A champion with Borussia Dortmund, Sven Bender was also a key player as Germany won the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and he said nobody will forget that success.

With the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament starting in Romania on Wednesday, Mircea Lucescu and Răzvan Raţ tell UEFA.com what visitors can expect.

A key part of the France side that tasted glory at the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Yoann Gourcuff shares his memories of the tournament with UEFA.com.

As the Under-19 finals draw near, UEFA.com recalls the stars of past tournaments such as Fernando Torres and Yoann Gourcuff and the eye-catching talents they paraded.

Timothée Kolodziejczak was happy to savour a long-delayed revenge as France finally got the better of Spain, singling out a change of approach at the halfway stage as a vital factor in Caen.

Oriol Romeu admitted Spain had paid the price of a sloppy second-half display as a 1-0 lead disappeared against France, saying: "You cannot afford to make as many mistakes as we did."

A jubilant Francis Smerecki said his players showing "a lot of heart in the second half" was the reason why the hosts defeated Spain 2-1 having been behind in the final at the break.

France 2-1 Spain
The hosts came from a goal down to lift the trophy for the second time, Alexandre Lacazette heading an 85th-minute winner in Caen.

After the shock of shipping an early goal, France were understandably relieved to overcome Croatia with Gaël Kakuta having particular reason to be thankful for Les Petits Bleus' recovery.

Spain continued to demonstrate their ability to produce something out of the ordinary yet Sergio Canales believes La Roja can surpass their semi-final efforts when they face France on Friday.

France 2-1 Croatia
The hosts came from a goal down to reach Friday's final, substitute Cédric Bakambu's 83rd-minute strike proving decisive.

Spain 3-1 England
Goals from Daniel Pacheco, Keko and Sergio Canales earned an impressive Spain team their place in Friday's Under-19 final.

Spain and England's coaches were united in the view that the growing belief in their respective teams could make the difference in their UEFA European Under-19 Championship semi-final.

England 1-1 France
Substitute Matthew Phillips headed an equaliser deep into added time as the fates conspired to send Noel Blake's side through.

Netherlands 0-1 Austria
Marco Djuricin's late penalty gave Andreas Heraf's side third place in Group A and meant the Netherlands finished bottom of the section.

Portugal 0-5 Croatia
The finals debutants claimed second place in Group B thanks to a devastating display and a Zvonko Pamić hat-trick.

Netherlands 1-0 England
Wim van Zwam's team bounced back from their opening Group A defeat with a crucial victory courtesy of Steven Berghuis's sixth-minute header.

Spain 2-1 Portugal
Luis Milla's side are through to the semi-finals as Group B winners after Daniel Pacheco's second goal of the game on 88 minutes secured victory.

They might have scored the goals in the opening Group B win against Italy, but Portugal pair Nélson Oliveira and Sérgio Oliveira both put the impressive display down to a strong team ethic.

France coach Francis Smerecki enjoyed "achieving our first objective" after the hosts beat the Netherlands, for whom Wim van Zwam bemoaned a "sloppy" opening to Group A.

France 4-1 Netherlands
First-half goals from Gaël Kakuta and Cédric Bakambu paved the way for a convincing opening Group A success for the finals hosts in Caen.

Italy 0-2 Portugal
Second-half goals from Nélson Oliveira and Sérgio Oliveira gave Ilídio Vale's side a winning start to their Group B campaign.

Hosts France will play last year's runners-up England, the Netherlands and Austria in the 9th UEFA European Under-19 Championship following today's draw for the final tournament.

The UEFA European Under-19 Championship lineup is complete after England claimed the last qualifying place, joining Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria.

Norway 1-1 Spain
The four-time winners needed an equaliser from substitute Rubén Rochina to salvage a draw on the first day of Group 4.

Turkey 2-0 Azerbaijan
The Group 4 hosts made a solid start to the elite round thanks to two quick goals from Galatasaray AŞ midfielder Emre Çolak.

The UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite round kicks off on Wednesday with Turkey hosting one of seven groups which will determine who joins hosts France in this summer's finals.

Perennial contenders Serbia and Greece will both take part in the 2009/10 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Elite round after making short work of Group 5 in the qualifying round.