2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was held in Northern Ireland between 18 and 29 July 2005.

2005 UEFA Under-19 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Northern Ireland
Dates	18–29 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (6th title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	46 (3.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Borko Veselinović (5 goals)
Best player	Abdoulaye Balde
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Venues

Belfast

Ballymena

Lurgan

Newry

Map of the final tournament venues

City / Town	Stadium	Host club(s)	Capacity
Belfast	Windsor Park	Linfield	18,000
Belfast	The Oval	Glentoran	15,250
Newry	The Showgrounds	Newry City	6,500
Lurgan	Mourneview Park	Glenavon	5,000
Ballymena	The Showgrounds	Ballymena United	5,000

Qualifications

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

1. 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2. 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification

Teams

The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:

•  Armenia
•  England
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Northern Ireland (host)
•  Norway
•  Serbia and Montenegro

Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament:

• Alberto Undiano Mallenco
• Viktor Kassai
• Matteo Trefoloni
• Pieter Vink
• Duarte Gomes
• Damir Skomina

Squads

Main article: 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Germany	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Greece	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

18 July 2005

19:00 UTC+1

Serbia and Montenegro	4–2	Germany
Veselinović 57', 59' Marinković 75' Markovski 90+3'	Report	Polanski 37' Kučuković 51'

The Showgrounds, Newry

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

18 July 2005

19:30 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–1	Greece
	Report	Petropoulos 15'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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20 July 2005

17:00 UTC+1

Greece	0–3	Germany
	Report	Müller 16' Polanski 43' Boateng 47'

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

20 July 2005

19:00 UTC+1

Northern Ireland	0–1	Serbia and Montenegro
	Report	Veselinović 78'

The Showgrounds, Newry

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

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23 July 2005

17:00 UTC+1

Germany	2–1	Northern Ireland
Steinhöfer 85' Epstein 89'	Report	Stewart 90+1'

The Showgrounds, Ballymena

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

23 July 2005

17:00 UTC+1

Greece	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro
	Report	Veselinović 4' (pen.), 43' Arsenijević 16'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

Group B

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

18 July 2005

17:00 UTC+1

France	1–1	England
Baldé 19'	Report	Fryatt 9'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

18 July 2005

19:00 UTC+1

Norway	2–0	Armenia
Aoudia 21' Nisja 69'	Report

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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20 July 2005

19:00 UTC+1

Armenia	1–1	England
Lombé 87'	Report	Petrosyan 72' (o.g.)

The Showgrounds, Ballymena

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

20 July 2005

20:00 UTC+1

Norway	1–3	France
Larsen 57'	Report	Gourcuff 16' (pen.), 29', 83' (pen.)

Windsor Park, Belfast

Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

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23 July 2005

19:00 UTC+1

Armenia	0–1	France
	Report	Cambon 31'

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

23 July 2005

19:00 UTC+1

England	3–2	Norway
Mills 3' Blackstock 80' Wheater 83'	Report	Aoudia 23' Hanssen 79'

The Showgrounds, Newry

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Semi-finals

26 July 2005

16:30 UTC+1

Serbia and Montenegro	1–3	England
Marinković 87'	Report	Fryatt 18', 81', 90+3'

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

26 July 2005

19:30 UTC+1

France	3–2	Germany
Baldé 34', 58' Cabaye 63'	Report	Epstein 40' Boateng 86'

The Showgrounds, Ballymena

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Final

29 July 2005

19:00 UTC+1

England	1–3	France
Holmes 41'	Report	Chakouri 56' Baldé 75' Gouffran 88'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

2005 UEFA U-19 European champions
France Sixth title

Top scorers

5 goals

• Borko Veselinović

4 goals

• Abdoulaye Baldé
• Matty Fryatt

3 goals

• Yoann Gourcuff

2 goals

• Karim Aoudia
• Kevin-Prince Boateng
• Denis Epstein
• Nebojša Marinković
• Eugen Polanski

External links

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