Women's Under-19 European Championship

Recent results:

Grp 1 Poland 2 - 0 Serbia and Montenegro
Grp 1 France 3 - 1 Norway
Grp 3 Italy 3 - 0 Slovakia
Grp 3 Netherlands 1 - 2 Hungary
Grp 4 England 7 - 1 Iceland
Grp 4 Denmark 7 - 0 Romania
Grp 5 Germany 7 - 0 Scotland
Grp 5 Republic of Ireland 2 - 0 Slovenia
Grp 6 Sweden 5 - 0 Greece
Grp 6 Spain 4 - 2 Austria
Grp 7 Belgium 2 - 1 Ukraine
Grp 7 Czech Republic 1 - 2 Wales
Grp 2 Russia 4 - 1 Portugal
Grp 2 Finland 2 - 0 Israel


To be played:

27/04/06 Grp 1 France v Serbia and Montenegro
27/04/06 Grp 1 Norway v Poland
27/04/06 Grp 3 Italy v Hungary
27/04/06 Grp 3 Slovakia v Netherlands
27/04/06 Grp 4 England v Romania
27/04/06 Grp 4 Iceland v Denmark
27/04/06 Grp 5 Scotland v Republic of Ireland
27/04/06 Grp 5 Germany v Slovenia
27/04/06 Grp 6 Spain v Greece
27/04/06 Grp 6 Austria v Sweden
27/04/06 Grp 7 Belgium v Wales
27/04/06 Grp 7 Ukraine v Czech Republic
28/04/06 Grp 2 Russia v Israel
28/04/06 Grp 2 Portugal v Finland
29/04/06 Grp 1 Poland v France
29/04/06 Grp 1 Serbia and Montenegro v Norway
29/04/06 Grp 3 Netherlands v Italy
29/04/06 Grp 3 Hungary v Slovakia
29/04/06 Grp 4 Denmark v England
29/04/06 Grp 4 Romania v Iceland
29/04/06 Grp 5 Republic of Ireland v Germany
29/04/06 Grp 5 Slovenia v Scotland
29/04/06 Grp 6 Sweden v Spain
29/04/06 Grp 6 Greece v Austria
29/04/06 Grp 7 Czech Republic v Belgium
29/04/06 Grp 7 Wales v Ukraine
30/04/06 Grp 2 Finland v Russia
30/04/06 Grp 2 Israel v Portugal


Rounds
First qualifying round
27 Sep & 01 Oct 2005
Second qualifying round
25 & 29 April 2006
Final tournament - Group phase
11 & 16 July 2006
Semi-finals
19 July 2006
Final
22 July 2006

Groups (second qualifying round):

Group 1
France
Poland
Norway
Serbia and Montenegro

Group 2
Russia
Finland
Portugal
Israel

Group 3
Italy
Netherlands
Slovakia
Hungary

Group 4
England
Denmark
Iceland
Romania

Group 5
Germany
Republic of Ireland
Scotland
Slovenia

Group 6
Spain
Sweden
Austria
Greece

Group 7
Belgium
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Wales

Today's results:

Grp 1 France 9 - 0 Serbia and Montenegro
Grp 3 Italy 2 - 0 Hungary
Grp 3 Slovakia 0 - 3 Netherlands
Grp 4 England 8 - 2 Romania Yeah!
Grp 4 Iceland 1 - 2 Denmark
Grp 5 Scotland 2 - 0 Republic of Ireland
Grp 5 Germany 8 - 0 Slovenia
Grp 6 Austria 0 - 5 Sweden
Grp 7 Belgium 4 - 1 Wales
Grp 7 Ukraine 1 - 3 Czech Republic


Grp 1 Norway v Poland and Grp 6 Spain v Greece still not announced.

Some teams nearly into double figures !! Well done England and thank you for the info Agent Smith!! Do you know if Lianne scored?

She scored during the previous game against Iceland,
here are all the scorers:

9', 29' Davison
18' Houghton
36' Bird
40' Scheuber
53' Sanderson
60' Hall

As for today's game - I don't have the info yet

Well done GEMMA!

The results have been updated:

Grp 1 Norway 4-2 Poland
Grp 6 Spain 7-0 Greece

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One result has been corrected:

Grp 6 Austria 0-4 Sweden

Goals for Sweden:
16' Sembrant
27', 91' Brännström
45' Andersson

Today's results (only two games)

Grp 2 Russia 4-0 Israel
Grp 2 Portugal 2-0 Finland

Good to see the Arsenal girls getting on the scoresheets!! Thats a shock result for Finland...what happend?!

I'm not sure, this is how much the uefa site has to say about the game:

"Finns defeated
Russia now need just one point from their game against Finland on Sunday to be sure of winning their section. The Finns lost 2-0 against Portugal in their second game of the mini-tournament, with a 12th-minute Daniela Ferreira penalty and a 30th-minute Carolina Mendes strike doing the damage at the Holon stadium."

Ah, ok!! Not that much then... ...russia only need a draw then, i doubt the finns will let them get away with that though!!

Don't forget Russia are defending Champions and I think they will thrash Finland...
I've seen them play and it's a really good team.
Basically I see them lifting that trophy again if they keep playing this way

Yeah but i hope Finland give them a tricky match!! Like you say they will more likely thrash them but ah well, Come on Finland make things difficult heheheee

Today's results:

Grp 1 Poland 0 - 2 France
Grp 1 Serbia and Montenegro 0 - 7 Norway
Grp 3 Netherlands 1 - 0 Italy
Grp 3 Hungary 0 - 0 Slovakia
Grp 4 Denmark 2 - 1 England
Grp 4 Romania 0 - 4 Iceland
Grp 5 Republic of Ireland 0 - 3 Germany
Grp 5 Slovenia 0 - 3 Scotland
Grp 6 Sweden 3 - 1 Spain
Grp 6 Greece 1 - 4 Austria
Grp 7 Czech Republic 1 - 2 Belgium
Grp 7 Wales 1 - 0 Ukraine

From FairGame:

England failed to take the necessary point against Denmark in their last UEFA U19 Championship 2nd qualifying round match in Romania. A 2-1 defeat saw the Danes take the group, ahead of England.

France brushed aside Serbia & Montenegro to top Group 1, Germany also made it three straight wins, beating the Republic of Ireland 3-0 to take Group 5. Scotland were second, having finished with a 3-0 success over Slovenia.

The Netherlands 1-0 win against Italy still saw them finish goal-difference behind them at the top of Group 3, but the Dutch apparently qualify by virtue of the win achieved today.

With two more games to be played tomorrow:
Grp 2 Finland v Russia and
Grp 2 Israel v Prtugal,
the standings are:

Second qualifying round

Group 1
France
Norway
Poland
Serbia and Montenegro

Group 2
Russia
Finland
Portugal
Israel

Group 3
Italy
Netherlands
Hungary
Slovakia

Group 4
Denmark
England
Iceland
Romania

Group 5
Germany
Scotland
Republic of Ireland
Slovenia

Group 6
Sweden
Spain
Austria
Greece

Group 7
Belgium
Wales
Czech Republic
Ukraine


France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Belgium qualified to the next stage.

England didn't, despite of Lianne's late goal against Denmark (2-1)

I am pleased France qualifies for next round.

Congrats shlj


After today's games, Group 2 looks like that:

Russia
Portugal
Finland
Israel

which means Russia go through

Today's results:

Finland 1-2 Russia
Israel 0-2 Portugal

Congrats everyone!

Thats a big shame for England sooo close! Only 2-1 in the Russia, Finland game, well done Finland for sticking it out!!

Mo looking to future

After emphatic victories in their first two games in the Second Qualifying phase of the UEFA European Women's U19 Championship, a 2-1 defeat to Denmark ended English hopes of reaching the Finals later this summer.

Head Coach Mo Marley was understandably disappointed, but as she told TheFA.com from Sweden this morning, where she is with the U21 side, there were plenty of positives to take from the last twelve months.

"We had two great wins but then when we came up against the Danes, I think a little bit of the players' inexperience showed" said Mo.

"When the score was still 0-0 we had a perfectly good goal disallowed and the players let it get to them

"At half-time, as Coaches we told the players to forget it, and carry on playing their natural game, as we certainly were creating more than enough chances to win the game.

"One big lesson for the girls though was the need to be clinical against the better sides, with better 'keepers. We scored seven and eight in our first two games, but if you can't score two goals against a better side sometimes, just one goal can make all the difference, and that was the case."

The U19s will next be in action in a home International Friendly at the end of May, and Mo explained that she will be using the fixture to look at some of the most talented England U17 players to gain some experience at a higher level, after they themselves have a friendly away to Holland on 20 May.

"A lot of the players who have been with me at U19 level will now step up to the U21s if Brent [Hills] feels they are ready, whilst the younger players will come back stronger for what they experienced in Romania.

"With Lianne Sanderson and Jill Scott being called-up to the Seniors, it sends a strong message to the younger players.

"If they work hard, continue to apply themselves on the pitch, and work on their training programmes, they too will get their chance, and that age is no barrier."

Source: the FA site

Holders Russia will play France in a repeat of last year's Final in the group stages
of this summer's UEFA Under-19 Women's Championships.
Hosts Switzerland are also in the same group along with Holland.

In the other group, favourites Germany will play Sweden,
Denmark - who knocked England out - and Belgium,
who qualified for the first time at the expense of Wales.

The tournament starts on 11 July
and the Final will be played at the 14,000-capacity Neufeld Stadium
in Berne on Saturday 22 July.

GROUP A GROUP B

Germany Switzerland
Denmark Russia
Sweden France
Belgium Holland