UEFA European Under-17 Championship


The UEFA European Under-17 Championship is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain is the most successful team in this competition, having won nine titles. The Netherlands are the current champions.

History and format

The current competition format consists of three stages: a qualifying round, an elite round and a final tournament. The first stage takes place in autumn of the previous year, while the elite round is played in spring. The winners of each elite round group join the host team in the final tournament, played in May. Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 17 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January.

Results

UEFA European Under-16 Championship (1982–2001)

UEFA European Under-17 Championship (since 2002)

1No third place match has been played since 2007; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

As of 2019
1 There was no match to determine 3rd place after the 2006 tournament.

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Participating nations

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UEFA European Under-17 Championship (since 2002)

Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

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Golden Player Award

For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com subsequently named a Golden Player.
TournamentGolden Player
2002 Denmark Wayne Rooney
2003 Portugal Miguel Veloso
2004 France Cesc Fàbregas
2005 Italy Nuri Şahin
2006 Luxembourg Toni Kroos
2007 Belgium Bojan Krkić
2008 Turkey Danijel Aleksić
2009 Germany Mario Götze
2010 Liechtenstein Connor Wickham
2011 Serbia Kyle Ebecilio
2012 Slovenia Max Meyer
2013 Slovakia Anton Mitryushkin
2014 Malta Steven Bergwijn
2015 Bulgaria Odsonne Édouard
2016 Azerbaijan José Gomes
2017 Croatia Jadon Sancho