2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
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Group B

Team
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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

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NETHERLANDS:
1 Kenneth Vermeer
Kenneth Vermeer
Kenneth Vermeer is a Dutch footballer who plays goalkeeper for AFC Ajax. He has been capped for the Netherlands U-21 team but has so far failed to break into the national team.- Career :...

3 Gijs Luirink
Gijs Luirink
Gijs Luirink is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for the Sparta Rotterdam. He is a former Dutch under-21 international.- Career :...

5 Urby Emanuelson
Urby Emanuelson
Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson is a Dutch footballer of Surinamese descent, who plays for Serie A club Milan. He plays as either a left midfielder or left back. Despite playing as a defender, he is best known for attacking attributes such as pace and dribbling.- AFC Ajax :Emanuelson is a product...

6 Stijn Schaars
Stijn Schaars
Stefanus Johannes "Stijn" Schaars is a Dutch footballer who currently plays in the Portuguese Liga for Sporting Clube de Portugal and the Netherlands national team as a midfielder.-Club career:...

7 Romeo Castelen
Romeo Castelen
Romeo Castelen is a Dutch footballer who plays for Hamburger SV in Germany, as a right winger.-Den Haag:Castelen started his professional career with ADO Den Haag, playing two full seasons in the second division...

 
8 Nicky Hofs
Nicky Hofs
Nicky Hofs is a Dutch football midfielder, who plays for Vitesse of the Dutch Eredivisie. It is Hofs' 3rd stint with the Arnhem-based football club.- Career overview :...

9 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
Klaas Jan Huntelaar
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar , nicknamed The Hunter, is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Schalke 04 and the Dutch national football team. Huntelaar is a prolific striker with brilliant technique and athleticism and has been compared in style to players such as Marco van Basten and Ruud van...

10 Ismaïl Aissati
Ismaïl Aissati
Ismaïl Aissati is a Dutch-Moroccan footballer. He currently plays for Ajax Amsterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie.-Career:Being born to Moroccan parents in the Netherlands, he is still allowed to play for either national team...

 
16 Dwight Tiendalli
Dwight Tiendalli
Dwight Tiendalli is a Surinamese-born Dutch footballer, currently playing for FC Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie.-Club career:...

17 Ron Vlaar
Ron Vlaar
Ron Peter Vlaar is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Dutch Eredivisie club Feyenoord.Vlaar made his professional debut at the age of 20 for the club AZ...

 
20 Demy de Zeeuw
Demy de Zeeuw
Demy Patrick René de Zeeuw is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow and the Netherlands national football team. He is a defensive midfielder described as a good tackler and a gifted passer of the ball. He previously played for AGOVV, Go Ahead Eagles,...

Substitutions:
11 Daniël de Ridder
Daniël de Ridder
Daniël Robin Frederick de Ridder is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Grasshopper Club Zürich. He has previously played for Ajax, Celta Vigo, Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic as a forward, winger or attacking midfielder....

 
4 Ramon Zomer
Ramon Zomer
Ramon Zomer is a Dutch professional footballer. Zomer plays in a centre back position and is a current player of the SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie. Zomer has also played for the Netherlands national under-21 football team.- Career :...

 
Coach:
  Foppe de Haan
Foppe de Haan
Foppe de Haan OON is a Dutch football coach. He is known for his long association with Frisian club SC Heerenveen. De Haan is currently manager of the Tuvalu national football team.-Career:...

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UKRAINE: | 1 Andriy Pyatov
Andriy Pyatov
Andriy Valeriyovych Pyatov is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Club :Pyatov started his career in Vorskla Poltava in 2002. He was bought by Shakhtar from Vorskla for approximately £640,000 on 13 December 2006. He spent the rest of...

2 Oleksandr Romanchuk
Oleksandr Romanchuk
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Romanchuk is a Ukrainian football player for Metalist Kharkiv.-International career:Romanchuk has been capped 3 times so far. He debuted in a friendly match against Israel on 7 February 2007.- External links :*...

  5 Oleksandr Yatsenko
Oleksandr Yatsenko
Oleksandr Viktorovich Yatsenko is a Ukrainian football player, who currently plays for the Ukrainian Premier League team Illichivets. He is a defender, and usually plays in the sweeper position....

  6 Dmytro Chygrynskiy 10 Artem Milevskiy
Artem Milevskiy
Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskiy is a Belarusian-Ukrainian professional football second striker who currently plays for FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premiere League. He is also a Ukrainian international.- Club career :...

11 Ruslan Fomin
Ruslan Fomin
Ruslan Fomin is a Ukrainian footballer currently playing as a striker for FC Illichivets Mariupol on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk. He was loaned to Metalist Kharkiv in 2007...

  14 Yevhen Cheberyachko
Yevhen Cheberyachko
Yevhen Cheberyachko is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Dnipro in the Ukrainian Premier League.Cheberyachko was part of the Ukraine national under-21 football team that was runner up of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.- External links :* **...

15 Hryhoriy Yarmash
Hryhoriy Yarmash
Hryhoriy Yarmash is a Ukrainian football defender currently playing for FC Zorya Luhansk after 5 seasons with FC Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. Prior to coming to Vorskla Poltava in July 2005, he played in Dynamo Kyiv....

  17 Taras Mykhalyk 18 Oleksiy Hodin  19 Oleksandr Maksymov
Oleksandr Maksymov
Oleksandr Maksymov is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays on loan for FC Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He also played for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukraine national football team...

Substitutions: 7 Maksym Feshchuk  8 Oleksandr Aliyev  Coach:   Alexei Mikhailichenko
Alexei Mikhailichenko
Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko , is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional football player. He currently holds an administrative position in his home club, Dynamo Kyiv, as director of sport...



Assistant referees:

Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden
Swedish Football Association
The Swedish Football Association is the governing body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues — Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women — and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Solna and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA...

)

Roger East (England
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

)

Fourth official:

Howard Webb
Howard Webb
Howard Melton Webb, MBE, is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League and has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2005....

 (England
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

)

Goalscorers

4 goals Klaas Jan Huntelaar
Klaas Jan Huntelaar
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar , nicknamed The Hunter, is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Schalke 04 and the Dutch national football team. Huntelaar is a prolific striker with brilliant technique and athleticism and has been compared in style to players such as Marco van Basten and Ruud van...


3 goals Thomas Kahlenberg
Thomas Kahlenberg
Thomas Kahlenberg is a Danish footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for German team Wolfsburg. He started his career with Brøndby IF, winning two Danish Superliga championship, and played four seasons at French club AJ Auxerre...

 Nicky Hofs
Nicky Hofs
Nicky Hofs is a Dutch football midfielder, who plays for Vitesse of the Dutch Eredivisie. It is Hofs' 3rd stint with the Arnhem-based football club.- Career overview :...


2 goals Bryan Bergougnoux
Bryan Bergougnoux
Bryan Bergougnoux , is a French footballer who plays for Italian club U.S. Lecce.-Club career:Bergougnoux began his career at his hometown club Olympique Lyonnais, where he was formed since a young age. His début for the club came in a 2–0 defeat to RC Lens on July 28, 2001...

 Ruslan Fomin
Ruslan Fomin
Ruslan Fomin is a Ukrainian footballer currently playing as a striker for FC Illichivets Mariupol on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk. He was loaned to Metalist Kharkiv in 2007...

 Artem Milevskiy
Artem Milevskiy
Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskiy is a Belarusian-Ukrainian professional football second striker who currently plays for FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premiere League. He is also a Ukrainian international.- Club career :...


1 goal Leon Andreasen
Leon Andreasen
Leon Hougaard Andreasen is a Danish professional football player, who plays centre midfield. He has played fifteen caps and scored two goals for the Denmark national football team. He currently plays for Hannover 96....

 Rasmus Würtz
Rasmus Würtz
Rasmus Østergaard Würtz is a Danish footballer who plays in midfield for AaB in the Danish Superliga. He won the 2009 Superliga championship with F.C. Copenhagen...

 Julien Faubert
Julien Faubert
Julien Faubert is a French footballer who plays for West Ham United as a right back or midfielder in the Championship. Faubert started his footballing career in France with Cannes before moving to Bordeaux. In 2007 he moved to England to play for West Ham...

 Yoan Gouffran Rio Mavuba Florent Sinama Pongolle Jérémy Toulalan
Jérémy Toulalan
Jérémy Toulalan is a French footballer who currently plays for Málaga CF in La Liga. His usual position is as a defensive midfielder, but he can also be utilized as a central defender. He is best known for his shy and humble demeanor, simple distribution, good technique, and effective...



1 goal, cont. Eugen Polanski
Eugen Polanski
Eugen Polanski is a Polish international footballer who plays for 1. FSV Mainz 05, mainly as a defensive midfielder.-Club career:...

 Rolando Bianchi
Rolando Bianchi
Rolando Bianchi is an Italian footballer, currently playing for Torino F.C.. His position is centre forward. He was widely considered as one of the brightest promises of Italian football, notably scoring 19 goals in the 2006–2007 season playing with Calabrian club Reggina.-Career:Bianchi began his...

 Giorgio Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He is a centre back, who started his career playing as a left back.-Livorno:...

 Raffaele Palladino
Raffaele Palladino
Raffaele Palladino is an Italian soccer player who plays as a striker for Serie A club Parma.-Club career:The first team career of Palladino started in his native region of Campania where he played for Benevento in Serie C1...

 Alessandro Potenza
Alessandro Potenza
Alessandro Potenza is an Italian football defender, who currently plays for Calcio Catania of the Italian Serie A.-FC Internazionale Milano:...

 Gijs Luirink
Gijs Luirink
Gijs Luirink is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for the Sparta Rotterdam. He is a former Dutch under-21 international.- Career :...

 Daniël de Ridder
Daniël de Ridder
Daniël Robin Frederick de Ridder is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Grasshopper Club Zürich. He has previously played for Ajax, Celta Vigo, Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic as a forward, winger or attacking midfielder....

 João Moutinho
João Moutinho
João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Porto, also being a Portuguese international.Mainly a central midfielder, he can also operate as a holding or attacking midfielder, and on either flank.-Sporting:...

 Branislav Ivanović
Branislav Ivanovic
Branislav Ivanović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League and the Serbia national team....


Own goals Bruno Vale (for France) Zé Castro
Zé Castro
José Eduardo Rosa Vale e Castro , aka Zé Castro, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, as a central defender.-Club career:...

(for Serbia and Montenegro)

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