2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	17 May–2 June
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (4th title)
Runner-up	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	105 (3.39 per match)
Attendance	27,854 (899 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paris Brunner Robert Ramsak Marc Guiu Lamine Yamal (4 goals each)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2023) was the 20th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (39th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Hungary was hosting the tournament. A total of 16 teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the UEFA representatives.

France, having won the title in 2022, entered as the title holders, reached the final match but lost to Germany, who won their fourth title.

Host selection

• 19 April 2021: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Montreux

For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively.

Qualification

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Hungary qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2022, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2023, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Hungary	* !Hosts	6th	2019 (Fifth place)	05 !Fifth place (2019)
Serbia	11 !Elite round Group 1 winners	9th2	2022 (Semi-finals)	03 !Semi-finals (2022)
Wales	21 !Elite round Group 2 winners	1st	Debut
Netherlands	31 !Elite round Group 3 winners	15th	2022 (Runners-up)	01 !Champions (2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
Spain	41 !Elite round Group 4 winners	15th	2022 (Quarter-finals)	01 !Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
Portugal	51 !Elite round Group 5 winners	10th	2022 (Semi-finals)	01 !Champions (2003, 2016)
Republic of Ireland	61 !Elite round Group 6 winners	6th	2019 (Group stage)	06 !Quarter-finals (2017, 2018)
Croatia	71 !Elite round Group 7 winners	5th	2017 (Group stage)	04 !Fourth place (2005)
France	81 !Elite round Group 8 winners	14th	2022 (Champions)	01 !Champions (2004, 2015, 2022)
Scotland	22 !Elite round Group 2 runners-up1	7th	2022 (Group stage)	03 !Semi-finals (2014)
England	32 !Elite round Group 3 runners-up1	15th	2019 (Group stage)	01 !Champions (2010, 2014)
Germany	42 !Elite round Group 4 runners-up1	14th	2022 (Quarter-finals)	01 !Champions (2009)
Poland	52 !Elite round Group 5 runners-up1	4th	2022 (Group stage)	03 !Semi-finals (2012)
Italy	62 !Elite round Group 6 runners-up1	11th	2022 (Quarter-finals)	02 !Runners-up (2013, 2018, 2019)
Slovenia	72 !Elite round Group 7 runners-up1	4th	2018 (Group stage)	07 !Group stage (2012, 2015, 2018)
Switzerland	82 !Elite round Group 8 runners-up1	9th	2018 (Group stage)	01 !Champions (2002)

Notes

¹ The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

² Two as Serbia and Montenegro and seven as Serbia

Final draw

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Hungary (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Host (A1)
2	8	France	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Pot 1
3	5	Portugal	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
4	6	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
5	4	Spain	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
6	3	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
7	7	Croatia	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
8	1	Serbia	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
9	2	Wales	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5	A3
10	6	Italy	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Pot 2
11	4	Germany	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	6
12	5	Poland	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
13	3	England	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
14	8	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
15	7	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
16	2	Scotland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.
(H) Host

Venues

The tournament is hosted in 7 venues.

Debrecen	Balmazújváros	Budaörs
Nagyerdei Stadion	Városi Sportpálya	Árok utcai pálya
Capacity: 20,340	Capacity: 2,435	Capacity: 1,204
4 group games	4 group games, 1 quarter-final	3 group games, World Cup play-off
		Budapest
		Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
		Capacity: 5,322
		4 group games, 1 quarter-final, final
Telki	Debrecen	Felcsút
Telki Training Centre	DEAC Stadion	Pancho Aréna
Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 1,500	Capacity: 3,816
2 group games, 1 quarter-final	4 group games, 1 quarter-final	3 group games, 2 semi-finals

Match officials

The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

Referees

• Elchin Masiyev
• Jamie Robinson
• Damian Sylwestrzak
• Miloš Milanović
• Michal Očenáš
• David Šmajc
• Adam Ladebäck
• Atilla Karaoglan
• Lothar D'Hondt
• Radoslav Gidzhenov
• Oliver Reitala
• David Dickinson

Assistant referees

• Nertil Bregasi
• Andreu Vilanova
• Elsad Abdullayev
• Kyriakos Sokratous
• Konstandinos Psarris
• Adam Jeffrey
• Bartosz Heinig
• Milan Šutulović
• Peter Bednar
• David Gabrovec
• Mehmet Tugral
• Daniel Yng

Squads

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.

The final draw was made on 3 April 2023.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage); Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

All times are local CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	6
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	3
4	Wales	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

17 May 2023 (2023-05-17) 16:30	Poland	5–1	Republic of Ireland	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 412 Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
	Skoczylas  13', 49' Szala  44' Borys  54' Kądziołka  65'	Report	Orazi  5'

17 May 2023 (2023-05-17) 20:00	Hungary	3–0	Wales	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
	Simon  43' Szabó  75' Umathum  81'	Report

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20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 16:30	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Wales	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút Attendance: 714 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
	Razi  24' Orazi  34' Akachukwu  61'	Report

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 20:00	Hungary	3–5	Poland	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút Attendance: 2,921 Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
	Varga  55' Simon  70' Molnár  90+4'	Report	Skoczylas  8' Sznaucner  34' Huras  52' Tomczyk  76' Borys  80'

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23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) 20:00	Republic of Ireland	4–2	Hungary	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút Attendance: 2,577 Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
	Kehir  5', 61' Melia  24', 31'	Report	Grante  10' (o.g.) Kern  72'

23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) 20:00	Wales	3–0	Poland	Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs Attendance: 318 Referee: David Dickinson (Scotland)
	Biancheri  82' I. Morgan  89', 90+1'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 May 2023 (2023-05-18) 17:00	Serbia	2–4	Slovenia	Telki Training Centre, Telki Attendance: 308 Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
	Cvetković  66' Petrović  82'	Report	Pejičić  4' Topalović  10' Jakupović  34' Hrvatin  52'

18 May 2023 (2023-05-18) 20:00	Italy	1–2	Spain	Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs Attendance: 1,060 Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
	Ragnoli Galli  15'	Report	Guiu  53', 75'

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21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 16:30	Spain	3–1	Slovenia	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 917 Referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia)
	Guiu  28' Mesa  45+1' Yamal  50' (pen.)	Report	Topalović  54'

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 20:00	Serbia	2–0	Italy	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 574 Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
	Maksimović  39' Cvetković  59'	Report

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24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) 17:00	Spain	1–1	Serbia	Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs Attendance: 815 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
	Yamal  78'	Report	Maksimović  68'

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) 17:00	Slovenia	0–3	Italy	Telki Training Centre, Telki Attendance: 181 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
		Report	Mannini  60', 82' De Pieri  87'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 May 2023 (2023-05-17) 16:30	Scotland	1–3	France	Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen Attendance: 298 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
	Wilson  71'	Report	Issoufou  5' Gadou  45' Ellis  75' (o.g.)

17 May 2023 (2023-05-17) 20:00	Portugal	0–4	Germany	Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen Attendance: 409 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
		Report	Darvich  32' Kabar  39' Ramsak  59', 90+4'

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20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 15:00	Portugal	2–1	Scotland	DEAC Stadion, Debrecen Attendance: 575 Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
	Tomé  3' Sousa  20'	Report	Connolly  88'

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 20:00	France	1–3	Germany	Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros Attendance: 765 Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
	Sylla  39'	Report	Brunner  56', 63' Ramsak  60'

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23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) 15:00	France	1–1	Portugal	Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros Attendance: 507 Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
	Gomis  10'	Report	Patrício  41'

23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) 15:00	Germany	3–0	Scotland	DEAC Stadion, Debrecen Attendance: 348 Referee: Oliver Reitala (Finland)
	Darvich  49' Dárdai  54' Wätjen  90+1'	Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	Croatia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 May 2023 (2023-05-18) 15:00	Switzerland	2–0	Netherlands	DEAC Stadion, Debrecen Attendance: 411 Referee: Michal Očenáš (Slovakia)
	Boteli  49' Zé  54'	Report

18 May 2023 (2023-05-18) 20:00	Croatia	0–1	England	Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros] Attendance: 700 Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
		Report	Nwaneri  8'

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21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 16:30	Croatia	1–2	Switzerland	Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen Attendance: 710 Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
	Levak  32'	Report	Xhemalija  9' Akahomen  83'

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 20:00	Netherlands	1–4	England	Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen Attendance: 611 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
	Hartog  71'	Report	Lewis-Skelly  7' Dada-Mascoll  80', 90+3' (pen.) Oboavwoduo  90+4'

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24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) 15:00	Netherlands	1–1	Croatia	Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros Attendance: 458 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
	Bal  53'	Report	Puljić  66'

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) 15:00	England	0–0	Switzerland	DEAC Stadion, Debrecen Attendance: 427 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt (Belgium)
		Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 May – Telki
	Poland	3
					30 May – Felcsút
	Serbia	2
					Poland	3
	27 May – Debrecen
					Germany	5
	Germany (p)	1 (3)
									2 June – Budapest
	Switzerland	1 (2)
									Germany	0 (5)
	27 May – Budapest
									France	0 (4)
	Spain	3
					30 May – Felcsút
	Republic of Ireland	0
					Spain	1
	27 May – Balmazújváros
					France	3			World Cup playoff
	England	0
									30 May – Budaörs
	France	1
									England	4
									Switzerland	2

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 15:00	Poland	3–2	Serbia	Telki Training Centre, Telki Attendance: 288 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
	Krzyżanowski  4' Mikołajewski  62' (pen.) Rejczyk  89'	Report	Vukojević  51' Subotić  70'

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27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 15:00	Germany	1–1	Switzerland	DEAC Stadion, Debrecen Attendance: 243 Referee: Jamie Robinson (Northern Ireland)
	Brunner  49'	Report	Boteli  16' (pen.)
		Penalties
	Ramsak Osawe Dárdai Wätjen	3–2	Parente Fasano Grando Smith Boteli

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27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 20:00	Spain	3–0	Republic of Ireland	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 893 Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
	Granados  22' Guiu  69' Yamal  72'	Report

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27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) 20:00	England	0–1	France	Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros Attendance: 411 Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
		Report	Lambourde  89' (pen.)

Ranking of losing quarter-finalists

To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists were ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):

1. Position in the group stage (i.e., group winners ahead of group runners-up);
2. Results in the group stage (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
3. Results in the quarter-finals (i.e., points, goal difference, goals scored);
4. Disciplinary points in the group stage and quarter-finals combined;
5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D1	England	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off
2	D2	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	A2	Republic of Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	6
4	B2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4

Source: UEFA

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off

Winner qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) 15:00	England	4–2	Switzerland	Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs Attendance: 138 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
	Gray  17' Lovelace  67' Golding  68' Young  76'	Report	Rufener  45+1' Xhemalija  52'

Semi-finals

30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) 16:30	Poland	3–5	Germany	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút Attendance: 627 Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
	Mikołajewski  7' Borys  31' Wolski  68'	Report	Moerstedt  22' Brunner  57' Herrmann  65' Ouédraogo  79' Ramsak  83'

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30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) 20:00	Spain	1–3	France	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút Attendance: 879 Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
	Yamal  69'	Report	Lambourde  73' Issoufou  80' Gomis  90+1'

Final

2 June 2023 (2023-06-02) 20:00	Germany	0–0	France	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
		Report
		Penalties
	Darvich Herrmann Dárdai Bulut Brunner Ouédraogo	5–4	Kayi Sanda Lambourde Tincres Sangui Sylla Bouabré

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Paris Brunner
• Robert Ramsak
• Marc Guiu
• Lamine Yamal

3 goals

• Karol Borys
• Mateusz Skoczylas

2 goals

• Isaiah Dada-Mascoll
• Tidiam Gomis
• Yanis Ali Issoufou
• Mathis Lambourde
• Noah Darvich
• Benedek Simon
• Luke Kehir
• Mason Melia
• Ikechukwu Orazi
• Mattia Mannini
• Daniel Mikołajewski
• Mihajlo Cvetković
• Andrija Maksimović
• Luka Topalović
• Winsley Boteli
• Demir Xhemalija
• Iwan Morgan

1 goal

• Sergej Levak
• Ljubo Puljić
• Michael Golding
• Archie Gray
• Myles Lewis-Skelly
• Zak Lovelace
• Ethan Nwaneri
• Justin Oboavwoduo
• Kadan Young
• Joane Kouakou Gadou
• Fodé Sylla
• Bence Dárdai
• Charles Herrmann
• Almugera Kabar
• Max Moerstedt
• Assan Ouédraogo
• Kjell-Arik Wätjen
• Martin Kern
• Csaba Molnár
• Szilárd Szabó
• Ádám Umathum
• Zétény Varga
• Giacomo De Pieri
• Federico Ragnoli Galli
• Jesse Bal
• Jasper Hartog
• Mike Huras
• Szymon Kądziołka
• Jakub Krzyżanowski
• Filip Rejczyk
• Dominik Szala
• Maksymilian Sznaucner
• Oskar Tomczyk
• Filip Wolski
• Nuno Patrício
• Gonçalo Sousa
• Olívio Tomé
• Romeo Akachukwu
• Najemedine Razi
• Lennon Connolly
• Rory Wilson
• Andrej Petrović
• Andrej Subotić
• Veljko Vukojević
• Rene Hrvatin
• Aldin Jakupović
• David Pejičić
• Alejandro Granados
• Óscar Mesa
• Marvin Akahomen
• Elio Rufener
• Arlet Junior Zé
• Gabriele Biancheri

1 own goal

• Jake Grante (against Hungary)
• Ruari Ellis (against France)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
Poland	02023-05-27-27 May 2023	2 (1993, 1999)
Germany	02023-05-27-27 May 2023	10 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Spain	02023-05-27-27 May 2023	10 (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2019)
France	02023-05-27-27 May 2023	7 (1987, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
England	02023-05-30-30 May 2023	4 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2017)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

External links

• Official website

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