2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Kampjonat Ewropew 2023 ta' Taħt id-19-il sena
2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country Malta
Dates3–16 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored49 (3.27 per match)
Attendance20,539 (1,369 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Spain.svg Víctor Barberà
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Italy.svg Luis Hasa [1]
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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.

Contents

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

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Hosts1st
Debut
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Elite round Group 1 winners6th 2019 (Group stage)Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Elite round Group 2 winners9th 2022 (Semi-finals)Champions (2003)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Elite round Group 3 winners13th 2019 (Champions)Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Elite round Group 4 winners12th 2019 (Runners-up)Champions (2018)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Elite round Group 5 winners7th 2015 (Semi-finals)Runners-up (2007, 2012)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Elite round Group 6 winners3rd 2006 (Group stage)Group stage (2004, 2006)
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Elite round Group 7 winners1st
Debut

Venues

Ta'Qali Paola
National Stadium Centenary Stadium Tony Bezzina Stadium
Capacity: 16,997Capacity: 3,000Capacity: 2,968
Malta TaQali.JPG Malta - Attard - Ta' Qali Centenary Stadium 07 ies.jpg Hibernians Ground.jpg
Xewkija
(Gozo)
Gozo Stadium
Capacity: 1,644
Gozo Stadium.jpg

Draw

The final draw was held on 19 April 2023, 13:00 CEST at Manoel Theatre, Valletta. [7]

Squads

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 330092+79 Knockout stage
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31116604
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 31113304
4Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 300318−70
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg0–2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Tony Bezzina Stadium , Paola
Attendance: 772
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Ta' Qali National Stadium , Ta' Qali
Attendance: 3,427
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg5–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Centenary Stadium , Ta' Qali
Attendance: 1,328
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report
Centenary Stadium , Ta' Qali
Attendance: 1,618
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg2–1Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report
Gozo Stadium , Xewkija
Attendance: 894
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report
Ta' Qali National Stadium , Ta' Qali
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 321071+67 Knockout stage
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 312065+15
3Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 302123−12
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3012410−61
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg5–4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Report
Centenary Stadium , Ta' Qali
Attendance: 586
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg1–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Centenary Stadium , Ta' Qali
Attendance: 753
Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Gozo Stadium , Xewkija
Attendance: 479
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg1–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Tony Bezzina Stadium , Paola
Attendance: 532
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–0Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Report
Tony Bezzina Stadium , Paola
Attendance: 324
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg0–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Ta' Qali National Stadium , Ta' Qali
Attendance: 704
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

Semi-finals

Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg5–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Tony Bezzina Stadium , Paola
Attendance: 709
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Ta' Qali National Stadium , Ta' Qali
Attendance: 1,712
Referee: Italian

Final

Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg0–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report Kayode Soccerball shade.svg19'
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 5,648 [8]
Referee: (Italian)

Goalscorers

There were 49 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.27 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: UEFA

Team of the Tournament

Portugal and Italy teams right before the beginning of the final match of the tournament. EuroU19 2023 final.jpg
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]

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of Portugal.svg Gonçalo Ribeiro

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