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2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
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The 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification was a men's under-17 national football team competition that determined the 7 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Albania in the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.
Russia were excluded from the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, 54 teams entered this qualification competition including also hosts Albania, as it was the first time in the championship's history that the hosts started from the qualifying round however being automatically qualified. The qualification consists of a Round 1 played from October to November 2024, followed by a Round 2 played in spring 2025. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible to participate.
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The qualifying competition consists of the following two rounds:
- Round 1: 54 teams were drawn into 14 groups. Each group was played in a single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The top two teams from each group advance to the Round 2 League A; the other teams played in the Round 2 League B.
- Round 2:
- League A: 28 teams were drawn into 7 groups of four. The winners of each group qualified for the Final tournament. If Albania was among the seven qualified teams, then the best runner-up team would also qualify.
- League B: Teams in League B competed for promotion to League A for qualifying round 1 of the 2026/27 U19 EURO.
In addition, the qualification also act as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, with Round 1 being the First Round and Round 2 League A being the Final Round of World Cup qualifying (which also the reason why the hosts also take part in qualifying competition). The winners of each group, along with the four best second-placed teams, qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Tiebreakers
In the qualifying rounds, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[1]
- 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 had the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and were tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
- Drawing of lots.
To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.03):[1]
- Points;
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Disciplinary points (total 3 matches);
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw;
- Drawing of lots.
To determine the seven best runners-up from the elite round, all results were considered. The same criteria as above were applied (Regulations Articles 15.02 and 15.03).[1]
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Round 1
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Draw
The draw for the Round 1 was held on 3 May 2024 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2]
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[3]
- 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
Each group contains one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and 12 groups contain one team from Pot D. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, the following pairs of teams could not be drawn in the same group: Spain and Gibraltar, Belarus and Ukraine, Kosovo and Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia & Herzegovina.
- Notes
- Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.
Groups
Round 1 was played from October to November 2024.
Group 1
Group 2
Referee: Roman Jitari (Moldova)
TŠC Trate, Gornja Radgona
Referee: Christos Vergetis (Greece)
Referee: Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira (Portugal)
TŠC Trate, Gornja Radgona
Referee: Roman Jitari (Moldova)
Referee: Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira (Portugal)
TŠC Trate, Gornja Radgona
Referee: Christos Vergetis (Greece)
Group 3
Referee: Lukasz Kuzma (Poland)
Referee: Zorbay Küçük (Türkiye)
Referee: Matthew MacDermid (Scotland)
Referee: Lukasz Kuzma (Poland)
Referee: Zorbay Küçük (Türkiye)
Referee: Matthew MacDermid (Scotland)
Group 4
Referee: Andreas Argyrou (Cyprus)
Referee: Dalibor Černý (Czech Republic)
Referee: Andreas Argyrou (Cyprus)
Referee: Dalibor Černý (Czech Republic)
Group 5
Referee: Ben Mcmaster (Northern Ireland)
Estádio do Real SC, Queluz
Referee: Marek Radina (Czech Republic)
Referee: Ben Mcmaster (Northern Ireland)
Referee: Marek Radina (Czech Republic)
Group 6
Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)
Referee: Michele Beltrano (San Marino)
Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)
Referee: Michele Beltrano (San Marino)
Group 7
Sportpark Kelsterbach, Kelsterbach
Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan (Republic of
Ireland)
Sportpark Kelsterbach, Kelsterbach
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)
DFB-Campus, Frankfurt
Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan (Republic of Ireland)
Sportpark Kelsterbach, Kelsterbach
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)
Group 8
Referee: Peiman Simani (Finland)
Referee: Heini Ziskason Viðoy (Faroe Islands)
Referee: Peiman Simani (Finland)
Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)
Referee: Heini Ziskason Viðoy (Faroe Islands)
Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)
Group 9
Referee: Jovan Kachevski (North Macedonia)
Stadio di Montecchio, Montecchio
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Ukraine)
Stadio di Montecchio, Montecchio
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Ukraine)
Referee: Ladislav Szikszay (Czech Republic)
Stadio di Montecchio, Montecchio
Referee: Jovan Kachevski (North Macedonia)
Referee: Ladislav Szikszay (Czech Republic)
Group 10
Referee: Jóhan Hendrik Ellefsen (Faroe Islands)
Referee: Joakim Östling (Sweden)
Referee: Kamal Umudlu (Azerbaijan)
Referee: Jóhan Hendrik Ellefsen (Faroe Islands)
Referee: Joakim Östling (Sweden)
Referee: Kamal Umudlu (Azerbaijan)
Group 11
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)
Referee: Pavle Ilić (Serbia)
Group 12
Group 13
Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal (The Netherlands)
Referee: Martin Matoša (Slovenia)
Group 14
Referee: Danilo Nikolić (Serbia)
Mosevej Stadion, Kolding
Referee: Marek Radina (Czech Republic)
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)
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Round 2
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Draw
The draw for Round 2 was made at 11:45 CET on 5 December at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4]
The 28 teams of Round 1 (top 2 of each group) are drawn in seven groups of four teams.[5] The seven teams ranked fourth in the League A groups will be relegated to League B for round 1 of U19 EURO qualifying for the same age cohort (so teams relegated from League A in 2024/25 U17 EURO round 2 will begin 2026/27 U19 EURO round 1 in League B).
The teams are seeded according to their results in the round 1 (Regulations Article 15.01).[6]
- Teams entering League A
- Teams entering League B
The third and fourth-placed teams in Round 1 will enter League B. The teams are seeded according to their results in the round 1 into five groups of four and two groups of three teams. The seven League B winners will be promoted to League A for round 1 of 2026/27 U19 EURO qualifying.
League A
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group A1
Referee: Mathieu Vernice (France)
Referee: Gal Levi (Israel)
Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)
Referee: Mathieu Vernice (France)
Group A2
Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)
Referee: Ben Mcmaster (Northern Ireland)
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Greece)
Referee: Ben Mcmaster (Northern Ireland)
Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Greece)
Group A3
Group A4
Pista de Atletismo Gémeos Castro, Guimaraes
Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan (Republic of Ireland)
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)
Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan (Republic of Ireland)
Referee: Ross Hardie (Scotland)
Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)
Group A5
Referee: Oliver Reitala (Finland)
Referee: João Gonçalves (Portugal)
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Germany)
Referee: João Gonçalves (Portugal)
Referee: Oliver Reitala (Finland)
Group A6
Group A7
Referee: Karel Rouček (Czechia)
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)
Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz (Poland)
Referee: Karel Rouček (Czechia)
Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz (Poland)
Ranking of second-placed teams
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient ranking.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient ranking.
League B
Group B1
Referee: Bence Csonka (Hungary)
Referee: Matteo Marchetti (Italy)
Referee: Bence Csonka (Hungary)
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger (Switzerland)
Referee: Matteo Marchetti (Italy)
Referee: Bence Csonka (Hungary)
Group B2
Referee: Roman Jitari (Moldova)
Referee: Oscar Johnson (Sweden)
Referee: Márton Rús (Hungary)
Referee: Roman Jitari (Moldova)
Referee: Márton Rús (Hungary)
Referee: Oscar Johnson (Sweden)
Group B3
Group B4
Referee: Wojciech Myc (Poland)
Referee: Mateo Erceg (Croatia)
Referee: Florian Badstübner (Germany)
Group B5
Referee: Aaron Wyn Jones (Wales)
Referee: Daniel Higraff (Norway)
Referee: Aaron Wyn Jones (Wales)
Referee: Matthew MacDermid (Scotland)
Referee: Matthew MacDermid (Scotland)
Referee: Daniel Higraff (Norway)
Group B6
Referee: Jérémy Muller (Luxembourg)
Referee: Igor Bosca (Moldova)
House of Football Natural Pitch, Tirana
Referee: Michele Beltrano (San Marino)
Group B7
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Goalscorers
In the qualifying round, there have been 333 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 4.27 goals per match (as of 19 November 2024).
In the elite round there have been 232 goals scored in 75 matches, for an average of 3.09 goals per match (as of 10 June 2025).
In total there have been 565 goals scored in 153 matches, for an average of 3.69 goals per match (as of 10 June 2025).
7 goals
6 goals
Bruno Katz
Alexander Staff
Thomas Campaniello
5 goals
4 goals
Dominik Dobis
René Mitongo Muteba
Anes Mehmedović
Din Ramić
Kenan Vrban
Patrik Horvat
Kryštof Čížek
Jacob Ambæk
Marten-Chris Paalberg
Ilyas Azizi
Lirjon Abdullahu
Elion Krosa
Gil Neves
Jaden Umeh
Fletcher Boyd
Benjamin Brantlind
Adrien Llukes
Pavlo Liusin
3 goals
Evangjelos Gjoka
Gabriel Kulla
Andrei Lutskovich
Matej Deket
Elias Georgiou
Max Dowman
Finlay Gorman
Thibo Negre
Stavros Ioannou
János Galambos
Liroy Avrevaya
Oliver Blini
Daulet Orynbassar
Rin Ahmeti
Matija Jovanović
Paul McGovern
Stefan Brankovski
Filip Karmelita
Oliwier Siniawski
Bartosz Szywała
Yoan Pereira
Tomas Soares
Michael Noonan
Cole Burke
Josip Bralic
Dmytro Zudin
2 goals
Hasan Deshihsku
Johannes Moser
Artur Zablotski
Nathan De Cat
Noah Fernandez
August De Wannemacker
Maksim Minkov
Radostin Stoilov
Niko Horvat
Savvas Kontopoulos
Adam Novák
Dominik Zajac
Malik Pimpong
Chizaram Ezenwata
Rio Ngumoha
Alejandro Rodriguez
Igor Tyjon
Noah Rantasalmi
Osagie Okungbowa
Alberto Velásquez
Paul Eymard
Rémi Himbert
Andria Bartishvili
Jeremiah Mensah
Salvatore Mule
Keziah Oteng-Mensah
Georgios Krommydas
Iason Nempis
Konstantinos Souvlatzis
Benjámin János Gólik
Ásbjörn Líndal Arnarsson
Tómas Óli Kristjánsson
Gunnar Orri Olsen
Guðmar Gauti Sævarsson
Vincenzo Damiano
Samuele Inacio
Abylay Toleukhan
Olivers Beķeris
Adomas Buikus
Simas Grabauskas
Carmine Mennea
Rodion Piazenko
Pharrel Nana Yaw Yiadom Nash
Kelvin Neijenhuis
Emre Ünüvar
Ivo Markoski
Harald Woxen
Karol Delikat
Filip Skorb
Mauro Furtado
Bernardo Lima
Mateus Mide
Ianis Avramescu
Denis-Alberto-Ionuț Țăroi
Cameron Williams
Vasilije Kostov
Maxim Mateáš
Denis Videnović
Iago Barreiros
Asier Bonel
Oscar Gistau
Sama Nomoko
Igor Oyono
Love Arrhov
Milian Öberg
Charlie Pavey
Ahmed Saeed
Nevio Scherrer
Hasan Ege Akdoğan
Hayden Allmark
1 goal
Leon Myrtaj
Juan Francisco Haddad Cuchiarelli
Joel Viana
Arsen Arakelyan
David Simonian
Rafael Feldinger
Alibay Mahmudov
Tunar Rzayev
Mikita Kalesnikovich
Yahor Molchan
Maksim Sakuta
Ilya Verenich
Anatoli Yastachkin
Jessi Da Silva
Aaron Murenzi
Nikša Blagojević
Dino Delić
Ajdin Ibrahimović
Armin Spahić
Eman Subašić
Kaloyan Bozhkov
Samuil Tsonov
Bruno Mišura
Pavle Smiljanić
Roko Vojvodić
Christos Charalampous
Antreas Mavroudis
Orestis Panayiotou
Ilias Stylianou
Christodoulos Thoma
Patrik Jurásek
Jan Křivánek
Vít Škrkoň
Hugo Sochůrek
Petr Střeska
Ali Al-Najar
Adam Fuglsang
Tristan Panduro
Andre Dike
Alejandro Gomes
Harry Howell
Ryan McAidoo
Lucas Rawlings
Freddie Simmonds
Reggie Walsh
Luca Williams-Barnett
Sander Alamaa
Nikita Kalmõkov
Karl Mägi
Eydthór Joensen
Páll Müller
Valtteri Lehtomäki
Niilo Siren
Otto Tiitinen
Topias Töllinen
Soan Ameline
Sanah Camara
Rémi Himbert
Milan Leccese
Ibrahim Mbaye
Koba Kakashvili
Georgii Kobakhidze
David Creta
Moritz Göttlicher
Can Armando Güner
Mussa Kaba
Yunus Ünal
Dimitrios Berdos
Christos Kapellas
Georgios Siozios
Konstantinos Theocharis
Gergely Csóka
Kristóf Lakatos
Viktor Petrók
Viktor Bjarki Dadason
Alexander Máni Guðjónsson
Helgi Hafsteinn Jóhannsson
Tómas Óli Kristjánsson
Itamar Chosyd
Liam Lusky
Ilay Ben Simon
Destiny Elimoghale
Andrea Luongo
Jean Mambuku
Antonio Pirrò
Luca Reggiani
Samuel Wiafe
Shyngys Kaliev
Raimbek Kenesbekov
Dastan Satpayev
Omer Shala
Artjoms Butriks
Nikita Doroņins
Markuss Gomins
Dovas Grudzinskas
Dominykas Taučas
Jugas Turčinskas
Bilal Dardari
Kevin Da Silva Fernandes
Ruben Sousa
Sami Aboassaf
Matteo Paolo Grech
Andreas Vella
Jovan Anđić
Vesko Čukić
Viktor Lesjak
Marko Popović
Andrija Vukoje
Levi Acheampong
Sami Bouhoudane
Ayoub Ouarghi
Chivano Wijks
Darragh McCann
Cead McGrath
Ceadach O'Neill
Troy Savage
Aleksandar Grashevski
Ditmir Hodja
Lorent Zhaku
Philip Holseter-Karlsen
Olav Mengshoel
Jesper Renshusløkken
Elias Slørdal
Mikołaj Czerniatowicz
Jakub Falkiewicz
Tymoteusz Gmur
Brandao Baptista
Martim Chelmik
Duarte Cunha
Stevan Manuel
Rafael Quintas
Charles Akinrintoyo
Lee Brody
Billy Canny
Ramón Martos
Goodness Ogbonna
Finn Sherlock
Sebastian Banu
Alexandru Bota
Raul Cojocariu
Rares Coman
Costyn Gheorghe
Mihai Razvan Ninaci
Ianis Podoleanu
Marco Popescu
Albert Radu
Bogdan Ungureanu
Hayden Borland
Brodie Dair
Jamie Hislop
Taylor Hogarth
Cooper Masson
Alexander Smith
Aleksa Damjanović
Aleksa Petrović
Miloš Soprenić
Luka Zarić
Rocco Baravelli
Oliver Fecso
Dominik Pecsuk
Maevan Vincent
Bor Ceferin
Svit Hočevar
David Jereb
Kristjan Kozar
Žan Meško
Svit Mlekuž
Nejc Viher
Enzo Alves
Alex Campos
Juan Vacas Diaz
Jaume Durá
Toni Fernández
Alexis Ciria Flores
Pedro Rodriguez Iglesias
Iker Quintero
Rasmus Bergkvall
Björn Hedlöf
Elvis Van Der Laan
Ethan Bruchez
Ivan Cossalter
Ilija Despotovic
Nico Lazri
Mladen Mijajlovic
Ahmet Çobanoğlu
Oğuzhan Ertem
Mustafa Yortaç
Ivan Andreyko
Mukhammad Dzhurabaiev
Arsen Zalypka
Louie Bradbury
Ollie Dewsbury
Carter Heywood
Olivier Newman
1 own goal
Darli Kurti (against Croatia)
Tomas Graça De Almeida (against Czechia)
Juan Francisco Haddad Cuchiarelli (against Czechia)
Andreas Søndenbroe (against Finland)
Topias Töllinen (against Portugal)
Nebe Sirak Dominic (against Czechia)
Vasileios Labvas (against Hungary)
Leonardo Bovio (against Ukraine)
Evghenii Macarov (against Israel)
Andrija Vukoje (against Israel)
Oisin McDonagh (against Northern Ireland)
Michele Stefani (against Belarus)
Milan Kodaj (against Cyprus)
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