U-17 European Football Championship 2013

This article is about the 2013 Men's U-17 Football Championship. For the women's competition, see the 2013 Women's U-17 European Football Championship .

U-17 European Football Championship 2013
UEFA Under 17 Championship 2013
Number of nations	8  (of 53 applicants)
European champion	Russia (3rd title)
venue	Slovakia
Opening game	May 5, 2013
Endgame	17th May 2013
Games	15th
Gates	24  (⌀: 1.6 per game)
Top scorer	Elio Capradossi Robin Kamber Mario Pugliese Martin Slaninka (2 goals each)
yellow cards	49  (⌀: 3.27 per game)
Yellow-red cards	4  (⌀: 0.27 per game)

The finals of the 31st U-17 European Football Championship took place in Slovakia from May 5th to 17th, 2013 . After the U-21 European Football Championship in 2000 , it is the second European youth football championship to be held in Slovakia. It also served as a qualifier for the 2013 U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates . The best six teams qualified for the World Cup.

qualification

The first qualifying round, in which all UEFA associations except for host Slovakia participated, was drawn on November 29, 2011. It began on September 24, 2012 and was completed on November 4, 2012.

In the first qualifying round, which took place in mini-tournaments in one country each, Germany , Switzerland and Austria were able to prevail and reach the elite round. Germany won all of their three games: 5-0 against San Marino, 10-1 against Andorra and 8-1 against hosts Finland. The Swiss also won their group after a 3-0 win against the Faroe Islands, a 5-1 win against Cyprus and a 1-1 draw against hosts Austria, which in turn defeated the Faroe Islands 6-0 and played 1-1 against Cyprus and thus ended up in second place. Liechtenstein, on the other hand, failed because of Hungary and Italy.

In the elite round, Austria and Switzerland prevailed as hosts in their groups. Austria won two games (1-0 against Serbia and 2-1 against Georgia) after losing 1-0 to Ireland at the beginning. The Swiss managed two wins (2: 1 against Israel and 1: 0 against the Czech Republic) and a draw (0: 0 against Poland), which was enough to win the group. Germany were also group hosts, but two convincing wins (5-2 against Bulgaria and 6-0 against Estonia) were not enough for first place, which was won by the Ukrainian players in a direct duel (0-1).

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, if the score was tied, a penalty shoot-out was decided immediately after regular time .

Attendees

The following eight teams took part in the final round:

Italy  Croatia  Austria  Russia

Slovakia  Sweden  Switzerland  Ukraine

Venues

The finals were played in four cities: Žilina ( Štadión pod Dubňom ), as well as in Dubnica nad Váhom ( Mestský Štadión ), Nitra ( Štadión pod Zoborom ) and Zlaté Moravce ( Štadión Zlaté Moravce ).

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.	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
2.	Sweden	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Austria	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	003: 500	−2	01

Sun., May 5, 2013, 2:30 p.m. in Dubnica nad Váhom
Slovakia	-	Austria	1: 0 (0: 0)
Sun., May 5, 2013, 7:30 p.m. in Žilina
Switzerland	-	Sweden	0: 1 (0: 1)
Wed., May 8, 2013, 4 p.m. in Dubnica nad Váhom
Austria	-	Sweden	1: 1 (0: 1)
Wed., May 8, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Žilina
Slovakia	-	Switzerland	2: 2 (1: 1)
Sat, May 11, 2013, 4:30 p.m. in Žilina
Sweden	-	Slovakia	0-0
Sat., May 11, 2013, 4:30 p.m. in Dubnica nad Váhom
Austria	-	Switzerland	2: 1 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Russia	3	1	2	0	004: 100	+3	05
2.	Italy	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Croatia	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	002: 700	−5	00

Sun., May 5, 2013, 2:30 p.m. in Zlaté Moravce
Russia	-	Ukraine	3: 0 (0: 0)
Sun., May 5, 2013, 5:30 p.m. in Nitra
Croatia	-	Italy	0-0
Wed., May 8, 2013, 2 p.m. in Zlaté Moravce
Russia	-	Croatia	0-0
Wed., May 8, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Nitra
Ukraine	-	Italy	1: 2 (0: 0)
Sat, May 11, 2013, 7:30 p.m. in Zlaté Moravce
Ukraine	-	Croatia	1: 2 (1: 1)
Sat, May 11, 2013, 7:30 p.m. in Nitra
Italy	-	Russia	1: 1 (0: 1)

Final round

Semifinals

Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 4:00 p.m. in Žilina
Slovakia	-	Italy	0: 2 (0: 1)
Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Žilina
Russia	-	Sweden	0: 0, 10: 9 i. E.

final

Fri., May 17, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Žilina
Italy	-	Russia	0: 0, 4: 5 i. E.

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Elio Capradossi	2
	Robin Kamber	2
	Mario Pugliese	2
	Martin Slaninka	2

There were also 16 more players with one hit each.

referee

referee	vintage	Assistants	vintage	Fourth official	vintage
Neil Doyle	1978	Gregory Crotteux	1979	Petr Kráľovič	1983
Nerijus Dunauskas	1978	Silver Kõiv	1983	Vladimír Vnuk	1978
Serdar Gözübüyük	1985	Dejan Kostadinov	1979
Anastasios Sidiropoulos	1979	Milan Minić	1978
Ivaylo Stoyanov	1981	Birkir Sigurdarson	1985
Slavko Vinčić	1979	Richard Storey	1986
		Dmitri Zhuk	1986
		Sergei Vassyutin	1986

Web links

• Official UEFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Slovenia and Slovakia U17 hosts. In: uefa.com. UEFA , October 4, 2010, accessed July 23, 2013 . 
2. ↑ FIFA U-17 World Cup United Arab Emirates 2013 - Qualification. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed July 23, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Neighborly duels in qualification. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 29, 2011, accessed July 23, 2013 .