2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
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Tournament details
Host country Malta
Dates 3–16 July
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Italy (4th title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 49 (3.27 per match)
Attendance 20,539 (1,369 per match)
Top scorer(s) Spain Víctor Barberà
(4 goals)
Best player Italy Luis Hasa[1]
2022
2024

The 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2023) was the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (70th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Malta hosted the tournament from 3 to 16 July 2023.[2] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.

England were the defending champions.[3] They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition. Italy were crowned champions for the fourth time after beating Portugal 1–0 in the final.[4]

Host selection

Malta was appointed as the host for the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 19 April 2021 in Montreux, Switzerland.[5][6]

Qualification

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Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Malta Hosts 1st
Debut
 Norway Elite round Group 1 winners 6th 2019 (Group stage) Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019)
 Italy Elite round Group 2 winners 9th 2022 (Semi-finals) Champions (2003)
 Spain Elite round Group 3 winners 13th 2019 (Champions) Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
 Portugal Elite round Group 4 winners 12th 2019 (Runners-up) Champions (2018)
 Greece Elite round Group 5 winners 7th 2015 (Semi-finals) Runners-up (2007, 2012)
 Poland Elite round Group 6 winners 3rd 2006 (Group stage) Group stage (2004, 2006)
 Iceland Elite round Group 7 winners 1st
Debut

Venues

Ta'Qali Paola
National Stadium Centenary Stadium Tony Bezzina Stadium
Capacity: 16,997 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 2,968
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Xewkija
(Gozo)
Gozo Stadium
Capacity: 1,644
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Draw

The final draw was held on 19 April 2023, 13:00 CET.[7]

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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3 July 2023
18:00 CEST
Poland  0–2  Portugal
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037918--poland-vs-portugal/
Tony Bezzina Stadium
Attendance: 772
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

3 July 2023
21:00 CEST
Malta  0–4  Italy
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037917--malta-vs-italy/
Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 3,427
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

6 July 2023
18:00 CEST
Portugal  5–1  Italy
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037922--portugal-vs-italy/
Centenary Stadium
Attendance: 1,328
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

6 July 2023
21:15 CEST
Malta  0–2  Poland
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037921--malta-vs-poland/
Centenary Stadium
Attendance: 1,618
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

9 July 2023
18:00 CEST
Portugal  2–1  Malta
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037925--portugal-vs-malta/
Gozo Stadium
Attendance: 894
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)

9 July 2023
18:00 CEST
Italy  1–1  Poland
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037926--italy-vs-poland/
Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

Group B

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4 July 2023
18:00 CEST
Norway  5–4  Greece
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037920--norway-vs-greece/
Centenary Stadium
Attendance: 586
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)

7 July 2023
18:00 CEST
Greece  0–5  Spain
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037924--greece-vs-spain/
Gozo Stadium
Attendance: 479
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

10 July 2023
21:00 CEST
Spain  0–0  Norway
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037928--spain-vs-norway/
Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 704
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
           
 
13 July – Paola
 
 
 Portugal 5
 
16 July – Ta' Qali
 
 Norway 0
 
 Portugal 0
 
13 July – Ta' Qali
 
 Italy 1
 
 Spain 2
 
 
 Italy 3
 

Semi-finals

13 July 2023 (2023-07-13)
18:00 CEST
Portugal  5–0  Norway
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037949--portugal-vs-norway/
Tony Bezzina Stadium
Attendance: 709
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

13 July 2023 (2023-07-13)
21:00 CEST
Spain  2–3  Italy
https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037950--spain-vs-italy/
Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 1,712
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Final

Goalscorers

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Team of the Tournament

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Portugal and Italy teams right before the beginning of the final match of the tournament.

The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.[9]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Gonçalo Ribeiro

References

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