Tournament review

Introduction
Analysis
and debate
Serbia salute the fans at a packed Arena of
Belgrade after beating Slovenia
UEFA technical observers Javier Lozano and Mićo Martić
provided a keen insight into the trends and tactics of a
groundbreaking tournament
The technical report on the tenth final
tournament of the UEFA European Futsal
Championship forms the core element in a
global review that sets out to paint a broader
picture of the status of futsal in Europe. It does
so by embracing the commercial, marketing,
financial and broadcasting aspects of UEFA
Futsal EURO 2016, all of which added up to a
groundbreaking event.
The technical report aims to provide a
permanent record of the 20 matches played in
Belgrade and to present factual and statistical
information in a reader-friendly format. The
report is based on the observations and analysis
provided by UEFA's two technical observers.
In Serbia, UEFA's technical team was formed by
two current or former national team coaches
with extensive experience accumulated at
EUROs and FIFA World Cups.
The facts, observations and viewpoints which
appear in this review aim not only to inform
but also to inspire ideas for future progress by
generating analysis, reflections and debate.
This, it is hoped, will give technicians food
for thought and, by highlighting tendencies
and trends at the peak of European futsal,
also provide coaches who are active at senior
and development levels of the game with
information that may be helpful in terms of
working on the qualities required by the players
and coaches who will play leading roles in
shaping the future of futsal in Europe.
JAVIER LOZANO
Javier Lozano had previously acted as UEFA
technical observer at the 2010, 2012 and 2014
final tournaments. He chose futsal as his ‘first
love’ in the early 1980s, going into coaching at 31
and making his name at the helm of Caja Toledo
and Madrid-based Inter FS. In 1992, he was invited
to take over from Felipe Ojeda as head coach of
the Spanish national team and led it to victory
in the first European futsal tournament staged
under UEFA auspices in Cordoba in 1996. It was
the first of a rich collection of gold medals, as
he subsequently led Spain to victory in the 2000
and 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cups and the 2001
and 2005 UEFA European Futsal Championships.
He handed the baton to José Venancio López
in 2007 to take a post in the outdoor game
with Real Madrid CF, initially in the first-team
dressing-room and then as director of player
development, before returning to futsal in
his current role as president of Spain's
professional futsal league.
MIĆO MARTIĆ
Mićo Martić was part of UEFA’s technical study
group in Ostrava for UEFA Futsal EURO 2005
and was a UEFA technical observer during UEFA
Futsal EURO 2007 in Portugal. As one of Croatia's
pioneering futsal stars, he was in the national team
that played its first-ever fixture against Italy in
1994, going on to score 12 goals in 31 appearances
for his country. He played the best part of two
decades in Italian club football and, moving into
coaching, was at the helm of the Croatian national
team from 2004 until 2009. Since 2013, he has
been head coach of the Finland national futsal
team, alternating with the bench at Croatian
semi-professional club MNK Futsal Dinamo.
The UEFA technical team in Belgrade (from left to right):
Graham Turner, Javier Lozano, Stéphanie Tétaz and Mićo Martić
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