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
2000
2004

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
ZürichBasel
HardturmSt. Jakob-Park
Capacity: 17,666Capacity: 37,500
GenevaLausanne
Charmilles StadiumStade Olympique de la Pontaise
Capacity: 9,250Capacity: 15,700

Squads

Matches

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Italy312032+15
  Switzerland311132+14
 Portugal31114404
 England310246−23
England  2–1   Switzerland
Defoe 3'
Crouch 53'
ReportFrei 58'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
Italy  1–1  Portugal
Bonazzoli 57'ReportPostiga 48'
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

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

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

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 France330071+69
 Czech Republic311123−14
 Belgium310224−23
 Greece301236−31
France  2–0  Czech Republic
Govou 41'
Sorlin 45'
Report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)
Greece  1–2  Belgium
Gittas 90+2'ReportDaerden 33'
Soetaers 83'
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

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

Czech Republic  1–1  Greece
Grygera 36' (pen.)ReportKyriazis 69'
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
Belgium  0–2  France
ReportDaerden 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 – Zürich
 
 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'  99'
ReportPirlo 86' (pen.)
Maccarone 90+4'
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

Final

GK1Mickaël Landreau
DF2Anthony Réveillère  33'
DF4Jean-Alain Boumsong
DF6Jérémie Bréchet
DF3Julien Escudé
MF10Steed Malbranque  64'
MF18Benoît Pedretti
MF5Mathieu Berson  77'  87'
MF7Olivier Sorlin
FW11Péguy Luyindula
FW9Sidney Govou  76'
Substitutions:
MF19Camel Meriem  64'
FW13Pierre-Alain Frau  76'
MF8Julien Sablé  87'
Coach:
Raymond Domenech
GK16Petr Čech
DF17Tomáš Hübschman
DF2Martin Jiránek  33'
DF14David Rozehnal
DF5Zdeněk Grygera
MF13Karel Piták  89'
MF8Lukáš Zelenka  81'
MF4Petr Voříšek
MF19Rudolf Skácel
FW9Milan Baroš  38'
FW10Štěpán Vachoušek
Substitutions:
MF20Radoslav Kováč  33'
MF11Michal Pospíšil  38'
MF15Jan Polák  81'
Coach:
Miroslav Beránek

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

Goalscorers

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