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2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | UEFA European Under-21 Championship |
| year | 2002 |
| other_titles | U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2002 |
| Championnat d'Europe de football espoirs 2002 | |
| Campionato europeo di calcio Under-21 2002 | |
| Campiunadis Europeans da ballape U21 2002 | |
| country | Switzerland |
| dates | 16–28 May |
| num_teams | 8 (finals) |
| 47 (qualifying) | |
| venues | 4 |
| cities | 4 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | |
| matches | 15 |
| goals | 35 |
| attendance | 174195 |
| top_scorer | ITA Massimo Maccarone (3 goals) |
| player | CZE Petr Čech |
| prevseason | 2000 |
| nextseason | 2004 |
Championnat d'Europe de football espoirs 2002 Campionato europeo di calcio Under-21 2002 Campiunadis Europeans da ballape U21 2002 47 (qualifying)
UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.
Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.
Qualification
Main article: 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four, five groups of 5, and three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.
Venues
| Switzerland | Zürich | Basel | {{Location map+ | Switzerland | float=center | width=410 | caption= | places= | Geneva | Lausanne |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardturm | St. Jakob-Park | |||||||||
| Capacity: 17,666 | Capacity: 37,500 | |||||||||
| Charmilles Stadium | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | |||||||||
| Capacity: 9,250 | Capacity: 15,700 |
Squads
Main article: 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Matches
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
Crouch
Frei
Makukula Viana
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Sorlin Soetaers
Frau
Luyindula
Knockout stage
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Semi-finals
Sorlin
Pospíšil
Maccarone
Final
Frau Escudé Boumsong Grygera Skácel
| FRA Raymond Domenech |
|---|
| CZE Miroslav Beránek |
|---|
|}
Goalscorers
3 goals
- ITA Massimo Maccarone
2 goals
- CZE Michal Pospíšil
- FRA Pierre-Alain Frau
- FRA Olivier Sorlin
- SUI Alexander Frei
1 goal
- BEL Koen Daerden
- BEL Tom Soetaers
- CZE Zdeněk Grygera
- CZE Martin Jiránek
- CZE David Rozehnal
- ENG Gareth Barry
- ENG Peter Crouch
- ENG Jermain Defoe
- ENG Alan Smith 1 goal, cont.
- FRA Sylvain Armand
- FRA Sidney Govou
- FRA Péguy Luyindula
- FRA Steed Malbranque
- GRE Xenofon Gittas
- GRE Giorgos Kyriazis
- GRE Christos Patsatzoglou
- ITA Emiliano Bonazzoli
- ITA Andrea Pirlo
- POR Ariza Makukula
- POR Hélder Postiga
- POR Filipe Teixeira
- POR Hugo Viana
- SUI Ricardo Cabanas
Own goals
- BEL Koen Daerden (for France)
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