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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = UEFA European Under-21 Championship
| year = 2002
| other_titles = U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2002<br/>Championnat d'Europe de football espoirs 2002<br/>Campionato europeo di calcio Under-21 2002<br/>Campiunadis Europeans da ballape U21 2002
| image = 
| size = 
| caption = 
| country = {{flag|Switzerland}}
| dates = 16–28 May
| num_teams = 8 (finals)<br />47 (qualifying)
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion_other = {{fbu|21|CZE}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fbu|21|FRA|1974}}
| matches = 15
| goals = 35
| attendance = 174195
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Massimo Maccarone]] (3 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petr Čech]]
| prevseason = [[2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2000]]
| nextseason = [[2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2004]]
}}

'''UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2002''' was the 13th staging of [[UEFA]]'s [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship|European Under-21 Championship]]. The final tournament was hosted by [[Switzerland]] between 16 and 28 May 2002.

'''[[Czech Republic national under-21 football team|Czech Republic U-21s]]''' won the competition for the first time.

==Qualification==
{{Main|2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification}}

The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four, five groups of 5, and three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"| Switzerland
|-
! [[Zürich]]
! [[Basel]]
|-
| [[Hardturm]]
| [[St. Jakob-Park]]
|-
| Capacity: '''17,666'''
| Capacity: '''37,500'''
|-
!colspan="2"| {{Location map+|Switzerland|float=center|width=410|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Switzerland|lat=47.376886|long=8.541694|label=[[Zürich]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Switzerland|lat=47.559601|long=7.588576|label=[[Basel]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Switzerland|lat=46.204390|long=6.143157|label=[[Geneva]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Switzerland|lat=46.519962|long=6.633597|label=[[Lausanne]]|position=right}}}}
|-
![[Geneva]]
![[Lausanne]]
|-
|[[Charmilles Stadium]]
|[[Stade Olympique de la Pontaise]]
|-
| Capacity: '''9,250'''
| Capacity: '''15,700'''
|}

==Squads==
{{Main|2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads}}

==Matches==

===Group stage===

====Group A====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|ITA}}
|3||1||2||0||3||2||+1||'''5'''
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|SUI}}
|3||1||1||1||3||2||+1||'''4'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|POR}}
|3||1||1||1||4||4||0||'''4'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|ENG}}
|3||1||0||2||4||6||&minus;2||'''3'''
|}

{{football box
|date=17 May 2002
|time=20:15
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ENG}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|21|SUI}}
|goals1=[[Jermain Defoe|Defoe]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Peter Crouch|Crouch]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2=[[Alexander Frei|Frei]] {{goal|58}}
|stadium=[[Hardturm]], [[Zürich]]
|attendance=15,000
|referee=Attila Hanacsek ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68953--england-vs-switzerland/ Report]
}}
{{football box
|date=17 May 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ITA}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fbu|21|POR}}
|goals1=[[Emiliano Bonazzoli|Bonazzoli]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2=[[Hélder Postiga|Postiga]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium=[[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance=10,100
|referee=Bernhard Brugger ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68952--italy-vs-portugal/ Report]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=20 May 2002
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|POR}}
|score=0–2
|team2={{fbu|21|SUI}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Ricardo Cabanas|Cabanas]] {{goal|60|pen.}}<br />[[Alexander Frei|Frei]] {{goal|73}}
|stadium=[[Hardturm]], [[Zürich]]
|attendance=16,066
|referee=[[Tom Henning Øvrebø]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68955--portugal-vs-switzerland/ Report]
}}
{{football box
|date=20 May 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ITA}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|21|ENG}}
|goals1=[[Massimo Maccarone|Maccarone]] {{goal|58||84}}
|goals2=[[Gareth Barry|Barry]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance=12,980
|referee=[[Eduardo Iturralde González]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68954--italy-vs-england/ Report]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=22 May 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|SUI}}
|score=0–0
|team2={{fbu|21|ITA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=Jacek Granat ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68956--switzerland-vs-italy/ Report]
}}
{{football box
|date=22 May 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|POR}}
|score=3–1
|team2={{fbu|21|ENG}}
|goals1=[[Filipe Teixeira|Teixeira]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Ariza Makukula|Makukula]] {{goal|20|pen.}}<br />[[Hugo Viana|Viana]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2=[[Alan Smith (footballer born 1980)|Smith]] {{goal|43}}
|stadium=[[Hardturm]], [[Zürich]]
|attendance=5,640
|referee=Erol Ersoy ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68957--portugal-vs-england/ Report]
}}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|FRA|1974}}
|3||3||0||0||7||1||+6||'''9'''
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|CZE}}
|3||1||1||1||2||3||&minus;1||'''4'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|BEL}}
|3||1||0||2||2||4||&minus;2||'''3'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|GRE}}
|3||0||1||2||3||6||&minus;3||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date=16 May 2002
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|FRA|1974}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fbu|21|CZE}}
|goals1=[[Sidney Govou|Govou]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Olivier Sorlin|Sorlin]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Charmilles Stadium|Les Charmilles]], [[Geneva]]
|attendance=5,500
|referee=Erol Ersoy ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68959--france-vs-czechia/ Report]
}}
{{football box
|date=16 May 2002
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|GRE}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fbu|21|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Xenofon Gittas|Gittas]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2=[[Koen Daerden|Daerden]] {{goal|33}}<br />[[Tom Soetaers|Soetaers]] {{goal|83}}
|stadium=[[Stade Olympique de la Pontaise]], [[Lausanne]]
|attendance=1,950
|referee=Jacek Granat ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68958--greece-vs-belgium/ Report]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=19 May 2002
|time=16:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|BEL}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fbu|21|CZE}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Martin Jiránek|Jiránek]] {{goal|19}}
|stadium=[[Charmilles Stadium|Les Charmilles]], [[Geneva]]
|attendance=2,015
|referee=Felix Tangawarima ([[Zimbabwe Football Association|Zimbabwe]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68961--belgium-vs-czechia/ Report]
}}
{{football box
|date=19 May 2002
|time=16:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|GRE}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fbu|21|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=[[Christos Patsatzoglou|Patsatzoglou]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2=[[Sylvain Armand|Armand]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Pierre-Alain Frau|Frau]] {{goal|40||61}}
|stadium=[[Stade Olympique de la Pontaise]], [[Lausanne]]
|attendance=8,815
|referee=Franz-Xaver Wack ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68960--greece-vs-france/ Report]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=21 May 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|CZE}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fbu|21|GRE}}
|goals1=[[Zdeněk Grygera|Grygera]] {{goal|36|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Giorgos Kyriazis|Kyriazis]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium=[[Stade Olympique de la Pontaise]], [[Lausanne]]
|attendance=1,150
|referee=Attila Hanacsek ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68962--czechia-vs-greece/ Report]
}}
{{football box
|date=21 May 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|BEL}}
|score=0–2
|team2={{fbu|21|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Koen Daerden|Daerden]] {{goal|74|o.g.}}<br />[[Péguy Luyindula|Luyindula]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium=[[Charmilles Stadium|Les Charmilles]], [[Geneva]]
|attendance=7,179
|referee=Bernhard Brugger ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/68963--belgium-vs-france/ Report]
}}

===Knockout stage===
{{Round4
|team-width=170
<!--Date-Venue|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi-finals -->
|25 May – [[St. Jakob-Park|Basel]]|'''{{fbu|21|FRA|1974}}'''|'''2'''|{{fbu|21|SUI}}|0
|25 May – [[Hardturm|Zürich]]|'''{{fbu|21|CZE}} ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])'''|'''3'''|{{fbu|21|ITA}}|2
<!-- final -->
|28 May – [[St. Jakob-Park|Basel]]|{{fbu|21|FRA|1974}}|0 (1)|'''{{fbu|21|CZE}} ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]])'''|'''0 (3)'''
}}

====Semi-finals====
{{football box
|date=25 May 2002
|time=18:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|FRA|1974}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fbu|21|SUI}}
|goals1=[[Steed Malbranque|Malbranque]] {{goal|62}}<br />[[Olivier Sorlin|Sorlin]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance=26,900
|referee=[[Eduardo Iturralde González]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/69591--france-vs-switzerland/ Report]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=25 May 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|CZE}}
|score=3–2
|aet=yes
|team2={{fbu|21|ITA}}
|goals1=[[David Rozehnal|Rozehnal]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Michal Pospíšil|Pospíšil]] {{goal|83}} {{golden goal|99}}
|goals2=[[Andrea Pirlo|Pirlo]] {{goal|86|pen.}}<br />[[Massimo Maccarone|Maccarone]] {{goal|90+4}}
|stadium=[[Hardturm]], [[Zürich]]
|attendance=10,500
|referee=Franz-Xaver Wack ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/69592--czechia-vs-italy/ Report]
}}

====Final====
{{football box
|date=28 May 2002
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|FRA|1974}}
|score=0–0
|aet=yes
|team2={{fbu|21|CZE}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|penaltyscore=1–3
|penalties1=[[Camel Meriem|Meriem]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Pierre-Alain Frau|Frau]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Julien Escudé|Escudé]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Jean-Alain Boumsong|Boumsong]] {{penmiss}}
|penalties2={{pengoal}} [[Michal Pospíšil|Pospíšil]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Zdeněk Grygera|Grygera]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Rudolf Skácel|Skácel]]
|stadium=[[St. Jakob-Park]], [[Basel]]
|attendance=20,400
|referee=[[Tom Henning Øvrebø]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
|report=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/69599--france-vs-czechia/
}}

{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK||'''1'''||[[Mickaël Landreau]]
|-
|DF||'''2'''||[[Anthony Réveillère]]|| {{yel|33}}
|-
|DF||'''4'''||[[Jean-Alain Boumsong]]
|-
|DF||'''6'''||[[Jérémie Bréchet]]
|-
|DF||'''3'''||[[Julien Escudé]]
|-
|MF||'''10'''||[[Steed Malbranque]]|||| {{suboff|64}}
|-
|MF||'''18'''||[[Benoît Pedretti]]
|-
|MF||'''5'''||[[Mathieu Berson]]|| {{yel|77}}|| {{suboff|87}}
|-
|MF||'''7'''||[[Olivier Sorlin]]
|-
|FW||'''11'''||[[Péguy Luyindula]]
|-
|FW||'''9'''||[[Sidney Govou]]|||| {{suboff|76}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF||'''19'''||[[Camel Meriem]]|||| {{subon|64}}
|-
|FW||'''13'''||[[Pierre-Alain Frau]]|||| {{subon|76}}
|-
|MF||'''8'''||[[Julien Sablé]]|||| {{subon|87}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Raymond Domenech]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK||'''16'''||[[Petr Čech]]
|-
|DF||'''17'''||[[Tomáš Hübschman]]
|-
|DF||'''2'''||[[Martin Jiránek]]|||| {{suboff|33}}
|-
|DF||'''14'''||[[David Rozehnal]]
|-
|DF||'''5'''||[[Zdeněk Grygera]]
|-
|MF||'''13'''||[[Karel Piták]]|| {{yel|89}}
|-
|MF||'''8'''||[[Lukáš Zelenka]]|||| {{suboff|81}}
|-
|MF||'''4'''||[[Petr Voříšek]] 
|-
|MF||'''19'''||[[Rudolf Skácel]]
|-
|FW||'''9'''||[[Milan Baroš]]|||| {{suboff|38}}
|-
|FW||'''10'''||[[Štěpán Vachoušek]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF||'''20'''||[[Radoslav Kováč]]||||{{subon|33}}
|-
|MF||'''11'''||[[Michal Pospíšil]]|||| {{subon|38}}
|-
|MF||'''15'''||[[Jan Polák]]|||| {{subon|81}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Miroslav Beránek]]
|}
|}
{| width=50% style="font-size:90%"
|
'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Markku Tiensuu ([[Football Association of Finland|Finland]])
<br />Martin Balko ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />Bernhard Brugger ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
|}

==Goalscorers==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''3 goals'''
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Massimo Maccarone]]

'''2 goals'''
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Michal Pospíšil]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Pierre-Alain Frau]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Olivier Sorlin]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Alexander Frei]]

'''1 goal'''
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Koen Daerden]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Tom Soetaers]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Zdeněk Grygera]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Jiránek]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[David Rozehnal]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gareth Barry]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Crouch]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jermain Defoe]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Smith (footballer born 1980)|Alan Smith]]
{{col-2}}
'''1 goal, cont.'''
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Sylvain Armand]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Sidney Govou]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Péguy Luyindula]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Steed Malbranque]]
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Xenofon Gittas]]
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Giorgos Kyriazis]]
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Christos Patsatzoglou]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Emiliano Bonazzoli]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Pirlo]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Ariza Makukula]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Hélder Postiga]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Filipe Teixeira]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Hugo Viana]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Ricardo Cabanas]]

'''Own goals'''
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Koen Daerden]] (for France)
{{col-end}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2002/matches/intro.html Results Archive]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at UEFA.com
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/europe-u21.html RSSSF Results Archive] at rsssf.com

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