2025 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

The 2025 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the 16th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-17 national teams of Europe. Faroe Islands hosted the tournament.^[1] A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2008 eligible to participate.

2025 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

2025 kvinnur U-17 dmeistaraheitið fótbólt UEFA U17-mesterskab for kvinder i 2025
Tournament details
Host country	Faroe Islands
Dates	4–17 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	73 (4.56 per match)
Attendance	5,923 (370 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marie Preus (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Ranneke Derks
Best goalkeeper	Maren Groothoff
← 2024 2026 →

In the 2024 final, Spain won their fifth title by defeating England 4–0.

This tournament acted as a qualifier for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco from 17 October to 8 November. UEFA's five berths were taken by the four WU17 Euro semi-finalists and the winner of a play-off between the two teams finishing third in their groups.^[2]

Qualification

Main article: 2025 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

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

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Faroe Islands	Hosts	1st	Debut
France	Round 2 Group A2 winners	11th	2024 (Fourth place)	Champions (2023)
Spain	Round 2 Group A1 winners	14th	2024 (Champions)	Champions (2010, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2024)
Italy	Round 2 Group A3 winners	4th	2018 (Group stage)	Third place (2014)
Poland	Round 2 Group A4 winners	5th	2024 (Third place)	Champions (2013)
Netherlands	Round 2 Group A5 winners	6th	2022 (Fourth place)	Runners-up (2019)
Norway	Round 2 Group A6 winners	7th	2024 (Group stage)	Fourth place (2009, 2016), Semi-finals (2017)
Austria	Round 2 Group A7 winners	3rd	2019 (Group stage)	Group stage (2014, 2019)

Venues

Klaksvík Tórshavn	Klaksvík	Tórshavn
	Við Djúpumýru (Klaksvík Stadium)	Tórsvøllur
	Capacity: 2500	Capacity: 6500

Squads

Main article: 2025 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 March 2025 at 12:00 at the Philharmonic Hall in Varpið, Klaksvík.^[3] The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals and are automatically qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The third-placed teams in both groups qualify for the play-off match, with the winner also qualifying for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; 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 have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage); Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

All times are local (WEST – UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9	Knockout stage and qualification for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2	Norway	3	1	1	1	10	2	+8	4
3	Austria	3	1	1	1	10	4	+6	4	Play-off match for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
4	Faroe Islands (H)	3	0	0	3	0	28	−28	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

4 May 2025 (2025-05-04)

15:00

Austria	1–4	Netherlands
Grabovac 30'	Report	Derks 7', 90' Dap 14' Grabovac 23' (o.g.)

Klaksvík Stadium, Klaksvík

Attendance: 136

Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England)

4 May 2025 (2025-05-04)

18:00

Faroe Islands	0–10	Norway
	Report	Preus 1', 12', 35' Herseth 6', 20' Senior-Hårvik 13', 30' Hoem 43' Halbmayr 55', 65'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 874

Referee: Vanja Janković (Slovenia)

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7 May 2025 (2025-05-07)

15:00

Faroe Islands	0–9	Austria
	Report	Lueger 6', 19' Rauscha 12', 42', 69' Grabovac 45+1' Tuppinger 52' Szuchy 86' Richter 90+1'

Klaksvík Stadium, Klaksvík

Attendance: 731

Referee: Nanna Løf Andersen (Denmark)

7 May 2025 (2025-05-07)

18:00

Netherlands	2–0	Norway
Eloualidi 75' Derks 88'	Report

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 176

Referee: Laura Mauricio (Switzerland)

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10 May 2025 (2025-05-10)

15:00

Netherlands	9–0	Faroe Islands
Horváth 13', 65' El Belati 18', 71' Djurhuus 28' (o.g.) Vinckers 45+2' Renfurm 63', 76' Touzani 78'	Report

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 505

Referee: Jelena Kumer (Croatia)

10 May 2025 (2025-05-10)

15:00

Norway	0–0	Austria
	Report

Klaksvík Stadium, Klaksvík

Attendance: 60

Referee: Vanja Janković (Slovenia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7	Knockout stage and qualification for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2	France	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Play-off match for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

5 May 2025 (2025-05-05)

15:00

Spain	1–1	France
Cristóbal 12'	Report	Adedini 24'

Klaksvík Stadium, Klaksvík

Attendance: 153

Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)

5 May 2025 (2025-05-05)

18:00

Poland	3–4	Italy
Świrska 47' Klimczak 83' Burzan 88'	Report	Romanelli 5' Ostopinka 34' (o.g.) Giudici 42' Galli 84'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 200

Referee: Jana Van Laere (Belgium)

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8 May 2025 (2025-05-08)

15:00

Italy	1–1	France
Bedini 14'	Report	Adedini 39'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 212

Referee: Jelena Kumer (Croatia)

8 May 2025 (2025-05-08)

18:00

Spain	3–1	Poland
Quer 41' Arufe 71' Domínguez 76'	Report	Carvajal 74' (o.g.)

Klaksvík Stadium, Klaksvík

Attendance: 65

Referee: Milica Milovanović (Serbia)

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11 May 2025 (2025-05-11)

15:00

Italy	2–1	Spain
Galli 38', 71'	Report	Cristóbal 90+2'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 255

Referee: Jana Van Laere (Belgium)

11 May 2025 (2025-05-11)

15:00

France	3–1	Poland
Kharafi 19' Bardet 32' Lemańczyk 88' (o.g.)	Report	Świrska 51'

Klaksvík Stadium, Klaksvík

Attendance: 98

Referee: Nanna Løf Andersen (Denmark)

Play-off match

The winner will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

14 May 2025

12:00

Austria	1–6	Spain
Richter 30'	Report	Quer 23' Carvajal 29' Domínguez 52' Gómez 59' (pen.) Arufe 64' Jiménez 77'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 408

Referee: Laura Mauricio (Switzerland)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be played).^[4]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 May
	Netherlands (p)	1 (4)
					17 May
	France	1 (3)
					Netherlands	2
	14 May
					Norway	1
	Italy	1
	Norway	3

Semi-finals

14 May 2025

15:00

Netherlands	1–1	France
Pennock 5'	Report	Ruffien 83'
Penalties
Renfurm Derks Thomassen Vinckers Touzani	4–3	Grondin Laboucarie Ramdane Moreau-Tranchant Fathallah

Klaksvík Stadium, Klaksvík

Attendance: 174

Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)

14 May 2025

18:00

Italy	1–3	Norway
Giudici 49'	Report	Herseth 28' Randazzo 41' (o.g.) Preus 86'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 286

Referee: Milica Milovanović (Serbia)

Final

17 May 2025

18:00

Netherlands	2–1	Norway
Van der Vliet 4' Derks 42'	Report	Preus 56'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 708

Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following five teams from UEFA qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
Netherlands	7 May 2025	0 (debut)
Norway	10 May 2025	0 (debut)
France	11 May 2025	3 (2008, 2012, 2022)
Italy	11 May 2025	1 (2014)
Spain	14 May 2025	6 (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year.

Goalscorers

In total, there have been 73 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.56 goals per match (as of 17 May 2025).

5 goals

• Marie Preus

4 goals

• Ranneke Derks

3 goals

• Ella Rauscha
• Giulia Galli
• Christina Herseth

2 goals

• Sara Grabovac
• Denise Lueger
• Katie Richter
• Rachael Adedini
• Rachele Giudici
• Otylia El Belati
• Kiki Horváth
• Rosalie Renfurm
• Heidi Halbmayr
• Serah Senior-Hårvik
• Lena Świrska
• Lúa Arufe
• Silvi Cristóbal
• Rosalía Domínguez
• Anna Quer

1 goal

• Alba Szuchy
• Dayna Tuppinger
• Ludivine Bardet
• Bouchra Kharafi
• Lou Ruffien
• Benedetta Bedini
• Martina Romanelli
• Rochelity Dap
• Ayah Eloualidi
• Liv Pennock
• Lina Touzani
• Jayda Vinckers
• Tess van der Vliet
• Mie Hoem
• Zofia Burzan
• Kinga Klimczak
• María Carvajal
• Celia Gómez
• Noa Jiménez

1 own goal

• Sara Grabovac (against the Netherlands)
• Leona Djurhuus (against the Netherlands)
• Randazzo (against Norway)
• Dominika Lemańczyk (against France)
• Maria Ostopinka (against Italy)
• María Carvajal (against Poland)