2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

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2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Mistrzostwa Europy U-19 w Piłce Nożnej Kobiet 2025
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
Dates15–27 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain (7th title)
Runners-upFlag of France.svg  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored47 (3.13 per match)
Attendance9,713 (648 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of France.svg Liana Joseph
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of France.svg Maeline Mendy
2024
2026

The 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 22nd edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. It was held in Poland, after the original host Belarus was stripped from hosting rights due to the country's involvement of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [1] [2]

Contents

Similar to the previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament would qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the UEFA representatives besides Poland who automatically qualified as hosts. If Poland finished in the top four, the team that ranked fifth and sixth in the final stage would also qualify.

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Venues

Poland [3]
Mielec Stalowa Wola
Stadium Mielec Stadium Stalowa Wola
Capacity: 7,000Capacity: 3,764
Stal Mielec stadion 1.JPG Podkarpackie Centrum Pilki Noznej A01.jpg
Rzeszów Tarnobrzeg
Stadium Rzeszów Stadium Tarnobrzeg
Capacity: 15,026Capacity: 3,770
Stadion Stali Rzeszow.jpg 2023-04-10 -- Stadion KS Siarka 0850.jpg

Qualification

52 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Poland also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams would qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

Qualified teams

Seven teams qualified for the final tournament along with hosts Poland.

TeamMethod of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Hosts2nd 2007 (Group stage)Group stage (2007)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Round 2 Group A1 winners13th 2024 (Runners-up)Champions (2014)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Round 2 Group A2 winners2nd 2012 (Semi-finals)Semi-finals (2012)
Flag of England.svg  England Round 2 Group A3 winners16th 2024 (Semi-finals)Champions (2009)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Round 2 Group A4 winners9th 2022 (Group stage)Champions (2008)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Round 2 Group A5 winners18th 2024 (Champions)Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Flag of France.svg  France Round 2 Group A6 winners19th 2024 (Semi-finals)Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Round 2 best runners-up14th 2022 (Semi-finals)Champions (1999, 2012, 2015)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Squads

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and automatically qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. If Poland finished fourth in their group, the play-off match for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup would be played. [4]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 3300111+109 Knockout stage and qualification for 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31113304
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (H)31116714 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup [a]
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30030990
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Poland qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as hosts.
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Stadium Stalowa Wola, Stalowa Wola
Attendance: 2,655
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
France  Flag of France.svg3–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Stadium Rzeszów, Rzeszow
Attendance: 283
Referee: Rasa Grigonė (Lithuania)

Poland  Flag of Poland.svg0–6Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Stadium Mielec, Mielec
Attendance: 2,264
Referee: Merima Čelik (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Stadium Stalowa Wola, Stalowa Wola
Attendance: 178
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–5Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report
Stadium Tarnobrzeg, Tarnobrzeg
Attendance: 2,717
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–2Flag of France.svg  France
Report
Stadium Rzeszów, Rzeszow
Attendance: 238
Referee: Emilie Torkelsen (Norway)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 320131+26 [a] Knockout stage and qualification for 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 320163+36 [a]
3Flag of England.svg  England 31023633 [b] Qualification for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 31022423 [b]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Spain 3, Portugal 0.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: England 3, Netherlands 0.
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg0–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Stadium Mielec, Mielec
Attendance: 296
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
England  Flag of England.svg2–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Report
Stadium Tarnobrzeg, Tarnobrzeg
Attendance: 648
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)

Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg4–1Flag of England.svg  England
Report
Stadium Tarnobrzeg, Tarnobrzeg
Attendance: 611
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–0Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Stadium Rzeszów, Rzeszow
Attendance: 307
Referee: Emilie Torkelsen (Norway)

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Stadium Mielec, Mielec
Attendance: 241
Referee: Merima Čelik (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–0Flag of England.svg  England
Librán Soccerball shade.svg90+6' Report
Stadium Stalowa Wola, Stalowa Wola
Attendance: 283
Referee: Rasa Grigonė (Lithuania)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary. [5]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 June
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France (a.e.t.)4
 
27 June
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3
 
Flag of France.svg  France 0
 
24 June
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (a.e.t.)2
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0
 

Semi-finals

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2−0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
Stadium Mielec, Mielec
Attendance: 236
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
France  Flag of France.svg4−3 (a.e.t.)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report

Final

France  Flag of France.svg0–4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report
Stadium Rzeszów, Rzeszow
Attendance: 1,198 [6]
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

The following awards were given after the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-19 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel. [7]

PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper Flag of Spain.svg Laia López
Defenders Flag of Spain.svg Noemi Bejarano
Flag of Spain.svg Aïcha Camara
Flag of Italy.svg Azzurra Gallo
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Olivia Rademaker
Midfielders Flag of Spain.svg Clara Serrajordi
Flag of Spain.svg Irune Dorado
Flag of France.svg Maeline Mendy
Forwards Flag of Spain.svg Daniela Agote
Flag of France.svg Liana Joseph
Flag of France.svg Ornella Graziani

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following six teams from UEFA qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, including Poland which qualified as hosts.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17 December 2023 [8] 0 (debut)
Flag of France.svg  France 18 June 20259 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 , 2022, 2024)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2 (2004, 2012)
Flag of England.svg  England 21 June 20255 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0 (debut)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5 (2004, 2016, 2018, 2022 , 2024)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. "Poland host Women's Under-19 EURO in 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2023.
  2. "Women's Under-19". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. Polska zorganizuje dwa wielkie turnieje piłkarskie kobiet: ME U19 i MŚ U20
  4. "Women's Under-19". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  5. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 April 2025.
  6. "France vs Spain" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  7. "2025 Women's Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA . 30 June 2024.
  8. "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023.