# 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009.
Switzerland won the tournament, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria, with a solitary 63rd-minute goal separating the two teams. The Golden Ball to the Best Player was given to Nigerian Sani Emmanuel; the Golden Shoe for top scorer was given to Spaniard Borja, with five goals (although he tied with Nigerian Sani Emmanuel, Uruguayan Sebastián Gallegos, and Swiss Haris Seferovic); the Golden Glove was given to Swiss Benjamin Siegrist; finally, the FIFA Fair Play Award was given to Nigeria.

## Player eligibility

To be eligible to play, a player must have been born on or after 1 January 1992.

## Venues

FIFA chose eight venues out of nine possible locations.
On 21 May 2009, FIFA gave Nigeria a "Yellow Card" as FIFA noted a significant delay in the preparations for the tournament. While Abuja and Lagos were ready, FIFA vice-president Jack Warner gave four other venues (Enugu, Calabar, Ijebu-Ode and Kano) a month to get 100 percent ready or the tournament would be moved. One potential venue (Warri) was removed after recent violence flared up in the Niger Delta.
| Abuja | Lagos | Enugu | Ijebu-Ode |
| National Stadium | Teslim Balogun Stadium | Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium | Gateway Stadium |
| Capacity: 60,491 | Capacity: 24,325 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
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| Kano | Calabar | Kaduna | Bauchi |
| Sani Abacha Stadium | U.J. Esuene Stadium | Ahmadu Bello Stadium | Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 16,500 | Capacity: 11,000 |

## Threats to the tournament

The 2009 edition was under increasing threats from the armed rebel group The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and warned FIFA against hosting the tournament in Nigeria. However, the militants were offered amnesty in exchange for laying down their weapons, and the tournament went on smoothly without any incidents.

## Teams

The final draw for the group stage was held on 7 August 2009 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 2008 AFC U-16 Championship | Iran South Korea Japan United Arab Emirates |
| CAF (Africa) | Host nation | Nigeria |
| CAF (Africa) | 2009 African Under-17 Championship | Algeria Gambia Malawi Burkina Faso |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship | Mexico United States Costa Rica Honduras |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship | Brazil Argentina Uruguay Colombia |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2009 OFC U-17 Championship | New Zealand |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship | Germany Netherlands Switzerland Italy Spain Turkey |
    1.^ Teams that made their debut.

## Match officials

| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
| AFC | Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) |
| CAF | Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) | Mamar Chabane (Algeria) Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt) |
| CAF | Koman Coulibaly (Mali) | Inácio Cândido (Angola) Redouane Achik (Morocco) |
| CAF | Jerome Damon (South Africa) | Enock Molefe (South Africa) Kenneth Chichenga (Zambia) |
| CAF | Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) | Jason Damoo (Seychelles) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) |
| CONCACAF | Carlos Batres (Guatemala) | Carlos Pastrana (Honduras) Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) |
| CONCACAF | Jair Marrufo (United States) | Charles Morgante (United States) Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica) |
| CONMEBOL | Pablo Pozo (Chile) | Patricio Basualto (Chile) Francisco Mondria (Chile) |
| CONMEBOL | Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) | Emigdio Ruiz (Paraguay) Nicolas Yegros (Paraguay) |
| CONMEBOL | Martín Vázquez (Uruguay) | Miguel Nievas (Uruguay) Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay) |
| OFC | Michael Hester (New Zealand) | Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga) |
| UEFA | Howard Webb (England) | Michael Mullarkey (England) Darren Cann (England) |
| UEFA | Stéphane Lannoy (France) | Eric Dansault (France) Laurent Ugo (France) |
| UEFA | Wolfgang Stark (Germany) | Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Volker Wezel (Germany) |
| UEFA | Viktor Kassai (Hungary) | Gábor Erős (Hungary) Tibor Vámos (Hungary) |
| UEFA | Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) | Geir Åge Holen (Norway) Dag Roger Nebben (Norway) |
| UEFA | Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) | Manuel Navarro (Switzerland) Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) |

## Allocation of teams to groups

Teams were allocated to groups on the basis of geographical spread. Teams were placed in four pots, and one team was drawn from each pot for each group. Pot 1 contained the five African teams plus one from CONMEBOL; Pot 2 contained the remaining teams from the Americas excluding one CONCACAF team; Pot 3 consisted of teams from Asia and Oceania plus the remaining CONCACAF team; Pot 4 consisted of teams from the European confederation.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Nigeria  Algeria  Burkina Faso  Gambia  Malawi  Brazil | Argentina  Colombia  Uruguay  Costa Rica  Mexico  United States | Iran  Japan  South Korea  United Arab Emirates  Honduras  New Zealand | Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Spain  Switzerland  Turkey |

## Group stage

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Nigeria (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Gambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | Malawi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | A | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | F | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | D | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | E | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 5 | B | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 6 | C | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
* ↑ −7 fair play points
* 1 2 −3 fair play points
* ↑ −5 fair play points
* 1 2 −6 fair play points

## Knockout stage

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode | 4 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode | | | | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | | | | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | 8 November 2009 — Bauchi | 8 November 2009 — Bauchi | | | | | |
| Colombia | 3 | 8 November 2009 — Bauchi | 8 November 2009 — Bauchi | | | | |
| Colombia | 3 | Colombia (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | |
| 4 November 2009 — Enugu | 4 November 2009 — Enugu | | Colombia (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | |
| 4 November 2009 — Enugu | 4 November 2009 — Enugu | Turkey | 1 (3) | | | | |
| Turkey | 2 | Turkey | 1 (3) | | | | |
| Turkey | 2 | | | | 12 November 2009 — Lagos | 12 November 2009 — Lagos | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | | | | 12 November 2009 — Lagos | 12 November 2009 — Lagos | |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | | | | Colombia | 0 | |
| 4 November 2009 — Lagos | 4 November 2009 — Lagos | | | | | Colombia | 0 | |
| 4 November 2009 — Lagos | 4 November 2009 — Lagos | | | | Switzerland | 4 | |
| Switzerland (aet) | 4 | | | | Switzerland | 4 | |
| Switzerland (aet) | 4 | 8 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode | 8 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode | | | | | |
| Germany | 3 | 8 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode | 8 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode | | | | |
| Germany | 3 | Switzerland | 2 | | | | |
| 4 November 2009 — Kaduna | 4 November 2009 — Kaduna | | Switzerland | 2 | | | | |
| 4 November 2009 — Kaduna | 4 November 2009 — Kaduna | Italy | 1 | | | | |
| Italy | 2 | Italy | 1 | | | | |
| Italy | 2 | | | | | | | 15 November 2009 — Abuja | 15 November 2009 — Abuja |
| United States | 1 | | | | | | | 15 November 2009 — Abuja | 15 November 2009 — Abuja |
| United States | 1 | | | | | | | Switzerland | 1 |
| 5 November 2009 — Kano | 5 November 2009 — Kano | | | | | | | | Switzerland | 1 |
| 5 November 2009 — Kano | 5 November 2009 — Kano | | | | | | | Nigeria | 0 |
| Spain | 4 | | | | | | | Nigeria | 0 |
| Spain | 4 | 9 November 2009 — Kaduna | 9 November 2009 — Kaduna | | | | | | |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 9 November 2009 — Kaduna | 9 November 2009 — Kaduna | | | | | | |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | Spain (pen.) | 3 (4) | | | | | | |
| 5 November 2009 — Calabar | 5 November 2009 — Calabar | | Spain (pen.) | 3 (4) | | | | | | |
| 5 November 2009 — Calabar | 5 November 2009 — Calabar | Uruguay | 3 (2) | | | | | | |
| Iran | 1 | Uruguay | 3 (2) | | | | | | |
| Iran | 1 | | | | 12 November 2009 — Lagos | 12 November 2009 — Lagos | | | | |
| Uruguay (aet) | 2 | | | | 12 November 2009 — Lagos | 12 November 2009 — Lagos | | | |
| Uruguay (aet) | 2 | | | | Spain | 1 | | | |
| 5 November 2009 — Bauchi | 5 November 2009 — Bauchi | | | | | Spain | 1 | | | |
| 5 November 2009 — Bauchi | 5 November 2009 — Bauchi | | | | Nigeria | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mexico | 1 (3) | | | | Nigeria | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mexico | 1 (3) | 9 November 2009 — Calabar | 9 November 2009 — Calabar | | | | | 15 November 2009 — Abuja | 15 November 2009 — Abuja |
| South Korea (pen.) | 1 (5) | 9 November 2009 — Calabar | 9 November 2009 — Calabar | | | | | 15 November 2009 — Abuja | 15 November 2009 — Abuja |
| South Korea (pen.) | 1 (5) | South Korea | 1 | | | | | Colombia | 0 |
| 5 November 2009 — Abuja | 5 November 2009 — Abuja | | South Korea | 1 | | | | | Colombia | 0 |
| 5 November 2009 — Abuja | 5 November 2009 — Abuja | Nigeria | 3 | | | | | Spain | 1 |
| Nigeria | 5 | Nigeria | 3 | | | | | Spain | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Final
## Awards

| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Sani Emmanuel | Nassim Ben Khalifa | Ramón Azeez |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Borja | Sani Emmanuel | Sebastián Gallegos |
| 5 goals | 5 goals | 5 goals |
| Golden Glove |||
| Benjamin Siegrist |||
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| Nigeria |||

## Goalscorers
### 5 goals

* Sani Emmanuel
* Borja
* Haris Seferovic
* Sebastián Gallegos

### 4 goals

* Nassim Ben Khalifa

### 3 goals

* Sergio Araujo
* Mario Götze
* Lennart Thy
* Son Heung-min
* Edafe Egbedi
* Stanley Okoro
* Adrià Carmona
* Isco
* Sergi Roberto
* Ricardo Rodriguez
* Muhammet Demir

### 2 goals

* Abdoulaye Ibrango
* Gustavo Cuéllar
* Ebrima Bojang
* Federico Carraro
* Pietro Iemmello
* Takumi Miyayoshi
* Lee Jong-ho
* Abdul Jeleel Ajagun
* Álvaro Morata
* Engin Bekdemir
* Mohammed Sebil
* Jack McInerney
* Adrián Luna

### 1 goal

* Esteban Espíndola
* Leandro González Pírez
* Esteban Orfano
* Guilherme
* Neymar
* Wellington Nem
* Victor Nikiema
* Louckmane Ouédraogo
* Bertrand Traoré
* Zidane Zoungrana
* Jean Carlos Blanco
* Fabián Castillo
* Deiner Córdoba
* Jeison Murillo
* Héctor Quiñones
* Jorge Luis Ramos
* Joel Campbell
* Juan Bustos Golobio
* Jonathan Moya
* Lamin Sarjo Samateh
* Yunus Mallı
* Shkodran Mustafi
* Florian Trinks
* Kevin Volland
* Anthony Lozano
* Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
* Milad Gharibi
* Kaveh Rezaei
* Payam Sadeghian
* Giacomo Beretta
* Michele Camporese
* Shuto Kojima
* Kenyu Sugimoto
* Yoshiaki Takagi
* Kim Dong-jin
* Kim Jin-su
* Nam Seung-woo
* Luke Milanzi
* Miguel Basulto
* Carlos Campos
* Guillermo Madrigal
* Carlos Parra
* Tom Boere
* Luc Castaignos
* Oğuzhan Özyakup
* Michael Built
* Jack Hobson-McVeigh
* Gordon Murie
* Ramón Azeez
* Terry Envoh
* Omoh Ojabu
* Kenneth Omeruo
* Javier Espinosa
* Pablo Sarabia
* Oliver Buff
* André Gonçalves
* Pajtim Kasami
* Bruno Martignoni
* Granit Xhaka
* Gökay Iravul
* Ufuk Özbek
* Ömer Ali Şahiner
* Furkan Şeker
* Marwan Al-Saffar
* Nick Palodichuk
* Alex Shinsky
* Nicolás Mezquida

### 1 own goal

* José Rodríguez (against Switzerland)

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Switzerland | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 21 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 16 |
| 3 | Spain | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 16 |
| 4 | Colombia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 9 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals ||||||||||
| 5 | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 |
| 8 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 |
| Eliminated in the Round of 16 ||||||||||
| 9 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| 10 | Mexico | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 |
| 11 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 4 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 |
| 16 | New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 3 |
| Eliminated at the group stage ||||||||||
| 17 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
| 19 | Gambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 1 |
| 21 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 0 |
| 22 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 0 |
| 23 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | –5 | 0 |
| 24 | Malawi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 |