U-17 European Football Championship
U-17 European Football Championship | |
abbreviation | U-17 European Championship |
Association | UEFA |
First edition | 1982 (U-16) |
Teams | 16 |
Game mode |
Round-robin tournament (4 groups of 4 teams each) / knockout system (from quarterfinals) |
Title holder | Netherlands (4th title) |
Record winner | Spain (9 wins) |
Website | www.uefa.com |
Qualification for | U-17 World Cup |
The UEFA U-17 European Football Championship ( UEFA UNDER17 Championship ), also known as U-17 European Championship for short, is the football competition between the best European national teams for male football players under the age of 17 and is organized by the European Football Association UEFA.
The tournament takes place annually in May. From 1982 to 2001 the tournament was a U-16 European championship for players under 16 years, before the age limit was raised to 17 years in 2002. The tournament has been held with 16 nations since 2015; eight teams took part from 2003 to 2014. Every two years the tournament also serves as qualification for the U-17 soccer world championship . The semi-finalists are currently qualifying; a fifth participant will be determined through a single play-off game between the two best losers in the quarter-finals. (Status: EM 2017)
mode
The competition is held in three phases. First there are two qualifying rounds. In each qualifying round, groups of four teams are formed, with one nation acting as the host. Within the groups, each team plays each other once.
All UEFA nations are currently participating in the first qualifying round. The host of the final tournament qualifies directly for the final tournament, and the best nation in the UEFA coefficient ranking receives a bye for the first qualifying round. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up and the five best thirds in the group qualify for the second qualifying round, known as the "elite round". In this eight groups of four teams each are formed, which also play against each other in tournament form. The eight group winners and the seven best runners-up qualify for the final tournament.
The 16 participants in the final tournament will be divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the group, each team plays each other once. The two teams with the highest points reach the quarter-finals. Since the 2017 European Championships, 5th place has been played in addition to the final round, because this also entitles them to participate in the World Cup.
In contrast to the senior area, the playing time is forty minutes twice.
First participations
Up until 1988 there was always at least one national soccer team that took part in a U-16 European soccer championship final for the first time. The highest number of first-time participants was reached in 1985 with the increase from four to 16 finalists. Below is a list of the first-time participants, each with the flags and names valid at the time. In addition, countries are listed in brackets that only took part in a European Championship under a new name for the first time. Even so, these countries are sometimes cited as newcomers in the media. However, these “newcomers” completely adopted the results and titles of their predecessors in UEFA's statistics - and accordingly their debut date. A special case are the Czech Republic and Slovakia, both of which are considered to be the successors of Czechoslovakia at UEFA and both of which took over their titles.
- Teams in bold won the tournament when they first entered a final tournament.
- Teams in italics were the hosts when they first took part in a final round, but until 1984 the host was not determined until they had successfully qualified.
year | First time participant | |||
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1982 | BR Germany | Finland | Italy | Yugoslavia |
1984 | Soviet Union | England | ||
1985 | Bulgaria | GDR | France | Greece |
Iceland | Netherlands | Norway | Portugal | |
Scotland | Sweden | Spain | Hungary | |
1986 | Denmark | Austria | Romania | Czechoslovakia |
1987 | Israel | Northern Ireland | Turkey | |
1988 | Belgium | Ireland | Switzerland | |
1989 | No first-time participants | |||
1990 | Cyprus | |||
1991 | Poland | ( Germany ) | ||
1992 | No first-time participants | |||
1993 | ( Russia ) | |||
1994 | Albania | ( Czech Republic ) | Ukraine | Belarus |
1995 | ( Slovakia ) | Slovenia | ||
1996 | Croatia | |||
1997 | Georgia | |||
1998 | Liechtenstein | |||
1999 | No first-time participants | |||
2000 | No first-time participants | |||
2001 | No first-time participants | |||
2002 | ( Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) | Moldova | ||
2003 | No first-time participants | |||
2004 | No first-time participants | |||
2005 | No first-time participants | |||
2006 | Luxembourg | ( Serbia & Montenegro ) | ||
2007 | No first-time participants | |||
2008 | ( Serbia ) | |||
2009 | No first-time participants | |||
2010 | No first-time participants | |||
2011 | No first-time participants | |||
2012 | No first-time participants | |||
2013 | No first-time participants | |||
2014 | Malta | |||
2015 | No first-time participants | |||
2016 | Azerbaijan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
2017 | Faroe Islands | |||
2018 | No first-time participants | |||
2019 | No first-time participants |
- ↑ a b c d UEFA sees Serbia as the successor to the following “three countries”: 1.) Yugoslavia (debut 1982), 2.) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or the rest of Yugoslavia (“debut” 2002 under the name of Yugoslavia ) and 3 .) Serbia and Montenegro (new name of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) ("Debut" 2006 under the name Serbia and Montenegro ). The results of all these teams will be allocated to Serbia in UEFA statistics. As a debut of Serbia thus applies the year 1982. Under his own name could Serbia for the first time in 2008 to qualify for the final round.
- ↑ a b Russia is considered by FIFA to be the successor to the Soviet Union (debut 1984, last participation in 1991). The results of the Soviet Union go into Russia's statistics. The year 1984 is considered to be Russia's debut in a final tournament. Russia was able to qualify for the final tournament for the first time in 1993 under its own name .
- ↑ a b c Both the Czech Republic (“debut” under this name in 1994) and Slovakia (“debut” under this name in 1995) are both considered by UEFA to be the successors of Czechoslovakia (debut in 1986, last participation in 1993). As a result, the results for Czechoslovakia are attributed to both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Therefore, the year 1986 is considered to be the debut in a U16 / 17 European Championship for both countries.
- ↑ As part of the USSR, Ukraine took part in the tournaments from 1984 to 1991.
- ↑ Belarus took part in the tournaments from 1984 to 1991 as part of the USSR.
- ↑ Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia until 1991.
- ↑ Croatia was part of Yugoslavia until 1991. The successes of the Yugoslav team were initially attributed to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , then Serbia and Montenegro and now Serbia.
- ↑ Georgia took part in the tournaments from 1984 to 1991 as part of the USSR.
- ↑ Moldova took part in the tournaments from 1984 to 1991 as part of the USSR.
The tournaments at a glance
Leaderboards
Ranking of the U-16/17 European champions
rank | country | title | Year (s) |
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1 | Spain | 9 | 1986, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2017 |
2 | Portugal | 6th | 1989, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2016 |
3 | Netherlands | 4th | 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019 |
4th | Germany | 3 | 1984, 1992, 2009 |
Soviet Union / Russia | 3 | 1985, 2006, 2013 | |
6th | England | 2 | 2010, 2014 |
Turkey | 2 | 1994, 2005 | |
France | 2 | 2004, 2015 | |
9 | Italy | 1 | 1982 |
Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1990 | |
Poland | 1 | 1993 | |
Switzerland | 1 | 2002 | |
Ireland | 1 | 1998 |
Ranking of the finalists
Status: 2018
rank | country | Final round participation |
First finals participation |
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1 | Spain | 26th | 1985 |
2 | Germany | 24 | 1982 |
3 | France | 22nd | 1985 |
4th | Portugal | 20th | 1985 |
5 | Italy | 18th | 1982 |
England | 18th | 1984 | |
7th |
/ Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia |
16 | 1982 |
Netherlands | 16 | 1985 | |
9 |
Soviet Union / CIS Russia |
15th | 1984 |
Switzerland | 15th | 1988 | |
Denmark | 15th | 1986 | |
12 | Austria | 14th | 1986 |
13 |
Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
13 | 1986 |
Turkey | 13 | 1987 | |
Belgium | 13 | 1988 | |
16 | Hungary | 12 | 1985 |
Scotland | 12 | 1985 | |
18th | Greece | 11 | 1985 |
Poland | 11 | 1990 | |
Sweden | 11 | 1985 | |
21st | Israel | 10 | 1987 |
Ireland | 10 | 1998 | |
23 | Romania | 9 | 1986 |
Finland | 9 | 1998 | |
Ukraine | 9 | 1994 | |
26th | Iceland | 8th | 1985 |
Norway | 8th | 1985 | |
28 | Croatia | 7th | 1996 |
29 | GDR | 6th | 1984 |
Northern Ireland | 6th | 1987 | |
Slovakia | 6th | 1995 | |
32 | Bulgaria | 5 | 1985 |
Slovenia | 5 | 1995 | |
34 | Georgia | 3 | 1997 |
35 | Cyprus | 2 | 1990 |
Belarus | 2 | 1994 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2016 | |
38 | Albania | 1 | 1991 |
Liechtenstein 1 | 1 | 1998 | |
Moldova | 1 | 2002 | |
Luxembourg | 1 | 2006 | |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 2016 |
Top scorer / awards
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Since 2002
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Varia
competition | places | Stages | Messages 1 | Teams | Games | ⌀ | spectator | viewers ⌀ | ⌀ | ⌀ | ⌀ | ||||
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1982 | 2 | 2 | 26th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 1.50 | ||||||||
1984 | 4th | 4th | 27 | 4th | 4th | 11 | 2.75 | ||||||||
1985 | 14th | 14th | 28 | 16 | 28 | 69 | 2.46 | ||||||||
1986 | 7th | 7th | 30th | 16 | 28 | 69 | 2.46 | ||||||||
1987 | 28 | 28 | 30th | 16 | 28 | 56 | 2.00 | ||||||||
1988 | 24 | 24 | 30th | 16 | 28 | 50 | 1.79 | ||||||||
1989 | 21st | 21st | 32 | 16 | 28 | 87 | 3.11 | ||||||||
1990 | 23 | 23 | 33 | 16 | 28 | 79 | 2.82 | ||||||||
1991 | 22nd | 22nd | 33 | 16 | 28 | 72 | 2.57 | ||||||||
1992 | 7th | 7th | 32 | 16 | 28 | 64 | 2.29 | ||||||||
1993 | 4th | 5 | 33 | 16 | 28 | 68 | 2.13 | ||||||||
1994 | 7th | 14th | 42 | 16 | 32 | 93 | 2.91 | ||||||||
1995 | 15th | 15th | 45 | 16 | 32 | 81 | 2.53 | ||||||||
1996 | 30th | 30th | 48 | 16 | 32 | 82 | 2.56 | ||||||||
1997 | 30th | 30th | 49 | 16 | 32 | 100 | 3.13 | ||||||||
1998 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 16 | 32 | 70 | 2.19 | ||||||||
1999 | 17th | 17th | 50 | 16 | 32 | 97 | 3.03 | ||||||||
2000 | 14th | 14th | 50 | 16 | 32 | 116 | 3.63 | ||||||||
2001 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 16 | 32 | 90 | 2.81 | ||||||||
2002 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 16 | 32 | 116 | 3.63 | ||||||||
2003 | 7th | 7th | 51 | 8th | 16 | 44 | 2.75 | ||||||||
2004 | 7th | 7th | 52 | 8th | 16 | 52 | 3.25 | ||||||||
2005 | 6th | 6th | 52 | 8th | 16 | 51 | 3.19 | ||||||||
2006 | 6th | 6th | 52 | 8th | 16 | 46 | 2.88 | ||||||||
2007 | 6th | 6th | 52 | 8th | 16 2 | 52 | 3.25 | ||||||||
2008 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 8th | 15th | 36 | 2.40 | 8,844 | 590 | 40 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
2009 | 12 | 12 | 53 | 8th | 15th | 33 | 2.20 | ||||||||
2010 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 8th | 15th | 41 | 2.73 | ||||||||
2011 | 4th | 4th | 53 | 8th | 15th | 35 | 2.33 | 24 | 1.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.07 | ||
2012 | 4th | 4th | 53 | 8th | 15th | 28 | 1.87 | 41,500 | 2,767 | 61 | 4.07 | 3 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.07 |
2013 | 4th | 4th | 53 | 8th | 15th | 24 | 1.60 | 49 | 3.27 | 0 | 0.00 | 4th | 0.27 | ||
2014 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 8th | 15th | 46 | 3.07 | 30th | 2.00 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.07 | ||
2015 | 4th | 4th | 54 | 16 | 33 2 | 59 | 1.79 | 77,868 | 2,360 | 100 | 3.03 | 2 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.06 |
2016 | 1 | 4th | 54 | 16 | 31 | 73 | 2.35 | 61,606 | 1,987 | 89 | 2.87 | 3 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.06 |
2017 | 6th | 7th | 54 | 16 | 32 2 | 99 | 3.09 | 43,063 | 1,346 | 87 | 2.72 | 2 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.03 |
2018 | 5 | 6th | 55 | 16 | 31 | 73 | 2.35 | 85 | 2.74 | 2 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.03 | ||
2019 | 4th | 7th | 55 | 16 | 32 2 | 104 | 3.25 | 101 | 3.16 | 2 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.03 | ||
Respective record |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Italy won 1-0 in the final against the Soviet Union , but since Roberto Secci was not eligible to participate, Italy was deprived of the title. ( Italy success overruled ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
- ↑ Technical Report U17-EM 2008. (PDF) In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed May 5, 2016 .
- ↑ uefa.com: U17 finals in Estonia canceled
- ↑ http://de.uefa.com/under17/history/season=2009/goldenplayer/index.html