# 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru from 16 September to 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate in this tournament. Mexico beat favorites Brazil 3–0 in the final, winning its first U-17 Championship title.

## Venues

| Lima | Chiclayo | Chiclayo |
| Estadio Nacional Capacity: 47,000 | Estadio Elías Aguirre Capacity: 25,000 | Estadio Elías Aguirre Capacity: 25,000 |
| Iquitos | IquitosChiclayoLimaPiuraTrujillo | IquitosChiclayoLimaPiuraTrujillo |
| Estadio Max Augustín | IquitosChiclayoLimaPiuraTrujillo | IquitosChiclayoLimaPiuraTrujillo |
| Piura | Piura | Trujillo |
| Estadio Miguel Grau Capacity: 26,550 | Estadio Miguel Grau Capacity: 26,550 | Estadio Mansiche Capacity: 25,000 |

## Teams

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 2004 AFC U-17 Championship | China North Korea Qatar |
| CAF (Africa) | 2005 African U-17 Championship | Gambia Ghana Ivory Coast |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 2005 CONCACAF U17 Tournament | United States Mexico Costa Rica |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | Host nation | Peru |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2005 South American U-17 Championship | Brazil Uruguay |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2005 OFC Under 17 Tournament | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship | Turkey Netherlands Italy |
* USA is the only team to have qualified for all 11 tournaments so far, followed by Brazil and Australia who have each qualified 10 times. While Netherlands, Turkey, Peru, Gambia and Korea DPR are new to the competition.

## Squads

For a list of the squads see 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| Ghana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Peru (H) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 |

### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Turkey | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
| Mexico | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 |

### Group C

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| United States | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| North Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 |

### Group D

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Brazil | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
| Gambia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| Qatar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 |

## Knockout stages

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 25 September - Piura | 25 September - Piura | | | |
| Costa Rica | 1 | | | |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 29 September - Chiclayo | 29 September - Chiclayo | | |
| Mexico (aet) | 3 | 29 September - Chiclayo | 29 September - Chiclayo | |
| Mexico (aet) | 3 | Mexico | 4 | |
| 26 September - Trujillo | 26 September - Trujillo | | Mexico | 4 | |
| 26 September - Trujillo | 26 September - Trujillo | Netherlands | 0 | |
| United States | 0 | Netherlands | 0 | |
| United States | 0 | | | | 2 October - Lima | 2 October - Lima |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | 2 October - Lima | 2 October - Lima |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | Mexico | 3 |
| 25 September - Iquitos | 25 September - Iquitos | | | | | Mexico | 3 |
| 25 September - Iquitos | 25 September - Iquitos | | | | Brazil | 0 |
| Turkey | 5 | | | | Brazil | 0 |
| Turkey | 5 | 29 September - Trujillo | 29 September - Trujillo | | | |
| China | 1 | 29 September - Trujillo | 29 September - Trujillo | | | |
| China | 1 | Turkey | 3 | | | |
| 26 September - Iquitos | 26 September - Iquitos | | Turkey | 3 | | | |
| 26 September - Iquitos | 26 September - Iquitos | Brazil | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil (aet) | 3 | Brazil | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil (aet) | 3 | | | | October 2 - Lima | October 2 - Lima |
| North Korea | 1 | | | | October 2 - Lima | October 2 - Lima |
| North Korea | 1 | | | | Netherlands | 2 |
| | | | | | Turkey | 1 |

### Final
## Winner

* 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship winner
* Mexico First title

## Awards

| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Anderson | Giovani dos Santos | Nuri Şahin |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Carlos Vela | Nuri Şahin | Tevfik Köse |
| 5 goals | 4 goals | 4 goals |
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| North Korea |||

## Goalscorers

Carlos Vela of Mexico won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals.
There were 111 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match.
5 goals
* Carlos Vela
4 goals
* Igor
* Ramón
* Éver Guzmán
* John Goossens
* Caner Erkin
* Nuri Şahin
* Tevfik Köse
3 goals
* César Villaluz
* Choe Myong-ho
2 goals
* Anderson
* Celsinho
* Momodou Ceesay
* Ousman Jallow
* Christian Tiboni
* Omar Esparza
* Jeffrey Sarpong
* Marvin Emnes
* Kim Kuk-jin
* Kim Kyong-il
* Deniz Yılmaz
* Yusef Ahmed
* Kyle Nakazawa
* Ryan Soroka
* Elías Ricardo Figueroa
1 goal
* Nathan Burns
* Robbie Kruse
* Denílson
* Marcelo
* Renato Augusto
* Roberto
* Deng Zhuoxiang
* Tang Naixin
* Wang Xuanhong
* Yang Xu
* Celso Borges
* Cesar Elizondo
* Jean Carlos Solórzano
* Roberto Carrillo
* Kenny Mansally
* Pa Modou Jagne
* Jonathan Quartey
* Sadat Bukari
* Andrea Russotto
* Matteo Mandorlini
* Salvatore Foti
* Simone Palermo
* Alassane Diomande
* Ismael Fofana
* Koffi Kouassi
* Siaka Bamba
* Efraín Juárez
* Héctor Moreno
* Dirk Marcellis
* Jordy Buijs
* Mike van der Kooy
* Daniel Chávez
* Ali Afif
* Khalfan Ibrahim
* Özgürcan Özcan
* Jeremy Hall
* Ofori Sarkodie
* Preston Zimmerman
1 own goal
* Sidnei (against Netherlands)
* Efraín Juárez (against Costa Rica)
* Miguel Cárdenas (against Ghana)
* Murat Duruer (against Uruguay)

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Mexico | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 15 |
| 2 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 12 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 12 |
| 4 | Turkey | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 12 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals ||||||||||
| 5 | United States | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | China | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 5 |
| 8 | North Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Eliminated at the group stage ||||||||||
| 9 | Gambia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| 10 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 4 |
| 11 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 3 |
| 13 | Peru | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 |
| 14 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 1 |
| 15 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 0 |
| 16 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | –10 | 0 |