2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was held in Liechtenstein from 16 to 26 July 2003. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this competition.

2003 UEFA Under-19 Championship

U-19-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2003
Tournament details
Host country	Liechtenstein
Dates	16–26 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	54 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paulo Sérgio (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Alberto Aquilani
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Venues

Vaduz	Balzers	Eschen
Rheinpark Stadion	Sportplatz Rheinau	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren
Capacity: 3,654	Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 2,100
Vaduz Balzers Triesen Schaan Eschen
Triesen	Schaan
Sportanlage Blumenau	Sportanlage Rheinwiese
Capacity: 1,500	Capacity: 1,500

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.

1. 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship first qualifying round
2. 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship second qualifying round

Teams

The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:

•  Austria
•  Czech Republic
•  England
•  France
•  Italy
•  Liechtenstein (host)
•  Norway
•  Portugal

Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament:

• Michael Weiner
• Athanassios Briakos
• Ruud Bossen
• Nikolai Ivanov
• Carlos Megía Dávila
• Selçuk Dereli

Squads

Main article: 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Portugal	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5
Norway	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

16 July 2003 (2003-07-16)

17:00 CET

Liechtenstein	0–5	Portugal
	Report	João Pereira 17' Hugo Almeida 63' Alabor 73' (o.g.) Fonseca 82' Paulo Sérgio 84'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

16 July 2003 (2003-07-16)

18:30 CET

Norway	0–1	Italy
	Report	Aquilani 89' (pen.)

Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers

Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

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18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)

15:30 CET

Portugal	1–1	Italy
Daniel 49'	Report	Lodi 58'

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)

18:30 CET

Liechtenstein	1–2	Norway
Maierhofer 4'	Report	Poljac 28' Bühler 37' (o.g.)

Blumenau Stadium, Triesen

Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

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20 July 2003 (2003-07-20)

18:30 CET

Portugal	2–2	Norway
Paulo Sérgio 61', 80'	Report	Johannesen 3' Daniel Holm 21'

Sportsplatz Rheinwiese, Schaan

Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

20 July 2003 (2003-07-20)

18:30 CET

Italy	5–1	Liechtenstein
Della Rocca 11' Palladino 39' Laner 53', 67' Lodi 55' (pen.)	Report	Büchel 68'

Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers

Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
England	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
France	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

16 July 2003 (2003-07-16)

18:30 CET

England	1–2	Austria
Downing 36'	Report	Mössner 5' Säumel 60'

Sportsplatz Rheinwiese, Schaan

Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

16 July 2003 (2003-07-16)

20:10 CET

France	3–3	Czech Republic
Grax 6', 63' (pen.) Idangar 70'	Report	Mikolanda 26' Procházka 87' Matula 90+3'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

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18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)

18:30 CET

France	0–2	England
	Report	Ridgewell 41' Routledge 90+2'

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)

18:30 CET

Czech Republic	1–4	Austria
Mikolanda 10'	Report	Schicker 36', 45' Kienast 38', 54'

Sportsplatz Rheinwiese, Schaan

Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

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20 July 2003 (2003-07-20)

18:30 CET

Czech Republic	3–0	England
Nachtman 47' Brodský 54' Siranec 63'	Report

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen

Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

20 July 2003 (2003-07-20)

18:30 CET

Austria	1–1	France
Čehajić 82' (pen.)	Report	Grax 90+2' (pen.)

Blumenau Stadium, Triesen

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

Semi-finals

23 July 2003 (2003-07-23)

16:30 CET

Austria	3–6 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Salmutter 24', 28' Mössner 84'	Report	Hugo Almeida 31' (pen.) Organista 38' Paulo Sérgio 54', 103' (pen.) Pedro Pereira 100', 104'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

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23 July 2003 (2003-07-23)

20:00 CET

Italy	1–0	Czech Republic
Pazzini 57'	Report

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Final

26 July 2003 (2003-07-26)

20:00 CET

Italy	2–0	Portugal
Della Rocca 3' Pazzini 27'	Report

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 4500

Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

2003 UEFA U-19 European champions
Italy Third title

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Paulo Sérgio

3 goals

• Sébastien Grax

2 goals

• Roman Kienast
• Lukas Mössner
• Klaus Salmutter
• René Schicker
• Petr Mikolanda
• Simon Laner
• Francesco Lodi
• Giampaolo Pazzini
• Della Rocca
• Hugo Almeida
• Pedro Pereira

1 goal

• Salmin Čehajić
• Jürgen Säumel
• Josef Brodský
• Milan Matula
• Lukáš Nachtman
• Václav Procházka
• Pavel Siranec
• Stewart Downing
• Liam Ridgewell
• Wayne Routledge
• Sylvain Idangar
• Alberto Aquilani
• Raffaele Palladino
• Martin Büchel
• Sandro Maierhofer
• Daniel Fredheim Holm
• Olav Tuelo Johannesen
• Branimir Poljac
• Daniel
• Fonseca
• Organista
• João Pereira

Own goals

• Claudio Alabor (playing against Portugal)
• Christoph Bühler (playing against Norway)

See also

• 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship first qualifying round
• 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship second qualifying round

External links

• Official website at UEFA.com
• Match list at rsssf.com