2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

National squads of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Players in bold have now been capped at full International level.

Group A

France

Head coach: René Girard

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Jérémy Gavanon (1983-09-20)20 September 1983 (aged 22) Marseille[1] 2 3MF Lucien Aubey[2] (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 21) Toulouse 3 2DF Jean-Michel Badiane (1983-05-09)9 May 1983 (aged 23) Paris Saint-Germain 4 2DF Jérémy Berthod (1984-04-24)24 April 1984 (aged 22) Lyon 5 2DF Grégory Bourillon (1984-07-01)1 July 1984 (aged 21) Rennes 6 2DF François Clerc (1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 23) Lyon 7 3MF Olivier Veigneau (1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 20) AS Monaco 8 3MF Jacques Faty[3] (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 22) Rennes 9 3MF Bacary Sagna (1983-02-14)14 February 1983 (aged 23) Auxerre 10 2DF Lassana Diarra (1985-03-10)10 March 1985 (aged 21) Chelsea 11 4FW Julien Faubert (1983-08-01)1 August 1983 (aged 22) Bordeaux 12 1GK Steve Mandanda (1985-03-28)28 March 1985 (aged 21) Le Havre 13 4FW Yoann Gourcuff (1986-07-11)11 July 1986 (aged 19) Rennes 14 3MF Rio Antonio Mavuba (1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 22) Bordeaux 15 2DF Jérémy Toulalan (1983-09-10)10 September 1983 (aged 22) Nantes 16 3MF Mathieu Flamini (1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 22) Arsenal 17 3MF Bryan Bergougnoux (1983-01-12)12 January 1983 (aged 23) Toulouse 18 4FW Jimmy Briand (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 20) Rennes 19 2DF Yoan Gouffran (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 19) Caen 20 3MF Anthony Le Tallec (1984-10-03)3 October 1984 (aged 21) Liverpool[4] 21 4FW Florent Sinama-Pongolle (1984-10-20)20 October 1984 (aged 21) Liverpool[5] 22 1GK Simon Pouplin (1985-05-28)28 May 1985 (aged 20) Rennes

Germany

Head coach: Dieter Eilts

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Michael Rensing (1984-05-14)14 May 1984 (aged 22) Bayern Munich 2 2DF Moritz Volz (1983-01-21)21 January 1983 (aged 23) Fulham 3 2DF Malik Fathi (1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 22) Hertha BSC 4 2DF Marvin Matip (1985-09-25)25 September 1985 (aged 20) 1. FC Köln 5 2DF Markus Brzenska (1984-05-25)25 May 1984 (aged 21) Borussia Dortmund 6 2DF Christian Schulz (1983-04-01)1 April 1983 (aged 23) Werder Bremen 7 4FW Ioannis Masmanidis (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 23) Arminia Bielefeld 8 3MF Matthias Lehmann (1983-05-28)28 May 1983 (aged 22) 1860 Munich 9 4FW Stefan Kießling (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 22) 1. FC Nuremberg[6] 10 4FW Christian Eigler (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 22) Greuther Fürth 11 4FW Nando Rafael[7] (1984-01-10)10 January 1984 (aged 22) Borussia Mönchengladbach 12 1GK Patrick Platins (1983-04-19)19 April 1983 (aged 23) VfL Wolfsburg 13 4FW Patrick Helmes (1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 22) 1. FC Köln 14 3MF Gonzalo Castro (1987-06-01)1 June 1987 (aged 18) Bayer Leverkusen 15 3MF Alexander Meier (1983-01-17)17 January 1983 (aged 23) Eintracht Frankfurt 16 3MF Roberto Hilbert (1984-10-16)16 October 1984 (aged 21) Greuther Fürth 17 2DF Patrick Ochs (1984-05-14)14 May 1984 (aged 22) Eintracht Frankfurt 18 3MF Peter Niemeyer (1983-11-22)22 November 1983 (aged 22) Twente 19 3MF Eugen Polanski[8] (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 20) Borussia Mönchengladbach 20 2DF Lukas Sinkiewicz (1985-10-09)9 October 1985 (aged 20) 1. FC Köln 21 1GK Florian Fromlowitz (1986-07-02)2 July 1986 (aged 19) 1. FC Kaiserslautern 22 3MF Sascha Riether (1983-03-23)23 March 1983 (aged 23) SC Freiburg

Portugal

Head coach: Agostinho Oliveira

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Bruno Vale (1983-04-08)8 April 1983 (aged 23) Porto[9] 2 2DF Nélson (1983-06-10)10 June 1983 (aged 22) Benfica 3 3MF Raul Meireles (1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 23) Porto 4 2DF José Semedo (1985-01-11)11 January 1985 (aged 21) Sporting CP[10] 5 2DF Pedro Ribeiro (1983-01-25)25 January 1983 (aged 23) Porto 6 2DF Zé Castro (1983-01-13)13 January 1983 (aged 23) Académica de Coimbra 7 4FW Ricardo Quaresma (captain) (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 22) Porto 8 3MF Manuel Fernandes (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 20) Benfica 9 4FW Hugo Almeida (1984-05-23)23 May 1984 (aged 22) Porto 10 3MF João Moutinho (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 19) Sporting CP 11 3MF Diogo Valente (1984-09-23)23 September 1984 (aged 21) Boavista 12 1GK Paulo Ribeiro (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 22) Porto 13 2DF Rolando (1985-08-31)31 August 1985 (aged 20) Belenenses 14 3MF Custódio (1983-05-24)24 May 1983 (aged 22) Sporting CP 15 2DF Nuno Morais (1984-01-29)29 January 1984 (aged 22) Chelsea[11] 16 3MF Bruno Amaro (1983-02-17)17 February 1983 (aged 23) Penafiel 17 4FW Silvestre Varela (1985-02-02)2 February 1985 (aged 21) Sporting CP[12] 18 3MF Nani (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 19) Sporting CP 19 4FW Ricardo Vaz Tê (1986-10-01)1 October 1986 (aged 19) Bolton Wanderers 20 4FW Lourenço (1983-06-05)5 June 1983 (aged 22) Sporting CP[13] 21 4FW Filipe Oliveira (1984-05-27)27 May 1984 (aged 21) Marítimo 22 1GK Daniel Fernandes (1983-09-25)25 September 1983 (aged 22) PAOK

Serbia and Montenegro

Head coach: Dragomir Okuka

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Vladimir Stojković (captain) (1983-07-28)28 July 1983 (aged 22) Red Star Belgrade[14] 2 2DF Branislav Ivanović (1984-02-22)22 February 1984 (aged 22) Lokomotiv Moscow 3 2DF Duško Tošić (1985-01-19)19 January 1985 (aged 21) Sochaux 4 3MF Nemanja Rnić (1984-09-30)30 September 1984 (aged 21) Partizan 5 2DF Milan Stepanov (1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 23) Trabzonspor 6 2DF Milan Biševac (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 22) Red Star Belgrade 7 3MF Nenad Milijaš (1983-04-30)30 April 1983 (aged 23) Red Star Belgrade 8 4FW Boško Janković (1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 22) Red Star Belgrade 9 4FW Mirko Vučinić[15] (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 22) Lecce 10 3MF Simon Vukčević[16] (1986-01-29)29 January 1986 (aged 20) Saturn Ramenskoe 11 3MF Miloš Pavlović (1983-11-27)27 November 1983 (aged 22) Voždovac 12 1GK Aleksandar Jović (1986-03-05)5 March 1986 (aged 20) Zeta 13 2DF Marko Lomić (1983-09-13)13 September 1983 (aged 22) Partizan 14 3MF Stefan Babović (1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 19) Partizan 15 3MF Dejan Milovanović (1984-01-21)21 January 1984 (aged 22) Red Star Belgrade 16 4FW Đorđe Rakić (1985-10-31)31 October 1985 (aged 20) OFK Beograd 17 3MF Miloš Krasić (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 21) CSKA Moscow 18 2DF Dušan Basta (1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 21) Red Star Belgrade 19 3MF Ivan Todorovic (1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 22) Zeta 20 4FW Milan Purović[17] (1985-05-07)7 May 1985 (aged 21) Red Star Belgrade 21 4FW Igor Burzanović[18] (1985-08-25)25 August 1985 (aged 20) Budućnost Podgorica 22 1GK Miroslav Vujadinović (1983-04-22)22 April 1983 (aged 23) Budućnost Podgorica

Group B

Denmark

Head coach: Flemming Serritslev

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (1983-05-23)23 May 1983 (aged 23) 17 0 Hertha BSC 2 2DF Michael Jakobsen (1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 20) 10 0 AaB 3 2DF Leon Andreasen (1983-04-23)23 April 1983 (aged 23) 20 5 Werder Bremen 4 2DF Daniel Agger (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 21) 7 3 Liverpool 5 2DF Martin Pedersen (1983-10-09)9 October 1983 (aged 22) 27 0 AaB[19] 6 3MF Rasmus Würtz (captain) (1983-09-18)18 September 1983 (aged 22) 26 0 AaB 7 3MF Martin Bergvold (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 22) 11 2 Copenhagen 8 3MF Jacob Sørensen (1983-02-12)12 February 1983 (aged 23) 16 2 AaB[20] 9 4FW Jonas Kamper (1983-05-03)3 May 1983 (aged 23) 36 3 Brøndby 10 3MF Thomas Kahlenberg (1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 23) 23 7 Auxerre 11 4FW Morten Rasmussen (1985-01-31)31 January 1985 (aged 21) 17 8 Brøndby 12 2DF Jakob Poulsen (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 22) 16 1 Heerenveen 13 3MF Niki Zimling (1985-04-19)19 April 1985 (aged 21) 1 0 Esbjerg 14 2DF Henrik Kildentoft (1985-03-18)18 March 1985 (aged 21) 7 0 Brøndby 15 2DF Frank Hansen (1983-02-23)23 February 1983 (aged 23) 9 0 Esbjerg 16 1GK Theis F. Rasmussen (1984-07-12)12 July 1984 (aged 21) 3 0 Vejle 17 2DF Jonas Troest (1985-03-04)4 March 1985 (aged 21) 19 0 Hannover 96 18 3MF Mikkel Thygesen (1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 21) 8 1 Midtjylland 19 4FW Johan Absalonsen (1985-09-16)16 September 1985 (aged 20) 7 1 Brøndby 20 4FW Simon Busk Poulsen (1984-10-07)7 October 1984 (aged 21) 7 0 Midtjylland 21 4FW Nicklas Bendtner (1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 18) 1 2 Arsenal 22 1GK Jesper Hansen (1985-03-31)31 March 1985 (aged 21) 0 0 Nordsjælland

Italy

Head coach: Claudio Gentile

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Federico Agliardi (1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 23) Palermo 2 2DF Alessandro Potenza (1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 22) Internazionale[21] 3 2DF Cesare Bovo (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 23) Roma[22] 4 3MF Marco Donadel (1983-04-21)21 April 1983 (aged 23) Fiorentina 5 2DF Andrea Mantovani (1984-06-22)22 June 1984 (aged 21) Chievo[23] 6 2DF Giorgio Chiellini (1984-08-14)14 August 1984 (aged 21) Juventus 7 4FW Simone Pepe (1983-08-30)30 August 1983 (aged 22) Udinese[24] 8 2DF Michele Canini (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 20) Cagliari[25] 9 4FW Rolando Bianchi (1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 23) Reggina 10 3MF Davide Biondini (1983-01-24)24 January 1983 (aged 23) Reggina 11 4FW Gianpaolo Pazzini (1984-08-02)2 August 1984 (aged 21) Fiorentina 12 1GK Antonio Mirante (1983-07-08)8 July 1983 (aged 22) Juventus[26] 13 2DF Andrea Coda (1985-04-25)25 April 1985 (aged 21) Empoli[27] 14 3MF Marino Defendi (1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 20) Atalanta 15 2DF Giuseppe Scurto (1984-01-05)5 January 1984 (aged 22) Chievo[28] 16 2DF Damiano Ferronetti (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 21) Parma[29] 17 3MF Pasquale Foggia (1983-06-03)3 June 1983 (aged 22) Milan[30] 18 3MF Riccardo Montolivo (1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 21) Fiorentina[31] 19 4FW Raffaele Palladino (1984-04-17)17 April 1984 (aged 22) Juventus[32] 20 3MF Alessandro Rosina (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 22) Torino[33] 21 3MF Paolo Sammarco (1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 23) Chievo[34] 22 1GK Gianluca Curci (1985-07-12)12 July 1985 (aged 20) Roma

Netherlands

Head coach: Foppe de Haan

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Kenneth Vermeer (1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 20) Ajax 2 2DF Paul Verhaegh (1983-09-01)1 September 1983 (aged 22) Vitesse 3 2DF Gijs Luirink (1983-09-12)12 September 1983 (aged 22) Groningen 4 2DF Ramon Zomer (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 23) Twente 5 2DF Urby Emanuelson (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 19) Ajax 6 3MF Stijn Schaars (captain) (1984-01-11)11 January 1984 (aged 22) AZ 7 4FW Romeo Castelen (1983-05-03)3 May 1983 (aged 23) Feyenoord 8 3MF Nicky Hofs (1983-05-17)17 May 1983 (aged 23) Feyenoord 9 4FW Klaas Jan Huntelaar (1983-08-12)12 August 1983 (aged 22) Ajax 10 3MF Ismaïl Aissati[35] (1988-08-16)16 August 1988 (aged 17) PSV 11 4FW Daniël de Ridder (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 22) Celta de Vigo 12 3MF Haris Medunjanin[36] (1985-03-08)8 March 1985 (aged 21) AZ 13 4FW Patrick Gerritsen (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 19) Twente 14 4FW Collins John (1985-10-17)17 October 1985 (aged 20) Fulham 15 4FW Fred Benson (1984-04-10)10 April 1984 (aged 22) Vitesse 16 2DF Dwight Tiendalli (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 20) Utrecht 17 2DF Ron Vlaar (1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 21) Feyenoord 18 2DF Arnold Kruiswijk (1984-11-02)2 November 1984 (aged 21) Groningen 19 2DF Edson Braafheid (1983-04-08)8 April 1983 (aged 23) Utrecht 20 3MF Demy de Zeeuw (1983-05-26)26 May 1983 (aged 22) AZ 21 1GK Michel Vorm (1983-10-20)20 October 1983 (aged 22) Utrecht[37] 22 1GK Remko Pasveer (1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 22) Twente

Ukraine

Head coach: Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Andriy Pyatov (1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 21) Vorskla Poltava 2 2DF Oleksandr Romanchuk (1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 21) Dynamo Kyiv[38] 3 2DF Mykola Ischenko (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 23) Karpaty Lviv 4 2DF Dmytro Nevmyvaka (1984-03-19)19 March 1984 (aged 22) Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 5 2DF Oleksandr Yatsenko (captain) (1985-02-24)24 February 1985 (aged 21) Dynamo Kyiv[39] 6 2DF Dmytro Chyhrynskiy (1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 19) Shakhtar Donetsk 7 4FW Maksym Feschuk (1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 20) Karpaty Lviv 8 4FW Oleksandr Aliyev (1985-02-03)3 February 1985 (aged 21) Dynamo Kyiv[40] 9 3MF Adrian Pukanych (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 22) Shakhtar Donetsk[41] 10 4FW Artem Milevskiy (1985-01-12)12 January 1985 (aged 21) Dynamo Kyiv 11 4FW Ruslan Fomyn (1986-03-02)2 March 1986 (aged 20) Shakhtar Donetsk[42] 12 1GK Oleksandr Rybka (1987-04-10)10 April 1987 (aged 19) Dynamo Kyiv 13 3MF Serhiy Pylypchuk (1984-11-26)26 November 1984 (aged 21) 2 Spartak Nalchik 14 3MF Yevhen Cheberyachko (1983-06-19)19 June 1983 (aged 22) Arsenal Kyiv 15 2DF Hryhoriy Yarmash (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 21) Dynamo Kyiv[43] 16 4FW Ivan Kryvosheyenko (1984-05-11)11 May 1984 (aged 22) 0 Illychivets Mariupol 17 2DF Taras Mykhalyk (1983-10-28)28 October 1983 (aged 22) Dynamo Kyiv 18 3MF Oleksiy Hodin (1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 23) Metalurh Zaporizhzhya[44] 19 3MF Oleksandr Maksymov (1985-02-13)13 February 1985 (aged 21) Kharkiv 20 3MF Oleksandr Sytnyk (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 21) Dynamo Kyiv 21 3MF Andriy Oberemko (1984-03-18)18 March 1984 (aged 22) Kharkiv 22 1GK Yevhen Shyryayev (1984-02-22)22 February 1984 (aged 22) Chornomorets Odessa

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