2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2024 Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Κ-17
2024 Avrupa 17 Yaş Altı Futbol Şampiyonası
Tournament details
Host countryCyprus
Dates20 May – 5 June
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)6 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored59 (2.95 per match)
Attendance13,947 (697 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Ondřej Penxa
England Mikey Moore
Portugal Rodrigo Mora
(3 goals each)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2024.
International football competition

The 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2024) is the 21st UEFA European Under-17 Championship (40th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Cyprus is hosting the tournament.[1] A total of 16 teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Germany are the title holders, having beaten France in a penalty shootout in the 2023 final. They will not be able to defend their title after failing to qualify for the final tournament.

Host selection

  • 19 April 2021: Selection of successful host associations by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Montreux

For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively.[1]

Qualification

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2023, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2024, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.


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 Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Cyprus Hosts 1st Debut
 France Elite round Group 1 winners 15th 2023 (Runners-up) Champions (2004, 2015, 2022)
 Sweden Elite round Group 2 winners 6th 2022 (Group stage) Semi-finals (2013)
 Italy Elite round Group 3 winners 12th 2023 (Group stage) Runners-up (2013, 2018, 2019)
 Ukraine Elite round Group 4 winners 7th 2017 (Group stage) Group stage (2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017)
 Portugal Elite round Group 5 winners 11th 2023 (Group stage) Champions (2003, 2016)
 Denmark Elite round Group 6 winners 7th 2022 (Quarter-finals) Semi-finals (2011)
 Austria Elite round Group 7 winners 7th 2019 (Group stage) Third place (2003)
 Poland Elite round Group 8 winners 5th 2023 (Semi-finals) Semi-finals (2012, 2023)
 England Elite round Group 1 runners-up1 16th 2023 (Fifth place) Champions (2010, 2014)
 Wales Elite round Group 2 runners-up1 2nd 2023 (Group stage) Group stage (2023)
 Slovakia Elite round Group 4 runners-up1 2nd 2013 (Semi-finals) Semi-finals (2013)
 Croatia Elite round Group 5 runners-up1 6th 2023 (Group stage) Fourth place (2005)
 Serbia Elite round Group 6 runners-up1 10th2 2023 (Quarter-finals) Semi-finals (2022)
 Spain Elite round Group 7 runners-up1 16th 2023 (Semi-finals) Champions (2007, 2008, 2017)
 Czech Republic Elite round Group 8 runners-up1 7th 2019 (Quarter-finals) Runners-up (2006)
Notes
1 The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
2 Two as Serbia and Montenegro and eight as Serbia

Venues

The tournament is hosted in 6 venues.[2]

Larnaca
Ammochostos Stadium
Capacity: 5,500 		AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis
Capacity: 7,303 		Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Capacity: 10,320
Achna Limassol Paralimni
Dasaki Stadium
Capacity: 5,422 		Alphamega Stadium
Capacity: 11,000 		Paralimni Stadium
Capacity: 5,800

Match officials

The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:

The 12 referees for the final tournament:

  • Belgium Jasper Vergoote
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Antoni Bandić
  • Bulgaria Radoslav Gidzjenov
  • Croatia Ante Čulina
  • Cyprus Menelaos Antoniou
  • Czech Republic Jan Petřík
  • Denmark Jakob Alexander Sundberg
  • Finland Mohammed Al-Emara
  • France Pierre Gaillouste
  • Israel David Fuxman
  • Portugal Miguel Bértolo Nogueira
  • Serbia Nenad Minaković

The 12 assistant-referees for the final tournament:

  • Belgium Martijn Tiesters
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Stefan Tešanovic
  • Bulgaria Petar Velizarov Mitrev
  • Croatia Luka Pušic
  • Cyprus Kyriakos Sokratous
  • Czech Republic Marek Podaný
  • Denmark Victor Skytte
  • Finland Turkka Valjakka
  • France Alexis Auger
  • Israel Rostislav Talis
  • Portugal Nelson Filipe Vila Pereira
  • Serbia Nikola Borović

Squads

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  9. Disciplinary points
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −3 points;
  10. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  11. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 12 4 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  Serbia 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Cyprus (H) 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia 1–0 Ukraine
  • Makević 2'
 Report
Attendance: 296
Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg (Denmark)
Cyprus 0–5 Czech Republic
Report
  • Kolářík 26'
  • Naskos 28' (pen.)
  • Nechvátal 40'
  • Penxa 81'
  • Kvaček 90+3'
Attendance: 5,435
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)
Ukraine 1–3 Czech Republic
 Report
  • Moudrý 12' (pen.)
  • Penxa 61', 88'
Cyprus 1–3 Serbia
  • Ioannou 34'
 Report
Attendance: 1,866
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)
Ukraine 2–0 Cyprus
  • Bohdanov 30', 48' (pen.)
 Report
Czech Republic 4–3 Serbia
  • Kolářík 8'
  • Belžík 64' (pen.), 89'
  • Kolísek 90+3'
 Report
Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7 Knockout stage
2  Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
3  Croatia 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4  Wales 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Denmark 2–0 Wales
  • Obi 45+2'
  • Johannesen 48'
 Report
Attendance: 269
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou (Cyprus)
Croatia 0–0 Austria
Report
Attendance: 258
Referee: Jan Petřík (Czech Republic)
Denmark 2–2 Croatia
  • Abildgaard 36'
  • Risnæs 60'
 Report
  • Čović 41'
  • Mikić 47'
Attendance: 354
Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)
Austria 3–0 Wales
  • Hämmerle 30'
  • Zabransky 51'
  • Riegel 84'
 Report
Attendance: 333
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
Austria 4–0 Denmark
  • Moizi 11', 29'
  • Adejenughure 50', 52'
 Report
Wales 1–1 Croatia
  • Allen 32'
 Report
  • Durdov 24'
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Knockout stage
2  Poland 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3  Sweden 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Slovakia 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Slovakia 0–0 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 303
Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia)
Italy 2–0 Poland
  • Mosconi 5'
  • Coletta 72'
 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)
Italy 2–0 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 316
Referee: Jan Petřík (Czech Republic)
Sweden 2–2 Poland
  • Antwi 14'
  • Bozicevic 55'
 Report
  • Adkonis 24'
  • Izunwanne 67'
Attendance: 337
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)
Sweden 1–2 Italy
  • Bozicevic 58'
 Report
Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)
Poland 4–0 Slovakia
  • Izunwanne 11', 45'
  • Pietuszewski 30'
  • Gieroba 68'
 Report
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6[a] Knockout stage
2  England 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6[a]
3  France 3 2 0 1 3 5 −2 6[a]
4  Spain 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Portugal 3, England 3, France 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Portugal +2, England +1, France −3.
Spain 1–2 Portugal
  • Yañez 20'
 Report
  • Varela 25'
  • Mora 33'
Attendance: 446
Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)
France 0–4 England
Report
Attendance: 1,254
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
France 1–0 Spain
  • Molebe 86'
 Report
Attendance: 631
Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg (Denmark)
Portugal 4–1 England
  • Mora 34', 48'
  • Silva 64'
  • Patrão 68'
 Report
Attendance: 1,184
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou (Cyprus)
Portugal 1–2 France
  • Patrão 38'
 Report
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
England 3–1 Spain
 Report
  • Arnucio 23'
Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 May
 
 
 Czech Republic
 
2 June
 
 Denmark
 
 
 
30 May
 
 
 
 Italy
 
5 June
 
 England
 
 
 
29 May
 
 
 
 Austria
 
2 June
 
 Serbia
 
 
 
30 May
 
 
 
 Portugal
 
 
 Poland
 

Quarter-finals

Czech Republic v Denmark
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov
Austria v Serbia
Italy v England
Portugal v Poland
Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg

Semi-finals

Winner Quarter-Final 1vWinner Quarter-Final 3
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou
Winner Quarter-Final 2vWinner Quarter-Final 4
Referee: Antoni Bandic

Final

Winner Semi-Final 1vWinner Semi-Final 2
Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Goalscorers

There have been 73 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.04 goals per match (as of 27 May 2024).

4 goals

3 goals

  • Czech Republic Ondřej Penxa
  • Poland Michael Izunwanne

2 goals

  • Austria Oghenetejiri Adejenughure
  • Austria Philipp Moizi
  • Czech Republic Karel Belžík
  • Czech Republic Josef Kolářík
  • Serbia Mihajlo Cvetković
  • Serbia Vasilije Kostov
  • Ukraine Dmytro Bohdanov
  • Sweden Fred Bozicevic
  • Italy Francesco Camarda
  • Portugal Afonso Patrão
  • France Enzo Molebe

1 goal

  • Austria Mauro Hämmerle
  • Austria Adrian Riegel
  • Austria Valentin Zabransky
  • Croatia Patrice Čović
  • Croatia Bruno Durdov
  • Croatia Noa Mikić
  • Cyprus Petros Ioannou
  • Czech Republic Jakub Kolísek
  • Czech Republic Matěj Kvaček
  • Czech Republic Lukáš Moudrý
  • Czech Republic Marek Naskos
  • Czech Republic Matyáš Nechvátal
  • Denmark Lasse Abildgaard
  • Denmark Sofus Johannesen
  • Denmark Chido Obi
  • Denmark Roberto Risnæs
  • England Baylee Dipepa
  • Italy Federico Coletta
  • Italy Mattia Liberali
  • Italy Mattia Mosconi
  • Poland Jakub Adkonis
  • Portugal Gabriel Silva
  • Portugal Cardoso Varela
  • Serbia Bogdan Kostić
  • Serbia Dušan Makević
  • Serbia Viktor Stojanović
  • Sweden Genesis Antwi
  • Spain Daniel Yañez
  • Ukraine Kyrylo Dihtyar
  • Wales Cruz Allen
  • Italy Cristian Cama
  • Poland Oskar Pietruszewski
  • Poland Stanisław Gieroba
  • France Enzo Sternal
  • England Shumaira Mheuka
  • Spain Adrian Arnucio

References

  1. ^ a b "Hungary, Cyprus to host U17 EURO in 2023, 2024". UEFA. 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ "2024 U17 EURO finals in Cyprus: Tournament information". uefa.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

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