| Tourney Name: | UEFA European Under-21 Championship |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Other Titles: | Campeonato Europeu de Futebol Sub-21 de 2006 |
| Country: |  Portugal |
| Dates: | 23 May – 4 June |
| Num Teams: | 8 (finals) 48 (qualifying) |
| Venues: | 6 |
| Cities: | 6 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 34 |
| Attendance: | 180942 |
| Top Scorer: | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (4 goals) |
| Player: | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar |
| Prevseason: | 2004 |
| Nextseason: | 2007 |
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 23 May–4 June 2006. The tournament was won by the, who beat 3–0 in the final.
The finals tournament featured two groups of four, with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the semi-finals. The draw for the finals groups took place on 8 February 2006.
See main article: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.
The finals took place between 23 May and 4 June 2006 in Portugal.
See main article: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads.
Players born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play.
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 2 |
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| Assistant referees: Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden) Roger East (England) Fourth official: Howard Webb (England) |
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Julien Faubert Yoan Gouffran Rio Mavuba Florent Sinama Pongolle Jérémy Toulalan
Rolando Bianchi Giorgio Chiellini Raffaele Palladino Alessandro Potenza1 own goal
