2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2007 Final Tournament was held in Belgium from 2 to 13 May 2007. Top-five teams (two best places from each group plus winner of playoff between third-placed teams) qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007. Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this competition.

2007 UEFA Under-17 Championship

Europees kampioenschap voetbal onder 17 – 2007 Championnat d'Europe de football des moins de 17 ans 2007 U-17-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2007
Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Dates	2–13 May
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Spain (7th title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	47 (2.94 per match)
Attendance	19,957 (1,247 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Victor Moses Toni Kroos (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Bojan[1]
← 2006 2008 →

Qualifications

There were separate rounds of qualifications being held before the Final Tournament.

1. 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round
2. 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round

Venues

Belgium
Ronse	Tubize	Eupen
Orphale Cruckestadion	Stade Leburton	Kehrwegstadion
Capacity: 5,021	Capacity: 8,100	Capacity: 8,363
Ronse Tubize Visé Eupen Verviers Tournai
Tournai	Visé	Verviers
Stade Luc Varenne	Stade de la Cité de l'Oie	Stade de Bielmont
Capacity: 7,552	Capacity: 5,400	Capacity: 4,300

Teams

•  Belgium (host)
•  England
•  France
•  Germany
•  Iceland
•  Netherlands
•  Spain
•  Ukraine

Match Officials

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

Referees Alan Black Andrea de Marco Dejan Filipovic Jan Jílek Giorgi Vadachkoria Bülent Yıldırım

Assistant referees Jan-Peter Aravirta Andrei Bodean Alan Camilleri Nikolai Karakolev Arnis Lemkins Radoslaw Siejka Magnus Sjöblom Zsolt Attila Szpisjak

Fourth officials Karim Saadouni Gaëtan Simon

Squads

Main article: 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
France	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Germany	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

2 May 2007

16:00 CET

France	0–2	Spain
	Report	Falque 19' Mérida 73'

Stade de Bielmont, Verviers

Attendance: 2,325

Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

2 May 2007

18:00 CET

Germany	2–0	Ukraine
Bigalke 25' (pen.) Kroos 77'	Report

Kehrweg Stadion, Eupen

Attendance: 2,018

Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia)

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4 May 2007

16:00 CET

Spain	3–1	Ukraine
Camacho 31' Falque 62' Aquino 69'	Report	Shevchuk 80+1'

Stade de la Cité de l'Oie, Visé

Attendance: 583

Referee: Jan Jílek (Czech Republic)

4 May 2007

18:30 CET

France	2–1	Germany
Le Tallec 56', 71'	Report	Kroos 24'

Kehrweg Stadion, Eupen

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

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7 May 2007

15:30 CET

Ukraine	2–2	France
Karnoza 51' Korkishko 77'	Report	M'Vila 10' Bourgeois 44'

Stade de Bielmont, Verviers

Attendance: 100

Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)

7 May 2007

15:30 CET

Spain	0–0	Germany
	Report

Kehrweg Stadion, Eupen

Attendance: 2,469

Referee: Andrea de Marco (Italy)

Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Belgium	3	1	2	0	8	4	+4	5
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
Iceland	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

2 May 2007

16:00 CET

Iceland	0–2	England
	Report	Pearce 4' Rose 24'

Orphale Crucke Stadium, Ronse

Attendance: 200

Referee: Jan Jílek (Czech Republic)

2 May 2007

18:00 CET

Netherlands	2–2	Belgium
Barazite 44' Wijnaldum 77'	Report	De Pauw 3' Hazard 57' (pen.)

Stade Leburton, Tubize

Attendance: 1,950

Referee: Andrea de Marco (Italy)

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4 May 2007

16:00 CET

Belgium	1–1	England
Ringoot 42'	Report	Murphy 27'

Stade Luc Varenne, Tournai

Attendance: 1,094

Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

4 May 2007

20:15 CET

Netherlands	3–0	Iceland
Blind 23', 52' Vejinović 79'	Report

Orphale Crucke Stadium, Ronse

Attendance: 380

Referee: Alan Black (Northern Ireland)

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7 May 2007

17:30 CET

England	4–2	Netherlands
Lansbury 9' Moses 15', 54' Plummer 80+2'	Report	Narsingh 31' Pedro 44'

Stade Leburton, Tubize

Attendance: 988

Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

7 May 2007

17:30 CET

Belgium	5–1	Iceland
Kis 15', 68' (pen.) De Pauw 48' Benteke 55' Ringoot 58'	Report	Sigþórsson 19'

Stade Luc Varenne, Tournai

Attendance: 1,134

Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia)

Knockout stage

5th place playoff

10 May 2007

18:00 CET

Germany	3–2	Netherlands
Kroos 18' Sukuta-Pasu 61', 76'	Report	Van Aanholt 31' Vejinović 38'

Stade de la Cité de l'Oie, Visé

Attendance: 500

Referee: Andrea de Marco (Italy)

Semi-finals

10 May 2007

17:30 CET

Spain	1–1	Belgium
Bojan 72'	Report	Rochela 63' (o.g.)
Penalties
Vitoria Mérida Bojan Rochela Aquino Porcar Forner Camacho	7–6	De Pauw Spruyt Zevne Hazard Aquino Phiri Geurden Daeseleire

Stade Luc Varenne, Tournai

Attendance: 1,150

Referee: Jan Jílek (Czech Republic)

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10 May 2007

20:15 CET

England	1–0	France
Moses 11'	Report

Stade Leburton, Tubize

Attendance: 1,166

Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

Final

13 May 2007

17:45 CET

Spain	1–0	England
Bojan 48'	Report

Stade Luc Varenne, Tournai

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Dejan Filipović (Serbia)

Goalscorers

3 goals Victor Moses Toni Kroos 2 goals Kevin Kis Nill De Pauw Niels Ringoot Thibault Bourgeois Damien Le Tallec Yann M'Vila Daley Blind Marko Vejinović Iago Falque Bojan

1 goal Christian Benteke Eden Hazard Henri Lansbury Rhys Murphy Krystian Pearce Tristan Plummer Danny Rose Sascha Bigalke Richard Sukuta-Pasu Kolbeinn Sigþórsson Patrick van Aanholt Nacer Barazite Luciano Narsingh Luis Pedro Georginio Wijnaldum Dani Aquino Ignacio Camacho Fran Mérida Artur Karnoza Dmytro Korkishko Serhiy Shevchuk

Own goals David Rochela (for Belgium)

Golden Player

• Bojan^[3]