2023 Under-19 EURO finals: Meet the teams

The UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Malta runs from 3 to 16 July, with the hosts joined by the seven elite round winners.

We introduce the eight teams who will compete for the title including three past champions and two debutants, but only one team that took part in the 2022 finals. The draw was made on Wednesday 19 April at Manoel Theatre, Valletta.

Match dates

Group A: 3, 6, and 9 July
Group B: 4, 7 and 10 July
Semi-finals: 13 July
Final: 16 July

Group A:

Malta (hosts)

Qualified as hosts
Previous U19 final tournament appearances: 0
2021/22: Qualifying round
Previous best: Finals debut

Portugal

Qualifying round: Bye
Elite round: Group 4 winners (played in Portugal)
W1-0 vs Sweden, W3-0 vs Czechia, W3-0 vs Croatia
Top scorer: Hugo Félix 3
Previous U19 final tournament appearances: 11 (most recent: 2019 runners-up)
2021/22: Elite round
Previous best: Winners x 1 (2018)

Poland

Qualifying round: Group 5 winners (played in Poland)
W2-0 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, W2-0 vs Estonia, L0-1 vs Italy
Elite round: Group 6 winners (played in Poland)
D1-1 vs Israel, W3-0 vs Latvia, D2-2 vs Serbia
Top scorer: Tomasz Pieńko 3
Previous U19 final tournament appearances: 2 (most recent: 2006 group stage)
2021/22: Qualifying round
Previous best: Group stage (2004, 2006)

Italy

Qualifying round: Group 5 third place (played in Poland)
L0-2 vs Estonia, W3-2 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, W1-0 vs Poland
Elite round: Group 2 winners (played in Germany)
W3-2 vs Germany, D0-0 vs Slovenia, D2-2 vs Belgium
Top scorer: Samuele Vignato 3
Previous U19 final tournament appearances: 8 (most recent: 2022 semi-finals)
2021/22: Semi-finals
Previous best: Winners x 1 (2003)

Group B:

Iceland

Qualifying round: Group 8 runners-up (played in Scotland)
W1-0 vs Scotland, L0-2 vs France, W4-1 vs Kazakhstan
Elite round: Group 7 winners (played in England)
D2-2 vs Türkiye, W1-0 vs England, W2-0 vs Hungary
Top scorer: Orri Óskarsson 6
Previous U19 final tournament appearances: 0
2021/22: Elite round
Previous best: Finals debut

Greece

Qualifying round: Group 1 winners (played in Switzerland)
W2-0 vs Switzerland, W3-0 vs Andorra, D1-1 vs Czechia
Elite round: Group 5 winners (played in Republic of Ireland)
W3-0 vs Estonia, D1-1 vs Slovakia, W1-0 vs Republic of Ireland
Top scorer: Georgios Koutsias 3
Previous U19 final tournament appearances: 6 (most recent: 2015 semi-finals)
2021/22: Qualifying round
Previous best: Runners-up (2007, 2012)

Norway

Qualifying round: Group 10 runners-up (played in North Macedonia)
W2-0 vs San Marino, W6-2 vs North Macedonia, L0-2 vs Serbia
Elite round: Group 1 winners (played in France)
W4-0 vs Romania, W2-1 vs France, W5-2 vs Northern Ireland
Top scorer: Erik Flataker 4
Previous U19 final tournament appearances: 5 (most recent: 2019 group stage)
2021/22: Elite round
Previous best: Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019)

Spain

Qualifying round: Group 7 winners (played in Belgium)
W5-0 vs Albania, D0-0 vs Belgium
Elite round: Group 3 winners (played in Spain)
D0-0 vs Denmark, W4-0 vs Luxembourg, W4-0 vs Ukraine
Top scorers: Angel Alarcon, Victor Barberá, César Palacios 2
Previous U19 final tournament appearances: 12 (most recent: 2019 winners)
2021/22: Elite round
Previous best: Winners x 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)