2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts England in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.

Apart from England, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Kosovo who entered for the first time). Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to participate. Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

Format
The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:
 * Qualifying round: Apart from Germany and Portugal, which receive byes to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams are drawn into 13 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 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
 * Elite round: The 32 teams are drawn into eight 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 eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualify for the final tournament.

The schedule of each mini-tournament is as follows (Regulations Article 20.04):

Tiebreakers
In the qualifying round 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) 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 two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
 * 9) UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
 * 10) Drawing of lots.

To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01, 15.02 and 15.03):
 * 1) Points;
 * 2) Goal difference;
 * 3) Goals scored;
 * 4) Disciplinary points;
 * 5) UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
 * 6) Drawing of lots.

Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 13 December 2016, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:
 * 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
 * 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
 * 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine, Spain and Gibraltar, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.


 * Notes
 * Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Groups
The qualifying round must be played by 19 November 2017.

Times up to 28 October 2017 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1).

Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the four best third-placed teams 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.

Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 6 December 2017, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Germany and Portugal, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.

Groups
The elite round must be played by the end of March 2018.

Times up to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1
The Serbia v Ukraine match was completed with a score of 1–2 before a default victory was awarded to Serbia due to participation of disqualified Ukrainian players Mykola Yarosh and Roman Bodnia.

Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.


 * 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
 * 2 As Yugoslavia
 * 3 As Serbia and Montenegro

Goalscorers

 * 8 goals


 * 🇮🇪 Adam Idah


 * 7 goals


 * Zuriko Davitashvili
 * Daishawn Redan
 * 🇳🇴 Kornelius Norman Hansen


 * 6 goals


 * 🇫🇷 Mohamed Lamine Diaby
 * 🇳🇴 Oscar Aga


 * 4 goals


 * 🇧🇦 Ajdin Hasić
 * Panagiotis Tzimas
 * 🇭🇺 Kristóf Tóth-Gábor
 * 🇷🇸 Milutin Vidosavljević
 * 🇪🇸 Nabil Touaizi
 * 🇸🇪 Benjamin Nygren
 * 🇺🇦 Danylo Sikan


 * 3 goals


 * 🇦🇱 Kleis Bozhanaj
 * 🇦🇹 Marcel Monsberger
 * 🇧🇾 Maksim Kapraliou
 * Antonio Marin
 * Mario Vušković
 * 🇨🇾 Daniil Paroutis
 * 🇫🇮 Terry Ablade
 * 🇫🇮 Maximo Tolonen
 * 🇫🇷 Lucas Da Cunha
 * Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
 * 🇮🇸 Andri Guðjohnsen
 * 🇮🇱 Ibrahim Jauabra
 * 🇮🇱 Ofek Ovadia
 * 🇵🇱 Jakub Karbownik
 * 🇮🇪 Sean Brennan
 * 🇷🇸 Martin Novaković
 * 🇸🇮 Nik Prelec
 * 🇸🇮 Tamar Svetlin
 * 🇸🇪 Julian Larsson
 * Uros Vasic
 * Julian Vonmoos
 * 🇺🇦 Mykhailo Mudryk


 * 2 goals


 * 🇦🇿 Turan Valizada
 * 🇧🇪 Gabriel Lemoine
 * 🇧🇪 Lucas Lissens
 * 🇧🇪 Yorbe Vertessen
 * 🇧🇦 Denil Badžak
 * Tomislav Krizmanić
 * 🇨🇿 Matyáš Kozák
 * Gustav Tang Isaksen
 * 🇫🇮 Elias Mastokangas
 * 🇫🇷 Yanis Begraoui
 * 🇩🇪 Noah Katterbach
 * Konstantinos Thymianis
 * Georgios Vrakas
 * 🇭🇺 Péter Beke
 * 🇮🇸 Stefan Ingi Sigurdarson
 * 🇮🇱 Liel Abada
 * 🇮🇹 Nicolò Fagioli
 * 🇮🇹 Davide Ghislandi
 * 🇵🇱 Bartosz Bida
 * 🇵🇱 Paweł Żuk
 * 🇮🇪 Tyreik Samuel Wright
 * 🇷🇴 Marian Dumitru Alexandru
 * Billy Gilmour
 * Marc Leonard
 * 🇷🇸 Dragoljub Savić
 * 🇸🇰 Peter Pokorny
 * 🇪🇸 Sergio Camello
 * Tician Tushi
 * 🇹🇷 Mustafa Kaya
 * 🇺🇦 Vikentii Voloshyn


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇱 Emiliano Bullari
 * 🇦🇱 Astrit Rama
 * 🇦🇩 Alex Alonso Guerrero
 * 🇦🇹 Amir Abdijanovic
 * 🇦🇹 Martin Moormann
 * 🇦🇹 Lukas Schöfl
 * 🇦🇿 Ismayil Zulfugarli
 * 🇧🇾 Dzianis Milasheuski
 * 🇧🇪 Antoine Colassin
 * 🇧🇪 Lars Dendoncker
 * 🇧🇪 Largie Ramazani
 * 🇧🇪 Laurens Symons
 * 🇧🇪 Halim Timassi
 * 🇧🇦 Alen Mehić
 * 🇧🇦 Edin Mujić
 * 🇧🇦 Kristijan Stanić
 * 🇧🇬 Vladimir Nikolov
 * Ivan Brnić
 * Ivan Šarić
 * 🇨🇾 Michalis Constantinidis
 * 🇨🇾 Charis Kapsos
 * 🇨🇾 Rafail Mamas
 * 🇨🇾 Dimitris Raspas
 * 🇨🇾 Agapios Vrikkis
 * 🇨🇿 David Eichler
 * 🇨🇿 Filip Firbacher
 * 🇨🇿 Šimon Gabriel
 * 🇨🇿 Jan Holzer
 * 🇨🇿 Ladislav Krobot
 * Andreas Pyndt Andersen
 * Muamer Brajanac
 * Oliver Marc Rose-Villadsen
 * 🇫🇷 Yann Gboho
 * 🇫🇷 Loïc Mbe Soh
 * 🇩🇪 Antonis Aidonis
 * 🇩🇪 Oliver Batista Meier
 * 🇩🇪 Ole Pohlmann
 * Ioannis Fakkis
 * Pavlos Mavroudis
 * 🇭🇺 Dominik Cipf
 * 🇭🇺 Tibor Csala
 * 🇭🇺 Benedek Varju
 * 🇮🇱 Hanan Hen Biton
 * 🇮🇱 Osher Davida
 * 🇮🇱 Omri Ram
 * 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Colombo
 * 🇮🇹 Fabio Ponsi
 * 🇮🇹 Alessio Riccardi
 * 🇮🇹 Samuele Ricci
 * 🇮🇹 Edoardo Vergani
 * 🇰🇿 Stanislav Basmanov
 * Florian Hysenaj
 * Albin Prapashtica
 * 🇱🇻 Renārs Varslavāns
 * 🇱🇹 Ernestas Andriušis
 * 🇱🇹 Lukas Juodkūnaitis
 * 🇱🇹 Vilius Piliukaitis
 * 🇱🇺 Clayton Duarte
 * 🇱🇺 Tun Held
 * 🇲🇰 Vlada Novevski
 * 🇲🇰 Vane Tasevski
 * 🇲🇰 David Toshevski
 * 🇲🇹 Alexander Satariano
 * 🇲🇪 Nikša Vujanović
 * Mohammed Ihattaren
 * Enric Llansana
 * Nigel Thomas
 * Arjen van der Heide
 * Joshua Zirkzee
 * Ben Wilson
 * 🇳🇴 Kristoffer Askildsen
 * 🇳🇴 Josef Brian Baccay
 * 🇳🇴 Sander Johan Christiansen
 * 🇳🇴 Noah Jean Holm
 * 🇳🇴 Joshua Gaston Kitolano
 * 🇵🇱 Szymon Czyż
 * 🇵🇱 Michał Karbownik
 * 🇵🇱 Olaf Kobacki
 * 🇵🇱 Maik Nawrocki
 * 🇵🇱 Mikołaj Nawrocki
 * 🇵🇱 Patryk Richert
 * 🇵🇱 Mateusz Żukowski
 * Félix Correia
 * Nuno Costa
 * Eduardo Ribeiro
 * Francisco Saldanha
 * 🇮🇪 Barry Coffey
 * 🇮🇪 Max Murphy
 * 🇮🇪 Adam O'Reilly
 * 🇮🇪 Troy Parrott
 * 🇷🇴 Luis Emanuel Nitu
 * 🇷🇴 Antonio Vlad
 * 🇷🇺 Leonid Gerchikov
 * 🇷🇺 Maksim Kutovoy
 * 🇷🇺 Maksim Petrov
 * Adedapo Awokoya-Mebude
 * Dean Campbell
 * Jamie Semple
 * 🇷🇸 Kristijan Belić
 * 🇷🇸 Borisav Burmaz
 * 🇷🇸 Ivan Ilić
 * 🇷🇸 Bogdan Jočić
 * 🇷🇸 Lazar Pavlović
 * 🇷🇸 Danilo Mitrović
 * 🇷🇸 Luka Velikić
 * 🇸🇰 Ján Bernát
 * 🇸🇰 Oliver Burian
 * 🇸🇰 Patrik Iľko
 * 🇸🇰 Samuel Lavrinčík
 * 🇸🇰 Dávid Strelec
 * 🇸🇮 Matija Burin
 * 🇸🇮 Renato Simič
 * 🇸🇮 Jošt Urbančič
 * 🇪🇸 Roberto González
 * 🇪🇸 Miguel Gutiérrez
 * 🇪🇸 Víctor Mollejo
 * 🇸🇪 Helmer Andersson
 * 🇸🇪 Fredrik Hammar
 * 🇸🇪 Jack Lahne
 * 🇸🇪 Amel Mujanic
 * 🇸🇪 Rasmus Wikström
 * Felix Mambimbi
 * Ilan Sauter
 * Simon Sohm
 * Ruwen Werthmüller
 * Christian Witzig
 * 🇹🇷 Barışcan Işık Altunbaş
 * 🇹🇷 Serkan Bakan
 * 🇹🇷 Abdulkadir Çelik
 * 🇹🇷 Fırat Güllü
 * 🇹🇷 Atakan Gündüz
 * 🇹🇷 Süleyman Luş
 * 🇺🇦 Alan Aussi
 * 🇺🇦 Stanislav Biblyk
 * 🇺🇦 Artem Shulianskyi
 * 🇺🇦 Roman Yakuba
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Isaak Davies
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Joshua Hosie
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Callum Watts


 * 1 own goal


 * 🇦🇲 Arman Ghazaryan (against Czech Republic)
 * 🇧🇾 Uladzislau Belashevich (against France)
 * 🇫🇮 Noah Nurmi (against Portugal)
 * Elguja Jangveladze (against Republic of Ireland)
 * 🇭🇺 Kristóf Vida (against Israel)
 * 🇲🇰 Kristijan Trpčevski (against Georgia)
 * 🇷🇺 Maksim Kutovoy (against Faroe Islands)
 * 🇸🇲 Andrea Contadini (against Poland)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Keenan Pattern (against The Netherlands)

Source: UEFA.com