U-17 European Football Championship

This article describes the Men's U-17 Football Championships ; on the U-17 European Championship for women, see U-17 European Football Championship for women ; For further European football championships, see European football championship (explanation of terms) .

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
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

1. ↑ ^{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.
2. ↑ ^{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 .
3. ↑ ^{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.
4. ↑ As part of the USSR, Ukraine took part in the tournaments from 1984 to 1991.
5. ↑ Belarus took part in the tournaments from 1984 to 1991 as part of the USSR.
6. ↑ Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia until 1991.
7. ↑ 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.
8. ↑ Georgia took part in the tournaments from 1984 to 1991 as part of the USSR.
9. ↑ Moldova took part in the tournaments from 1984 to 1991 as part of the USSR.

The tournaments at a glance

U-16 European Championship
year	host	final			Game for third place / semi-finalists 1
		winner	Result	2nd place	3rd place	Result	4th Place
1982 details	Italy	Italy	1-0	BR Germany	Yugoslavia	0: 0 n.v. 4: 2 i. E.	Finland
1984 details	BR Germany	BR Germany	2-0	Soviet Union	England	1-0	Yugoslavia
1985 details	Hungary	Soviet Union	4-0	Greece	Spain	1-0	GDR
1986 details	Greece	Spain	2: 1	Italy	Soviet Union	1: 1 a.d. 9: 8 i. E.	GDR
1987 details	France	No title holder	Result annulled and rated 0: 3.	Soviet Union	France	3-0	Turkey
1988 details	Spain	Spain	0: 0 n.v. 4: 2 i. E.	Portugal	GDR	0: 0 n.v. 5: 4 i. E.	BR Germany
1989 details	Denmark	Portugal	4: 1	GDR	France	3: 2	Spain
1990 details	GDR	Czechoslovakia	3: 2 a.d.	Yugoslavia	Poland	3: 2	Portugal
1991 details	Switzerland	Spain	2-0	Germany	Greece	1: 1 n.v. 5: 4 i. E.	France
1992 details	Cyprus	Germany	2: 1	Spain	Italy	1-0	Portugal
1993 details	Turkey	Poland	1-0	Italy	Czechoslovakia	2: 1	France
1994 details	Ireland	Turkey	1-0	Denmark	Ukraine	2-0	Austria
1995 details	Belgium	Portugal	2-0	Spain	Germany	2: 1 a.d.	France
1996 details	Austria	Portugal	1-0	France	Israel	3: 2	Greece
1997 details	Germany	Spain	0: 0 n.v. 5: 4 i. E.	Austria	Germany	3: 1	Switzerland
1998 details	Scotland	Ireland	2: 1	Italy	Spain	2: 1	Portugal
1999 details	Czech Republic	Spain	4: 1	Poland	Germany	2: 1	Czech Republic
2000 details	Israel	Portugal	2: 1 according to the Basic Law	Czech Republic	Netherlands	5-0	Greece
2001 details	England	Spain	1-0	France	Croatia	4: 1	England
U-17 European Championship
2002 details	Denmark	Switzerland	0: 0 n.v. 4: 2 i. E.	France	England	4: 1	Spain
2003 details	Portugal	Portugal	2: 1	Spain	Austria	1-0	England
2004 details	France	France	2: 1	Spain	Portugal	4: 4 n.v. 3: 2 i. E.	England
2005 details	Italy	Turkey	2-0	Netherlands	Italy	2: 1 a.d.	Croatia
2006 details	Luxembourg	Russia	2: 2 n.v. 5: 3 i. E.	Czech Republic	Spain	1: 1 n.v. 3: 2 i. E.	Germany
2007 details	Belgium	Spain	1-0	England	Belgium France
2008 details	Turkey	Spain	4-0	France	Netherlands Turkey
2009 details	Germany	Germany	2: 1 a.d.	Netherlands	Italy Switzerland
2010 details	Liechtenstein	England	2: 1	Spain	France Turkey
2011 details	Serbia	Netherlands	5: 2	Germany	England Denmark
2012 details	Slovenia	Netherlands	1: 1 5: 4 i. E.	Germany	Georgia Poland
2013 details	Slovakia	Russia	0: 0 5: 4 i. E.	Italy	Sweden Slovakia
2014 details	Malta	England	1: 1 4: 1 i. E.	Netherlands	Portugal Scotland
2015 details	Bulgaria	France	4: 1	Germany	Belgium Russia
2016 details	Azerbaijan	Portugal	1: 1 5: 4 i. E.	Spain	Netherlands Germany
2017 details	Croatia	Spain	2: 2 4: 1 i. E.	England	Germany Turkey
2018 details	England	Netherlands	2: 2 4: 1 i. E.	Italy	England Belgium
2019 details	Ireland	Netherlands	4: 2	Italy	Spain France
2020	Estonia	called off
2021 details	Cyprus
2022 details	Israel

¹Since 2007 there has been no match for third place. Of the semi-finalists listed, the first named was defeated by the eventual European champion, the second named to the other finalist.

Leaderboards

Ranking of the U-16/17 European champions

rank	country	title	Year (s)
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
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

¹ In 2010, Liechtenstein decided not to participate as the host

Top scorer / awards

Top scorer (U-17 only) year player Gates 2002  Jonathan Soriano 7th 2003  David Sánchez 6th 2004  Hatem Ben Arfa Bruno Gama Shane Paul Marc Pedraza       3 2005  Tevfik Köse 6th 2006  Manuel Fischer Bojan Krkić Tomáš Necid     5 2007  Toni Kroos Victor Moses   3 2008  Yannis Tafer 4th 2009  Luc Castaigno's Lennart Thy   3 2010  Paco Alcácer 6th 2011  Kyle Ebecilio Hallam Hope Tonny Vilhena Samed Yesil       3 2012  Max Meyer 3 2013  Elio Capradossi Robin Kamber Mario Pugliese Martin Slaninka       2 2014  Dominic Solanke Jari Schuurman   4th 2015  Odsonne Edouard 8th 2016  José Gomes 7th 2017  Amine Gouiri 8th 2018  Edoardo Vergani Yorbe Vertessen   4th 2019  Adil Aouchiche 9 Record mark

Since 2002 the "Golden Player" has been named for every tournament on uefa.com . The previous winners are: Golden player year player 2002  Wayne Rooney 2003  Miguel Veloso 2004  Cesc Fàbregas 2005  Nuri Sahin 2006  Toni Kroos 2007  Bojan Krkić 2008  Danijel Aleksic 2009  Mario Götze 2010  Connor Wickham 2011  Kyle Ebecilio 2012  Max Meyer 2013  Anton Mitryushkin 2014  Steven Bergwijn 2015  Odsonne Edouard 2016  José Gomes 2017  Jadon Sancho Player also European champion

Varia

competition	places	Stages	Messages 1	Teams	Games		⌀	spectator	viewers ⌀		⌀		⌀		⌀
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

¹The reports submitted on time are counted regardless of whether they were withdrawn or not started before the start of the qualification; including host.

²Including the playoffs for participation in the U-17 World Cup .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. ) 
2. ↑ Technical Report U17-EM 2008. (PDF) In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed May 5, 2016 . 
3. ↑ uefa.com: U17 finals in Estonia canceled
4. ↑ http://de.uefa.com/under17/history/season=2009/goldenplayer/index.html