2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the fourth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Italy hosted the championship, during 3–14 May. Turkey defeated Netherlands in the final to win the competition for the second time.

2005 UEFA Under-17 Championship

Campionato europeo di calcio Under-17 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	3–14 May
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Turkey (2nd title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	51 (3.19 per match)
Attendance	13,155 (822 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tevfik Köse (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Nuri Şahin[1]
← 2004 2006 →

Squads

Main article: 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

Qualifying

2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.^[2]

Referees Pavel Kralovec Jöuni Hietala Svein Oddvar Moen Pavel Cristian Balaj Pavel Olsiak Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez

Assistant referees Vincent De Spiegeleer Henrik Sonderby Hannes Reinvald Ruslan Duzmambetov Konrad G. Borg Veaselav Berco Rafal Rostkowski Andriy Pryimak

Fourth officials Luca Banti Nicola Stefanini

Cities & Stadiums

Città	Stadio
Santa Croce sull'Arno	Stadio Libero Masini
Pontedera	Stadio Ettore Mannucci
Castelfranco di Sotto	Stadio Osvaldo Martini
Cascina	Stadio Simone Redini
San Giuliano Terme	Satdio Giovanni Bui
Santa Maria a Monte	Stadio Gabriele Di Lupo

Group stage

Group A

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Italy	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6	Advanced to the semi-finals
Turkey	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
England	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
Belarus	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	3

3 May 2005

16:00 CET

Belarus	0–4	England
	Report	Weston 19' Ephraim 44', 55' Garner 69' (pen.)

Stadio Libero Masini, Santa Croce sull'Arno

Attendance: 300

Referee: Jouni Hietala (Finland)

3 May 2005

19:00 CET

Italy	1–0	Turkey
Russotto 50'	Report

Stadio Ettore Mannucci, Pontedera

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

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5 May 2005

16:00 CET

Italy	0–1	Belarus
	Report	Kisly 57'

Stadio Osvaldo Martini, Castelfranco di Sotto

Attendance: 400

Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)

5 May 2005

16:00 CET

Turkey	3–2	England
Köse 21', 32' Şahin 71'	Report	Garner 41', 60'

Stadio Ettore Mannucci, Pontedera

Attendance: 400

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

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8 May 2005

17:15 CET

England	0–1	Italy
	Report	Russotto 35' (pen.)

Stadio Simone Redini, Cascina

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

8 May 2005

17:15 CET

Turkey	5–1	Belarus
Köse 38' (pen.), 44', 66' D. Yılmaz 67', 69'	Report	Sivakov 50'

Stadio Osvaldo Martini, Castelfranco di Sotto

Attendance: 300

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Croatia	3	2	1	0	11	6	+5	7	Advanced to the semi-finals
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Israel	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

3 May 2005

16:00 CET

Israel	0–3	Switzerland
	Report	Halimi 13' Gashi 42' Rakitić 48'

Stadio Simone Redini, Cascina

Attendance: 350

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

3 May 2005

17:00 CET

Croatia	2–2	Netherlands
Kalinić 29' Bačelić-Grgić 67'	Report	Vorthoren 81' Van der Laan 84'

Stadio Giovanni Bui, San Giuliano Terme

Attendance: 700

Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

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5 May 2005

16:00 CET

Switzerland	0–0	Netherlands
	Report

Stadio Giovanni Bui, San Giuliano Terme

Attendance: 750

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

5 May 2005

18:30 CET

Israel	2–4	Croatia
Kayal 40' Bar Buzaglo 47'	Report	Vidović 42', 69' Tobi 67' (o.g.) G. Radoš 79'

Stadio Santa Maria a Monte, Santa Maria a Monte

Attendance: 550

Referee: Jouni Hietala (Finland)

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8 May 2005

15 CET

Netherlands	2–1	Israel
Sarpong 37' Biseswar 65'	Report	Snappir 7'

Stadio Santa Maria a Monte, Santa Maria a Monte

Attendance: 600

Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)

8 May 2005

15:00 CET

Switzerland	2–5	Croatia
Halimi 28' Lovren 60' (o.g.)	Report	Kalinić 50', 77' (pen.) Mehmedagić 53' Vidović 68' Staubli 79' (o.g.)

Stadio Libero Masini, Santa Croce sull'Arno

Attendance: 400

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

11 May 2005

20:00 CET

Italy	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Zaalman 89'

Stadio Ettore Mannucci, Pontedera

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

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11 May 2005

16:30 CET

Croatia	1–3	Turkey
G. Radoš 69'	Report	Özcan 26', 61' Duruer 73'

Stadio Simone Redini, Cascina

Attendance: 1,005

Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)

For winning their semi-finals, Netherlands and Turkey qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Italy and Croatia meeting in the third place playoff for the third and final place in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Third place play-off

14 May 2005

15:00 CET

Italy	2 – 1 (aet)	Croatia
De Silvestri 59' Di Gennaro 102'	Report	Kalinić 60'

Stadio Libero Masini, Santa Croce sull'Arno

Attendance: 800

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

For winning the third place play-off, Italy qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Croatia missing out.

Final

14 May 2005

19:00 CET

Netherlands	0–2	Turkey
	Report	D. Yılmaz 46' Köse 51'

Stadio Ettore Mannucci, Pontedera

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)