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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name=UEFA Under-19 Championship
| year=2006
| other_titles=Mistrzostwa Europy U-19 w Piłce Nożnej 2006
| image=
| size=250px
| caption=
| country=Poland
| dates=18–29 July
| num_teams=8
| confederations=
| venues=
| cities=
| champion_other={{fbu|19|ESP}}
| count=6
| second_other={{fbu|19|SCO}}
| matches=15
| goals=63
| attendance=55000
| top_scorer={{flagicon|Spain}} [[Alberto Bueno]]<br>{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[İlhan Parlak]] (5 goals)
| player= {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Alberto Bueno]]
| prevseason =  [[2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2005]]
| nextseason =  [[2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2007]]
| updated=<!-- use five tildes here: ~~~~~ -->
}}
The '''[[UEFA European Under-19 Championship]] 2006 Final Tournament''' was held in [[Poland]] between 18 July and 29 July 2006. The top three teams in each group qualified for the [[2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]. Players born after 1 January 1987 were allowed to participate in this competition.

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

1. [[2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification]]<br>
2. [[2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification]]

==Teams==
The following teams had qualified for the tournament:

* {{fbu|19|AUT}}
* {{fbu|19|BEL}}
* {{fbu|19|CZE}}
* {{fbu|19|POL}} (host)
* {{fbu|19|POR}}
* {{fbu|19|SCO}}
* {{fbu|19|ESP}}
* {{fbu|19|TUR}}

===Squads===
{{main|2006 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|CZE}}
|3||2||0||1||7||5||+2||'''6'''
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|AUT}}
|3||2||0||1||6||4||+2||'''6'''
|- align=center 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|POL}}
|3||1||0||2||4||4||0||'''3''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|BEL}}
|3||1||0||2||6||10||−4||'''3''' 
|}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|18|df=y}}
| time         = 18:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|BEL}}
| score        = 4–2
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105013939/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84173/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|CZE}}
| goals1       = [[Roland Lamah|Lamah]] {{goal|12||32|pen.}}<br />[[Michal Švec|Švec]] {{goal|36|o.g.}}<br />[[Kevin Mirallas|Mirallas]] {{goal|57}}
| goals2       = [[Martin Fenin|Fenin]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Marek Střeštík|Střeštík]] {{goal|84}}
| stadium      = Stadion Miejski, [[Pobiedziska]]
| attendance   = 1,200
| referee      = [[Novo Panić]] ([[Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]])
}}
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|18|df=y}}
| time         = 20:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|POL}}
| score        = 0–1
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105063622/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84172/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|AUT}}
| goals1       =
| goals2       = [[Erwin Hoffer|Hoffer]] {{goal|75}}
| stadium      = [[Stadion Miejski (Poznań)|Stadion Miejski]], [[Poznań]]
| attendance   = 15,000
| referee      = [[Hervé Piccirillo]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|20|df=y}}
| time         = 18:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|AUT}}
| score        = 1–3
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105014838/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84175/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|CZE}}
| goals1       = [[Erwin Hoffer|Hoffer]] {{goal|76}}
| goals2       = [[Jakub Mareš|Mareš]] {{goal|34|pen.}}<br />[[Petr Janda (footballer)|Janda]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Marek Střeštík|Střeštík]] {{goal|49}}
| stadium      = Stadion Miejski, [[Swarzędz]]
| attendance   = 2,800
| referee      = [[Cristian Balaj]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
}}
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|20|df=y}}
| time         = 20:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|POL}}
| score        = 4–1
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105030620/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84174/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|BEL}}
| goals1       = [[Dawid Janczyk|Janczyk]] {{goal|10||43||58}}<br />[[Krzysztof Michalak|Michalak]] {{goal|89}}
| goals2       = [[Roland Lamah|Lamah]] {{goal|62}}
| stadium      = Stadion Amiki, [[Wronki]]
| attendance   = 2,500
| referee      = [[Ivan Bebek]] ([[Croatian Football Federation|Croatia]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|23|df=y}}
| time         = 20:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|CZE}}
| score        = 2–0
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105014232/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84176/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|POL}}
| goals1       = [[Marek Střeštík|Střeštík]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Martin Fenin|Fenin]] {{goal|82}}
| goals2       =
| stadium      = [[Dyskobolia Stadium|Stadion Dyskobolii]], [[Grodzisk Wielkopolski]]
| attendance   = 4,500
| referee      = [[Jonas Eriksson (referee)|Jonas Eriksson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|23|df=y}}
| time         = 20:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|AUT}}
| score        = 4–1
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105201643/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84177/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|BEL}}
| goals1       = [[Erwin Hoffer|Hoffer]] {{goal|16||54}}<br />[[Michael Madl|Madl]] {{goal|82}}<br />[[Daniel Gramann|Gramann]] {{goal|86|pen.}}
| goals2       = [[Massimo Moia|Moia]] {{goal|51}}
| stadium      = Stadion Amiki, [[Wronki]]
| attendance   = 1,500
| referee      = [[Kristinn Jakobsson]] ([[Football Association of Iceland|Iceland]])
}}

===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|ESP}}
|3||2||1||0||10||4||+6||'''7''' 
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|SCO}}
|3||1||1||1||5||8||−3||'''4''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|POR}}
|3||0||3||0||7||7||0||'''3''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|19|TUR}}
|3||0||1||2||9||12||−3||'''1'''
|- align=center 
|}

{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|18|df=y}}
| time         = 18:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|ESP}}
| score        = 5–3
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105165443/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84178/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|TUR}}
| goals1       = [[Alberto Bueno|Bueno]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Juan Mata|Mata]] {{goal|32||37||90+2}}<br />[[Toni Calvo|Calvo]] {{goal|53}}
| goals2       = [[İlhan Parlak|Parlak]] {{goal|27||61}}<br />[[Mevlüt Erdinç|Erdinç]] {{goal|64}}
| stadium      = [[Dyskobolia Stadium|Stadion Dyskobolii]], [[Grodzisk Wielkopolski]]
| attendance   = 1,800
| referee      = [[Kristinn Jakobsson]] ([[Football Association of Iceland|Iceland]])
}}
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|18|df=y}}
| time         = 18:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|SCO}}
| score        = 2–2
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105110027/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84179/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|POR}}
| goals1       = [[Steven Fletcher (footballer)|Fletcher]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Charlie Grant (footballer)|Grant]] {{goal|29}}
| goals2       = [[Greg Cameron|Cameron]] {{goal|72|o.g.}}<br />[[Bruno Gama|Gama]] {{goal|78}}
| stadium      = Stadion Miejski, [[Szamotuły]]
| attendance   = 2,500
| referee      = [[Cristian Balaj]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|20|df=y}}
| time         = 18:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|SCO}}
| score        = 0–4
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105061259/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84180/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|ESP}}
| goals1       =
| goals2       = [[Alberto Bueno|Bueno]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Gerard Piqué|Piqué]] {{goal|27||51}}<br />[[Mario Suárez (footballer)|Suárez]] {{goal|86}}
| stadium      = Stadion Miejski, [[Pobiedziska]]
| attendance   = 1,200
| referee      = [[Jonas Eriksson (referee)|Jonas Eriksson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|20|df=y}}
| time         = 18:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|POR}}
| score        = 4–4
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105010521/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84181/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|TUR}}
| goals1       = [[Hélder Barbosa|Barbosa]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Diogo Tavares|Tavares]] {{goal|31||49}}<br />[[Bruno Gama|Gama]] {{goal|73|pen.}}
| goals2       = [[İlhan Parlak|Parlak]] {{goal|33||68||90+5}}<br />[[Mevlüt Erdinç|Erdinç]] {{goal|71}}
| stadium      = Stadion Miejski, [[Szamotuły]]
| attendance   = 2,000
| referee      = [[Novo Panić]] ([[Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|23|df=y}}
| time         = 18:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|POR}}
| score        = 1–1
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105235134/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84182/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|ESP}}
| goals1       = [[Bruno Gama|Gama]] {{goal|21|pen.}}
| goals2       = [[César Díaz Martínez|Díaz]] {{goal|47}}
| stadium      = Stadion Miejski, [[Pobiedziska]]
| attendance   = 1,500
| referee      = [[Hervé Piccirillo]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|23|df=y}}
| time         = 18:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|TUR}}
| score        = 2–3
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105011132/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2226/match=84183/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|SCO}}
| goals1       = [[Cafercan Aksu|Cafercan]] {{goal|68||72|pen.}}
| goals2       = [[İlhan Parlak|Parlak]] {{goal|42|o.g.}}<br />[[Michael McGlinchey|McGlinchey]] {{goal|45+1}}<br />[[Steven Fletcher (footballer)|Fletcher]] {{goal|63}}
| stadium      = Stadion Miejski, [[Swarzędz]]
| attendance   = 2,800
| referee      = [[Ivan Bebek]] ([[Croatian Football Federation|Croatia]])
}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi-finals -->
|26 July – [[Grodzisk Wielkopolski]]|{{fbu|19|CZE}}|0|'''{{fbu|19|SCO}}'''|'''1'''
|26 July – [[Wronki]]|'''{{fbu|19|ESP}}'''|'''5'''|{{fbu|19|AUT}}|0 
<!-- final -->
|29 July – [[Poznań]]|{{fbu|19|SCO}}|1|'''{{fbu|19|ESP}}'''|'''2'''}}

==Semi-finals==
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|26|df=y}}
| time         = 18:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|CZE}}
| score        = 0–1
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105084042/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2227/match=84484/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|SCO}}
| goals1       =
| goals2       = [[Calum Elliot|Elliot]] {{goal|47}}
| stadium      = [[Dyskobolia Stadium|Stadion Dyskobolii]], [[Grodzisk Wielkopolski]]
| attendance   = 1,000
| referee      = [[Hervé Piccirillo]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
----
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|26|df=y}}
| time         = 15:30 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|ESP}}
| score        = 5–0
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105113800/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2227/match=84483/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|AUT}}
| goals1       = [[Jeffrén Suárez|Jeffrén]] {{goal|34}}<br />[[Javi García|García]] {{goal|42||80}}<br />[[Juan Mata|Mata]] {{goal|72}}<br />[[Alberto Bueno|Bueno]] {{goal|88}}
| goals2       =
| stadium      = Stadion Amiki, [[Wronki]]
| attendance   = 1,500
| referee      = [[Jonas Eriksson (referee)|Jonas Eriksson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}

==Final==
{{Football box
| date         = {{Start date|2006|7|29|df=y}}
| time         = 20:00 CET
| team1        = {{fbu-rt|19|SCO}}
| score        = 1–2
| report       = [https://archive.today/20130105014404/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/round=2229/match=84496/index.html Report]
| team2        = {{fbu|19|ESP}}
| goals1       = [[Graham Dorrans|Dorrans]] {{goal|87}}
| goals2       = [[Alberto Bueno|Bueno]] {{goal|51||71}}
| stadium      = [[Stadion Miejski (Poznań)|Stadion Miejski]], [[Poznań]]
| attendance   = 13,200
| referee      = [[Kristinn Jakobsson]] ([[Football Association of Iceland|Iceland]])
}}

===Teams===
{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|SCO|size=100px}}<br />'''SCOTLAND :'''
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK||'''1'''||[[Andrew McNeil]]
|-
|RB||'''2'''||[[Andrew Cave-Brown]]
|-
|CB||'''6'''|| [[Scott Cuthbert]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB||'''19'''|| [[Jamie Adams]] 
|-
|LB||'''3'''|| [[Lee Wallace]]
|-
|RM||'''7'''|| [[Simon Ferry]] 
|-
|CM||'''16'''|| [[Greg Cameron]]|||| {{suboff|74}}
|-
|CM||'''4'''|| Charles Grant
|-
|CM||'''15'''|| [[Ryan Conroy]]|||| {{suboff|78}}
|-
|LM||'''10'''|| [[Michael McGlinchey]] 
|-
|CF||'''8'''|| [[Calum Elliot]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK||'''12'''|| [[Scott Fox]]
|-
|DF||'''18'''|| [[Mark Reynolds (footballer, born 1987)|Mark Reynolds]] 
|-
|DF||'''5'''|| [[Garry Kenneth]]
|-
|MF||'''17'''|| [[Brian Gilmour]]|||| {{subon|78}}
|-
|FW||'''14'''|| [[Graham Dorrans]]|||| {{subon|74}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"| [[Archie Gemmill]] & [[Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1961)|Tommy Wilson]]
|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ESP|size=100px}}<br />'''SPAIN:'''
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK||'''1'''||[[Antonio Adán]]
|-
|CB||'''2'''||[[Antonio Barragán]] 
|-
|CB||'''4'''||[[Marc Valiente]] 
|-
|CB||'''5'''||[[Gerard Piqué]] 
|-
|RWB||'''6'''||[[Mario Suárez (footballer)|Mario Suárez]] 
|-
|CM||'''7'''||[[Toni Calvo]]|||| {{suboff|71}}
|-
|CM||'''8'''||[[Javi García]]
|-
|CM||'''11'''||[[Diego Capel]]||||{{suboff|86}}
|-
|LWB||'''12'''||[[Roberto Canella]] 
|-
|CF||'''16'''||[[Juan Mata]] 
|-
|CF||'''18'''||[[Alberto Bueno]] 
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|DF||'''3'''||[[José Ángel Crespo]]
|-
|DF||'''9'''||[[César Díaz Martínez|César Díaz]] 
|-
|MF||'''10'''||[[Esteban Granero]]|||| {{subon|86}}
|-
|GK||'''13'''||[[Ángel Bernabé]]
|-
|FW||'''14'''||[[Marc Pedraza]]
|-
|FW||'''15'''||[[Jeffrén Suárez|Jeffrén]]|||| {{subon|71}}
|-
|FW||'''17'''||[[Gorka Elustondo]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"| [[Ginés Meléndez]]
|}
|}

{{Winners|fbu|19|2006 UEFA U-19 European champions|ESP|Sixth}}

==Goalscorers==
;5 goals
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Bueno]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[İlhan Parlak]]

;4 goals
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Erwin Hoffer]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Mata]]

;3 goals
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Marek Střeštík]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Dawid Janczyk]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Roland Lamah]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Gama]]

<small>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070617102904/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under19/news/Kind=1/newsId=440500.html uefa.com]</small>

==Qualification to U-20 World Cup==
The six best performing teams qualified for the [[2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup]].

* {{fbu|19|AUT}}
* {{fbu|19|CZE}}
* {{fbu|19|POL}} (host)
* {{fbu|19|POR}}
* {{fbu|19|SCO}}
* {{fbu|19|ESP}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070225114008/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2006/intro.html Official website] at [[UEFA.com]]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec-u19-06.html Match list] at [[rsssf.com]]

{{UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}

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