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2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2023-es U17-es labdarúgó-Európa-bajnokság
Tournament details
Host countryHungary
Dates17 May – 2 June
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (4th title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored105 (3.39 per match)
Attendance27,854 (899 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Paris Brunner
Germany Robert Ramsak
Spain Marc Guiu
Spain Lamine Yamal
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Germany Paris Brunner
2022 2024
International football competition

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 hosted the tournament. A total of 16 teams played 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, but would lose in the final 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.

Qualification

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship 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 9th 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-up 7th 2022 (Group stage) Semi-finals (2014)
 England Elite round Group 3 runners-up 15th 2019 (Group stage) Champions (2010, 2014)
 Germany Elite round Group 4 runners-up 14th 2022 (Quarter-finals) Champions (2009)
 Poland Elite round Group 5 runners-up 4th 2022 (Group stage) Semi-finals (2012)
 Italy Elite round Group 6 runners-up 11th 2022 (Quarter-finals) Runners-up (2013, 2018, 2019)
 Slovenia Elite round Group 7 runners-up 4th 2018 (Group stage) Group stage (2012, 2015, 2018)
  Switzerland Elite round Group 8 runners-up 9th 2018 (Group stage) Champions (2002)
Notes
The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
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.

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts

Venues

The tournament was hosted in 7 venues.

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
2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship is located in HungaryBalmazújvárosBalmazújvárosDebrecenDebrecenTelkiTelkiBudaörsBudaörsBudapestBudapestFelcsútFelcsút 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:

Referees

Assistant referees

  • Albania Nertil Bregasi
  • Andorra Andreu Vilanova
  • Azerbaijan Elsad Abdullayev
  • Cyprus Kyriakos Sokratous
  • Greece Konstandinos Psarris
  • Northern Ireland Adam Jeffrey
  • Poland Bartosz Heinig
  • Serbia Milan Šutulović
  • Slovakia Peter Bednar
  • Slovenia David Gabrovec
  • Turkey Mehmet Tugral
  • Sweden Daniel Yng

Squads

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship 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 was determined as follows:
  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. 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;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  9. Disciplinary points
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −3 points;
  10. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  11. Drawing of lots.
All times are local CEST (UTC+2).

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Poland 5–1 Republic of Ireland
Report
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 412Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
Hungary 3–0 Wales
Report
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 3,480Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Wales
Report
Pancho Aréna, FelcsútAttendance: 714Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Hungary 3–5 Poland
Report
Pancho Aréna, FelcsútAttendance: 2,921Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Republic of Ireland 4–2 Hungary
Report
Pancho Aréna, FelcsútAttendance: 2,577Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
Wales 3–0 Poland
Report
Árok utcai pálya, BudaörsAttendance: 318Referee: David Dickinson (Scotland)

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Serbia 2–4 Slovenia
Report
Telki Training Centre, TelkiAttendance: 308Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Italy 1–2 Spain
Report
Árok utcai pálya, BudaörsAttendance: 1,060Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Spain 3–1 Slovenia
Report
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 917Referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia)
Serbia 2–0 Italy
Report
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 574Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Spain 1–1 Serbia
Report
Árok utcai pálya, BudaörsAttendance: 815Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Slovenia 0–3 Italy
Report
Telki Training Centre, TelkiAttendance: 181Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Scotland 1–3 France
Report
Nagyerdei Stadion, DebrecenAttendance: 298Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Portugal 0–4 Germany
Report
Nagyerdei Stadion, DebrecenAttendance: 409Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Portugal 2–1 Scotland
Report
DEAC Stadion, DebrecenAttendance: 575Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
France 1–3 Germany
Report
Városi Sportpálya, BalmazújvárosAttendance: 765Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
France 1–1 Portugal
Report
Városi Sportpálya, BalmazújvárosAttendance: 507Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Germany 3–0 Scotland
Report
DEAC Stadion, DebrecenAttendance: 348Referee: Oliver Reitala (Finland)

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Switzerland 2–0 Netherlands
Report
DEAC Stadion, DebrecenAttendance: 411Referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia)
Croatia 0–1 England
Report
Városi Sportpálya, BalmazújvárosAttendance: 700Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
Croatia 1–2  Switzerland
Report
Nagyerdei Stadion, DebrecenAttendance: 710Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Netherlands 1–4 England
Report
Nagyerdei Stadion, DebrecenAttendance: 611Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Netherlands 1–1 Croatia
Report
Városi Sportpálya, BalmazújvárosAttendance: 458Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
England 0–0  Switzerland
Report
DEAC Stadion, DebrecenAttendance: 427Referee: Lothar D'Hondt (Belgium)

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
           
 27 May – Telki
 
  Poland3
 30 May – Felcsút
  Serbia2
  Poland3
 27 May – Debrecen
  Germany5
  Germany (p)1 (3)
 2 June – Budapest
   Switzerland1 (2)
  Germany0 (5)
 27 May – Budapest
  France0 (4)
  Spain3
 30 May – Felcsút
  Republic of Ireland0
  Spain1
 27 May – Balmazújváros
  France3 World Cup play-off
  England0
 30 May – Budaörs
  France1
  England4
 
   Switzerland2
 

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.

Poland 3–2 Serbia
Report
Telki Training Centre, TelkiAttendance: 288Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Germany 1–1  Switzerland
Report
Penalties
3–2
DEAC Stadion, DebrecenAttendance: 243Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Spain 3–0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 893Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
England 0–1 France
Report
Városi Sportpálya, BalmazújvárosAttendance: 411Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)

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
Source: UEFA

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

England 4–2  Switzerland
Report
Árok utcai pálya, BudaörsAttendance: 138Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

Semi-finals

Poland 3–5 Germany
Report
Pancho Aréna, FelcsútAttendance: 627Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Spain 1–3 France
Report
Pancho Aréna, FelcsútAttendance: 879Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)

Final

Germany 0–0 France
Report
Penalties
5–4
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, BudapestAttendance: 4,017Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)

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:

Team of the Tournament

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

Position Player
Goalkeeper Germany Max Schmitt
Defenders Germany Eric da Silva Moreira
Germany Finn Jeltsch
England Ishé Samuels-Smith
France Nhoa Sangui
Midfielders Germany Noah Darvich
Germany Fayssal Harchaoui
France Saïmon Bouabré
Forwards Spain Lamine Yamal
Spain Marc Guiu
Germany 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 Cup
 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)
Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ "2023: Paris Brunner". UEFA.com. 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Hungary, Cyprus to host U17 EURO in 2023, 2024". UEFA. 19 April 2021.
  3. "2023 U17 EURO finals draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 April 2023.
  4. "2023 U17 EURO finals in Hungary: Tournament information". uefa.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  5. "2023 Under-17 EURO: Top scorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 Jun 2023.
  6. "2023 Under-17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2023.

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