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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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored93 (3.32 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Marc Guiu
(4 goals)
2022
2024
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2023.

The 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2023) is 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 is hosting the tournament.[1] 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 will act as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup as the UEFA representatives.

France, having won the title in 2022 are the title holders.

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.[1]

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

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 is hosted in 7 venues.[2]

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
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.

The final draw was made on 3 April 2023.[3]

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
Hungary 3–0 Wales
Report

Republic of Ireland 3–0 Wales
Report
Hungary 3–5 Poland
Report

Republic of Ireland 4–2 Hungary
Report
Wales 3–0 Poland
Report
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs

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, Telki
Italy 1–2 Spain
Report
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs

Spain 3–1 Slovenia
Report
Serbia 2–0 Italy
Report

Spain 1–1 Serbia
Report
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Slovenia 0–3 Italy
Report
Telki Training Centre, Telki

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
Portugal 0–4 Germany
Report

Portugal 2–1 Scotland
Report
France 1–3 Germany
Report

France 1–1 Portugal
Report
Germany 3–0 Scotland
Report

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
Croatia 0–1 England
Report

Croatia 1–2  Switzerland
Report
Netherlands 1–4 England
Report

Netherlands 1–1 Croatia
Report
England 0–0  Switzerland
Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is 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)
 
 Germany
 
27 May - Budapest
 
 France
 
 Spain3
 
30 May - Felcsút
 
 Republic of Ireland0
 
 Spain1
 
27 May - Balmazújváros
 
 France3 World Cup playoff
 
 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, Telki


Spain 3–0 Republic of Ireland
Report

England 0–1 France
Report

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, Budaörs

Semi-finals

Poland 3–5 Germany
Report

Spain 1–3 France
Report

Final

Germany v France

Goalscorers

There have been 93 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 3.32 goals per match (as of 27 May 2023).

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

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

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

  1. ^ a b "Hungary, Cyprus to host U17 EURO in 2023, 2024". UEFA. 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ "2023 U17 EURO finals in Hungary: Tournament information". uefa.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 U17 EURO finals draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 April 2023.