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UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Founded1948
RegionEurope (UEFA)
Number of teamsMaximum of 54 (qualifying round)
28 (elite round)
8 (finals)
Current champions England (11th title)
Most successful team(s) Spain (11 titles)  England (11 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an yearly football competition, challenged by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.

Spain and England are the most successful team in this competition, having won eleven titles each. England are also the current champions.

History and format

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The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA International Youth Tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1956.[1] In 1980, it was restyled the UEFA European Under-18 Championship. Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 19 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January. The championship received its current name in 2001, which has been used since the 2002 championship.[2] The contest has been held every year since its founding in 1948, except for the period between 1984 and 1992, when it was only held every other year.

The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently it has two stages, similar to UEFA's other European championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all UEFA members, and the final stage is battled between eight teams.

During even years, the best finishing teams qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in the next (odd) year. Currently, five teams can qualify for the World Cup, having the top two of their groups plus the winner of a play-off match between the third-placed teams of each group.

Number of teams

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Year of tournament Format of the final round Number of teams
1986–1992 Knockout format 8
1993 Two groups of four teams, third place play-off and final
1994 Two groups of four teams, fifth place play-off, third place play-off and final
1995–2002 Two groups of four teams, third place play-off and final
2003–2015 Two groups of four teams, semi-finals and final
2016–present Two groups of four teams, fifth place play-off (in even years only, for qualifying to FIFA U-20 World Cup), semi-finals and final

FIFA Youth Tournament (1948–1954)

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Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1948
details
 England
England
3–2
Netherlands

Belgium
3–1
Italy
1949
details
 Netherlands
France
4–1
Netherlands

Belgium
5–0
Ireland
1950
details
 Austria
Austria
3–2
France

Netherlands
6–0
Luxembourg
1951
details
 France
Yugoslavia
3–2
Austria

Belgium
1–0
Northern Ireland
1952
details
 Spain
Spain
0–0
(aet)
Spain won on
goal average

Belgium

Austria
5–5
Austria won on
coin toss

England
1953
details
 Belgium
Hungary
2–0
Yugoslavia

Turkey
3–2
Spain
1954
details
 West Germany
Spain
2–2
(aet)
Spain won on
goal average

West Germany

Argentina
1–0
Turkey

UEFA Youth Tournament (1955–1980)

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1957
Details
 Spain
Austria
3–2
Spain
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France

0–0 🇮🇹

Italy

1958
Details
 Luxembourg
Italy
1–0
England

France
3–0
Romania
1959
Details
 Bulgaria
Bulgaria
1–0
Italy

Hungary
6–1
East Germany
1960
Details
 Austria
Hungary
2–1
Romania

Portugal
2–1
Austria
1961
Details
 Portugal
Portugal
4–0
Poland

West Germany
2–1
Spain
1962
Details
 Romania
Romania
4–1
Yugoslavia

Czechoslovakia
1–1
Czechoslovakia won on
coin toss

Turkey
1963
Details
 England
England
4–0
Northern Ireland

Scotland
4–2
Bulgaria
1964
Details
 Netherlands
England
4–0
Spain

Portugal
3–2
Scotland
1965
Details
 West Germany
East Germany
3–2
England

Czechoslovakia
4–1
Italy
1966
Details
 Yugoslavia  Italy
 Soviet Union
0–0 Title
was shared

Yugoslavia
2–0
Spain
1967
Details
 Turkey
Soviet Union
1–0
England

Turkey
1–1
Turkey won on
coin toss

France
1968
Details
 France
Czechoslovakia
2–1
France

Portugal
4–2
Bulgaria
1969
Details
 East Germany
Bulgaria
1–1
Bulgaria won on
coin toss

East Germany

Soviet Union
1–0
Scotland
1970
Details
 Scotland
East Germany
1–1
East Germany won on
coin toss

Netherlands

Scotland
2–0
France
1971
Details
 Czechoslovakia
England
3–0
Portugal

East Germany
1–1
(5–3 p)

Soviet Union
1972
Details
 Spain
England
2–0
West Germany

Poland
0–0
(6–5 p)

Spain
1973
Details
 Italy
England
3–2
(aet)

East Germany

Italy
1–0
Bulgaria
1974
Details
 Sweden
Bulgaria
1–0
Yugoslavia

Scotland
1–0
Greece
1975
Details
  Switzerland
England
1–0
(aet)

Finland

Hungary
2–2
(p)

Turkey
1976
Details
 Hungary
Soviet Union
1–0
Hungary

Spain
3–0
France
1977
Details
 Belgium
Belgium
2–1
Bulgaria

Soviet Union
7–2
West Germany
1978
Details
 Poland
Soviet Union
3–0
Yugoslavia

Poland
3–1
Scotland
1979
Details
 Austria
Yugoslavia
1–0
Bulgaria

England
0–0
(4–3 p)

France
1980
Details
 East Germany
England
2–1
Poland

Italy
3–0
Netherlands

UEFA European Under-18 Championship (1981–2001)

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1981
Details
 West Germany
West Germany
1–0
Poland

France
1–1
(2–0 p)

Spain
1982
Details
 Finland
Scotland
3–1
Czechoslovakia

Soviet Union
3–1
Poland
1983
Details
 England
France
1–0
Czechoslovakia

England
1–1
(4–2 p)

Italy
1984
Details
 Soviet Union
Hungary
0–0
(3–2 p)

Soviet Union

Poland
2–1
Republic of Ireland
1986
Details
 Yugoslavia
East Germany
3–1
Italy

West Germany
1–0
Scotland
1988
Details
 Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
3–1
(aet)

Portugal

East Germany
2–0
Spain
1990
Details
 Hungary
Soviet Union
0–0
(4–2 p)

Portugal

Spain
1–0
England
1992
Details
 Germany
Turkey
2–1
(aet)

Portugal

Norway
1–1
(8–7 p)

England
1993
Details
 England
England
1–0
Turkey

Spain
2–1
Portugal
1994
Details
 Spain
Portugal
1–1
(4–1 p)

Germany

Spain
5–2
Netherlands
1995
Details
 Greece
Spain
4–1
Italy

Greece
5–0
Netherlands
1996
Details
 France
France
1–0
Spain

England
3–2
(aet)

Belgium
1997
Details
 Iceland
France
1–0
(aet)

Portugal

Spain
2–1
Republic of Ireland
1998
Details
 Cyprus
Republic of Ireland
1–1
(4–3 p)

Germany

Croatia
0–0
(5–4 p)

Portugal
1999
Details
 Sweden
Portugal
1–0
Italy

Republic of Ireland
1–0
Greece
2000
Details
 Germany
France
1–0
Ukraine

Germany
3–1
Czech Republic
2001
Details
 Finland
Poland
3–1
Czech Republic

Spain
6–2
Yugoslavia

UEFA European Under-19 Championship (since 2002)

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2002
Details
 Norway
Spain
1–0
Germany
2003
Details
 Liechtenstein
Italy
2–0
Portugal
2004
Details
  Switzerland
Spain
1–0
Turkey
2005
Details
 Northern Ireland
France
3–1
England
2006
Details
 Poland
Spain
2–1
Scotland
2007
Details
 Austria
Spain
1–0
Greece
2008
Details
 Czech Republic
Germany
3–1
Italy
2009
Details
 Ukraine
Ukraine
2–0
England
2010
Details
 France
France
2–1
Spain
2011
Details
 Romania
Spain
3–2
(aet)

Czech Republic
2012
Details
 Estonia
Spain
1–0
Greece
2013
Details
 Lithuania
Serbia
1–0
France
2014
Details
 Hungary
Germany
1–0
Portugal
2015
Details
 Greece
Spain
2–0
Russia
2016
Details
 Germany
France
4–0
Italy
2017
Details
 Georgia
England
2–1
Portugal
2018
Details
 Finland
Portugal
4–3
(aet)

Italy
2019
Details
 Armenia
Spain
2–0
Portugal
2022
Details
 Slovakia
England
3–1
(aet)

Israel
2023
Details
 Malta
2024
Details
 Northern Ireland
2025
Details
 Romania
2026
Details
 Netherlands

Statistics

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Performances by countries

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UEFA European Youth Championship
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Semi-finalists Total (Top Four)
 England 11 (1948, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1993, 2017, 2022) 5 (1958, 1965, 1967, 2005, 2009) 3 3 3 25
 Spain 11 (1952, 1954, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019) 4 (1957, 1964, 1996, 2010) 6 6 1 28
 France 8 (1949, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016) 3 (1950, 1968, 2013) 3 4 7 25
 Germany 6 (1965, 1970, 1981, 1986, 2008, 2014) 7 (1954, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1994, 1998, 2002) 5 2 2 22
 Russia
 Soviet Union
6 (1966*, 1967, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1990) 2 (1984, 2015) 3 1 12
 Portugal 4 (1961, 1994, 1999, 2018) 9 (1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2019) 3 2 2 20
 Italy 3 (1958, 1966*, 2003) 7 (1959, 1986, 1995, 1999, 2008, 2016, 2018) 3 3 1 17
 Serbia
 YUG
3 (1951, 1979, 2013) 4 (1953, 1962, 1974, 1978) 1 1 4 13
 Bulgaria 3 (1959, 1969, 1974) 2 (1977, 1979) 3 8
 Hungary 3 (1953, 1960, 1984) 1 (1976) 2 1 7
 Austria 2 (1950, 1957) 1 (1951) 1 1 3 8
 Czech Republic 1 (1968) 4 (1982, 1983, 2001, 2011) 2 1 4 12
 Poland 1 (2001) 3 (1961, 1980, 1981) 3 1 8
 Turkey 1 (1992) 2 (1993, 2004) 2 3 8
 Scotland 1 (1982) 1 (2006) 3 4 9
 Belgium 1 (1977) 1 (1952) 3 1 6
 Romania 1 (1962) 1 (1960) 1 3
 Ukraine 1 (2009) 1 (2000) 2 4
 Republic of Ireland 1 (1998) 1 3 2 7
 Netherlands 3 (1948, 1949, 1970) 1 3 1 8
 Greece 2 (2007, 2012) 1 2 1 6
 Northern Ireland 1 (1963) 2 3
 Finland 1 (1975) 1
 Israel 1 (2022) 1
 Croatia 1 1 2
 Slovakia 1 1
 Norway 1 1
 Luxembourg 1 1
 Switzerland 1 1
Total (68th) 68 66 49 48 36 267

Note:
1954 Third place  Argentina.
1966 Title Shared between  Italy and  Soviet Union.
1957 Third place Shared between  Italy and  France.

Golden Player Award

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For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com subsequently named a Golden Player.

European Championship Golden Player
2002 Norway Spain Fernando Torres
2003 Liechtenstein Italy Alberto Aquilani
2004 Switzerland Spain Juanfran
2005 Northern Ireland France Abdoulaye Baldé
2006 Poland Spain Alberto Bueno
2007 Austria Greece Sotiris Ninis
2008 Czech Republic1 Germany Lars Bender
Germany Sven Bender
2009 Ukraine Ukraine Kyrylo Petrov
2010 France France Gaël Kakuta
2011 Romania Spain Álex Fernández
2012 Estonia Spain Gerard Deulofeu
2013 Lithuania Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović
2014 Hungary Germany Davie Selke
2015 Greece Spain Marco Asensio
2016 Germany France Jean-Kévin Augustin
2017 Georgia England Mason Mount

1Honour shared.

Top goalscorer

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The Top goalscorer award is awarded to the player who scores the most goals during the tournament.

European Championship Top goalscorer Goals
2002 Norway Spain Fernando Torres 4
2003 Liechtenstein Portugal Paulo Sérgio 5
2004 Switzerland Turkey Ali Öztürk
Poland Łukasz Piszczek
4
2005 Northern Ireland Serbia and Montenegro Borko Veselinović 5
2006 Poland Spain Alberto Bueno
Turkey İlhan Parlak
5
2007 Austria Germany Änis Ben-Hatira
Greece Kostantinos Mitroglou
France Kévin Monnet-Paquet
3
2008 Czech Republic Czech Republic Tomáš Necid 4
2009 Ukraine England Nathan Delfouneso 4
2010 France Spain Dani Pacheco 4
2011 Romania Spain Álvaro Morata 6
2012 Estonia Spain Jesé 5
2013 Lithuania Lithuania Gratas Sirgedas
Netherlands Anass Achahbar
Portugal Alexandre Guedes
3
2014 Hungary Germany Davie Selke 6
2015 Greece Spain Borja Mayoral 3
2016 Germany France Jean-Kévin Augustin 6
2017 Georgia England Ben Brereton
England Ryan Sessegnon
Netherlands Joël Piroe
Sweden Viktor Gyökeres
3
2018 Finland Portugal Jota
Portugal Francisco Trincão
5
2019 Armenia Portugal Gonçalo Ramos 4
2022 Slovakia France Loum Tchaouna 4

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  •      – Not affiliated to UEFA
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team Tunisia
1977
Japan
1979
Australia
1981
Mexico
1983
Soviet Union
1985
Chile
1987
Saudi Arabia
1989
Portugal
1991
Australia
1993
Qatar
1995
Malaysia
1997
Nigeria
1999
Argentina
2001
United Arab Emirates
2003
Netherlands
2005
Canada
2007
Egypt
2009
Colombia
2011
Turkey
2013
New Zealand
2015
South Korea
2017
Poland
2019
Indonesia
2023
Total
 Austria R1 R1 4th R1 R2 5
 Belgium R2 1
 Bulgaria QF QF 2
 Croatia Part of Yugoslavia R2 R1 R2 3
 Czech Republic[3] R1 R1 QF R1 2nd R2 6
 East Germany 3rd R1 Reunified with West Germany 2
 England 4th R1 R1 3rd R2 R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 1st q 12
 Finland R1 1
 France R1 QF QF 4th 1st R2 R2 q 8
 Germany[4] 1st 2nd R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 QF QF QF R2 11
 Greece R2 1
 Hungary R1 R1 R1 R1 3rd R2 6
 Israel q 1
 Italy R1 R1 QF QF QF 3rd 4th q 8
 Netherlands QF R1 QF QF 4
 Norway R1 R1 R1 3
 Poland 4th R1 3rd R2 R2 5
 Portugal QF 1st 1st R1 3rd R2 R2 2nd R2 QF QF R1 12
 Republic of Ireland R1 R1 3rd R2 R2 5
 Romania 3rd 1
 Russia[5] 1st 2nd R1 4th QF 3rd QF QF 8
 Scotland QF QF R1 3
 Serbia[6] R1 1st 1st 3
 Slovakia Part of Czechoslovakia R2 q 2
 Spain R1 QF R1 2nd R1 QF 4th QF 1st 2nd QF QF R2 QF QF 15
 Sweden R1 1
 Switzerland R1 1
 Turkey R1 R2 R2 3
 Ukraine Part of Soviet Union R2 R2 R2 1st 3
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References

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  1. "From International Youth Tournament to U19 EURO". UEFA. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. "Competition history". UEFA. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as successor team of Czechoslovakia.
  4. FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.
  5. The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
  6. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 all the nations that formed this country now compete separately. FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.

Other websites

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