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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = UEFA Under-19 Championship
| year = 2005
| other_titles = 2005 Craobhchomórtas Eorpach Faoi 19 UEFA
| image =
| size = 
| caption = 
| country = Northern Ireland
| dates = 18–29 July
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 5
| cities = 4
| champion_other ={{fbu|19|FRA|1974}}
| count = 6
| second_other ={{fbu|19|ENG}}
| matches =15
| goals = 46
| attendance = 
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Borko Veselinović]]<br />(5 goals)
| player =   {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Abdoulaye Baldé (footballer)|Abdoulaye Balde]]
| prevseason =  [[2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2004]]
| nextseason =  [[2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2006]]
| updated =  <!-- use five tildes here: ~~~~~ -->
}}

The '''2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship''' was held in [[Northern Ireland]] between 18 and 29 July 2005.

==Venues==

{{Location map+|UK Northern Ireland|width=350|float=right|caption=Map of the final tournament venues |places=
{{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|marksize=12|lat=54.602945|long=-5.891278|label=Belfast|position=top}}
{{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|lat=54.86    |long=-6.28    |label=[[Ballymena]]}}
{{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|lat=54.42    |long=-6.37    |label=[[Lurgan]]}}
{{Location map~|UK Northern Ireland|lat=54.176|long=-6.349 |label=[[Newry]]|position=right}}
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!City / Town
!Stadium
!Host club(s)
!Capacity
|-
| [[Belfast]]
| [[Windsor Park]]
| [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]
| style="text-align: center;"|18,000
|-
| [[Belfast]]
| [[The Oval (Belfast)|The Oval]]
| [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]]
| style="text-align: center;"|15,250
|-
| [[Newry]]
| [[The Showgrounds (Newry)|The Showgrounds]]
| [[Newry City F.C.|Newry City]]
| style="text-align: center;"|6,500
|-
| [[Lurgan]]
| [[Mourneview Park]]
| [[Glenavon F.C.|Glenavon]]
| style="text-align: center;"|5,000
|-
| [[Ballymena]]
| [[The Showgrounds (Ballymena)|The Showgrounds]]
| [[Ballymena United F.C.|Ballymena United]]
| style="text-align: center;"|5,000
|}

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

1. [[2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification]]<br/>
2. [[2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification]]

==Teams==
The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{fbu|19|ARM}}
*{{fbu|19|ENG}}
*{{fbu|19|FRA|1974}}
*{{fbu|19|GER}}
*{{fbu|19|GRE}}
*{{fbu|19|NIR}} (host)
*{{fbu|19|NOR}}
*{{fbu|19|SCG}}
{{div col end}}

==Match officials==
Six referees were selected for the tournament:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Undiano Mallenco]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Viktor Kassai]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Matteo Trefoloni]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Pieter Vink]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Duarte Gomes]]
*{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Damir Skomina]]
{{div col end}}

==Squads==
{{main|2005 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|SCG}}
|3||3||0||0||8||2||+6||'''9'''
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|GER}}
|3||2||0||1||7||5||+2||'''6'''
|- align=center 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|GRE}}
|3||1||0||2||1||6||−5||'''3''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|NIR}}
|3||0||0||3||1||4||−3||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 18 July 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|SCG}}
|score = 4–2
|team2 = {{fbu|19|GER}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81122--serbia-vs-germany/ Report]
|goals1 = [[Borko Veselinović|Veselinović]] {{goal|57||59}}<br/>[[Nebojša Marinković|Marinković]] {{goal|75}}<br/>[[Marko Markovski|Markovski]] {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2 = [[Eugen Polanski|Polanski]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Mustafa Kučuković|Kučuković]] {{goal|51}}
|stadium = [[The Showgrounds (Newry)|The Showgrounds]], [[Newry]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Alberto Undiano Mallenco]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])}}

{{football box
|date = 18 July 2005
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|NIR}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fbu|19|GRE}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81121--northern-ireland-vs-greece/ Report]
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Antonis Petropoulos|Petropoulos]] {{goal|15}}
|stadium = [[Windsor Park]], [[Belfast]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Viktor Kassai]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])}}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 July 2005
|time = 17:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|GRE}}
|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{fbu|19|GER}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81123--greece-vs-germany/ Report]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Florian Müller (footballer, born 1986)|Müller]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Eugen Polanski|Polanski]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Kevin-Prince Boateng|Boateng]] {{goal|47}}
|stadium = [[Mourneview Park]], [[Lurgan]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Damir Skomina]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]])}}

{{football box
|date = 20 July 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|NIR}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fbu|19|SCG}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81124--northern-ireland-vs-serbia/ Report]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Borko Veselinović|Veselinović]] {{goal|78}}
|stadium = [[The Showgrounds (Newry)|The Showgrounds]], [[Newry]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Pieter Vink]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])}}
----
{{football box
|date = 23 July 2005
|time = 17:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|GER}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fbu|19|NIR}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81125--germany-vs-northern-ireland/ Report]
|goals1 = [[Markus Steinhöfer|Steinhöfer]] {{goal|85}}<br/>[[Denis Epstein|Epstein]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = [[Thomas Stewart (Irish footballer)|Stewart]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[The Showgrounds (Ballymena)|The Showgrounds]], [[Ballymena]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Matteo Trefoloni]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])}}

{{football box
|date = 23 July 2005
|time = 17:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|GRE}}
|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{fbu|19|SCG}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81126--greece-vs-serbia/ Report]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Borko Veselinović|Veselinović]] {{goal|4|pen.|43}}<br/>[[Nemanja Arsenijević|Arsenijević]] {{goal|16}}
|stadium = [[The Oval (Belfast)|The Oval]], [[Belfast]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Duarte Gomes]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])}}

===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|FRA|1974}}
|3||2||1||0||5||2||+3||'''7'''
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|ENG}}
|3||1||2||0||5||4||+1||'''5'''
|- align=center 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|NOR}}
|3||1||0||2||5||6||−1||'''3''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|ARM}}
|3||0||1||2||1||4||−3||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 18 July 2005
|time = 17:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|FRA|1974}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fbu|19|ENG}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81127--france-vs-england/ Report]
|goals1 = [[Abdoulaye Baldé (footballer)|Baldé]] {{goal|19}}
|goals2 = [[Matty Fryatt|Fryatt]] {{goal|9}}
|stadium = [[The Oval (Belfast)|The Oval]], [[Belfast]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Matteo Trefoloni]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])}}

{{football box
|date = 18 July 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|NOR}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fbu|19|ARM}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81128--norway-vs-armenia/ Report]
|goals1 = [[Karim Aoudia|Aoudia]] {{goal|21}}<br/>[[Vidar Nisja|Nisja]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Mourneview Park]], [[Lurgan]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Damir Skomina]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]])}}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 July 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|ARM}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fbu|19|ENG}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81130--armenia-vs-england/ Report]
|goals1 = [[Carl Lombé|Lombé]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = Petrosyan {{goal|72|o.g.}}
|stadium = [[The Showgrounds (Ballymena)|The Showgrounds]], [[Ballymena]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Viktor Kassai]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])}}

{{football box
|date = 20 July 2005
|time = 20:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|NOR}}
|score = 1–3
|team2 = {{fbu|19|FRA|1974}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81129--norway-vs-france/ Report]
|goals1 = [[Kevin Larsen|Larsen]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2 = [[Yoann Gourcuff|Gourcuff]] {{goal|16|pen.|29||83|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Windsor Park]], [[Belfast]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Duarte Gomes]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])}}
----
{{football box
|date = 23 July 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|ARM}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fbu|19|FRA|1974}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81131--armenia-vs-france/ Report]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Cédric Cambon|Cambon]] {{goal|31}}
|stadium = [[Mourneview Park]], [[Lurgan]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Pieter Vink]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])}}

{{football box
|date = 23 July 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|ENG}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{fbu|19|NOR}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81132--england-vs-norway/ Report]
|goals1 = [[Matthew Mills|Mills]] {{goal|3}}<br/>[[Dexter Blackstock|Blackstock]] {{goal|80}}<br/>[[David Wheater|Wheater]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = [[Karim Aoudia|Aoudia]] {{goal|23}}<br/>[[Petter Bruer Hanssen|Hanssen]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium = [[The Showgrounds (Newry)|The Showgrounds]], [[Newry]]
|attendance=
|referee= [[Alberto Undiano Mallenco]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])}}

==Semi-finals==
{{football box
|date = 26 July 2005
|time = 16:30 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|SCG}}
|goals1 = [[Nebojša Marinković|Marinković]] {{goal|87}}
|score = 1–3
|team2 = {{fbu|19|ENG}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81484--serbia-vs-england/ Report]
|goals2 = [[Matty Fryatt|Fryatt]] {{goal|18||81||90+3}}
|stadium = [[Mourneview Park]], [[Lurgan]]
|attendance =
|referee= [[Viktor Kassai]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])}}

{{football box
|date = 26 July 2005
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|FRA|1974}}
|goals1 = [[Abdoulaye Baldé (footballer)|Baldé]] {{goal|34||58}}<br />[[Yohan Cabaye|Cabaye]] {{goal|63}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{fbu|19|GER}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81485--france-vs-germany/ Report]
|goals2 = [[Denis Epstein|Epstein]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Kevin-Prince Boateng|Boateng]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[The Showgrounds (Ballymena)|The Showgrounds]], [[Ballymena]]
|attendance =
|referee = [[Alberto Undiano Mallenco]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])}}

==Final==
{{football box
|date = 29 July 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|19|ENG}}
|goals1 = [[Lee Holmes|Holmes]] {{goal|41}}
|score = 1–3
|team2 = {{fbu|19|FRA|1974}}
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/81509--england-vs-france/ Report]
|goals2 = [[Mohamed Chakouri|Chakouri]] {{goal|56}}<br />[[Abdoulaye Baldé (footballer)|Baldé]] {{goal|75}}<br />[[Yoan Gouffran|Gouffran]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium = [[Windsor Park]], [[Belfast]]
|attendance = 5,000
|referee= [[Pieter Vink]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])}}

{{Winners|fbu|19|2005 UEFA U-19 European champions|FRA|Sixth|1974}}

==Top scorers==
;5 goals
*{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Borko Veselinović]]

;4 goals
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Abdoulaye Baldé (footballer)|Abdoulaye Baldé]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Matty Fryatt]]

;3 goals
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Yoann Gourcuff]]

;2 goals
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Karim Aoudia]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Kevin-Prince Boateng]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Denis Epstein]]
*{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Nebojša Marinković]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Eugen Polanski]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060626031609/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under19/history/Season=2005/intro.html Official website] at [[UEFA.com]]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec-u18-05.html Match list] at [[rsssf.com]]

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