2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Last updated October 01, 2022

Those marked in bold have now been capped at full International level.

Group 1

England

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Paul Robinson	15 October 1979			Leeds United
2	2 DF	Luke Young	19 July 1979	17	1	Charlton Athletic
3	2 DF	Paul Konchesky	15 May 1981	15	0	Charlton Athletic
4	3 MF	Sean Davis	20 September 1979	12	1	Fulham
5	2 DF	Martin Taylor	9 November 1979	1	0	Blackburn Rovers
6	2 DF	Gareth Barry	23 February 1981	27	2	Aston Villa
7	3 MF	David Dunn	27 December 1979	20	3	Blackburn Rovers
8	3 MF	Jonathan Greening	2 January 1979	17	3	Middlesbrough
9	4 FW	Malcolm Christie	11 April 1979	11	3	Derby County
10	4 FW	Jermain Defoe	7 October 1982			West Ham United
11	3 MF	Jermaine Pennant	15 January 1983	24	0	Arsenal
12	2 DF	Chris Riggott	1 September 1980	9	0	Derby County
13	1 GK	Stuart Taylor	28 November 1980	3	0	Arsenal
14	3 MF	David Prutton	12 September 1981	25	0	Nottingham Forest
15	3 MF	Jermaine Jenas	18 February 1983	9	0	Newcastle United
16	3 MF	Scott Parker	13 October 1980	11	0	Charlton Athletic
17	3 MF	Alan Smith	28 October 1980	10	3	Leeds United
18	2 DF	Zat Knight	2 May 1980	4	0	Fulham
19	4 FW	Peter Crouch	30 January 1981	6	1	Aston Villa
20	4 FW	Bobby Zamora	16 January 1981	6	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
21	4 FW	Shola Ameobi ^[1]	12 October 1981	20	7	Newcastle United
22	1 GK	Stephen Bywater	7 June 1981	6	0	West Ham United

Italy

Head coach: Claudio Gentile ^[2]Caps and age as of 17 May 2002, before the start of the tournament

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Generoso Rossi	3 January 1979 (age 23)	12	0	Venezia
2	2 DF	Daniele Bonera	31 May 1981 (age 20)	12	0	Brescia
3	2 DF	Gianpaolo Bellini	27 March 1980 (age 22)	12	0	Atalanta
4	2 DF	Matteo Ferrari	5 December 1979 (age 22)	23	3	Internazionale ^[3]
5	2 DF	Paolo Cannavaro	26 June 1981 (age 20)	3	0	Parma ^[4]
6	3 MF	Massimo Donati	26 March 1981 (age 21)	13	1	Milan
7	3 MF	Marco Marchionni	22 July 1980 (age 21)	14	2	Parma
8	3 MF	Matteo Brighi	14 February 1981 (age 21)	7	0	Juventus ^[5]
9	4 FW	Massimo Maccarone	6 September 1979 (age 22)	11	8	Empoli
10	3 MF	Andrea Pirlo (c)	19 May 1979 (age 22)	36	15	Milan
11	4 FW	Emiliano Bonazzoli	20 January 1979 (age 23)	14	7	Parma
12	1 GK	Vitangelo Spadavecchia	25 November 1982 (age 19)	0	0	Bari
13	2 DF	Paolo Castellini	25 March 1979 (age 23)	8	0	Torino
14	2 DF	Dario Dainelli	9 June 1979 (age 22)	1	0	Brescia ^[6]
15	2 DF	Stefano Lucchini	2 October 1980 (age 21)	10	0	Ternana
16	2 DF	Cesare Natali	5 April 1979 (age 23)	0	0	Atalanta
17	3 MF	Manuele Blasi	17 August 1980 (age 21)	2	0	Perugia
18	3 MF	Fabio Gatti	4 January 1982 (age 20)	1	0	Perugia
19	3 MF	Giampiero Pinzi	11 March 1981 (age 21)	2	0	Udinese
20	4 FW	Andrea Caracciolo	18 September 1981 (age 20)	0	0	Brescia
21	4 FW	Vincenzo Iaquinta	21 November 1979 (age 22)	8	1	Udinese
22	1 GK	Ivan Pelizzoli	18 November 1980 (age 21)	7	0	Roma

Portugal

Head coach: Agostinho Oliveira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Sérgio Leite	16 August 1979			Boavista
2	2 DF	Briguel	8 March 1979			Marítimo
3	2 DF	Vasco Faisca	27 August 1980			Vicenza
4	2 DF	Tonel	13 April 1980			Académica de Coimbra
5	2 DF	Jorge Ribeiro	9 November 1981			Benfica
6	3 MF	Ednilson ^[7]	25 September 1982			Benfica
7	3 MF	Cândido Costa	30 May 1981			Porto
8	3 MF	Hugo Viana	15 January 1983			Sporting CP
9	4 FW	Hélder Postiga	2 August 1982			Porto
10	3 MF	Paulo Costa	5 December 1979			Reggina
11	4 FW	Filipe Teixeira	2 October 1980			Istres
12	1 GK	Márcio Santos	5 May 1979			Académica de Coimbra
13	2 DF	Bruno Alves	27 November 1981			Farense
14	3 MF	Alhandra	5 March 1979			Académica de Coimbra
15	4 FW	Ariza Makukula	4 March 1981	14	3	Nantes
16	3 MF	Tiago	2 May 1981			Braga
17	3 MF	Pedro Mendes	26 February 1979			Vitória de Guimarães
18	4 FW	António Semedo	1 June 1979			Estrela da Amadora
19	3 MF	Neca	31 December 1979			Belenenses
20	2 DF	Miguel	4 January 1980			Benfica
21	2 DF	Paulo Ferreira	18 January 1979			Vitória de Setúbal
22	1 GK	Ivo	4 November 1980			Salgueiros

Switzerland

Head coach: Bernard Challandes

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Nicolas Beney	14 September 1980			Sion
2	2 DF	Rémo Meyer	12 November 1980	22	1	Lausanne
3	2 DF	Ludovic Magnin	20 April 1979			Lugano
4	3 MF	Stéphane Grichting	30 March 1979			Sion
5	2 DF	Stephan Keller	31 May 1979	4	0	Zürich
6	3 MF	Roman Friedli	13 March 1979	20	0	Aarau
7	3 MF	Elvir Melunović	17 July 1979	29	4	Grasshopper
8	2 DF	Reto Zanni	9 February 1980	23	1	St. Gallen
9	4 FW	Daniel Gygax	28 August 1981			Aarau
10	3 MF	Ricardo Cabanas	17 January 1979			Grasshopper
11	4 FW	Alexander Frei	15 July 1979			Servette
12	1 GK	Thierry Bally	9 September 1979			Luzern
13	2 DF	Mario Eggimann	24 January 1981			Aarau
14	2 DF	Luca Denicola	17 April 1981	7	0	Grasshopper
15	2 DF	Alain Rochat	1 February 1983			Yverdon Sport
16	3 MF	Pascal Oppliger	1 April 1980			Neuchâtel Xamax
17	3 MF	Ivan Previtali	22 October 1979			Kriens
18	3 MF	Mario Raimondi	10 July 1980	4	0	Thun
19	4 FW	Johann Berisha	6 September 1979	12	1	Young Boys
20	4 FW	Rainer Bieli	22 February 1979			St. Gallen
21	4 FW	André Muff	28 January 1981	27	8	Luzern
22	1 GK	Reto Bolli	2 March 1979			Schaffhausen

Group 2

Belgium

Head coach: Jean-François de Sart

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Jean-François Gillet	31 May 1979	Bari
2	2 DF	Wouter Vrancken	3 February 1979	Racing Genk
3	2 DF	Jonas De Roeck	20 December 1979	Royal Antwerp
4	2 DF	Birger Maertens	6 April 1980	Club Brugge
5	2 DF	Vincent Lachambre	6 November 1980	Roda JC
6	3 MF	Sven Vandenbroeck	22 September 1979	Roda JC
7	3 MF	Davy Theunis	28 January 1980	Beveren
8	3 MF	Kevin Van Dessel	9 April 1979	Roda JC
9	4 FW	Björn De Wilde	1 May 1979	Eendracht Aalst
10	4 FW	Tom Soetaers	21 July 1980	Roda JC
11	3 MF	Christophe Grégoire	20 April 1980	Mouscron
12	1 GK	Olivier Renard	24 May 1979	Standard Liège
13	2 DF	Stefan Teelen	10 April 1979	Racing Genk
14	2 DF	Önder Turacı ^[8]	14 July 1981	La Louviere
15	3 MF	Tim Reigel	28 October 1980	Eendracht Aalst
16	4 FW	Thomas Chatelle	31 March 1981	Racing Genk
17	3 MF	Peter Delorge	14 April 1980	Sint-Truidense
18	3 MF	Gonzague Vandooren	19 August 1979	Standard Liège
19	3 MF	Grégory Dufer	19 December 1981	Charleroi
20	3 MF	Koen Daerden	8 March 1982	Racing Genk
21	4 FW	Stein Huysegems	16 June 1982	Lierse
22	1 GK	Cliff Mardulier	22 September 1982	Lierse

Czech Republic

Head coach: Miroslav Beránek

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Jaroslav Drobný	18 October 1979	Panionios
2	2 DF	Martin Jiránek	25 May 1979	Reggina
3	2 DF	Martin Horák	16 September 1980	Sigma Olomouc
4	3 MF	Petr Voříšek	19 March 1979	Teplice
5	2 DF	Zdeněk Grygera	14 May 1980	Sparta Prague
6	2 DF	Václav Drobný	9 September 1980	Chmel Blšany
7	3 MF	David Kobylík	27 June 1981	Sigma Olomouc
8	4 FW	Milan Baroš	28 October 1981	Liverpool
9	3 MF	Lukáš Zelenka	5 October 1979	Sparta Prague
10	3 MF	Štěpán Vachoušek	26 July 1979	Teplice
11	3 MF	Michal Pospíšil	3 May 1979	Sparta Prague
12	4 FW	Tomáš Jun	17 January 1983	Sparta Prague
13	3 MF	Karel Piták	28 January 1980	Hradec Králové
14	2 DF	David Rozehnal	5 July 1980	Sigma Olomouc
15	3 MF	Jan Polák	14 March 1981	Brno
16	1 GK	Petr Čech	20 May 1982	Sparta Prague
17	2 DF	Tomáš Hübschman	4 September 1981	Sparta Prague
18	4 FW	Libor Žůrek	2 November 1979	Baník Ostrava
19	4 FW	Rudolf Skácel	17 July 1979	Hradec Králové
20	3 MF	Radoslav Kováč	27 November 1979	Sigma Olomouc
21	3 MF	Tomáš Hrdlička	17 February 1982	Slavia Prague
22	1 GK	Aleš Chvalovský	29 May 1979	Chmel Blšany

France

Head coach: Raymond Domenech

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Mickaël Landreau	14 May 1979	Nantes
2	2 DF	Anthony Réveillère	10 November 1979	Rennes
3	2 DF	Julien Escudé	17 August 1979	Rennes
4	2 DF	Jean-Alain Boumsong	14 December 1979	Auxerre
5	3 MF	Mathieu Berson	23 February 1980	Nantes
6	2 DF	Jérémie Bréchet	14 August 1979	Lyon
7	3 MF	Olivier Sorlin	9 April 1979	Montpellier
8	3 MF	Julien Sablé	11 September 1980	Saint-Étienne
9	4 FW	Sidney Govou	27 July 1979	Lyon
10	3 MF	Steed Malbranque	6 January 1980	Fulham
11	4 FW	Péguy Luyindula	25 May 1979	Lyon
12	2 DF	Sylvain Armand	1 August 1980	Nantes
13	4 FW	Pierre-Alain Frau	15 April 1980	Sochaux
14	2 DF	Matthieu Delpierre	26 April 1981	Lille
15	2 DF	Philippe Mexès	30 March 1982	Auxerre
16	1 GK	Damien Gregorini	2 March 1979	Marseille
17	2 DF	David Di Tommaso	6 October 1979	Sedan
18	3 MF	Benoît Pedretti	12 November 1980	Sochaux
19	3 MF	Camel Meriem	18 October 1979	Sochaux
20	3 MF	Lionel Mathis	4 October 1981	Auxerre
21	4 FW	Cyril Chapuis	21 March 1979	Marseille
22	1 GK	Rémy Vercoutre	26 June 1980	Montpellier

Greece

Head coach: Andreas Michalopoulos

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Stefanos Kotsolis	5 June 1979	Panathinaikos
2	3 MF	Christos Patsatzoglou	19 March 1979	Olympiacos
3	2 DF	Kostas Louboutis	10 June 1979	Aris
4	3 MF	Konstantinos Katsouranis	21 June 1979	Panachaiki
5	2 DF	Efstathios Tavlaridis	25 January 1980	Arsenal
6	2 DF	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	23 July 1979	Panathinaikos
7	4 FW	Ioannis Amanatidis	3 December 1981	Greuther Fürth
8	2 DF	Giourkas Seitaridis	4 June 1981	Panathinaikos
9	4 FW	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	20 October 1981	Burnley
10	3 MF	Giorgos Theodoridis	3 July 1980	Aris
11	4 FW	Georgios Kazantzis	2 February 1979	Aris
12	1 GK	Giannis Liourdis	22 February 1979	Paniliakos
13	2 DF	Evangelois Nastos	13 September 1980	PAOK
14	2 DF	Giorgos Kyriazis	28 February 1980	Iraklis
15	4 FW	Angelos Charisteas	9 February 1980	Aris
16	1 GK	Nikolaos Anastasopoulos	5 August 1979	Skoda Xanthi
17	3 MF	Pantelis Kafes	24 June 1978	PAOK
18	4 FW	Dimitris Salpingidis	10 August 1981	PAOK
19	2 DF	Minas Pitsos	8 October 1980	OFI Crete
20	3 MF	Anestis Agritis	16 April 1981	Egaleo
21	3 MF	Lambros Vangelis	2 February 1982	Siena
22	2 DF	Spyros Vallas	26 August 1981	Skoda Xanthi

Footnotes

↑ Ameobi capped for Nigeria
↑ "No place for Cassano". UEFA. 2 May 2002. Archived from the original on 8 September 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
↑ Matteo Ferrari: on loan at Parma.
↑ Paolo Cannavaro: on loan at Hellas Verona.
↑ Matteo Brighi: on loan at Bologna.
↑ Dario Dainelli: on loan at Hellas Verona.
↑ Ednilson capped for Guinea-Bissau
↑ Turacı capped for Turkey

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[1] Ameobi capped for Nigeria

[2] "No place for Cassano". UEFA. 2 May 2002. Archived from the original on 8 September 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2009.

[3] Matteo Ferrari: on loan at Parma.

[4] Paolo Cannavaro: on loan at Hellas Verona.

[5] Matteo Brighi: on loan at Bologna.

[6] Dario Dainelli: on loan at Hellas Verona.

[7] Ednilson capped for Guinea-Bissau

[8] Turacı capped for Turkey

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