yes 2006 5 23 1988 8 16 PSV NED 11 FW Daniël de Ridder yes 2006 5 23 1984 3 6 Celta Vigo ESP 12 MF Haris MedunjaninMedunjanin capped for Bosnia and Herzegovina yes 2006 5 23 1985 3 8 AZ NED 13 FW Patrick Gerritsen yes 2006 5 23 1987 3 13 Twente NED 14 FW Collins John yes 2006 5 23 1985 10 17 Fulham ENG 15 FW Fred Benson yes 2006 5 23 1984 4 10 Vitesse NED 16 DF Dwight Tiendalli yes 2006 5 23 1985 10 21 Utrecht NED 17 DF Ron Vlaar yes 2006 5 23 1985 2 16 Feyenoord NED 18 DF Arnold Kruiswijk yes 2006 5 23 1984 11 2 Groningen NED 19 DF Edson Braafheid yes 2006 5 23 1983 4 8 Utrecht NED 20 MF Demy de Zeeuw yes 2006 5 23 1983 5 26 AZ NED 21 GK Michel Vorm yes 2006 5 23 1983 10 20 UtrechtMichel Vorm: on loan at Den Bosch NED 22 GK Remko Pasveer yes 2006 5 23 1983 11 8 Twente NED 21 UKR Head coach: Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko 1 GK Andriy Pyatov yes 2006 5 23 1984 6 28 Vorskla Poltava UKR 2 DF Oleksandr Romanchuk yes 2006 5 23 1984 10 21 Dynamo KyivOlexandr Romanchuk: on loan at Arsenal Kyiv UKR 3 DF Mykola Ischenko yes 2006 5 23 1983 3 9 Karpaty Lviv UKR 4 DF Dmytro Nevmyvaka yes 2006 5 23 1984 3 19 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya UKR 5 DF Oleksandr Yatsenko (captain) yes 2006 5 23 1985 2 24 Dynamo KyivOlexandr Yatsenko: on loan at Kharkiv UKR 6 DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi yes 2006 5 23 1986 11 7 Shakhtar Donetsk UKR 7 FW Maksym Feschuk yes 2006 5 23 1985 11 25 Karpaty Lviv UKR 8 FW Oleksandr Aliyev yes 2006 5 23 1985 2 3 Dynamo KyivOleksandr Aliyev: on loan at Metalurh Zaporizhya UKR 9 MF Adrian Pukanych yes 2006 5 23 1983 6 22 Shakhtar DonetskAdrian Pukanych: on loan at Illychivets Mariupol UKR 10 FW Artem Milevskyi yes 2006 5 23 1985 1 12 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 11 FW Ruslan Fomyn yes 2006 5 23 1986 3 2 Shakhtar DonetskRuslan Fomin: on loan at Metalist Kharkiv UKR 12 GK Oleksandr Rybka yes 2006 5 23 1987 4 10 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 13 MF Serhiy Pylypchuk yes 2006 5 23 1984 11 26 2 Spartak Nalchik RUS 14 MF Yevhen Cheberyachko yes 2006 5 23 1983 6 19 Arsenal Kyiv UKR 15 DF Hryhoriy Yarmash yes 2006 5 23 1985 1 4 Dynamo KyivHrihoriy Yarmash: on loan at Vorskla Poltava UKR 16 FW Ivan Kryvosheyenko yes 2006 5 23 1984 5 11 0 Illychivets Mariupol UKR 17 DF Taras Mykhalyk yes 2006 5 23 1983 10 28 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 18 MF Oleksiy Hodin yes 2006 5 23 1983 2 2 Metalurh ZaporizhzhyaOleksiy Hodin: on loan at Tavriya Simferopol UKR 19 MF Oleksandr Maksymov yes 2006 5 23 1985 2 13 Kharkiv UKR 20 MF Oleksandr Sytnyk yes 2006 5 23 1985 1 2 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 21 MF Andriy Oberemko yes 2006 5 23 1984 3 18 Kharkiv UKR 22 GK Yevhen Shyryayev yes 2006 5 23 1984 2 22 Chornomorets Odesa UKR Footnotes Squads Category:UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads