2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 26 U-17 Football Championship was held in Turkey from 4 to 16 May 2008. Spain was the 8th time European champion and successfully defended his title thus. In the final, the Iberians France defeated 4-0. Germany and Austria could not qualify, Switzerland difference in the group stage.
The final round was played in three stadiums in Antalya: In the World of Wonder Football Centre (550 seats), the Mardan Stadium ( 7,428 seats) and the Antalya Ataturk Stadium ( 11,738 seats), in the latter only in the knockout round was played.
- 4.1 Group A
- 4.2 Group B
- 5.1 final
Qualification
The qualifying was attended by 52 teams. These were divided into 13 groups of 4. The groups have been played on a few days in the fall of 2007 at a participating in the group of countries, including Germany. From these groups 28 teams came into seven groups of 4 of the second qualifying round, at the still attended by all German-speaking countries. The group winners of the second qualifying round qualified alongside host Turkey for the final round.
Mode
The four teams in each group came together once each, with the winner of a match given three points and in the case of a tie, both teams one point each. The most points in each group met in the semi-finals, where each winner of a group played against the runner-up of the other group. The winners of the semi finals determined the European champions in the final.
Participant
At the finals the following teams participated:
- Turkey Turkey ( host )
- Netherlands The Netherlands
- Serbia Serbia
- Scotland Scotland
- Spain (holders )
- France France
- Switzerland Switzerland
- Ireland Ireland
Teams from German-speaking
SFV - selection
- Coach: Yves Debonnaire
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Final round
The first semi-final rose on 13 May 2008, 17:30 clock and the second semi-final on 13 May 2008, 20:00 Clock. The final was held at 18:30 clock on 16 May 2008.
1 win after extra time 2 victory on penalties
Final
Top scorers
Team of the Tournament
Netherlands Jeroen Zoet Turkey Metin Ucar
Turkey Eren Sertaç France Timothée Kolodziejczak Switzerland Michael Lang Spain Martín Montoya Spain Jorge Pulido Ricardo van Rhijn Netherlands
Spain Alvaro López Netherlands Jordy Clasie France Gueïda Fofana Turkey Gökhan Turkey Soner Aydoğdu Spain Thiago Alcántara
Danijel Aleksic Serbia Netherlands Geoffrey Castillion Gaël Kakuta France Spain Keko Spain Sergio García Rubén Rochina Spain France Yannis Tafer
Danijel Aleksic Serbia