2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2023) was the 20th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (39th 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. Hungary was hosting the tournament.^[2] A total of 16 teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

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 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the UEFA representatives.

France, having won the title in 2022, entered as the title holders, reached the final match but lost to Germany, who won their fourth title.

Host selection

• 19 April 2021: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Montreux

For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively.^[2]

Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Hungary qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2022, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2023, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.

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
Hungary	Hosts	6th	2019 (Fifth place)	Fifth place (2019)
Serbia	Elite round Group 1 winners	9th2	2022 (Semi-finals)	Semi-finals (2022)
Wales	Elite round Group 2 winners	1st	Debut
Netherlands	Elite round Group 3 winners	15th	2022 (Runners-up)	Champions (2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
Spain	Elite round Group 4 winners	15th	2022 (Quarter-finals)	Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
Portugal	Elite round Group 5 winners	10th	2022 (Semi-finals)	Champions (2003, 2016)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round Group 6 winners	6th	2019 (Group stage)	Quarter-finals (2017, 2018)
Croatia	Elite round Group 7 winners	5th	2017 (Group stage)	Fourth place (2005)
France	Elite round Group 8 winners	14th	2022 (Champions)	Champions (2004, 2015, 2022)
Scotland	Elite round Group 2 runners-up1	7th	2022 (Group stage)	Semi-finals (2014)
England	Elite round Group 3 runners-up1	15th	2019 (Group stage)	Champions (2010, 2014)
Germany	Elite round Group 4 runners-up1	14th	2022 (Quarter-finals)	Champions (2009)
Poland	Elite round Group 5 runners-up1	4th	2022 (Group stage)	Semi-finals (2012)
Italy	Elite round Group 6 runners-up1	11th	2022 (Quarter-finals)	Runners-up (2013, 2018, 2019)
Slovenia	Elite round Group 7 runners-up1	4th	2018 (Group stage)	Group stage (2012, 2015, 2018)
Switzerland	Elite round Group 8 runners-up1	9th	2018 (Group stage)	Champions (2002)

Notes

¹ The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

² Two as Serbia and Montenegro and seven as Serbia

Final draw

The final draw was made on 3 April 2023 at Ensana Thermal Margaret Island Health Spa Hotel, Budapest.^[3]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Hungary (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Host (A1)
2	8	France	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Pot 1
3	5	Portugal	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
4	6	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
5	4	Spain	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
6	3	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
7	7	Croatia	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
8	1	Serbia	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
9	2	Wales	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5	A3
10	6	Italy	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Pot 2
11	4	Germany	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	6
12	5	Poland	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
13	3	England	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
14	8	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
15	7	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
16	2	Scotland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4

Venues

The tournament is hosted in 7 venues.^[4]

Debrecen	Balmazújváros	Budaörs
Nagyerdei Stadion	Városi Sportpálya	Árok utcai pálya
Capacity: 20,340	Capacity: 2,435	Capacity: 1,204
4 group games	4 group games, 1 quarter-final	3 group games, World Cup play-off
Balmazújváros Debrecen Telki Budaörs Budapest Felcsút		Budapest
		Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
		Capacity: 5,322
		4 group games, 1 quarter-final, final
Telki	Debrecen	Felcsút
Telki Training Centre	DEAC Stadion	Pancho Aréna
Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 1,500	Capacity: 3,816
2 group games, 1 quarter-final	4 group games, 1 quarter-final	3 group games, 2 semi-finals

Match officials

The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

Squads

Group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage is 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 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 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	Poland	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	6
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	3
4	Wales	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	Croatia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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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
	27 May – Telki
	Poland	3
					30 May – Felcsút
	Serbia	2
					Poland	3
	27 May – Debrecen
					Germany	5
	Germany (p)	1 (3)
									2 June – Budapest
	Switzerland	1 (2)
									Germany	0 (5)
	27 May – Budapest
									France	0 (4)
	Spain	3
					30 May – Felcsút
	Republic of Ireland	0
					Spain	1
	27 May – Balmazújváros
					France	3			World Cup playoff
	England	0
									30 May – Budaörs
	France	1
									England	4
									Switzerland	2

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.

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Ranking of losing quarter-finalists

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

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	D1	England	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
2	D2	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	A2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	6
4	B2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

There were 111 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.58 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

• Player of the Tournament: Paris Brunner^[1]
• Top Scorer: Robert Ramsak / Paris Brunner / Marc Guiu / Lamine Yamal^[5] (4 goals each)

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.^[6]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Max Schmitt
Defenders	Eric da Silva Moreira
	Finn Jeltsch
	Ishé Samuels-Smith
	Nhoa Sangui
Midfielders	Noah Darvich
	Fayssal Harchaoui
	Saïmon Bouabré
Forwards	Lamine Yamal
	Marc Guiu
	Paris Brunner

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
Poland	27 May 2023	2 (1993, 1999)
Germany	27 May 2023	10 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Spain	27 May 2023	10 (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2019)
France	27 May 2023	7 (1987, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
England	30 May 2023	4 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2017)

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

References

External links

• Official website