U-17 European Football Championship 2019

This article covers the 2019 Men's U-17 Football Championship. For the women's competition, see the 2019 Women's U-17 European Football Championship .

U-17 European Football Championship 2019
UEFA Under 17 Championship 2019
Number of nations	16  (of 55 applicants)
European champion	Netherlands (4th title)
venue	Ireland
Opening game	3rd May 2019
Endgame	19th May 2019
Games	32
Gates	104  (⌀: 3.25 per game)
Top scorer	Adil Aouchiche (9 goals)
yellow cards	101  (⌀: 3.16 per game)
Yellow-red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)

The finals of the 37th European Under-17 Football Championship took place in Ireland from May 3rd to 19th, 2019 , which was selected at the meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee on December 9, 2016 and has already played host to U-16 football -European Championship in 1994 . The defending champion Netherlands was able to prevail against Italy in the final like last year and thus celebrated his fourth title. In addition to the two finalists, the semi-finalists Spain , France and Hungary qualified as winners of the game for fifth place for the 2019 U-17 World Cup .

qualification

First round

The first qualifying round, in which all applicants except hosts Ireland, Germany and England took part, was drawn on December 6, 2017. As the best-placed teams in the coefficient ranking, Germany and England received a bye for the elite round in advance. The remaining 52 teams played in 13 groups of four teams each. The first and second group as well as the four best third group qualified for the elite round. The qualification started on September 27, 2018. The games of each group were played as a mini-tournament in a host country from the respective group.

Austria met hosts Slovenia, Bulgaria and Malta in Group 3. With two wins and a draw against Slovenia they qualified as group winners for the elite round. The Switzerland met in Group 5 in Cyprus also to Kosovo and Scotland. With one win, one draw and one defeat, the Confederates qualified as third-best group third for the elite round. Liechtenstein had to compete in Group 1 in Sweden and lost to both the hosts and the other two opponents, the Netherlands and Montenegro.

The top scorer in the qualification was the Russian Kiril Schetinin with eight goals.

Elite round

In the elite round, the remaining teams were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The group draw took place on December 6, 2018 in Nyon . Each group played a mini-tournament in one country. The eight group winners and the seven best second-placed teams qualified for the final round. The elite round took place from March 20th to April 1st, 2019. Group 5 games were to take place in Spain . However, since Spain does not recognize the independence of Kosovo and therefore Kosovar flags and symbols are not allowed to be shown in Spain, and the two other group opponents also do not recognize the independence of Kosovo, the tournament was held at the UEFA location in Nyon.

The draw resulted in the following groups (order according to final placement, teams highlighted in green could qualify for the final round):

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Italy	Netherlands 1	England	Iceland	Spain	Portugal	Belgium	France
Austria	Czech Republic	Croatia	Germany 1	Greece	Russia	Hungary 1	Sweden
Romania	Israel	Switzerland	Belarus	Ukraine	Poland	Norway	Serbia 1
Turkey 1	Northern Ireland	Denmark 1	Slovenia	Kosovo	Scotland 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Slovakia

¹ Host of the group tournament

The German selection had home rights in Group 4 and only reached a draw in the first two games against Belarus and Iceland. With a 1-0 win in the last group game against Slovenia, the second place could be achieved. As the second-worst runners-up in the group, the final round could just be reached. The Swiss team also played in Group 3 in Denmark against England and Croatia. After a 2: 5 defeat against England it was enough against the other two teams to only two 1: 1 draws and thus to third place. Austria's team achieved one win, one draw and one defeat against Italy, Romania and hosts Turkey in Group 1 and qualified as the best runner-up in the group for the finals.

Attendees

•  Ireland (hosts)
•  Italy (Winner Group 1)
•  Austria (second group 1)
•  Netherlands (Group 2 winners, defending champions)
•  Czech Republic (second group 2)
•  England (Group 3 Winner)
•  Iceland (Winner Group 4)
•  Germany (second group 4)
•  Spain (Winner Group 5)
•  Greece (second group 5)
•  Portugal (Winner Group 6)
•  Russia (second group 6)
•  Belgium (Winner Group 7)
•  Hungary (second group 7)
•  France (Group 8 winners)
•  Sweden (second group 8)

Venues

The finals were played in seven stadiums in four cities.

Dublin Longford Waterford Bray

Venues 2019 in Ireland

city	Stadion	capacity
Dublin	Tallaght Stadium	8,183 seats
	Tolka Park	5,000 seats
	UCD Bowl	3,000 seats
	Whitehall Stadium	2,500 seats
Bray	Carlisle Grounds	4,000 seats
Longford	Strokestown Road	4,960 seats
Waterford	Waterford Regional Sports Center	5,500 seats

Preliminary round

draw

The group draw took place on April 4, 2019 in Dublin . Host Ireland was set to head Group A, with the remaining 15 teams split into two pots based on their results from the elite round. Pot 1 contained the seven best group winners of the elite round, these were drawn to positions 1 and 2 of the groups, in pot 2 there were the remaining eight teams (the remaining group winners and the seven best runners-up), these were placed in 3rd position and 4 of the groups were drawn.

mode

The preliminary round is held in four groups with four teams each. The group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals.

If two or more teams in the same group have the same number of points at the end of the group matches, the placement is determined according to the following criteria in this order:

a. higher number of points from direct encounters between the teams in question;

b. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams in question;

c. higher number of goals scored from direct encounters between the teams in question;

d. if, after applying criteria a) to c), several teams still have the same rank, criteria a) to c) are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question, in order to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria e) to h) are applied;

e. better goal difference from all group games;

f. higher number of goals scored from all group games;

G. lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards in one game = 3 points);

H. better placement in the coefficient rankings used for the qualifying round draw;

i. Drawing of lots.

If two teams meet in the last group match with the same number of points, goal difference and number of goals, and the game in question ends in a draw, the final ranking of the two teams will be determined by penalty shoot-out, provided that no other team in the same group is in place after completion all group games has the same number of points. If more than two teams have the same number of points, the above criteria apply.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Belgium	3	1	2	0	005: 200	+3	05
2.	Czech Republic	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	05
3.	Ireland	3	0	3	0	003: 300	± 0	03
4th	Greece	3	0	1	2	001: 600	−5	01

May 3, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. in Dublin (Tolka Park)
Czech Republic	-	Belgium	1: 1 (0: 0)
May 3, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
Ireland	-	Greece	1: 1 (0: 0)
May 6, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in Longford (Strokestown Road)
Belgium	-	Greece	3: 0 (2: 0)
May 6, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Waterford (Waterford Regional Sports Center)
Ireland	-	Czech Republic	1: 1 (1: 1)
May 9, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
Belgium	-	Ireland	1: 1 (0: 0)
May 9, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Bray (Carlisle Grounds)
Greece	-	Czech Republic	0: 2 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	1	0	007: 300	+4	07th
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	007: 400	+3	06th
3.	England	3	1	1	1	006: 700	−1	04th
4th	Sweden	3	0	0	3	003: 900	−6	00

May 3, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in Waterford (Waterford Regional Sports Center)
Netherlands	-	Sweden	2: 0 (2: 0)
May 3, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Longford (Strokestown Road)
England	-	France	1: 1 (1: 0)
May 6, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in Dublin (Tolka Park)
Netherlands	-	England	5: 2 (3: 2)
May 6, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
France	-	Sweden	4: 2 (3: 2)
May 9, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. in Dublin (UCD Bowl)
France	-	Netherlands	2: 0 (2: 0)
May 9, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. in Dublin (Whitehall Stadium)
Sweden	-	England	1: 3 (1: 1)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hungary	3	3	0	0	006: 300	+3	09
2.	Portugal	3	2	0	1	006: 400	+2	06th
3.	Iceland	3	1	0	2	006: 800	−2	03
4th	Russia	3	0	0	3	005: 800	−3	00

May 4th, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in Dublin (Whitehall Stadium)
Iceland	-	Russia	3: 2 (3: 0)
May 4th, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Dublin (UCD Bowl)
Hungary	-	Portugal	1: 0 (0: 0)
May 7, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in Dublin (Whitehall Stadium)
Iceland	-	Hungary	1: 2 (0: 1)
May 7, 2019 at 3 p.m. in Dublin (UCD Bowl)
Portugal	-	Russia	2: 1 (1: 0)
May 10, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in Longford (Strokestown Road)
Portugal	-	Iceland	4: 2 (1: 1)
May 10, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in Waterford (Waterford Regional Sports Center)
Russia	-	Hungary	2: 3 (1: 1)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	3	0	0	009: 300	+6	09
2.	Spain	3	2	0	1	005: 400	+1	06th
3.	Germany	3	1	0	2	004: 500	−1	03
4th	Austria	3	0	0	3	002: 800	−6	00

May 4th, 2019 at 4 p.m. in Bray (Carlisle Grounds)
Spain	-	Austria	3: 0 (3: 0)
May 4, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
Germany	-	Italy	1: 3 (1: 1)
7 May 2019 at 7 p.m. in Waterford (Waterford Regional Sports Center)
Spain	-	Germany	1: 0 (0: 0)
May 7, 2019 at 7pm in Longford (Strokestown Road)
Italy	-	Austria	2: 1 (1: 0)
May 10, 2019 at 7 p.m. in Dublin (UCD Bowl)
Italy	-	Spain	4: 1 (1: 1)
May 10, 2019 at 7 p.m. in Bray (Carlisle Grounds)
Austria	-	Germany	1: 3 (1: 0)

Final round

mode

If a quarter-final, semi-final or the final ends without a winner after the end of normal playing time, this will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Overview

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Belgium

0

Netherlands

3

Netherlands

1

Spain

0

Hungary

1 (4)

Spain

01 (5) E.

Netherlands

4th

Italy

2

France

6th

Czech Republic

1

France

1

Italy

2

Italy

1

Portugal

0

^E victory on penalties

Quarter finals

May 12, 2019, 1:00 p.m. in Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
France	-	Czech Republic	6: 1 (3: 0)
May 12, 2019, 7:00 p.m. in Bray (Carlisle Grounds)
Belgium	-	Netherlands	0: 3 (0: 2)
May 13, 2019, 4:30 p.m. in Dublin (Tolka Park)
Italy	-	Portugal	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 13, 2019, 7:00 p.m. in Dublin (UCD Bowl)
Hungary	-	Spain	1: 1 (0: 1), 4: 5 i. E.

Play for 5th place

The winner will qualify together with the semi-finalists for the U-17 World Cup in Brazil in 2019 .

May 16, 2019, 12:00 p.m. in Dublin (Tolka Park)
Hungary	-	Belgium	1: 1 (0: 0), 5: 4 i. E.

Semifinals

May 16, 2019, 4:30 p.m. in Dublin (UCD Bowl)
Netherlands	-	Spain	1: 0 (0: 0)
May 16, 2019, 7:00 p.m. in Dublin (Tallaght Stadium)
France	-	Italy	1: 2 (1: 1)

final

Netherlands		Italy
	final May 19, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. in Dublin ( Tallaght Stadium ) Result: 4: 2 (3: 0) Referee: Espen Eskås
	Calvin Ratsie - Ki-Jana Hoever (90th + 3 ' Joost de Schutter ), Melayro Bogarde , Devyne Rensch , Anass Salah-Eddine (68th Neraysho Kasanwirjo ) - Ian Maatsen , Kenneth Taylor - Mohamed Taabouni (87th Dirk Proper ) - Sontje Hansen (69th Naci Ünüvar ), Naoufal Bannis (90th + 3 ' Soulyman Allouch ), Brian Brobbey Trainer: Peter van der Veen	Marco Molla - Lorenzo Moretti (46th Matteo Ruggeri ), Lorenzo Pirola , Christian Dalle Mura , Francesco Lamanna - Michael Brentan (47th Nikola Sekulov ), Simone Panada (90th + 3 ' Nicholas Bonfanti ), Iyenoma Udogie - Franco Tongya (83rd place) . Samuel Giovane ) - Nicolò Cudrig (46. Lorenzo Colombo ), Sebastiano Esposito coach: Carmine Nunziata
	1-0 Sontje Hansen (20th) 2-0 Naoufal Bannis (37th) 3-0 Ian Maatsen (45th) 4-1 Naci Ünüvar (70th)	3: 1 Lorenzo Colombo (56th) 4: 2 Lorenzo Colombo (89th)
	Raatsie (79th), Hoever (90th + 1 '), Ünüvar (90th + 4')	Cudrig (42.), Panada (43.), Dalle Mura (56.)

Best goal scorers

Listed below are the top scorers in the final round.

rank	player	Gates
1	Adil Aouchiche	9
2	Sebastiano Esposito	4th
3	Thibo Baeten	3
	Brian Brobbey	3
	Lorenzo Colombo	3
	Sam Greenwood	3
	Sontje Hansen	3
	Chris Kalulika	3
	András Németh	3

Web links

• Official UEFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ uefa.com: UEFA European Under-17 Championship in figures