2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 23 May–4 June 2006. The tournament was won by the Netherlands, who beat Ukraine 3–0 in the final.

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Campeonato Europeu de Futebol Sub-21 de 2006
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	23 May – 4 June
Teams	8 (finals) 48 (qualifying)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up	Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	34 (2.27 per match)
Attendance	180,942 (12,063 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
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The finals tournament featured two groups of four, with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the semi-finals. The draw for the finals groups took place on 8 February 2006.

Qualification

Main article: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The Finals

The finals took place between 23 May and 4 June 2006 in Portugal.

Venues

• Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda
• Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
• Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos
• Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
• Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
• Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Squads

Main article: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Players born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play.

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
Serbia and Montenegro	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Portugal	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
Germany	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3

23 May 2006

17:15

Serbia and Montenegro	0–1	Germany
	Report	Polanski 61'

Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos

Attendance: 3,245

Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

23 May 2006

19:45

Portugal	0–1	France
	Report	Vale 41' (o.g.)

Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

Attendance: 25,146

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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25 May 2006

17:15

France	3–0	Germany
Sinama Pongolle 45' Gouffran 71' Mavuba 75'	Report

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

Attendance: 8,023

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

25 May 2006

19:45

Portugal	0–2	Serbia and Montenegro
	Report	Castro 17' (o.g.) Ivanović 65'

Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos

Attendance: 9,968

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

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28 May 2006

19:45

Germany	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Moutinho 90+4'

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

Attendance: 28,174

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

28 May 2006

19:45

France	2–0	Serbia and Montenegro
Bergougnoux 33' Toulalan 54'	Report

Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

Attendance: 8,545

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Denmark	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2

24 May 2006

17:15

Ukraine	2–1	Netherlands
Milevskyi 39' (pen.) Fomin 51'	Report	Luirink 90+2'

Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda

Attendance: 4,250

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

24 May 2006

19:45

Italy	3–3	Denmark
Potenza 16' Palladino 61' Bianchi 90'	Report	Würtz 21' Kahlenberg 33' Andreasen 41'

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Attendance: 11,250

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

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26 May 2006

17:15

Denmark	1–1	Netherlands
Kahlenberg 48'	Report	Huntelaar 38'

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Attendance: 8,021

Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

26 May 2006

19:45

Italy	1–0	Ukraine
Chiellini 90+3'	Report

Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda

Attendance: 6,873

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

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29 May 2006

19:45

Netherlands	1–0	Italy
De Ridder 74'	Report

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Attendance: 14,323

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

29 May 2006

19:45

Denmark	1–2	Ukraine
Kahlenberg 43'	Report	Fomin 31' Milevskyi 84'

Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda

Attendance: 5,734

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 June – Braga
	France	2
					4 June – Porto
	Netherlands (a.e.t.)	3
					Netherlands	3
	1 June – Aveiro
					Ukraine	0
	Ukraine (p)	0 (5)
	Serbia and Montenegro	0 (4)

Semi-finals

1 June 2006

17:15

France	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Faubert 51' Bergougnoux 85'	Report	Hofs 6', 107' Huntelaar 38'

Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

Attendance: 7,887

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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1 June 2006

19:45

Ukraine	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Serbia and Montenegro
	Report
Penalties
Aliyev Fomin Chyhrynskyi Hodin Yatsenko Maksymov	5–4	Janković Milijaš Milovanović Basta Lomić Purović

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

Attendance: 17,357

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Final

4 June 2006

19:45

Netherlands	3–0	Ukraine
Huntelaar 11', 43' (pen.) Hofs 90+3'	Report

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 22,146

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

GK 1 Kenneth Vermeer DF 16 Dwight Tiendalli DF 17 Ron Vlaar  74' DF 3 Gijs Luirink DF 5 Urby Emanuelson MF 10 Ismaïl Aissati  78' MF 20 Demy de Zeeuw MF 6 Stijn Schaars MF 8 Nicky Hofs FW 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar FW 7 Romeo Castelen  69' Substitutions: FW 11 Daniël de Ridder  69' DF 4 Ramon Zomer  78' Coach: Foppe de Haan

GK 1 Andriy Pyatov DF 15 Hryhoriy Yarmash  38' DF 6 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi DF 5 Oleksandr Yatsenko  42' DF 2 Oleksandr Romanchuk  26'  77' MF 17 Taras Mykhalyk MF 18 Oleksiy Hodin  46' MF 14 Yevhen Cheberyachko MF 19 Oleksandr Maksymov FW 10 Artem Milevskyi FW 11 Ruslan Fomin  46' Substitutions: FW 7 Maksym Feshchuk  59'  46' FW 8 Oleksandr Aliyev  46' Coach: Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

Assistant referees: Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden) Roger East (England) Fourth official: Howard Webb (England)

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

3 goals

• Thomas Kahlenberg
• Nicky Hofs

2 goals

• Bryan Bergougnoux
• Ruslan Fomin
• Artem Milevskyi

1 goal

• Leon Andreasen
• Rasmus Würtz
• Julien Faubert
• Yoan Gouffran
• Rio Mavuba
• Florent Sinama Pongolle
• Jérémy Toulalan
• Eugen Polanski
• Rolando Bianchi
• Giorgio Chiellini
• Raffaele Palladino
• Alessandro Potenza
• Gijs Luirink
• Daniël de Ridder
• João Moutinho
• Branislav Ivanović

1 own goal

• Bruno Vale (against France)
• Zé Castro (against Serbia and Montenegro)

External links

• "2006: Huntelaar thrives in Dutch triumph". UEFA. 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
• Europe - U-23/U-21 Tournaments RSSSF.com