The UEFA U-17 Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. From 1982 to 2001 it was an Under-16 event.

This meeting serves as a preliminary competition for the FIFA U-17 World Cup every other year.

The UEFA European Under-17 Championship consists of three distinct stages; the qualifying round, the Elite round and the final round. The qualifying round, played in autumn, is made up of 13 groups of four teams playing in one-venue mini-tournaments. The top two from each progress alongside the two third-placed teams with the best record against the top pair in their group. In the Elite round, played in early spring, those 28 qualifiers compete in seven mini-tournament groups of four. The group winners then join the hosts in the finals in early May, and are split into two groups of four, with the top two progressing to the semi-finals and ultimately the final.

2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification held in:
Group 1: SUI
Group 2: POL
Group 3: SCO
Group 4: AND
Group 5: IRL
Group 6: GER
Group 7: SRB
Group 8: BUL
Group 9: BIH
Group 10: ALB
Group 11: EST
Group 12: BEL
Group 13: CZE

2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite qualification held in:
Group 1: IRL
Group 2: CRO
Group 3: ISR
Group 4: SRB
Group 5: NIR
Group 6: ROU
Group 7: NED

The UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship 2008 Final Tournament will be held in Turkey