2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	13 July – 24 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (5th title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	45 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Öztürk Lukasz Piszczek (4 goals each)
Best player	Juanfran

The 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was held in Switzerland from 13 to 24 July 2004. Players born after 1 January 1985 can participate in this competition. The tournament was won by Spain, who beat Turkey in the final. It also served as the European qualification for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Venues

City / Town	Stadium	Host club(s)	Capacity
Kriens	Stadion Kleinfeld	Kriens	5,100
Aarau	Stadion Brügglifeld	Aarau	9,249
Fribourg	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard	Fribourg	9,000
Lausanne	Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium
Nyon	Colovray	Nyon	7,200

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.

1. 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship first qualifying round
2. 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship second qualifying round

Teams

The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:

Belgium  Germany  Italy  Poland

Spain   Switzerland (host)  Turkey  Ukraine

Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament:

Gerald Lehner Levan Paniashvili Zsolt Szabó

Alon Yefet Pedro Proença Douglas McDonald

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Belgium	3	0	1	2	0	6	-6	1

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Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Germany	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
Poland	3	0	0	3	5	11	-6	0

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Semi-finals

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Final

2004 UEFA U-19 European Champions
Spain Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The six best performing teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, along with host  Netherlands.

•  Germany
•  Italy
•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine

See also

• 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship first qualifying round
• 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship second qualifying round

External links

• Official website at UEFA.com
• Match list at rsssf.com

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