The 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the eleventh edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship under its current age grouping.

[2] An appeal by the Hungarian Football Federation to have Hungary replace Belgium over an ineligible player in the Belgium V Russia elite round match was unsuccessful.

[3] Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.

The tournament was held in Domžale, Lendava, Ljubljana and Maribor.

[4] The selected stadiums that hosted the matches were: The final tournament of the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round.