2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

National squads of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Players in bold have now been capped at full International level.

Group A

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Head coach: René Girard

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Jérémy Gavanon (1983-09-20)20 September 1983 (aged 22)   Marseille[1]
2 3MF Lucien Aubey[2] (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 21)   Toulouse
3 2DF Jean-Michel Badiane (1983-05-09)9 May 1983 (aged 23)   Paris Saint-Germain
4 2DF Jérémy Berthod (1984-04-24)24 April 1984 (aged 22)   Lyon
5 2DF Grégory Bourillon (1984-07-01)1 July 1984 (aged 21)   Rennes
6 2DF François Clerc (1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 23)   Lyon
7 3MF Olivier Veigneau (1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 20)   Monaco
8 3MF Jacques Faty[3] (1984-02-25)25 February 1984 (aged 22)   Rennes
9 3MF Bacary Sagna (1983-02-14)14 February 1983 (aged 23)   Auxerre
10 2DF Lassana Diarra (1985-03-10)10 March 1985 (aged 21)   Chelsea
11 4FW Julien Faubert[4] (1983-08-01)1 August 1983 (aged 22)   Bordeaux
12 1GK Steve Mandanda (1985-03-28)28 March 1985 (aged 21)   Le Havre
13 4FW Yoann Gourcuff (1986-07-11)11 July 1986 (aged 19)   Rennes
14 3MF Rio Mavuba (1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 22)   Bordeaux
15 2DF Jérémy Toulalan (1983-09-10)10 September 1983 (aged 22)   Nantes
16 3MF Mathieu Flamini (1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 22)   Arsenal
17 3MF Bryan Bergougnoux (1983-01-12)12 January 1983 (aged 23)   Toulouse
18 4FW Jimmy Briand (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 20)   Rennes
19 2DF Yoan Gouffran (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 19)   Caen
20 3MF Anthony Le Tallec (1984-10-03)3 October 1984 (aged 21)   Liverpool[5]
21 4FW Florent Sinama Pongolle (1984-10-20)20 October 1984 (aged 21)   Liverpool[6]
22 1GK Simon Pouplin (1985-05-28)28 May 1985 (aged 20)   Rennes

Head coach: Dieter Eilts

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Michael Rensing (1984-05-14)14 May 1984 (aged 22)   Bayern Munich
2 2DF Moritz Volz (1983-01-21)21 January 1983 (aged 23)   Fulham
3 2DF Malik Fathi (1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 22)   Hertha BSC
4 2DF Marvin Matip[7] (1985-09-25)25 September 1985 (aged 20)   1. FC Köln
5 2DF Markus Brzenska (1984-05-25)25 May 1984 (aged 21)   Borussia Dortmund
6 2DF Christian Schulz (1983-04-01)1 April 1983 (aged 23)   Werder Bremen
7 4FW Ioannis Masmanidis (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 23)   Arminia Bielefeld
8 3MF Matthias Lehmann (1983-05-28)28 May 1983 (aged 22)   1860 Munich
9 4FW Stefan Kießling (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 22)   1. FC Nürnberg[8]
10 4FW Christian Eigler (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 22)   Greuther Fürth
11 4FW Nando Rafael[9] (1984-01-10)10 January 1984 (aged 22)   Borussia Mönchengladbach
12 1GK Patrick Platins (1983-04-19)19 April 1983 (aged 23)   VfL Wolfsburg
13 4FW Patrick Helmes (1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 22)   1. FC Köln
14 3MF Gonzalo Castro (1987-06-01)1 June 1987 (aged 18)   Bayer Leverkusen
15 3MF Alexander Meier (1983-01-17)17 January 1983 (aged 23)   Eintracht Frankfurt
16 3MF Roberto Hilbert (1984-10-16)16 October 1984 (aged 21)   Greuther Fürth
17 2DF Patrick Ochs (1984-05-14)14 May 1984 (aged 22)   Eintracht Frankfurt
18 3MF Peter Niemeyer (1983-11-22)22 November 1983 (aged 22)   Twente
19 3MF Eugen Polanski[10] (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 20)   Borussia Mönchengladbach
20 2DF Lukas Sinkiewicz (1985-10-09)9 October 1985 (aged 20)   1. FC Köln
21 1GK Florian Fromlowitz (1986-07-02)2 July 1986 (aged 19)   1. FC Kaiserslautern
22 3MF Sascha Riether (1983-03-23)23 March 1983 (aged 23)   SC Freiburg

Head coach: Agostinho Oliveira

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Bruno Vale (1983-04-08)8 April 1983 (aged 23)   Porto[11]
2 2DF Nélson (1983-06-10)10 June 1983 (aged 22)   Benfica
3 3MF Raul Meireles (1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 23)   Porto
4 2DF José Semedo (1985-01-11)11 January 1985 (aged 21)   Sporting CP[12]
5 2DF Pedro Ribeiro (1983-01-25)25 January 1983 (aged 23)   Porto
6 2DF Zé Castro (1983-01-13)13 January 1983 (aged 23)   Académica de Coimbra
7 4FW Ricardo Quaresma (captain) (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 22)   Porto
8 3MF Manuel Fernandes (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 20)   Benfica
9 4FW Hugo Almeida (1984-05-23)23 May 1984 (aged 22)   Porto
10 3MF João Moutinho (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 19)   Sporting CP
11 3MF Diogo Valente (1984-09-23)23 September 1984 (aged 21)   Boavista
12 1GK Paulo Ribeiro (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 22)   Porto
13 2DF Rolando (1985-08-31)31 August 1985 (aged 20)   Belenenses
14 3MF Custódio (1983-05-24)24 May 1983 (aged 22)   Sporting CP
15 2DF Nuno Morais (1984-01-29)29 January 1984 (aged 22)   Chelsea[13]
16 3MF Bruno Amaro (1983-02-17)17 February 1983 (aged 23)   Penafiel
17 4FW Silvestre Varela (1985-02-02)2 February 1985 (aged 21)   Sporting CP[14]
18 3MF Nani (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 19)   Sporting CP
19 4FW Ricardo Vaz Tê (1986-10-01)1 October 1986 (aged 19)   Bolton Wanderers
20 4FW Lourenço[15] (1983-06-05)5 June 1983 (aged 22)   Sporting CP[16]
21 4FW Filipe Oliveira (1984-05-27)27 May 1984 (aged 21)   Marítimo
22 1GK Daniel Fernandes (1983-09-25)25 September 1983 (aged 22)   PAOK

Head coach: Dragomir Okuka

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Vladimir Stojković (captain) (1983-07-28)28 July 1983 (aged 22)   Red Star Belgrade[17]
2 2DF Branislav Ivanović (1984-02-22)22 February 1984 (aged 22)   Lokomotiv Moscow
3 2DF Duško Tošić (1985-01-19)19 January 1985 (aged 21)   Sochaux
4 3MF Nemanja Rnić (1984-09-30)30 September 1984 (aged 21)   Partizan
5 2DF Milan Stepanov (1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 23)   Trabzonspor
6 2DF Milan Biševac (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 22)   Red Star Belgrade
7 3MF Nenad Milijaš (1983-04-30)30 April 1983 (aged 23)   Red Star Belgrade
8 4FW Boško Janković (1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 22)   Red Star Belgrade
9 4FW Mirko Vučinić[18] (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 22)   Lecce
10 3MF Simon Vukčević[19] (1986-01-29)29 January 1986 (aged 20)   Saturn Ramenskoe
11 3MF Miloš Pavlović (1983-11-27)27 November 1983 (aged 22)   Voždovac
12 1GK Aleksandar Jović (1986-03-05)5 March 1986 (aged 20)   Zeta
13 2DF Marko Lomić (1983-09-13)13 September 1983 (aged 22)   Partizan
14 3MF Stefan Babović (1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 19)   Partizan
15 3MF Dejan Milovanović (1984-01-21)21 January 1984 (aged 22)   Red Star Belgrade
16 4FW Đorđe Rakić (1985-10-31)31 October 1985 (aged 20)   OFK Beograd
17 3MF Miloš Krasić (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 21)   CSKA Moscow
18 2DF Dušan Basta (1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 21)   Red Star Belgrade
19 3MF Ivan Todorović (1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 22)   Zeta
20 4FW Milan Purović[20] (1985-05-07)7 May 1985 (aged 21)   Red Star Belgrade
21 4FW Igor Burzanović[21] (1985-08-25)25 August 1985 (aged 20)   Budućnost Podgorica
22 1GK Miroslav Vujadinović (1983-04-22)22 April 1983 (aged 23)   Budućnost Podgorica

Group B

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Head coach: Flemming Serritslev

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (1983-05-23)23 May 1983 (aged 23) 17 0   Hertha BSC
2 2DF Michael Jakobsen (1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 20) 10 0   AaB
3 2DF Leon Andreasen (1983-04-23)23 April 1983 (aged 23) 20 5   Werder Bremen
4 2DF Daniel Agger (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 21) 7 3   Liverpool
5 2DF Martin Pedersen (1983-10-09)9 October 1983 (aged 22) 27 0   AaB[22]
6 3MF Rasmus Würtz (captain) (1983-09-18)18 September 1983 (aged 22) 26 0   AaB
7 3MF Martin Bergvold (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 22) 11 2   Copenhagen
8 3MF Jacob Sørensen (1983-02-12)12 February 1983 (aged 23) 16 2   AaB[23]
9 4FW Jonas Kamper (1983-05-03)3 May 1983 (aged 23) 36 3   Brøndby
10 3MF Thomas Kahlenberg (1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 23) 23 7   Auxerre
11 4FW Morten Rasmussen (1985-01-31)31 January 1985 (aged 21) 17 8   Brøndby
12 2DF Jakob Poulsen (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 22) 16 1   Heerenveen
13 3MF Niki Zimling (1985-04-19)19 April 1985 (aged 21) 1 0   Esbjerg
14 2DF Henrik Kildentoft (1985-03-18)18 March 1985 (aged 21) 7 0   Brøndby
15 2DF Frank Hansen (1983-02-23)23 February 1983 (aged 23) 9 0   Esbjerg
16 1GK Theis F. Rasmussen (1984-07-12)12 July 1984 (aged 21) 3 0   Vejle
17 2DF Jonas Troest (1985-03-04)4 March 1985 (aged 21) 19 0   Hannover 96
18 3MF Mikkel Thygesen (1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 21) 8 1   Midtjylland
19 4FW Johan Absalonsen (1985-09-16)16 September 1985 (aged 20) 7 1   Brøndby
20 4FW Simon Busk Poulsen (1984-10-07)7 October 1984 (aged 21) 7 0   Midtjylland
21 4FW Nicklas Bendtner (1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 18) 1 2   Arsenal
22 1GK Jesper Hansen (1985-03-31)31 March 1985 (aged 21) 0 0   Nordsjælland

Head coach: Claudio Gentile

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Federico Agliardi (1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 23)   Palermo
2 2DF Alessandro Potenza (1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 22)   Internazionale[24]
3 2DF Cesare Bovo (c) (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 23)   Roma[25]
4 3MF Marco Donadel (1983-04-21)21 April 1983 (aged 23)   Fiorentina
5 2DF Andrea Mantovani (1984-06-22)22 June 1984 (aged 21)   Chievo[26]
6 2DF Giorgio Chiellini (1984-08-14)14 August 1984 (aged 21)   Juventus
7 4FW Simone Pepe (1983-08-30)30 August 1983 (aged 22)   Udinese[27]
8 2DF Michele Canini (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 20)   Cagliari[28]
9 4FW Rolando Bianchi (1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 23)   Reggina
10 3MF Davide Biondini (1983-01-24)24 January 1983 (aged 23)   Reggina
11 4FW Gianpaolo Pazzini (1984-08-02)2 August 1984 (aged 21)   Fiorentina
12 1GK Antonio Mirante (1983-07-08)8 July 1983 (aged 22)   Juventus[29]
13 2DF Andrea Coda (1985-04-25)25 April 1985 (aged 21)   Empoli[30]
14 3MF Marino Defendi (1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 20)   Atalanta
15 2DF Giuseppe Scurto (1984-01-05)5 January 1984 (aged 22)   Chievo[31]
16 2DF Damiano Ferronetti (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 21)   Parma[32]
17 3MF Pasquale Foggia (1983-06-03)3 June 1983 (aged 22)   Milan[33]
18 3MF Riccardo Montolivo (1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 21)   Fiorentina[34]
19 4FW Raffaele Palladino (1984-04-17)17 April 1984 (aged 22)   Juventus[35]
20 3MF Alessandro Rosina (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 22)   Torino[36]
21 3MF Paolo Sammarco (1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 23)   Chievo[37]
22 1GK Gianluca Curci (1985-07-12)12 July 1985 (aged 20)   Roma

Head coach: Foppe de Haan

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Kenneth Vermeer (1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 20)   Ajax
2 2DF Paul Verhaegh (1983-09-01)1 September 1983 (aged 22)   Vitesse
3 2DF Gijs Luirink (1983-09-12)12 September 1983 (aged 22)   Groningen
4 2DF Ramon Zomer (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 23)   Twente
5 2DF Urby Emanuelson (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 19)   Ajax
6 3MF Stijn Schaars (captain) (1984-01-11)11 January 1984 (aged 22)   AZ
7 4FW Romeo Castelen (1983-05-03)3 May 1983 (aged 23)   Feyenoord
8 3MF Nicky Hofs (1983-05-17)17 May 1983 (aged 23)   Feyenoord
9 4FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983-08-12)12 August 1983 (aged 22)   Ajax
10 3MF Ismaïl Aissati[38] (1988-08-16)16 August 1988 (aged 17)   PSV
11 4FW Daniël de Ridder (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 22)   Celta Vigo
12 3MF Haris Medunjanin[39] (1985-03-08)8 March 1985 (aged 21)   AZ
13 4FW Patrick Gerritsen (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 19)   Twente
14 4FW Collins John (1985-10-17)17 October 1985 (aged 20)   Fulham
15 4FW Fred Benson (1984-04-10)10 April 1984 (aged 22)   Vitesse
16 2DF Dwight Tiendalli (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 20)   Utrecht
17 2DF Ron Vlaar (1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 21)   Feyenoord
18 2DF Arnold Kruiswijk (1984-11-02)2 November 1984 (aged 21)   Groningen
19 2DF Edson Braafheid (1983-04-08)8 April 1983 (aged 23)   Utrecht
20 3MF Demy de Zeeuw (1983-05-26)26 May 1983 (aged 22)   AZ
21 1GK Michel Vorm (1983-10-20)20 October 1983 (aged 22)   Utrecht[40]
22 1GK Remko Pasveer (1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 22)   Twente

Head coach: Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Andriy Pyatov (1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 21)   Vorskla Poltava
2 2DF Oleksandr Romanchuk (1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 21)   Dynamo Kyiv[41]
3 2DF Mykola Ischenko (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 23)   Karpaty Lviv
4 2DF Dmytro Nevmyvaka (1984-03-19)19 March 1984 (aged 22)   Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
5 2DF Oleksandr Yatsenko (captain) (1985-02-24)24 February 1985 (aged 21)   Dynamo Kyiv[42]
6 2DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi (1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 19)   Shakhtar Donetsk
7 4FW Maksym Feschuk (1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 20)   Karpaty Lviv
8 4FW Oleksandr Aliyev (1985-02-03)3 February 1985 (aged 21)   Dynamo Kyiv[43]
9 3MF Adrian Pukanych (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 22)   Shakhtar Donetsk[44]
10 4FW Artem Milevskyi (1985-01-12)12 January 1985 (aged 21)   Dynamo Kyiv
11 4FW Ruslan Fomyn (1986-03-02)2 March 1986 (aged 20)   Shakhtar Donetsk[45]
12 1GK Oleksandr Rybka (1987-04-10)10 April 1987 (aged 19)   Dynamo Kyiv
13 3MF Serhiy Pylypchuk (1984-11-26)26 November 1984 (aged 21) 2   Spartak Nalchik
14 3MF Yevhen Cheberyachko (1983-06-19)19 June 1983 (aged 22)   Arsenal Kyiv
15 2DF Hryhoriy Yarmash (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 21)   Dynamo Kyiv[46]
16 4FW Ivan Kryvosheyenko (1984-05-11)11 May 1984 (aged 22) 0   Illychivets Mariupol
17 2DF Taras Mykhalyk (1983-10-28)28 October 1983 (aged 22)   Dynamo Kyiv
18 3MF Oleksiy Hodin (1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 23)   Metalurh Zaporizhzhya[47]
19 3MF Oleksandr Maksymov (1985-02-13)13 February 1985 (aged 21)   Kharkiv
20 3MF Oleksandr Sytnyk (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 21)   Dynamo Kyiv
21 3MF Andriy Oberemko (1984-03-18)18 March 1984 (aged 22)   Kharkiv
22 1GK Yevhen Shyryayev (1984-02-22)22 February 1984 (aged 22)   Chornomorets Odesa

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Jérémy Gavanon: on loan at Clermont (FRA)
  2. ^ Aubey capped for Congo
  3. ^ Faty capped for Senegal
  4. ^ Faubert capped for Martinique
  5. ^ Anthony Le Tallec: on loan at Sunderland (ENG) August 2005 – May 2006
  6. ^ Florent Sinama-Pongolle: on loan at Blackburn Rovers (ENG) January–May 2006
  7. ^ Matip capped for Cameroon
  8. ^ Kießling agreed to join Bayer Leverkusen after the tournament
  9. ^ Nando Rafael capped for Angola
  10. ^ Polanski capped for Poland
  11. ^ Bruno Vale: on loan at Estrela da Amadora
  12. ^ Semedo: on loan at Feirense
  13. ^ Nuno Morais: on loan at Marítimo
  14. ^ Silvestre Varela: on loan at Vitória de Setúbal
  15. ^ Lourenço capped for Angola
  16. ^ Lourenço: on loan at União de Leiria
  17. ^ Stojković agreed to join Nantes after the tournament
  18. ^ Vučinić also capped for Montenegro
  19. ^ Vukčević also capped for Montenegro
  20. ^ Purović capped for Montenegro
  21. ^ Burzanović capped for Montenegro
  22. ^ Martin Pedersen: on loan at SønderjyskE (DEN)
  23. ^ Jacob Sørensen: on loan at SønderjyskE (DEN)
  24. ^ Alessandro Potenza: on loan to Mallorca
  25. ^ Cesare Bovo: joint ownership by Palermo and Roma.
  26. ^ Andrea Mantovani: koint-ownership by Juventus and Chievo.
  27. ^ Simone Pepe: joint ownership by Palermo and Udinese
  28. ^ Michele Canini: joint-ownership by Atalanta and Cagliari
  29. ^ Antonio Mirante: on loan at Siena
  30. ^ Andrea Coda: joint owner-ship by Empoli and Udinese.
  31. ^ Giuseppe Scurto: joint-ownership by Roma and Chievo
  32. ^ Damiano Ferronetti: joint-ownership of Roma nad Parma.
  33. ^ Pasquale Foggia: on loan at Ascoli
  34. ^ Riccardo Montolivo: joint-ownership of Fiorentina and Atalanta
  35. ^ Raffaele Palladino: on loan at Livorno
  36. ^ Alessandro Rosina: joint ownership of Parma and Torino.
  37. ^ Paolo Sammarco: joint-ownership of Milan and Chievo
  38. ^ Aissati capped for Morocco
  39. ^ Medunjanin capped for Bosnia and Herzegovina
  40. ^ Michel Vorm: on loan at Den Bosch
  41. ^ Olexandr Romanchuk: on loan at Arsenal Kyiv
  42. ^ Olexandr Yatsenko: on loan at Kharkiv
  43. ^ Oleksandr Aliyev: on loan at Metalurh Zaporizhya
  44. ^ Adrian Pukanych: on loan at Illychivets Mariupol
  45. ^ Ruslan Fomin: on loan at Metalist Kharkiv
  46. ^ Hrihoriy Yarmash: on loan at Vorskla Poltava
  47. ^ Oleksiy Hodin: on loan at Tavriya Simferopol