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Facts and figures

UEFA.com rounds up the crucial statistics for the U19 competition, including past winners and hosts, biggest wins and top scorers.
Facts and figures
Spain's Fernando Torres was top scorer at the first U19 finals in 2002 ©Getty Images

Facts and figures

UEFA.com rounds up the crucial statistics for the U19 competition, including past winners and hosts, biggest wins and top scorers.

Records apply only for UEFA European Under-19 Championship (from 2001/02)

Champions (hosts)
2002: Spain (Norway)
2003: Italy (Liechtenstein)
2004: Spain (Switzerland)
2005: France (Northern Ireland)
2006: Spain (Poland)
2007: Spain (Austria)
2008: Germany (Czech Republic)
2009: Ukraine (Ukraine)
2010: France (France)
2011: Spain (Romania)

Biggest wins
Qualifying round: Andorra 0-13 Czech Republic, 2001/02
Elite round: Spain 8-1 Cyprus, 2005/06*
Final tournament: Slovenia 1-7 England, 2008/09 group stage

Individual match goalscoring
Qualifying: 4 Tomáš Jun (Czech Republic) v Andorra 2001/02, Kevin Vandenbergh (Belgium) v Greece 2001/02, Ciaran Donnelly (England) v Romania 2002/03, Erdal Kilicaslan (Germany) v San Marino 2002/03, Sandro Iashvili (Georgia) v Estonia 2003/04, Lukas Podolski (Germany) v Luxembourg 2003/04, Tomi Petrescu (Finland) v Albania 2004/05, Edgar Manucharyan (Armenia) v Hungary 2004/05, Jesper Mathisen (Norway) v Malta 2005/06, Sven Jegge (Switzerland) v Andorra 2005/06, Daryl Fordyce (Northern Ireland) v Serbia and Montenegro 2005/06, Kevin Volland (Germany) v Andorra 2010/11
Final tournament: 3 Ali Oztürk (Turkey) v Poland 2003/04, Matt Fryatt (England) v Serbia and Montenegro 2004/05, Yoann Gourcuff (France) v Norway 2004/05, İlhan Parlak (Turkey) v Portugal 2005/06, Juan Mata (Spain) v Turkey 2005/06, David Janczyk (Poland) v Belgium 2005/06, Zvonko Pamić (Croatia) v Portugal 2009/10, Álvaro Morata (Spain) v Serbia 2010/11

Season top scorers
2001/02: Kevin Vandenbergh (Belgium) 10
2002/03: Sébastien Grax (France) 9
2003/04: Olexandr Aliyev (Ukraine), Ali Oztürk (Turkey), Lukasz Piszczek (Poland) 8
2004/05: Borko Veselinović (Serbia and Montenegro) 11
2005/06: İlhan Parlak (Turkey) 10
2006/07: Kostantinos Mitroglou (Greece), Krisztián Németh (Hungary), Adam Rooney (Republic of Ireland) 8
2007/08: Michail Pavlis (Greece) 7
2008/09: Nathan Delfouneso (England), Yacin Brahimi (France) 7
2009/10: Mattia Destro (Italy) 8
2010/11: Álvaro Morata (Spain) 10

Finals top scorers
2001/02: Fernando Torres (Spain) 4
2002/03: Paulo Sérgio (Portugal) 5
2003/04: Ali Oztürk (Turkey), Lukasz Piszczek (Poland) 4
2004/05: Borko Veselinović (Serbia and Montenegro) 5
2005/06: Alberto Bueno (Spain), İlhan Parlak (Turkey) 5
2006/07: Anis Ben-Hatira (Germany), Kévin Monnet-Paquet (France), Kostantinos Mitroglou (Greece) 3
2007/08: Tomáš Necid (Czech Republic) 4
2008/09: Nathan Delfouneso (England) 4
2009/10: Daniel Pacheco (Spain) 4
2010/11: Álvaro Morata (Spain) 6

2011/12 qualifying top scorers
Qualifying round: Betinho (Portugal) 5
Elite round:
Jean-Christophe Bahebeck (France), Betinho (Portugal), Alexy Bosetti (France), Giorgi Chanturia (Georgia), Dimitris Diamantakos (Greece), Marko Dugandžić (Croatia), Jurgen Locadia (Netherlands),
Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia), Toni Vastic (Austria) 3
Overall qualifying: Betinho (Portugal) 8

Highest attendances
Qualifying round: Belarus v Wales, Minsk, 2003/04, 7,500
Elite round: Belarus v England, Minsk, 2007/08, 11,000
Final tournament: Ukraine v England, Donetsk, 2008/09 final, 25,100

2011/12 highest attendances
Qualifying round: Slovakia v Armenia, Yerevan, 3,000
Elite round: Serbia v Romania, Novi Sad, 4,000

Final tournament appearances (inc 2012)
9 Spain*
7 England*
6 France*
5 Czech Republic, Germany, Greece*, Portugal*, Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia*
4 Austria, Belgium, Italy, Turkey
3 Norway
2 Croatia*, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, Ukraine
1 Armenia, Bulgaria, Estonia*, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia

*competing at 2012 finals

Last updated: 13/06/12 20.18CET

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