2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.

2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2002
Championnat d'Europe de football espoirs 2002
Campionato europeo di calcio Under-21 2002
Campiunadis Europeans da ballape U21 2002
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Dates16–28 May
Teams8 (finals)
47 (qualifying)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored35 (2.33 per match)
Attendance174,195 (11,613 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Massimo Maccarone (3 goals)
Best player(s)Czech Republic Petr Čech

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 + 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
Geneva Lausanne
Charmilles Stadium Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Capacity: 9,250 Capacity: 15,700

Squads

Matches

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 312032+15
  Switzerland 311132+14
 Portugal 31114404
 England 31024623
England 2 – 1  Switzerland
Defoe 3'
Crouch 53'
Report Frei 58'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
Italy 1 – 1 Portugal
Bonazzoli 57' Report Postiga 48'
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Portugal 0 – 2  Switzerland
Report Cabanas 60' (pen.)
Frei 73'
Attendance: 16,066
Italy 2 – 1 England
Maccarone 58', 84' Report Barry 64'

Switzerland 0 – 0 Italy
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Portugal 3 – 1 England
Teixeira 7'
Makukula 20' (pen.)
Viana 69'
Report Smith 43'
Attendance: 5,640
Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 330071+69
 Czech Republic 31112314
 Belgium 31022423
 Greece 30123631
France 2 – 0 Czech Republic
Govou 41'
Sorlin 45'
Report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)
Greece 1 – 2 Belgium
Gittas 90+2' Report Daerden 33'
Soetaers 83'
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Belgium 0 – 1 Czech Republic
Report Jiránek 19'
Attendance: 2,015
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Greece 1 – 3 France
Patsatzoglou 84' Report Armand 37'
Frau 40', 61'
Attendance: 8,815
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

Czech Republic 1 – 1 Greece
Grygera 36' (pen.) Report Kyriazis 69'
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
Belgium 0 – 2 France
Report Daerden 74' (o.g.)
Luyindula 86'
Attendance: 7,179
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 May – Basel
 
 
 France2
 
28 May – Basel
 
  Switzerland0
 
 France0 (1)
 
25 May – Zurich
 
 Czech Republic (p)0 (3)
 
 Czech Republic (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Italy2
 

Semi-finals

France 2 – 0  Switzerland
Malbranque 62'
Sorlin 70'
Report

Czech Republic 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Italy
Rozehnal 1'
Pospíšil 83' gold-colored soccer ball 99'
Report Pirlo 86' (pen.)
Maccarone 90+4'
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

Final

France
FRANCE:
GK1Mickaël Landreau
DF2Anthony RéveillèreYellow card 33'
DF4Jean-Alain Boumsong
DF6Jérémie Bréchet
DF3Julien Escudé
MF10Steed Malbranquedownward-facing red arrow 64'
MF18Benoît Pedretti
MF5Mathieu BersonYellow card 77'downward-facing red arrow 87'
MF7Olivier Sorlin
FW11Péguy Luyindula
FW9Sidney Govoudownward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutions:
MF19Camel Meriemupward-facing green arrow 64'
FW13Pierre-Alain Frauupward-facing green arrow 76'
MF8Julien Sabléupward-facing green arrow 87'
Coach:
France Raymond Domenech
Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC:
GK16Petr Čech
DF17Tomáš Hübschman
DF2Martin Jiránekdownward-facing red arrow 33'
DF14David Rozehnal
DF5Zdeněk Grygera
MF13Karel PitákYellow card 89'
MF8Lukáš Zelenkadownward-facing red arrow 81'
MF4Petr Voříšek
MF19Rudolf Skácel
FW9Milan Barošdownward-facing red arrow 38'
FW10Štěpán Vachoušek
Substitutions:
MF20Radoslav Kováčupward-facing green arrow 33'
MF11Michal Pospíšilupward-facing green arrow 38'
MF15Jan Polákupward-facing green arrow 81'
Coach:
Czech Republic Miroslav Beránek

Assistant referees:
Markku Tiensuu (Finland)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Goalscorers

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