2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. On 25 December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place 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
Dates23 May – 4 June
Teams8 (finals)
51 (qualifying)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored34 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (4 goals)
Best player(s) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

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 February 8, 2006.

Qualification

The Finals

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

Venues

Squads

Players born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play.

Matches

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 330060+69
 Serbia and Montenegro 31022313
 Portugal 31021323
 Germany 31021433
Portugal 0 – 1 France
Report Vale  41' (o.g.)


Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 320143+16
 Netherlands 31113304
 Italy 31114404
 Denmark 30215612
Ukraine 2 – 1 Netherlands
Milevskyi  39' (pen.)
Fomin  51'
Report Luirink  90+2'
Italy 3 – 3 Denmark
Potenza  16'
Palladino  61'
Bianchi  90'
Report Würtz  21'
Kahlenberg  33'
Andreasen  41'

Italy 1 – 0 Ukraine
Chiellini  90+3' Report

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 June – Braga
 
 
 France2
 
4 June – Porto
 
 Netherlands (a.e.t.)3
 
 Netherlands3
 
1 June – Aveiro
 
 Ukraine0
 
 Ukraine (p)0 (5)
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro0 (4)
 

Semi-finals

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

Final

Netherlands 3 – 0 Ukraine
Huntelaar  11', 43' (pen.)
Hofs  90+3'
Report
Attendance: 22 146

NETHERLANDS:
GK1Kenneth Vermeer
DF16Dwight Tiendalli
DF17Ron Vlaar 74'
DF3Gijs Luirink
DF5Urby Emanuelson
MF10Ismaïl Aissati 78'
MF20Demy de Zeeuw
MF6Stijn Schaars
MF8Nicky Hofs
FW9Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
FW7Romeo Castelen 69'
Substitutions:
FW11Daniël de Ridder 69'
DF4Ramon Zomer 78'
Coach:
Foppe de Haan

UKRAINE:
GK1Andriy Pyatov
DF15Hryhoriy Yarmash 38'
DF6Dmytro Chygrynskiy
DF5Oleksandr Yatsenko 42'
DF2Oleksandr Romanchuk 26'  77'
MF17Taras Mykhalyk
MF18Oleksiy Hodin 46'
MF14Yevhen Cheberyachko
MF19Oleksandr Maksymov
FW10Artem Milevskyi
FW11Ruslan Fomin 46'
Substitutions:
FW7Maksym Feshchuk 59' 46'
FW8Oleksandr Aliyev 46'
Coach:
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

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

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • "Results Archive at UEFA.com". Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  • RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com
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