# 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Portugal hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition. Host Portugal defeated Spain in the final to win the competition for the fifth time.
For winning their semifinals, Portugal and Spain qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, held in Finland, with England and Austria missing out.

## Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament of the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship consisted of two rounds: a Qualifying round and an Elite round. In the qualifying round, 44 national teams competed in 11 groups of four teams, with two best teams of each group advancing to the elite round. There, the 22 first-round qualifiers plus the teams who were given a bye (Spain, England, Russia, Finland, Poland and Hungary), were distributed in seven groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final tournament.

### Qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Portugal | Hosts | 1 (2002) |
| Spain | Group 1 winner | 1 (2002) |
| Denmark | Group 2 winner | 1 (2002) |
| Austria | Group 3 winner | 0 (debut) |
| Israel | Group 4 winner | 0 (debut) |
| Hungary | Group 5 winner | 1 (2002) |
| England | Group 6 winner | 1 (2002) |
| Italy | Group 7 winner | 0 (debut) |

## Venues

The final tournament was played in seven venues located in seven different cities, Viseu, Nelas, Chaves, Mangualde, Vila Real, Santa Comba Dão and Santa Marta de Penaguião. The Estádio do Fontelo was the largest stadium with a tournament capacity of 12,000 seats, and served as both the opening ceremony and the final venue.
The table below lists stadium capacity for the final tournament, which may not correspond to their effective maximum capacity.
| ChavesMangualdeNelasStª Comba DãoSanta Marta de PenaguiãoVila RealViseu | Viseu | Chaves |
| ChavesMangualdeNelasStª Comba DãoSanta Marta de PenaguiãoVila RealViseu | Estádio do Fontelo | Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira |
| ChavesMangualdeNelasStª Comba DãoSanta Marta de PenaguiãoVila RealViseu | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 12,000 |
| ChavesMangualdeNelasStª Comba DãoSanta Marta de PenaguiãoVila RealViseu | Santa Comba Dão | Nelas |
| ChavesMangualdeNelasStª Comba DãoSanta Marta de PenaguiãoVila RealViseu | Estádio Municipal Doutor Orlando Mendes | Estádio Municipal de Nelas |
| ChavesMangualdeNelasStª Comba DãoSanta Marta de PenaguiãoVila RealViseu | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,500 |
| Vila Real | Mangualde | Santa Marta de Penaguião |
| Complexo Desportivo Monte da Forca | Estádio Municipal de Mangualde | Municipal de Santa Marta de Penaguião |
| Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 1,500 | Capacity: 500 |

## Squads

Each participating national association had to submit a final list of 18 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). All players must have been born on or after 1 January 1986.

## Match Officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |

### Group B

| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Advanced to the semifinals |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Knockout map

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 May – Viseu | 14 May – Viseu |
| Portugal (p) | 2 (3) |
| Portugal (p) | 2 (3) | 17 May – Viseu | 17 May – Viseu |
| England | 2 (2) | 17 May – Viseu | 17 May – Viseu |
| England | 2 (2) | Portugal | 2 |
| 14 May – Mangualde | 14 May – Mangualde | | Portugal | 2 |
| 14 May – Mangualde | 14 May – Mangualde | Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 5 | Spain | 1 |
| Austria | 2 | | |
| Austria | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 May – Santa Comba Dão | 17 May – Santa Comba Dão |
| | | England | 0 |
| | | Austria | 1 |

### Final

| Portugal | Spain |
| GK | 12 | Mário Felgueiras |
| RB | 2 | João Dias | 60' |
| CB | 4 | Miguel Veloso (c) |
| CB | 14 | Paulo Ricardo |
| LB | 3 | Tiago Gomes |
| CM | 6 | Paulo Machado |
| CM | 17 | João Coimbra | | 70' |
| MO | 10 | Márcio Sousa | | 77' |
| RW | 7 | Vieirinha | | |
| LW | 15 | João Pedro | | 52' |
| CF | 9 | Carlos Saleiro |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Pedro Freitas |
| LB | 13 | Vítor Vinha |
| CB | 5 | Tiago Costa |
| MF | 8 | João Moutinho | | 77' |
| LW | 11 | Hélder Barbosa |
| RW | 16 | Bruno Gama | | 52' |
| FW | 18 | Manuel Curto | | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| António Violante ||
| GK | 13 | Antonio Adán |
| RB | 2 | Manuel Ruz | | 72' |
| CB | 5 | Sergio Sánchez |
| CB | 14 | César Arzo | 81' |
| LB | 3 | Raúl Llorente |
| DM | 8 | Markel Bergara | | 63' |
| MF | 16 | José Cases | | 49' |
| MF | 11 | Jurado (c) |
| MF | 10 | David Silva |
| LW | 7 | Sisi |
| CF | 9 | David Rodríguez |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Roberto Jiménez |
| DF | 4 | Marcos Martín |
| DF | 17 | César Collado | | 72' |
| MF | 6 | Marcos Tébar | | 49' |
| MF | 15 | Eneko Urien |
| FW | 12 | Manu Alejandro |
| FW | 18 | Xisco Nadal | | 63' |
| Manager: ||
| Juan Santisteban ||

## Goalscorers
### 6 goals

* David Rodríguez

### 3 goals

* James Milner
* José Cases

### 2 goals

* Mads Torry
* Dean Bowditch
* Arturo Lupoli
* Nicola Pozzi
* Manuel Curto
* Márcio Sousa
* Vieirinha
* Xisco Nadal

### 1 goal

* Christian Fuchs
* Daniel Horvath
* Patrick Mayer
* Daniel Pirker
* Christoph Saurer
* Marko Stanković
* Michael Jakobsen
* Bo Storm
* Steven Taylor
* Lior Refaelov
* Bruno Gama
* João Pedro
* Paulo Machado
* Carlos Saleiro
* Jurado
* David Silva