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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = UEFA Under-19 Championship
| year = 2003
| other_titles = U-19-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2003
| image =
| size = 
| caption = 
| country = Liechtenstein
| dates = 16–26 July
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 5
| cities = 5
| champion_other ={{fbu|19|ITA|2003}}
| count = 3
| second_other ={{fbu|19|POR}}
| matches =15
| goals =54
| attendance = 
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|POR}} [[Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves|Paulo Sérgio]]<br>(5 goals)
| player =  {{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Alberto Aquilani]]
| prevseason =  [[2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2002]]
| nextseason =  [[2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2004]]
| updated = 
}}

The 2003 [[UEFA European Under-19 Championship]] was held in [[Liechtenstein]] from 16 to 26 July 2003. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this competition.

== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Vaduz]]
! [[Balzers]]
! [[Eschen]]
|-
| [[Rheinpark Stadion]]
| [[Sportplatz Rheinau]]
| [[Sportpark Eschen-Mauren]]
|-
| Capacity: '''3,654'''
| Capacity: '''2,500'''
| Capacity: '''2,100'''

|-
! colspan="2" |{{Location map+|Liechtenstein|float=center|width=410|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Liechtenstein|lat=47.14072|long=9.52188|label=[[Vaduz]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Liechtenstein|lat=47.065582|long=9.50745259|label=[[Balzers]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Liechtenstein|lat=47.10752|long=9.52815|label=[[Triesen]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Liechtenstein|lat=47.16750|long=9.510530|label=[[Schaan]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Liechtenstein|lat=47.21071|long=9.52223|label=[[Eschen]]|position=left}}}}
|-
! [[Triesen]]
! [[Schaan]]
|-
| [[Sportanlage Blumenau]]
| [[Sportanlage Rheinwiese]]
|-
| Capacity: '''1,500'''
| Capacity: '''1,500'''
|-
|}

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

1. [[2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship first qualifying round]]<br/>
2. [[2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship second qualifying round]]

== Teams ==
The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fbu|19|AUT}}
* {{fbu|19|CZE}}
* {{fbu|19|ENG}}
* {{fbu|19|FRA|1974}}
* {{fbu|19|ITA|2003}}
* {{fbu|19|LIE}} (host)
* {{fbu|19|NOR}}
* {{fbu|19|POR}}
{{div col end}}

== Match officials ==
Six referees were selected for the tournament:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Weiner (referee)|Michael Weiner]]
*{{flagicon|GRE}} Athanassios Briakos
*{{flagicon|NED}} Ruud Bossen
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolai Vladimirovich Ivanov|Nikolai Ivanov]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Megía Dávila
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Selçuk Dereli]]
{{div col end}}

== Squads ==
{{main|2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads}}

== Group stage ==

=== Group A ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=165|Teams
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|ITA|2003}}
|3||2||1||0||7||2||+5||'''7'''
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|POR}}
|3||1||2||0||8||3||+5||'''5'''
|- align=center 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|NOR}}
|3||1||1||1||4||4||0||'''4''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|LIE}}
|3||0||0||3||2||12||−10||'''0'''
|}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|16|df=y}}
| time         = 17:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|LIE}}
| score        = 0–5
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105114433/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71257/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|POR}}
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = [[João Pereira (footballer, born 1984)|João Pereira]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Hugo Almeida]] {{goal|63}}<br />[[Claudio Alabor|Alabor]] {{goal|73|o.g.}}<br />[[Carlos Miguel Correia Fonseca|Fonseca]] {{goal|82}}<br />[[Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|84}}
| stadium      = [[Rheinpark Stadion]], [[Vaduz]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Nikolai Vladimirovich Ivanov|Nikolai Ivanov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
}}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|16|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|NOR}}
| score        = 0–1
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105030043/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71258/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|ITA|2003}}
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = [[Alberto Aquilani|Aquilani]] {{goal|89|pen.}}
| stadium      = [[Sportplatz Rheinau]], [[Balzers]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Athanassios Briakos]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|18|df=y}}
| time         = 15:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|POR}}
| score        = 1–1
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105021241/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71259/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|ITA|2003}}
| goals1       = [[Daniel Jorge Cata de Almeida|Daniel]] {{goal|49}}
| goals2       = [[Francesco Lodi|Lodi]] {{goal|58}}
| stadium      = [[Sportpark Eschen-Mauren]], [[Eschen]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Michael Weiner (referee)|Michael Weiner]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
}}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|18|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|LIE}}
| score        = 1–2
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105013737/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71260/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|NOR}}
| goals1       = [[Sandro Maierhofer|Maierhofer]] {{goal|4}}
| goals2       = [[Branimir Poljac|Poljac]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Christoph Bühler|Bühler]] {{goal|37|o.g.}}
| stadium      = [[Blumenau Stadium]], [[Triesen]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Selçuk Dereli]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|20|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|POR}}
| score        = 2–2
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105020411/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71261/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|NOR}}
| goals1       = [[Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|61||80}}
| goals2       = [[Olav Tuelo Johannesen|Johannesen]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Daniel Fredheim Holm|Daniel Holm]] {{goal|21}}
| stadium      = [[Sportsplatz Rheinwiese]], [[Schaan]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Ruud Bossen]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|20|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|ITA|2003}}
| score        = 5–1
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105085909/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71262/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|LIE}}
| goals1       = [[Luigi Della Rocca|Della Rocca]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Raffaele Palladino|Palladino]] {{goal|39}}<br />[[Simon Laner|Laner]] {{goal|53||67}}<br />[[Francesco Lodi|Lodi]] {{goal|55|pen.}}
| goals2       = [[Martin Büchel|Büchel]] {{goal|68}}
| stadium      = [[Sportplatz Rheinau]], [[Balzers]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Carlos Megía Dávila]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
}}

=== Group B ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=165|Teams
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|AUT}}
|3||2||1||0||7||3||+4||'''7'''
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|CZE}}
|3||1||1||1||7||7||0||'''4'''
|- align=center 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|ENG}}
|3||1||0||2||3||5||−2||'''3''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|FRA|1974}}
|3||0||2||1||4||6||−2||'''2''' 
|}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|16|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|ENG}}
| score        = 1–2
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105010244/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71264/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|AUT}}
| goals1       = [[Stewart Downing|Downing]] {{goal|36}}
| goals2       = [[Lukas Mössner|Mössner]] {{goal|5}}<br />[[Jürgen Säumel|Säumel]] {{goal|60}}
| stadium      = [[Sportsplatz Rheinwiese]], [[Schaan]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Selçuk Dereli]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
}}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|16|df=y}}
| time         = 20:10 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|FRA|1974}}
| score        = 3–3
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105074742/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71263/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|CZE}}
| goals1       = [[Sébastien Grax|Grax]] {{goal|6||63|pen.}}<br />[[Sylvain Idangar|Idangar]] {{goal|70}}
| goals2       = [[Petr Mikolanda|Mikolanda]] {{goal|26}}<br />[[Václav Procházka|Procházka]] {{goal|87}}<br />[[Milan Matula|Matula]] {{goal|90+3}}
| stadium      = [[Rheinpark Stadion]], [[Vaduz]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Carlos Megía Dávila]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|18|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|FRA|1974}}
| score        = 0–2
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105021027/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71265/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|ENG}}
| goals1       =
| goals2       = [[Liam Ridgewell|Ridgewell]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Wayne Routledge|Routledge]] {{goal|90+2}}
| stadium      = [[Sportpark Eschen-Mauren]], [[Eschen]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Ruud Bossen]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|18|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|CZE}}
| score        = 1–4
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105034550/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71266/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|AUT}}
| goals1       = [[Petr Mikolanda|Mikolanda]] {{goal|10}}
| goals2       = [[René Schicker|Schicker]] {{goal|36||45}}<br />[[Roman Kienast|Kienast]] {{goal|38||54}}
| stadium      = [[Sportsplatz Rheinwiese]], [[Schaan]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Athanassios Briakos]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|20|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|CZE}}
| score        = 3–0
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105061938/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71267/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|ENG}}
| goals1       = [[Lukáš Nachtman|Nachtman]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Josef Brodský|Brodský]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Pavel Siranec|Siranec]] {{goal|63}}
| goals2       =
| stadium      = [[Sportpark Eschen-Mauren]], [[Eschen]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Michael Weiner (referee)|Michael Weiner]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
}}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|20|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|AUT}}
| score        = 1–1
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105081655/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1601/match=71268/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|FRA|1974}}
| goals1       = [[Salmin Čehajić|Čehajić]] {{goal|82|pen.}}
| goals2       = [[Sébastien Grax|Grax]] {{goal|90+2|pen.}}
| stadium      = [[Blumenau Stadium]], [[Triesen]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Nikolai Vladimirovich Ivanov|Nikolai Ivanov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
}}

== Semi-finals ==
{{Football box
| id           = Austria v Portugal
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|23|df=y}}
| time         = 16:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|AUT}}
| score        = 3–6
| aet          = yes
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105004453/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1602/match=71992/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|POR}}
| goals1       = [[Klaus Salmutter|Salmutter]] {{goal|24||28}}<br />[[Lukas Mössner|Mössner]] {{goal|84}}
| goals2       = [[Hugo Almeida]] {{goal|31|pen.}}<br />[[Sérgio Organista|Organista]] {{goal|38}}<br />[[Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|54}}, {{goal|103|pen.}}<br />[[Pedro Jorge Marques Pereira|Pedro Pereira]] {{silver goal|100}}, {{goal|104}}
| stadium      = [[Rheinpark Stadion]], [[Vaduz]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Michael Weiner (referee)|Michael Weiner]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|23|df=y}}
| time         = 20:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|ITA|2003}}
| score        = 1–0
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105105146/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1602/match=71993/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|CZE}}
| goals1       = [[Giampaolo Pazzini|Pazzini]] {{goal|57}}
| goals2       =
| stadium      = [[Rheinpark Stadion]], [[Vaduz]]
| attendance   =
| referee      = [[Carlos Megía Dávila]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
}}

== Final ==
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2003|7|26|df=y}}
| time         = 20:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|ITA|2003}}
| score        = 2–0
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105194951/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2003/round=1604/match=72055/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|POR}}
| goals1       = [[Luigi Della Rocca|Della Rocca]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Giampaolo Pazzini|Pazzini]] {{goal|27}}
| goals2       =
| stadium      = [[Rheinpark Stadion]], [[Vaduz]]
| attendance   = 4500
| referee      = [[Selçuk Dereli]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
}}

{{winners|fbu|19|2003 UEFA U-19 European champions|ITA|Third|2003}}

== Goalscorers ==
;5 goals
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves|Paulo Sérgio]]

;3 goals
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Sébastien Grax]]

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Roman Kienast]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Lukas Mössner]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Klaus Salmutter]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[René Schicker]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petr Mikolanda]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Simon Laner]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Francesco Lodi]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Giampaolo Pazzini]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Luigi Della Rocca|Della Rocca]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Hugo Almeida]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Jorge Marques Pereira|Pedro Pereira]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Salmin Čehajić]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jürgen Säumel]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Josef Brodský]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Milan Matula]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lukáš Nachtman]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Václav Procházka]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Siranec]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stewart Downing]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liam Ridgewell]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Routledge]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Sylvain Idangar]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Alberto Aquilani]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Raffaele Palladino]]
*{{flagicon|LIE}} [[Martin Büchel]]
*{{flagicon|LIE}} [[Sandro Maierhofer]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Daniel Fredheim Holm]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Olav Tuelo Johannesen]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Branimir Poljac]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Daniel Jorge Cata de Almeida|Daniel]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Carlos Miguel Correia Fonseca|Fonseca]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Sérgio Organista|Organista]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Pereira (footballer, born 1984)|João Pereira]]
{{div col end}}

;Own goals
*{{flagicon|LIE}} [[Claudio Alabor]] (playing against Portugal)
*{{flagicon|LIE}} [[Christoph Bühler]] (playing against Norway)

==See also==
* [[2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship first qualifying round]]
* [[2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship second qualifying round]]

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season%3D2003/intro.html}} at [[UEFA.com]]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec-u18-03.html Match list] at [[rsssf.com]]

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