2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

2001 UEFA Under-18 Championship
Jalkapallon alle 18-vuotiaiden Euroopan-mestaruuskilpailut 2001
2001 U18-Europamästerskapet i fotboll
Tournament details
Host countryFinland
Dates21–29 July
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Poland (1st title)
Runners-up Czech Republic
Third place Spain
Fourth place FR Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored59 (4.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Jorge Perona
(8 goals)
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2002 →

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 2001 Final Tournament was held in Finland. Players born after 1 January 1982 were eligible to participate in this competition. This championship was the final one to use the Under-18 name; starting in 2002, the event was renamed as a UEFA European Under-19 Championship without any change in age eligibility.

Teams

The following teams had qualified for the tournament:

Venues

The final tournament was held in four stadiums located in four Finnish cities.

Stadium City Tenant club(s) Capacity
Tehtaan kenttä Valkeakoski Haka 3,516
Tampere Stadium Tampere Tampere United 16,800
Finnair Stadium Helsinki HJK and HIFK 10,770
Pohjola Stadion Vantaa PK-35 and Allianssi 4,700

Results

Group stage

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9
 FR Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
 Ukraine 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 1
 Finland 3 0 1 2 6 13 -7 1
Finland 1 – 1 Ukraine
Scheweleff 84' Karabkin 49'
Finnair Stadium, Helsinki
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)
Czech Republic 1 – 0 FR Yugoslavia
Řehák 24' Report
Finnair Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 869
Finland 1 – 4 Czech Republic
Sjölund 6' Report Dujka 14'
Koubský 44'
Trojan 57'
Čoupek 58'
Finnair Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,237
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
Ukraine 1 – 2 FR Yugoslavia
Pinchuk 24' Report Damjanović 35'
Misimović 79'
Pohjola Stadion, Vantaa
Attendance: 538
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
FR Yugoslavia 8 – 4 Finland
Damjanović 20', 49'
Cilinšek 23'
Misimović 38'
Lazović 53', 65', 68', 82'		 Report Sjölund 51', 74'
Peteri 54'
Okkonen 62'
Finnair Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,753
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
Czech Republic 3 – 2 Ukraine
Bystroň 63'
Koubský 69'
Hudec 84'		 Report Motuz 51'
Kutas 56'
Pohjola Stadion, Vantaa
Attendance: 468
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
 Spain 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
 Belgium 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Denmark 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 0
Poland 4 – 1 Spain
Nawotczyński 14', 90'
Madej 16'
Grzelak 41'		 Report Perona 23'
Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
Belgium 2 – 0 Denmark
Aelbrecht 56'
Djamba-Shango 90'
Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
Spain 1 – 0 Denmark
Perona 87' Report
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)
Poland 1 – 1 Belgium
Kaźmierczak 82' Djamba-Shango 78'
Denmark 2 – 3 Poland
Beierholm 5'
Benjaminsen 57'		 Zawadzki 18', 28'
Żytko
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
Spain 3 – 1 Belgium
Perona 8', 76', 90' (pen.) Report Walasiak 31'
Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Third place play-off

FR Yugoslavia 2 – 6 Spain
Bihorac 5', 46' Report Arteta 2'
Perona 21', 58', 87'
Elá 43', 77'
Finnair Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 1,257

Final

Czech Republic 1 – 3 Poland
Trojan 39' Report Nawotczyński 26'
Madej 89'
Łobodziński 90'
Finnair Stadium, Helsinki
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)


 2001 UEFA U-18 Championship winner 

Poland
First title

Goalscorers

8 goals
  • Spain Jorge Perona
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
  • Belgium Serge Djamba-Shango
  • Czech Republic Jiri Koubsky
  • Czech Republic Filip Trojan
  • Poland Łukasz Madej
  • Poland Dariusz Zawadzki
  • Spain Jacinto Elá
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Emir Bihorac
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvjezdan Misimović
1 goal

See also

  • 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying
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