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2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Campionato europeo di calcio Under-21 2019
Tournament details
Host countries Italy
 San Marino
Dates16–30 June 2019
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (5th title)
Runner-up Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored78 (3.71 per match)
Attendance214,637 (10,221 per match)
Top scorer(s)Flag of Germany Luca Waldschmidt (7 goals)
Best playerFlag of Spain Fabián Ruiz

The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2019) was the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (25th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. The final tournament was hosted in Italy and San Marino in mid-2019, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 9 December 2016 in Nyon, Switzerland.

A total of 12 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1996 eligible to participate.

Same as previous Under-21 Championships that were held one year prior to the Olympics, this tournament served as European qualifying for the Olympic football tournament, with the top teams of the tournament (number of teams to be confirmed) qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament, where they will be represented by their under-23 national teams with maximum of three overage players allowed. The four teams that qualified for the Olympic Games were the ones that qualified for the knockout stages of this championship. For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Hosts[]

The Italian Football Federation confirmed that Italy would bid to host the tournament in 2019, which also involved the San Marino Football Federation. Hosts Italy and San Marino were announced at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon on 9 December 2016.

Qualification[]

Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Italy qualifying automatically (the other co-hosts San Marino would not qualify automatically), the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition, which took place from March 2017 to November 2018, consists of two rounds:

  • Qualifying group stage: The 54 teams were drawn into nine groups of six teams. Each group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners qualified directly for the final tournament, while the four best runners-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) advanced to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The four teams were drawn into two ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last two qualified teams.

Qualified teams[]

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).

Team Method of qualification Date of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Italy Hosts 9 December 2016 20th 2017 Winners (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Spain Group 2 winners 6 September 2018 14th 2017 (runners-up) Champions (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013)
 France Group 9 winners 7 September 2018 9th 2006 (semi-finals) Champions (1988)
 England Group 4 winners 11 October 2018 15th 2017 (semi-finals) Champions (1982, 1984)
 Serbia Group 7 winners 12 October 2018 11th[SRB] 2017 (group stage) Champions (1978) (as Yugoslavia)[SRB]
 Germany Group 5 winners 12 October 2018 12th 2017 (champions) Champions (2009, 2017)
 Croatia Group 1 winners 15 October 2018 3rd 2004 (group stage) Group stage (2000, 2004)
 Denmark Group 3 winners 16 October 2018 8th 2017 (group stage) Semi-finals (1992, 2015)
 Belgium Group 6 winners 16 October 2018 3rd 2007 (semi-finals) Semi-finals (2007)
 Romania Group 8 winners 16 October 2018 2nd 1998 (quarter-finals) Quarter-finals (1998)
 Poland Play-off winners 20 November 2018 7th 2017 (group stage) Quarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994)
 Austria Play-off winners 20 November 2018 1st — Debut
Notes
  1. ^ a b Appearances include 4 as Yugoslavia and 2 as Serbia and Montenegro. Their previous best performance as Serbia was runners-up (2007).

Final draw[]

The final draw was held on 23 November 2018, 18:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Lamborghini headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, and was conducted by tournament ambassador Andrea Pirlo, who won the tournament in 2000.

The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The hosts Italy were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the qualifying stage, calculated based on the following:

Each group contained either the hosts or one team from Pot 1 (which were drawn to position B1 or C1), and one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3 (which were drawn to any of the positions 2–4 in the groups). The draw pots were as follows:

Hosts
Team
 Italy
Pot 1
Team Coeff
 Germany 39,913
 England 37,946
Pot 2
Team Coeff
 Spain 37,774
 Denmark 35,533
 France 35,182
Pot 3
Team Coeff
 Serbia 33,083
 Croatia 32,952
 Belgium 32,122
 Austria 31,767
 Poland 30,946
 Romania 29,259

Venues[]

On 9 December 2016, Italian Football Federation pre-selected venues (included one inside San Marino territory):

Bologna Reggio nell'Emilia Cesena
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Capacity: 31,000 Capacity: 21,500 Capacity: 20,194
Trieste Udine Serravalle (San Marino)
Stadio Nereo Rocco Dacia Arena San Marino Stadium
Capacity: 20,500 Capacity: 25,151 Capacity: 4,778

Match officials[]

Country Referee 1st assistant referee 2nd assistant referee
 Belarus Aleksei Kulbakov Dzmitry Zhuk Aleh Maslianka
 Bulgaria Georgi Kabakov Martin Margaritov Diyan Valkov
 Israel Orel Grinfeld Roy Hassan Idan Yarkoni
 Latvia Andris Treimanis Haralds Gudermanis Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs
 Netherlands Serdar Gözübüyük Charles Schaap Jan de Vries
 Romania István Kovács Mihai Ovidiu Artene Vasile Florin Marinescu
 Scotland Bobby Madden Francis Connor David Roome
 Serbia Srđan Jovanović Uroš Stojković Milan Mihajlović
 Sweden Andreas Ekberg Mehmet Culum Stefan Hallberg

Video Assistant Referees (VAR)

Squads[]

Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, at least 10 full days before the opening match. If a player was injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.

Group stage[]

The group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria would be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 18.01 and 18.02):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Position in the UEFA under-21 national team coefficient ranking for the final draw.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A[]

Template:2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group A

16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)
18:30
 Poland  3–2  Belgium Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
Attendance: 2,534
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Żurkowski Goal 26'
Bielik Goal 52'
Szymański Goal 79' 		Report Leya Iseka Goal 16'
Cools Goal 84'
16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)
21:00
 Italy  3–1  Spain Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Attendance: 26,432
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
Chiesa Goal 36', 64'
Pellegrini Goal 82' (pen.) 		Report Ceballos Goal 9'
19 June 2019 (2019-06-19)
18:30
 Spain  2–1  Belgium Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
Attendance: 2,738
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Olmo Goal 7'
Fornals Goal 89' 		Report Bornauw Goal 24'
19 June 2019 (2019-06-19)
21:00
 Italy  0–1  Poland Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Attendance: 26,890
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Report Bielik Goal 40'
22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)
21:00
 Belgium  1–3  Italy Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
Attendance: 20,075
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Verschaeren Goal 79' Report Barella Goal 44'
Cutrone Goal 53'
Chiesa Goal 89'
22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)
21:00
 Spain  5–0  Poland Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Attendance: 3,122
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
Fornals Goal 17'
Oyarzabal Goal 35'
Fabián Goal 39'
Ceballos Goal 71'
Mayoral Goal 90' 		Report

Group B[]

Template:2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group B

17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)
18:30
 Serbia  0–2  Austria Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
Attendance: 5,421
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Report Wolf Goal 37'
Horvath Goal 78'
17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)
21:00
 Germany  3–1  Denmark Dacia Arena, Udine
Attendance: 7,131
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Richter Goal 28', 52'
Waldschmidt Goal 65' 		Report Skov Goal 73' (pen.)
20 June 2019 (2019-06-20)
18:30
 Denmark  3–1  Austria Dacia Arena, Udine
Attendance: 7,297
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Mæhle Goal 33', 77'
Olsen Goal 90+3' 		Report Lienhart Goal 47'
20 June 2019 (2019-06-20)
21:00
 Germany  6–1  Serbia Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
Attendance: 9,837
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Richter Goal 16'
Waldschmidt Goal 30', 37', 80'
Dahoud Goal 69'
Maier Goal 90+2' 		Report Živković Goal 85' (pen.)
23 June 2019 (2019-06-23)
21:00
 Austria  1–1  Germany Dacia Arena, Udine
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Danso Goal 24' (pen.) Report Waldschmidt Goal 14'
23 June 2019 (2019-06-23)
21:00
 Denmark  2–0  Serbia Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
Attendance: 4,543
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Bruun Larsen Goal 21'
Rasmussen Goal 51' 		Report

Group C[]

Template:2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group C

18 June 2019 (2019-06-18)
18:30
 Romania  4–1  Croatia San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
Pușcaș Goal 11' (pen.)
Hagi Goal 14'
Băluță Goal 66'
Petre Goal 90+3' 		Report Vlašić Goal 18'
18 June 2019 (2019-06-18)
21:00
 England  1–2  France Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena
Attendance: 11,228
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Foden Goal 54' Report Ikoné Goal 89'
Wan-Bissaka Goal 90+5' (o.g.)
21 June 2019 (2019-06-21)
18:30
 England  2–4  Romania Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena
Attendance: 8,440
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Gray Goal 79'
Abraham Goal 87' 		Report Pușcaș Goal 76' (pen.)
Hagi Goal 85'
Coman Goal 89', 90+3'
21 June 2019 (2019-06-21)
21:00
 France  1–0  Croatia San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 3,416
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
Dembélé Goal 8' Report
24 June 2019 (2019-06-24)
21:00
 Croatia  3–3  England San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
Attendance: 3,512
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Brekalo Goal 39', 82'
Vlašić Goal 62' 		Report Nelson Goal 11' (pen.)
Maddison Goal 48'
Kenny Goal 70'
24 June 2019 (2019-06-24)
21:00
 France  0–0  Romania Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena
Attendance: 12,861
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Report

Ranking of second-placed teams[]

Template:2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship second-placed table

The match-ups of the semi-finals depend on which runners-up qualifies (Regulations Article 17.02).

  Scenario according to the best runners-up
Best runners-up from Best runners-up plays Other semi-final
Group A Winners of Group B Winners of Group A vs Winners of Group C
Group B Winners of Group A Winners of Group B vs Winners of Group C
Group C Winners of Group A Winners of Group B vs Winners of Group C

Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket[]

Semi-finals Final
27 June – Reggio Emilia
  Spain 4  
  France 1  
 
30 June – Udine
      Spain 2
    Germany 1


27 June – Bologna
  Germany 4
  Romania 2  

Semi-finals[]

27 June 2019 (2019-06-27)
18:00
 Germany  4–2  Romania Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Attendance: 16,211
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Amiri Goal 21', 90+4'
Waldschmidt Goal 51' (pen.), 90' 		Report Pușcaș Goal 26' (pen.), 44'
27 June 2019 (2019-06-27)
21:00
 Spain  4–1  France Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
Attendance: 6,522
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Marc Roca Goal 28'
Oyarzabal Goal 45+5' (pen.)
Olmo Goal 47'
Mayoral Goal 67' 		Report Mateta Goal 16' (pen.)

Final[]

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30)
20:45
 Spain  2–1  Germany Dacia Arena, Udine
Attendance: 23,232
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Fabián Goal 7'
Olmo Goal 69' 		Report Amiri Goal 88'

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

There have been 78 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.

7 goals
  • Flag of Germany Luca Waldschmidt
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for 2020 Summer Olympics[]

The following four teams from UEFA qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 Spain 22 June 2019 10 (1920, 1924, 1928, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2012)
 Germany 23 June 2019 9 (1912, 1928, 1936, 1952, 19562, 19722, 19842, 19882, 2016)
 Romania 24 June 2019 3 (1924, 1952, 1964)
 France 24 June 2019 12 (1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1996)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 The team represented the United Team of Germany in 1956, and the Federal Republic of Germany (i.e., West Germany) in 1972, 1984 and 1988.

England were ineligible for the Olympics as they are not an Olympic nation. Had they reached the semi-finals, the last Olympic spot would have gone to the winner of an Olympic play-off match scheduled to be played on 27 June 2019 at Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena between the two group runners-up which did not qualify for the semi-finals. However, when England failed to advance out of the group stage, this match was cancelled.

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