The 2003

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was held in

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from 16 to 26 July 2003. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this competition.

Venues

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament. 1. 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship first qualifying round
2. 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship second qualifying round

Teams

The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were: * * * * * * (host) * *

Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament: * Michael Weiner * Athanassios Briakos * Ruud Bossen * Nikolai Ivanov * Carlos Megía Dávila *

Selçuk Dereli Selçuk Dereli (born 6 June 1969) is a retired Turkish international referee who was active internationally until 2010. He served as a referee in 2006 and 2010 World Cup qualifying, as well as UEFA Euro 2008 qualification.UEFA Union of E ...

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Paulo Sérgio ;3 goals *

Sébastien Grax Sébastien Grax (born 23 June 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Grax started his career at Monaco in 2001 where he played four matches in three years. He was then loaned out to Troyes AC in 2004 w ...

;2 goals * Roman Kienast *

Lukas Mössner Lukas Mössner (born 14 March 1984 in Sankt Pölten) is an Austrian footballer currently playing for ASV Draßburg. He has also made 14 appearances for the Austria U-21 team, scoring three goals. Honours Pasching *Austrian Cup The Austrian Cu ...

* Klaus Salmutter * René Schicker * Petr Mikolanda *

Simon Laner Simon Laner (born 28 January 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career He made his Serie B debut in a 1–0 defeat for Hellas Verona F.C. against Livorno, on 14 September 2002. AlbinoLeffe In summer 2008 Laner joined Alb ...

Francesco Lodi Francesco Lodi (born 23 March 1984) is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Catania S.S.D., Catania. He usually plays as a Midfielder#Deep-lying playmaker, deep lying playmaker, and ...

Giampaolo Pazzini Giampaolo Pazzini (; born 2 August 1984), nicknamed ''Il Pazzo'' ("The Madman") after his surname, is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career in Serie A with Atalanta, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, ...

* Della Rocca *

Hugo Almeida Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (born 23 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. After failing to establish himself at Porto, being loaned several times during his contract, he made a name for h ...

* Pedro Pereira ;1 goal * Salmin Čehajić *

Jürgen Säumel Jürgen Säumel (born 8 September 1984) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career After Säumel's contract with SK Sturm Graz expired, he decided to sign for Torino on 22 July 2008 on a three-year cont ...

* Josef Brodský * Milan Matula * Lukáš Nachtman *

Václav Procházka Václav Procházka (, born 8 May 1984) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Fastav Zlín in the Czech First League. At international level, Procházka played extensively for the Czech Republic youth national teams since the under- ...

* Pavel Siranec *

Stewart Downing Stewart Downing (born 22 July 1984) is an English former professional footballer. He played most of his career as a winger, where he operated predominantly on the left-hand side, though he could play on the right and go inside on to his stronge ...

Liam Ridgewell Liam Matthew Ridgewell (born 21 July 1984) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He was primarily a centre back but could also play at left back. He is currently a coach for the Portland Timbers. Ridgewell, wh ...

Wayne Routledge Wayne Neville Anthony Routledge (born 7 January 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He represented England at under-16, under-19 and under-21 level. Routledge began his career in London with Crystal Pala ...

* Sylvain Idangar *

Alberto Aquilani Alberto Aquilani (; born 7 July 1984) is an Italian football manager and former player. Mainly a central midfielder, he usually operated as a deep-lying playmaker, but was also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder. He is the head coach o ...

Raffaele Palladino Raffaele Palladino (; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is head coach of club Monza. Club career On 3 July 2008, Palladino was signed by Genoa in co-ownership deal, priced €5million (for 50% ...

Martin Büchel Martin Büchel (born 19 February 1987 in Ruggell) is a Liechtenstein footballer, who currently plays for FC Ruggell in Liechtenstein and formerly played for the Liechtenstein national football team. Career Büchel began his career in his home ...

* Sandro Maierhofer *

Daniel Fredheim Holm Daniel Fredheim Holm (born 30 July 1985) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder and works as an assistant coach for KFUM in the OBOS-ligaen. He is the half-brother of former Vålerenga colleague Thomas Holm, and the son of forme ...

* Olav Tuelo Johannesen * Branimir Poljac *

Daniel Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

* Fonseca * Organista * João Pereira ;Own goals *

Claudio Alabor Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most important me ...

(playing against Portugal) * Christoph Bühler (playing against Norway)

External links

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