2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 25 U-17 Football Championship was held in Belgium from 2 to 13 May 2007. Germany was able to re- qualify for the finals and finished fifth. The defending champion Russia and the Czech Republic final opponents could not qualify. The title won for the seventh time overall Spain with a 1-0 victory in the final against England.

  • 4.1 Group A
  • 4.2 Group B
  • 5.1 Match for 5th place
  • 5.2 Semi-finals
  • 5.3 final

Qualification

The qualifying was attended by 48 nations. These were divided into 12 groups of 4 nations. Each team had to play against all other group member once. Mini-tournaments were held at one venue. Places 1 and 2 of the groups reach the elite round or 2nd Qualifakationsrunde. Belgium was to host the European Championship already qualified.

Mode

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Within the groups played each team once against each other. The group winners and runners reach the semifinals. The semi-final winners in the final. The first five teams qualified for the U-17 World Cup in South Korea.

Participant

At the tournament the following teams participated:

  • France France
  • Spain
  • Germany Germany
  • Ukraine Ukraine
  • Netherlands The Netherlands
  • Belgium Belgium (Host )
  • Iceland Iceland
  • England England

Teams from German-speaking

DFB

  • Coach: Paul Schomann

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Match for 5th place

Semifinal

Final

Team of the Tournament

David de Gea Spain Belgium Jo Coppens

Spain David Rochela Spain Francisco Atienza England Joe Mattock Mamadou Sakho France Ukraine Kyryl Petrov Germany Nils Teixeira

Spain Ignacio Camacho Barnola Belgium 's Eden Hazard Iceland Bjorn Jonsson England Victor Moses Spain Fran Mérida Germany Toni Kroos

Bojan Krkić Spain Netherlands Nacer Barazite England Rhys Murphy France Damien Le Tallec England Danny Rose Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum

Bojan Krkić Spain

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