UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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. Netherlands are the current champions.

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. 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. 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

{| class="wikitable"

! Year of tournament !! Format of the final round !! Number of teams

| 1986–1992 || Knockout format ||align=center rowspan=6| 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 (excluding 1955 and 1956)
1981–2001: UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 17 editions
Since 2002: UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 20 editions (excluding 2020 and 2021)

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center; width: 100%;"

!rowspan=2 width=3%|Edition

!rowspan="2" width="5%"|Year

!rowspan="2" width="10%"|Host

!colspan="3"|Final

!colspan="3"|Third place match (1948–2002) Losing semi-finalists (since 2003)

!width="15%"|Winner

!width="10%"|Score

!width="15%"|Runner-up

!width="15%"|Third place

!width="10%"|Score

!width="15%"|Fourth place

|colspan="9" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|1948–1954: FIFA Youth Tournament

|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1948 details

|3–2

|3–1

|1949 details

|4–1

|5–0

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1950 details

|3–2

|6–0

|1951 details

|3–2

|1–0

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1952 details

|0–0 goal average

|5–5 coin toss

|1953 details

|2–0

|3–2

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1954 details

|2–2 Spain won on goal average

|1–0

|colspan="9" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|1955–1980: UEFA Youth Tournament

|—

|1955 Details

|colspan=6|Only group matches were played and no winner was declared.

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|—

|1956 Details

|colspan=6|Only group matches were played and no winner was declared.

|1957 Details

|3–2

| &

|0–0

|Third place was shared

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1958 Details

|1–0

|3–0

|10

|1959 Details

|1–0

|6–1

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|11

|1960 Details

|2–1

|12

|1961 Details

|4–0

|2–1

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|13

|1962 Details

|4–1

|1–1 Czechoslovakia won on coin toss

|14

|1963 Details

|4–0

|4–2

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|15

|1964 Details

|4–0

|3–2

|16

|1965 Details

|3–2

|4–1

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

| 17

| 1966 Details

| &

| 0–0

| Title was shared

| 2–0

|18

|1967 Details

|1–0

|1–1 Turkey won on coin toss

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|19

|1968 Details

|2–1

|4–2

|20

|1969 Details

|1–1 Bulgaria won on coin toss

|1–0

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|21

|1970 Details

|1–1 coin toss

|2–0

|22

|1971 Details

|3–0

|1–1

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|23

|1972 Details

|2–0

|0–0

|24

|1973 Details

|3–2

|1–0

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|25

|1974 Details

|1–0

|26

|1975 Details

|1–0

| 2–2

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|27

|1976 Details

|1–0

|3–0

|28

|1977 Details

|2–1

|7–2

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|29

|1978 Details

|3–0

|3–1

|30

|1979 Details

|1–0

|0–0

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|31

|1980 Details

|2–1

|3–0

|colspan="9" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|1981–2001: UEFA European Under-18 Championship

|32

|1981 Details

|1–0

|1–1

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|33

|1982 Details

|3–1

|34

|1983 Details

|1–0

|1–1

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|35

|1984 Details

|0–0

|2–1

|36

|1986 Details

|3–1

|1–0

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|37

|1988 Details

|3–1

|2–0

|38

|1990 Details

|0–0

|1–0

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|39

|1992 Details

|2–1

|1–1

|40

|1993 Details

|1–0

|2–1

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|41

|1994 Details

|1–1

|5–2

|42

|1995 Details

|4–1

|5–0

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|43

|1996 Details

|1–0

|3–2

|44

|1997 Details

|1–0

|2–1

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|45

|1998 Details

|1–1

|0–0

|46

|1999 Details

|1–0

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|47

|2000 Details

|1–0

|3–1

|48

|2001 Details

|3–1

|6–2

|colspan="9" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|Since 2002: UEFA European Under-19 Championship

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|49

|2002 Details

|1–0

|2–1

|50

|2003 Details

|2–0

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|51

|2004 Details

|1–0

| colspan="3" | and

|52

|2005 Details

|3–1

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|53

|2006 Details

|2–1

| colspan="3" | and

|54

|2007 Details

|1–0

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|55

|2008 Details

|3–1

| colspan="3" | and

|56

|2009 Details

|2–0

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|57

|2010 Details

|2–1

| colspan="3" | and

|58

|2011 Details

|3–2

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|59

|2012 Details

|1–0

| colspan="3" | and

|60

|2013 Details

|1–0

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|61

|2014 Details

|1–0

| colspan="3" | and

|62

|2015 Details

|2–0

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|63

|2016 Details

|4–0

| colspan="3" | and

|64

|2017 Details

|2–1

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|65

|2018 Details

|4–3

| colspan="3" | and

|66

|2019 Details

|2–0

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

| -

|<s>2020</s> Details

| colspan="6"|Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

| -

|<s>2021</s> Details

| colspan="6"|Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|67

|2022 Details

|3–1

| colspan="3" | and

|68

|2023 Details

|1–0

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|69

|2024 Details

|2–0

| colspan="3" | and

|70

|2025 Details

|1–0

| colspan="3" | and

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|71

|2026 Details

| colspan="3" |

|72

|2027 Details

| colspan="3" |

|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|73

|2028 Details

| colspan="3" |

|74

|2029 Details

| colspan="3" |

Statistics

Performances by countries

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Team

!Titles

!Runners-up

!Third place

!Fourth place

!Semi-finalists

!Total (top four)

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|12 (1952, 1954, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2024)

|bgcolor=silver|5 (1957, 1964, 1996, 2010, 2025)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|6

|bgcolor=#9acdff|6

|bgcolor=#81c846|1

|align="center"|30

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|11 (1948, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1993, 2017, 2022)

|bgcolor=silver|5 (1958, 1965, 1967, 2005, 2009)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|3

|bgcolor=#9acdff|3

|bgcolor=#81c846|3

|align=center|25

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|8 (1949, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016)

|bgcolor=silver|4 (1950, 1968, 2013, 2024)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|3

|bgcolor=#9acdff|4

|bgcolor=#81c846|7

|align=center|26

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|6 (1966*, 1967, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1990)

|bgcolor=silver|2 (1984, 2015)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|3

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

|align=center|12

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|4 (1961, 1994, 1999, 2018)

|bgcolor=silver|10 (1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2023)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|3

|bgcolor=#9acdff|2

|bgcolor=#81c846|2

|align=center|21

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|4 (1958, 1966*, 2003, 2023)

|bgcolor=silver|7 (1959, 1986, 1995, 1999, 2008, 2016, 2018)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|3

|bgcolor=#9acdff|3

|bgcolor=#81c846|2

|align=center|19

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|3 (1981, 2008, 2014)

|bgcolor=silver|5 (1954, 1972, 1994, 1998, 2002)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|3

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

|bgcolor=#81c846|3

|align=center|15

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|3 (1951, 1979, 2013)

|bgcolor=silver|4 (1953, 1962, 1974, 1978)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|1

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

|bgcolor=#81c846|4

|align=center|13

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|3 (1959, 1969, 1974)

|bgcolor=silver|2 (1977, 1979)

|bgcolor=#9acdff|3

|align=center|8

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|3 (1953, 1960, 1984)

|bgcolor=silver|1 (1976)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|2

|bgcolor=#81c846|1

|align=center|7

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|3 (1965, 1970, 1986)

|bgcolor=silver|2 (1969, 1973)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|2

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

|align=center|8

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|2 (1950, 1957)

|bgcolor=silver|1 (1951)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|1

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

|bgcolor=#81c846|3

|align=center|8

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1968)

|bgcolor=silver|4 (1982, 1983, 2001, 2011)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|2

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

|bgcolor=#81c846|4

|align=center|12

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (2001)

|bgcolor=silver|3 (1961, 1980, 1981)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|3

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

|align=center|8

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (2025)

|bgcolor="silver" |3 (1948, 1949, 1970)

|bgcolor="a67d3d" |1

|bgcolor="#9acdff" |3

|bgcolor="#81c846" |1

|align="center" |9

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1992)

|bgcolor=silver|2 (1993, 2004)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|2

|bgcolor=#9acdff|3

|align=center|4

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1968)

|bgcolor=silver|2 (1982, 1983)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|1

|align=center|4

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1982)

|bgcolor=silver|1 (2006)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|3

|bgcolor=#9acdff|4

|align=center|9

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1977)

|bgcolor=silver|1 (1952)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|3

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

|align=center|6

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1962)

|bgcolor=silver|1 (1960)

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

| bgcolor=#81c846|1

|align=center|4

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (2009)

|bgcolor=silver|1 (2000)

|bgcolor=#81c846|3

|align=center|5

|bgcolor=gold|

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1998)

|bgcolor=a67d3d|1

|bgcolor=#9acdff|3

|bgcolor=#81c846|2

|align=center|7

| bgcolor="silver" |2 (2007, 2012)

| bgcolor="a67d3d" |1

| bgcolor="#9acdff" |2

| bgcolor="#81c846" |1

| align="center" |6

| bgcolor="silver" |1 (1963)

| bgcolor="#9acdff" |2

| align="center" |3

| bgcolor="silver" |1 (1975)

| align="center" |1

|bgcolor=silver|1 (2022)

|align=center|1

|bgcolor=a67d3d|1

|bgcolor=#81c846|1

|align=center|2

|bgcolor=a67d3d|1

|bgcolor=#81c846|1

|align=center|2

|bgcolor=a67d3d|1

|align=center|8

|bgcolor=#9acdff|1

|align=center|1

|bgcolor=#81c846|1

|align=center|1

Note:

1954 Third place . 1966 Title Shared between and . 1957 Third place Shared between and .

Awards

Player of the Tournament

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

{| class=wikitable

!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 Republic

| 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

|2025 Romania

| Kees Smit

Top goalscorer

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

{| class=wikitable

!European Championship

!Top goalscorer(s)

!Goals

|2002 Norway

| Fernando Torres

|2003 Liechtenstein

| Paulo Sérgio

|2004 Switzerland

| Ali Öztürk Łukasz Piszczek

|2005 Northern Ireland

| Borko Veselinović

|2006 Poland

| Alberto Bueno İlhan Parlak

|2007 Austria

| Änis Ben-Hatira Kostantinos Mitroglou Kévin Monnet-Paquet

|2008 Czech Republic

| Tomáš Necid

|2009 Ukraine

| Nathan Delfouneso

|2010 France

| Dani Pacheco

|2011 Romania

| Álvaro Morata

|2012 Estonia

| Jesé

|2013 Lithuania

| Gratas Sirgedas Anass Achahbar Alexandre Guedes

|2014 Hungary

| Davie Selke

|2015 Greece

| Borja Mayoral

|2016 Germany

| Jean-Kévin Augustin

|2017 Georgia

| Ben Brereton Ryan Sessegnon Joël Piroe Viktor Gyökeres

|2018 Finland

| Jota Francisco Trincão

|2019 Armenia

| Gonçalo Ramos

|2022 Slovakia

| Loum Tchaouna

|2023 Malta

| Víctor Barberà

|2024 Northern Ireland

| Daniel Braut

|2025 Romania

| Said El Mala Max Moerstedt Kees Smit Pablo García

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Team !! 1977 !! 1979 !! 1981 !! 1983 !! style="border:3px solid red"| 1985 !! 1987 !! 1989 !! style="border:3px solid red"| 1991 !! 1993 !! 1995 !! 1997 !! 1999 !! 2001 !! 2003 !! style="border:3px solid red"| 2005 !! 2007 !! 2009 !! 2011 !! style="border:3px solid red"| 2013 !! 2015 !! 2017 !! style="border:3px solid red"| 2019 !! 2023 !! 2025 !! style="border:3px solid red"| 2027 !! Total

|align=left| || R1 || || || R1 || || || || || || || || || || || || bgcolor="#9acdff"|4th || || R1 || || R2 || || || || || ||5

|align=left| || colspan="8" | Part of Soviet Union || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||style="border: 3px solid red"| Q|| 1

|align=left| || || || || || || || || || || || R2 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||1

|align=left| || || || || || QF || QF || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||2

|align=left| || colspan="8" | Part of Yugoslavia || || || || R2 || || || || || || R1 || R2 || || || || || || || 3

|align=left| || || || || R1 || || || R1 || || || || || || QF || R1 || || bgcolor="silver"|2nd || R2 || || || || || || || || || 6

|align=left| || || || || || || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || R1 || || colspan="17" | Reunified with West Germany || 2

|align=left| || || || bgcolor="#9acdff"|4th || || R1 || || || R1 || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || || R2 || R1 || || R1 || || || R1 || R2 || R1 || || bgcolor="gold"|1st || || R2 || || ||12

|align=left| || || || || || || || || || || || || || R1 || || || || || || || || || || || || ||1

|align=left| || R1 || || || || || || || || || || QF || || QF || || || || || bgcolor="#9acdff"|4th || bgcolor="gold"|1st || || R2 || R2 || R1 || bgcolor="#9acdff"|4th || ||9

|align=left| || || || bgcolor="gold"|1st || || || bgcolor="silver"|2nd || || || R1 || R1 || || R1 || R2 || R1 || QF || || QF || || || QF || R2 || || || || ||11

|align=left| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || R2 || || || || || || ||1

|align=left| || R1 || R1 || || || R1 || || || || || || R1 || || || || || || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || || || R2 || || || || || ||6

|align=left| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || || ||1

|align=left| || R1 || || R1 || || || QF || || || || || || || || || QF || || QF || || || || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || bgcolor="#9acdff"|4th || bgcolor="silver"|2nd || R2 || ||9

|align=left| || || || || QF || || || R1 || || || R1 || || || QF || ||style="border: 3px solid red"| QF || || || || || || || || || || ||4

|align=left| || || || || || || || R1 || || R1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || R1 || || QF || ||4

|align=left| || || bgcolor="#9acdff"|4th || R1 || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || || || || || || || || || || || || R2 || || || || || ||style="border: 3px solid red"|R2|| || || || 5

|align=left| || || QF || || || || || bgcolor="gold"|1st ||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor="gold"|1st || R1 || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || || R2 || || || || R2 || || bgcolor="silver"|2nd || R2 || QF || QF || R1 || || || || 12

|align=left| || || || || || R1 || || || R1 || || || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || R2 || || R2 || || || || || || || || || || || || 5

|align=left| || || || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 1

|align=left| || bgcolor="gold"|1st || bgcolor="silver"|2nd || || R1 ||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor="#9acdff"|4th || || QF || bgcolor="#CFAA88"|3rd || QF || QF || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 8

|align=left| || || || || QF || || QF || || || || || || || || || || R1 || || || || || || || || || || 3

|align=left| || || R1 || || || || bgcolor="gold"|1st || || || || || || || || || || || || || || bgcolor="gold"|1st || || || || || || 3

|align=left| ||

| || || || || || R2 || || || || || || || || || R2 || || || 4

|align=left| || R1 || QF || R1 || || bgcolor="silver"|2nd || || R1 || QF || || bgcolor="#9acdff"|4th || QF || bgcolor="gold"|1st || || bgcolor="silver"|2nd || QF || QF || R2 || QF || QF || || || || || QF || || 16

|align=left| || || || || || || || || R1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 1

|align=left| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || R1 || || || || || || || || || || || 1

|align=left| || || || || || || || || || R1 || || || || || || R2 || || || ||style="border: 3px solid red"| R2 || || || || || || || 3

|align=left| || colspan="8" | Part of Soviet Union || || || || || R2 || || R2 || || || || || R2 || || bgcolor="gold"|1st || || R2 || || 4

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

History and format

Number of teams

Results

Statistics

Performances by countries

Awards

Player of the Tournament

Top goalscorer

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

See also

Notes