8-14 September Official programme 1 CONTENTS SATURS The official channel for European football From the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Women’s Champions League, 22 Interview: Lucas Moura 8 20 UEFA Europa League, UEFA Nations League and UEFA EURO 2020, to youth football Intervija: Lukass Moura and futsal, UEFA.com has the European game covered. Group B / B Grupa 26 Croatia Horvātija 28 Ukraine Ukraina 30 Spain Spānija 32 The Netherlands 5 UEFA President’s message Nīderlande UEFA prezidenta uzruna 34 ‘A unique opportunity’ 7 Latvian FA President’s message “Unikāla iespēja” Latvijas Futbola federācijas 38 Road to Riga prezidenta uzruna Ceļš uz Rīgu 8 Futsal’s new dawn Jaunā telpu futbola ēra 22 Group A / A Grupa 12 Latvia Latvija 14 Poland Polija 16 Portugal Portugāle 18 Russia Krievija 20 Match schedule Spēļu grafiks UEFA publications manager / UEFA publikācijas menedžeris Production / Producenti Emmanuel Deconche Tessanna Macleod, Kat Rickards Editor / Redaktors Translation / Tulkošana Michael Harrold Libero Language Lab Ltd Design / Dizains Photography / Fotogrāfijas Darlene Cossentino Getty, UEFA, LFF, PZPN, FPF, RFS, HNS, UAF, RFEF, KNVB Art director / Mākslinieciskais direktors Oliver Meikle Designed and produced by TwelfthMan on behalf of UEFA Contributors / Autori Chris Burke, Mark Chaplin, Andrew Haslam, Anthony ©UEFA 2019. All rights reserved. The UEFA word, the UEFA Naughton, Sean O’Flaherty, Mihail Korolev, Piotr logo and all marks related to UEFA and competitions are Koźmiński, Luis Piedade, Dmitri Rogovitski, Elvir Islamović, protected by trade marks and/or copyright of UEFA. No use Bogdan Buga, Dani Huerta, Derek Brookman for commercial purposes may be made of such trade marks. 2 Official programme 3 #EqualGame logo. Reversed. Pantone 298 Blue and 655 Blue WELCOME TO THE TOURNAMENT LAIPNI LŪGTI TURNĪRĀ! It has been an exciting year for Šis gads Eiropas telpu futbolā ir bijis European futsal and over the next aizraujošs, un turpmāko divu nedēļu week, we will take another major Aleksander Čeferin laikā mēs spersim vēl vienu lielu step forward with the inaugural UEFA President soli ar pirmo UEFA Eiropas U-19 UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Aleksandrs Čeferins telpu futbola čempionāta finālturnīru Championship finals here in Riga. UEFA prezidents šeit — Rīgā. This new youth competition Šis vēl nebijušais turnīrs jauniešiem reflects the importance that UEFA atspoguļo to, cik lielu nozīmi UEFA places in futsal, which continues to piešķir telpu futbolam, kas turpina excite growing audiences across the aizraut arvien vairāk skatītāju visā continent. Already this year, fans kontinentā. Jau šajā gadā līdzjutēji have enjoyed a thrilling first UEFA varēja baudīt saviļņojošo, pirmo Women’s Futsal EURO in Portugal, UEFA EIROPAS ČEMPIONĀTU and our rebranding of the main telpu futbolā sievietēm, kas notika European futsal club competition as Portugālē un galvenā Eiropas the UEFA Futsal Champions League telpu futbola klubu turnīra zīmola underlines our commitment to mainīšana, jo UEFA telpu futbola delivering the highest standards at Čempionu līga uzsver mūsu club level as well. apņemšanos nodrošināt augstākos This event will provide a terrific standartus arī klubu līmenī. opportunity for young players Šis notikums sniedz kolosālu to savour tournament action at iespēju jaunajiem spēlētājiem a pivotal point in their careers. izbaudīt dalību turnīrā savas karjeras Under-19 level is an important svarīgākajā brīdī. U-19 līmenis ir stepping stone on the path to svarīgs atspēriena punkts ceļā uz becoming a full international, and kļūšanu par starptautiski atzītiem these youngsters will greatly benefit meistariem, un šie jaunieši gūs from this experience as they deepen lielu labumu no šīs pieredzes, jo their knowledge of the game. padziļināsies viņu izpratne par spēli. I would like to thank the Latvian Es vēlos pateikties Latvijas Futbola Football Federation (LFF) president federācijas (LFF) prezidentam Kaspars Gorkšs and his team for Kasparam Gorkšam un viņa organising this tournament, and komandai par šī turnīra organizēšanu wish the best of luck to the eight un vēlu veiksmi visām astoņām competing nations! I hope you all turnīra izlasēm! Ceru, ka jums šis enjoy the action. pasākums sagādās baudu. Official programme 5 WELCOME TO LATVIA LAIPNI LŪGTI LATVIJĀ! Greetings to all futsal fans! For Sveicam visus telpu futbola all of us at the Latvian Football līdzjutējus! Mums visiem Latvijas Federation, it is a great honour Futbola federācijā ir liels gods un Latvian Football and privilege to host the inaugural privilēģija uzņemt pirmā UEFA Eiropas Federation President UEFA European Under-19 Futsal U-19 telpu futbola čempionāta Championship final tournament. A Kaspars Gorkšs finālturnīra dalībniekus. Šī pasākuma lot of hard work and effort has gone Latvijas Futbola rīkošanā ir ieguldīts liels, smags darbs. into staging this event. federācijas prezidents Kopš brīža, kad UEFA piešķīra We have been on a long journey mums tiesības uzņemt šo īpašo since UEFA awarded us the rights to turnīru, ir veikts tāls ceļš. Mūsu host this very special tournament. jaunajiem spēlētājiem šī ir lieliska For our young players, this is a great iespēja piedalīties augstākā līmeņa chance to experience a competition sacensībās un baudīt spēlēšanu šāda at the highest level and enjoy kalibra turnīrā. Mūsu organizatoriskajai the atmosphere of playing in a komandai un katram, kurš smagi tournament of this calibre. For our strādāja, lai padarītu šo pasākumu organising team and everyone who par priekpilnu telpu futbola festivālu, has been working hard to make this šī ir iespēja pārbaudīt savas spējas event a joyful futsal festival, this is starptautiskajā arēnā un iegūt vērtīgu an opportunity to measure ourselves pieredzi. Mēs ticam, ka šis turnīrs in the international arena and to gain būs atspēriena punkts ne vien telpu valuable experience. We believe this futbola attīstībai Latvijā, bet arī visas will be a stepping stone, not only for futbola saimes darbam. futsal development in Latvia but for Es ceru, ka jūs vislielākajā www.uefafoundation.org the whole football family as well. mērā izbaudīsiet slaveno Latvijas I hope you will make the most of viesmīlību un būsiet daļa no lieliskās our famous Latvian hospitality and atmosfēras šajos telpu futbola be part of the great atmosphere svētkos Arēnā Rīga — vietā, kur during this feast of futsal in #FutsalFutureMAGICIANS mirdzēs no the Arena Riga – a place where 8. līdz 14. septembrim. #FutsalFutureMAGICIANS will shine Baudiet turnīru! from 8–14 September. Enjoy the tournament. uefafoundation.org 7 FUTSAL’S NEW DAWN JAUNĀ TELPU FUTBOLA ĒRA NEW COMPETITIONS, RECORD CROWDS AND INCREASED PARTICIPATION ALL POINT TO A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR EUROPEAN FUTSAL The UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship is the latest stop on an exciting journey for European futsal in 2019. The year started with Spain being crowned champions at the inaugural UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO in February, then in April record crowds watched Sporting CP win the rebranded UEFA Futsal Champions League in Almaty. This UEFA Under-19 Futsal EURO highlights the commitment to improving standards at youth level, while at senior level, the men’s Futsal EURO has been expanded to 16 teams for the next tournament in 2022. It is all part of UEFA’s strategy to grow the sport across Europe, and the investment in futsal is paying off. Participation levels are soaring. Following the launch of UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO, 16 nations created women’s teams and 23 took part in the qualifying competition. A record 57 clubs from 53 nations entered teams in the UEFA Futsal Champions League, and 34 nations competed in qualifying for this Under-19 EURO. Impressive numbers on the pitch are matched by interest off it. Over the past five years, attendances in European futsal’s premier club competition have increased by over 80%, hitting new highs in 2019 Spain lift the trophy after with the UEFA Futsal Champions League final emerging victorious at the first UEFA Women’s tournament in Almaty averaging nearly 10,000 Futsal EURO in February fans per match. The UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO Spānijas izlase februārī izcīnīja UEFA sieviešu in Gondomar, Portugal, also drew healthy crowds, telpu futbola pirmā čempionāta trofeju with attendances averaging 1,800 per game for the semi-finals and Spain’s triumph over the hosts in the final. 8 Official programme 9 Now the spotlight turns to the U19s, and Latvia captain Renārs Šķesters-Kambals is convinced the tournament will attract more people to the game. “The UEFA Under-19 Futsal EURO final tournament is undoubtedly a great event for us as players as well as for the futsal community as a whole,” he said. “This will be a great futsal festival. It will also be a powerful turning point for the promotion of this sport when you consider the development of futsal in general. Former players can hardly have imagined that futsal would develop so quickly and that one day Latvia would be playing in a EURO final tournament.” Jaunas sacensības, rekordliels It is not the first time UEFA has staged a youth international futsal tournament. The UEFA skatītāju skaits un arvien vairāk European Under-21 Futsal Tournament was a one- dalībnieku — spožās Eiropas telpu off event held in 2008 and judging by the calibre futbola nākotnes priekšvēstneši of players who graduated from that competition, this year’s crop of U19s have plenty to look UEFA Eiropas čempionāts telpu futbolā U-19 forward to. Russia won the title with a squad izlasēm ir jaunākā pietura aizraujošajā Eiropas telpu including Dmitri Prudnikov. They beat Italy in the futbola ceļojumā 2019. gadā. Gads sākās ar Spānijas final with the Azzurri counting future UEFA Futsal kronēšanu par čempioni pirmajā UEFA EIROPAS An average of nearly 10,000 fans per match EURO champions Gabriel Lima and Daniel Giasson ČEMPIONĀTĀ telpu futbolā sievietēm februārī. Pēc watched Sporting CP’s UEFA Futsal Champions in their ranks, while from beaten semi-finalists tam rekordliels skaits skatītāju vēroja Sporting CP League triumph in Almaty Spain, Mario Rivillos and Pola have also gone on to uzvaru UEFA telpu futbola Čempionu līgā Almati.