2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Mistrzostwa Europy U-19 w Piłce Nożnej Kobiet 2025
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
Dates15–27 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Spain (7th title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored47 (3.13 per match)
Attendance9,713 (648 per match)
Top scorer(s) Liana Joseph
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Maeline Mendy
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The 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 22nd edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. It was held in Poland, after the original host Belarus was stripped from hosting rights due to the country's involvement of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1][2]

Similar to the previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament would qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the UEFA representatives besides Poland who automatically qualified as hosts. If Poland finished in the top four, the team that ranked fifth and sixth in the final stage would also qualify.

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

Venues

Poland[3]
Mielec
Stalowa Wola
Stadium Mielec Stadium Stalowa Wola
Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 3,764
Rzeszów Tarnobrzeg
Stadium Rzeszów Stadium Tarnobrzeg
Capacity: 15,026 Capacity: 3,770

Qualification

Main article: 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

52 (out of 55) UEFA nations entered the qualifying competition, with the hosts Poland also competing despite already qualifying automatically, and seven teams would qualify for the final tournament at the end of round 2 to join the hosts.

Qualified teams

Seven teams qualified for the final tournament along with hosts Poland.

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Poland Hosts 2nd 2007 (Group stage) Group stage (2007)
 Netherlands Round 2 Group A1 winners 13th 2024 (Runners-up) Champions (2014)
 Portugal Round 2 Group A2 winners 2nd 2012 (Semi-finals) Semi-finals (2012)
 England Round 2 Group A3 winners 16th 2024 (Semi-finals) Champions (2009)
 Italy Round 2 Group A4 winners 9th 2022 (Group stage) Champions (2008)
 Spain Round 2 Group A5 winners 18th 2024 (Champions) Champions (2004, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)
 France Round 2 Group A6 winners 19th 2024 (Semi-finals) Champions (2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)
 Sweden Round 2 best runners-up 14th 2022 (Semi-finals) Champions (1999, 2012, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Squads

Main article: 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship squads

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and automatically qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. If Poland finished fourth in their group, the play-off match for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup would be played.[4]

All times are local CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Knockout stage and qualification for 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Poland (H) 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[a]
4  Sweden 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Poland qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as hosts.
Poland 1–1 Italy
  • Araśniewicz 63'
 Report
  • Pellegrino Cimò 90+2'
Attendance: 2,655
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
France 3–0 Sweden
  • Joseph 26'
  • Effa Effa 63'
  • Graziani 70'
 Report
Attendance: 283
Referee: Rasa Grigonė (Lithuania)
Poland 0–6 France
Report
Attendance: 2,264
Referee: Merima Čelik (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Sweden 0–1 Italy
Report
  • Pellegrino Cimò 37'
Attendance: 178
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
Sweden 0–5 Poland
Report
Attendance: 2,717
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
Italy 1–2 France
  • Sciabica 60'
 Report
  • Lushimba Bilombi 33'
  • Dufour 74'
Attendance: 238
Referee: Emilie Torkelsen (Norway)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6[a] Knockout stage and qualification for 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Portugal 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6[a]
3  England 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3[b] Qualification for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
4  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3[b]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Spain 3, Portugal 0.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: England 3, Netherlands 0.
Portugal 0–2 Spain
Report
Attendance: 296
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
England 2–1 Netherlands
 Report
  • Zuidberg 44'
Attendance: 648
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
Portugal 4–1 England
  • Santiago 76', 89'
  • Marques 78'
  • Gago 82' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 611
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
Netherlands 1–0 Spain
  • Zuidberg 12'
 Report
Attendance: 307
Referee: Emilie Torkelsen (Norway)
Netherlands 0–2 Portugal
Report
  • Gago 59' (pen.)
  • Kaminska 71'
Attendance: 241
Referee: Merima Čelik (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Spain 1–0 England
Librán 90+6' Report
Attendance: 283
Referee: Rasa Grigonė (Lithuania)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.[5]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 June
 
 
 France (a.e.t.)4
 
27 June
 
 Portugal3
 
 France0
 
24 June
 
 Spain4
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 Italy0
 

Semi-finals

Spain 2−0 (a.e.t.) Italy
 Report
Attendance: 236
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
France 4−3 (a.e.t.) Portugal
 Report
  • Gago 30' (pen.)
  • Martins 74'
  • Costa 105+2'
Attendance: 275
Referee: Rasa Grigonė (Lithuania)

Final

France 0–4 Spain
Report
Attendance: 1,198[6]
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  • Giada Pellegrino Cimò
  • Zoë Zuidberg
  • Julia Gutowska
  • Carolina Santiago
  • Cris Librán

1 goal

  • Princess Ademiluyi
  • Kenza Dufour
  • Chancelle Effa Effa
  • Landryna Lushimba Bilombi
  • Mélinda Mendy
  • Julie Swierot
  • Manuela Sciabica
  • Kinga Wyrwas
  • Diana Costa
  • Dária Kaminska
  • Anna Marques
  • Lara Martins
  • Aiara Agirrezabala
  • Noemí Bejarano
  • Irune Dorado
  • Clara Serrajordi

1 own goal

  • Liv Rademaker (against England)
  • Iara Lobo (against England)

Awards

The following awards were given after the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, the Under-19 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[7]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Laia López
Defenders Noemi Bejarano
Aïcha Camara
Azzurra Gallo
Olivia Rademaker
Midfielders Clara Serrajordi
Irune Dorado
Maeline Mendy
Forwards Daniela Agote
Liana Joseph
Ornella Graziani

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following six teams from UEFA qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, including Poland which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Poland 17 December 2023[8] 0 (debut)
 France 18 June 2025 9 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
 Italy 2 (2004, 2012)
 England 21 June 2025 5 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018)
 Portugal 0 (debut)
 Spain 5 (2004, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ "Poland host Women's Under-19 EURO in 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Women's Under-19". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ^ Polska zorganizuje dwa wielkie turnieje piłkarskie kobiet: ME U19 i MŚ U20
  4. ^ "Women's Under-19". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 April 2025.
  6. ^ "France vs Spain" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  7. ^ "2025 Women's Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 30 June 2024.
  8. ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023.
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