2008 UEFA Under-19 Championship
Mistrovství Evropy ve fotbale hráčů do 19 let 2008
Tournament details
Host countryCzech Republic
Dates14–26 July
Teams8
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored37 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Tomáš Necid (4 goals)
Best player(s)Germany Lars Bender
Germany 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

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:

Squads

Main article: 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.[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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
Bulgaria 0–1 Hungary
Report Németh 10'
FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
Germany 2–1 Spain
Sukuta-Pasu 7'
Toprak 56'		 Report Alba 66'
Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Spain 0–1 Hungary
Report Nagy 71'
Na Litavce, Příbram
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Germany 3–0 Bulgaria
Diekmeier 16'
Nsereko 43'
L. Bender 56'		 Report
Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Hungary 1–2 Germany
Simon 74' Report Reinartz 36'
Risse 76'
Na Litavce, Příbram
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
Spain 4–0 Bulgaria
Aarón 14'
Nsue 17', 52'
Mérida 64'		 Report
FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
Czech Republic 2–0 England
Necid 54', 58' Report
Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
Greece 1–1 Italy
Pavlis 23' Report Paloschi 90' (pen.)
Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav
Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)
Czech Republic 0–0 Greece
Report
Stadion u Nisy, Liberec
Attendance: 6,623[3]
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
England 0–0 Italy
Report
Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
Italy 4–3 Czech Republic
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)
England 3–0 Greece
Mee 48'
Sears 68' (pen.)
Sturridge 85'		 Report
Stadion u Nisy, Liberec
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Knock-out stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 July – Mladá Boleslav
 
 
 Germany (aet)2
 
26 July – Jablonec nad Nisou
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 Germany3
 
23 July – Plzeň
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy1
 
 
 Hungary0
 

Semi-finals

Italy 1–0 Hungary
Forestieri 65' Report
Štruncovy Sady Stadion, Plzeň
Attendance: 3023
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Germany 2–1 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Risse 17'
Sukuta-Pasu 119'		 Report Necid 24'
Městský Stadion, Mladá Boleslav
Attendance: 5,000[5]
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

Final

Germany 3–1 Italy
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

Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Team of the tournament

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

References

  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

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