2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
International football competition
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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.
| Campionatul European de Fotbal Sub-19 2025 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Romania |
| Dates | 13–26 June 2025 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 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 | Kees Smit |
← 2024 2026 → | |
Venues
| Bucharest | Ploiești | ||||
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| Rapid-Giulești Stadium | Arcul de Triumf Stadium | Ilie Oană Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 14,047 | Capacity: 8,027 | Capacity: 15,073 | |||
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| Voluntari | |||||
| Anghel Iordănescu Stadium | |||||
| Capacity: 4,600 | |||||
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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.
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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 |
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| 1 | Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Romania (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Denmark |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Montenegro |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
| Romania | 2–1 | Montenegro |
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| Denmark | 5–0 | Montenegro |
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| Montenegro | 0–5 | Spain |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Germany |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | England |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Norway |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Germany | 0–3 | Netherlands |
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| Norway | 0–2 | Netherlands |
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| Netherlands | 4–2 | England |
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.[2]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 23 June – Bucharest (Arcul de Triumf) | ||||||
| Spain (a.e.t.) | 6 | |||||
| 26 June – Bucharest (Rapid-Giulești) | ||||||
| Germany | 5 | |||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||
| 23 June – Bucharest (Rapid-Giulești) | ||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||
| Romania | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
Final
| Spain | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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| Report | Jiménez  63' (o.g.) |
Goalscorers
There were 65 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Villum Berthelsen
Zach Abbott- Joshua King
- Mikey Moore
- Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny
- Tom Watson
Noah Darvich- Assan Ouédraogo
- Leopold Wurm
Vuk Vlahović
Aymen Sliti- Lucas Vennegoor of Hesselink
Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit
Remus Guțea- Emanuel Marincău
- Luca Szimionaș
- Ioan Vermeșan
Antonio Cordero- Peio Huestamendia
- Jon Martín
- Tommy Marqués
- Jano Monserrate
1 own goal
- Oscar Buur (against Spain)
- Andrés Cuenca (against Germany)
- Raúl Jiménez (against the Netherlands)
Source: UEFA
Team of the Tournament
The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.[4]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Joeri Heerkens |