2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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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.

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)
Venue7 (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) Paris Brunner
Robert Ramsak
Marc Guiu
Lamine Yamal
(4 goals each)
Best player Paris Brunner
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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

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.

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
Balmazújváros
Debrecen
Telki
Budaörs
Budapest
Felcsút
 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.

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
  • Skoczylas 13', 49'
  • Szala 44'
  • Borys 54'
  • Kądziołka 65'
 Report
  • Orazi 5'
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 412
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
Hungary 3–0 Wales
  • Simon 43'
  • Szabó 75'
  • Umathum 81'
 Report
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Wales
  • Razi 24'
  • Orazi 34'
  • Akachukwu 61'
 Report
Pancho Aréna, Felcsút
Attendance: 714
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Hungary 3–5 Poland
  • Varga 55'
  • Simon 70'
  • Molnár 90+4'
 Report
  • Skoczylas 8'
  • Sznaucner 34'
  • Huras 52'
  • Tomczyk 76'
  • Borys 80'
Pancho Aréna, Felcsút
Attendance: 2,921
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Republic of Ireland 4–2 Hungary
  • Kehir 5', 61'
  • Melia 24', 31'
 Report
  • Grante 10' (o.g.)
  • Kern 72'
Pancho Aréna, Felcsút
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
Wales 3–0 Poland
  • Biancheri 82'
  • I. Morgan 89', 90+1'
 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
  • Cvetković 66'
  • Petrović 82'
 Report
  • Pejičić 4'
  • Topalović 10'
  • Jakupović 34'
  • Hrvatin 52'
Telki Training Centre, Telki
Attendance: 308
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Italy 1–2 Spain
  • Ragnoli Galli 15'
 Report
  • Guiu 53', 75'
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
Spain 3–1 Slovenia
  • Guiu 28'
  • Mesa 45+1'
  • Yamal 50' (pen.)
 Report
  • Topalović 54'
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 917
Referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia)
Serbia 2–0 Italy
  • Maksimović 39'
  • Cvetković 59'
 Report
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 574
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Spain 1–1 Serbia
  • Yamal 78'
 Report
  • Maksimović 68'
Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
Attendance: 815
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Slovenia 0–3 Italy
Report
  • Mannini 60', 82'
  • De Pieri 87'
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
  • Wilson 71'
 Report
  • Issoufou 5'
  • Gadou 45'
  • Ellis 75' (o.g.)
Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen
Attendance: 298
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Portugal 0–4 Germany
Report
  • Darvich 32'
  • Kabar 39'
  • Ramsak 59', 90+4'
Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen
Attendance: 409
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Portugal 2–1 Scotland
  • Tomé 3'
  • Sousa 20'
 Report
  • Connolly 88'
DEAC Stadion, Debrecen
Attendance: 575
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
France 1–3 Germany
  • Sylla 39'
 Report
  • Brunner 56', 63'
  • Ramsak 60'
Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros
Attendance: 765
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
France 1–1 Portugal
  • Gomis 10'
 Report
  • Patrício 41'
Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros
Attendance: 507
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
Germany 3–0 Scotland
  • Darvich 49'
  • Dárdai 54'
  • Wätjen 90+1'
 Report
DEAC Stadion, Debrecen
Attendance: 348
Referee: 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
  • Boteli 49'
  • Zé 54'
 Report
DEAC Stadion, Debrecen
Attendance: 411
Referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia)
Croatia 0–1 England
Report
  • Nwaneri 8'
Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros
Attendance: 700
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
Croatia 1–2  Switzerland
  • Levak 32'
 Report
  • Xhemalija 9'
  • Akahomen 83'
Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen
Attendance: 710
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Netherlands 1–4 England
  • Hartog 71'
 Report
  • Lewis-Skelly 7'
  • Dada-Mascoll 80', 90+3' (pen.)
  • Oboavwoduo 90+4'
Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen
Attendance: 611
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
Netherlands 1–1 Croatia
  • Bal 53'
 Report
  • Puljić 66'
Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros
Attendance: 458
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
England 0–0  Switzerland
Report
DEAC Stadion, Debrecen
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
 
 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
  • 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
  • Brunner 49'
 Report
  • Boteli 16' (pen.)
Penalties
  • Ramsak
  • Osawe
  • Dárdai
  • Wätjen
3–2
  • Parente
  • Fasano
  • Grando
  • Smith
  • Boteli
DEAC Stadion, Debrecen
Attendance: 243
Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
Spain 3–0 Republic of Ireland
  • Granados 22'
  • Guiu 69'
  • Yamal 72'
 Report
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 893
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
England 0–1 France
Report
  • Lambourde 89' (pen.)
Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros
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[dead link]

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

England 4–2  Switzerland
  • Gray 17'
  • Lovelace 67'
  • Golding 68'
  • Young 76'
 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
  • Moerstedt 22'
  • Brunner 57'
  • Herrmann 65'
  • Ouédraogo 79'
  • Ramsak 83'
Pancho Aréna, Felcsút
Attendance: 627
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Spain 1–3 France
  • Yamal 69'
 Report
  • Lambourde 73'
  • Issoufou 80'
  • Gomis 90+1'
Pancho Aréna, Felcsút
Attendance: 879
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)

Final

Germany 0–0 France
Report
Penalties
  • Darvich
  • Herrmann
  • Dárdai
  • Bulut
  • Brunner
  • Ouédraogo
5–4
  • Kayi Sanda
  • Lambourde
  • Tincres
  • Sangui
  • Sylla
  • Bouabré
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
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

  • Paris Brunner
  • Robert Ramsak
  • Marc Guiu
  • Lamine Yamal

3 goals

  • Karol Borys
  • Mateusz Skoczylas

2 goals

  • Isaiah Dada-Mascoll
  • Tidiam Gomis
  • Yanis Ali Issoufou
  • Mathis Lambourde
  • Noah Darvich
  • Benedek Simon
  • Luke Kehir
  • Mason Melia
  • Ikechukwu Orazi
  • Mattia Mannini
  • Daniel Mikołajewski
  • Mihajlo Cvetković
  • Andrija Maksimović
  • Luka Topalović
  • Winsley Boteli
  • Demir Xhemalija
  • Iwan Morgan

1 goal

  • Sergej Levak
  • Ljubo Puljić
  • Michael Golding
  • Archie Gray
  • Myles Lewis-Skelly
  • Zak Lovelace
  • Ethan Nwaneri
  • Justin Oboavwoduo
  • Kadan Young
  • Joane Kouakou Gadou
  • Fodé Sylla
  • Bence Dárdai
  • Charles Herrmann
  • Almugera Kabar
  • Max Moerstedt
  • Assan Ouédraogo
  • Kjell Wätjen
  • Martin Kern
  • Csaba Molnár
  • Szilárd Szabó
  • Ádám Umathum
  • Zétény Varga
  • Giacomo De Pieri
  • Federico Ragnoli Galli
  • Jesse Bal
  • Jasper Hartog
  • Mike Huras
  • Szymon Kądziołka
  • Jakub Krzyżanowski
  • Filip Rejczyk
  • Dominik Szala
  • Maksymilian Sznaucner
  • Oskar Tomczyk
  • Filip Wolski
  • Nuno Patrício
  • Gonçalo Sousa
  • Olívio Tomé
  • Romeo Akachukwu
  • Naj Razi
  • Lennon Connolly
  • Rory Wilson
  • Andrej Petrović
  • Andrej Subotić
  • Veljko Vukojević
  • Rene Hrvatin
  • Aldin Jakupović
  • David Pejičić
  • Alejandro Granados
  • Óscar Mesa
  • Marvin Akahomen
  • Elio Rufener
  • Arlet Junior Zé
  • Gabriele Biancheri

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:

  • Player of the Tournament: Paris Brunner
  • Top Scorer: Robert Ramsak / Paris Brunner / Marc Guiu / Lamine Yamal (4 goals each)

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 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.

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.

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