2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1984 are eligible to play.

Players in bold have now been capped at full International level.

Group A

 Belgium

Head coach: Jean-François de Sart [1]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Logan Bailly 27 December 1985 (aged 21) Belgium Racing Genk
2 DF Sepp De Roover 12 November 1984 (aged 22) Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam
3 DF Steve Colpaert 13 September 1986 (aged 20) Belgium FC Brussels
4 DF Thomas Vermaelen 14 November 1985 (aged 21) Netherlands Ajax
5 DF Landry Mulemo[2] 17 September 1986 (aged 20) Belgium Standard Liège[3]
6 DF Nicolas Lombaerts 20 March 1985 (aged 22) Belgium Gent[4]
7 MF Killian Overmeire 6 December 1985 (aged 21) Belgium Lokeren
8 MF Faris Haroun 22 September 1985 (aged 21) Belgium Racing Genk
9 FW Kevin Mirallas 5 October 1987 (aged 19) France Lille
10 MF Jan Vertonghen 24 April 1987 (aged 20) Netherlands Ajax [5]
11 MF Maarten Martens 2 July 1984 (aged 22) Netherlands AZ
12 GK Frank Boeckx 27 September 1986 (aged 20) Belgium Sint-Truidense
13 DF Guillaume Gillet 9 March 1985 (aged 22) Belgium Gent
14 FW Tom De Mul 4 March 1986 (aged 21) Netherlands Ajax[6]
15 DF Sebastien Pocognoli 1 August 1987 (aged 19) Belgium Racing Genk[7]
16 FW Tom De Sutter 3 July 1985 (aged 21) Belgium Cercle Brugge
17 MF Marouane Fellaini 22 November 1987 (aged 19) Belgium Standard Liège
18 DF Laurent Ciman 5 August 1985 (aged 21) Belgium Charleroi
19 FW Stijn de Smet 27 March 1985 (aged 22) Belgium Cercle Brugge
20 DF Anthony Vanden Borre 24 October 1987 (aged 19) Belgium Anderlecht [8]
21 GK Michaël Cordier 27 March 1984 (aged 23) Belgium FC Brussels
22 MF Jonathan Blondel 3 April 1984 (aged 23) Belgium Club Brugge
23 MF Axel Witsel 12 January 1989 (aged 18) Belgium Standard Liège

 Israel

Head coach: Guy Levy [9]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Ohad Levita 17 February 1986 (aged 21) Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba
2 DF Yuval Spungin 3 April 1987 (aged 20) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
3 DF Eliran Danin 29 March 1984 (aged 23) Israel Beitar Jerusalem[10]
4 DF Shai Maimon 18 March 1986 (aged 21) Israel Maccabi Haifa[11]
5 DF Dekel Keinan 15 September 1984 (aged 22) Israel Maccabi Haifa
6 MF Lior Jan 24 October 1987 (aged 19) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
7 MF Idan Srur 5 October 1986 (aged 20) Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva
8 MF Aviram Baruchyan 20 March 1985 (aged 22) Israel Beitar Jerusalem
9 FW Barak Yitzhaki 25 September 1984 (aged 22) Israel Beitar Jerusalem
10 FW Toto Tamuz 4 January 1988 (aged 19) Israel Beitar Jerusalem
11 FW Omer Peretz 26 January 1986 (aged 21) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
12 DF Rami Duani 25 May 1987 (aged 20) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
13 DF Nitzan Damari 13 January 1987 (aged 20) Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
14 FW Shlomi Arbeitman 14 May 1985 (aged 22) Israel Maccabi Haifa
15 DF Naor Peser 18 October 1985 (aged 21) Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
16 FW Amit Ben-Shushan 20 March 1985 (aged 22) Israel Beitar Jerusalem
17 FW Ben Sahar 10 August 1989 (aged 17) England Chelsea
18 GK Tom Almadon 30 November 1984 (aged 22) Israel Maccabi Haifa
19 DF Dani Bondar 7 February 1987 (aged 20) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
20 MF Amir Taga 1 February 1985 (aged 22) Israel Maccabi Netanya
21 MF Shiran Yeini 18 December 1986 (aged 20) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
22 MF Lior Rafaelov 26 April 1986 (aged 21) Israel Maccabi Haifa
23 GK Yossi Shekel 24 September 1984 (aged 22) Israel Maccabi Herzliya

 Netherlands

Head coach: Foppe de Haan [12]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Boy Waterman 24 January 1984 (aged 23) Netherlands Heerenveen [13]
2 DF Gianni Zuiverloon 30 December 1985 (aged 21) Netherlands Heerenveen
3 DF Ron Vlaar (captain) 16 February 1985 (aged 22) Netherlands Feyenoord
4 DF Arnold Kruiswijk 2 November 1984 (aged 22) Netherlands Groningen
5 DF Erik Pieters 7 August 1988 (aged 18) Netherlands Utrecht
6 MF Hedwiges Maduro 13 February 1985 (aged 22) Netherlands Ajax
7 FW Julian Jenner 28 February 1984 (aged 23) Netherlands AZ
8 MF Royston Drenthe 8 April 1987 (aged 20) Netherlands Feyenoord
9 FW Ryan Babel 19 December 1986 (aged 20) Netherlands Ajax[14]
10 MF Ismail Aissati[15] 16 August 1988 (aged 18) Netherlands PSV[16]
11 FW Daniël de Ridder 6 March 1984 (aged 23) Spain Celta de Vigo[17]
12 MF Luigi Bruins 8 March 1987 (aged 20) Netherlands Excelsior[18]
13 FW Maceo Rigters 22 January 1984 (aged 23) Netherlands NAC Breda[19]
14 FW Roy Beerens 22 December 1987 (aged 19) Netherlands PSV [20]
15 MF Robbert Schilder 18 April 1986 (aged 21) Netherlands Ajax [21]
16 GK Kenneth Vermeer 10 January 1986 (aged 21) Netherlands Ajax
17 MF Haris Medunjanin[22] 8 March 1985 (aged 22) Netherlands AZ [23]
18 DF Ryan Donk 5 August 1985 (aged 21) Netherlands AZ
19 DF Calvin Jong-a-Pin 18 July 1986 (aged 20) Netherlands Heerenveen
20 FW Tim Janssen 6 March 1986 (aged 21) Netherlands RKC Waalwijk
21 DF Frank van der Struijk 28 March 1985 (aged 22) Netherlands Willem II
22 FW Otman Bakkal 27 February 1985 (aged 22) Netherlands PSV [24]
23 GK Tim Krul 3 April 1988 (aged 19) England Newcastle United

 Portugal

Head coach: José Couceiro [25]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Paulo Ribeiro 6 June 1984 (aged 23) Portugal Porto
2 DF Eurípedes Amoreirinha 5 August 1984 (aged 22) Portugal Benfica [26]
3 DF João Pereira 25 February 1984 (aged 23) Portugal Gil Vicente
4 MF Miguel Veloso 11 May 1986 (aged 21) Portugal Sporting CP
5 DF José Semedo 11 January 1985 (aged 22) Portugal Sporting CP [27]
6 MF Sérgio Organista 26 August 1984 (aged 22) Spain Pontevedra
7 MF Filipe Oliveira 27 May 1984 (aged 23) Portugal Marítimo
8 MF Manuel Fernandes 5 February 1986 (aged 21) Portugal Benfica [28]
9 FW Hugo Almeida 23 May 1984 (aged 23) Portugal Porto [29]
10 MF João Moutinho 8 September 1986 (aged 20) Portugal Sporting CP
11 DF José Gonçalves 17 September 1985 (aged 21) Lithuania Kaunas [30]
12 GK Ricardo Batista 19 November 1986 (aged 20) England Fulham [31]
13 DF Rolando 31 August 1985 (aged 21) Portugal Belenenses
14 MF Paulo Machado 31 March 1986 (aged 21) Portugal Porto [32]
15 MF Rúben Amorim 27 January 1985 (aged 22) Portugal Belenenses
16 FW João Moreira 7 February 1986 (aged 21) Spain Valencia
17 FW Ricardo Vaz Tê 1 October 1986 (aged 20) England Bolton Wanderers
18 MF Nani 17 November 1986 (aged 20) Portugal Sporting CP [33]
19 FW Silvestre Varela 2 February 1985 (aged 22) Portugal Sporting CP [34]
20 FW Yannick Djaló 5 May 1986 (aged 21) Portugal Sporting CP
21 DF Vitorino Antunes 1 April 1987 (aged 20) Portugal Paços de Ferreira
22 GK João Botelho 22 September 1985 (aged 21) Portugal Santa Clara
23 DF Manuel da Costa 6 May 1986 (aged 21) Netherlands PSV

Group B

 Czech Republic

Head coach: Ladislav Škorpil [35]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Zdeněk Zlámal 5 November 1985 (aged 21) Czech Republic Tescoma Zlín
2 DF Josef Kaufman 27 March 1984 (aged 23) Czech Republic Teplice
3 DF Martin Kuncl[36] 1 April 1984 (aged 23) Czech Republic Brno
4 DF Roman Hubník 6 June 1984 (aged 23) Russia FC Moscow
5 DF Michal Kadlec 13 December 1984 (aged 22) Czech Republic Sparta Prague
6 MF Luboš Hušek 26 January 1984 (aged 23) Czech Republic Sparta Prague
7 MF Daniel Kolář 27 October 1985 (aged 21) Czech Republic Sparta Prague
8 MF Tomáš Jirsák 29 June 1984 (aged 22) Czech Republic Teplice
9 FW Tomáš Krbeček 27 October 1985 (aged 21) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
10 FW Jan Holenda 22 August 1985 (aged 21) Czech Republic Dynamo České Budějovice
11 MF Daniel Pudil 27 September 1985 (aged 21) Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
12 MF Michal Švec 19 March 1987 (aged 20) Czech Republic Slavia Prague
13 DF Martin Klein 2 July 1984 (aged 22) Czech Republic Teplice
14 FW Michal Papadopulos 14 April 1985 (aged 22) Germany Bayer Leverkusen
15 MF František Rajtoral 12 March 1986 (aged 21) Czech Republic Baník Ostrava
16 GK Josef Kubásek 6 May 1985 (aged 22) Czech Republic Baník Sokolov
17 DF Jiří Kladrubský 19 November 1985 (aged 21) Czech Republic Dynamo České Budějovice
18 FW Jan Kysela 17 December 1985 (aged 21) Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav
19 FW Martin Fillo 7 February 1986 (aged 21) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
20 MF Filip Rýdel [37] 30 March 1984 (aged 23) Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc
21 DF Milan Kopic 23 November 1984 (aged 22) Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav
22 FW Jan Blažek 20 March 1988 (aged 19) Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
23 GK Milan Švenger 6 July 1986 (aged 20) Czech Republic Zenit Čáslav

 England

Head coach: Stuart Pearce [38]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Scott Carson 3 September 1985 (aged 21) 25 0 England Liverpool [39]
2 DF Justin Hoyte[40] 20 November 1984 (aged 22) 14 1 England Arsenal
3 DF Leighton Baines 11 December 1984 (aged 22) 12 1 England Wigan Athletic
4 DF Steven Taylor 23 January 1986 (aged 21) 15 4 England Newcastle United
5 DF Anton Ferdinand 18 February 1985 (aged 22) 16 0 England West Ham United
6 DF Gary Cahill 19 December 1985 (aged 21) 2 0 England Aston Villa
7 MF Nigel Reo-Coker 14 May 1984 (aged 23) 19 1 England West Ham United
8 MF David Bentley 27 August 1983 (aged 23) 8 4 England Blackburn Rovers
9 MF Kieran Richardson 21 October 1984 (aged 22) 9 1 England Manchester United
10 FW David Nugent 2 May 1985 (aged 22) 10 3 England Preston North End
11 MF Ashley Young 9 July 1985 (aged 21) 7 0 England Aston Villa
12 MF Wayne Routledge 7 January 1985 (aged 22) 10 1 England Tottenham Hotspur [41]
13 GK Joe Hart 19 April 1987 (aged 20) 2 0 England Manchester City [42]
14 DF Liam Rosenior 9 July 1984 (aged 22) 6 0 England Fulham
15 MF James Milner 4 January 1986 (aged 21) 24 2 England Newcastle United
16 FW Leroy Lita 28 December 1984 (aged 22) 5 3 England Reading
17 MF Tom Huddlestone 28 December 1986 (aged 20) 16 1 England Tottenham Hotspur
18 MF Mark Noble 8 May 1987 (aged 20) 1 0 England West Ham United
19 FW Matt Derbyshire 14 April 1986 (aged 21) 2 1 England Blackburn Rovers
20 DF Nedum Onuoha 12 November 1986 (aged 20) 4 0 England Manchester City
21 FW James Vaughan 14 July 1988 (aged 18) 0 0 England Everton
22 GK Ben Alnwick 1 January 1987 (aged 20) 0 0 England Tottenham Hotspur
23 MF Peter Whittingham 8 September 1984 (aged 22) 16 3 Wales Cardiff City [43]

Statistics up to and including England 5–0 Slovakia, 5 June 2007.

David Bentley was named in the squad, but on 7 June, after the closing date for squad announcements, withdrew citing exhaustion, leaving England with a squad of 22.[44]

 Italy

Head coach: Pierluigi Casiraghi [45]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Gianluca Curci 12 July 1985 (aged 21) Italy Roma
2 DF Marco Andreolli 10 June 1986 (aged 21) Italy Internazionale
3 DF Giorgio Chiellini 14 August 1984 (aged 22) Italy Juventus
4 MF Antonio Nocerino 9 April 1985 (aged 22) Italy Piacenza [46]
5 DF Andrea Mantovani 22 June 1984 (aged 22) Italy Chievo
6 DF Marco Motta [47] 14 May 1986 (aged 21) Italy Udinese [48]
7 MF Riccardo Montolivo 18 January 1985 (aged 22) Italy Fiorentina
8 MF Alberto Aquilani 7 July 1984 (aged 22) Italy Roma
9 FW Giampaolo Pazzini 2 August 1984 (aged 22) Italy Fiorentina
10 MF Alessandro Rosina 31 January 1984 (aged 23) Italy Torino
11 FW Giuseppe Rossi 1 February 1987 (aged 20) England Manchester United [49]
12 GK Emiliano Viviano 1 December 1985 (aged 21) Italy Brescia
13 DF Andrea Coda 25 April 1985 (aged 22) Italy Udinese [50]
14 DF Domenico Criscito 30 December 1986 (aged 20) Italy Juventus [51]
15 DF Michele Canini 5 June 1985 (aged 22) Italy Cagliari
16 MF Daniele Dessena 10 May 1987 (aged 20) Italy Parma
17 DF Andrea Raggi 24 June 1984 (aged 22) Italy Empoli
18 MF Simone Padoin 18 March 1984 (aged 23) Italy Vicenza
19 FW Graziano Pellè 15 July 1985 (aged 21) Italy Lecce [52]
20 FW Raffaele Palladino 17 April 1984 (aged 23) Italy Juventus
21 MF Andrea Lazzari 3 December 1984 (aged 22) Italy Atalanta [53]
22 GK Andrea Consigli 27 January 1987 (aged 20) Italy Atalanta [54]
23 MF Luca Cigarini 20 June 1986 (aged 20) Italy Parma

 Serbia

Head coach: Miroslav Đukić [55]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Damir Kahriman 19 November 1985 (aged 21) Serbia Vojvodina
2 DF Branislav Ivanović 22 February 1984 (aged 23) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
3 DF Antonio Rukavina 26 January 1984 (aged 23) Serbia Partizan
4 DF Nemanja Rnić 30 September 1984 (aged 22) Serbia Partizan
5 MF Gojko Kačar 26 January 1987 (aged 20) Serbia Vojvodina
6 DF Aleksandar Kolarov 10 November 1985 (aged 21) Serbia OFK Beograd
7 MF Milan Smiljanić 19 November 1986 (aged 20) Serbia Partizan
8 FW Boško Janković 1 March 1984 (aged 23) Spain Mallorca
9 FW Đorđe Rakić 31 October 1985 (aged 21) Serbia OFK Beograd
10 MF Dejan Milovanović 21 January 1984 (aged 23) Serbia Red Star Belgrade
11 DF Duško Tošić 19 January 1985 (aged 22) France Sochaux
12 GK Igor Stefanović 17 July 1987 (aged 19) Serbia Zemun
13 DF Nikola Drinčić[56] 7 September 1984 (aged 22) Russia Amkar Perm
14 FW Stefan Babović 7 January 1987 (aged 20) Serbia OFK Beograd
15 MF Predrag Pavlović 19 June 1986 (aged 20) Serbia Napredak Kruševac
16 MF Đorđe Ivelja 30 June 1984 (aged 22) Serbia OFK Beograd
17 FW Miloš Krasić 1 November 1984 (aged 22) Russia CSKA Moscow
18 FW Dragan Mrđa 23 January 1984 (aged 23) Belgium Lierse
19 MF Dušan Basta 18 August 1984 (aged 22) Serbia Red Star Belgrade
20 DF Slobodan Rajković 3 February 1989 (aged 18) Serbia OFK Beograd
21 MF Zoran Tošić 18 January 1987 (aged 20) Serbia Banat Zrenjanin
22 DF Nikola Petković 31 January 1984 (aged 23) Serbia Vojvodina
23 GK Aleksandar Kesić 18 August 1987 (aged 19) Serbia Mladost Apatin

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Belgium U21s deprived of key trio". UEFA.com. 29 May 2007. Archived from the original on 1 June 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
  2. ↑ Mulemo capped for Congo DR
  3. ↑ Landry Mulemo: On loan at K. Sint-Truidense V.V..
  4. ↑ Nicolas Lombaerts joined Zenit Saint Petersburg after the tournament.
  5. ↑ Jan Vertonghen: On loan at RKC Waalwijk.
  6. ↑ Tom De Mul joined Sevilla after the tournament.
  7. ↑ Sebastien Pocognoli joined AZ Alkmaar after the tournament.
  8. ↑ Anthony Vanden Borre joined Fiorentina after the tournament.
  9. ↑ "Levy pins hopes on starlets". UEFA.com. 30 May 2007. Archived from the original on 1 June 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
  10. ↑ Eliran Danin: On loan at Hapoel Kfar Saba.
  11. ↑ Shai Maimon: On loan at Maccabi Herzliya.
  12. ↑ "Experienced look to Jong Oranje". UEFA.com. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
  13. ↑ Boy Waterman: On loan at AZ Alkmaar, joined AZ after the tournament.
  14. ↑ Ryan Babel joined Liverpool after the tournament.
  15. ↑ Aissati capped for Morocco
  16. ↑ Ismail Aissati: On loan at Twente.
  17. ↑ Daniël de Ridder joined Birmingham City after the tournament.
  18. ↑ Luigi Bruins joined Feyenoord after the tournament.
  19. ↑ Maceo Rigters joined Blackburn Rovers after the tournament.
  20. ↑ Roy Beerens: On loan at NEC, joined Heerenveen after the tournament.
  21. ↑ Robbert Schilder: On loan at Heracles Almelo.
  22. ↑ Medunjanin capped for Bosnia and Herzegovina
  23. ↑ Haris Medunjanin: On loan at Sparta Rotterdam.
  24. ↑ Otman Bakkal: On loan at FC Twente.
  25. ↑ "Portugal make final selection". UEFA.com. 22 May 2007. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
  26. ↑ Eurípedes Amoreirinha: On loan at Estrela da Amadora, joined CFR Cluj after the tournament.
  27. ↑ José Semedo: On loan at Cagliari Calcio.
  28. ↑ Manuel Fernandes: On loan at Everton.
  29. ↑ Hugo Almeida: On loan at Werder Bremen.
  30. ↑ José Gonçalves: On loan at Hearts.
  31. ↑ Ricardo Batista: On loan at Wycombe Wanderers
  32. ↑ Paulo Machado: On loan at União de Leiria.
  33. ↑ Nani joined Manchester United after the tournament.
  34. ↑ Silvestre Varela: On loan at Vitória de Setúbal.
  35. ↑ "Škorpil names final Czech squad". UEFA.com. 22 May 2007. Archived from the original on 1 June 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
  36. ↑ Martin Kuncl replaced Martin Latka on 6 June 2007 "Czechs lose U21 captain Latka". UEFA.com. 6 June 2007. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2007.
  37. ↑ Mario Holek was replaced by Filip Rýdel on 5 June 2007.
  38. ↑ "Pearce names squad". TheFA.com. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
  39. ↑ Scott Carson: On loan at Charlton Athletic.
  40. ↑ Hoyte capped for Trinidad and Tobago
  41. ↑ Wayne Routledge: On loan at Fulham.
  42. ↑ Joe Hart: On loan at Blackpool F.C..
  43. ↑ Cardiff City, a Welsh football club playing in English football league system.
  44. ↑ "Bentley withdrawal angers Pearce". BBC News. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  45. ↑ "Rossi to spearhead Azzurrini bid". UEFA.com. 30 May 2007. Archived from the original on 1 June 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
  46. ↑ Antonio Nocerino: co-ownership with Juventus F.C..
  47. ↑ Marco Motta replaced Alessandro Potenza on 7 June 2007.
  48. ↑ Marco Motta: co-ownership with Atalanta
  49. ↑ Giuseppe Rossi: On loan at Parma F.C..
  50. ↑ Andrea Coda: co-ownership with Empoli F.C..
  51. ↑ Domenico Criscito: On loan at Genoa
  52. ↑ Graziano Pellè: On loan at Cesena.
  53. ↑ Andrea Lazzari: On loan at Piacenza.
  54. ↑ Andrea Consigli: On loan at Sambenedettese.
  55. ↑ "Serbia look strong for finals". UEFA.com. 30 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
  56. ↑ Drinčić capped for Montenegro