The 2005

UEFA European Under-19 Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain and Englan ...

was held in

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between 18 and 29 July 2005.

Venues

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament. 1.

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Teams

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

Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament: *

Alberto Undiano Mallenco Alberto Undiano Mallenco (; born 6 October 1973) is a retired Spanish football referee. He was a full international referee for FIFA from 2004 to 2019. Undiano is also a part-time sociologist. Career Mallenco was born in Pamplona. Club On 8 ...

Viktor Kassai Viktor Kassai (''Kassai Viktor'', Hungarian pronunciation: ; born 10 September 1975) is a Hungarian football official and a former referee who is the current head of refereeing department of the Bulgarian Football Union. He participated in th ...

Matteo Trefoloni Matteo Simone Trefoloni (born 31 March 1971) is an Italian former Italian football referee, who refereed many UEFA matches over the years. He sent Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor off in a UEFA Cup against Hapoel Tel Aviv played in February ...

Pieter Vink Pieter Vink (, born 13 March 1967

Duarte Gomes Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes (born 16 January 1973) is a Portuguese retired football referee and media personality. He started his career as a referee in 1991 at the district levels, ascending gradually to the first national category in 1997. He b ...

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 ...

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

;5 goals *

Borko Veselinović Borko Veselinović (; born 6 January 1986) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Veselinović progressed through the youth system of Partizan as one of the club's most promising prospects, breaking into the fi ...

;4 goals * Abdoulaye Baldé *

Matty Fryatt Matty may refer to: * Matty (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname, given name or surname * Matty, Hungary, a village in Baranya County * Matty Island, a Canadian arctic island * Former name of Wuvulu Island * Matty, ni ...

;3 goals *

Yoann Gourcuff Yoann Miguel Gourcuff (born 11 July 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. He could also be utilized as a withdrawn striker, and was described as a "playmaker of real quality" who "is an a ...

;2 goals *

Karim Aoudia Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran. Given name Karim * Karim Ab ...

Kevin-Prince Boateng Kevin-Prince Boateng (; born 6 March 1987), also known as Prince, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for club Hertha BSC. Born in Germany, he represented the Ghana national team. Coming through the youth system ...

* Denis Epstein *

Nebojša Marinković Nebojša Marinković (; born 19 June 1986) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is the older brother of fellow footballer Nenad Marinković. Club career Early years Born in Knjaževac, Marinković made ...

Eugen Polanski Eugen Polanski (; born Bogusław Eugeniusz Polański on 17 March 1986) is a Polish former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. He amassed Bundesliga totals of 254 matches and 14 goals over 12 seasons, in represent ...

External links

Official website
at UEFA.com
Match list
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