2014 European Under-17 Football Championship

This article is about the 2014 Men's U-17 Football Championship. For the women's competition, see the 2014 Women's U-17 European Football Championship .

2014 European Under-17 Football Championship
UEFA Under 17 Championship 2014
Number of nations	8  (of 54 applicants)
European champion	England (2nd title)
venue	Malta
Opening game	May 9, 2014
Endgame	May 21, 2014
Games	15th
Gates	46  (⌀: 3.07 per game)
Top scorer	Dominic Solanke Jari Schuurman (4 goals)
yellow cards	30  (⌀: 2 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.07 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.07 per game)

The finals of the 32nd U-17 European Football Championship took place on May 9-21, 2014 in Malta . It was the first final round of a UEFA competition on the Mediterranean island and also the last with eight teams. As of 2015, the final round will be held again - as last in 2002 - with 16 teams. All UEFA member associations applied to participate. Malta was selected alongside the two hosts for 2015 and 2016 at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on March 20, 2012 in Istanbul . For the first time Gibraltar, which was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee as a temporary member of UEFA on October 1, 2012, took part in the competition, but failed to qualify for the elite round.

qualification

The first qualifying round, in which all applicants except host Malta took part, was drawn on December 5, 2012. Germany received a bye for the elite round in advance. The remaining 52 teams played in 13 groups of four teams each, the group first and second as well as the best group third qualified for the final round. According to a decision by the UEFA Executive Committee, Spain and Gibraltar could not be drawn into the same group. The games took place from September 21 to November 19, 2013. Austria and Switzerland met in Group 12, which was held in Denmark from September 26th to October 1st 2013, and Kazakhstan.

The elite round, in which the seven final round participants are determined in seven groups of four teams, took place in spring 2014. Germany prevailed in Group 5 with two wins (4: 0 against Georgia and 3: 0 against Ireland) and one draw (1: 1 against Serbia) as first in the table. Switzerland also qualified for the finals with the same record (against Spain, Russia and Wales). Austria could not qualify for the finals (opponents: Netherlands, France and Sweden). After a tie on points and goals in the decisive game, Turkey had to go to penalties against Poland after a 0-0 draw. This was won 5: 4.

Mode of the final tournament

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:

Malta  Switzerland  Turkey  Netherlands

England  Germany  Scotland  Portugal

Venues

The finals were played in three stadiums, the Ta 'Qali National Stadium in Attard , the Paolo's Hibernians Stadium in Paola and the Gozo Stadium on Gozo . The semi-finals and the final were played in the Ta 'Qali National Stadium.

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.

The group stage was drawn on April 9, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Malta is set as the host as Team 1 of Group A. The other teams were drawn randomly to places B1, A2, B2, A3, B3, A4 and B4. Germany had to play in Group B against Switzerland, Scotland and Portugal.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	010: 400	+6	09
2.	England	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	06th
3.	Turkey	3	1	0	2	007: 700	± 0	03
4th	Malta	3	0	0	3	002:120	−10	00

Fri., May 9, 2014 at 11:00 am in Attard
Netherlands	-	Turkey	3: 2 (0: 0)
Fri., May 9, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Attard
Malta	-	England	0: 3 (0: 2)
Mon., May 12, 2014 at 11:15 am on Gozo
England	-	Turkey	4: 1 (1: 1)
Mon., May 12, 2014 at 3:15 p.m. on Gozo
Malta	-	Netherlands	2: 5 (1: 3)
Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 11:00 am in Attard
Turkey	-	Malta	4: 0 (1: 0)
Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 11:00 am in Paola
England	-	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	3	0	0	004-000	+4	09
2.	Scotland	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Germany	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01
4th	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

Fri., May 9, 2014 at 11:15 am in Gozo
Germany	-	Switzerland	1: 1 (0: 0)
Fri., May 9, 2014 at 3:15 p.m. on Gozo
Scotland	-	Portugal	0: 2 (0: 1)
Mon., May 12, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Paola
Germany	-	Scotland	0: 1 (0: 0)
Mon., May 12, 2014 at 11:00 in Paola
Switzerland	-	Portugal	0: 1 (0: 0)
Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Attard
Portugal	-	Germany	1: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Paola
Switzerland	-	Scotland	1: 3 (1: 0)

Final round

Semifinals

Sun., May 18, 2014 in Attard
Netherlands	-	Scotland	5: 0 (2: 0)
Sun., May 18, 2014 in Attard
Portugal	-	England	0: 2 (0: 0)

final

Wed., May 21, 2014 in Attard
Netherlands	-	England	1: 1 (1: 1), 1: 4 i. E.

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Dominic Solanke	4th
	Jari Schuurman	4th
3	Faith Aktay	3
	Steven Bergwijn	3
	Patrick Roberts	3
	Calvin Verdonk	3

There were also 6 players with two and 14 players with one hit each.

Team of the tournament

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker	Best player
Yanick van Osch Gregor Kobel	Jonjoe Kenny Tafari Moore Calvin Verdonk Joe Gomez Francisco Ferreira Lukas Boeder	Ryan Ledson Rúben Neves Aidan Nesbitt Jari Schuurman Renato Sanches Dimitri Oberlin	Steven Bergwijn Enes Ünal Alexandre Silva Patrick Roberts	Steven Bergwijn

Squad

Germany

Goal: Timo Königsmann , Patrick Bade; Defenders: Robin Becker , Nicolas Clasen, Matthias Bader , Benedikt Gimber , Lukas Boeder , Patrick Kammerbauer ; Midfield: Damir Bektić, Max Besuschkow , Oguzhan Aydogan, Ole Käuper , David Sauerland ; Attack: Arianit Ferati , Benjamin Henrichs , Philipp Ochs , Finn Porath , Allessandro Fiore-Tapia. - Team boss: Christian Wück .

Switzerland

Goal: Gregor Kobel, Senad Mujovic; Defenders: Samir Bajrami, Tobias Schättin, Alban Selmanaj, Mirlind Kryeziu, Noah Loosli, Harun Alpsoy, Kevin Rüegg; Midfield: Remo Arnold, Arxhend Cani, Djibril Sow, Dimitri Oberlin, Roberto Alves, Robin Huser, Derek Kutesa; Attack: Albian Ajeti, Boris Babic. - Team principal: Yves Débonnaire.

referee

referee	vintage	Assistants	vintage	Fourth official	vintage
Alexander Harkam	1981	Mesrop Ghazaryan	1982	Clayton Pisani	1978
Aliyar Aghayev	1987	David Chigogidze	1989	Alan Mario Sant	1980
Jonathan Lardot	1984	Istvan Albert	1980
Aleksandrs Anufrijevs	1984	David Elias Biton	1978
Nikola Dabanović	1981	Audrius Jagintavičius	1984
Andreas Ekberg	1985	Dag-Roger Nebben	1980
		Jure Praprotnik	1985
		Oleksandr Korniyko	1981

Web links

• Official UEFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Malta, Bulgaria and Azerbaijan selected for U17. In: uefa.com. UEFA , March 20, 2012, accessed July 8, 2013 . 
2. ↑ The draw paves the way to the U17 finals in Malta. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 19, 2012, accessed July 8, 2013 . 
3. ↑ U17 qualifying round 2013/14 drawn. In: uefa.com. UEFA, December 5, 2012, accessed July 8, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Elite round table overview. In: uefa.com. UEFA, March 31, 2014, accessed March 31, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Switzerland and Germany at U17 finals. In: uefa.com. UEFA, April 1, 2014, accessed April 1, 2014 . 
6. ^ German-speaking duel at the U17 European Championship. In: uefa.com. UEFA, April 9, 2014, accessed April 10, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Malta 2014: Technical report . In: uefa.com . Retrieved April 18, 2017.