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.[1]

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates24 October – 15 November
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Spain
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored151 (2.9 per match)
Attendance778,787 (14,977 per match)
Top scorer(s) Borja Bastón

Sani Emmanuel
Sebastián Gallegos
Haris Seferović

(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Sani Emmanuel
Best goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist
Fair play award Nigeria

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 Seferović); 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.[2][3][4]

On 21 May 2009, FIFA gave Nigeria a "Yellow Card" as FIFA noted a significant delay in the preparations for the tournament.[5] 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
2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Nigeria)
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.[6] 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.[7][8]

Confederation Qualifying tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2008 AFC U-16 Championship  Iran
 South Korea
 Japan
 United Arab Emirates
CAF (Africa) Host nation  Nigeria
2009 African Under-17 Championship  Algeria1
 Gambia
 Malawi1
 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
  Switzerland1
 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)
Koman Coulibaly (Mali) Inácio Cândido (Angola)
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Jerome Damon (South Africa) Enock Molefe (South Africa)
Kenneth Chichenga (Zambia)
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) Jason Damoo (Seychelles)
Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
CONCACAF Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Jair Marrufo (United States) Charles Morgante (United States)
Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica)
CONMEBOL Pablo Pozo (Chile) Patricio Basualto (Chile)
Francisco Mondria (Chile)
Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Emigdio Ruiz (Paraguay)
Nicolas Yegros (Paraguay)
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)
Stéphane Lannoy (France) Eric Dansault (France)
Laurent Ugo (France)
Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
Volker Wezel (Germany)
Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Gábor Erős (Hungary)
Tibor Vámos (Hungary)
Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) Geir Åge Holen (Norway)
Dag Roger Nebben (Norway)
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Manuel Navarro (Switzerland)
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)

Squads
Main article: 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup 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.

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

Groups

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Nigeria 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advanced to the round of 16
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Germany 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
 Honduras 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source:
Nigeria 3–3 Germany
S. Okoro  54' (pen.)
Omeruo  59'
Egbedi  61'		 Report Thy  21'
Mustafi  39'
Götze  47'
Attendance: 21,300
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Honduras 0–1 Argentina
Report Araujo  59'
Attendance: 19,560
Argentina 2–1 Germany
Espíndola  57' (pen.)
Araujo  59'		 Report Götze  8'
Attendance: 14,400
Nigeria 1–0 Honduras
Ajagun  55' Report
Attendance: 42,900
Germany 3–1 Honduras
Thy  55', 56'
Volland  73'		 Report Lozano  46'
Attendance: 3,090
Argentina 1–2 Nigeria
Orfano  2' Report Ojabu  5'
Emmanuel  72' (pen.)
Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 11,467

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9 Advanced to the round of 16
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
 Brazil 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3 Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
 Japan 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source:
Brazil 3–2 Japan
Guilherme  26'
Neymar  67'
Wellington Nem  90+4'		 Report Takagi  35'
Sugimoto  84'
Attendance: 15,254
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Mexico 0–2  Switzerland
Report Kasami  22'
Rodríguez  42' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,870
Switzerland  4–3 Japan
Seferović  43', 51'
Xhaka  53'
Rodríguez  74'		 Report Miyayoshi  9', 20'
Kojima  90+3'
Attendance: 9,920
Brazil 0–1 Mexico
Report Basulto  70'
Attendance: 21,115
Japan 0–2 Mexico
Report Campos  65'
Parra  79'
Attendance: 17,105
Switzerland  1–0 Brazil
Ben Khalifa  21' Report
Attendance: 4,250

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Iran 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advanced to the round of 16
 Colombia 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3 Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
 Gambia 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source:
Iran 2–0 Gambia
Sadeghian  44'
Rezaei  84'		 Report
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Colombia 2–1 Netherlands
Castillo  56'
Córdoba  72'		 Report Özyakup  69' (pen.)
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 10,100
Netherlands 2–1 Gambia
Castaignos  19'
Boere  70'		 Report E. Bojang  26' (pen.)
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 0–0 Colombia
Report
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 8,600
Gambia 2–2 Colombia
L. S. Samateh  19'
E. Bojang  42'		 Report Cuéllar  78', 89' (pen.)
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Netherlands 0–1 Iran
Report Gharibi  25'
Attendance: 7,461

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Turkey 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advanced to the round of 16
 Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
 New Zealand 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
 Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Source:
Turkey 1–0 Burkina Faso
Demir  3' Report
Attendance: 12,350
Costa Rica 1–1 New Zealand
Campbell  35' Report Built  19'
Attendance: 16,850
New Zealand 1–1 Burkina Faso
Murie  57' Report V. Nikiema  12'
Attendance: 10,195
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Turkey 4–1 Costa Rica
Şahiner  3'
Demir  33'
Bekdemir  42'
Iravul  70'		 Report Moya  44'
Attendance: 5,632
Burkina Faso 4–1 Costa Rica
Zidane  12'
Ibrango  38'
Ouédraogo  82'
B. Traoré  90'		 Report Golobio  86'
Attendance: 11,483
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
New Zealand 1–1 Turkey
Hobson-McVeigh  90+1' Report Bekdemir  17'
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 7,000

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Spain 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advanced to the round of 16
 United States 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3 Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
 Malawi 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source:
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Malawi
Al-Saffar  63'
Sebil  81'		 Report
Attendance: 8,500
Spain 2–1 United States
Borja  22'
Sarabia  30'		 Report McInerney  4'
Attendance: 19,500
United States 1–0 Malawi
Shinsky  54' Report
Attendance: 9,000
United Arab Emirates 1–3 Spain
Sebil  68' Report Isco  12'
Borja  19'
Carmona  88'
Attendance: 20,000
Malawi 1–4 Spain
Milanzi  82' Report Carmona  32'
Morata  60', 74'
Espinosa  62'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
United States 1–0 United Arab Emirates
McInerney  35' Report
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu-Ode
Attendance: 13,780

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Italy 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advanced to the round of 16
 South Korea 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
 Uruguay 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
 Algeria 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source:
Uruguay 1–3 South Korea
Gallegos  60' (pen.) Report Nam Seung-woo  13'
Son Heung-min  62'
Lee Jong-ho  90'
Attendance: 13,700
Algeria 0–1 Italy
Report Carraro  78'
Attendance: 18,418
Italy 2–1 South Korea
Camporese  56'
Iemmello  61'		 Report Kim Jin-su  30' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,400
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Uruguay 2–0 Algeria
Luna  47'
Gallegos  70'		 Report
Attendance: 13,879
South Korea 2–0 Algeria
Lee Jong-ho  12'
Son Heung-min  22'		 Report
Attendance: 14,755
Italy 0–0 Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 20,000

Ranking of third-placed teams
Grp Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts Qualification
A  Germany 3 1 1 1 0 7 6 +1 4[lower-alpha 1] Advanced to the round of 16
F  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 4[lower-alpha 2]
D  New Zealand 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 3[lower-alpha 2]
E  United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 0 3 4 −1 3[lower-alpha 3]
B  Brazil 3 1 0 2 0 3 4 −1 3[lower-alpha 4]
C  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 0 3 4 −1 3[lower-alpha 4]
Source:
Rules for classification: The 4 best 3rd place teams qualify for the knockout stage. The first determining factor is points, the second is goal difference, and the third is the number of goals scored. If teams are still level, then Fair-Play ranking is used as the fourth criterium. This ranking is as follows: −1 for yellow card, −3 for a red card (straight or 2 yellows in the same game), −4 in case of a yellow card followed by a straight red card in the same game. If the teams are still level at this point, a drawing of lots determine the qualified team(s).
Notes:
  1. −7 fair play points
  2. −3 fair play points
  3. −5 fair play points
  4. −6 fair play points

Knockout stage

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
4 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode
 
 
 Argentina2
 
8 November 2009 — Bauchi
 
 Colombia3
 
 Colombia (pen.)1 (5)
 
4 November 2009 — Enugu
 
 Turkey1 (3)
 
 Turkey2
 
12 November 2009 — Lagos
 
 United Arab Emirates0
 
 Colombia0
 
4 November 2009 — Lagos
 
  Switzerland4
 
  Switzerland (aet)4
 
8 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode
 
 Germany3
 
  Switzerland2
 
4 November 2009 — Kaduna
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy2
 
15 November 2009 — Abuja
 
 United States1
 
  Switzerland1
 
5 November 2009 — Kano
 
 Nigeria0
 
 Spain4
 
9 November 2009 — Kaduna
 
 Burkina Faso1
 
 Spain (pen.)3 (4)
 
5 November 2009 — Calabar
 
 Uruguay3 (2)
 
 Iran1
 
12 November 2009 — Lagos
 
 Uruguay (aet)2
 
 Spain1
 
5 November 2009 — Bauchi
 
 Nigeria3 Third place
 
 Mexico1 (3)
 
9 November 2009 — Calabar 15 November 2009 — Abuja
 
 South Korea (pen.)1 (5)
 
 South Korea1 Colombia0
 
5 November 2009 — Abuja
 
 Nigeria3  Spain1
 
 Nigeria5
 
 
 New Zealand0
 

Round of 16
Argentina 2–3 Colombia
González Pírez  17'
Araujo  57'		 Report Murillo  63'
Blanco  88'
Quiñones  90+1'
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu-Ode
Attendance: 12,460
Turkey 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Şeker  2'
Özbek  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 16,782
Switzerland  4–3 (a.e.t.) Germany
Rodríguez  35'
Seferović  49'
Gonçalves  101'
Ben Khalifa  116' (pen.)		 Report Götze  39'
Trinks  78'
Mallı  118'
Attendance: 15,515
Italy 2–1 United States
Beretta  29'
Iemmello  56'		 Report Palodichuk  51'
Attendance: 11,301
Spain 4–1 Burkina Faso
Roberto  19', 56', 67'
Carmona  83' (pen.)		 Report Ibrango  26'
Attendance: 14,000
Iran 1–2 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Esmaeilzadeh  119' Report Gallegos  104', 117'
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 3,600
Mexico 1–1 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Madrigal  44' Report Kim Dong-jin  90+2'
Penalties
Campos
Basulto
García
Vera 		3–5 Lee Kang
Ahn Jin-bum
Kim Jin-su
Lee Jong-ho
Lee Min-soo
Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 11,589
Nigeria 5–0 New Zealand
Egbedi  14', 28'
S. Okoro  24'
Emmanuel  75', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 35,200

Quarter-finals
Colombia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Turkey
Ramos  90' Report Demir  20'
Penalties
Arias
Murillo
Ramos
Cataño
Cuéllar 		5–3 Gülle
Şeker
Iravul
Alkan
Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 11,532
Switzerland  2–1 Italy
Ben Khalifa  24'
Buff  62'		 Report Carraro  32'
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu-Ode
Attendance: 13,482
Spain 3–3 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Isco  17' (pen.)
Borja  49', 50'		 Report Luna  10'
Mezquida  71'
Gallegos  84'
Penalties
S. Gómez
Borja
Aurtenetxe
Sarabia
Isco 		4–2 Gallegos
Barreto
Laureiro
Mezquida
Attendance: 10,281
South Korea 1–3 Nigeria
Son Heung-Min  40' Report Azeez  23'
Ajagun  50'
Envoh  85'
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Semi-finals
Colombia 0–4  Switzerland
Report Ben Khalifa  14' (pen.)
Seferović  36'
Martignoni  50'
Rodríguez  68'
Attendance: 18,011
Spain 1–3 Nigeria
Borja  83' Report S. Okoro  30'
Emmanuel  61', 71'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Third place match
Colombia 0–1 Spain
Report Isco  75'
Attendance: 40,000

Final
Switzerland  1–0 Nigeria
Seferović  63' Report
Attendance: 60,000

Winners
 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners 

Switzerland
First title

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
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final ranking
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Switzerland 7700187+1121
2  Nigeria 7511177+1016
3  Spain 75111810+816
4  Colombia 7232811–39
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Turkey 532093+611
6  Italy 531164+210
7  Uruguay 522187+18
8  South Korea 521287+17
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9  Iran 421142+27
10  Mexico 421143+17
11  Argentina 42026606
12  United States 42024406
13  Germany 4112101004
14  Burkina Faso 411267–14
15  United Arab Emirates 410336–33
16  New Zealand 403138–53
Eliminated at the group stage
17  Brazil 310234–13
17  Netherlands 310234–13
19  Gambia 301236–31
20  Costa Rica 301239–61
21  Japan 300359–40
22  Honduras 300315–40
23  Algeria 300305–50
24  Malawi 300317–60
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See also

References
  1. Mega African soccer fest set for 2009 and 2010
  2. "Nigeria '09: LOC braces up for FIFA's visit". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  3. "Nigeria 2009: Waiting For FIFA's Last Visit". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  4. Nigeria 2009 venues announced
  5. Yellow card for Nigeria
  6. Nigerian rebels threaten FIFA junior World Cup
  7. Draw looms for 24
  8. Nigeria face Germany in opener
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