# 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

* ^ The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

### 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 | Pot 1 |
| 4 | 7 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Pot 1 |
| 5 | 8 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Pot 1 |
| 6 | 6 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Pot 1 |
| 7 | 5 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Pot 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Iceland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Pot 1 |
| 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 | Pot 2 |
| 12 | 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Pot 2 |
| 13 | 7 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Pot 2 |
| 14 | 4 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Pot 2 |
| 15 | 1 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Pot 2 |
| 16 | 8 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Pot 2 |

## Venues

The tournament was hosted in seven venues:
| Dublin | Dublin (see below)LongfordWaterfordBray2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Ireland) | Longford |
| Tallaght Stadium | Dublin (see below)LongfordWaterfordBray2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Ireland) | City Calling Stadium |
| Capacity: 8,183 | Dublin (see below)LongfordWaterfordBray2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Ireland) | Capacity: 3,578 |
| 4 group matches, 1 quarter-final, 1 semi-final, final | Dublin (see below)LongfordWaterfordBray2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Ireland) | 4 group matches |
| Waterford | Tallaght StadiumTolka ParkUCD BowlWhitehall Stadium2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Dublin) | Bray |
| Waterford Regional Sports Centre | Tallaght StadiumTolka ParkUCD BowlWhitehall Stadium2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Dublin) | Carlisle Grounds |
| Capacity: 2,978 | Tallaght StadiumTolka ParkUCD BowlWhitehall Stadium2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Dublin) | Capacity: 2,122 |
| 4 group matches | Tallaght StadiumTolka ParkUCD BowlWhitehall Stadium2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Dublin) | 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.

## 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Republic of Ireland (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group C

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group D

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

## 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 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 12 May – Bray | 12 May – Bray | | | |
| Belgium | 0 | | | |
| Belgium | 0 | 16 May – UCD | 16 May – UCD | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | 16 May – UCD | 16 May – UCD | |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 1 | |
| 13 May – UCD | 13 May – UCD | | Netherlands | 1 | |
| 13 May – UCD | 13 May – UCD | Spain | 0 | |
| Hungary | 1 (4) | Spain | 0 | |
| Hungary | 1 (4) | | | | 19 May – Tallaght | 19 May – Tallaght |
| Spain | 1 (5) | | | | 19 May – Tallaght | 19 May – Tallaght |
| Spain | 1 (5) | | | | Netherlands | 4 |
| 12 May – Tallaght | 12 May – Tallaght | | | | | Netherlands | 4 |
| 12 May – Tallaght | 12 May – Tallaght | | | | Italy | 2 |
| France | 6 | | | | Italy | 2 |
| France | 6 | 16 May – Tallaght | 16 May – Tallaght | | | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 16 May – Tallaght | 16 May – Tallaght | | | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | France | 1 | | | |
| 13 May – Tolka | 13 May – Tolka | | France | 1 | | | |
| 13 May – Tolka | 13 May – Tolka | Italy | 2 | | World Cup play-off | World Cup play-off |
| Italy | 1 | Italy | 2 | | World Cup play-off | World Cup play-off |
| Italy | 1 | | | | 16 May – Tolka | 16 May – Tolka |
| Portugal | 0 | | | | 16 May – Tolka | 16 May – 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.

#### 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 | FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off |
| 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.

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.
9 goals
* Adil Aouchiche
4 goals
* Sebastiano Esposito
3 goals
* Thibo Baeten
* Chris Kalulika
* Sam Greenwood
* András Németh
* Lorenzo Colombo
* Brian Brobbey
* Sontje Hansen
2 goals
* Václav Sejk
* Enzo Millot
* Mikael Egill Ellertsson
* Naoufal Bannis
* Ian Maatsen
* Naci Ünüvar
* Ilya Golyatov
* Jordi Escobar
* Anthony Elanga
1 goal
* Deniz Pehlivan
* Josef Pross
* David Pech
* Adam Ritter
* Joe Gelhardt
* Taylor Harwood-Bellis
* Teddy Jenks
* Nathanaël Mbuku
* KKélian Nsona
* Georginio Rutter
* Karim Adeyemi
* Maximilian Beier
* Marvin Obuz
* Lazar Samardzic
* Dimitrios Arsenidis
* György Komáromi
* Márk Kosznovszky
* Sámuel Major
* Rajmund Molnár
* Gergő Ominger
* Jón Gísli Eyland Gíslason
* Andri Guðjohnsen
* Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
* Nicholas Bonfanti
* Samuel Giovane
* Lorenzo Moretti
* Simone Panada
* Lorenzo Pirola
* Franco Tongya
* Destiny Udogie
* Ki-Jana Hoever
* Anass Salah-Eddine
* Mohamed Taabouni
* Gonçalo Batalha
* Paulo Bernardo
* Filipe Cruz
* Fábio Silva
* Gerson Sousa
* Bruno Tavares
* Matt Everitt
* Andrew Omobamidele
* Timi Sobowale
* Aslan Mutaliyev
* Kirill Shchetinin
* Egor Shapovalov
* Pablo Moreno
* Robert Navarro
* Yeremy Pino
* Mario Soriano
* Tim Prica
1 own goal
* Mathias De Wolf (against Czech Republic)
* 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 |
| Calvin Raatsie | Ki-Jana Hoever Lorenzo Pirola Melayro Bogarde Timothée Pembélé | Simone Panada Lucien Agoumé Adil Aouchiche Enzo Millot Sontje Hansen | 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 Cup |
| 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) |
| Ireland (host) | TG4 (Irish) |
| Austria | ORF |
| Austria | Sport1 |
| Germany | Sport1 |
| Belgium | VRT (Dutch) |
| Belgium | 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 |
| Sweden | TV4 |
| United Kingdom | BBC |

#### Non-participating European nations

| Country/Region | Broadcaster |
| Albania | RTSH |
| Andorra | RTVE (Spanish) |
| Andorra | RMC (French) |
| Luxembourg | 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 | DR TV 2 |
| Estonia | ERR |
| Finland | Yle |
| Israel | Charlton |
| Kosovo | RTK |
| Latvia | LTV |
| Liechtenstein | SRG SSR |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| Lithuania | LRT |
| Malta | PBS |
| Norway | NRK |
| Norway | TV2 |
| Poland | TVP |
| Romania | TVR |
| San Marino | RAI |
| Vatican City | RAI |
| 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 | ESPN Univision Deportes (Puerto Rico and USA only) |
| 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) |
| Belgium | RTBF (French) |
| Czech Republic | ČR |
| France | Radio France |
| France | RFI |
| France | Europe 1 |
| Hungary | MTVA |
| Iceland | RÚV |
| Italy | RAI |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| Portugal | RTP |
| Spain | RTVE |
| Spain | COPE |
| Spain | SER |
| Sweden | SR |
| United Kingdom | BBC |

#### Non-participating European nations

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