U-17 European Football Championship 2012

This article is about the 2012 Men's U-17 Football Championship. For the women's competition, see the 2012 Women's U-17 European Football Championship .

U-17 European Football Championship 2012
UEFA Under 17 Championship 2012
Number of nations	8  (of 53 applicants)
European champion	Netherlands (2nd title)
venue	Slovenia
Opening game	May 4, 2012
Endgame	May 16, 2012
Games	15th
Gates	28  (⌀: 1.87 per game)
spectator	41,500  (⌀: 2,767 per game)
Top scorer	Max Meyer (3 goals)
yellow cards	61  (⌀: 4.07 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.2 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.07 per game)

The final round of the 30th U-17 European Football Championship took place from May 4th to 16th, 2012 in Slovenia . In the final, the two finalists from the previous year, Germany and the Netherlands, faced each other again and the Dutch won again.

qualification

52 U-17 national teams - including all members of UEFA apart from hosts Slovenia - took part in the first qualifying round. Host Slovenia was the only team to automatically qualify for the finals.

The first qualifying round began on September 21, 2011 and was completed on November 2, 2011. The elite round began on March 20, 2012 and ended on March 31, 2012.

In the first qualifying round, Germany and Switzerland were able to prevail and reach the elite round. Germany won all of their three games without conceding a goal - 5-0 against hosts Estonia, 1-0 against Albania and 2-0 against Slovakia. The Swiss ended up in second place in their group after a win (5: 1) against Iceland, a draw (0: 0) against Greece and a loss (2: 3) against hosts Israel. Austria failed to qualify in their group when they won one win (2-0 against Cyprus) and two losses (1-2 against hosts Denmark and 3-2 against Italy).

In the elite round, Germany prevailed as hosts with two wins (4: 0 against Turkey and 2: 1 against Bulgaria) and a draw (0: 0 against Portugal) as the first in the table. The Swiss players lost all their games (0-2 against Sweden, 1-2 against hosts France and Italy) and ended up in last place.

mode

The eight qualified teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners and runners-up reached the semi-finals. Their winners reached the final; Third place was not played out. The regular playing time was 40 minutes twice. From the semi-finals onwards, after regular playing time there was no extra time after a draw, but a penalty shoot-out immediately afterwards .

Attendees

The following eight teams took part in the final round:

Belgium  Iceland  Germany  France

Georgia  Netherlands  Poland  Slovenia

DFB selection

No.	player	society
01	Oliver Schnitzler	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
02	Pascal Itter	1. FC Nuremberg
03	Jeremy Dudziak	Borussia Dortmund
04th	Marian Sarr	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
05	Niklas Süle	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
06th	Nico Brandenburger	Borussia Monchengladbach
07th	Julian Brandt	VfL Wolfsburg
08th	Leon Goretzka	VfL Bochum
09	Said Benkarit	Borussia Dortmund
10	Max Meyer	FC Schalke 04
11	Maximilian Dittgen	FC Schalke 04
12	Marvin Schwabe	Eintracht Frankfurt
14th	Marc-Oliver Kempf	Eintracht Frankfurt
15th	Kevin Akpoguma	Karlsruher SC
16	Niklas Stark	1. FC Nuremberg
19th	Timo Werner	VfB Stuttgart
20th	Marc Stendera	Eintracht Frankfurt
22nd	Felix Lohkemper	VfB Stuttgart

• Trainer: Stefan Böger

Venues

The final round matches were played in four cities, the regional capital Ljubljana ( Stožice Stadium ), as well as in Maribor ( Ljudski vrt ), Domžale ( Domžale Stadium ) and Lendava ( Športni park Lendava ).

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups with four teams each. The two group winners and runners-up qualified for the semifinals. In the event of a tie, first the direct comparison and then the goal difference decided the ranking.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	005-000	+5	09
2.	Georgia	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	France	3	0	2	1	003: 600	−3	02
4th	Iceland	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01

Fri., May 4, 2012, 6:30 p.m. in Ljubljana
Georgia	-	Germany	0: 1 (0: 0)
Fri., May 4, 2012, 8:30 p.m. in Domžale
France	-	Iceland	2: 2 (1: 0)
Mon., May 7, 2012, 5:30 pm in Domžale
France	-	Georgia	1: 1 (0: 1)
Mon., May 7, 2012, 6:30 p.m. in Ljubljana
Iceland	-	Germany	0: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 7:30 p.m. in Ljubljana
Germany	-	France	3: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 7:30 p.m. in Domžale
Iceland	-	Georgia	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	003: 100	+2	05
2.	Poland	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Belgium	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
4th	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	003: 700	−4	01

Fri., May 4, 2012, 2 p.m. in Lendava
Poland	-	Belgium	1: 0 (0: 0)
Fri., May 4, 2012, 8:15 pm in Maribor
Slovenia	-	Netherlands	1: 3 (0: 2)
Mon., May 7, 2012, 5 p.m. in Maribor
Netherlands	-	Belgium	0-0
Mon., May 7, 2012, 8:15 pm in Lendava
Slovenia	-	Poland	1: 1 (1: 1)
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 5:30 p.m. in Maribor
Belgium	-	Slovenia	3: 1 (1: 1)
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 5:30 p.m. in Lendava
Netherlands	-	Poland	0-0

Final round

Semifinals

Sun., May 13, 2012, 5:30 p.m. in Ljubljana
Germany	-	Poland	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sun., May 13, 2012, 8:30 p.m. in Ljubljana
Netherlands	-	Georgia	2: 0 (0: 0)

final

Wed., May 16, 2012, 6 p.m. in Ljubljana
Germany	-	Netherlands	1: 1 (0: 0), 4: 5 i. E.

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Max Meyer	3
2	Leon Goretzka	2
3	23 players	1

Best players

UEFA.com reporters voted ten players the best of the European Championship, with at least one player nominated by each team. The two finalists each nominated two players.

• Goal: Oliver Schnitzler
• Defense: Hjörtur Hermannsson, Gracjan Horoszkiewicz, Sébastien Locigno, Otar Kakabadze
• Midfield: Nathan Aké , Dino Hotič, Thom Haye, Mohamed Chemlal
• Attack: Max Meyer

Fair play award

• Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ uefa.com: Slovenia and Slovakia U17 hosts
2. ↑ Hungary has lodged a protest [1]
3. ↑ Photo: "Ne glede na mnenje večnih negativcev gre slovenskemu nogometu dobro" ( Radio Televizija Slovenija )
4. ↑ Ten stars of the U17 European Championship