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2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship


FieldValue
tourney_nameUEFA Under-19 Championship
year2008
other_titlesMistrovství Evropy ve fotbale hráčů do 19 let 2008
countryCzech Republic
dates14–26 July
num_teams8
venues6
cities6
champion_other
count2
second_other
matches15
goals37
top_scorerCZE Tomáš Necid (4 goals)
playerGER Lars Bender
GER Sven Bender
prevseason2007
nextseason2009

GER Sven Bender The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA's premier competition for players under the age of 19. The tournament was held in the Czech Republic with matches played from 14 July to 26 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2009 U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages. The first qualifying stage divided the remaining 52 UEFA nations (minus the hosts, the Czech Republic) into 13 groups of four teams. Matches in the first stage were played from 24 September 2007 to 15 November 2007. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams then qualified for the elite qualifying stage, where the 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four. Matches in the elite qualifying stage were played from 1 March 2008 to 31 May 2008, when the top team from each group advanced to the final tournament.

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

  • (as host)
  • GER Germany

Squads

Main article: 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

Final group stage

The groups were drawn on 1 June 2008 in Prague by the first vice-chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee, Jim Boyce, and senior Czech internationals Petr Čech and Martin Fenin.

In the following tables:

Key: Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points

Team qualified for the Semi-Final

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
330072+59
320132+16
3102253+23
300308−80

Toprak

Nsereko L. Bender

Risse

Nsue Mérida

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
312054+15
311154+14
311132+14
302114−32


Bonaventura Paloschi Morávek

Sears Sturridge

Knock-out stage

Bracket

|23 July – Mladá Boleslav|**** (aet)|2||1 |23 July – Plzeň||1||0 |26 July – Jablonec nad Nisou||3||1}}

Semi-finals


Sukuta-Pasu

Final

Sukuta-Pasu Gebhart

Goalscorers

;4 goals

  • CZE Tomáš Necid ;3 goals
  • GER Richard Sukuta-Pasu ;2 goals
  • CZE Jan Morávek
  • GER Lars Bender
  • GER Marcel Risse
  • ITA Alberto Paloschi
  • ITA Andrea Poli
  • ESP Emilio Nsue ;1 goal
  • ENG Benjamin Mee
  • ENG Freddie Sears
  • ENG Daniel Sturridge ;1 goal, cont.
  • GER Dennis Diekmeier
  • GER Timo Gebhart
  • GER Savio Nsereko
  • GER Stefan Reinartz
  • GER Ömer Toprak
  • GRE Michalis Pavlis
  • HUN Olivér Nagy
  • HUN Krisztián Németh
  • HUN András Simon
  • ITA Giacomo Bonaventura
  • ITA Fernando Forestieri
  • ITA Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
  • ESP Jordi Alba
  • ESP Fran Mérida
  • ESP Aarón

Countries to participate in [[2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]

  • Germany Germany

Team of the tournament

After the final, the UEFA technical team selected 22 players to integrate the "team of the tournament".

;Goalkeepers

  • ENG David Button
  • HUN Péter Gulácsi
  • ITA Vincenzo Fiorillo ;Defenders
  • CZE Jan Polák
  • ENG Ben Mee
  • GER Dennis Diekmeier
  • GER Alexander Eberlein
  • GER Stefan Reinartz
  • GRE Vassilis Lambropoulos
  • HUN András Debreceni ;Midfielders
  • CZE Jan Morávek
  • GER Deniz Naki
  • GER Savio Nsereko
  • GRE Kyriakos Papadopoulos
  • HUN Vladimir Koman
  • ESP Aarón Ñíguez ;Forwards
  • CZE Tomáš Necid
  • GER Timo Gebhart
  • GER Richard Sukuta-Pasu
  • HUN Krisztián Németh
  • ITA Fernando Forestieri
  • ESP Emilio Nsue

References

References

  1. (1 January 2009). "2008: Lars & Sven Bender". Union of European Football Associations.
  2. [https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0257-0de75fd3167c-94f3aa0436f2-1000--spain-steeled-for-germany-test/ Spain steeled for Germany test] UEFA.com
  3. "FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace U-19 - statistiky".
  4. "FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace U-19 - statistiky".
  5. "FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace U-19 - statistiky".
  6. "Technical Report". Union of European Football Associations.
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