2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
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The 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
The European Under 19 Football Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA junior tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1955...

was held in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 from 13 to 24 July 2004. Players born after 1 January 1985 can participate in this competition. The tournament was won by Spain
Spain national under-19 football team
The Spain national under-19 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.-UEFA European Under-19 Championship Record:...

, who beat Turkey in the final.

Venues

City / Town Stadium Host club(s) Capacity
Kriens
Kriens
Kriens is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.The municipality lies at the foot of Mount Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.-History:...

Stadion Kleinfeld
Stadion Kleinfeld
Stadion Kleinfeld is a football stadium in Kriens, Switzerland. It is the home ground of SC Kriens and has capacity of 5,360. The stadium has 540 seats and 4,560 standing places....

Kriens
SC Kriens
SC Kriens is a football club based in Kriens, Switzerland. It was founded in 1944. They play at the Kleinfeld Stadium. Their local rival is FC Lucerne-Current squad:-Famous players:...

5,100
Aarau
Aarau
Aarau is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. It is German-speaking and predominantly Protestant. Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aar, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura...

Stadion Brügglifeld
Stadion Brügglifeld
Stadion Brügglifeld is a multi-purpose stadium in Aarau, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Aarau. The current capacity is 9249 seats, divided into 1499 covered seats...

Aarau
FC Aarau
FC Aarau is a Swiss football club, based in Aarau. They play in the Swiss Challenge League.-History:FC Aarau was formed on 26 May 1902 by workers from a local brewery. The early days of the club were a success and they won the Swiss championship in 1911/12 and then again in 1913/14...

9,249
Fribourg
Fribourg
Fribourg is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland...

Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard
Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard
Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard is a stadium in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of FC Fribourg. The capacity is 9,000. The stadium has 1000 seats and 8,000 standing places....

Fribourg
FC Fribourg
FC Fribourg is a Swiss football club from the town of Fribourg in Canton of Fribourg, the French-speaking region of Switzerland. The team currently plays in Liga 1., the third highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid.-History:...

9,000
Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

Juan-Antonio Samaranch Stadium
Nyon
Nyon
Nyon is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Geneva metropolitan area. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva, and is the seat of the district of...

Colovray
Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon
Centre Sportif de Colovray Nyon is where FC Stade Nyonnais play their home Football and Rugby games, the site is opposite the UEFA headquarters. The centre has 6 pitches for different things and hosts a variety of activities, Football, Rugby and Athletics...

Nyon
FC Stade Nyonnais
FC Stade Nyonnais is a Swiss football club currently playing in the Swiss Challenge League.-History:The club was founded in 1905 and as of the 2010-2011 Season they play in the Challenge League....

7,200

Teams

The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:
(host)

Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament:

Gerald Lehner
Gerald Lehner (referee)
Gerald Lehner is known as an Austrian football referee. He officiated at two matches in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Portugal...

 Levan Paniashvili Zsolt Szabo
Zsolt Szabó
Zsolt Szabó is a Hungarian football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 1999.-External links:*...


Alon Yefet
Alon Yefet
Alon Yefet is an international referee who holds the distinction of being the first Israeli referee to officiate a UEFA Champions League match.-Footnotes:...

 Pedro Proença
Pedro Proença
Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia is a Portuguese football referee.Born in Lisbon, Proença has refereed in the Portuguese Liga since 1998, and he was promoted to the FIFA international referees list in 2003...

 Douglas McDonald

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 1 2 0 3 1
2
5
3 1 2 0 1 0
1
5
3 1 1 1 5 2
3
4
3 0 1 2 0 6
1

13 July 0-0
1-1
15 July 0-1
2-0
18 July 0-0
4-0

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 3 0 0 10 3
7
9
3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
3 1 1 1 4 5
4
3 0 0 3 5 11
0

13 July 0 - 3
3 - 4
15 July 3-1
3-2
18 July 1-1
4-1

Semi finals

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Final

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