UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Organising bodyUEFA
Founded1948
RegionEurope
Number of teamsMaximum of 54 (qualifying round)
28 (elite round)
8 (finals)
Current champions Italy (4th title)
Most successful team(s) England
 Spain
(11 titles each)
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.

England and Spain are the joint most successful team in this competition, having won eleven titles each. Italy are the current champions.

History and format

The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA International Youth Tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1956.[1] In 1980, it was restyled the UEFA European Under-18 Championship. Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 19 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January. The championship received its current name in 2001, which has been used since the 2002 championship.[2] The contest has been held every year since its inauguration in 1948, except for the period between 1984 and 1992, when it was only held every other year.

The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently it consists of two stages, similar to UEFA's other European championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all UEFA members, and the final stage is contested between eight teams.

During even years, the best finishing teams qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in the next (odd) year. Currently, five teams can qualify for the World Cup, consisting of the top two of their groups plus the winner of a play-off match between the third-placed teams of each group.

Number of teams

Year of tournament Format of the final round Number of teams
1986–1992 Knockout format 8
1993 Two groups of four teams, third place play-off and final
1994 Two groups of four teams, fifth place play-off, third place play-off and final
1995–2002 Two groups of four teams, third place play-off and final
2003–2015 Two groups of four teams, semi-finals and final
2016–present Two groups of four teams, fifth place play-off (in even years only, for qualifying to FIFA U-20 World Cup), semi-finals and final

Results

  1. 1948–1954: FIFA Youth Tournament - 7 Editions
  2. 1955–1980: UEFA Youth Tournament - 24 Editions (Exclude 1955 and 1956)
  3. 1981–2001: UEFA European Under-18 Championship - 17 Editions
  4. Since 2002: UEFA European Under-19 Championship - 20 Editions (Exclude 2020 and 2021)
Edition Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1948–1954: FIFA Youth Tournament
1 1948
details
 England
England
3–2
Netherlands

Belgium
3–1
Italy
2 1949
details
 Netherlands
France
4–1
Netherlands

Belgium
5–0
Ireland
3 1950
details
 Austria
Austria
3–2
France

Netherlands
6–0
Luxembourg
4 1951
details
 France
Yugoslavia
3–2
Austria

Belgium
1–0
Northern Ireland
5 1952
details
 Spain
Spain
0–0
(a.e.t.)
Spain won on
goal average

Belgium

Austria
5–5
Austria won on
coin toss

England
6 1953
details
 Belgium
Hungary
2–0
Yugoslavia

Turkey
3–2
Spain
7 1954
details
 West Germany
Spain
2–2
(a.e.t.)
Spain won on
goal average

West Germany

Argentina
1–0
Turkey
Edition Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1955–1980: UEFA Youth Tournament
- 1955
Details
 Italy Only group matches were played and no winner was declared.
- 1956
Details
 Hungary Only group matches were played and no winner was declared.
8 1957
Details
 Spain
Austria
3–2
Spain
 France
 Italy
0–0 Third place
was shared
9 1958
Details
 Luxembourg
Italy
1–0
England

France
3–0
Romania
10 1959
Details
 Bulgaria
Bulgaria
1–0
Italy

Hungary
6–1
East Germany
11 1960
Details
 Austria
Hungary
2–1
Romania

Portugal
2–1
Austria
12 1961
Details
 Portugal
Portugal
4–0
Poland

West Germany
2–1
Spain
13 1962
Details
 Romania
Romania
4–1
Yugoslavia

Czechoslovakia
1–1
Czechoslovakia won on
coin toss

Turkey
14 1963
Details
 England
England
4–0
Northern Ireland

Scotland
4–2
Bulgaria
15 1964
Details
 Netherlands
England
4–0
Spain

Portugal
3–2
Scotland
16 1965
Details
 West Germany
East Germany
3–2
England

Czechoslovakia
4–1
Italy
17 1966
Details
 Yugoslavia  Italy
 Soviet Union
0–0 Title
was shared

Yugoslavia
2–0
Spain
18 1967
Details
 Turkey
Soviet Union
1–0
England

Turkey
1–1
Turkey won on
coin toss

France
19 1968
Details
 France
Czechoslovakia
2–1
France

Portugal
4–2
Bulgaria
20 1969
Details
 East Germany
Bulgaria
1–1
Bulgaria won on
coin toss

East Germany

Soviet Union
1–0
Scotland
21 1970
Details
 Scotland
East Germany
1–1
East Germany won on
coin toss

Netherlands

Scotland
2–0
France
22 1971
Details
 Czechoslovakia
England
3–0
Portugal

East Germany
1–1
(5–3 p)

Soviet Union
23 1972
Details
 Spain
England
2–0
West Germany

Poland
0–0
(6–5 p)

Spain
24 1973
Details
 Italy
England
3–2
(a.e.t.)

East Germany

Italy
1–0
Bulgaria
25 1974
Details
 Sweden
Bulgaria
1–0
Yugoslavia

Scotland
1–0
Greece
26 1975
Details
  Switzerland
England
1–0
(g.g.)

Finland

Hungary
2–2
(p)

Turkey
27 1976
Details
 Hungary
Soviet Union
1–0
Hungary

Spain
3–0
France
28 1977
Details
 Belgium
Belgium
2–1
Bulgaria

Soviet Union
7–2
West Germany
29 1978
Details
 Poland
Soviet Union
3–0
Yugoslavia

Poland
3–1
Scotland
30 1979
Details
 Austria
Yugoslavia
1–0
Bulgaria

England
0–0
(4–3 p)

France
31 1980
Details
 East Germany
England
2–1
Poland

Italy
3–0
Netherlands
Edition Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1981–2001: UEFA European Under-18 Championship
32 1981
Details
 West Germany
West Germany
1–0
Poland

France
1–1
(2–0 p)

Spain
33 1982
Details
 Finland
Scotland
3–1
Czechoslovakia

Soviet Union
3–1
Poland
34 1983
Details
 England
France
1–0
Czechoslovakia

England
1–1
(4–2 p)

Italy
35 1984
Details
 Soviet Union
Hungary
0–0
(3–2 p)

Soviet Union

Poland
2–1
Republic of Ireland
36 1986
Details
 Yugoslavia
East Germany
3–1
Italy

West Germany
1–0
Scotland
37 1988
Details
 Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
3–1
(a.e.t.)

Portugal

East Germany
2–0
Spain
38 1990
Details
 Hungary
Soviet Union
0–0
(4–2 p)

Portugal

Spain
1–0
England
39 1992
Details
 Germany
Turkey
2–1
(g.g.)

Portugal

Norway
1–1
(8–7 p)

England
40 1993
Details
 England
England
1–0
Turkey

Spain
2–1
Portugal
41 1994
Details
 Spain
Portugal
1–1
(4–1 p)

Germany

Spain
5–2
Netherlands
42 1995
Details
 Greece
Spain
4–1
Italy

Greece
5–0
Netherlands
43 1996
Details
 France
France
1–0
Spain

England
3–2
(a.e.t.)

Belgium
44 1997
Details
 Iceland
France
1–0
(g.g.)

Portugal

Spain
2–1
Republic of Ireland
45 1998
Details
 Cyprus
Republic of Ireland
1–1
(4–3 p)

Germany

Croatia
0–0
(5–4 p)

Portugal
46 1999
Details
 Sweden
Portugal
1–0
Italy

Republic of Ireland
1–0
Greece
47 2000
Details
 Germany
France
1–0
Ukraine

Germany
3–1
Czech Republic
48 2001
Details
 Finland
Poland
3–1
Czech Republic

Spain
6–2
Yugoslavia
Edition Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists
(or third place match)
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
Since 2002: UEFA European Under-19 Championship
49 2002
Details
 Norway
Spain
1–0
Germany

Slovakia
2–1
Republic of Ireland
50 2003
Details
 Liechtenstein
Italy
2–0
Portugal
 Austria and  Czech Republic
51 2004
Details
  Switzerland
Spain
1–0
Turkey
  Switzerland and  Ukraine
52 2005
Details
 Northern Ireland
France
3–1
England
 Germany and  Serbia and Montenegro
53 2006
Details
 Poland
Spain
2–1
Scotland
 Austria and  Czech Republic
54 2007
Details
 Austria
Spain
1–0
Greece
 France and  Germany
55 2008
Details
 Czech Republic
Germany
3–1
Italy
 Czech Republic and  Hungary
56 2009
Details
 Ukraine
Ukraine
2–0
England
 France and  Serbia
57 2010
Details
 France
France
2–1
Spain
 Croatia and  England
58 2011
Details
 Romania
Spain
3–2
(a.e.t.)

Czech Republic
 Republic of Ireland and  Serbia
59 2012
Details
 Estonia
Spain
1–0
Greece
 England and  France
60 2013
Details
 Lithuania
Serbia
1–0
France
 Portugal and  Spain
61 2014
Details
 Hungary
Germany
1–0
Portugal
 Austria and  Serbia
62 2015
Details
 Greece
Spain
2–0
Russia
 France and  Greece
63 2016
Details
 Germany
France
4–0
Italy
 England and  Portugal
64 2017
Details
 Georgia
England
2–1
Portugal
 Czech Republic and  Netherlands
65 2018
Details
 Finland
Portugal
4–3
(a.e.t.)

Italy
 France and  Ukraine
66 2019
Details
 Armenia
Spain
2–0
Portugal
 France and  Republic of Ireland
- 2020
Details
 Northern Ireland Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
- 2021
Details
 Romania Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4]
67 2022
Details
 Slovakia
England
3–1
(a.e.t.)

Israel
 France and  Italy
68 2023
Details
 Malta
Italy
1–0
Portugal
 Norway and  Spain
69 2024
Details
 Northern Ireland
70 2025
Details
 Romania
71 2026
Details
 Wales
72 2027
Details
 Israel

Statistics

Performances by countries

UEFA European Youth Championship
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Semi-finalists Total (Top Four)
 England 11 (1948, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1993, 2017, 2022) 5 (1958, 1965, 1967, 2005, 2009) 3 (1979, 1983, 1996) 3 3 25
 Spain 11 (1952, 1954, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019) 4 (1957, 1964, 1996, 2010) 6 6 1 28
 France 8 (1949, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016) 3 (1950, 1968, 2013) 3 4 7 25
 Germany 6 (1965, 1970, 1981, 1986, 2008, 2014) 7 (1954, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1994, 1998, 2002) 5 2 2 22
 Russia
 Soviet Union
6 (1966*, 1967, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1990) 2 (1984, 2015) 3 1 12
 Portugal 4 (1961, 1994, 1999, 2018) 10 (1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2023) 3 2 2 21
 Italy 4 (1958, 1966*, 2003, 2023) 7 (1959, 1986, 1995, 1999, 2008, 2016, 2018) 3 3 1 18
 Serbia
 Yugoslavia
3 (1951, 1979, 2013) 4 (1953, 1962, 1974, 1978) 1 1 4 13
 Bulgaria 3 (1959, 1969, 1974) 2 (1977, 1979) 3 8
 Hungary 3 (1953, 1960, 1984) 1 (1976) 2 1 7
 Austria 2 (1950, 1957) 1 (1951) 1 1 3 8
 Czech Republic 1 (1968) 4 (1982, 1983, 2001, 2011) 2 1 4 12
 Poland 1 (2001) 3 (1961, 1980, 1981) 3 1 8
 Turkey 1 (1992) 2 (1993, 2004) 2 3 8
 Scotland 1 (1982) 1 (2006) 3 4 9
 Belgium 1 (1977) 1 (1952) 3 1 6
 Romania 1 (1962) 1 (1960) 1 3
 Ukraine 1 (2009) 1 (2000) 2 4
 Republic of Ireland 1 (1998) 1 3 2 7
 Netherlands 3 (1948, 1949, 1970) 1 3 1 8
 Greece 2 (2007, 2012) 1 2 1 6
 Northern Ireland 1 (1963) 2 3
 Finland 1 (1975) 1
 Israel 1 (2022) 1
 Croatia 1 1 2
 Slovakia 1 1
 Argentina 1 1
 Norway 1 1
 Luxembourg 1 1
  Switzerland 1 1
Total (69th) 69 67 50 48 38 272

Note:
1954 Third place  Argentina.
1966 Title Shared between  Italy and  Soviet Union.
1957 Third place Shared between  Italy and  France.

Awards

Player of the Tournament

For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com subsequently named a Player of the Tournament or Golden Player.

European Championship Player
2002 Norway Spain Fernando Torres
2003 Liechtenstein Italy Alberto Aquilani
2004 Switzerland Spain Juanfran
2005 Northern Ireland France Abdoulaye Baldé
2006 Poland Spain Alberto Bueno
2007 Austria Greece Sotiris Ninis
2008 Czech Republic1 Germany Lars Bender
Germany Sven Bender
2009 Ukraine Ukraine Kyrylo Petrov
2010 France France Gaël Kakuta
2011 Romania Spain Álex Fernández
2012 Estonia Spain Gerard Deulofeu
2013 Lithuania Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović
2014 Hungary Germany Davie Selke
2015 Greece Spain Marco Asensio
2016 Germany France Jean-Kévin Augustin
2017 Georgia England Mason Mount
2018 Finland -
2019 Armenia -
2022 Slovakia -
2023 Malta Italy Luis Hasa

Top goalscorer

The Top goalscorer award is awarded to the player who scores the most goals during the tournament.

European Championship Top goalscorer Goals
2002 Norway Spain Fernando Torres 4
2003 Liechtenstein Portugal Paulo Sérgio 5
2004 Switzerland Turkey Ali Öztürk
Poland Łukasz Piszczek
4
2005 Northern Ireland Serbia and Montenegro Borko Veselinović 5
2006 Poland Spain Alberto Bueno
Turkey İlhan Parlak
5
2007 Austria Germany Änis Ben-Hatira
Greece Kostantinos Mitroglou
France Kévin Monnet-Paquet
3
2008 Czech Republic Czech Republic Tomáš Necid 4
2009 Ukraine England Nathan Delfouneso 4
2010 France Spain Dani Pacheco 4
2011 Romania Spain Álvaro Morata 6
2012 Estonia Spain Jesé 5
2013 Lithuania Lithuania Gratas Sirgedas
Netherlands Anass Achahbar
Portugal Alexandre Guedes
3
2014 Hungary Germany Davie Selke 6
2015 Greece Spain Borja Mayoral 3
2016 Germany France Jean-Kévin Augustin 6
2017 Georgia England Ben Brereton
England Ryan Sessegnon
Netherlands Joël Piroe
Sweden Viktor Gyökeres
3
2018 Finland Portugal Jota
Portugal Francisco Trincão
5
2019 Armenia Portugal Gonçalo Ramos 4
2022 Slovakia France Loum Tchaouna 4
2023 Malta Spain Víctor Barberà 4

Comprehensive team results by tournament at the FIFA U-20 World Cup

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  •      – Not affiliated to UEFA
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team Tunisia
1977
Japan
1979
Australia
1981
Mexico
1983
Soviet Union
1985
Chile
1987
Saudi Arabia
1989
Portugal
1991
Australia
1993
Qatar
1995
Malaysia
1997
Nigeria
1999
Argentina
2001
United Arab Emirates
2003
Netherlands
2005
Canada
2007
Egypt
2009
Colombia
2011
Turkey
2013
New Zealand
2015
South Korea
2017
Poland
2019
Argentina
2023
Chile
2025
Total
 Austria R1 R1 4th R1 R2 5
 Belgium R2 1
 Bulgaria QF QF 2
 Croatia Part of Yugoslavia R2 R1 R2 3
 Czech Republic[5] R1 R1 QF R1 2nd R2 6
 East Germany 3rd R1 Reunified with West Germany 2
 England 4th R1 R1 3rd R2 R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 1st R2 12
 Finland R1 1
 France R1 QF QF 4th 1st R2 R2 R1 8
 Germany[6] 1st 2nd R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 QF QF QF R2 11
 Greece R2 1
 Hungary R1 R1 R1 R1 3rd R2 6
 Israel 3rd 1
 Italy R1 R1 QF QF QF 3rd 4th 2nd 8
 Netherlands QF R1 R1 QF QF 4
 Norway R1 R1 R1 3
 Poland 4th R1 3rd R2 R2 5
 Portugal QF 1st 1st R1 3rd R2 R2 2nd R2 QF QF R1 12
 Republic of Ireland R1 R1 3rd R2 R2 5
 Romania 3rd 1
 Russia[7] 1st 2nd R1 4th QF 3rd QF QF 8
 Scotland QF QF R1 3
 Serbia[8] R1 1st 1st 3
 Slovakia Part of Czechoslovakia R2 R2 2
 Spain R1 QF R1 2nd R1 QF 4th QF 1st 2nd QF QF R2 QF QF 15
 Sweden R1 1
  Switzerland R1 1
 Turkey R1 R2 R2 3
 Ukraine Part of Soviet Union R2 R2 R2 1st 3

See also

References

  1. ^ "From International Youth Tournament to U19 EURO". UEFA. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Competition history". UEFA. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. ^ "2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 20 October 2020.
  4. ^ "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021.
  5. ^ Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as successor team of Czechoslovakia.
  6. ^ FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
  7. ^ The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
  8. ^ The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 all the nations that formed this country now compete separately. FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.

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