2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	13 July – 24 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (5th title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	45 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Öztürk Łukasz Piszczek (4 goals each)
Best player	Juanfran

The 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship was held in Switzerland from 13 to 24 July 2004. Players born after 1 January 1985 can participate in this competition. The tournament was won by Spain, who beat Turkey in the final.

Venues

Teams

The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:

Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament:

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Belgium	3	0	1	2	0	6	-6	1

13 July 2004 (2004-07-13) 19:00 CET	Belgium	0 – 0	Ukraine	Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)
		Report

13 July 2004 (2004-07-13) 19:00 CET	Switzerland	1 – 1	Italy	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
	Salatić  72'	Report	Alberti  45'

15 July 2004 (2004-07-15) 19:00 CET	Italy	0 – 1	Ukraine	Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
		Report	Milevskiy  61'

15 July 2004 (2004-07-15) 20:00 CET	Switzerland	2 – 0	Belgium	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)
	Antić  38' Bühler  78'	Report

18 July 2004 (2004-07-18) 20:00 CET	Ukraine	0 – 0	Switzerland	Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)
		Report

18 July 2004 (2004-07-18) 20:00 CET	Italy	4 – 0	Belgium	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
	Alberti  28', 50' Montolivo  48' Sorrentino  84'	Report

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Germany	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
Poland	3	0	0	3	5	11	-6	0

13 July 2004 (2004-07-13) 18:00 CET	Germany	0 – 3	Spain	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)
		Report	Casadesús Castaño  51' Gavilán  73' Soldado  88'

13 July 2004 (2004-07-13) 19:00 CET	Poland	3 – 4	Turkey	Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium, Lausanne Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
	Piszczek  43', 88' Madera  75'	Report	Ali Öztürk  26', 68', 83' Olcan Adın  42'

15 July 2004 (2004-07-15) 18:00 CET	Germany	3 – 1	Poland	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
	Gómez  18' Dejagah  76' Thomik  87'	Report	Piszczek  8'

15 July 2004 (2004-07-15) 19:00 CET	Spain	3 – 2	Turkey	Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium, Lausanne Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)
	Juanfran Torres  8' Silva  13' Robusté  90+3'	Report	Ali Öztürk  45' (pen.) Cafercan  87'

18 July 2004 (2004-07-18) 19:00 CET	Turkey	1 – 1	Germany	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)
	Olcan Adın  90'	Report	Dejagah  90+1'

18 July 2004 (2004-07-18) 18:00 CET	Spain	4 – 1	Poland	Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium, Lausanne Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
	Borja Valero  10' Casadesús Castaño  14' Gavilán  62' Soldado  84'	Report	Piszczek  47'

Semi-finals

21 July 2004 (2004-07-21) 18:00 CET	Switzerland	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Turkey	Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
	Antić  56' Dugić  109'	Report	Sezer  58', 90+5' Kerim  107'

21 July 2004 (2004-07-21) 18:00 CET	Spain	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine	Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium, Lausanne Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)
	Casadesús Castaño  12' Soldado  90+4'	Report	Aliyev  66' Yatsenko  112'
		Penalties
	Silva Soldado Sergio Ramos de la Red	4 – 1	Chygrynskiy Kravchenko Vorobey

Final

24 July 2004 (2004-07-24) 18:00 CET	Turkey	0 – 1	Spain	Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
		Report	Borja Valero  90+2'

2004 UEFA U-19 Championship Winner
Spain Second title

External links

• Official website at UEFA.com
• Match list at rsssf.com