2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Portugal hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition. Host Portugal defeated Spain in the final to win the competition for the fifth time.

2003 UEFA Under-17 Championship
Campeonato Europeu de Futebol Sub-17 de 2003
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates7 – 17 May
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Portugal (5th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Austria
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored44 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) David Rodríguez (6 goals)
Best player(s) Miguel Veloso[1]

For winning their semifinals, Portugal and Spain qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, held in Finland, with England and Austria missing out.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament of the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship consisted of two rounds: a Qualifying round and an Elite round. In the qualifying round, 44 national teams competed in 11 groups of four teams, with two best teams of each group advancing to the elite round. There, the 22 first-round qualifiers plus the teams who were given a bye (Spain, England, Russia, Finland, Poland and Hungary), were distributed in seven groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament
 PortugalHosts 1 (2002)
 SpainGroup 1 winner 1 (2002)
 DenmarkGroup 2 winner 1 (2002)
 AustriaGroup 3 winner 0 (debut)
 IsraelGroup 4 winner 0 (debut)
 HungaryGroup 5 winner 1 (2002)
 EnglandGroup 6 winner 1 (2002)
 ItalyGroup 7 winner 0 (debut)

Venues

The final tournament was played in seven venues located in seven different cities, Viseu, Nelas, Chaves, Mangualde, Vila Real, Santa Comba Dão and Santa Marta de Penaguião. The Estádio do Fontelo was the largest stadium with a tournament capacity of 12,000 seats, and served as both the opening ceremony and the final venue.

The table below lists stadium capacity for the final tournament, which may not correspond to their effective maximum capacity.

Viseu Chaves
Estádio do Fontelo Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 12,000
Santa Comba Dão Nelas
Estádio Municipal Doutor Orlando Mendes Estádio Municipal de Nelas
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,500
Vila Real Mangualde Santa Marta de Penaguião
Complexo Desportivo Monte da Forca Estádio Municipal de Mangualde Municipal de Santa Marta de Penaguião
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 500

Squads

Each participating national association had to submit a final list of 18 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). All players must have been born on or after 1 January 1986.

Match Officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[2]

Group stage

Group A

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Portugal 33006249Advanced to the semifinals
 Austria 32013126
 Denmark 310245−13
 Hungary 300305−50
Portugal 3–2 Denmark
João Pedro  34'
Paulo Machado  40'
Curto  55'
Report Torry  32', 42'
Austria 1–0 Hungary
Saurer  78' Report
Estádio Municipal de Nelas, Nelas
Referee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)

Portugal 1–0 Austria
Curto  14' Report
Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoglu (Turkey)
Denmark 2–0 Hungary
Storm  33'
Jakobsen  50'
Report
Estádio Municipal de Mangualde, Mangualde
Referee: Novo Panic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Denmark 0–2 Austria
Report Mayer  42'
Horvath  83'
Estádio Municipal de Nelas, Nelas
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Group B

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Spain 32107257Advanced to the semifinals
 England 31204315
 Italy 31114224
 Israel 300319−80
Israel 1–2 England
Rafaelov  47' (pen.) Report Bowditch  51'
Milner  54'
Municipal de Santa Marta de Penaguião, Santa Marta de Penaguião
Referee: Novo Panic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Spain 2–0 Italy
Cases  28'
Nadal  35'
Report
Complexo Desportivo Monte da Forca, Vila Real
Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoglu (Turkey)

Israel 0–3 Spain
Report Silva  33'
David  36'
Cases  47'

England 2–2 Spain
Taylor  47'
Milner  51'
Report Nadal  9'
Jurado  27'
Complexo Desportivo Monte da Forca, Vila Real
Referee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)
Italy 4–0 Israel
Pozzi  32', 46'
Lupoli  35', 78'
Report
Municipal de Santa Marta de Penaguião, Santa Marta de Penaguião

Knockout stage

Knockout map

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 May – Viseu
 
 
 Portugal (p)2 (3)
 
17 May – Viseu
 
 England2 (2)
 
 Portugal2
 
14 May – Mangualde
 
 Spain1
 
 Spain5
 
 
 Austria2
 
Third place
 
 
17 May – Santa Comba Dão
 
 
 England0
 
 
 Austria1

Semifinals


Spain 5–2 Austria
David  4', 12', 37', 68'
Cases  16'
Report Fuchs  59'
Stankovic  62'
Estádio Municipal de Mangualde, Mangualde

Third Place Playoff

England 0–1 Austria
Report Pirker  53'
Estádio Municipal Doutor Orlando Mendes, Santa Comba Dão
Referee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)

Final

Portugal 2–1 Spain
Márcio Sousa  22', 47' Report David  42'
Portugal
Spain
GK12Mário Felgueiras
RB2João Dias 60'
CB4Miguel Veloso (c)
CB14Paulo Ricardo
LB3Tiago Gomes
CM6Paulo Machado
CM17João Coimbra 70'
MO10Márcio Sousa 77'
RW7Vieirinha
LW15João Pedro 52'
CF9Carlos Saleiro
Substitutions:
GK1Pedro Freitas
LB13Vítor Vinha
CB5Tiago Costa
MF8João Moutinho 77'
LW11Hélder Barbosa
RW16Bruno Gama 52'
FW18Manuel Curto 70'
Manager:
António Violante
GK13Antonio Adán
RB2Manuel Ruz 72'
CB5Sergio Sánchez
CB14César Arzo 81'
LB3Raúl Llorente
DM8Markel Bergara 63'
MF16José Cases 49'
MF11Jurado (c)
MF10David Silva
LW7Sisi
CF9David Rodríguez
Substitutions:
GK1Roberto Jiménez
DF4Marcos Martín
DF17César Collado 72'
MF6Marcos Tébar 49'
MF15Eneko Urien
FW12Manu Alejandro
FW18Xisco Nadal 63'
Manager:
Juan Santisteban

Goalscorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. 2003: Miguel Veloso
  2. "uefa.com - UEFA European U-17 C'Ship - Fixtures & Results - Grp FT". 4 August 2003. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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