2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Campionatul European de Fotbal Sub-19 2025
Tournament details
Host countryRomania
Dates13–26 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored65 (4.33 per match)
Attendance40,278 (2,685 per match)
Top scorer(s) Said El Mala
Max Moerstedt
Kees Smit
Pablo García
(4 goals each)
Best player(s) 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.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Venues

Bucharest Ploiești
Rapid-Giulești Stadium Arcul de Triumf Stadium Ilie Oană Stadium
Capacity: 14,047 Capacity: 8,027 Capacity: 15,073
Voluntari
Anghel Iordănescu Stadium
Capacity: 4,600

Qualification

Qualified teams

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)

Officials

Squads

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.

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  Romania (H) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Montenegro 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Spain 1–0 Denmark
  • Merino 45'
Report
Attendance: 731
Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium)
Romania 2–1 Montenegro
Report
  • Vlahović 13'
Attendance: 2,934
Referee: Menélaos Andoníou (Cyprus)

Denmark 5–0 Montenegro
Report
Attendance: 389
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Romania 1–3 Spain
  • Szimionaș 49'
Report
Attendance: 3,764
Referee: Rob Hennessy (Ireland)

Denmark 0–3 Romania
Report
  • Guțea 34'
  • Barbu 58'
  • Vermeșan 77'
Attendance: 6,133
Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)
Montenegro 0–5 Spain
Report
Attendance: 1,594
Referee: Menélaos Andoníou (Cyprus)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 7 9 −2 4
3  England 3 0 2 1 9 11 −2 2
4  Norway 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
England 2–2 Norway
Report
Attendance: 1,433
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Germany 0–3 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 783
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas (Spain)

Norway 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 683
Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium)
Germany 5–5 England
Report
Attendance: 1,104
Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)

Norway 1–2 Germany
Report
Attendance: 312
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas (Spain)
Netherlands 4–2 England
Report
Attendance: 738
Referee: Rob Hennessy (Ireland)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.[2]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 June – Bucharest (Arcul de Triumf)
 
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)6
 
26 June – Bucharest (Rapid-Giulești)
 
 Germany5
 
 Spain0
 
23 June – Bucharest (Rapid-Giulești)
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Netherlands3
 
 
 Romania1
 

Semi-finals

Spain 6–5 (a.e.t.) Germany
Report
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium)

Netherlands 3–1 Romania
Report
Attendance: 12,199
Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)

Final

Spain 0–1 Netherlands
Report Jiménez 63' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,159[3]
Referee: Rob Hennessy (Ireland)

Goalscorers

Team of the Tournament

The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.[4]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Joeri Heerkens

References

  1. ^ "Malta, Northern Ireland and Romania to stage U19 EURO in 2023, 2024, 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Spain vs Netherlands" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  4. ^ "2025 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.