2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 9 October – 19 November 2024 Elite round: Spring 2025
Teams	53 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	125 (3.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Daniel Mikołajewski (5 goals)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 13 November 2024.

The 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification is a men's under-19 national football team competition that will determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Romania in the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2006 are eligible to participate.

Russia was excluded from participating in the tournament due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, excluding hosts Romania, 53 teams entered this qualification competition, which consists of a qualifying round played in October–November 2024, followed by an elite round played in spring 2025.

The qualifying competition will consist of the following two rounds:

• Qualifying Round: Apart from Portugal, which receives a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group will be played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, 13 runners-up, and the best third-placed team will advance to the elite round.
• Elite Round: The 28 teams will be drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners will qualify for the final tournament.

In the qualifying and elite round, 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[1]

1. Points in head to head matches among tied teams
2. Goal difference in head to head matches among tied teams
3. Goals scored in head to head matches among tied teams
4. 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
5. Goal difference in all group matches
6. Goals scored in all group matches
7. 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)
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for 2 yellow cards in one match = 3 points)
9. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01 and 15.02):^[1]

1. Points
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Disciplinary points (total 3 matches)
5. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round draw

The draw for the qualifying round 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-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2023 UEFA European Under-19 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 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.

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff. Rank  Romania —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff. Rank  Portugal 27.167 1

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff. Rank  Italy 26.778 2  France 23.167 3  England 20.056 4  Spain 19.939 5  Norway 17.833 6  Ukraine 15.056 7  Republic of Ireland 14.944 8  Israel 13.889 9  Czech Republic 13.722 10  Serbia 12.333 11  Turkey 11.778 12  Germany 11.667 13  Slovakia 11.167 14

Pot B Team Coeff. Rank  Denmark 11.100 15  Greece 11.000 16  Poland 10.667 17  Belgium 10.233 18  Netherlands 10.000 19  Iceland 9.667 20  Austria 9.667 21  Hungary 9.500 22  Croatia 8.500 23  Scotland 8.500 24  Finland 8.167 25  Sweden 7.333 26  Latvia 7.000 27

Pot C Team Coeff. Rank  Slovenia 6.617 28  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.167 29  Armenia 6.000 30   Switzerland 5.500 31  North Macedonia 5.333 32  Bulgaria 5.167 33  Georgia 4.833 34  Wales 4.667 35  Northern Ireland 4.500 36  Malta 4.333 37  Cyprus 3.833 38  Kosovo 3.500 39  Azerbaijan 3.500 40

Pot D Team Coeff. Rank  Montenegro 3.333 41  Belarus 3.333 42  Luxembourg 2.667 43  Estonia 2.333 44  Moldova 1.667 45  Kazakhstan 1.667 46  Albania 1.333 47  Lithuania 0.667 48  Faroe Islands 0.333 49  Andorra 0.333 50  San Marino 0.000 51  Gibraltar 0.000 52  Liechtenstein 0.000 53

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Elite round
2	Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
3	Ukraine	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Slovenia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Elite round
2	Hungary	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
3	Andorra (H)	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	Elite round
2	Bulgaria (H)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1[a]
3	Belgium	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1[a]	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Lithuania	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Elite round
2	Turkey	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Malta	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	3
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	3	Elite round
2	Wales	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Scotland (H)	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Liechtenstein	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6[a]	Elite round
2	Finland (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6[a]
3	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6[a]
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3	Moldova (H)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	3	Elite round
2	Italy	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	0	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Montenegro	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Georgia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3[a]	Elite round
2	Norway	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3[a]
3	Sweden (H)	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0[b]	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Estonia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0[b]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Elite round
2	Spain	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
3	Faroe Islands	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Kosovo (H)	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	3	Elite round
2	Denmark	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3
3	Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Albania (H)	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Elite round
2	Luxembourg (H)	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4[a]
3	Latvia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4[a]	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	North Macedonia	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Elite round
2	Serbia	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
3	Belarus	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	Armenia	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0

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To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	12	Latvia	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3	Elite Round
2	6	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	13	Belarus	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
4	3	Belgium	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
5	7	Moldova	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
6	1	Ukraine	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0[a]
7	9	Sweden	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0[a]
8	5	Scotland	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
9	2	Andorra	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
10	8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	0
11	10	Faroe Islands	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0
12	11	Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0
13	4	Malta	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

In the qualifying round, there have been 130 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match (as of 15 November 2024).

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal