2017 European Under-17 Football Championship

This article is about the 2017 Men's U-17 Football Championship. For the women's competition, see the 2017 Women's U-17 European Football Championship .

2017 European Under-17 Football Championship
UEFA Under 17 Championship 2017
Number of nations	16  (of 54 applicants)
European champion	Spain (9th title)
venue	Croatia
Opening game	May 3, 2017
Endgame	19th May 2017
Games	32
Gates	99  (⌀: 3.09 per game)
spectator	43,063  (⌀: 1,346 per game)
Top scorer	Amine Gouiri (8 goals)
yellow cards	87  (⌀: 2.72 per game)
Yellow-red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)

European champion final Semifinals Play-off winner

World Cup play-off game Quarter finals Preliminary round

The final round of the 35th U-17 European Football Championship took place in Croatia from May 3rd to 19th, 2017 . It was the first final round of a UEFA competition in Croatia. All UEFA member associations applied to participate. Croatia was selected alongside the host for 2018 at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on January 26, 2015. The competition also served as qualification for the 2017 U-17 World Cup in India , which is to take place from October 6th to 28th.

qualification

First round

The first qualifying round, in which all applicants except hosts Croatia and Germany take part, was drawn on December 3, 2015. 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 five best group third qualified for the elite round. The qualification started on September 22nd, 2015. The games of each group were played as a mini-tournament in a host country from the respective group.

Austria met Romania, England and Azerbaijan in Group 6. With wins against Romania (2: 1) and Azerbaijan (3: 1), as well as a defeat against England (2: 3), they qualified as second in the group for the elite round. The Switzerland met in Group 3 to Luxembourg, the Czech Republic and the Faroe Islands. With two wins against Luxembourg (2: 1) and the Faroe Islands (3: 0), as well as a draw against the Czech team (3: 3), the Swiss qualified as group winners for the elite round.

Elite round

In the elite round, the remaining teams were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The group draw took place on December 13, 2016 in Nyon . Each group played a mini-tournament in one country. The eight group winners and the seven best runner-up teams qualified for the final round. The elite round took place from March 10 to 28, 2017.

The draw resulted in the following groups (order according to final placement, teams highlighted in green were qualified for the final round):

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Germany	Hungary 1	Spain	Scotland 1	Netherlands 1	France	England	Ireland
Turkey 1	Norway	Portugal 1	Serbia	Italy	Ukraine	Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	Faroe Islands
Finland	Israel	Poland	Switzerland	Belarus	Austria 1	Slovenia	Slovakia
Armenia	Russia	Greece	Montenegro	Belgium	Sweden	Czech Republic	Cyprus 1

¹ Host of the group tournament

The German selection of coach Christian Wück prevailed with three wins from three games as group first and thus qualified for the final round. At the start they beat a weak Armenian team after initial problems in the first half with a clear 10: 1, and the games against Finland (6: 2) and Turkey (3: 1) were won with ease. The Swiss team played in Group 4 against Scotland, Serbia and Montenegro. The first game against Serbia was unfortunately lost 2-1, Serbia's winning goal by Jovan Pavlović only fell in the third minute of stoppage time. In the second game the team was able to prevail against Montenegro 3-1, Montenegro led 1-0 from the 18th minute of the game, the three goals of the Swiss only came in the second, third and fifth minutes of stoppage time in the second half. The final game against the Scottish selection was lost with 0: 1, a record of one win and two defeats was only enough for a third place, so Switzerland could not qualify for the finals. The Austrian team played in Group 6 against France, Ukraine and Sweden. After a draw against the French (1: 1) and a win against Sweden (3: 1) they lost the last and decisive game against Ukraine with 1: 2. The Ukrainians' winning goal by Oleksiy Kashchuk came in the third minute of stoppage time. With a record of a win, a draw and a defeat, Austria took third place in the final table and was unable to qualify for the final round. Defending champions Portugal could not qualify for the finals as the weakest runners-up in the group.

Attendees

Croatia (hosts)  Germany (winner group 1)  Turkey (second group 1)  Hungary (winner group 2)  Norway (second group 2)  Spain (Winner Group 3)  Scotland (Winner Group 4)  Serbia (second group 4)

Netherlands (Winner Group 5)  Italy (second group 5)  France (Winner Group 6)  Ukraine (Second Group 6)  England (Winner Group 7)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Second Group 7)  Ireland (Group 8 winners)  Faroe Islands (Second Group 8)

DFB selection

Trainer: Christian Wück (born June 9, 1973)

position	Surname	society	birth date
goalkeeper	Luca Plogmann	Werder Bremen	10 Mar 2000	5	0	0	0	0
goalkeeper	Luis Klatte	Hertha BSC	01st Mar 2000	0	0	0	0	0
Defense	Alexander Nitzl	FC Bayern Munich	July 11, 2000	5	0	0	0	0
Defense	Pascal Hackethal	Werder Bremen	Jan. 27, 2000	4th	0	0	0	0
Defense	Dominik Becker	1. FC Cologne	0Jan. 9, 2000	3	0	0	0	0
Defense	Jan Boller	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	14 Mar 2000	4th	0	2	0	0
Defense	Lars Lukas May	FC Bayern Munich	31 Mar 2000	5	1	0	0	0
midfield	Şahverdi Çetin	Eintracht Frankfurt	28 Sep 2000	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Erik Majetschak	RB Leipzig	01st Mar 2000	5	1	0	0	0
midfield	Elias Abouchabaka	RB Leipzig	31 Mar 2000	5	3	0	0	0
midfield	Yannik Keitel	Sc freiburg	Feb 15, 2000	4th	1	0	0	0
midfield	John Yeboah	VfL Wolfsburg	June 23, 2000	4th	1	1	0	0
attack	Noah Awuku	Holstein Kiel	0Jan. 9, 2000	3	1	0	0	0
attack	Fiete Arp	Hamburger SV	0Jan. 6, 2000	5	7th	1	0	0
attack	Eric Hottmann	VfB Stuttgart	0Feb 8, 2000	3	1	0	0	0
attack	Dennis Jastrzembski	Hertha BSC	Feb 20, 2000	4th	0	0	0	0
attack	Kilian Ludewig	RB Leipzig	05th Mar 2000	5	0	0	0	0
attack	Maurice Malone	FC Augsburg	Aug 17, 2000	3	0	0	0	0

Venues

Originally eight stadiums were planned as venues for this European Championship, but this concept has been changed. The final round took place in seven stages, geographically close together in the north of the country.

Kostrena Rijeka Varaždin Velika Gorica Zagreb Zaprešić

Venues 2017 in Croatia

city	Stadion	capacity
Kostrena	Žuknica Stadium	03,000 seats
Rijeka	Rujevica Stadium	05,700 seats
Varaždin	Anđelko Herjavec Stadium	10,800 seats
Velika Gorica	Radnik Stadium	08,000 seats
Zagreb	Lučko Stadium	01,500 seats
	Stadium sv. Josipa Radnika	01,200 seats
Zaprešić	ŠRC Zaprešić stadium	05,228 seats

Preliminary round

draw

The group drawing took place on April 3, 2017 in Zagreb . Host Croatia is set as the head of Group A, the remaining 15 teams were divided into two pots according to their results from the elite round. Pot 1 contained the seven best group winners of the elite round, these were drawn to positions 1 and 2 of the groups, in pot 2 there were the remaining eight teams (the remaining group winners and the seven best runners-up), these were placed in 3rd position and 4 of the groups were drawn.

mode

The preliminary round was held in four groups with four teams each. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals.

If two or more teams in the same group have the same number of points at the end of the group matches, the placement is determined according to the following criteria in this order:

a. higher number of points from direct encounters between the teams in question;

b. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams in question;

c. higher number of goals scored from direct encounters between the teams in question;

d. if, after applying criteria a) to c), several teams still have the same rank, criteria a) to c) are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question, in order to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria e) to h) are applied;

e. better goal difference from all group games;

f. higher number of goals scored from all group games;

G. lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards in one game = 3 points);

H. better placement in the coefficient rankings used for the qualifying round draw;

i. Drawing of lots.

If two teams met in the final group match with the same number of points, goal difference and number of goals, and the game in question ended in a draw, the final placement of the two teams will be determined by penalty shoot-out, provided that no other team in the same group has reached the end all group matches have achieved the same number of points. If more than two teams have the same number of points, the above criteria apply.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	007: 400	+3	07th
2.	Turkey	3	2	0	1	008: 500	+3	06th
3.	Italy	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	Croatia	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

May 3, 2017 at 1:15 p.m. in Rijeka
Turkey	-	Spain	2: 3 (2: 2)
May 3, 2017 at 5:45 p.m. in Rijeka
Croatia	-	Italy	0: 1 (0: 0)
May 6, 2017 at 1:15 p.m. in Rijeka
Croatia	-	Turkey	1: 4 (0: 1)
May 6, 2017 at 5:45 p.m. in Rijeka
Spain	-	Italy	3: 1 (1: 0)
May 9, 2017 at 12 noon in Kostrena
Spain	-	Croatia	1: 1 (0: 0)
May 9, 2017 at 12 noon in Rijeka
Italy	-	Turkey	1: 2 (1: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hungary	3	2	1	0	008: 300	+5	07th
2.	France	3	2	0	1	011: 400	+7	06th
3.	Scotland	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
4th	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	000:130	−13	00

May 3, 2017 at 12 noon in Zagreb (Lučko Stadium)
Scotland	-	Faroe Islands	2: 0 (0: 0)
May 3, 2017 at 2 p.m. in Velika Gorica
Hungary	-	France	3: 2 (1: 1)
May 6, 2017 at 12 noon in Zaprešić
France	-	Faroe Islands	7: 0 (5: 0)
May 6, 2017 at 4 p.m. in Zagreb (Lučko Stadium)
Scotland	-	Hungary	1: 1 (1: 0)
May 9, 2017 at 4 p.m. in Velika Gorica
France	-	Scotland	2: 1 (1: 0)
May 9, 2017 at 4 p.m. in Zagreb (Lučko Stadium)
Faroe Islands	-	Hungary	0: 4 (0: 3)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	015: 100	+14	09
2.	Ireland	3	1	0	2	002: 900	−7	03
3.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	002: 700	−5	03
4th	Serbia	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03

May 4th 2017 at 12 noon in Kostrena
Germany	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5: 0 (2: 0)
May 4th 2017 at 4:30 p.m. in Kostrena
Serbia	-	Ireland	1: 0 (0: 0)
May 7, 2017 at 12 noon in Kostrena
Germany	-	Serbia	3: 1 (2: 0)
May 7, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. in Kostrena
Ireland	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2: 1 (2: 1)
May 10, 2017 at 12 noon in Rijeka
Ireland	-	Germany	0: 7 (0: 3)
May 10, 2017 at 12 noon in Kostrena
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Serbia	1: 0 (0: 0)

Note: Since Ireland, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina had both finished the group stage with three points, the direct comparison between these three teams counted for places 2 to 4. In this comparison, all three teams had scored three points. Then the goal difference counted in the matches between these three teams (Ireland 2-2, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-2, Serbia 1-1), giving Serbia the best overall goal difference of the three teams, but only one goal scored in the direct matches took fourth place. Ultimately, the direct comparison between Ireland and Bosnia-Herzegovina counted, which Ireland won 2-1. The Irish qualified with the worst goal difference in the group as second for the quarter-finals.

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	010: 100	+9	09
2.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th
3.	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
4th	Norway	3	0	1	2	003: 700	−4	01

May 4th 2017 at 12 noon in Zagreb (Stadion sv.Josipa Radnika)
Netherlands	-	Ukraine	1: 0 (0: 0)
May 4th 2017 at 2 p.m. in Velika Gorica
Norway	-	England	1: 3 (1: 2)
May 7, 2017 at 2 p.m. in Zagreb (Stadion sv.Josipa Radnika)
England	-	Ukraine	4: 0 (3: 0)
May 7, 2017 at 5:45 p.m. in Velika Gorica
Netherlands	-	Norway	2: 2 (1: 0)
May 10, 2017 at 4 p.m. in Zaprešić
England	-	Netherlands	3: 0 (1: 0)
May 10, 2017 at 4 p.m. in Zagreb (Stadion sv.Josipa Radnika)
Ukraine	-	Norway	2: 0 (0: 0)

Final round

mode

If a quarter-final, semi-final, final or play-off match for the U-17 World Cup ended without a winner after the end of regular time, this was determined by a penalty shoot-out. In contrast to the usual procedure for penalty shootouts, the shooters of teams A and B then competed in the order ABBAABBA etc. - similar to the procedure for tie-breakers in tennis . According to the fair play initiative of the International Football Association Board (IFAB), this experiment was intended to check whether the starting advantage of team A could be reduced. The new procedure was used in the semi-finals between Germany and Spain, where the Spaniards won the penalty shootout as team A, and in the final between Spain and England, where the Spaniards won as team B.

Overview

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Hungary	0
	Turkey	1
					Turkey	1
					England	2
	England	1
	Ireland	0
									England	2 (1)
									Spain	22 (4) E.
	Spain	3
	France	1
					Spain	00 (4) E.			World Cup play-off
					Germany	0 (2)
	Germany	2							Hungary	0
	Netherlands	1							France	1

^E victory on penalties

Quarter finals

May 12, 2017 at 12 noon in Velika Gorica
Hungary	-	Turkey	0: 1 (0: 1)
May 12, 2017 at 5:45 p.m. in Varaždin
Spain	-	France	3: 1 (2: 1)
May 13, 2017 at 12 noon in Velika Gorica
England	-	Ireland	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 13, 2017 at 5:45 p.m. in Zaprešić
Germany	-	Netherlands	2: 1 (0: 1)

World Cup qualification

The four quarter-final winners will qualify for the 2017 U-17 World Cup . The fifth European participant in the FIFA U17 World Cup was determined in a single knockout match between the top two quarter-finalists who did not qualify for the semi-finals. These were determined using the following criteria in the order listed:

a. higher position in their group after completing the group stage;

b. higher score from the group stage;

c. better goal difference from the group stage;

d. higher number of goals scored from the group stage;

e. higher score from the quarterfinals;

f. better goal difference from the quarterfinals;

G. higher number of goals scored from the quarter-finals;

H. lower total number of penalty points based on yellow and red cards received during the group stage and quarter-finals (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards in one game = 3 points);

i. better placement in the coefficient rankings used for the qualifying round draw;

j. Drawing of lots.

rank	country	Group stage				Quarter finals
		rank	Points	Gates	Diff.	Points	Gates	Diff.
1.	Hungary	1	7th	8: 3	+5	0	0: 1	−1
2.	France	2	6th	11: 4	+7	0	1: 3	−2
3.	Netherlands	2	4th	3: 5	−2	0	1: 2	−1
4th	Ireland	2	3	2: 9	−7	0	0: 1	−1

May 16, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. in Zagreb (Stadion sv.Josipa Radnika)
Hungary	-	France	0: 1 (0: 1)

Semifinals

May 16, 2017 at 5:45 p.m. in Zaprešić
Turkey	-	England	1: 2 (0: 2)
May 16, 2017 at 8:30 p.m. in Varaždin
Spain	-	Germany	0: 0, 4: 2 i. E.

The first semi-final between Turkey and England was overshadowed by a serious injury to English player Tashan Oakley-Boothe . In the 13th minute of the game, in a duel for the ball, he got an elbow blow in the face from an opponent, whereupon his head bent backwards and Oakley-Boothe fell unconscious to the ground. He was treated on the field for almost 15 minutes, including protecting his neck with a splint before he was accompanied by several doctors and transported on a stretcher and taken to a hospital for further examinations. The injury resulted in fifteen minutes of added time in the first half.

final

Spain		England
	final May 19, 2017, 8 p.m. in Varaždin ( Anđelko Herjavec Stadium ) Result: 2: 2 (1: 1), 4: 1 i. E. Referee: Jens Maae ( Denmark )   Match report
	Álvaro Fernández - Juan Miranda , Víctor Chust , Hugo Guillamón , Mateu Morey - Sergio Gómez , Moha (78th Nacho Díaz ), Antonio Blanco (60th José Alonso ) - Jandro Orellana (56th Carlos Beitia ), Abel Ruiz , Ferrán Torres coach : Santi Denia	Josef Bursik - Lewis Gibson , Jonathan Panzo , Joel Latibeaudiere , Marc Guehi - Callum Hudson-Odoi (76th Aidan Barlow ), Alexander Denny , Phil Foden (80th Daniel Loader ), George McEachran , Jadon Sancho (80th + 3 ' Jake Vokins ) - Rhian Brewster Trainer: Steven Cooper
	1: 1 Morey (38th) 2: 2 Díaz (80th + 6 ')	0: 1 Hudson-Odoi (18th) 1: 2 Foden (58th)
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Ruiz 2: 1 Morey 3: 1 Gomez 4: 1 Chust	1: 1 Barlow 2: 1 Brewster shoots at the post 3: 1 Latibeaudiere shoots over the goal
	Blanco (37th), Miranda (71st), Morey (80th + 3 '), Fernández (80th + 4')	Latibeaudiere (67th), Panzo (80th + 4 ')

Best goal scorers

Listed below are the top scorers in the final round. The sorting takes place according to the number of goals scored, if the number of hits is the same, the templates and then the game minutes are decisive. Goals scored in the play-off match for World Cup qualifying are not counted by UEFA in the overall competition.

rank	player	Gates	templates	Game minutes
1	Amine Gouiri	8th	1	291
2	Fiete Arp	7th	1	374
3	Jadon Sancho	5	5	456
4th	Abel Ruiz	4th	3	410
5	Elias Abouchabaka	3	2	309
6th	Callum Hudson-Odoi	3	2	466
7th	Mateu Morey	3	1	400
8th	Malik Karaahmet	3	0	369
9	Sergio Gomez	3	0	432
10	Rhian Brewster	3	0	456
	...	...	...	...
19th	John Yeboah	1	2	293
24	Yannik Keitel	1	1	320
31	Eric Hottmann	1	0	67
34	Noah Awuku	1	0	110
41	Erik Majetschak	1	0	221
54	Lars Lukas May	1	0	386

Team of the tournament

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker	Best player
Dominic Kotarski Álvaro Fernández	Mateu Morey Hakim Guenouche Marc Guehi Víctor Chust Jan Boller Jonathan Panzo	George McEachran Claudio Gomes Moha Atalay Babacan Callum Hudson-Odoi Elias Abouchabaka	Phil Foden Abel Ruiz Amine Gouiri Jadon Sancho	Jadon Sancho

referee

UEFA nominated eight referees and twelve assistant referees from 20 nations as well as four referees from the host country Croatia to serve as fourth officials for this final tournament. There were no permanent teams of referees and assistants.

referee	assistant	Fourth official
Dominik Ouschan	Manuel Nogueira Fernandes	Fran Jović
Nicolas Laforge	Atom Sevgulyan	Tihomir Pejin
Demetrios Masias	Radek Kotík	Duje Strukan
Jens Maae 4	Mika Lamppu	Mario Zebec
Anastasios Papapetrou	Idan Yarkoni
Donatas Rumšas	Samat Tergeussisow
Fábio José Costa Veríssimo 3	Jevgēnijs Morozovs
Mohammed Al-Hakim	Goce Petreski
	Paul Robinson
	Mircea Mihail Grigoriu
	Alexei Vorontsov
	Ian Bird

³ Fábio Veríssimo led the opening game between Croatia and Italy with assistants Robinson and Tergeussisow.

^4th Jens Maae led the final between Spain and England with the assistants Lamppu and Voronzow.

particularities

• Fiete Arp scored a flawless hat trick in the first group match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the second half within 13 minutes (goals in the 50th, 51st and 62nd minutes) - the fastest in the history of the U17 EURO.
• France scored a new record victory with a 7-0 win in the second group match against the Faroe Islands - before that Germany-Slovakia 6-0 (1999), Germany-Romania 8-2 (2001), Denmark-Finland 6-0 (2002) and Spain - Luxembourg 7: 1 (2006). Germany set the record in the last group game against Ireland four days later with the same result.
• Germany set a new European Championship record with 15 goals in the group stage.
• Ireland are the first team to reach the quarter-finals with a total goal difference of −7 - previously Sweden and Poland with 3: 5 goals each in 1995 and 1999 and now the Netherlands.

Television broadcast

The sports broadcaster Eurosport secured the transmission rights for the U-17 finals. In the main program on Eurosport 1, seven group games, including the three games with the participation of the German team, two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final were broadcast. Three group matches were also broadcast on Eurosport 2, including all matches of the French team that were not shown in the main program on Eurosport 1.

Web links

• UEFA regulations for the 2016/17 European Championship season (PDF)

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Draw for the U17 qualifying round 2016/17. In: uefa.com. UEFA, December 3, 2015, accessed December 4, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Penalty shoot-out trial at UEFA final tournaments. In: uefa.com. UEFA, May 1, 2017, accessed May 4, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Concern over England Under-17s star Tashan Oakley-Boothe as he is taken to hospital following accidental elbow to the neck. In: thesun.co.uk. The Sun , May 16, 2017, accessed May 16, 2017 . 
5. ^ The UEFA technical team - Team of the Tournament . In: uefa.com . Retrieved October 28, 2017.
6. ↑ impartial. In: uefa.com. UEFA, April 10, 2017, accessed May 10, 2017 . 
7. ↑ A brilliant opening victory for the DFB Juniors. In: uefa.com. UEFA, May 5, 2017, accessed May 10, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Arp shot the fastest three-pack at the U17 EURO. In: uefa.com. UEFA, May 4, 2017, accessed May 16, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Record win for France at U17 EURO. In: uefa.com. UEFA, May 6, 2017, accessed May 10, 2017 . 
10. ↑ German Torgala against Ireland. In: uefa.com. UEFA, May 10, 2017, accessed May 10, 2017 . 
11. ^ U17-EM: Final round schedule and TV broadcasts. In: uefa.com. UEFA, April 8, 2017, accessed April 25, 2017 .