The 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 19th edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. It was the last under-16 championship, before changing the name as under-17 championships. England hosted the championship, during 22 April – 6 May. Players born on or after 1 January 1984 were eligible to participate in this competition. 16 teams entered the competition, and Spain defeated France in the final to win the competition for the sixth time.
Match officials
Country Referee Assistant referees Fourth officials Matches refereed Belarus None Vyacheslav Bykov None Bosnia and Herzegovina Siniša Zrnić None None Italy–Switzerland (Group C) Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov None None Romania–Spain (Group A)England–Switzerland (Group C)Scotland–Croatia (Group D) Croatia None Tomislav Petrović None Czech Republic None Miroslav Zlámal None England Andy D'Urso David BabskiCarl BassingdaleGlenn Turner Richard BeebyMark ClattenburgKeith Hill France–Croatia (Group D)Spain–Italy (Quarter-final)France–Spain (Final) Greece Athanasios Briakos None None Spain–Germany (Group A)Poland–Russia (Group B) Hungary None Robert Kispál None Iceland Kristinn Jakobsson None None Croatia–Finland (Group D)England–Germany (Quarter-final) Israel Alon Yefet None None Turkey–Russia (Group B)France–Scotland (Group D)Turkey–Croatia (Quarter-final)Spain–Croatia (Semi-final) Norway None Steinar Holvik None Poland Grzegorz Gilewski None None Spain–Belgium (Group A)Switzerland–Hungary (Group C)England–France (Semi-final) Portugal None Paulo Ribeiro None Romania Alexandru Tudor None None Not known Seychelles Eddy Maillet None None France–Russia (Quarter-final) South Africa None Lazarus Matela None Sweden Martin Hansson None None Russia–Netherlands (Group B)Scotland–Finland (Group D)Croatia–England (Third place play-off) Switzerland None Francesco Buragina None Yugoslavia None Vitomir Simović None
Squads
Qualifying
Group stage
Group A
TeamsGPWDLGFGAGDPts320182+663201114+76320146–263003213–110
TeamsGPWDLGFGAGDPts210152+33210132+13210126–43
Group B TeamsGPWDLGFGAGDPts320132+16312010+15311121+14301214–31
Group C TeamsGPWDLGFGAGDPts320143+16311176+14311134–14310256–13
Group D TeamsGPWDLGFGAGDPts3300110+11932013306310235–233003110–90
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
7 goals Fernando Torres
6 goals Florent Sinama Pongolle
5 goals Anthony Le Tallec
3 goals
Erdal Kılıçaslan Piotr Trochowski József Kanta Francesco Lodi Giampaolo Pazzini
2 goals
Wouter Vandendriessche Ivan Grivičić Niko Kranjčar Glen Johnson Sébastien Grax Mourad Meghni Youssef Sofiane Ralf de Haan Jaime Gavilán Cédric Tsimba
1 goal
Maxence Coveliers Kristof Goessens Hrvoje Čale Mario Grgurović Drago Papa Dejan Prijić Igor Ružak Eddie Johnson Cherno Samba Steven Schumacher John Welsh Tommi Peltonen Baldo di Gregorio Alexander Laas Oliver Madejski Patrick Ochs David Odonkor Christian Petereit Mihály Horváth Zsolt Müller Mauro Belotti Paolo Facchinetti Marek Wasicki Rareş Tudor Oprea Gabriel Velcovici Anatoli Gerk Craig Beattie Paul McLaughlin Graham Weir Guillem Bauzà Melli Miguel Flaño Senel Joël Gasche Dündar Denizhan Sabri Sezgin Yilmaz
References
External links at Union of European Football Associations 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation