UEFA European Under-19 Championship

UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Organising body	UEFA
Founded	1948
Region	Europe
Number of teams	Maximum of 54 (qualifying round); 28 (elite round); 8 (finals)
Current champions	Spain (12th title)
Most successful team(s)	Spain; (12 titles)
Website	Official website
	2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

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

Spain is the most successful team in this competition, having won twelve titles. Spain are also the current champions.^[1]

History and format

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.^[2] 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.^[3] The contest has been held every year since its inauguration 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 consists of two stages, similar to UEFA's other European championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all UEFA members, and the final stage is contested 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, consisting of 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

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

Results

1948–1954: FIFA Youth Tournament - 7 Editions
1955–1980: UEFA Youth Tournament - 24 Editions (Exclude 1955 and 1956)
1981–2001: UEFA European Under-18 Championship - 17 Editions
Since 2002: UEFA European Under-19 Championship - 20 Editions (Exclude 2020 and 2021)

Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Edition	Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1948–1954: FIFA Youth Tournament
1	1948 details	England	England	3–2	Netherlands	Belgium	3–1	Italy
2	1949 details	Netherlands	France	4–1	Netherlands	Belgium	5–0	Ireland
3	1950 details	Austria	Austria	3–2	France	Netherlands	6–0	Luxembourg
4	1951 details	France	Yugoslavia	3–2	Austria	Belgium	1–0	Northern Ireland
5	1952 details	Spain	Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) Spain won on goal average	Belgium	Austria	5–5 Austria won on coin toss	England
6	1953 details	Belgium	Hungary	2–0	Yugoslavia	Turkey	3–2	Spain
7	1954 details	West Germany	Spain	2–2 (a.e.t.) Spain won on goal average	West Germany	Argentina	1–0	Turkey
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Edition	Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1955–1980: UEFA Youth Tournament
-	1955 Details	Italy	Only group matches were played and no winner was declared.
-	1956 Details	Hungary	Only group matches were played and no winner was declared.
8	1957 Details	Spain	Austria	3–2	Spain	France Italy	0–0	Third place was shared
9	1958 Details	Luxembourg	Italy	1–0	England	France	3–0	Romania
10	1959 Details	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1–0	Italy	Hungary	6–1	East Germany
11	1960 Details	Austria	Hungary	2–1	Romania	Portugal	2–1	Austria
12	1961 Details	Portugal	Portugal	4–0	Poland	West Germany	2–1	Spain
13	1962 Details	Romania	Romania	4–1	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	1–1 Czechoslovakia won on coin toss	Turkey
14	1963 Details	England	England	4–0	Northern Ireland	Scotland	4–2	Bulgaria
15	1964 Details	Netherlands	England	4–0	Spain	Portugal	3–2	Scotland
16	1965 Details	West Germany	East Germany	3–2	England	Czechoslovakia	4–1	Italy
17	1966 Details	Yugoslavia	Italy Soviet Union	0–0	Title was shared	Yugoslavia	2–0	Spain
18	1967 Details	Turkey	Soviet Union	1–0	England	Turkey	1–1 Turkey won on coin toss	France
19	1968 Details	France	Czechoslovakia	2–1	France	Portugal	4–2	Bulgaria
20	1969 Details	East Germany	Bulgaria	1–1 Bulgaria won on coin toss	East Germany	Soviet Union	1–0	Scotland
21	1970 Details	Scotland	East Germany	1–1 East Germany won on coin toss	Netherlands	Scotland	2–0	France
22	1971 Details	Czechoslovakia	England	3–0	Portugal	East Germany	1–1 (5–3 p)	Soviet Union
23	1972 Details	Spain	England	2–0	West Germany	Poland	0–0 (6–5 p)	Spain
24	1973 Details	Italy	England	3–2 (a.e.t.)	East Germany	Italy	1–0	Bulgaria
25	1974 Details	Sweden	Bulgaria	1–0	Yugoslavia	Scotland	1–0	Greece
26	1975 Details	Switzerland	England	1–0 (g.g.)	Finland	Hungary	2–2 (p)	Turkey
27	1976 Details	Hungary	Soviet Union	1–0	Hungary	Spain	3–0	France
28	1977 Details	Belgium	Belgium	2–1	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	7–2	West Germany
29	1978 Details	Poland	Soviet Union	3–0	Yugoslavia	Poland	3–1	Scotland
30	1979 Details	Austria	Yugoslavia	1–0	Bulgaria	England	0–0 (4–3 p)	France
31	1980 Details	East Germany	England	2–1	Poland	Italy	3–0	Netherlands
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Edition	Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1981–2001: UEFA European Under-18 Championship
32	1981 Details	West Germany	West Germany	1–0	Poland	France	1–1 (2–0 p)	Spain
33	1982 Details	Finland	Scotland	3–1	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	3–1	Poland
34	1983 Details	England	France	1–0	Czechoslovakia	England	1–1 (4–2 p)	Italy
35	1984 Details	Soviet Union	Hungary	0–0 (3–2 p)	Soviet Union	Poland	2–1	Republic of Ireland
36	1986 Details	Yugoslavia	East Germany	3–1	Italy	West Germany	1–0	Scotland
37	1988 Details	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Portugal	East Germany	2–0	Spain
38	1990 Details	Hungary	Soviet Union	0–0 (4–2 p)	Portugal	Spain	1–0	England
39	1992 Details	Germany	Turkey	2–1 (g.g.)	Portugal	Norway	1–1 (8–7 p)	England
40	1993 Details	England	England	1–0	Turkey	Spain	2–1	Portugal
41	1994 Details	Spain	Portugal	1–1 (4–1 p)	Germany	Spain	5–2	Netherlands
42	1995 Details	Greece	Spain	4–1	Italy	Greece	5–0	Netherlands
43	1996 Details	France	France	1–0	Spain	England	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Belgium
44	1997 Details	Iceland	France	1–0 (g.g.)	Portugal	Spain	2–1	Republic of Ireland
45	1998 Details	Cyprus	Republic of Ireland	1–1 (4–3 p)	Germany	Croatia	0–0 (5–4 p)	Portugal
46	1999 Details	Sweden	Portugal	1–0	Italy	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Greece
47	2000 Details	Germany	France	1–0	Ukraine	Germany	3–1	Czech Republic
48	2001 Details	Finland	Poland	3–1	Czech Republic	Spain	6–2	FR Yugoslavia
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists (or third place match)
Edition	Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
Since 2002: UEFA European Under-19 Championship
49	2002 Details	Norway	Spain	1–0	Germany	Slovakia	2–1	Republic of Ireland
50	2003 Details	Liechtenstein	Italy	2–0	Portugal	Austria and Czech Republic
51	2004 Details	Switzerland	Spain	1–0	Turkey	Switzerland and Ukraine
52	2005 Details	Northern Ireland	France	3–1	England	Germany and Serbia and Montenegro
53	2006 Details	Poland	Spain	2–1	Scotland	Austria and Czech Republic
54	2007 Details	Austria	Spain	1–0	Greece	France and Germany
55	2008 Details	Czech Republic	Germany	3–1	Italy	Czech Republic and Hungary
56	2009 Details	Ukraine	Ukraine	2–0	England	France and Serbia
57	2010 Details	France	France	2–1	Spain	Croatia and England
58	2011 Details	Romania	Spain	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Czech Republic	Republic of Ireland and Serbia
59	2012 Details	Estonia	Spain	1–0	Greece	England and France
60	2013 Details	Lithuania	Serbia	1–0	France	Portugal and Spain
61	2014 Details	Hungary	Germany	1–0	Portugal	Austria and Serbia
62	2015 Details	Greece	Spain	2–0	Russia	France and Greece
63	2016 Details	Germany	France	4–0	Italy	England and Portugal
64	2017 Details	Georgia	England	2–1	Portugal	Czech Republic and Netherlands
65	2018 Details	Finland	Portugal	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Italy	France and Ukraine
66	2019 Details	Armenia	Spain	2–0	Portugal	France and Republic of Ireland
-	~~2020~~ Details	Northern Ireland	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
-	~~2021~~ Details	Romania	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[5]
67	2022 Details	Slovakia	England	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Israel	France and Italy
68	2023 Details	Malta	Italy	1–0	Portugal	Norway and Spain
69	2024 Details	Northern Ireland	Spain	2–0	France	Italy and Ukraine
70	2025 Details	Romania
71	2026 Details	Wales
72	2027 Details	Israel

Statistics

Performances by countries

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Semi-finalists	Total (Top Four)
Spain	12 (1952, 1954, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2024)	4 (1957, 1964, 1996, 2010)	6	6	1	29
England	11 (1948, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1993, 2017, 2022)	5 (1958, 1965, 1967, 2005, 2009)	3	3	3	25
France	8 (1949, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016)	4 (1950, 1968, 2013, 2024)	3	4	7	26
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)	10 (1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2023)	3	2	2	21
Italy	4 (1958, 1966*, 2003, 2023)	7 (1959, 1986, 1995, 1999, 2008, 2016, 2018)	3	3	2	19
Serbia Yugoslavia	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
Slovakia	1 (1968)	2 (1982, 1983)	1			4
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)			3	5
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
Norway			1		1	2
Argentina			1			1
Luxembourg				1		1
Switzerland					1	1
Total (69th)	69	67	50	48	38	272

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

Awards

Player of the Tournament

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

European Championship	Player
2002 Norway	Fernando Torres
2003 Liechtenstein	Alberto Aquilani
2004 Switzerland	Juanfran
2005 Northern Ireland	Abdoulaye Baldé
2006 Poland	Alberto Bueno
2007 Austria	Sotiris Ninis
2008 Czech Republic¹	Lars Bender Sven Bender
2009 Ukraine	Kyrylo Petrov
2010 France	Gaël Kakuta
2011 Romania	Álex Fernández
2012 Estonia	Gerard Deulofeu
2013 Lithuania	Aleksandar Mitrović
2014 Hungary	Davie Selke
2015 Greece	Marco Asensio
2016 Germany	Jean-Kévin Augustin
2017 Georgia	Mason Mount
2018 Finland	-
2019 Armenia	-
2022 Slovakia	-
2023 Malta	Luis Hasa
2024 Northern Ireland	Iker Bravo

Top goalscorer

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

European Championship	Top goalscorer	Goals
2002 Norway	Fernando Torres	4
2003 Liechtenstein	Paulo Sérgio	5
2004 Switzerland	Ali Öztürk Łukasz Piszczek	4
2005 Northern Ireland	Borko Veselinović	5
2006 Poland	Alberto Bueno İlhan Parlak	5
2007 Austria	Änis Ben-Hatira Kostantinos Mitroglou Kévin Monnet-Paquet	3
2008 Czech Republic	Tomáš Necid	4
2009 Ukraine	Nathan Delfouneso	4
2010 France	Dani Pacheco	4
2011 Romania	Álvaro Morata	6
2012 Estonia	Jesé	5
2013 Lithuania	Gratas Sirgedas Anass Achahbar Alexandre Guedes	3
2014 Hungary	Davie Selke	6
2015 Greece	Borja Mayoral	3
2016 Germany	Jean-Kévin Augustin	6
2017 Georgia	Ben Brereton Ryan Sessegnon Joël Piroe Viktor Gyökeres	3
2018 Finland	Jota Francisco Trincão	5
2019 Armenia	Gonçalo Ramos	4
2022 Slovakia	Loum Tchaouna	4
2023 Malta	Víctor Barberà	4
2024 Northern Ireland	Daniel Braut	3

Comprehensive team results by tournament at the FIFA U-20 World Cup

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	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2023	2025	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^[6]				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		R2		12
Finland													R1												1
France	R1										QF		QF					4th	1st		R2	R2	R1	Q	9
Germany^[7]			1st			2nd			R1	R1		R1	R2	R1	QF		QF			QF	R2				11
Greece																			R2						1
Hungary	R1	R1			R1						R1						3rd			R2					6
Israel																							3rd		1
Italy	R1		R1			QF									QF		QF				3rd	4th	2nd	Q	9
Netherlands				QF			R1			R1			QF		QF										4
Norway							R1		R1													R1		Q	4
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^[8]	1st	2nd		R1	4th		QF	3rd	QF	QF															8
Scotland				QF		QF										R1									3
Serbia^[9]		R1				1st														1st					3
Slovakia^[6]				R1			R1							R2									R2		4
Spain	R1	QF	R1		2nd		R1	QF		4th	QF	1st		2nd	QF	QF	R2	QF	QF					Q	16
Sweden								R1																	1
Switzerland															R1										1
Turkey									R1						R2				R2						3
Ukraine	Part of Soviet Union												R2		R2					R2		1st		Q	4

References

^ "UEFA Under-19 EURO final report: Spain 2-0 France". UEFA.com.
^ "From International Youth Tournament to U19 EURO". UEFA. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
^ "Competition history". UEFA. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ "2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 20 October 2020.
^ "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as successor team of Czechoslovakia.
^ FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977–1991) to Germany.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links

Official website
Tournament details at rsssf.com

[1] "UEFA Under-19 EURO final report: Spain 2-0 France". UEFA.com.

[2] "From International Youth Tournament to U19 EURO". UEFA. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[3] "Competition history". UEFA. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[4] "2020 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 20 October 2020.

[5] "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021.

[Czechoslovakia-6] Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as successor team of Czechoslovakia.

[Germany-7] FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977–1991) to Germany.

[USSR-8] 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.

[Yugoslavia-9] 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.

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