UEFA European Under-19 Championship

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Founded	1948
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	53 (qualifiers) 24 (Elite round) 8 (finals)
Current champions	Spain (10th title)
Most successful team(s)	Spain (10 titles)
Television broadcasters	Eurosport
2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

The UEFA European Under-19 Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA junior tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1955. In 1980, it was restyled the European Under 18 Football Championship, and as changes were made to player eligibility dates in 2001, the championship received its current name, and this name 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, similarly 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, six European teams can qualify for the World Cup by finishing in the top three of their groups.

The age limit of the event was under-18 (calendar year) at the beginning of the qualification but co-current with the new name, the age limit became under-19 during the final tournament. Thus, the age limit never changed as the qualification always began a year before the final tournament.

FIFA Junior Tournament

1948–1954

Year	Host	Final
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1948 details	England	England	3 – 2	Netherlands
1949 details	Netherlands	France	4 – 1	Netherlands
1950 details	Austria	Austria	3 – 2	France
1951 details	France	Yugoslavia	3 – 2	Austria
1952 details	Spain	Spain	0 – 0 aet Spain won on Goal Average	Belgium
1953 details	Belgium	Hungary	2 – 0	Yugoslavia
1954 details	West Germany	Spain	2 – 2 aet Spain won on Goal Average	West Germany

UEFA Junior Tournament

1955: Tournament in Italy - 5 Group Winners Only

Romania

Italy

Bulgaria

Hungary

Czechoslovakia

1956: Tournament in Hungary - 4 Group Winners Only

Hungary

Italy

Romania

Czechoslovakia

1957–1980

Year	Host	Final
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1957 Details	Spain	Austria	3 – 2	Spain
1958 Details	Luxembourg	Italy	1 – 0	England
1959 Details	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1 – 0	Italy
1960 Details	Austria	Hungary	2 – 1	Romania
1961 Details	Portugal	Portugal	4 – 0	Poland
1962 Details	Romania	Romania	4 – 1	Yugoslavia
1963 Details	England	England	4 – 0	Northern Ireland
1964 Details	Netherlands	England	4 – 0	Spain
1965 Details	West Germany	East Germany	3 – 2	England
1966 Details	Yugoslavia	Italy	0 – 0 Title Shared	Soviet Union
1967 Details	Turkey	Soviet Union	1 – 0	England
1968 Details	France	Czechoslovakia	2 – 1	France
1969 Details	East Germany	Bulgaria	1 – 1 Bulgaria win on Coin Toss	East Germany
1970 Details	Scotland	East Germany	1 – 1 East Germany win on Coin Toss	Netherlands
1971 Details	Czechoslovakia	England	3 – 0	Portugal
1972 Details	Spain	England	2 – 0	West Germany
1973 Details	Italy	England	3 – 2 aet	East Germany
1974 Details	Sweden	Bulgaria	1 – 0	Yugoslavia
1975 Details	Switzerland	England	1 – 0 asdet	Finland
1976 Details	Hungary	Soviet Union	1 – 0	Hungary
1977 Details	Belgium	Belgium	2 – 1	Bulgaria
1978 Details	Poland	Soviet Union	3 – 0	Yugoslavia
1979 Details	Austria	Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Bulgaria
1980 Details	East Germany	England	2 – 1	Poland

UEFA European Youth Championship

Year	Host	Final
UEFA European U-18 Championship
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1981 Details	West Germany	West Germany	1 – 0	Poland
1982 Details	Finland	Scotland	3 – 1	Czechoslovakia
1983 Details	England	France	1 – 0	Czechoslovakia
1984 Details	Soviet Union	Hungary	0 – 0 (3 – 2) pen.	Soviet Union
1986 Details	Yugoslavia	East Germany	3 – 1	Italy
1988 Details	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	3 – 1 aet	Portugal
1990 Details	Hungary	Soviet Union	0 – 0 (4 – 2) pen.	Portugal
1992 Details	Germany	Turkey	2 – 1 asdet	Portugal
1993 Details	England	England	1 – 0	Turkey
1994 Details	Spain	Portugal	1 – 1 (4 – 1) pen.	Germany
1995 Details	Greece	Spain	4 – 1	Italy
1996 Details	France	France	1 – 0	Spain
1997 Details	Iceland	France	1 – 0 asdet	Portugal
1998 Details	Cyprus	Republic of Ireland	1 – 1 (4 – 3) pen.	Germany
1999 Details	Sweden	Portugal	1 – 0	Italy
2000 Details	Germany	France	1 – 0	Ukraine
2001 Details	Finland	Poland	3 – 1	Czech Republic
UEFA European U-19 Championship
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
2017 Details	Georgia
2018 Details	Finland

Number of teams

Year of tournament	Format	Number of teams
1986 – 1992	knockout format	8
1993	2 groups of four teams, third place playoff and final
1994	2 groups of four teams, fifth place playoff, third place playoff and final
1995 – 2002	2 groups of four teams, third place playoff and final
2003 – present	2 groups of four teams, semi finals and final

Winners by country

Team	Titles	Runners-up
UEFA European Youth Championship
Spain	10 (1952, 1954, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015)	4 (1957, 1964, 1996, 2010)
England	9 (1948, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1993)	5 (1958, 1965, 1967, 2005, 2009)
France	7 (1949, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010)	3 (1950, 1968, 2013)
Germany / West Germany / East Germany	6 (1965, 1970, 1981, 1986, 2008, 2014)	7 (1954, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Russia / Soviet Union	6 (1966, 1967, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1990)	2 (1984, 2015)
Portugal	3 (1961, 1994, 1999)	7 (1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2014)
Italy	3 (1958, 1966, 2003)	5 (1959, 1986, 1995, 1999, 2008)
Serbia / Yugoslavia	3 (1951, 1979, 2013)	4 (1953, 1962, 1974, 1978)
Bulgaria	3 (1959, 1969, 1974)	2 (1977, 1979)
Hungary	3 (1953, 1960, 1984)	1 (1976)
Austria	2 (1950, 1957)	1 (1951)
Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia	1 (1968)	4 (1982, 1983, 2001, 2011)
Poland	1 (2001)	3 (1961, 1980, 1981)
Turkey	1 (1992)	2 (1993, 2004)
Belgium	1 (1977)	1 (1952)
Romania	1 (1962)	1 (1960)
Scotland	1 (1982)	1 (2006)
Ukraine	1 (2009)	1 (2000)
Republic of Ireland	1 (1998)	–
Netherlands	–	3 (1948, 1949, 1970)
Greece	–	2 (2007, 2012)
Finland	–	1 (1975)
Northern Ireland	–	1 (1963)

Note: 1966 Title Shared between Italy and Soviet Union.

Awards

Golden Player

The Golden Player award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the tournament.

European Championship	Golden Player	Ref(s)
2002 Norway	Fernando Torres	^[1]
2003 Liechtenstein	Alberto Aquilani	^[2]
2004 Switzerland	Juanfran	^[3]
2005 Northern Ireland	Abdoulaye Baldé	^[4]
2006 Poland	Alberto Bueno	^[5]
2007 Austria	Sotiris Ninis	^[6]
2008 Czech Republic ¹	Lars Bender Sven Bender	^[7]
2009 Ukraine	Kyrylo Petrov	^[8]
2010 France	Gaël Kakuta	^[9]
2011 Romania	Álex Fernández	^[10]
2012 Estonia	Gerard Deulofeu	^[11]
2013 Lithuania	Aleksandar Mitrović	^[12]
2014 Hungary	Davie Selke	^[13]
2015 Greece	Marco Asensio	^[14]

¹ Honour shared.

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

References

↑ "2002: Fernando Torres". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2003: Alberto Aquilani". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2004: Juanfran". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2005: Abdoulaye Balde". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2006: Alberto Bueno". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2007: Sotiris Ninis". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2008: Lars & Sven Bender". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2009: Kyrylo Petrov". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2010: Gaël Kakuta". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2011: Álex Fernández". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2012: Gerard Deulofeu". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2013: Aleksandar Mitrović". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2014: Davie Selke". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ "2015: Marco Asensio". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

External links

UEFA European U-19 C'ship at uefa.com
Tournament details at rsssf.com

UEFA European U-18 and U-19 Championship

Under-18 era, 1948–2001

Tournaments	England 1948 Netherlands 1949 Austria 1950 France 1951 Spain 1952 Belgium 1953 West Germany 1954 Italy 1955 Hungary 1956 Spain 1957 Luxembourg 1958 Bulgaria 1959 Austria 1960 Portugal 1961 Romania 1962 England 1963 Netherlands 1964 West Germany 1965 Yugoslavia 1966 Turkey 1967 France 1968 East Germany 1969 Scotland 1970 Czechoslovakia 1971 Spain 1972 Italy 1973 Sweden 1974 Switzerland 1975 Hungary 1976 Belgium 1977 Poland 1978 Austria 1979 East Germany 1980 West Germany 1981 Finland 1982 England 1983 Soviet Union 1984 Yugoslavia 1986 Czechoslovakia 1988 Hungary 1990 Germany 1992 England 1993 Spain 1994 Greece 1995 France 1996 Iceland 1997 Cyprus 1998 Sweden 1999 Germany 2000 Finland 2001

Qualification	1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Squads	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-19 era, 2002–present

Tournaments	Norway 2002 Liechtenstein 2003 Switzerland 2004 Northern Ireland 2005 Poland 2006 Austria 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Ukraine 2009 France 2010 Romania 2011 Estonia 2012 Lithuania 2013 Hungary 2014 Greece 2015 Germany 2016 Georgia 2017 Finland 2018

Qualification	2002 2003 (First, Second) 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016 2017

Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

UEFA competitions

National teams	European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 Nations League (proposed) Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Futsal Championship (U-21 (defunct)) Meridian Cup (defunct)

Clubs	Champions League Youth League Europa League Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Intertoto Cup (defunct) Super Cup Intercontinental Cup (defunct) Intercontinental Champions' Supercup (defunct) Women's Champions League Futsal Cup

Amateur	Regions' Cup Amateur Cup (defunct)

Club competition records and statistics Club competition winning teams Club competition winning managers UEFA coefficient

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Tournaments	Tunisia 1977 Japan 1979 Australia 1981 Mexico 1983 USSR 1985 Chile 1987 Saudi Arabia 1989 Portugal 1991 Australia 1993 Qatar 1995 Malaysia 1997 Nigeria 1999 Argentina 2001 UAE 2003 Netherlands 2005 Canada 2007 Egypt 2009 Colombia 2011 Turkey 2013 New Zealand 2015 South Korea 2017

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Book Team appearances

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Women's football

UEFA European Under-19 Championship awards

Golden player	2002: Torres 2003: Aquilani 2004: Juanfran 2005: Baldé 2006: Bueno 2007: Ninis 2008: L. Bender & S. Bender¹ 2009: Petrov 2010: Kakuta 2011: Álex 2012: Deulofeu 2013: Mitrović 2014: Selke 2015: Asensio

Top goalscorer	2002: Torres (4 goals) 2003: Grax & Paulo Sérgio (3 goals) 2004: Öztürk & Piszczek (4 goals) 2005: Veselinović (5 goals) 2006: Bueno & Parlak (5 goals) 2007: Ben-Hatira & Mitroglou & Monnet-Paquet (3 goals) 2008: Necid (4 goals) 2009: Delfouneso (4 goals) 2010: Pacheco (4 goals) 2011: Morata (6 goals) 2012: Jesé (5 goals) 2013: Achahbar & Guedes & Sirgėdas (3 goals) 2014: Selke (6 goals) 2015: Mayoral (3 goals)

¹ honour shared as players are twins and UEFA did not want to differentiate.

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