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2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009
Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	24 October – 15 November
Teams	24 (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 played	52
Goals scored	151 (2.9 per match)
Attendance	778,787 (14,977 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Borja Bastón Sani Emmanuel Sebastián Gallegos Haris Seferovic (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Sani Emmanuel
Best goalkeeper	Benjamin Siegrist
Fair play award	Nigeria
← 2007 2011 →

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
AbujaLagosEnuguIjebu OdeKanoCalabarKadunaBauchi2009 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. 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
	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

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

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
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Nigeria	3–3	Germany
S. Okoro 54' (pen.) Omeruo 59' Egbedi 61'	Report	Thy 21' Mustafi 39' Götze 47'

Honduras	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Araujo 59'

Argentina	2–1	Germany
Espíndola 57' (pen.) Araujo 59'	Report	Götze 8'

Nigeria	1–0	Honduras
Ajagun 55'	Report

Germany	3–1	Honduras
Thy 55', 56' Volland 73'	Report	Lozano 46'

Argentina	1–2	Nigeria
Orfano 2'	Report	Ojabu 5' Emmanuel 72' (pen.)

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
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Brazil	3–2	Japan
Guilherme 26' Neymar 67' Wellington Nem 90+4'	Report	Takagi 35' Sugimoto 84'

Mexico	0–2	Switzerland
	Report	Kasami 22' Rodríguez 42' (o.g.)

Switzerland	4–3	Japan
Seferovic 43', 51' Xhaka 53' Rodríguez 74'	Report	Miyayoshi 9', 20' Kojima 90+3'

Brazil	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Basulto 70'

Japan	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Campos 65' Parra 79'

Switzerland	1–0	Brazil
Ben Khalifa 21'	Report

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
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Gambia	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Iran	2–0	Gambia
Sadeghian 44' Rezaei 84'	Report

Colombia	2–1	Netherlands
Castillo 56' Córdoba 72'	Report	Özyakup 69' (pen.)

Netherlands	2–1	Gambia
Castaignos 19' Boere 70'	Report	E. Bojang 26' (pen.)

Iran	0–0	Colombia
	Report

Gambia	2–2	Colombia
L. S. Samateh 19' E. Bojang 42'	Report	Cuéllar 78', 89' (pen.)

Netherlands	0–1	Iran
	Report	Gharibi 25'

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
3	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Turkey	1–0	Burkina Faso
Demir 3'	Report

Costa Rica	1–1	New Zealand
Campbell 35'	Report	Built 19'

New Zealand	1–1	Burkina Faso
Murie 57'	Report	V. Nikiema 12'

Turkey	4–1	Costa Rica
Şahiner 3' Demir 33' Bekdemir 42' Iravul 70'	Report	Moya 44'

Burkina Faso	4–1	Costa Rica
Zidane 12' Ibrango 38' Ouédraogo 82' B. Traoré 90'	Report	Golobio 86'

New Zealand	1–1	Turkey
Hobson-McVeigh 90+1'	Report	Bekdemir 17'

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
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Malawi	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Malawi
Al-Saffar 63' Sebil 81'	Report

Spain	2–1	United States
Borja 22' Sarabia 30'	Report	McInerney 4'

United States	1–0	Malawi
Shinsky 54'	Report

United Arab Emirates	1–3	Spain
Sebil 68'	Report	Isco 12' Borja 19' Carmona 88'

Malawi	1–4	Spain
Milanzi 82'	Report	Carmona 32' Morata 60', 74' Espinosa 62'

United States	1–0	United Arab Emirates
McInerney 35'	Report

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
3	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Uruguay	1–3	South Korea
Gallegos 60' (pen.)	Report	Nam Seung-woo 13' Son Heung-min 62' Lee Jong-ho 90'

Algeria	0–1	Italy
	Report	Carraro 78'

Italy	2–1	South Korea
Camporese 56' Iemmello 61'	Report	Kim Jin-su 30' (pen.)

Uruguay	2–0	Algeria
Luna 47' Gallegos 70'	Report

South Korea	2–0	Algeria
Lee Jong-ho 12' Son Heung-min 22'	Report

Italy	0–0	Uruguay
	Report

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
3	D	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	E	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
5	B	Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
6	C	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3

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 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

4 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode

Argentina

2

8 November 2009 — Bauchi

Colombia

3

Colombia (pen.)

1 (5)

4 November 2009 — Enugu

Turkey

1 (3)

Turkey

2

12 November 2009 — Lagos

United Arab Emirates

0

Colombia

0

4 November 2009 — Lagos

Switzerland

4

Switzerland (aet)

4

8 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode

Germany

3

Switzerland

2

4 November 2009 — Kaduna

Italy

1

Italy

2

15 November 2009 — Abuja

United States

1

Switzerland

1

5 November 2009 — Kano

Nigeria

0

Spain

4

9 November 2009 — Kaduna

Burkina Faso

1

Spain (pen.)

3 (4)

5 November 2009 — Calabar

Uruguay

3 (2)

Iran

1

12 November 2009 — Lagos

Uruguay (aet)

2

Spain

1

5 November 2009 — Bauchi

Nigeria

3

Third place

Mexico

1 (3)

9 November 2009 — Calabar

15 November 2009 — Abuja

South Korea (pen.)

1 (5)

South Korea

1

Colombia

0

5 November 2009 — Abuja

Nigeria

3

Spain

1

Nigeria

5

New Zealand

0

Round of 16

Argentina	2–3	Colombia
González Pírez 17' Araujo 57'	Report	Murillo 63' Blanco 88' Quiñones 90+1'

Turkey	2–0	United Arab Emirates
Şeker 2' Özbek 90+2'	Report

Switzerland	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Germany
Rodríguez 35' Seferovic 49' Gonçalves 101' Ben Khalifa 116' (pen.)	Report	Götze 39' Trinks 78' Mallı 118'

Italy	2–1	United States
Beretta 29' Iemmello 56'	Report	Palodichuk 51'

Spain	4–1	Burkina Faso
Roberto 19', 56', 67' Carmona 83' (pen.)	Report	Ibrango 26'

Iran	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay
Esmaeilzadeh 119'	Report	Gallegos 104', 117'

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

Nigeria	5–0	New Zealand
Egbedi 14', 28' S. Okoro 24' Emmanuel 75', 79'	Report

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

Switzerland	2–1	Italy
Ben Khalifa 24' Buff 62'	Report	Carraro 32'

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

South Korea	1–3	Nigeria
Son Heung-Min 40'	Report	Azeez 23' Ajagun 50' Envoh 85'

Semi-finals

Colombia	0–4	Switzerland
	Report	Ben Khalifa 14' (pen.) Seferovic 36' Martignoni 50' Rodríguez 68'

Spain	1–3	Nigeria
Borja 83'	Report	S. Okoro 30' Emmanuel 61', 71'

Third place match

Colombia	0–1	Spain
	Report	Isco 75'

Final

Switzerland	1–0	Nigeria
Seferovic 63'	Report

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

See also

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
• 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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". Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
5. Yellow card for Nigeria
6. Nigerian rebels threaten FIFA junior World Cup
7. Draw looms for 24
8. Nigeria face Germany in opener

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report

• 2009–10 in Nigerian football
• 2009 in youth association football
• International association football competitions hosted by Nigeria
• FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments
• October 2009 sports events in Africa
• November 2009 sports events in Africa