The UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round starts on 27 September as the road to May’s finals in the Republic of Ireland – and the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru – begins.
In all, 52 of the entrants will compete in mini-tournaments held before 2 November, with top seeds England and Germany given byes to the elite round and hosts Bulgaria already in May’s finals. Among those in action on the first day of qualifying are the Netherlands, who beat Italy in last May’s finals in England.