The 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2023) was the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (70th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Malta hosted the tournament from 3 to 16 July 2023. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Malta |
| Dates | 3–16 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Italy (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Portugal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 49 (3.27 per match) |
| Attendance | 20,539 (1,369 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Víctor Barberà (4 goals) |
| Best player | Luis Hasa |
← 2022 2024 → | |
England were the defending champions. They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition. Italy were crowned champions for the fourth time after beating Portugal 1–0 in the final.
Host selection
Malta was appointed as the host for the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 19 April 2021 in Montreux, Switzerland.
Qualification
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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| Malta | Hosts | 1st | Debut | |
| Norway | Elite round Group 1 winners | 6th | 2019 (Group stage) | Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019) |
| Italy | Elite round Group 2 winners | 9th | 2022 (Semi-finals) | Champions (2003) |
| Spain | Elite round Group 3 winners | 13th | 2019 (Champions) | Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019) |
| Portugal | Elite round Group 4 winners | 12th | 2019 (Runners-up) | Champions (2018) |
| Greece | Elite round Group 5 winners | 7th | 2015 (Semi-finals) | Runners-up (2007, 2012) |
| Poland | Elite round Group 6 winners | 3rd | 2006 (Group stage) | Group stage (2004, 2006) |
| Iceland | Elite round Group 7 winners | 1st | Debut | |
Venues
| Ta'Qali | Paola | ||||
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| National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 | |||
| Xewkija (Gozo) | Ta'Qali Paola Xewkija | ||||
| Gozo Stadium | |||||
| Capacity: 1,644 | |||||
Draw
The final draw was held on 19 April 2023, 13:00 CEST at Manoel Theatre, Valletta.
Squads
Group stage
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Poland | 0–2 | Portugal |
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| Malta | 0–2 | Poland |
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| Italy | 1–1 | Poland |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Norway | 5–4 | Greece |
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| Iceland | 1–2 | Spain |
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| Iceland | 1–1 | Norway |
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| Greece | 0–0 | Iceland |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 July – Paola | ||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||
| 16 July – Ta' Qali | ||||||
| Norway | 0 | |||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||
| 13 July – Ta' Qali | ||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers
There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Alexios Kalogeropoulos
- Christos Stavropoulos
- Eggert Aron Guðmundsson
- Ágúst Orri Þorsteinsson
- Luca D'Andrea
- Francesco Pio Esposito
- Luis Hasa
- Michael Kayode
- Cher Ndour
- Niccolò Pisilli
- Basil Tuma
- Tomasz Pieńko
- Carlos Forbs
- Miguel Falé
- Erik Flataker
- Henrik Skogvold
- Manuel Ángel
- Arnau Casas
- César Palacios
Source: UEFA
Team of the Tournament
The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.
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