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2003 UEFA Under-17 Championship
Campeonato Europeu de Futebol Sub-17 de 2003
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates7–17 May
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Portugal (5th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Austria
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored44 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain David Rodríguez (6 goals)
Best player(s)Portugal Miguel Veloso
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International football competition

The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Portugal hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition. Host Portugal defeated Spain in the final to win the competition for the fifth time.

For winning their semifinals, Portugal and Spain qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, held in Finland, with England and Austria missing out.

Qualification

Main article: 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Qualification for the final tournament of the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship consisted of two rounds: a Qualifying round and an Elite round. In the qualifying round, 44 national teams competed in 11 groups of four teams, with two best teams of each group advancing to the elite round. There, the 22 first-round qualifiers plus the teams who were given a bye (Spain, England, Russia, Finland, Poland and Hungary), were distributed in seven groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament
 Portugal Hosts 1 (2002)
 Spain Group 1 winner 1 (2002)
 Denmark Group 2 winner 1 (2002)
 Austria Group 3 winner 0 (debut)
 Israel Group 4 winner 0 (debut)
 Hungary Group 5 winner 1 (2002)
 England Group 6 winner 1 (2002)
 Italy Group 7 winner 0 (debut)

Venues

The final tournament was played in seven venues located in seven different cities, Viseu, Nelas, Chaves, Mangualde, Vila Real, Santa Comba Dão and Santa Marta de Penaguião. The Estádio do Fontelo was the largest stadium with a tournament capacity of 12,000 seats, and served as both the opening ceremony and the final venue.

The table below lists stadium capacity for the final tournament, which may not correspond to their effective maximum capacity.

2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship is located in PortugalChavesChavesMangualdeMangualdeNelasNelasStª Comba DãoStª Comba DãoSanta Marta de PenaguiãoSanta Marta de PenaguiãoVila RealVila RealViseuViseu Viseu Chaves
Estádio do Fontelo Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 12,000
Santa Comba Dão Nelas
Estádio Municipal Doutor Orlando Mendes Estádio Municipal de Nelas
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,500
Vila Real Mangualde Santa Marta de Penaguião
Complexo Desportivo Monte da Forca Estádio Municipal de Mangualde Municipal de Santa Marta de Penaguião
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 500

Squads

Main article: 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

Each participating national association had to submit a final list of 18 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). All players must have been born on or after 1 January 1986.

Match Officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.

Referees
Assistant referees
  • Northern Ireland David Paul Todd
  • Switzerland Gianpietro Lucca
  • Greece Dimitrios Bozatzidis
  • Malta Ingmar Spiteri
  • Slovakia Roman Slysko
  • Croatia Tomislav Petrovic
  • Netherlands Arie Brink
  • Russia Tihon Kalugin
Fourth officials
  • Portugal Pedro Proenca Oliveira Alves Garcia
  • Portugal Joaquim Paulo Paraty Da Silva

Group stage

Group A

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Portugal 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 9 Advanced to the semifinals
 Austria 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 6
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Hungary 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Portugal 3–2 Denmark
João Pedro 34'
Paulo Ricardo 40'
Curto 55'		 Report Torry 32', 42'
Estádio do Fontelo, ViseuReferee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Austria 1–0 Hungary
Saurer 78' Report
Estádio Municipal de Nelas, NelasReferee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)
Portugal 1–0 Austria
Curto 14' Report
Santa Comba DãoReferee: Kuddusi Müftüoglu (Turkey)
Denmark 2–0 Hungary
Storm 33'
Jakobsen 50'		 Report
Estádio Municipal de Mangualde, MangualdeReferee: Novo Panic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Hungary 0–2 Portugal
Report Bruno Gama 50'
Vieirinha 62'
Estádio do Fontelo, ViseuReferee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
Denmark 0–2 Austria
Report Mayer 42'
Horvath 83'
Estádio Municipal de Nelas, NelasReferee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

Group B

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Spain 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 7 Advanced to the semifinals
 England 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 5
 Italy 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 4
 Israel 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Israel 1–2 England
Rafaelov 47' (pen.) Report Bowditch 51'
Milner 54'
Municipal de Santa Marta de Penaguião, Santa Marta de PenaguiãoReferee: Novo Panic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Spain 2–0 Italy
Cases 28'
Nadal 35'		 Report
Complexo Desportivo Monte da Forca, Vila RealReferee: Kuddusi Müftüoglu (Turkey)
Israel 0–3 Spain
Report Silva 33'
David 36'
Cases 47'
Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira, ChavesReferee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
England 0–0 Italy
Report
Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira, ChavesReferee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
England 2–2 Spain
Taylor 47'
Milner 51'		 Report Nadal 9'
Jurado 27'
Complexo Desportivo Monte da Forca, Vila RealReferee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)
Italy 4–0 Israel
Pozzi 32', 46'
Lupoli 35', 78'		 Report
Municipal de Santa Marta de Penaguião, Santa Marta de PenaguiãoReferee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Knockout stage

Knockout map

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 14 May – Viseu
 
  Portugal (p)2 (3)
 17 May – Viseu
  England2 (2)
  Portugal2
 14 May – Mangualde
  Spain1
  Spain5
 
  Austria2
 Third place
 
 17 May – Santa Comba Dão
 
  England0
 
  Austria1

Semifinals

Portugal 2–2 England
Vieirinha 10'
Saleiro 82'		 Report Bowditch 8'
Milner 21'
Penalties
Machado soccer ball with check mark
Vieirinha soccer ball with check mark
Saleiro soccer ball with check mark
Gama soccer ball with red X		 3–2 soccer ball with red X Doyle
soccer ball with red X Moore
soccer ball with check mark Milner
soccer ball with check mark Ifil
soccer ball with red X Leadbitter
Estádio do Fontelo, ViseuReferee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Spain 5–2 Austria
David 4', 12', 37', 68'
Cases 16'		 Report Fuchs 59'
Stankovic 62'
Estádio Municipal de Mangualde, MangualdeReferee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Third Place Playoff

England 0–1 Austria
Report Pirker 53'
Estádio Municipal Doutor Orlando Mendes, Santa Comba DãoReferee: Sergiy Berezka (Ukraine)

Final

Portugal 2–1 Spain
Márcio Sousa 22', 47' Report David 42'
Estádio do Fontelo, ViseuReferee: Novo Panic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Portugal Spain
GK 12 Mário Felgueiras
RB 2 João Dias Yellow card 60'
CB 4 Miguel Veloso (c)
CB 14 Paulo Ricardo
LB 3 Tiago Gomes
CM 6 Paulo Machado
CM 17 João Coimbra downward-facing red arrow 70'
MO 10 Márcio Sousa downward-facing red arrow 77'
RW 7 Vieirinha
LW 15 João Pedro downward-facing red arrow 52'
CF 9 Carlos Saleiro
Substitutions:
GK 1 Pedro Freitas
LB 13 Vítor Vinha
CB 5 Tiago Costa
MF 8 João Moutinho upward-facing green arrow 77'
LW 11 Hélder Barbosa
RW 16 Bruno Gama upward-facing green arrow 52'
FW 18 Manuel Curto upward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
António Violante
GK 13 Antonio Adán
RB 2 Manuel Ruz downward-facing red arrow 72'
CB 5 Sergio Sánchez
CB 14 César Arzo Yellow card 81'
LB 3 Raúl Llorente
DM 8 Markel Bergara downward-facing red arrow 63'
MF 16 José Cases downward-facing red arrow 49'
MF 11 Jurado (c)
MF 10 David Silva
LW 7 Sisi
CF 9 David Rodríguez
Substitutions:
GK 1 Roberto Jiménez
DF 4 Marcos Martín
DF 17 César Collado upward-facing green arrow 72'
MF 6 Marcos Tébar upward-facing green arrow 49'
MF 15 Eneko Urien
FW 12 Manu Alejandro
FW 18 Xisco Nadal upward-facing green arrow 63'
Manager:
Juan Santisteban

Goalscorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. 2003: Miguel Veloso
  2. "uefa.com – UEFA European U-17 C'Ship – Fixtures & Results – Grp FT". 4 August 2003. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

External links

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