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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 hosted the tournament.[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

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[1]
← 2022
2024 →

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.[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).

TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
 HungaryHosts6th2019 (Fifth place)Fifth place (2019)
 SerbiaElite round Group 1 winners9th22022 (Semi-finals)Semi-finals (2022)
 WalesElite round Group 2 winners1stDebut
 NetherlandsElite round Group 3 winners15th2022 (Runners-up)Champions (2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
 SpainElite round Group 4 winners15th2022 (Quarter-finals)Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
 PortugalElite round Group 5 winners10th2022 (Semi-finals)Champions (2003, 2016)
 Republic of IrelandElite round Group 6 winners6th2019 (Group stage)Quarter-finals (2017, 2018)
 CroatiaElite round Group 7 winners5th2017 (Group stage)Fourth place (2005)
 FranceElite round Group 8 winners14th2022 (Champions)Champions (2004, 2015, 2022)
 ScotlandElite round Group 2 runners-up17th2022 (Group stage)Semi-finals (2014)
 EnglandElite round Group 3 runners-up115th2019 (Group stage)Champions (2010, 2014)
 GermanyElite round Group 4 runners-up114th2022 (Quarter-finals)Champions (2009)
 PolandElite round Group 5 runners-up14th2022 (Group stage)Semi-finals (2012)
 ItalyElite round Group 6 runners-up111th2022 (Quarter-finals)Runners-up (2013, 2018, 2019)
 SloveniaElite round Group 7 runners-up14th2018 (Group stage)Group stage (2012, 2015, 2018)
  SwitzerlandElite round Group 8 runners-up19th2018 (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]

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsSeeding
1—  Hungary (H)00000000Host (A1)
28  France330082+69Pot 1
35  Portugal330050+59
46  Republic of Ireland321084+47
54  Spain321064+27
63  Netherlands321053+27
77  Croatia321031+27
81  Serbia320192+76
92  Wales312075+25A3
106  Italy321073+47Pot 2
114  Germany3201125+76
125  Poland320161+56
133  England320152+36
148   Switzerland311175+24
157  Slovenia31113304
162  Scotland311145−14
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.[4]

DebrecenBalmazújvárosBudaörs
Nagyerdei StadionVárosi SportpályaÁrok utcai pálya
Capacity: 20,340Capacity: 2,435Capacity: 1,204
4 group games4 group games, 1 quarter-final3 group games, World Cup play-off
Budapest
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Capacity: 5,322
4 group games, 1 quarter-final, final
TelkiDebrecenFelcsút
Telki Training CentreDEAC StadionPancho Aréna
Capacity: 1,000Capacity: 1,500Capacity: 3,816
2 group games, 1 quarter-final4 group games, 1 quarter-final3 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.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Poland3201107+36Knockout stage
2  Republic of Ireland320187+16
3  Hungary (H)310289−13
4  Wales310236−33
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Poland  5–1  Republic of Ireland
  • Skoczylas 13', 49'
  • Szala 44'
  • Borys 54'
  • Kądziołka 65'
Report
  • Orazi 5'
Attendance: 412
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
Hungary  3–0  Wales
  • Simon 43'
  • Szabó 75'
  • Umathum 81'
Report
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Wales
  • Razi 24'
  • Orazi 34'
  • Akachukwu 61'
Report
Attendance: 714
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Hungary  3–5  Poland
  • Varga 55'
  • Simon 70'
  • Molnár 90+4'
Report
Attendance: 2,921
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Republic of Ireland  4–2  Hungary
  • Kehir 5', 61'
  • Melia 24', 31'
Report
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
Wales  3–0  Poland
Report
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 318
Referee: David Dickinson (Scotland)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Spain321063+37Knockout stage
2  Serbia31115504
3  Italy31024403
4  Slovenia310258−33
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Serbia  2–4  Slovenia
Report
Telki Training Centre, Telki
Attendance: 308
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Italy  1–2  Spain
  • Ragnoli Galli 15'
Report
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Spain  3–1  Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 917
Referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia)
Serbia  2–0  Italy
Report
Attendance: 574
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Spain  1–1  Serbia
Report
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 815
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Slovenia  0–3  Italy
Report
Telki Training Centre, Telki
Attendance: 181
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Germany3300101+99Knockout stage
2  France31115504
3  Portugal311136−34
4  Scotland300328−60
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Scotland  1–3  France
Report
Attendance: 298
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Portugal  0–4  Germany
Report
Attendance: 409
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Portugal  2–1  Scotland
  • Tomé 3'
  • Sousa 20'
Report
  • Connolly 88'
Attendance: 575
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
France  1–3  Germany
  • Sylla 39'
Report
Attendance: 765
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
France  1–1  Portugal
Report
  • Patrício 41'
Attendance: 507
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Germany  3–0  Scotland
Report
Attendance: 348

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  England321051+47Knockout stage
2   Switzerland321041+37
3  Croatia301224−21
4  Netherlands301227−51
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Switzerland  2–0  Netherlands
  • Boteli 49'
  • Zé 54'
Report
Attendance: 411
Referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia)
Croatia  0–1  England
Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
Croatia  1–2   Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 710
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Netherlands  1–4  England
  • Hartog 71'
Report
Attendance: 611
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Netherlands  1–1  Croatia
  • Bal 53'
Report
Attendance: 458
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
England  0–0   Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 427
Referee: 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
 
  France3World 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
  • Vukojević 51'
  • Subotić 70'
Telki Training Centre, Telki
Attendance: 288
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Germany  1–1   Switzerland
Report
Penalties
3–2
  • Parente
  • Fasano
  • Grando
  • Smith
  • Boteli
Attendance: 243
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Spain  3–0  Republic of Ireland
Report
Attendance: 893
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
England  0–1  France
Report
Attendance: 411
Referee: 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.
PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1D1  England321051+47FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
2D2   Switzerland321041+37
3A2  Republic of Ireland320187+16
4B2  Serbia31115504
Source: UEFA

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

England  4–2   Switzerland
Report
  • Rufener 45+1'
  • Xhemalija 52'
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 138
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

Semi-finals

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

Final

Germany  0–0  France
Report
Penalties
5–4
Attendance: 4,017
Referee: 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

  • Jake Grante (against Hungary)
  • Ruari Ellis (against France)

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.[6]

PositionPlayer
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.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
 Poland27 May 20232 (1993, 1999)
 Germany27 May 202310 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
 Spain27 May 202310 (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2019)
 France27 May 20237 (1987, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 England30 May 20234 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2017)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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