EUROPEAN U21 CHAMPIONSHIPS

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If you thought the football season was over for the summer, think again - Sky Sports is showing every game from the European Under 21 Championships, live.

The three-week tournament in Holland means 15 more top-quality matches to savour as the future stars of international football strut their stuff.

And as well as live coverage of every game on your TV screens, we will also be streaming every England game and the semi-finals and final,
live here on skysports.com - so if you can't make it home in time for 5.15pm kick-off.

England have not won the tournament in 23 years and Stuart Pearce's youngsters have been drawn in the toughest group, with all three rivals former European Under 21 champions.

They start their campaign with the Monday afternoon showdown with 2002 winners Czech Republic and follow it up with perhaps their toughest test against five-time winners Italy on Thursday, June 14.

The Azzurrini will include Manchester United's Giuseppe Rossi and star turn Giampaolo Pazzini who made history with a hat-trick when his side were held to 3-3 draw by England in the very first game at the new Wembley in March.

The final group game is against dark horses Serbia - who won the tournament as Yugoslavia 20 years ago - on Sunday, June 17, before the knockout stages begin.

England warmed up for the tournament with an impressive
5-0 win over Slovakia, that left skipper Nigel Reo-Coker confident that Sky Sports viewers could be witnessing an England success in the final come June 23.

"We are very strong," he said. "We've got an abundance of talent in the Under 21's. Even those who did not come off the bench, there is so much talent and ability.

"We are so positive and don't really fear anyone."

The other group of four (Group A) boasts hosts and defending champions Holland, a Portugal squad that includes Manchester United's new wonderkid Nani and Bolton's Ricardo Vaz Te, up against first-timers Belgium and Israel - who have Chelsea's Ben Sahar in attack.




The Schedule:

DATE GAME Mon 11 Czech Republic v England 5.15pm Thu 14 England v Italy 7.45pm Sun 17 England v Serbia 7.45pm Wed 20 Semi-final 1 5.15pm Wed 20 Semi-final 2 7.45pm Thu 21 3rd place play-off (if England involved) 7.45pm Sat 23 Final 7.45pm

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DATE GAME (KO TIME) ON AIR GROUP
Sun 10 Holland v Israel (5.15pm) SS2, 4pm Group A
Sun 10 Portugal v Belgium (7.45pm) SS2, 7.30pm Group A
Mon 11 Czech Rep v England (5.15pm) SS1, 5pm Group B
Mon 11 Serbia v Italy (7.45pm) SS1, 7.30pm Group B
Wed 13 Israel v Belgium (5.15pm) SS1, 5pm Group A
Wed 13 Holland v Portugal (7.45pm) SS1, 7.30pm Group A
Thu 14 Czech Rep v Serbia (5.15pm) SS1, 5pm Group B
Thu 14 England v Italy (7.45pm) SS1, 7.30pm Group B
Sat 16 Belgium v Holland (5.15pm) SS1, 5pm Group A
Sat 16 Israel v Portugal (7.45pm) SS1, 7.30pm Group A
Sun 17 Italy v Czech Rep (5.15pm) SS1, 5pm Group B
Sun 17 England v Serbia (7.45pm) SS1, 7.30pm Group B
Wed 20 Winner A v Runner-up B (5.15pm) SS1, 5pm Semi-final
Wed 20 Winner B v Runner-up A (7.45pm) SS1, 7.30pm Semi-final
Thu 21 3rd place play-off (7.45pm) SS1, 7pm Play-off
Sat 23 Final (7.45pm)

SS1, 7pm

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SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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UNDER 21 SQUADS

GROUP A

ENGLAND UNDER 21 SQUAD

Goalkeepers

1 Scott Carson
13 Joe Hart
22 Ben Alnwick


Defenders

2 Justin Hoyte
3 Leighton Baines
4 Steven Taylor
5 Anton Ferdinand
6 Gary Cahill
14 Liam Rosenior
20 Nedum Onuoha
23 Peter Whittingham

Midfielders

7 Nigel Reo-Coker
9 Kieran Richardson
12 Wayne Routledge
15 James Milner
17 Tom Huddlestone
18 Mark Noble


Forwards

10 David Nugent
11 Ashley Young
16 Leroy Lita
19 Matthew Derbyshire
21 James Vaughan

BELGIUM UNDER 21 SQUAD

Goalkeepers

1 Logan Bailly
12 Frank Boeckx
21 Michal Cordier

Defenders

2 Sepp De Roover
4 Thomas Vermaelen
5 Landry Mulemo
6 Nicolas Lombaerts
15 Sbastien Pocognoli
18 Laurent Ciman
20 Anthony Vanden Borre


Midfielders

7 Killian Overmeire
8 Faris Haroun
10 Jan Vertonghen
11 Maarten Martens
13 Guillaume Gillet
14 Tom De Mul
17 Marouane Fellaini
22 Jonathan Blondel
23 Axel Witsel


Forwards

9 Kevin Mirallas
16 Tom De Sutter
19 Stijn De Smet

CZECH REPUBLIC UNDER 21 SQUAD

Goalkeepers

1 Zdenek Zlmal
16 Josef Kubsek
23 Milan Švenger


Defenders

2 Josef Kaufman
3 Martin Kuncl
4 Roman Hubnk
5 Michal Kadlec
13 Martin Klein
21 Milan Kopic

Midfielders

6 Luboš Hušek
7 Daniel Kolr
8 Tomš Jirsk
9 Tomš Krbecek
11 Daniel Pudil
12 Michal Švec
15 František Rajtoral
17 Jir Kladrubsk
18 Jan Kysela
20 Filip Rdel


Forwards

10 Jan Holenda
14 Michal Papadopulos
19 Martin Fillo
22 Jan Blažek

ISRAEL UNDER 21 SQUAD

Goalkeepers

1 Ohad Levita
18 Tom Al Madon
23 Yossi Shekel

Defenders

2 Yuval Shpungin
3 Eliran Danin
4 Shai Maymon
5 Dekel Keinan
6 Lior Jan
12 Rami Duani
13 Nitzan Damari
15 Naor Peser
19 Dani Bondarv

Midfielders

7 Idan Srur
8 Aviram Baruchyan
20 Amir Taga
21 Shiran Yeiny
22 Lior Rafaelov


Forwards

9 Barak Itzhaki
10 Toto Tamuz
11 Omer Peretz
14 Shlomi Arbeitman
16 Amit Ben Shushan
17 Ben Sahar

GROUP B

ITALY UNDER 21 SQUAD

Goalkeepers

1 Gianluca Curci
12 Emiliano Viviano
22 Andrea Consigli


Defenders

2 Marco Andreolli
3 Giorgio Chiellini
5 Andrea Mantovani
6 Alessandro Potenza
13 Andrea Coda
14 Domenico Criscito
15 Michele Canini
17 Andrea Raggi

Midfielders

4 Antonio Nocerino
7 Riccardo Montolivo
8 Alberto Aquilani
10 Alessandro Rosina
16 Daniele Dessena
18 Simone Padoin
21 Andrea Lazzari
23 Luca Cigarini

Forwards

9 Gianpaolo Pazzini
11 Giuseppe Rossi
19 Graziano Pelle
20 Raffaele Palladino

HOLLAND UNDER 21 SQUAD (host nation)

Goalkeepers

1 Boy Waterman
16 Kenneth Vermeer
23 Tim Krul

Defenders

2 Gianni Zuiverloon
3 Ron Vlaar
4 Arnold Kruiswijk
5 Erik Pieters
18 Ryan Donk
19 Calvin Jong-A-Pin
21 Frank van der Struijk


Midfielders

6 Hedwiges Maduro
8 Royston Drenthe
11 Danil de Ridder
12 Luigi Bruins
17 Haris Medunjanin


Forwards

7 Julian Jenner
9 Ryan Babel
10 Ismal Aissati
13 Maceo Rigters
14 Roy Beerens
15 Robbert Schilder
20 Tim Janssen
22 Otman Bakkal

PORTUGAL UNDER 21 SQUAD

Goalkeepers

1 Paulo Ribeiro
12 Ricardo Batista
23 Joo Botelho

Defenders

2 Amoreirinha
3 Joo Pereira
5 Semedo
11 Jos Gonalves
13 Rolando
21 Antunes
22 Manuel da Costa


Midfielders

4 Miguel Veloso
6 Organista
7 Filipe Oliveira
8 Manuel Fernandes
10 Joo Moutinho
14 Paulo Machado
15 Ruben Amorim
18 Nani

Forwards

9 Hugo Almeida
16 Joo Moreira
17 Ricardo Vaz T
19 Silvestre Varela
20 Yannick Djal

SERBIA UNDER 21 SQUAD

Goalkeepers

1 Damir Kahriman
12 Igor Stefanovic
23 Aleksandar Kesic


Defenders

2 Branislav Ivanovic
4 Nemanja Rnic
5 Gojko Kacar
6 Aleksandar Kolarov
11 Duško Tošic
15 Predrag Pavlovic
19 Dušan Basta
20 Slobodan Rajkovic
22 Nikola Petkovic


Midfielders

3 Antonio Rukavina
7 Milan Smiljanic
8 Boško Jankovic
10 Dejan Milovanovic
13 Nikola Drincic
14 Stefan Babovic
16 Djordje Ivelja
17 Miloš Krasic


Forwards

9 Djordje Rakic
18 Dragan Mrdja
21 Zoran Tošic

Edited by kal-el - 18 years ago
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Posted: 18 years ago
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who do u think will win the tournament?

England/Holland/Serbia or Belgium?
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Posted: 18 years ago
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england,

but racism has reared its ugly head in sports again after serbian fans abused englands black players 😡
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Posted: 18 years ago
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other than babel i havent seen anyone else who stands out for them
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Posted: 18 years ago
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They always have wicked talent! 😳
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Well england lost in the best penalty i have seen
they lost 11-12 to holland after a 1-1 score...

it was awesome...
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i know poor anton ferdinand, it was nerve wracking, i hope serbia get hammered, the racists 😡
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Posted: 18 years ago
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LMAO And England are out 😆 Oh well...

Holland will win it like I said 😃
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Posted: 18 years ago
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yep good to have you back nish 😆

i actually thought england would win it, but i want the dutch to win now as well

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