2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Kampjonat Ewropew 2023 ta' Taħt id-19-il sena
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Tournament details
Host country	Malta
Dates	3–16 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	49 (3.27 per match)
Attendance	20,539 (1,369 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Víctor Barberà; (4 goals)
Best player	Luis Hasa
	← 2022 2024 →

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]^[6]

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	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Malta	Hosts	1st	Debut
Norway	Elite round Group 1 winners	6th	2019 (Group stage)	Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019)
Italy	Elite round Group 2 winners	9th	2022 (Semi-finals)	Champions (2003)
Spain	Elite round Group 3 winners	13th	2019 (Champions)	Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
Portugal	Elite round Group 4 winners	12th	2019 (Runners-up)	Champions (2018)
Greece	Elite round Group 5 winners	7th	2015 (Semi-finals)	Runners-up (2007, 2012)
Poland	Elite round Group 6 winners	3rd	2006 (Group stage)	Group stage (2004, 2006)
Iceland	Elite round Group 7 winners	1st	Debut

Venues

Ta'Qali		Paola
National Stadium	Centenary Stadium	Tony Bezzina Stadium
Capacity: 16,997	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,968
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Xewkija (Gozo)	Ta'Qali Paola Xewkija
Gozo Stadium
Capacity: 1,644
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Draw

The final draw was held on 19 April 2023, 13:00 CET.^[7]

Squads

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Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The 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 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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Poland v Portugal

3 July 2023
18:00 CEST

Poland	0–2	Portugal
	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037918--poland-vs-portugal/	Brás 4' H. Félix 60'

Tony Bezzina Stadium
Attendance: 772
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

Malta v Italy

3 July 2023
21:00 CEST

Malta	0–4	Italy
	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037917--malta-vs-italy/	Ndour 19' (pen.) Esposito 32' (pen.) D'Andrea 47' Vignato 90+2' (pen.)

Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 3,427
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Portugal v Italy

6 July 2023
18:00 CEST

Portugal	5–1	Italy
R. Ribeiro 35' Sá 57' Brás 68' H. Félix 89' Vasconcelos 90+1'	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037922--portugal-vs-italy/	Lipani 6'

Centenary Stadium
Attendance: 1,328
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

Malta v Poland

6 July 2023
21:15 CEST

Malta	0–2	Poland
	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037921--malta-vs-poland/	Strzałek 59' Pieńko 82'

Centenary Stadium
Attendance: 1,618
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

Portugal v Malta

9 July 2023
18:00 CEST

Portugal	2–1	Malta
Falé 8' Vasconcelos 75'	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037925--portugal-vs-malta/	Tuma 72'

Gozo Stadium
Attendance: 894
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)

Italy v Poland

9 July 2023
18:00 CEST

Italy	1–1	Poland
Hasa 34'	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037926--italy-vs-poland/	Strzałek 8'

Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Norway v Greece

4 July 2023
18:00 CEST

Norway	5–4	Greece
Roaldsøy 6' Ødegård 15', 44' Flataker 18' Skogvold 36'	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037920--norway-vs-greece/	Tzimas 51', 81' Stavropoulos 80' Kalogeropoulos 90+5'

Centenary Stadium
Attendance: 586
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)

Iceland v Spain

4 July 2023
21:15 CEST

Iceland	1–2	Spain
Þorsteinsson 90+1'	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037919--iceland-vs-spain/	Gasiorowski 16' Barberà 47'

Centenary Stadium
Attendance: 753
Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

Greece v Spain

7 July 2023
18:00 CEST

Greece	0–5	Spain
	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037924--greece-vs-spain/	Barberà 11', 45+1' Ángel 14' Palacios 17' Casas 57'

Gozo Stadium
Attendance: 479
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Iceland v Norway

7 July 2023
21:00 CEST

Iceland	1–1	Norway
Guðmundsson 89'	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037923--iceland-vs-norway/	Roaldsøy 65' (pen.)

Tony Bezzina Stadium
Attendance: 532
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

Greece v Iceland

10 July 2023
21:00 CEST

Greece	0–0	Iceland
	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037927--greece-vs-iceland/

Tony Bezzina Stadium
Attendance: 324
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

Spain v Norway

10 July 2023
21:00 CEST

Spain	0–0	Norway
	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037928--spain-vs-norway/

Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 704
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

13 July – Paola

Portugal	5
		16 July – Ta' Qali
Norway	0
		Portugal	0
13 July – Ta' Qali
		Italy	1
Spain	2

Italy	3

Semi-finals

Portugal v Norway

13 July 2023
18:00 CEST

Portugal	5–0	Norway
Sá 6' H. Félix 17' (pen.) Ribeiro 31', 66' Forbs 69'	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037949--portugal-vs-norway/

Tony Bezzina Stadium
Attendance: 709
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

Spain v Italy

13 July 2023
21:00 CEST

Spain	2–3	Italy
Barberà 58' Gasiorowski 74'	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037950--spain-vs-italy/	Vignato 52' Pisilli 66' Lipani 85'

Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 1,712
Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Final

Portugal v Italy

16 July 2023
21:00 CEST

Portugal	0–1	Italy
	https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2037951--portugal-vs-italy/	Kayode 19'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 5,648^[8]
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

Goalscorers

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Team of the Tournament

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Portugal and Italy teams right before the beginning of the final match of the tournament.

The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.^[9]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Gonçalo Ribeiro	Filippo Missori Alessandro Dellavalle Gabriel Brás Álex Valle	Niklas Ødegård César Palacios Luis Hasa	Hugo Félix Víctor Barberà Carlos Forbs

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External links

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2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Contents

Host selection

Qualification

Qualified teams

Venues

Draw

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

Final

Goalscorers

Team of the Tournament

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