2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 26th UEFA European Under-17 Championship, UEFA's premier football tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament was held in Turkey from 4 to 16 May 2008. Players born after 1 January 1991 were eligible to participate in this competition.

UEFA Euro Under-17 Football Championship
2008 Avrupa 17 Yaş Altı Futbol Şampiyonası
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Dates4–16 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (8th title)
Runners-up France
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored36 (2.4 per match)
Attendance8,844 (590 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Yannis Tafer (4 goals)
Best player(s)Serbia Danijel Aleksić[1]
2007
2009

Qualification

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Two rounds of qualifying were held in order to determine the seven teams to join the hosts, Turkey, at the final tournament. The qualifying round, held from 14 September to 28 October 2007, divided the 52 remaining UEFA nations into 13 groups of four. At the end of the qualifying round, the top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the elite round. The elite round, held from 13 to 31 March 2008, divided the remaining 28 teams into seven groups of four. At the end of the round, the top team in each group advanced to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

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Nation Qualified as
  Turkey Host
  Republic of Ireland Group 1 winner
   Switzerland Group 2 winner
  France Group 3 winner
  Serbia Group 4 winner
  Scotland Group 5 winner
  Spain Group 6 winner
  Netherlands Group 7 winner

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Turkey 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
  Serbia 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
  Scotland 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Scotland  0–2  Serbia
(Report) Aleksić   40+1', 42'
Turkey  3–0  Netherlands
Karataş   11'
Albayrak   71'
Demir   80+1'
(Report)

Turkey  1–0  Scotland
Yollu   13' (Report)
Netherlands  1–0  Serbia
Castillion   33' (Report)

Serbia  0–0  Turkey
(Report)
Netherlands  2–0  Scotland
Castillion   34'
Van Rhijn   46'
(Report)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Spain 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
  France 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
  Republic of Ireland 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
France  2–1  Republic of Ireland
Tafer   65'
Lacazette   80+3'
(Report) Murphy   32'
Spain  2–0   Switzerland
S. García   52', 61' (Report)

Republic of Ireland  0–1   Switzerland
(Report) Gunning   49' (o.g.)
France  3–3  Spain
Tafer   11'
Grenier   43'
Rémy   48'
(Report) Thiago   31', 67'
Pulido   45'

Switzerland  0–2  France
(Report) Tafer   33', 51'
Republic of Ireland  1–3  Spain
Hourihane   15' (Report) Rochina   47', 56'
Keko   73'

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Turkey  1–1 (a.e.t.)  France
Kayalı   31' (Report) Kolodziejczak   69'
Penalties
Kayalı  
Çolak  
Çek  
Karadeniz  
Eren  
3–4   Tafer
  Fofana
  Kakuta
  Kolodziejczak
  Lacazette

Spain  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands
Pulido   46'
Martínez   92'
(Report) Sneijder   34'

Final

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France  0–4  Spain
(Report) Keko   31'
S. García   46'
Thiago   63' (pen.)
Gavilán   69'

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ 2008: Danijel Aleksić in UEFA.com
  2. ^ [1], uefa.com, accessed 12 May 2014.