2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2006 UEFA Under-17 Championship
Championnat d'Europe de football des moins de 17 ans 2006
U-17-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2006
Tournament details
Host country Luxembourg
Dates 3 May – 14 May
Teams 8
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up  Czech Republic
Third place  Spain
Fourth place  Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 46 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germany Manuel Fischer
Spain Bojan Krkić
Czech Republic Tomáš Necid
(5 goals each)
Best player Germany Toni Kroos[1]

The 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the fifth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Luxembourg hosted the championship, during May 3–14. Russia defeated the Czech Republic in the final to win the competition for the second time. Players born after 1 January 1989 could participate in this competition.

Squads

Qualifying

There were two qualifying rounds.

Teams

 Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Hungary
 Luxembourg (host)
 Russia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Spain

Group stage

Group A

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3300121+119
 Russia 32013306
 Hungary 310243+13
 Luxembourg 3003113-120

3 May 2006
17:00 CET
Hungary  0 1  Russia
Report  78' Morozov
Stade John Grün, Mondorf-les-Bains
Referee: Willie Collum (SCO)

3 May 2006
19:00 CET
Luxembourg  1 7  Spain
Pjanić  73' Report  6', 18' Ñíguez
 13' Ramos
 48', 69', 76' Bojan
 55' Hermosa

5 May 2006
17:00 CET
Spain  3 0  Russia
Ñíguez  59'
Vergara  64'
Gullón  74'
Report

5 May 2006
19:30 CET
Luxembourg  0 4  Hungary
Report  42', 28' Németh
 64' (pen.) Koman
 76' Nikházi
Stade John Grün, Mondorf-les-Bains
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)

8 May 2006
17:30 CET
Russia  2 0  Luxembourg
Gorbatenko  32'
Korotayev  75'
Report

8 May 2006
17:30 CET
Spain  2 0  Hungary
Ramos  18'
Bojan  76' (pen.)
Report

Group B

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 321080+87
 Czech Republic 321052+37
 Serbia and Montenegro 301227-51
 Belgium 301228-61

3 May 2006
17:00 CET
Belgium  0 4  Germany
Report  2' (o.g.) Gillis
 35' Fischer
 51' (pen.) Kroos
 80' Lorenz

3 May 2006
19:00 CET
Serbia and Montenegro  1 2  Czech Republic
Vuković  72' Report  49', 67' Necid

5 May 2006
17:00 CET
Belgium  1 1  Serbia and Montenegro
Aquino  71' Report  83' Karadžić

5 May 2006
19:00 CET
Germany  0 0  Czech Republic
Report

8 May 2006
19:30 CET
Germany  4 0  Serbia and Montenegro
Fischer  5', 22', 37'
Reinartz  65'
Report

8 May 2006
19:30 CET
Czech Republic  3 1  Belgium
Wojnar  11'
Necid  42', 72'
Report  75' Carcela-Gonzalez

Knockout stage

Semifinals

11 May 2006
20:15 CET
Germany  0 1  Russia
Report  72' Prudnikov

11 May 2006
17:30 CET
Spain  0 2  Czech Republic
Report  31' Pekhart
 58' Vošahlík

Third Place Playoff

14 May 2006
15:00 CET
Spain  1 1  Germany
Bojan  53' Report  68' Fischer
  Penalties  
Savall
Baena
Ortiz
Bojan
3 - 2 Marin
Vrančić
Fischer
Schorch
Kroos
Stade John Grün, Mondorf-les-Bains
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)

Final

Goalscorers

Team # Players Goals
Spain 20 Bojan Krkić 5
Germany 9 Manuel Fischer 5
Czech Republic 10 Tomáš Necid 5
Spain 10 Aarón Ñíguez 3
Hungary 9 Krisztián Németh 2
Spain 14 Rubén Ramos 2
Russia 9 Aleksandr Prudnikov 2
Czech Republic 11 Tomáš Pekhart 2
Russia 2 Sergei Morozov 1
Spain 18 José Hermosa 1
Luxembourg 9 Miralem Pjanić 1
Germany 10 Toni Kroos 1
Germany 18 Raphael Lorenz 1
Serbia and Montenegro 11 Veljko Vuković 1
Spain 11 Cristian Vergara 1
Spain 8 Marcos Gullón 1
Hungary 7 Vladimir Koman 1
Hungary 10 Márk Nikházi 1
Belgium 17 Maurizio Aquino 1
Serbia and Montenegro 17 Darko Karadžić 1
Russia 10 Igor Gorbatenko 1
Russia 7 Yevgeni Korotayev 1
Germany 13 Stefan Reinartz 1
Czech Republic 17 Petr Wojnar 1
Belgium 16 Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez 1
Czech Republic 7 Jan Vošahlík 1
Russia 18 Aleksandr Marenich 1
Total Goals: 46 ( 1 own goals ) ; Match Played: 16

Golden Player

References

  1. 2006: Toni Kroos in UEFA.com
  2. 2007: Toni Kroos, uefa.com, accessed 16 June 2009.

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