2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship
The 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 19th edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. It was the last under-16 championship, before changing the name as under-17 championships. England hosted the championship, during 22 April – 6 May. 16 teams entered the competition, and Spain defeated France in the final to win the competition for the sixth time.
Match officials
| Country | Referee | Assistant referees | Fourth officials | Matches refereed |
 Belarus | None | Vyacheslav Bykov | None | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Siniša Zrnić | None | None | Italy–Switzerland |
 Bulgaria | Dimitar Dimitrov | None | None | Romania–Spain England–Switzerland Scotland–Croatia |
 Croatia | None | Tomislav Petrović | None | |
 Czech Republic | None | Miroslav Zlámal | None | |
 England | Andy D'Urso | David Babski Carl Bassingdale Glenn Turner | Richard Beeby Mark Clattenburg Keith Hill | France–Croatia Spain–Italy France–Spain |
 Greece | Athanasios Briakos | None | None | Spain–Germany Poland–Russia |
 Hungary | None | Robert Kispál | None | |
 Iceland | Kristinn Jakobsson | None | None | Croatia–Finland England–Germany |
 Israel | Alon Yefet | None | None | Turkey–Russia France–Scotland Turkey–Croatia Spain–Croatia |
 Norway | None | Steinar Holvik | None | |
 Poland | Grzegorz Gilewski | None | None | Spain–Belgium Switzerland–Hungary England–France |
 Portugal | None | Paulo Ribeiro | None | |
 Romania | Alexandru Tudor | None | None | Not known |
 Seychelles | Eddy Maillet | None | None | France–Russia |
 South Africa | None | Lazarus Matela | None | |
 Sweden | Martin Hansson | None | None | Russia–Netherlands Scotland–Finland Croatia–England |
 Switzerland | None | Francesco Buragina | None | |
 Yugoslavia | None | Vitomir Simović | None |
Squads
Qualifying
Group stage
Group A
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | –11 | 0 |
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 3 |
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
----Third place play-off
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
;7 goals;6 goals
;5 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
- Wouter Vandendriessche
- Ivan Grivičić
- Niko Kranjčar
- Glen Johnson
- Sébastien Grax
- Mourad Meghni
- Youssef Sofiane
- Ralf de Haan
- Jaime Gavilán
- Cédric Tsimba
- Maxence Coveliers
- Kristof Goessens
- Hrvoje Čale
- Mario Grgurović
- Drago Papa
- Dejan Prijić
- Igor Ružak
- Eddie Johnson
- Cherno Samba
- Steven Schumacher
- John Welsh
- Tommi Peltonen
- Baldo di Gregorio
- Alexander Laas
- Oliver Madejski
- Patrick Ochs
- David Odonkor
- Christian Petereit
- Mihály Horváth
- Zsolt Müller
- Mauro Belotti
- Paolo Facchinetti
- Marek Wasicki
- Rareş Tudor Oprea
- Gabriel Velcovici
- Anatoli Gerk
- Craig Beattie
- Paul McLaughlin
- Graham Weir
- Guillem Bauzà
- Melli
- Miguel Flaño
- Senel
- Joël Gasche
- Dündar Denizhan
- Sabri
- Sezgin Yilmaz