The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of
UEFA
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's
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain is the most successful team in this ...
.
Portugal
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hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition. Host
Portugal
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defeated
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
in the final to win the competition for the fifth time.
For winning their semifinals,
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
and
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
qualified for the
2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, held in Finland, with
England
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and
Austria
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missing out.
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).''
Venues
The final tournament was played in seven venues located in seven different cities,
Viseu
Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabi ...
,
Nelas
Nelas () is a municipality located in the Centro Region of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,037, in an area of 125.71 km².
History
Settlement of the territory of Nelas dates back to the settlement by Neolithic and Stone a ...
,
Chaves,
Mangualde
Mangualde () is a municipality in the subregion of Dão-Lafões (historical Beira Interior), central region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,880, in an area of 219.26 km2.
History
The region of Mangualde has been a crossroads of ma ...
,
Vila Real
Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the North region. It is also the seat of the Douro intermunicipal community and of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro historical province. The Vila Real municipality cover ...
,
Santa Comba Dão
Santa Comba Dão () is a city and a municipality in the Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,597, in an area of 111.95 km2. The city proper has a population of 3,300.
The present mayor is Leonel Gouveia, elected in 2013 ...
and
Santa Marta de Penaguião
Santa Marta de Penaguião ( or ) is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Vila Real, in the northern region of Douro. The population in 2011 was 7,356, in an area of 69.28 km2.
History
The history of Santa Marta de Penaguião is affir ...
. 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.
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
*
Damir Skomina
Damir Skomina (born 5 August 1976) is a Slovenian former UEFA Elite category football referee.
Refereeing career
Skomina was the fourth referee at several UEFA Euro 2008 matches. He refereed the quarter-final match of the football tournament ...
* Sergiy Berezka
* Veaceslav Banari
*
Stefan Johannesson
* Novo Panic
* Kuddusi Müftüoglu
;Assistant referees
* David Paul Todd
* Gianpietro Lucca
* Dimitrios Bozatzidis
* Ingmar Spiteri
* Roman Slysko
* Tomislav Petrovic
* Arie Brink
* Tihon Kalugin
;Fourth officials
* Pedro Proenca Oliveira Alves Garcia
* Joaquim Paulo Paraty Da Silva
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Knockout map
Semifinals
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Third Place Playoff
Final
Goalscorers
;6 goals
*
David Rodríguez
;3 goals
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James Milner
James Philip Milner (born 4 January 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Liverpool. A versatile player, Milner has played in multiple positions, including on the wing, in midfield and at full-back.
...
*
José Cases
;2 goals
*
Mads Torry
*
Dean Bowditch
Dean Peter Bowditch (born 15 June 1986) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder or Forward (association football), forward.
He made over 200 appearances for Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton K ...
*
Arturo Lupoli
Arturo Lupoli (born 24 June 1987) is a former Italian footballer who last played as a forward for Borgo San Donnino.
His former clubs include Parma, Arsenal and Derby County, where he spent the 2006–07 season on loan.
Club career
Parma
Orig ...
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Nicola Pozzi
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Manuel Curto
Manuel José da Luz Correia Curto (born 9 July 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Torres Vedras, Lisbon District, Curto spent seven years in S.L. Benfica's youth system, where he o ...
*
Márcio Sousa
*
Vieirinha
Adelino André Vieira de Freitas (born 24 January 1986), known as Vieirinha (), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a full-back for Greek club PAOK, for which he is captain.
Ambidextrous, he started playing f ...
*
Xisco Nadal
;1 goal
*
Christian Fuchs
Christian Fuchs (; born 7 April 1986) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a left back.
He began his senior career as a teenager at Wiener Neustadt before signing his first professional contract at 17 with SV Mattersburg ...
* Daniel Horvath
*
Patrick Mayer
* Daniel Pirker
*
Christoph Saurer
Christoph Saurer (born 22 January 1986, in Vienna) is an Austrian footballer who plays for SC Pinkafeld. He has been capped for both the Austria national under-21 football team
The Austria national under-21 football team is the national under-2 ...
*
Marko Stanković
Marko Stanković (; born 17 February 1986) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He also represented the Austria national team on one occasion in 2008.
Club career
Born in Krems, Austria, Marko Sta ...
*
Michael Jakobsen
*
Bo Storm
Bo Storm (born 3 February 1987 in Nordborg) is a retired Danish footballer, who currently is the assistant manager of Danish 1st Division club FC Roskilde.
Career
He has played several games for the Danish youth national teams (U-16, U-17, U-18 ...
*
Steven Taylor
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Lior Refaelov
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He began his career at Macc ...
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Bruno Gama
Bruno Alexandre Vilela Gama (born 15 November 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca FC.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 129 matches and 11 goals over seven seasons, mainly rep ...
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João Pedro
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Paulo Machado
Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado (born 31 March 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Formed at Porto, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 103 matches and eight goals over five seasons, ...
*
Carlos Saleiro
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Jurado
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David Silva
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References
External links
UEFA.com
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UEFA European Under-17 Championship
International association football competitions hosted by Portugal
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May 2003 sports events in Europe
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