The 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2023) was the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (70th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Malta hosted the tournament from 3 to 16 July 2023. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.
England were the defending champions. They were not able to defend the title after failing to qualify for the competition. Italy were crowned champions for the fourth time after beating Portugal 1âÂÂ0 in the final.
Malta was appointed as the host for the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 19 April 2021 in Montreux, Switzerland.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
The final draw was held on 19 April 2023, 13:00 CEST at Manoel Theatre, Valletta.
The UEFA Technical Observer team announced the team of the tournament.