2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (68th 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. Armenia, which was selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, hosted the final tournament.^[1]

2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Եվրոպայի մինչև 19 տարեկանների 2019 թվականի առաջնության

Tournament details
Host country	Armenia
Dates	14–27 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (11th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	37 (2.47 per match)
Attendance	52,180 (3,479 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonçalo Ramos (4 goals)
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Yerevan metro train redesigned to promote the event

A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions were permitted per team in each match.^[2]

In the final, Spain defeated defending champions Portugal 2–0 to win their 11th title (8th in the U-19 era).^[3]

Qualification edit

All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Armenia qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.^[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019.^[5]

Qualified teams edit

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.^[6]

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Armenia	Hosts	2nd	2005 (group stage)	Group stage (2005)
Republic of Ireland	Elite round Group 1 winners	3rd	2011 (semi-finals)	Fourth place (2002), Semi-finals (2011)
Czech Republic	Elite round Group 2 winners	7th	2017 (semi-finals)	Runners-up (2011)
Norway	Elite round Group 3 winners	5th	2018 (group stage)	Group stage (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018)
Spain	Elite round Group 4 winners	12th	2015 (champions)	Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015)
France	Elite round Group 5 winners	11th	2018 (semi-finals)	Champions (2005, 2010, 2016)
Portugal	Elite round Group 6 winners	11th	2018 (champions)	Champions (2018)
Italy	Elite round Group 7 winners	7th	2018 (runners-up)	Champions (2003)

Final draw edit

The final draw was held on 31 May 2019, 12:00 AMT (UTC+4), at the Armenia Marriott Hotel in Yerevan, Armenia.^[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that the hosts Armenia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues edit

On 2 April 2019, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that 3 stadiums would host the tournament matches, all located in the capital Yerevan. A special fan zone dedicated to UEFA U19 with a small football court was built on the Opera Square of Yerevan.

Yerevan
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium	Banants Stadium	Football Academy Stadium

40°10′19″N 44°31′33″E / 40.171944°N 44.525833°E / 40.171944; 44.525833 (Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium)	40°10′17″N 44°27′00″E / 40.171426°N 44.449938°E / 40.171426; 44.449938 (Banants Stadium)	40°13′16″N 44°33′19″E / 40.221111°N 44.555278°E / 40.221111; 44.555278 (Football Academy Stadium)
Capacity: 14,403	Capacity: 4,860	Capacity: 1,428
Yerevan

Match officials edit

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials are appointed for the final tournament.^[6]

Referees

Irfan Peljto
Kristo Tohver
Anastasios Papapetrou
Nikola Dabanović
Sergey Ivanov
Filip Glova

Assistant referees

Theodoros Georgiou
Sagy Metzamber
Aleksandr Radius
Luke Portelli
Dawid Golis
Valentin Avram
Grega Kordež
Stéphane De Almeida

Fourth officials

Suren Baliyan
Zaven Hovhannisyan

Squads edit

Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 37).^[5]

Group stage edit

Countdown board at the centre of Yerevan before the championship

The final tournament schedule was announced on 7 June 2019.^[8]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, 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 16.01 and 16.02):^[5]

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 (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AMT (UTC+4).

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Knockout stage
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Knockout stage
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Armenia (H)	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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

14 July 2019