# 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2023) was the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (70th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Malta hosted the tournament from 3 to 16 July 2023. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.
England were the defending champions. They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition. Italy were crowned champions for the fourth time after beating Portugal 1–0 in the final.

## Host selection

Malta was appointed as the host for the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 19 April 2021 in Montreux, Switzerland.

## Qualification
### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Malta | Hosts | 1st | Debut | Debut |
| Norway | Elite round Group 1 winners | 6th | 2019 (Group stage) | Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019) |
| Italy | Elite round Group 2 winners | 9th | 2022 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2003) |
| Spain | Elite round Group 3 winners | 13th | 2019 (Champions) | Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019) |
| Portugal | Elite round Group 4 winners | 12th | 2019 (Runners-up) | Champions (2018) |
| Greece | Elite round Group 5 winners | 7th | 2015 (Semi-finals) | Runners-up (2007, 2012) |
| Poland | Elite round Group 6 winners | 3rd | 2006 (Group stage) | Group stage (2004, 2006) |
| Iceland | Elite round Group 7 winners | 1st | Debut | Debut |

## Venues

| Ta'Qali | Ta'Qali | Paola |
| National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium |
| Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 |
| Xewkija (Gozo) | Ta'QaliPaolaXewkija | Ta'QaliPaolaXewkija |
| Gozo Stadium | Ta'QaliPaolaXewkija | Ta'QaliPaolaXewkija |
| Capacity: 1,644 | Ta'QaliPaolaXewkija | Ta'QaliPaolaXewkija |

## Draw

The final draw was held on 19 April 2023, 13:00 CEST at Manoel Theatre, Valletta.

## Group stage

* Tie-breaking criteria for group play
* The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
* Points obtained in all group matches;
* 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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point;Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;Direct red card: −3 points;
* UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
* Drawing of lots.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 July – Paola | 13 July – Paola |
| Portugal | 5 |
| Portugal | 5 | 16 July – Ta' Qali | 16 July – Ta' Qali |
| Norway | 0 | 16 July – Ta' Qali | 16 July – Ta' Qali |
| Norway | 0 | Portugal | 0 |
| 13 July – Ta' Qali | 13 July – Ta' Qali | | Portugal | 0 |
| 13 July – Ta' Qali | 13 July – Ta' Qali | Italy | 1 |
| Spain | 2 | Italy | 1 |
| Italy | 3 | | |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.
4 goals
* Víctor Barberà
3 goals
* Hugo Félix
* Rodrigo Ribeiro
2 goals
* Stefanos Tzimas
* Luca Lipani
* Samuele Vignato
* Niklas Ødegård
* Alwande Roaldsøy
* Igor Strzałek
* Gabi Brás
* Gustavo Sá
* João Vasconcelos
* Yarek Gasiorowski
1 goal
* Alexios Kalogeropoulos
* Christos Stavropoulos
* Eggert Aron Guðmundsson
* Ágúst Orri Þorsteinsson
* Luca D'Andrea
* Francesco Pio Esposito
* Luis Hasa
* Michael Kayode
* Cher Ndour
* Niccolò Pisilli
* Basil Tuma
* Tomasz Pieńko
* Carlos Forbs
* Miguel Falé
* Erik Flataker
* Henrik Skogvold
* Manuel Ángel
* Arnau Casas
* César Palacios
Source: UEFA

## Team of the Tournament

The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Gonçalo Ribeiro | Filippo Missori Alessandro Dellavalle Gabriel Brás Álex Valle | Niklas Ødegård César Palacios Luis Hasa | Hugo Félix Víctor Barberà Carlos Forbs |