| Tourney Name: | UEFA European Under-17 Championship |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Size: | 200 |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Other Titles: | 2023-es U17-es labdarúgó-Európa-bajnokság |
| Dates: | 17 May – 2 June |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 7 |
| Cities: | 6 |
| Count: | 4 |
| Matches: | 31 |
| Goals: | 105 |
| Attendance: | 27854 |
| Top Scorer: | Paris Brunner Robert Ramsak Marc Guiu Lamine Yamal (4 goals each) |
| Player: | Paris Brunner[1] |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2023) was the 20th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (39th 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. Hungary hosted the tournament.[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.
Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the UEFA representatives.
France, having won the title in 2022, entered as the title holders, but would lose in the final to Germany, who won their fourth title.
For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively.[2]
See main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification.
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Hungary qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2022, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2023, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 2019 (Fifth place) | (2019) | |||
| 9th2 | 2022 (Semi-finals) | (2022) | |||
| 1st | Debut | ||||
| 15th | 2022 (Runners-up) | (2011, 2012, 2018, 2019) | |||
| 15th | 2022 (Quarter-finals) | (2007, 2008, 2017) | |||
| 10th | 2022 (Semi-finals) | (2003, 2016) | |||
| 6th | 2019 (Group stage) | (2017, 2018) | |||
| 5th | 2017 (Group stage) | (2005) | |||
| 14th | 2022 (Champions) | (2004, 2015, 2022) | |||
| 1 | 7th | 2022 (Group stage) | (2014) | ||
| 1 | 15th | 2019 (Group stage) | (2010, 2014) | ||
| 1 | 14th | 2022 (Quarter-finals) | (2009) | ||
| 1 | 4th | 2022 (Group stage) | (2012) | ||
| 1 | 11th | 2022 (Quarter-finals) | (2013, 2018, 2019) | ||
| 1 | 4th | 2018 (Group stage) | (2012, 2015, 2018) | ||
| 1 | 9th | 2018 (Group stage) | (2002) | ||
1 The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
2 Two as Serbia and Montenegro and seven as Serbia
The final draw was made on 3 April 2023 at Ensana Thermal Margaret Island Health Spa Hotel, Budapest.[3]
The tournament was hosted in 7 venues.[4]
| Debrecen | Balmazújváros | Budaörs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagyerdei Stadion | Városi Sportpálya | Árok utcai pálya | |
| Capacity: 20,340 | Capacity: 2,435 | Capacity: 1,204 | |
| 4 group games | 4 group games, 1 quarter-final | 3 group games, World Cup play-off | |
| Budapest | |||
| Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion | |||
| Capacity: 5,322 | |||
| 4 group games, 1 quarter-final, final | |||
| Telki | Debrecen | Felcsút | |
| Telki Training Centre | DEAC Stadion | Pancho Aréna | |
| Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 1,500 | Capacity: 3,816 | |
| 2 group games, 1 quarter-final | 4 group games, 1 quarter-final | 3 group games, 2 semi-finals | |
The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:
Referees
Assistant referees
See main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads.
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
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In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).
Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.
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To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which entered the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists were ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):
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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[6]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Max Schmitt |
| Defenders | Eric da Silva Moreira |
| Finn Jeltsch | |
| Ishé Samuels-Smith | |
| Nhoa Sangui | |
| Midfielders | Noah Darvich |
| Fayssal Harchaoui | |
| Saïmon Bouabré | |
| Forwards | Lamine Yamal |
| Marc Guiu | |
| Paris Brunner |
The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 (1993, 1999) | |||
| 10 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017) | |||
| 10 (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2019) | |||
| 7 (1987, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) | |||
| 4 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2017) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.