2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
# 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was held in Northern Ireland between 18 and 29 July 2005.

## Venues

| City / Town | Stadium | Host club(s) | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Belfast | Windsor Park | Linfield | 18,000 |
| Belfast | The Oval | Glentoran | 15,250 |
| Newry | The Showgrounds | Newry City | 6,500 |
| Lurgan | Mourneview Park | Glenavon | 5,000 |
| Ballymena | The Showgrounds | Ballymena United | 5,000 |

## Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.

1. 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification 2. 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification

## Teams

The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:

* Armenia
* England
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Northern Ireland (host)
* Norway
* Serbia and Montenegro

## Match officials

Six referees were selected for the tournament:

* Alberto Undiano Mallenco
* Viktor Kassai
* Matteo Trefoloni
* Pieter Vink
* Duarte Gomes
* Damir Skomina

## Group stage

### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |

### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| Armenia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |

## Final

* 2005 UEFA U-19 European champions
* France Sixth title

## Top scorers

### 5 goals

* Borko Veselinović

### 4 goals

* Abdoulaye Baldé
* Matty Fryatt

### 3 goals

* Yoann Gourcuff

### 2 goals

* Karim Aoudia
* Kevin-Prince Boateng
* Denis Epstein
* Nebojša Marinković
* Eugen Polanski
