2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Campionatul European de Fotbal Sub-19 2025
Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Dates	13–26 June 2025
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	65 (4.33 per match)
Attendance	40,278 (2,685 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Said El Mala ; Max Moerstedt ; Kees Smit ; Pablo García ; (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Kees Smit
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Last updated August 30, 2025

The 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (72nd edition if the Under-18 and Junior era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Romania, which were selected by UEFA on 19 April 2021, hosted the tournament.^[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Venues

Bucharest		Ploiești
Rapid-Giulești Stadium	Arcul de Triumf Stadium	Ilie Oană Stadium
Capacity: 14,047	Capacity: 8,027	Capacity: 15,073

Voluntari	Bucharest Voluntari Ploiești
Anghel Iordănescu Stadium
Capacity: 4,600

Qualification

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	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Romania	Hosts	3rd	2022	Group stage (2011, 2022)
Germany	Elite round Group 6 winners	10th	2017	Champions (2008, 2014)
Spain	Elite round Group 5 winners	15th	2024	Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2024)
Denmark	Elite round Group 1 winners	2nd	2024	Group stage (2024)
Montenegro	Elite round Group 2 winners	1st	Debut
Netherlands	Elite round Group 3 winners	6th	2017	Semi-finals (2017)
Norway	Elite round Group 4 winners	8th	2024	Semi-finals (2023)
England	Elite round Group 7 winners	12th	2022	Champions (2017, 2022)

Officials

Squads

Each national team submitted a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers. Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to participate. The age listed for each player is their age as of 13 June 2025, the first day of the tournament.

Group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage); Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	9	1	+8	9	Knockout stage
2	Romania (H)	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6	Knockout stage
3	Denmark	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Montenegro	3	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

13 June 2025

18:00

Spain	1–0	Denmark
Merino 45'	Report

Rapid-Giulești Stadium, Bucharest

Attendance: 731

Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium)

13 June 2025