UEFA European Under-19 Championship
| Founded | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe (UEFA) |
| Number of teams | Maximum of 54 (qualifying round) 28 (elite round) 8 (finals) |
| Current champions |  England (11th title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Spain (11 titles)
England (11 titles) |
| Website | Official 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[change | change source]
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[change | change source]
| 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[change | change source]
FIFA Youth Tournament (1948–1954)[change | change source]
| 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)[change | change source]
UEFA European Under-18 Championship (1981–2001)[change | change source]
UEFA European Under-19 Championship (since 2002)[change | change source]
| 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
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| 2024 Details |
Northern Ireland
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| 2025 Details |
Romania
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| 2026 Details |
Netherlands
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Statistics[change | change source]
Performances by countries[change | change source]
| 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.
Awards[change | change source]
Golden Player Award[change | change source]
For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com subsequently named a Golden Player.
1Honour shared.
Top goalscorer[change | change source]
The Top goalscorer award is awarded to the player who scores the most goals during the tournament.
FIFA U-20 World Cup performances[change | change source]
- 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 |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "From International Youth Tournament to U19 EURO". UEFA. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Competition history". UEFA. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Other websites[change | change source]
- UEFA European U-19 Championship at uefa.com
- Tournament details at rsssf.com
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