UEFA secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president. The current president is Aleksander Čeferin, a former Football Association of Slovenia president, who was elected as UEFA's seventh president at the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens in September 2016, and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA. UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations. The European football union began with 25 members; that number doubled by the early 1990s. Until 1959 the main headquarters were located in Paris, and later in Bern. In 1995, UEFA headquarters were
UEFA European Under-17 Championship titles. They are followed by Portugal, who defeated Spain in the 2016 tournament final to win their sixth title. As of 2018 1 There was no match to determine 3rd place after the 2006 tournament. 2 Including ' and '. 3 Including ". 4 Including ". Since the 2002 edition, the Golden Player Award has been given to the most valuable player of the tournament. UEFA European Under-17 Championship The UEFA European Under-17 Championship is an annual European association football competition contested by the men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The current competition format consists of