2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.

Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.

Qualification
The 47 national teams were divided into nine groups (one group of four, five groups of 5, and three groups of 6). The records of the nine group runners-up were then compared. The top seven joined the nine winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

Goalscorers
3 goals
 * 🇮🇹 Massimo Maccarone

2 goals
 * 🇨🇿 Michal Pospíšil
 * 🇫🇷 Pierre-Alain Frau
 * 🇫🇷 Olivier Sorlin
 * Alexander Frei

1 goal
 * 🇧🇪 Koen Daerden
 * 🇧🇪 Tom Soetaers
 * 🇨🇿 Zdeněk Grygera
 * 🇨🇿 Martin Jiránek
 * 🇨🇿 David Rozehnal
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gareth Barry
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Crouch
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jermain Defoe
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Smith

1 goal, cont.
 * 🇫🇷 Sylvain Armand
 * 🇫🇷 Sidney Govou
 * 🇫🇷 Péguy Luyindula
 * 🇫🇷 Steed Malbranque
 * Xenofon Gittas
 * Giorgos Kyriazis
 * Christos Patsatzoglou
 * 🇮🇹 Emiliano Bonazzoli
 * 🇮🇹 Andrea Pirlo
 * Ariza Makukula
 * Hélder Postiga
 * Filipe Teixeira
 * Hugo Viana
 * Ricardo Cabanas

Own goals
 * 🇧🇪 Koen Daerden (for France)