2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = UEFA European Under-21 Championship

| year = 2006

| other_titles = Campeonato Europeu de Futebol Sub-21 de 2006

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = {{flag|Portugal}}

| dates = 23 May – 4 June

| num_teams = 8 (finals)
48 (qualifying)

| venues = 6

| cities = 6

| champion_other = {{fbu|21|NED}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fbu|21|UKR}}

| matches = 15

| goals = 34

| attendance = 180942

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|NED}} Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (4 goals)

| player = {{flagicon|NED}} Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

| prevseason = 2004

| nextseason = 2007

}}

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 23 May–4 June 2006. The tournament was won by the {{nftu21|Netherlands}}, who beat {{nftu21|Ukraine}} 3–0 in the final.

The finals tournament featured two groups of four, with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the semi-finals. The draw for the finals groups took place on 8 February 2006.

Qualification

The Finals

The finals took place between 23 May and 4 June 2006 in Portugal.

=Venues=

=Squads=

Players born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play.

Matches

=Group stage=

==Group A==

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align="left"\|{{fbu\|21\|POR}} \|3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
align="left"\|{{fbu\|21\|GER}} \|3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3

{{football box

|date=23 May 2006

|time=17:15

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|SCG}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fbu|21|GER}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Polanski {{goal|61}}

|stadium=Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos

|attendance=3,245

|referee=Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83590--serbia-vs-germany/ Report]

}}

{{football box

|date=23 May 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|POR}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fbu|21|FRA|1974}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Vale {{goal|41|o.g.}}

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

|attendance=25,146

|referee=Howard Webb (England)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83591--portugal-vs-france/ Report]

}}

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{{football box

|date=25 May 2006

|time=17:15

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|FRA|1974}}

|score=3–0

|team2={{fbu|21|GER}}

|goals1=Sinama Pongolle {{goal|45}}
Gouffran {{goal|71}}
Mavuba {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

|attendance=8,023

|referee=Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83594--france-vs-germany/ Report]

}}

{{football box

|date=25 May 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|POR}}

|score=0–2

|team2={{fbu|21|SCG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Castro {{goal|17|o.g.}}
Ivanović {{goal|65}}

|stadium=Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos

|attendance=9,968

|referee=Martin Hansson (Sweden)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83595--portugal-vs-serbia/ Report]

}}

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{{football box

|date=28 May 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|GER}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fbu|21|POR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Moutinho {{goal|90+4}}

|stadium=Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

|attendance=28,174

|referee=Alon Yefet (Israel)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83598--germany-vs-portugal/ Report]

}}

{{football box

|date=28 May 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|FRA|1974}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fbu|21|SCG}}

|goals1=Bergougnoux {{goal|33}}
Toulalan {{goal|54}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

|attendance=8,545

|referee=Gerald Lehner (Austria)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83599--france-vs-serbia/ Report]

}}

==Group B==

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align="left"\|{{fbu\|21\|ITA\|2003}} \|3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
align="left"\|{{fbu\|21\|DEN}} \|3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2

{{football box

|date=24 May 2006

|time=17:15

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|UKR}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fbu|21|NED}}

|goals1=Milevskyi {{goal|39|pen.}}
Fomin {{goal|51}}

|goals2=Luirink {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda

|attendance=4,250

|referee=Gerald Lehner (Austria)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83592--ukraine-vs-netherlands/ Report]

}}

{{football box

|date=24 May 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ITA|2003}}

|score=3–3

|team2={{fbu|21|DEN}}

|goals1=Potenza {{goal|16}}
Palladino {{goal|61}}
Bianchi {{goal|90}}

|goals2=Würtz {{goal|21}}
Kahlenberg {{goal|33}}
Andreasen {{goal|41}}

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

|attendance=11,250

|referee=Alon Yefet (Israel)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83593--italy-vs-denmark/ Report]

}}

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{{football box

|date=26 May 2006

|time=17:15

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|DEN}}

|score=1–1

|team2={{fbu|21|NED}}

|goals1=Kahlenberg {{goal|48}}

|goals2=Huntelaar {{goal|38}}

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

|attendance=8,021

|referee=Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83596--denmark-vs-netherlands/ Report]

}}

{{football box

|date=26 May 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ITA|2003}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{fbu|21|UKR}}

|goals1=Chiellini {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda

|attendance=6,873

|referee=Howard Webb (England)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83597--italy-vs-ukraine/ Report]

}}

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{{football box

|date=29 May 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|NED}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{fbu|21|ITA|2003}}

|goals1=De Ridder {{goal|74}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

|attendance=14,323

|referee=Martin Hansson (Sweden)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83600--netherlands-vs-italy/index.html Report]

}}

{{football box

|date=29 May 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|DEN}}

|score=1–2

|team2={{fbu|21|UKR}}

|goals1=Kahlenberg {{goal|43}}

|goals2=Fomin {{goal|31}}
Milevskyi {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda

|attendance=5,734

|referee=Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/83601--denmark-vs-ukraine/ Report]

}}

=Knockout stage=

{{Round4

|team-width=185

|1 June – Braga|{{fbu|21|FRA|1974}}|2|{{fbu|21|NED}} (a.e.t.)|3

|1 June – Aveiro|{{fbu|21|UKR}} (p)|0 (5)|{{fbu|21|SCG}}|0 (4)

|4 June – Porto|{{fbu|21|NED}}|3|{{fbu|21|UKR}}|0

}}

==Semi-finals==

{{football box

|date=1 June 2006

|time=17:15

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|FRA|1974}}

|score=2–3

|aet=yes

|team2={{fbu|21|NED}}

|goals1=Faubert {{goal|51}}
Bergougnoux {{goal|85}}

|goals2=Hofs {{goal|6||107}}
Huntelaar {{goal|38}}

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

|attendance=7,887

|referee=Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/84131--france-vs-netherlands/ Report]

}}

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{{football box

|date=1 June 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|UKR}}

|score=0–0

|aet=yes

|team2={{fbu|21|SCG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|penaltyscore=5–4

|penalties1=Aliyev {{penmiss}}
Fomin {{pengoal}}
Chyhrynskyi {{pengoal}}
Hodin {{pengoal}}
Yatsenko {{pengoal}}
Maksymov {{pengoal}}

|penalties2={{penmiss}} Janković
{{pengoal}} Milijaš
{{pengoal}} Milovanović
{{pengoal}} Basta
{{pengoal}} Lomić
{{penmiss}} Purović

|stadium=Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro

|attendance=17,357

|referee=Howard Webb (England)

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/84132--ukraine-vs-serbia/ Report]

}}

==Final==

{{football box

|date=4 June 2006

|time=19:45

|team1={{fbu-rt|21|NED}}

|score=3–0

|team2={{fbu|21|UKR}}

|goals1=Huntelaar {{goal|11||43|pen.}}
Hofs {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio do Bessa, Porto

|attendance=22,146

|referee=Martin Hansson (Sweden)

|report=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/84133--netherlands-vs-ukraine/

}}

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width="100%" \|valign="top" width="50%"\| {\| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
GK	1	Kenneth Vermeer
DF	16	Dwight Tiendalli
DF	17	Ron Vlaar	{{yel\|74}}
DF	3	Gijs Luirink
DF	5	Urby Emanuelson
MF	10	Ismaïl Aissati		{{suboff\|78}}
MF	20	Demy de Zeeuw
MF	6	Stijn Schaars
MF	8	Nicky Hofs
FW	9	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
FW	7	Romeo Castelen		{{suboff\|69}}
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
FW	11	Daniël de Ridder		{{subon\|69}}
DF	4	Ramon Zomer		{{subon\|78}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|NED}} Foppe de Haan

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

width=25\|	width=25\|
style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
GK	1	Andriy Pyatov
DF	15	Hryhoriy Yarmash	{{yel\|38}}
DF	6	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
DF	5	Oleksandr Yatsenko	{{yel\|42}}
DF	2	Oleksandr Romanchuk	{{sent off\|2\|26\|77}}
MF	17	Taras Mykhalyk
MF	18	Oleksiy Hodin		{{suboff\|46}}
MF	14	Yevhen Cheberyachko
MF	19	Oleksandr Maksymov
FW	10	Artem Milevskyi
FW	11	Ruslan Fomin		{{suboff\|46}}
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
FW	7	Maksym Feshchuk	{{yel\|59}}	{{subon\|46}}
FW	8	Oleksandr Aliyev		{{subon\|46}}
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|UKR}} Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

width=50% style="font-size:90%"

Assistant referees:

Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)

Roger East (England)

Fourth official:

Howard Webb (England)

Goalscorers

4 goals

{{flagicon|NED}} Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

3 goals

{{flagicon|DEN}} Thomas Kahlenberg
{{flagicon|NED}} Nicky Hofs

2 goals

{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Bryan Bergougnoux
{{flagicon|UKR}} Ruslan Fomin
{{flagicon|UKR}} Artem Milevskyi

1 goal

{{flagicon|DEN}} Leon Andreasen
{{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Würtz
{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Julien Faubert
{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Yoan Gouffran
{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Rio Mavuba
{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Florent Sinama Pongolle
{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Jérémy Toulalan
{{flagicon|GER}} Eugen Polanski
{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} Rolando Bianchi
{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} Giorgio Chiellini
{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} Raffaele Palladino
{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} Alessandro Potenza
{{flagicon|NED}} Gijs Luirink
{{flagicon|NED}} Daniël de Ridder
{{flagicon|POR}} João Moutinho
{{flagicon|SCG}} Branislav Ivanović

1 own goal

{{flagicon|POR}} Bruno Vale (against France)
{{flagicon|POR}} Zé Castro (against Serbia and Montenegro)

External links

{{cite web |url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/history/season=2006/intro.html |title=2006: Huntelaar thrives in Dutch triumph|date=1 June 2006|work=UEFA |access-date=9 June 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710120214/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/history/season=2006/intro.html |archive-date=10 July 2012 |url-status=dead|df=dmy-all }}
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Under-21 Championship

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align="left"\|{{fbu\|21\|DEN}} \|3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2