# 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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 2. 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification

## Teams

The following teams had qualified for the tournament:
* Austria
* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Poland (host)
* Portugal
* Scotland
* Spain
* Turkey

### Squads
## Group stage
### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 |

### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 1 |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 26 July – Grodzisk Wielkopolski | 26 July – Grodzisk Wielkopolski |
| Czech Republic | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 29 July – Poznań | 29 July – Poznań |
| Scotland | 1 | 29 July – Poznań | 29 July – Poznań |
| Scotland | 1 | Scotland | 1 |
| 26 July – Wronki | 26 July – Wronki | | Scotland | 1 |
| 26 July – Wronki | 26 July – Wronki | Spain | 2 |
| Spain | 5 | Spain | 2 |
| Austria | 0 | | |

## Final
### Teams

SCOTLAND : :
| GK | 1 | Andrew McNeil |
| RB | 2 | Andrew Cave-Brown |
| CB | 6 | Scott Cuthbert (c) |
| CB | 19 | Jamie Adams |
| LB | 3 | Lee Wallace |
| RM | 7 | Simon Ferry |
| CM | 16 | Greg Cameron | 74' |
| CM | 4 | Charles Grant |
| CM | 15 | Ryan Conroy | 78' |
| LM | 10 | Michael McGlinchey |
| CF | 8 | Calum Elliot |
| Substitutes: ||||
| GK | 12 | Scott Fox |
| DF | 18 | Mark Reynolds |
| DF | 5 | Garry Kenneth |
| MF | 17 | Brian Gilmour | 78' |
| FW | 14 | Graham Dorrans | 74' |
| Manager: ||||
| Archie Gemmill & Tommy Wilson ||||
SPAIN: :
| GK | 1 | Antonio Adán |
| CB | 2 | Antonio Barragán |
| CB | 4 | Marc Valiente |
| CB | 5 | Gerard Piqué |
| RWB | 6 | Mario Suárez |
| CM | 7 | Toni Calvo | 71' |
| CM | 8 | Javi García |
| CM | 11 | Diego Capel | 86' |
| LWB | 12 | Roberto Canella |
| CF | 16 | Juan Mata |
| CF | 18 | Alberto Bueno |
| Substitutes: ||||
| DF | 3 | José Ángel Crespo |
| DF | 9 | César Díaz |
| MF | 10 | Esteban Granero | 86' |
| GK | 13 | Ángel Bernabé |
| FW | 14 | Marc Pedraza |
| FW | 15 | Jeffrén | 71' |
| FW | 17 | Gorka Elustondo |
| Manager: ||||
| Ginés Meléndez ||||
* 2006 UEFA U-19 European champions
* Spain Sixth title

## Goalscorers
### 5 goals

* Alberto Bueno
* İlhan Parlak

### 4 goals

* Erwin Hoffer
* Juan Mata

### 3 goals

* Marek Střeštík
* Dawid Janczyk
* Roland Lamah
* Bruno Gama
Source: uefa.com

## Qualification to U-20 World Cup

The six best performing teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
* Austria
* Czech Republic
* Poland (host)
* Portugal
* Scotland
* Spain