2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Ireland
Dates	3–19 May
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	7 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (4th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	104 (3.25 per match)
Attendance	47,456 (1,483 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adil Aouchiche (9 goals)
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The2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known asUEFA Under-17 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of theUEFA European Under-17 Championship (37th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youthfootball championship organised byUEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe.Ireland was selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016 to hosted the tournament.^[1]

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.^[2] 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 theFIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup inBrazil as the UEFA representatives.

In the final, defending championsNetherlands defeated Italy 4–2 to win their fourth title.^[3]

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.^[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, andElite round, which took place in spring 2019.^[5]

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.^[6]

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

The final draw was held on 4 April 2019, 18:30IST (UTC+1), at theAviva Stadium inDublin, Republic of Ireland.^[7] 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

The tournament was hosted in seven venues:

Dublin	Dublin (see below) Longford Waterford Bray 2019 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 Stadium 2019 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

A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.^[6]

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 38).^[5]

The final tournament schedule was announced on 11 April 2019.^[8]

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according topoints (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):^[5]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. 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);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

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

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

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)

12:00

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

Tolka Park,Dublin

Attendance: 714

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)

19:00

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

Tallaght Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 4,265

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06)

17:00

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

City Calling Stadium,Longford

Attendance: 712

Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06)

19:00

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

Waterford Regional Sports Centre,Waterford

Attendance: 2,613

Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

19:00

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

Tallaght Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 4,885

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

19:00

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

Carlisle Grounds,Bray

Attendance: 673

Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

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

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)

17:00

Netherlands	2–0	Sweden
Brobbey 33' Maatsen 34'	Report

Waterford Regional Sports Centre,Waterford

Attendance: 381

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)

19:30

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

City Calling Stadium,Longford

Attendance: 1,627

Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06)

15:00

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

Tolka Park,Dublin

Attendance: 2,411

Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06)

17:00

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

Tallaght Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 1,027

Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

16:30

France	2–0	Netherlands
Aouchiche 1' Mbuku 11'	Report

UCD Bowl,Dublin

Attendance: 617

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)

16:30

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

Whitehall Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 522

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

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

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04)

14:00

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

Whitehall Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 665

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04)

19:00

Hungary	1–0	Portugal
Kosznovszky 80'	Report

UCD Bowl,Dublin

Attendance: 702

Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

7 May 2019 (2019-05-07)

12:00

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

Whitehall Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 878

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

7 May 2019 (2019-05-07)

15:00

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

UCD Bowl,Dublin

Attendance: 445

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

17:00

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

City Calling Stadium,Longford

Attendance: 780

Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

17:00

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

Waterford Regional Sports Centre,Waterford

Attendance: 543

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

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

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04)

16:00

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

Carlisle Grounds,Bray

Attendance: 2,611

Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04)

18:30

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

Tallaght Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 1,203

Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

7 May 2019 (2019-05-07)

19:00

Spain	1–0	Germany
Moreno 78' (pen.)	Report

Waterford Regional Sports Centre,Waterford

Attendance: 1,221

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

7 May 2019 (2019-05-07)

19:00

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

City Calling Stadium,Longford

Attendance: 623

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

19:00

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

UCD Bowl,Dublin

Attendance: 1,377

Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)

19:00

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

Carlisle Grounds,Bray

Attendance: 1,737

Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

In the knockout stage,penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (noextra time is played).^[5]

	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)

Winners qualify for2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)

13:00

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

Tallaght Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 670

Referee: Jørgen Burchardt (Denmark)

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)

19:00

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

Carlisle Grounds,Bray

Attendance: 2,631

Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

13 May 2019 (2019-05-13)

16:30

Italy	1–0	Portugal
Tongya 26'	Report

Tolka Park,Dublin

Attendance: 734

Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

13 May 2019 (2019-05-13)

19:00

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

UCD Bowl,Dublin

Attendance: 1,320

Referee: Farrugia Cann Trustin (Malta)

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):^[5]

1. Position in the group stage (i.e., group winners ahead of group runners-up);
2. Results in the group stage (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
3. Results in the quarter-finals (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
4. Disciplinary points in the group stage and quarter-finals combined;
5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
6. 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

Winner qualifies for2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)

12:00

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

Tolka Park,Dublin

Attendance: 462

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)

16:30

Netherlands	1–0	Spain
Taabouni 89'	Report

UCD Bowl,Dublin

Attendance: 1,175

Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16)

19:00

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

Tallaght Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 1,280

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

19 May 2019 (2019-05-19)

16:30

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

Tallaght Stadium,Dublin

Attendance: 5,952

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

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

9 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament:^[9]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forward
Calvin Raatsie	Ki-Jana Hoever Lorenzo Pirola Melayro Bogarde Timothée Pembélé	Simone Panada Lucien Agoumé Adil Aouchiche Enzo Millot Sontje Hansen	Sebastiano Esposito

The following five teams from UEFA qualify for the2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[10]

Team	Qualified on	Previousappearances inFIFA 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)

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

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.^[11]

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

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

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

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

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

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