2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2003 UEFA Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Liechtenstein
Dates 16 July – 26 July
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 54 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Portugal Paulo Sérgio
(5 goals)
Best player Italy Aquilani
2002
2004

The 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was held in Liechtenstein from 16 to 26 July 2003. Players born after 1 January 1984 can participate in this competition.

Venues

City / Town Stadium Host club(s) Capacity
Vaduz Rheinpark Stadion FC Vaduz and Liechtenstein national football team 3,654
Balzers Sportplatz Rheinau FC Balzers 2,500
Eschen Sportpark Eschen-Mauren USV Eschen/Mauren 2,100
Triesen Sportanlage Blumenau FC Triesen 1,500
Schaan Sportanlage Rheinwiese FC Schaan 1,500

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.

1. 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship first qualifying round
2. 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship second qualifying round

Teams

The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:

Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament:

Squads

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Group stage

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 Portugal 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5
 Norway 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Liechtenstein 3 0 0 3 2 12 -10 0

16 July 2003 (2003-07-16)
17:00 CET
Liechtenstein  0 – 5  Portugal
Report João Pereira Goal 17'
Hugo Almeida Goal 63'
Alabor Goal 73' (o.g.)
Fonseca Goal 82'
Paulo Sérgio Goal 84'

16 July 2003 (2003-07-16)
18:30 CET
Norway  0 – 1  Italy
Report Aquilani Goal 89' (pen.)

18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)
15:30 CET
Portugal  1 – 1  Italy
Daniel Goal 49' Report Lodi Goal 58'

18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)
18:30 CET
Liechtenstein  1 – 2  Norway
Maierhofer Goal 4' Report Poljac Goal 28'
Bühler Goal 37' (o.g.)

20 July 2003 (2003-07-20)
18:30 CET
Portugal  2 – 2  Norway
Paulo Sérgio Goal 61'80' Report Johannesen Goal 3'
Daniel Holm Goal 21'

20 July 2003 (2003-07-20)
18:30 CET
Italy  5 – 1  Liechtenstein
Della Rocca Goal 11'
Palladino Goal 39'
Laner Goal 53'67'
Lodi Goal 55' (pen.)
Report Büchel Goal 68'

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
 England 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3
 France 3 0 2 1 4 6 -2 2

16 July 2003 (2003-07-16)
18:30 CET
England  1 – 2  Austria
Downing Goal 36' Report Mössner Goal 5'
Säumel Goal 60'

16 July 2003 (2003-07-16)
20:10 CET
France  3 – 3  Czech Republic
Grax Goal 6'63' (pen.)
Idangar Goal 70'
Report Mikolanda Goal 26'
Procházka Goal 87'
Matula Goal 90+3'

18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)
18:30 CET
France  0 – 2  England
Report Ridgewell Goal 41'
Routledge Goal 90+2'

18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)
18:30 CET
Czech Republic  1 – 4  Austria
Mikolanda Goal 10' Report Schicker Goal 36'45'
Kienast Goal 38'54'

20 July 2003 (2003-07-20)
18:30 CET
Czech Republic  3 – 0  England
Nachtman Goal 47'
Brodský Goal 54'
Siranec Goal 63'
Report

20 July 2003 (2003-07-20)
18:30 CET
Austria  1 – 1  France
Čehajić Goal 82' (pen.) Report Grax Goal 90+2' (pen.)

Semi-finals

23 July 2003 (2003-07-23)
16:30 CET
Austria  3 – 6 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
Salmutter Goal 24'28'
Mössner Goal 84'
Report Hugo Almeida Goal 31' (pen.)
Organista Goal 38'
Paulo Sérgio Goal 54'103' (pen.)
Pedro Pereira Goal 100'104'

23 July 2003 (2003-07-23)
20:00 CET
Italy  1 – 0  Czech Republic
Pazzini Goal 57' Report

Final

26 July 2003 (2003-07-26)
20:00 CET
Italy  2 – 0  Portugal
Della Rocca Goal 3'
Pazzini Goal 27'
Report


 2003 UEFA U-19 European Champions 

Italy
Third title

Goalscorers