The 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the fourth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Italy hosted the championship, during 3–14 May. Turkey defeated Netherlands in the final to win the competition for the second time.
Squads
Qualifying
2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round
Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
Referees
Pavel Kralovec
Jöuni Hietala
Svein Oddvar Moen
Pavel Cristian Balaj
Pavel Olsiak
Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez
Assistant referees
Vincent De Spiegeleer
Henrik Sonderby
Hannes Reinvald
Ruslan Duzmambetov
Konrad G. Borg
Veaselav Berco
Rafal Rostkowski
Andriy Pryimak
Fourth officials
Luca Banti
Nicola Stefanini
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
For winning their semi-finals, Netherlands and Turkey qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Italy and Croatia meeting in the third place playoff for the third and final place in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Third place play-off
For winning the third place play-off, Italy qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Croatia missing out.