Those marked in bold have now been capped at full International level.
Group 1
England
Head coach:
David Platt
Italy
Head coach:
Claudio Gentile
''Caps and age as of 17 May 2002, before the start of the tournament
Dario Dainelli
Dario Dainelli (; born 9 June 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Early career
Born in Pontedera, Province of Pisa, Dainelli started his professional career at Empoli. He spent his early ...
: on loan at Hellas Verona.
Portugal
Head coach:
Agostinho Oliveira
Switzerland
Head coach:
Bernard Challandes
Bernard Challandes (born 26 July 1951) is a Swiss professional football coach and former player who last managed Kosovo.
Coaching career Clubs
Challandes became coach of Saint-Imier in 1978. Subsequently, he has been the coach of many other tea ...
Group 2
Belgium
Head coach:
Jean-François de Sart
Czech Republic
Head coach:
Miroslav Beránek
Miroslav Beránek (born 24 April 1957) is a Czech football coach who was most recently the manager of the Slavia Prague. As a player, he played over 100 matches as a defender for Slavia Prague in the 1980s.
Coaching career
Beránek took charge ...
France
Head coach:
Raymond Domenech
Greece
Head coach:
Andreas Michalopoulos
Andreas Michalopoulos ( el, Ανδρέας Μιχαλόπουλος; 23 February 1948 – 4 January 2022) was a Greek footballer who played as a striker for Panachaiki.
Career
He played for Panachaiki when the team qualified for the 1973–74 ...
Footnotes
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Squads
In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer. NATO and US doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section." while US Army do ...
UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads