U-17 European Football Championship 2008

U-17 European Championship 2008
UEFA Under 17 Championship 2008
Number of nations	8  (of 53 applicants)
European champion	Spain (8th title)
venue	Turkey
Opening game	May 4, 2008
Endgame	May 16, 2008
Games	15th
Gates	36  (⌀: 2.4 per game)
spectator	8,844  (⌀: 590 per game)
Top scorer	Yannis Tafer (4 goals)
yellow cards	40  (⌀: 2.67 per game)

The 26th U-17 European Football Championship was held from May 4th to 16th, 2008 in Turkey. Spain became European champions for the 8th time and was thus able to defend its title. In the final, the Iberians defeated France 4-0. Germany and Austria could not qualify, Switzerland was eliminated in the group stage.

The final round was held in three stadiums in Antalya : In the World of Wonder Football Center (550 seats), in the Mardan Stadium (7,428 seats) and in the Antalya Ataturk Stadium (11,738 seats), in the latter only in the knockout round was played.

qualification

52 teams took part in the qualification. These were divided into 13 groups of 4. The groups were played on a few days in autumn 2007 in one of the countries participating in the group, including Germany. From these groups 28 teams came in seven groups of four in the second qualifying round, in which all German-speaking countries still participated. The group winners of the second qualifying round qualified for the final round alongside hosts Turkey.

mode

The four teams in each group met each other once, with the winner of a game receiving three points and, in the event of a tie, both teams receiving one point each. The teams with the highest points in each group met in the semi-finals, where the winner of one group played against the runner-up in the other group. The winners of the semi-final determined the European champion in the final.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the final round:

Turkey (hosts)  Netherlands  Serbia  Scotland

Spain (defending champion)  France  Switzerland  Ireland

Teams from German-speaking countries

SFV selection

player	society
01 René Borkovic	FC Zurich
02 Bigambo Rochat	Lausanne Sports
03 Fabio Daprelá	Grasshopper Zurich
04 Philippe Koch	FC Zurich
05 Michael Lang	FC St. Gallen
06 Steven Ukoh	Young Boys Bern
07 David Frey	FC Thun
08 Taulant Xhaka	FC Basel
09 Nassim Ben Khalifa	Lausanne Sports
10 Admir Mehmedi	FC Zurich
11 Alexandre Pasche	Lausanne Sports
12 Hrvoje Bukovski	Sc freiburg
13 Patrick Dürig	Young Boys Bern
14 Fisnik Sabedini	FC Zurich
15 Xherdan Shaqiri	FC Basel
16 Stefano Milani	FC Lugano
17 Dino Rebronja	Young Boys Bern
18 Sven Lehmann	FC St.Gallen

• Coach: Yves Debonnaire

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Turkey	3	2	1	0	004-000	+4	07th
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	003: 300	± 0	06th
3.	Serbia	3	1	1	1	002: 100	+1	04th
4th	Scotland	3	0	0	3	000: 500	−5	00

May 4, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Scotland	-	Serbia	0: 2 (0: 1)
May 4, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Turkey	-	Netherlands	3: 0 (1: 0)
May 7, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
Turkey	-	Scotland	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 7, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Netherlands	-	Serbia	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 10, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
Serbia	-	Turkey	0-0
May 10, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
Netherlands	-	Scotland	2: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	008: 400	+4	07th
2.	France	3	2	1	0	007: 400	+3	07th
3.	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	001: 400	−3	03
4th	Ireland	3	0	0	3	002: 600	−4	00

May 4, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
France	-	Ireland	2: 1 (0: 1)
May 4, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Spain	-	Switzerland	2: 0 (0: 0)
May 7, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Ireland	-	Switzerland	0: 1 (0: 0)
May 7, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
France	-	Spain	3: 3 (1: 1)
May 10, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Switzerland	-	France	0: 2 (0: 1)
May 10, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Ireland	-	Spain	1: 3 (1: 0)

Final round

The first semi-final rose on May 13th 2008, 17:30 and the second semi-final on May 13th 2008, 20:00 . The finals took place on May 16, 2008 at 18:30 instead.

	Semifinals				final
	Turkey	01 (3)0
	France	01 (4) 2
					France	0
					Spain	4th
	Spain	02 1
	Netherlands	010

¹ win after extra time
² win after penalty shoot-out

final

France		Spain
	May 16, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in Antalya ( Mardan Stadium ) Result: 0: 4 (0: 1) Spectators: 600 Referee: Libor Kovarik ( Czech Republic )
	Anthony Mfa Mezui - Joël Adegoroye (41st Loïc Nego ), Sébastien Faure , Gueïda Fofana , Timothée Kolodziejczak - Enzo Reale , Loïc Damour (48th André Auras ) - Gilles Sunu , Clément Grenier (50th Willyis Boly ), Gaël Kakuta , Yannis Tafer Trainer: Francis Smerecki	Alex - Martín Montoya , Jorge Pulido , Ion Gaztanaga , Carles Planas - Oscar Sielva , Alvaro López - Keko , Thiago (68th Sergio Canales ), Adriá Carmona (55th Manu ) - Sergi García (74th Rubén Rochina ) Coach: Juan Santisteban
		0-1 Keko (31st) 0-2 García (46th) 0-3 Alcántara (63rd, penalty) 0-4 Gavilán (69th)
	Sunu (3rd), Nego (45th), Auras (53th), Faure (61st), Reale (68th), Fofana (68th)	Gaztanaga (27th), Carmona (35th), Pulido (80th + 1 ')

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Yannis Tafer	4th
2	Thiago	3
	Sergio García	3

Team of the tournament

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker	Best player
Jeroen Zoet Metin Uçar	Eren Sertaç Timothée Kolodziejczak Michael Lang Martín Montoya Jorge Pulido Ricardo van Rhijn	Alvaro López Jordy Clasie Gueïda Fofana Gökhan Töre Soner Aydoğdu Thiago	Danijel Aleksić Geoffrey Castillion Gaël Kakuta Keko Sergio García Rubén Rochina Yannis Tafer	Danijel Aleksic

Web links

• UEFA website