2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2025 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.
2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2025 UEFA Kampionati Evropian U-17
Tournament details
Host countryAlbania
Dates19 May – 1 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (7th title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored54 (3.6 per match)
Attendance63,571 (4,238 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Samuele Inacio
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Portugal Rafael Quintas
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The 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (41st edition if the under-16 era is included), the annual international football competition contested by the men's under-17 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Albania was selected by UEFA on 26 September 2023 to host the final tournament, for the first time.[1]

Promotion for the tournament in Tirana

A total of eight teams competed in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2008 eligible to participate.[2] Unlike previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament qualification competition served as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, while the final tournament no longer served as the UEFA qualifiers, with the top 11 teams qualifying for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the UEFA representatives, while the final tournament had only eight teams competed.

Portugal won the competition for the 7th time (3rd in the under-17 era) after defeating France 3–0 in the final.

Qualification

Main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

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 Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Albania Hosts 1st Debut
 Italy League A Group A1 winners 13th 2024 (Champions) Champions (2024)
 Germany League A Group A2 winners 15th 2023 (Champions) Champions (2009, 2023)
 France League A Group A3 winners 16th 2024 (Group stage) Champions (2004, 2015, 2022)
 Portugal League A Group A4 winners 12th 2024 (Runners-up) Champions (2003, 2016)
 Czech Republic League A Group A5 winners 8th 2024 (Quarter-finals) Runners-up (2006)
 Belgium League A Group A6 winners 9th 2022 (Group stage) Semi-finals (2007, 2015, 2018)
 England League A Group A7 winners 17th 2024 (Quarter-finals) Champions (2010, 2014)

Venues

The tournament will be hosted in 4 venues.[3]

Durrës Elbasan
Niko Dovana Stadium
Capacity: 12,040 		Elbasan Arena
Capacity: 12,800
Rrogozhinë Tirana
Egnatia Arena
Capacity: 4,000 		Arena Kombëtare
Capacity: 22,500

Officials

A total of 6 referees and 6 assistant referees were selected by UEFA for the tournament.[4]

Referee Assistants
Croatia Patrik Kolarić (Croatia) Croatia Luka Pajić (Croatia)
Denmark Mikkel Redder (Denmark) Denmark Martin Markus (Denmark)
Finland Oliver Reitala (Finland) Finland Olli Jantunen (Finland)
Netherlands Joey Kooij (Netherlands) Netherlands Dyon Fikkert (Netherlands)
Poland Łukasz Kuźma (Poland) Poland Marek Arys (Poland)
Ukraine Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Ukraine) Ukraine Oleksiy Myronov (Ukraine)
Scotland Christopher Rae (Scotland)
Switzerland Guillaume Maire (Switzerland)

Squads

Main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

Group stage

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

All times are local CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  Albania (H) 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Albania 0−4 Portugal
Report
  • Quintas 36'
  • Mide 68' (pen.)
  • Cabral 82'
  • Soares 90+2'
Attendance: 8,662
Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)
Germany 0−3 France
Report
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)
Albania 0–4 Germany
Report
  • Mensah 7'
  • Staff 20'
  • Mike 66'
  • Oteng-Mensah 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,330
Referee: Kamal Umudlu (Azerbaijan)
France 0−0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 3,013
Referee: Lukasz Kuzma (Poland)
France 4–0 Albania
 Report
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Ukraine)
Portugal 2–1 Germany
  • Chelmik 76'
  • Banjaqui 89'
 Report
  • Isbruch 72'
Attendance: 2,723
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 9 Knockout stage
2  Belgium 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  England 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
England 1–1 Belgium
 Report
  • Fernandez 49'
Attendance: 1,688
Referee: Lukasz Kuzma (Poland)
Italy 2–1 Czech Republic
 Report
  • Srb 53'
Attendance: 4,445
Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi (Ukraine)
Belgium 3–1 Czech Republic
  • Camara 24', 42'
  • Gielen 45'
 Report
  • Čížek 65'
Attendance: 2,950
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)
Italy 4–2 England
 Report
Attendance: 3,074
Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)
Belgium 1–2 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)
Czech Republic 2–4 England
  • Palaščák 59'
  • Sochůrek 89'
 Report
Attendance: 1,513
Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[5][6]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 May – Elbasan
 
 
 France3
 
1 June – Tirana
 
 Belgium2
 
 France0
 
29 May – Tirana
 
 Portugal3
 
 Italy2 (3)
 
 
 Portugal (p)2 (4)
 

Semi-finals

France 3–2 Belgium
 Report
  • N. Fernandez 45+2' (pen.)
  • Wins 79'
Attendance: 2,030
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)
Italy 2−2 Portugal
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)

Final

France 0–3 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 10,243
Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi (Ukraine)

Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

The following awards were given after the conclusion of the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[9]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Portugal Romário Cunha
Right Back Portugal Daniel Banjaqui
Centre Back France Emmanuel Mbemba
Centre Back Portugal Mauro Furtado
Left Back France Lucas Batbedat
Defensive Midfielder Belgium Nathan De Cat
Defensive Midfielder Portugal Rafael Quintas
Right Winger Portugal Duarte Cunha
Attacking Midfielder Italy Samuele Inacio
Left Winger Belgium Jesse Bisiwu
Centre Forward France Djylian N'Guessan

References

  1. ^ "Albania, Estonia, Latvia to host U17 EURO in 2025, 2026, 2027". UEFA. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ New U17 Euro format from 2024/25, UEFA.com
  3. ^ "2024 U17 EURO finals in Cyprus: Tournament information". UEFA. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "UEFA zyrtarizon arbitrat kryesorë për Europianin U-17 "Shqipëri 2025"". Albanian Football Federation. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship". UEFA. 16 April 2025.
  6. ^ "2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship: All the fixtures". UEFA. 1 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Rafael Quintas named 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Player of the Tournament". UEFA. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  8. ^ "2025 Under-17 EURO top scorer: Inacio finishes out in front". UEFA. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  9. ^ "2025 U17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
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