And England followed up their 2010 triumph with victory in Malta in 2014, as they beat the Netherlands on penalties in the final. Dominic Solanke scored England’s goal in the showpiece event, which ended 1-1, while Ryan Ledson, Taylor Moore, Callum Cooke and Jonjoe Kenny all scored from the spot in a 4-1 shootout triumph.
Joe Gomez and Patrick Roberts also featured for the Young Lions back in 2014, while Gregor Kobel, Steven Bergwijn, Ruben Neves, Enes Unal and Renato Sanches also featured for their respective nations in Malta.
Portugal are the current champions having eased to a 3-0 victory over France earlier this year in Albania. Spain, though, are the most successful team in the competition’s history having won the U17 Euros nine times in their history.