UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Founded	1980
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Tournament information
Current
Website	Official website

The UEFA European Under-17 Championship is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.

Spain is the most successful team in this competition, having won nine titles. The Netherlands are the current champions.

History and format

Year of tournament	Format	Number of teams
1982–1984	Semi-finals, third place play-off and final	4
1985–1992	Four groups of four teams, semi-finals, third place play-off and final	16
1993–2001	Four groups of four teams, quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place play-off and final
2002	Four groups of four teams, quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place play-off and final	16
2003–2006	Two groups of four teams, semi-finals, third place play-off and final	8
2007–2014	Two groups of four teams, semi-finals and final
2015–present	Four groups of four teams, quarter-finals, play-offs between quarter-final losers (in odd years only, for qualifying to FIFA U-17 World Cup), semi-finals, and final	16

The current competition format consists of three stages: a qualifying round, an elite round and a final tournament. The first stage takes place in autumn of the previous year, while the elite round is played in spring. The winners of each elite round group join the host team in the final tournament, played in May. Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 17 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January.

Results

UEFA European Under-16 Championship (1982–2001)

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1982 Details	Italy	Italy	1–0	West Germany	Yugoslavia	0–0 (4–2) PSO	Finland
1984 Details	West Germany	West Germany	2–0	Soviet Union	England	1–0	Yugoslavia
1985 Details	Hungary	Soviet Union	4–0	Greece	Spain	1–0	East Germany
1986 Details	Greece	Spain	2–1	Italy	Soviet Union	1–1 (9–8) PSO	East Germany
1987 Details	France	Italy Title not awarded	(1–0) 0–3	Soviet Union	France	3–0	Turkey
1988 Details	Spain	Spain	0–0 (4–2) PSO	Portugal	East Germany	0–0 (5–4) PSO	West Germany
1989 Details	Denmark	Portugal	4–1	East Germany	France	3–2	Spain
1990 Details	East Germany	Czechoslovakia	3–2 aet	Yugoslavia	Poland	3–2	Portugal
1991 Details	Switzerland	Spain	2–0	Germany	Greece	1–1 (5–4) PSO	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	Republic of Ireland	Turkey	1–0	Denmark	Ukraine	2–0	Austria
1995 Details	Belgium	Portugal	2–0	Spain	Germany	2–1 aet	France
1996 Details	Austria	Portugal	1–0	France	Israel	3–2	Greece
1997 Details	Germany	Spain	0–0 (5–4) PSO	Austria	Germany	3–1	Switzerland
1998 Details	Scotland	Republic of 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 asdet	Czech Republic	Netherlands	5–0	Greece
2001 Details	England	Spain	1–0	France	Croatia	4–1	England

UEFA European Under-17 Championship (since 2002)

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2002 Details	Denmark	Switzerland	0–0 (4–2) ps	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 (3–2) ps	England
2005 Details	Italy	Turkey	2–0	Netherlands	Italy	2–1 aet	Croatia
2006 Details	Luxembourg	Russia	2–2 (5–3) ps	Czech Republic	Spain	1–1 (3–2) ps	Germany
Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists (1)
		Winner	Score	Runner-up
2007 Details	Belgium	Spain	1–0	England	Belgium and France
2008 Details	Turkey	Spain	4–0	France	Netherlands and Turkey
2009 Details	Germany	Germany	2–1 aet	Netherlands	Italy and Switzerland
2010 Details	Liechtenstein	England	2–1	Spain	France and Turkey
2011 Details	Serbia	Netherlands	5–2	Germany	Denmark and England
2012 Details	Slovenia	Netherlands	1–1 (5–4) ps	Germany	Georgia and Poland
2013 Details	Slovakia	Russia	0–0 (5–4) ps	Italy	Slovakia and Sweden
2014 Details	Malta	England	1–1 (4–1) ps	Netherlands	Portugal and Scotland
2015 Details	Bulgaria	France	4–1	Germany	Belgium and Russia
2016 Details	Azerbaijan	Portugal	1–1 (5–4) ps	Spain	Germany and Netherlands
2017 Details	Croatia	Spain	2–2 (4–1) ps	England	Germany and Turkey
2018 Details	England	Netherlands	2–2 (4–1) ps	Italy	Belgium and England
2019 Details	Republic of Ireland	Netherlands	4–2	Italy	France and Spain
2020 Details	Estonia	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Details	Cyprus	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Details	Israel

¹No third place match has been played since 2007; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

• 1987 Title not awarded.
• Key:
  • aet – after extra time
  • asdet – after sudden death extra time
  • ps – after penalty shoot-out

Performances by countries

As of 2019

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place(1)	Fourth-place(1)	Semi-finalists(1)	Top 4 (from 36)
Spain	9 (1986, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2017)	6 (1990, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016)	3 (1985, 1998, 2006)	2 (1989, 2002)	1 (2019)	21
Portugal	6 (1989, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2016)	1 (1988)	1 (2004)	3 (1990, 1992, 1998)	1 (2014)	12
Netherlands	4 (2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)	3 (2005, 2009, 2014)	1 (2000)		2 (2008, 2016)	10
Germany(2)	3 (1984, 1992, 2009)	6 (1982, 1989, 1991, 2011, 2012, 2015)	4 (1988, 1995, 1997, 1999)	4 (1985, 1986, 1988, 2006)	2 (2016, 2017)	19
Russia(3)	3 (1985, 2006, 2013)	2 (1984, 1987)	1 (1986)		1 (2015)	7
France	2 (2004, 2015)	4 (1996, 2001, 2002, 2008)	2 (1987, 1989)	3 (1991, 1993, 1995)	3 (2007, 2010, 2019)	14
England	2 (2010, 2014)	2 (2007, 2017)	2 (1984, 2002)	3 (2001, 2003, 2004)	2 (2011, 2018)	11
Turkey	2 (1994, 2005)			1 (1987)	3 (2008, 2010, 2017)	6
Italy	1 (1982, 1987)	6 (1986, 1993, 1998, 2013, 2018, 2019)	2 (1992, 2005)		1 (2009)	10
Czech Republic(4)	1 (1990)	2 (2000, 2006)	1 (1993)	1 (1999)		5
Poland	1 (1993)	1 (1999)	1 (1990)		1 (2012)	4
Switzerland	1 (2002)			1 (1997)	1 (2009)	3
Republic of Ireland	1 (1998)					1
Greece		1 (1985)	1 (1991)	2 (1996, 2000)		4
Austria		1 (1997)	1 (2003)	1 (1994)		3
Yugoslavia		1 (1990)	1 (1982)	1 (1984)		3
Denmark		1 (1994)			1 (2011)	2
Croatia			1 (2001)	1 (2005)		2
Israel			1 (1996)			1
Ukraine			1 (1994)			1
Finland				1 (1982)		1
Belgium					3 (2007, 2015, 2018)	3
Georgia					1 (2012)	1
Scotland					1 (2014)	1
Slovakia					1 (2013)	1
Sweden					1 (2013)	1
Total	36	37	24	24	26	147

1 There was no match to determine 3rd place after the 2006 tournament.
2 Including West Germany and East Germany.
3 Including Soviet Union.
4 Including Czechoslovakia.

Participating nations

Legend:

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semi-finalists
• 5th-6th - Fifth to Sixth place
• QF – Quarter-finals
• GS – Group stage
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
• TBD – To be determined
•  ••  – Qualified but withdrew
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter
•  ×  – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
• {{{2}}} — Country not affiliated to UEFA at that time
• {{{2}}} — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
•      – Hosts
•      – Not affiliated to FIFA

UEFA European Under-16 Championship (1982–2001)

Nation	1982 (4)	1984 (4)	1985 (16)	1986 (16)	1987 (16)	1988 (16)	1989 (16)	1990 (16)	1991 (16)	1992 (16)	1993 (16)	1994 (16)	1995 (16)	1996 (16)	1997 (16)	1998 (16)	1999 (16)	2000 (16)	2001 (16)	Total
Albania	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	1
Austria	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	4th	GS	GS	2nd	•	•	•	•	7
Belarus											×	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	6
Bulgaria	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Croatia												×	×	GS	•	GS	GS	•	3rd	4
Cyprus	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Czech Republic													QF	•	•	•	4th	2nd	•	3 (8)
Czechoslovakia	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	1st	•	•	3rd	GS								5 (8)
Denmark	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	2nd	•	•	•	QF	GS	GS	•	10
East Germany	•	•	4th	4th	GS	3rd	2nd	GS												6
England	×	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	QF	QF	•	•	QF	GS	4th	8
Finland	4th	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
France	•	•	GS	GS	3rd	GS	3rd	GS	4th	GS	4th	•	4th	2nd	•	•	•	•	2nd	12
Georgia											×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	1
Germany									2nd	1st	•	GS	3rd	QF	3rd	•	3rd	QF	QF	9 (15)
Greece	•	•	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	•	3rd	•	GS	•	•	4th	•	QF	GS	4th	•	10
Hungary	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	QF	•	•	•	QF	•	GS	GS	GS	9
Iceland	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	6
Israel					GS	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	3rd	GS	QF	QF	GS	•	7
Italy	1st	•	GS	2nd	1st*	•	GS	•	•	3rd	2nd	•	GS	•	GS	2nd	•	•	QF	10
Liechtenstein	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	×	•	•	1
Netherlands	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	GS	6
Northern Ireland	×	×	×	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	4
Norway	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	7
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	GS	•	1st	•	GS	GS	GS	•	2nd	GS	GS	9
Portugal	•	•	GS	GS	GS	2nd	1st	4th	GS	4th	GS	QF	1st	1st	•	4th	GS	1st	•	15
Republic of Ireland	×	×	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	QF	•	1st	•	GS	•	7
Romania	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	GS	8
Russia											GS	QF	•	•	•	GS	GS	QF	QF	6 (12)
Scotland	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	9
Slovakia													GS	GS	QF	•	QF	QF	•	5
Slovenia												•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	2
Soviet Union	•	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	•	GS	•	GS	•										6 (12)
Spain	•	•	3rd	1st	•	1st	4th	GS	1st	2nd	QF	GS	2nd	GS	1st	3rd	1st	QF	1st	16
Sweden	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	QF	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	8
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	•	QF	GS	•	GS	4th	•	GS	•	GS	9
Turkey	×	•	×	•	4th	GS	•	GS	•	•	GS	1st	GS	GS	QF	•	•	•	QF	9
Ukraine											×	3rd	•	GS	GS	GS	•	•	•	4
West Germany	2nd	1st	GS	•	GS	4th	•	GS												6 (15)
Yugoslavia	3rd	4th	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9

UEFA European Under-17 Championship (since 2002)

Nation	2002 (16)	2003 (8)	2004 (8)	2005 (8)	2006 (8)	2007 (8)	2008 (8)	2009 (8)	2010 (8)	2011 (8)	2012 (8)	2013 (8)	2014 (8)	2015 (16)	2016 (16)	2017 (16)	2018 (16)	2019 (16)	2020 (16)	Total (+previous)
Austria	•	3rd	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	QF	•	•	GS		6 (13)
Azerbaijan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Belarus	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1 (2)
Belgium	•	•	•	•	GS	SF	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	SF	QF	•	SF	6th		7 (13)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•		3
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		1 (6)
Croatia	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	•	•		4 (8)
Czech Republic	GS	•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	QF		6 (14)
Denmark	QF	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•		5 (15)
England	3rd	4th	4th	GS	•	2nd	•	GS	1st	SF	•	•	1st	QF	QF	2nd	SF	GS		14 (22)
Estonia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1
Faroe Islands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Finland	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1 (9)
France	2nd	•	1st	•	•	SF	2nd	GS	SF	GS	GS	•	•	1st	GS	5th	•	SF		12 (24)
Georgia	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2 (3)
Germany	QF	•	•	•	4th	5th	•	1st	•	2nd	2nd	•	GS	2nd	SF	SF	GS	GS		12 (27)
Greece	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS		3 (13)
Hungary	GS	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	•	5th		5 (14)
Iceland	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		3 (9)
Israel	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•		3 (10)
Italy	•	GS	•	3rd	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	2nd	•	QF	GS	GS	2nd	2nd		9 (19)
Liechtenstein	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	••	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		0 (1)
Luxembourg	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Malta	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•		1
Moldova	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Netherlands	GS	•	•	2nd	•	6th	SF	2nd	•	1st	1st	•	2nd	GS	SF	QF	1st	1st		13 (19)
Northern Ireland	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1 (5)
Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•		2 (9)
Poland	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2 (11)
Portugal	GS	1st	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	SF	•	1st	•	GS	QF		8 (23)
Republic of Ireland	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	QF	QF	GS		5 (12)
Romania	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1 (9)
Russia	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	SF	•	•	•	GS		4 (16)
Scotland	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	SF	GS	GS	GS	•	•		5 (14)
Serbia						•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•		5 (16)
Serbia and Montenegro	QF	•	•	•	GS															2 (16)
Slovakia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	•	•	•		1 (6)
Slovenia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•		3 (5)
Spain	4th	2nd	2nd	•	3rd	1st	1st	GS	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	2nd	1st	QF	SF		13 (29)
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	QF	•	QF	GS		4 (12)
Switzerland	1st	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	SF	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	GS	•		8 (17)
Turkey	•	•	GS	1st	•	•	SF	GS	SF	•	•	•	GS	•	•	SF	•	•		7 (16)
Ukraine	GS	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•	•		6 (10)

Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

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	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	Total
Austria							R1								R1					2
Belgium												R1				3rd				2
Croatia	Part of Yugoslavia								R1						R1	QF				3
Czech Republic					QF									R1						2
Denmark														R1						1
East Germany			QF		Reunified with West Germany															1
England												QF		QF		R1	1st			4
Finland										R1										1
France		QF							1st			QF		QF		R1	R2	3rd		7
Germany	2nd			QF		R1	4th	R1				3rd	R2	3rd		R2	QF			10
Hungary	QF																	R1		2
Italy	R1	4th		R1	R1						R1		QF		R2			QF		8
Netherlands											3rd		R1	R1				4th		4
Poland					4th			R1												2
Portugal			3rd			QF				QF										3
Russia		1st													R2	R2				3
Scotland			2nd																	1
Slovakia															R1					1
Spain				2nd		R1	3rd	R1	R1	2nd		2nd	3rd				2nd	QF		10
Sweden															3rd					1
Switzerland													1st							1
Turkey											4th		QF				R1			3

Awards

Golden Player Award

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

Tournament	Golden Player
2002 Denmark	Wayne Rooney
2003 Portugal	Miguel Veloso
2004 France	Cesc Fàbregas
2005 Italy	Nuri Şahin
2006 Luxembourg	Toni Kroos
2007 Belgium	Bojan Krkić
2008 Turkey	Danijel Aleksić
2009 Germany	Mario Götze
2010 Liechtenstein	Connor Wickham
2011 Serbia	Kyle Ebecilio
2012 Slovenia	Max Meyer
2013 Slovakia	Anton Mitryushkin
2014 Malta	Steven Bergwijn
2015 Bulgaria	Odsonne Édouard
2016 Azerbaijan	José Gomes
2017 Croatia	Jadon Sancho

See also

• UEFA European Championship
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• UEFA European Under-19 Championship

External links

• UEFA.com

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