2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

The European Under 19 Football Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA junior tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1955...

, UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

's premier competition for players under the age of 19. The tournament was held in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

with matches played from 14 July to 26 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2009 U-20 World Cup

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages. The first qualifying stage

2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification

UEFA U-19 Championship 2008 was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. 52 teams are split into 13 groups of 4 and teams in each group play each other once. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams...

divided the remaining 52 UEFA nations (minus the hosts, the Czech Republic) into 13 groups of four teams. Matches in the first stage were played from 24 September 2007 to 15 November 2007. The top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams then qualified for the elite qualifying stage

2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification

UEFA U-19 Championship 2008 is the second round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2008. The winners of each group join hosts Czech Republic at the Final Tournament.-Group 1:--------------------...

, where the 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four. Matches in the elite qualifying stage were played from 1 March 2008 to 31 May 2008, when the top team from each group advanced to the final tournament.

The following teams qualified for the tournament: (as host)

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads
2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in the tournament. Players' age as of 14 July 2008 – the tournament's opening day...

Final group stage

The groups were drawn on 1 June 2008 in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

by the first vice-chairman of the UEFA Youth and Amateur Football Committee, Jim Boyce

Jim Boyce

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, and senior Czech internationals Petr Čech

Petr Cech

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and Martin Fenin

Martin Fenin

Martin Fenin is a Czech football striker currently playing for the German club FC Energie Cottbus and the Czech Republic national football team. Fenin also played for the youth teams of the Czech Republic from the under-16 level.-Club career:...

.

In the following tables:

Key:
Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points

Team qualified for the Semi-Final

Group A

5
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	7	2
9
	3	2	0	1	3	2
6
	3	1	0	2	5	3
3
	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Group B

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
	3	1	2	0	5	4
5
	3	1	1	1	5	4
4
	3	1	1	1	3	2
4
	3	0	2	1	1	4
2

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Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

4 goals Tomáš Necid

Tomáš Necid

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3 goals Richard Sukuta-Pasu

Richard Sukuta-Pasu

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2 goals Jan Morávek

Jan Morávek

Jan Morávek is a Czech footballer who plays for Schalke 04-Club career:Morávek began his career 1995 with Bohemians 1905 and was promoted to the first team in 2006, playing his debut on 8 June 2007 against 1. HFK Olomouc...

Lars Bender

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Marcel Risse

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Alberto Paloschi

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Andrea Poli

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Emilio Nsue
1 goal Benjamin Mee Freddie Sears

Freddie Sears

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Daniel Sturridge

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1 goal, cont. Dennis Diekmeier

Dennis Diekmeier

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Timo Gebhart

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Savio Nsereko

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Stefan Reinartz

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Ömer Toprak

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Michalis Pavlis

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Olivér Nagy

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Krisztián Németh

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András Simon

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Giacomo Bonaventura

Giacomo Bonaventura is an Italian football midfielder. He currently plays for Atalanta.Bonaventura has made three senior appearances for Atalanta so far in his career including a 4-0 loss in April 2008 to Juventus in a Serie A match.On January 13, 2009, Atalanta announced he had joined Pergocrema...

Fernando Forestieri

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Silvano Raggio Garibaldi

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Jordi Alba

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Fran Mérida

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Aarón Ñíguez

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