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2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2002
Championnat d'Europe de football espoirs 2002
Campionato europeo di calcio Under-21 2002
Campiunadis Europeans da ballape U21 2002
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Dates16–28 May
Teams8 (finals)
47 (qualifying)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored35 (2.33 per match)
Attendance174,195 (11,613 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Massimo Maccarone (3 goals)
Best player(s)Czech Republic Petr Čech
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UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.

Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.

Qualification

Main article: 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four + five groups of 5 + three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

Venues

Switzerland
Zürich Basel
Hardturm St. Jakob-Park
Capacity: 17,666 Capacity: 37,500
Geneva Lausanne
Charmilles Stadium Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Capacity: 9,250 Capacity: 15,700

Squads

Main article: 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 Portugal 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 England 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
England 2 – 1  Switzerland
Defoe 3'
Crouch 53'		 Report Frei 58'
Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
Italy 1 – 1 Portugal
Bonazzoli 57' Report Postiga 48'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
Portugal 0 – 2  Switzerland
Report Cabanas 60' (pen.)
Frei 73'
Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 16,066
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Italy 2 – 1 England
Maccarone 58', 84' Report Barry 64'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 12,980
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Switzerland 0 – 0 Italy
Report
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Portugal 3 – 1 England
Teixeira 7'
Makukula 20' (pen.)
Viana 69'		 Report Smith 43'
Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 5,640
Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
 Belgium 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Greece 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
France 2 – 0 Czech Republic
Govou 41'
Sorlin 45'		 Report
Les Charmilles, Geneva
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)
Greece 1 – 2 Belgium
Gittas 90+2' Report Daerden 33'
Soetaers 83'
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Belgium 0 – 1 Czech Republic
Report Jiránek 19'
Les Charmilles, Geneva
Attendance: 2,015
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Greece 1 – 3 France
Patsatzoglou 84' Report Armand 37'
Frau 40', 61'
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 8,815
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)
Czech Republic 1 – 1 Greece
Grygera 36' (pen.) Report Kyriazis 69'
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
Belgium 0 – 2 France
Report Daerden 74' (o.g.)
Luyindula 86'
Les Charmilles, Geneva
Attendance: 7,179
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 May – Basel
 
 
 France2
 
28 May – Basel
 
  Switzerland0
 
 France0 (1)
 
25 May – Zürich
 
 Czech Republic (p)0 (3)
 
 Czech Republic (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Italy2
 

Semi-finals

France 2 – 0  Switzerland
Malbranque 62'
Sorlin 70'		 Report
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 26,900
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Czech Republic 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Italy
Rozehnal 1'
Pospíšil 83' gold-colored soccer ball 99' 		Report Pirlo 86' (pen.)
Maccarone 90+4'
Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

Final

France 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Report
Penalties
Meriem soccer ball with check mark
Frau soccer ball with red X
Escudé soccer ball with red X
Boumsong soccer ball with red X		 1 – 3 soccer ball with check mark Pospíšil
soccer ball with check mark Grygera
soccer ball with check mark Skácel
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 20,400
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
France
FRANCE:
GK 1 Mickaël Landreau
DF 2 Anthony Réveillère Yellow card 33'
DF 4 Jean-Alain Boumsong
DF 6 Jérémie Bréchet
DF 3 Julien Escudé
MF 10 Steed Malbranque downward-facing red arrow 64'
MF 18 Benoît Pedretti
MF 5 Mathieu Berson Yellow card 77' downward-facing red arrow 87'
MF 7 Olivier Sorlin
FW 11 Péguy Luyindula
FW 9 Sidney Govou downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutions:
MF 19 Camel Meriem upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 13 Pierre-Alain Frau upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 8 Julien Sablé upward-facing green arrow 87'
Coach:
France Raymond Domenech
Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC:
GK 16 Petr Čech
DF 17 Tomáš Hübschman
DF 2 Martin Jiránek downward-facing red arrow 33'
DF 14 David Rozehnal
DF 5 Zdeněk Grygera
MF 13 Karel Piták Yellow card 89'
MF 8 Lukáš Zelenka downward-facing red arrow 81'
MF 4 Petr Voříšek
MF 19 Rudolf Skácel
FW 9 Milan Baroš downward-facing red arrow 38'
FW 10 Štěpán Vachoušek
Substitutions:
MF 20 Radoslav Kováč upward-facing green arrow 33'
MF 11 Michal Pospíšil upward-facing green arrow 38'
MF 15 Jan Polák upward-facing green arrow 81'
Coach:
Czech Republic Miroslav Beránek

Assistant referees:
Markku Tiensuu (Finland)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Goalscorers

External links

National under-21 men's football teams of Europe (UEFA)
UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship
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