2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 23 May–4 June 2006. The tournament was won by the Netherlands, who beat Ukraine 3–0 in the final.
The finals tournament featured two groups of four, with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the semi-finals. The draw for the finals groups took place on 8 February 2006.
Qualification
The Finals The finals took place between 23 May and 4 June 2006 in Portugal.
Venues Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Estádio do Bessa, Porto
Squads
Players born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play.
Matches
Group stage
Group A Team330060+69310223−13310213−23310214−33
Group B Team320143+163111330431114404302156−12
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
GK 1 Kenneth VermeerDF 16Dwight TiendalliDF 17Ron Vlaar DF 3 Gijs LuirinkDF 5 Urby EmanuelsonMF 10Ismaïl Aissati MF 20Demy de ZeeuwMF 6 Stijn SchaarsMF 8 Nicky HofsFW 9 Klaas-Jan HuntelaarFW 7 Romeo Castelen Substitutions:FW 11Daniël de Ridder DF 4 Ramon Zomer Coach: Foppe de Haan GK 1 Andriy PyatovDF 15Hryhoriy Yarmash DF 6 Dmytro ChyhrynskyiDF 5 Oleksandr Yatsenko DF 2 Oleksandr Romanchuk MF 17Taras MykhalykMF 18Oleksiy Hodin MF 14Yevhen CheberyachkoMF 19Oleksandr MaksymovFW 10Artem MilevskyiFW 11Ruslan Fomin Substitutions:FW 7 Maksym Feshchuk FW 8 Oleksandr Aliyev Coach: Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Assistant referees: Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden) Roger East (England) Fourth official: Howard Webb (England)
Goalscorers
4 goals
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
3 goals
Thomas Kahlenberg Nicky Hofs
2 goals
Bryan Bergougnoux Ruslan Fomin Artem Milevskyi
1 goal
Leon Andreasen Rasmus Würtz Julien Faubert Yoan Gouffran Rio Mavuba Florent Sinama Pongolle Jérémy Toulalan Eugen Polanski Rolando Bianchi Giorgio Chiellini Raffaele Palladino Alessandro Potenza Gijs Luirink Daniël de Ridder João Moutinho Branislav Ivanović
1 own goal
Bruno Vale (against France) Zé Castro (against Serbia and Montenegro)
External links
Europe - U-23/U-21 Tournaments RSSSF.com