| Germany claimed the UEFA European Under-19 | | | | for the open game match but game back to play |
| Championship trophy for the first time despite playing | | | | every minute of his team's game as they got to the |
| more than half the final against Italy with ten men. | | | | final only to loss 3-1 to Germany in the final. |
| Goals from Lars Bender, Richard Sukuta-Pasu and | | | | Savio Nsereko (Germany): The Uganda born German |
| Timo Gebhart secured victory in an eventful decider in | | | | striker was suspended for the final game against Italy |
| Jablonec. | | | | due to the yellow card he picked up celebrating his |
| While Players from the eight Nations: ( Germany, | | | | sides win over the Czeches in the Semi Final. Savio |
| Hungary, Spain, Bulgaria, Italy, Czech Republic, England, | | | | Nsereko was described by Costa Rican former player |
| Greece ) that participated in the tournament are | | | | and Uefa technical observer Roy Millar as his best |
| returning to their respective club hoping to build on the | | | | player of the tournament saying: "The best player in |
| success or failure of the under 19 Euro cup, here is a | | | | the tournament for me has been Nsereko."He can go |
| review of some of the top youngsters that caught the | | | | inside on his right foot to make you a goal, or can go |
| eye. | | | | wide left and get in behind defenders." |
| Richard Sukuta-Pasu (Germany): The FIFA under 17 | | | | Ben Mee (England): The Manchester City FC |
| World cup product was the spearhead of the German | | | | centre-half provided the answer to England's two |
| triumph. He scored vital goals against spain, Czech | | | | problems at this tournament. After sloppy defending |
| Republic and against Italy in the final. Bayer | | | | cost two goals against the Czechs, Mee was recalled |
| Leverkusen's Richard Sukuta-Pasu is the type of | | | | and helped to register successive clean sheets. He |
| athlete football coaches dream about. "He is a really | | | | also broke England's goalscoring duck in their third |
| pleasant person and willing to learn, with the God-given | | | | game, with a thumping header versus Greece. |
| qualities to be a good footballer," says former | | | | Mihail Aleksandrov (Bulgaria): The big Liverpool fc |
| Bundesliga pro and coach Jurgen Gelsdorf, who now | | | | player was the captain of the Bulgarian team and also |
| runs Leverkusen's centre of excellence. "Richard is | | | | anchored the midfield. He was a tireless |
| very strong physically, has great technical ability and is | | | | work,ostensibly occupying a left-hand side role but in |
| extremely fast as well. All-in-all, that makes for a | | | | reality covering tirelessly across the midfield and |
| dangerous player." | | | | probing for openings. Clever in possession and never |
| Fran Mérida (Spain): Merida who was a | | | | lost heart. |
| member of spain's Uder 17 squad that won the 2007 | | | | Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece): The former Arsenal |
| UEFA U-17 Championships and also starred in the FIFA | | | | target was the youngest player of the championship. |
| under 17 World Cup losing to Nigeria in a penalty | | | | The 16 year old Greek did well to belly age with his |
| shootut in the final, was suspended for the Spainish 2-1 | | | | sterling performance for the Greek under 19. The |
| defeat to eventual Champions Germany. He came | | | | Olympiacos CFP prospect led the resistance for |
| back powerful to the team in the teams 1-0 lost to | | | | ten-man Greece against the Czechs. |
| Hungary. Put in a virtuoso display against Bulgaria, | | | | Tomás Necid (Czech Republic): The Slavia |
| capped by a fine goal with his weaker right foot. | | | | Prague player scored 4 goals for the Czechs as the |
| Stefano Okaka Chuka (Italy): Stefano Okaka Chuka | | | | got to the semis before crashing to the Germans.He |
| who is proudly from the same country as me (Nigeria) | | | | was a constant menace to defenders scoring a |
| did not get on the score sheet at the Uefa 19 | | | | double against England plus another headed equalizer |
| champions but he was the arrowhead of every attack | | | | in the Semi Final. |
| of the Italians. Okaka just like Merida was suspended | | | | |