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. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.

England were the defending champions. 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.

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.

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 qualificationAppearance Last appearance Previous best performance 2019 (Group stage) (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019) 2022 (Semi-finals) (2003) 2019 (Champions) (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019) 2019 (Runners-up) (2018) 2015 (Semi-finals) (2007, 2012) 2006 (Group stage) (2004, 2006)

Venues Ta'QaliPaolaNational StadiumCentenary StadiumTony Bezzina StadiumCapacity: 16,997Capacity: 3,000Capacity: 2,968Xewkija(Gozo)Gozo StadiumCapacity: 1,644

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

Squads

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was 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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Disciplinary points UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots. Group A

Group B

Knockout stage Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Goalscorers

Team of the Tournament

The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament. Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Gonçalo Ribeiro

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