2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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]
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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 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
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.[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
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

  • Azerbaijan Elchin Masiyev
  • Northern Ireland Jamie Robinson
  • Poland Damian Sylwestrzak
  • Serbia Miloš Milanović
  • Slovakia Michal Očenáš
  • Slovenia David Šmajc
  • Sweden Adam Ladebäck
  • Turkey Atilla Karaoglan
  • Belgium Lothar D'Hondt
  • Bulgaria Radoslav Gidzhenov
  • Finland Oliver Reitala
  • Scotland David Dickinson

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

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:
  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 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;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. 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);
  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.

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
  • 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

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
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
  • Maksimović 68'
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

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
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

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
  • 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, 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)
 
 Germany0 (5)
 
27 May – Budapest
 
 France0 (4)
 
 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
  • Krzyżanowski 4'
  • Mikołajewski 62' (pen.)
  • Rejczyk 89'
 Report
  • Vukojević 51'
  • Subotić 70'
Telki Training Centre, Telki
Attendance: 288
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Germany 1–1  Switzerland
 Report
  • Boteli 16' (pen.)
Penalties
 3–2
  • soccer ball with check mark Parente
  • soccer ball with check mark Fasano
  • soccer ball with red X Grando
  • soccer ball with red X Smith
  • soccer ball with red X 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.
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
  • Rufener 45+1'
  • Xhemalija 52'
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 138
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

Semi-finals

Poland 3–5 Germany
  • Mikołajewski 7'
  • Borys 31'
  • Wolski 68'
 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

  • Republic of Ireland Jake Grante (against Hungary)
  • Scotland 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]

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 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 "2023: Paris Brunner". UEFA.com. 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "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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