The 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2024) was the 21st UEFA European Under-17 Championship (40th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Cyprus hosted the tournament.[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.
Germany were the title holders, having beaten France in a penalty shootout in the 2023 final, but were not able to defend their title after failing to qualify for the final tournament.
In the final, Italy defeated Portugal 3–0 to win their second title, winning their first-ever title at this age level and their just second title after the 1982 triumph.
For the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournaments of 2023 and 2024, Hungary and Cyprus were selected as hosts respectively.[2]
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition, which consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2023, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2024, to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
The tournament was hosted in 6 venues.[3]
The following officials were appointed for the final tournament:[citation needed]
The 12 referees for the final tournament:
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Jasper Vergoote
Antoni Bandić
Radoslav Gidzjenov
Ante Čulina
Menelaos Antoniou
Jan Petřík
Jakob Alexander Sundberg
Mohammed Al-Emara
Pierre Gaillouste
David Fuxman
Miguel Bértolo Nogueira
Nenad MinakovićThe 12 assistant-referees for the final tournament:
Martijn Tiesters Stefan Tešanovic Petar Velizarov Mitrev Luka Pušic Kyriakos Sokratous Marek Podaný Victor Skytte Turkka Valjakka Alexis Auger Rostislav Talis Nelson Filipe Vila Pereira Nikola BorovićThe group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).
There were 94 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
Francesco Camarda
Oghenetejiri Adejenughure Ondřej Penxa
Mikey Moore
Michael Izunwanne Mihajlo Cvetković3 goals
Federico Coletta Ethan Nwaneri2 goals
Philipp Moizi Karel Belžík Josef Kolářík Chido Obi Enzo Molebe Mattia Liberali Afonso Patrão Gabriel Silva Vasilije Kostov Đorđe Ranković
Fred Bozicevic
Dmytro Bohdanov1 goal
Mauro Hämmerle Adrian Riegel Valentin Zabransky Patrice Čović Bruno Durdov Noa Mikić Petros Ioannou Jakub Kolísek Matěj Kvaček Lukáš Moudrý Marek Naskos Matyáš Nechvátal Lasse Abildgaard Sofus Johannesen Roberto Risnæs Baylee Dipepa Shumaira Mheuka Enzo Sternal Cristian Cama Mattia Mosconi Jakub Adkonis Stanisław Gieroba Oskar Pietuszewski Eduardo Felicíssimo João Trovisco Cardoso Varela Bogdan Kostić Dušan Makević Viktor Stojanović
Adrian Arnucio Daniel Yañez Genesis Antwi Kyrylo Dihtyar
Cruz Allen1 own goal
Eduardo Felicíssimo (against Serbia)The following awards were given after the conclusion of the tournament:
Francesco Camarda[1] Rodrigo Mora[4]After the tournament, the Under-17 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observer panel.[5]