2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

UEFA Euro Under-17 Football Championship
2008 Avrupa 17 Yaş Altı Futbol Şampiyonası
Tournament details
Host country Turkey
Dates 4 May – 16 May
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Spain (8th title)
Runners-up  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 36 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s) France Yannis Tafer (4 goals)
Best player Serbia Danijel Aleksić[1]

The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 26th UEFA European Under-17 Championship, UEFA's premier football tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament was held in Turkey from 4 May to 16 May 2008. Players born after 1 January 1991 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Qualification

Two rounds of qualifying were held in order to determine the seven teams to join the hosts, Turkey, at the final tournament. The qualifying round, held from 14 September to 28 October 2007, divided the 52 remaining UEFA nations into 13 groups of four. At the end of the qualifying round, the top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the elite round. The elite round, held from 13 to 31 March 2008, divided the remaining 28 teams into seven groups of four. At the end of the round, the top team in each group advanced to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

NationQualified as
 TurkeyHost
 Republic of IrelandGroup 1 winner
  SwitzerlandGroup 2 winner
 FranceGroup 3 winner
 SerbiaGroup 4 winner
 ScotlandGroup 5 winner
 SpainGroup 6 winner
 NetherlandsGroup 7 winner

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Turkey 321040+47
 Netherlands 32013306
 Serbia 311121+14
 Scotland 300305−50
Scotland  0–2  Serbia
(Report) Aleksić  40+1', 42'
World Wonder Football Centre, Antalya
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)
Turkey  1–0  Scotland
Yollu  13' (Report)
Referee: Tero Nieminen (Finland)
Netherlands  1–0  Serbia
Castillion  33' (Report)
World Wonder Football Centre, Antalya
Referee: Hubert Siejewicz (Poland)
Serbia  0–0  Turkey
(Report)
World Wonder Football Centre, Antalya
Netherlands  2–0  Scotland
Castillion  34'
Van Rhijn  46'		 (Report)
Referee: Angel Angelov (Bulgaria)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 321084+47
 France 321074+37
  Switzerland 310214−33
 Republic of Ireland 300326−40
France  2–1  Republic of Ireland
Tafer  65'
Lacazette  80+3'		 (Report) Murphy  32'
Spain  2–0   Switzerland
S. García  52', 61' (Report)
World Wonder Football Centre, Antalya
Referee: Hubert Siejewicz (Poland)
Republic of Ireland  0–1   Switzerland
(Report) Gunning  49' (o.g.)
World Wonder Football Centre, Antalya
France  3–3  Spain
Tafer  11'
Grenier  43'
Rémy  48'		 (Report) Alcântara  31', 67'
Pulido  45'
Referee: Angel Angelov (Bulgaria)
Switzerland   0–2  France
(Report) Tafer  33', 51'
World Wonder Football Centre, Antalya
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)
Republic of Ireland  1–3  Spain
Hourihane  15' (Report) Rochina  47', 56'
Keko  73'
Referee: Tero Nieminen (Finland)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Spain  2 – 1
(a.e.t.)		  Netherlands
Pulido  46'
Ángel Martínez  92'		 (Report) Sneijder  34'
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

Final

France  0–4  Spain
(Report) Keko  31'
S. García  46'
Alcântara  63' (pen.)
Gavilán  69'
Attendance: 600

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

References

  1. ↑ 2008: Danijel Aleksić in UEFA.com
  2. ↑ , uefa.com, accessed 12 May 2014.
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