2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (37th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Ireland was selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016 to hosted the tournament.

A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions were permitted per team in each match. Moreover, each match has a regular duration of 90 minutes, instead of 80 minutes in previous seasons.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the UEFA representatives.

In the final, defending champions Netherlands defeated Italy 4–2 to win their fourth title.

Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Republic of Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Republic of Ireland	Hosts	5th	2018 (quarter-finals)	Quarter-finals (2017, 2018)
Italy	Elite round Group 1 winners	9th	2018 (runners-up)	Runners-up (2013, 2018)
Austria	Elite round Group 1 runners-up	6th	2016 (quarter-finals)	Third place (2003)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 2 winners	13th	2018 (champions)	Champions (2011, 2012, 2018)
Czech Republic	Elite round Group 2 runners-up	6th	2015 (group stage)	Runners-up (2006)
England	Elite round Group 3 winners	14th	2018 (semi-finals)	Champions (2010, 2014)
Iceland	Elite round Group 4 winners	3rd	2012 (group stage)	Group stage (2007, 2012)
Germany	Elite round Group 4 runners-up	12th	2018 (group stage)	Champions (2009)
Spain	Elite round Group 5 winners	13th	2018 (quarter-finals)	Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
Greece	Elite round Group 5 runners-up	3rd	2015 (group stage)	Group stage (2010, 2015)
Portugal	Elite round Group 6 winners	8th	2018 (group stage)	Champions (2003, 2016)
Russia	Elite round Group 6 runners-up	4th	2015 (semi-finals)	Champions (2006, 2013)
Belgium	Elite round Group 7 winners	7th	2018 (semi-finals)	Semi-finals (2007, 2015, 2018)
Hungary	Elite round Group 7 runners-up	5th	2017 (sixth place)	Quarter-finals (2017)
France	Elite round Group 8 winners	12th	2017 (fifth place)	Champions (2004, 2015)
Sweden	Elite round Group 8 runners-up	4th	2018 (quarter-finals)	Semi-finals (2013)

Notes

Final draw

The final draw was held on 4 April 2019, 18:30 IST (UTC+1), at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The hosts Republic of Ireland were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round. The seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) were placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) were placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Republic of Ireland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Host (A1)

2	2	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Pot 1
3	1	Italy	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
4	7	Belgium	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
5	8	France	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
6	6	Portugal	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
7	5	Spain	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9
8	4	Iceland	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7
9	3	England	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Pot 2

10	6	Russia	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Pot 2
11	5	Greece	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
12	2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
13	7	Hungary	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
14	4	Germany	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
15	1	Austria	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
16	8	Sweden	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4

Venues

The tournament was hosted in seven venues:

Dublin	Dublin (see below)Longford Waterford Bray2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Ireland)	Longford
Tallaght Stadium	City Calling Stadium
Capacity: 8,183	Capacity: 3,578
4 group matches, 1 quarter-final, 1 semi-final, final	4 group matches

Waterford	Tallaght Stadium Tolka Park UCD Bowl Whitehall Stadium2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Dublin)	Bray
Waterford Regional Sports Centre	Carlisle Grounds
Capacity: 2,978	Capacity: 2,122
4 group matches	2 group matches, 1 quarter-final

Dublin
Tolka Park	UCD Bowl	Whitehall Stadium
Capacity: 3,707	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,500
2 group matches, 1 quarter-final, FIFA Play-Off	4 group matches, 1 quarter-final, 1 semi-final	4 group matches

Match officials

A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.

Referees Danish Football Association Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt Lithuanian Football Federation Manfredas Lukjančukas Malta Football Association Trustin Farrugia Cann Norwegian Football Federation Espen Eskås Polish Football Association Krzysztof Jakubik Scottish Football Association Donald Robertson Football Association of Slovenia Rade Obrenović Ukrainian Association of Football Mykola Balakin

Assistant referees Albanian Football Federation Ilir Tartaraj Football Federation of Belarus Yauheni Ramanau Bulgarian Football Union Deniz Sokolov Faroe Islands Football Association Jan Hermansen Football Association of Finland Riku Vihreävuori Football Association of Iceland Gylfi Mar Sigurdsson Football Federation of Kosovo Fatlum Berisha Kazakhstan Football Federation Sergey Vassyutin Latvian Football Federation Raimonds Tatriks Luxembourg Football Federation Joaquim Da Silva Slovak Football Association Frantisek Ferenc Football Association of Wales Lewiss Ross Edwards

Fourth officials Football Association of Finland Kaarlo Oskari Hämäläinen Football Association of Finland Petri Viljanen Football Association of Ireland Paul McLaughlin Football Association of Wales Iwan Arwel Griffith

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 38).

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 11 April 2019.

The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, IST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5	Knockout stage
2	Czech Republic	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Greece	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Czech Republic	1–1	Belgium
De Wolf 53' (o.g.)		Baeten 90+5'

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Greece
Everitt 58'		Arsenidis 90+6'

Belgium	3–0	Greece
Kalulika 21' Baeten 42', 90+1'

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Czech Republic
Omobamidele 88'		Sejk 63'

Belgium	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Kalulika 65'		Sobowale 74'

Greece	0–2	Czech Republic
		Sejk 53' Pech 65'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	England	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Netherlands	2–0	Sweden
Brobbey 33' Maatsen 34'

England	1–1	France
Greenwood 34' (pen.)		Aouchiche 79'

Netherlands	5–2	England
Brobbey 10', 58' (pen.) Bannis 35' Hansen 45+1' Ünüvar 61'		Harwood-Bellis 7' Greenwood 34' (pen.)

France	4–2	Sweden
Aouchiche 22', 39', 45+2' Rutter 80'		Elanga 17', 29'

France	2–0	Netherlands
Aouchiche 1' Mbuku 11'

Sweden	1–3	England
Prica 28'		Greenwood 15' Jenks 76' Gelhardt 82'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	6	3	+3	9	Knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Iceland	3	1	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Russia	3	0	3	5	8	−3	0

Iceland	3–2	Russia
Savinov 18' (o.g.) Gíslason 28' Guðjohnsen 32' (pen.)		Golyatov 64', 79'

Hungary	1–0	Portugal
Kosznovszky 80'

Iceland	1–2	Hungary
Ellertsson 48'		Molnár 31' Németh 90' (pen.)

Portugal	2–1	Russia
Batalha 16' Sousa 50'		Shchetinin 68' (pen.)

Portugal	4–2	Iceland
Tavares 32' Silva 46' Bernardo 76' Cruz 84'		Jóhannesson 37' Ellertsson 71'

Russia	2–3	Hungary
Shapovalov 20' Mutaliyev 87'		Németh 33', 90+4' Major 71' (pen.)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	9	3	+6	9	Knockout stage
2	Spain	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Austria	3	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Spain	3–0	Austria
Escobar 33' Navarro 36' Pino 41'

Germany	1–3	Italy
Beier 15'		Bonfanti 27' Esposito 81' Giovane 90+4'

Spain	1–0	Germany
Moreno 78' (pen.)

Italy	2–1	Austria
Esposito 34' (pen.) Panada 79'		Pross 89'

Italy	4–1	Spain
Colombo 22' (pen.) Moretti 49' Pirola 66' Esposito 89' (pen.)		Soriano 45'

Austria	1–3	Germany
Pehlivan 7'		Obuz 48' Samardzic 53' (pen.) Adeyemi 67'

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals	Final

12 May – Bray

Belgium	0
16 May – Dublin (UCD)
Netherlands	3
Netherlands	1
13 May – Dublin (UCD)
	Spain	0
Hungary	1 (4)
	19 May – Dublin (Tallaght)
Spain	1 (5)
Netherlands	4
12 May – Dublin (Tallaght)
	Italy	2
France	6
16 May – Dublin (Tallaght)
Czech Republic	1
France	1
13 May – Dublin (Tolka)
	Italy	2	World Cup play-off
Italy	1
	16 May – Dublin (Tolka)
Portugal	0
Hungary	1 (5)

Belgium	1 (4)

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.

France	6–1	Czech Republic
Millot 30' Aouchiche 36', 45+2', 75', 88' (pen.) Nsona 80'		Ritter 90+5'

Belgium	0–3	Netherlands
		Hansen 27' Salah-Eddine 40' Hoever 74'

Italy	1–0	Portugal
Tongya 26'

Hungary	1–1	Spain
Ominger 50'		Escobar 11'
Penalties
Komáromi Major Ominger Posztobányi Németh	4–5	Valera Navarro Gómez Rico Moreno

Ranking of losing quarter-finalists

To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists are ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):

Position in the group stage (i.e., group winners ahead of group runners-up);
Results in the group stage (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
Results in the quarter-finals (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
Disciplinary points in the group stage and quarter-finals combined;
UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
Drawing of lots.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9	FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
2	A1	Belgium	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	C2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
4	A2	Czech Republic	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualifies for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Hungary	1–1	Belgium
Komáromi 61'		Kalulika 56'
Penalties
Komáromi Szalay Molnár Major Zuigeber	5–4	Sardella Nizet De Wolf Baeten Doku

Semi-finals

Netherlands	1–0	Spain
Taabouni 89'

France	1–2	Italy
Millot 41'		Esposito 45+1' Udogie 81'

Final

Netherlands	4–2	Italy
Hansen 20' Bannis 37' Maatsen 45' Ünüvar 70'		Colombo 56', 89'

Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

9 goals

France national under-17 football team Adil Aouchiche

4 goals

Italy national under-17 football team Sebastiano Esposito

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Belgium national under-17 football team Mathias De Wolf (against Czech Republic)
Russia national under-17 football team Andrei Savinov (against Iceland)

Team of the tournament

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament:

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forward
Netherlands national under-17 football team Calvin Raatsie	Netherlands national under-17 football team Ki-Jana Hoever Italy national under-17 football team Lorenzo Pirola Netherlands national under-17 football team Melayro Bogarde France national under-17 football team Timothée Pembélé	Italy national under-17 football team Simone Panada France national under-17 football team Lucien Agoumé France national under-17 football team Adil Aouchiche France national under-17 football team Enzo Millot Netherlands national under-17 football team Sontje Hansen	Italy national under-17 football team Sebastiano Esposito

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
France	12 May 2019	6 (1987, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Netherlands	12 May 2019	3 (2005, 2009, 2011)
Italy	13 May 2019	7 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2013)
Spain	13 May 2019	9 (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017)
Hungary	16 May 2019	1 (1985)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year

International broadcasters

Television

21 of 32 live matches and highlights are available on UEFA.com and UEFA.tv YouTube channel for all territories around the world.

Note : Live matches on YouTube is not available in Republic of Ireland (host), Germany, Israel, MENA, and USA.

Participating nations

Country	Broadcaster
Ireland (host)	RTÉ (English)
TG4 (Irish)
Austria	ORF
Sport1
Germany
Belgium	VRT (Dutch)
RTBF (French)
Czech Republic	ČT
France	RMC Sport
Hungary	MTVA
Iceland	RÚV
Italy	RAI
Netherlands	NOS
Portugal	RTP
Russia	Match TV
Spain	RTVE
Sweden	SVT
TV4
United Kingdom	BBC

Non-participating European nations

Country/Region	Broadcaster
Albania	RTSH
Andorra	RTVE (Spanish)
RMC (French)
Luxembourg
RTBF (French)
Belarus	Belteleradio
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia	Sport Klub
Bulgaria	BNT
Denmark	DR TV 2
Faroe Islands
Estonia	ERR
Finland	Yle
Israel	Charlton
Kosovo	RTK
Latvia	LTV
Liechtenstein	SRG SSR
Switzerland
Lithuania	LRT
Malta	PBS
Norway	NRK
TV2
Poland	TVP
Romania	TVR
San Marino	RAI
Vatican City
Slovakia	RTVS
Ukraine	UA:PBC

Outside Europe

Country/Regional	Broadcaster
China	CCTV
Latin American countries Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Uruguay Venezuela	ESPN Univision Deportes (Puerto Rico and USA only)
United States
MENA Algeria Bahrain Chad Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Palestine Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen	beIN Sports

Radio

Participating nations

Country	Broadcaster
Ireland (host)	RTÉ (English and Irish)
Austria	ORF
Belgium	VRT (Dutch)
RTBF (French)
Czech Republic	ČR
France	Radio France
RFI
Europe 1
Hungary	MTVA
Iceland	RÚV
Italy	RAI
Netherlands	NOS
Portugal	RTP
Spain	RTVE
COPE
SER
Sweden	SR
United Kingdom	BBC

Non-participating European nations

Country/Region	Broadcaster
Albania	RTSH
Andorra	RTVE (Spanish)
COPE (Spanish)
SER (Spanish)
RTVA (Catalan)
RFI (French)
Luxembourg
RTBF (French)
Radio 100,7 (Luxembourgish)
Belarus	Belteleradio
Bulgaria	BNR
Denmark	DR
Estonia	ERR
Finland	Yle
Kosovo	RTK
Latvia	LR
Liechtenstein	SRG SSR
Switzerland
Lithuania	LRT
Malta	PBS
Norway	NRK
Poland	PR
Romania	ROR
San Marino	RAI
Vatican City
Slovakia	RTVS
Ukraine	UA:PBC

External links

, UEFA.com