UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.
Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.
Qualification
The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four, five groups of 5, and three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.
Venues Switzerland Zürich Basel Hardturm St. Jakob-Park Capacity: 17,666 Capacity: 37,500 GenevaLausanneCharmilles StadiumStade Olympique de la Pontaise Capacity: 9,250 Capacity: 15,700
Squads
Matches
Group stage
Group A Team312032+15311132+1431114404310246−23
Group B Team330071+69311123−14310224−23301236−31
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
GK1Mickaël LandreauDF2Anthony Réveillère DF4Jean-Alain BoumsongDF6Jérémie BréchetDF3Julien EscudéMF10Steed Malbranque MF18Benoît PedrettiMF5Mathieu Berson MF7Olivier SorlinFW11Péguy LuyindulaFW9Sidney Govou Substitutions:MF19Camel Meriem FW13Pierre-Alain Frau MF8Julien Sablé Coach: Raymond Domenech GK16Petr ČechDF17Tomáš HübschmanDF2Martin Jiránek DF14David RozehnalDF5Zdeněk GrygeraMF13Karel Piták MF8Lukáš Zelenka MF4Petr Voříšek MF19Rudolf SkácelFW9Milan Baroš FW10Štěpán VachoušekSubstitutions:MF20Radoslav KováčMF11Michal Pospíšil MF15Jan Polák Coach: Miroslav Beránek Assistant referees: Markku Tiensuu (Finland) Martin Balko (Slovakia) Fourth official: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
Goalscorers
3 goals Massimo Maccarone
2 goals Michal Pospíšil Pierre-Alain Frau Olivier Sorlin Alexander Frei
1 goal Koen Daerden Tom Soetaers Zdeněk Grygera Martin Jiránek David Rozehnal Gareth Barry Peter Crouch Jermain Defoe Alan Smith
1 goal, cont. Sylvain Armand Sidney Govou Péguy Luyindula Steed Malbranque Xenofon Gittas Giorgos Kyriazis Christos Patsatzoglou Emiliano Bonazzoli Andrea Pirlo Ariza Makukula Hélder Postiga Filipe Teixeira Hugo Viana Ricardo Cabanas
Own goals Koen Daerden (for France)
External links Results Archive at UEFA.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com