UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The UEFA European Under-19 Championship is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain is the most successful team in this competition, having won eleven titles. Spain are also the current champions.
History and format
The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA International Youth Tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1956. In 1980, it was restyled the UEFA European Under-18 Championship. As changes were made to player eligibility dates in 2001, the championship received its current name, which has been used since the 2002 championship. The contest has been held every year since its inauguration in 1948, except for the period between 1984 and 1992, when it was only held every other year.The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently it consists of two stages, similar to UEFA's other European championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all UEFA members, and the final stage is contested between eight teams.
During even years, the best finishing teams qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in the next year. Currently, five teams can qualify for the World Cup, consisting of the top two of their groups plus the winner of a play-off match between the third-placed teams of each group.
The age limit of the event was under-18 at the beginning of the qualification but co-current with the new name, the age limit became under-19 during the final tournament. Thus, the age limit never changed as the qualification always began a year before the final tournament.
Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 19 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January.
Number of teams
Results
FIFA Youth Tournament (1948–1954)
UEFA Youth Tournament (1955–1980)
UEFA European Under-18 Championship (1981–2001)
UEFA European Under-19 Championship (since 2002)
Statistics
Performances by countries
Accurate as of 2019.Note:
1966 Title Shared between and.
1957 Third place Shared between and.
Awards
Golden Player Award
For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com subsequently named a Golden Player.| European Championship | Golden Player |
| 2002 Norway |  Fernando Torres |
| 2003 Liechtenstein |  Alberto Aquilani |
| 2004 Switzerland | Juanfran |
| 2005 Northern Ireland |  Abdoulaye Baldé |
| 2006 Poland | Alberto Bueno |
| 2007 Austria |  Sotiris Ninis |
| 2008 Czech Republic1 |  Lars Bender Sven Bender |
| 2009 Ukraine |  Kyrylo Petrov |
| 2010 France | Gaël Kakuta |
| 2011 Romania | Álex Fernández |
| 2012 Estonia | Gerard Deulofeu |
| 2013 Lithuania |  Aleksandar Mitrović |
| 2014 Hungary | Davie Selke |
| 2015 Greece | Marco Asensio |
| 2016 Germany | Jean-Kévin Augustin |
| 2017 Georgia |  Mason Mount |
1Honour shared.
Top goalscorer
The Top goalscorer award is awarded to the player who scores the most goals during the tournament.| European Championship | Top goalscorer | Goals |
| 2002 Norway | Fernando Torres | 4 |
| 2003 Liechtenstein |  Paulo Sérgio | 5 |
| 2004 Switzerland |  Ali Öztürk Łukasz Piszczek | 4 |
| 2005 Northern Ireland |  Borko Veselinović | 5 |
| 2006 Poland | Alberto Bueno İlhan Parlak | 5 |
| 2007 Austria | Änis Ben-Hatira Kostantinos Mitroglou Kévin Monnet-Paquet | 3 |
| 2008 Czech Republic |  Tomáš Necid | 4 |
| 2009 Ukraine | Nathan Delfouneso | 4 |
| 2010 France | Dani Pacheco | 4 |
| 2011 Romania | Álvaro Morata | 6 |
| 2012 Estonia | Jesé | 5 |
| 2013 Lithuania |  Gratas Sirgedas Anass Achahbar Alexandre Guedes | 3 |
| 2014 Hungary | Davie Selke | 6 |
| 2015 Greece | Borja Mayoral | 3 |
| 2016 Germany | Jean-Kévin Augustin | 6 |
| 2017 Georgia | Ben Brereton Ryan Sessegnon Joël Piroe Viktor Gyökeres | 3 |
| 2018 Finland | Jota Francisco Trincão | 5 |
| 2019 Armenia | Gonçalo Ramos | 4 |