2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
International football competition
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The 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (41st edition if the under-16 era is included), the annual international football competition contested by the men's under-17 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Albania was selected by UEFA on 26 September 2023 to host the final tournament, for the first time.[1]
| 2025 UEFA Kampionati Evropian U-17 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Albania |
| Dates | 19 May – 1 June |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 54 (3.6 per match) |
| Attendance | 63,571 (4,238 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Samuele Inácio(5 goals) |
| Best player | Rafael Quintas |
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A total of eight teams competed in the final tournament (reduced from 16 in previous editions), with players born on or after 1 January 2008 eligible to participate.[2] Unlike previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament qualification competition served as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, while the final tournament no longer served as the UEFA qualifiers, with the top 11 teams qualifying for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the UEFA representatives, while the final tournament had only eight teams competed.
Portugal won the competition for the 7th time (3rd in the under-17 era) after defeating France 3–0 in the final.
Qualification
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania | Hosts | 1st | Debut | |
| Italy | League A Group A1 winners | 13th | 2024 (Champions) | Champions (2024) |
 Germany | League A Group A2 winners | 15th | 2023 (Champions) | Champions (2009, 2023) |
| France | League A Group A3 winners | 16th | 2024 (Group stage) | Champions (2004, 2015, 2022) |
| Portugal | League A Group A4 winners | 12th | 2024 (Runners-up) | Champions (2003, 2016) |
 Czech Republic | League A Group A5 winners | 8th | 2024 (Quarter-finals) | Runners-up (2006) |
 Belgium | League A Group A6 winners | 9th | 2022 (Group stage) | Semi-finals (2007, 2015, 2018) |
 England | League A Group A7 winners | 17th | 2024 (Quarter-finals) | Champions (2010, 2014) |
Venues
The tournament will be hosted in 4 venues.[3]
| Durrës | Elbasan |
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| Niko Dovana Stadium Capacity: 12,040 |
Elbasan Arena Capacity: 12,800 |
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| Rrogozhinë | Tirana |
| Egnatia Arena Capacity: 4,000 |
Arena Kombëtare Capacity: 22,500 |
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Officials
A total of 6 referees and 6 assistant referees were selected by UEFA for the tournament.[4]
| Referee | Assistants |
|---|---|
 Patrik Kolarić (Croatia) |
Luka Pajić (Croatia) |
 Mikkel Redder (Denmark) |
Martin Markus (Denmark) |
 Oliver Reitala (Finland) |
Olli Jantunen (Finland) |
 Joey Kooij (Netherlands) |
Dyon Fikkert (Netherlands) |
 Łukasz Kuźma (Poland) |
Marek Arys (Poland) |
 Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Ukraine) |
Oleksiy Myronov (Ukraine) |
 Christopher Rae (Scotland) | |
 Guillaume Maire (Switzerland) |
Squads
Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Portugal |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Germany |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Albania (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Belgium |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | England |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 |
| Italy | 2–1 | Czech Republic |
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| Belgium | 3–1 | Czech Republic |
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Knockout stage
Goalscorers
There were 54 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
Ali Camara- Noah Fernandez
Anísio Cabral- Tomás Soares
1 goal
- August De Wannemacker
- Wout Gielen
- Axl Wins
Kryštof Čížek- Martin Palaščák
- Hugo Sochůrek
- Matouš Srb
Max Dowman- Harry Gray
- Harry Howell
Ilyas Azizi- Christ Batola
- Abdoulaye Camara
- Djibril Coulibaly
- Hermann Malonga
- Rudy Matondo
Lasse Isbruch- Jeremiah Mensah
- Wisdom Mike
- Kenziah Oteng-Mensah
- Alexander Staff
Antonio Arena- Alessio Baralla
- Thomas Campaniello
- Cristiano De Paoli
- Andrea Luongo
- Daniel Banjaqui
- Martim Chelmik
- Duarte Cunha
- Stevan Manuel
- Mateus Mide
- Gil Neves
- Rafael Quintas
Awards
The following awards were given after the conclusion of the tournament:
- Player of the Tournament: Rafael Quintas[7]
- Top Scorer: Samuele Inacio[8]
Team of the Tournament
After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[9]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Romário Cunha |
| Right Back | Daniel Banjaqui |
| Centre Back | Emmanuel Mbemba |
| Centre Back | Mauro Furtado |
| Left Back | Lucas Batbedat |
| Defensive Midfielder | Nathan De Cat |
| Defensive Midfielder | Rafael Quintas |
| Right Winger | Duarte Cunha |
| Attacking Midfielder | Samuele Inacio |
| Left Winger | Jesse Bisiwu |
| Centre Forward | Djylian N'Guessan |