2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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.
The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria. 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.
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 group stage was held on 7 August 2009 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
1.Teams that made their debut.
Match officials
Squads
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.
Group stage
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards
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 Rodríguez
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
See also
FIFA U-17 World Cup
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
References
External links
FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
World
2009 in youth association football
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October 2009 sports events in Africa
November 2009 sports events in Africa