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2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
| Campionatul European de Fotbal Sub-19 2025 |
|---|
| Romania |
| 13–26 June 2025 |
| 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Netherlands (1st title) |
| Spain |
| 15 |
| 65 (4.33 per match) |
| 40,278 (2,685 per match) |
| Said El Mala Max Moerstedt Kees Smit Pablo García(4 goals each) |
| Kees Smit |
| ← 2024 2026 → |
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. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.
| Bucharest | Ploiești | |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid-Giulești Stadium | Arcul de Triumf Stadium | Ilie Oană Stadium |
| Capacity: 14,047 | Capacity: 8,027 | Capacity: 15,073 |
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| Anghel Iordănescu Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 4,600 | ||
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) |
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.
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
|---|
| The ranking of teams in the group stage is 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 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; |
| Goal difference in all group matches; |
| Goals scored in all group matches; |
| 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); |
| 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. |
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joeri Heerkens | Givairo Read Jon Martín Dies Janse Dani Muñoz | Winners Osawe Kees Smit Tygo Land | Pablo García Max Moerstedt Said El Mala |
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