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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 Seferović (5 goals each)
Best player	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.^[1]

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
Abuja Lagos Enugu Ijebu Ode Kano Calabar Kaduna Bauchi 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)	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
Host nation		Nigeria

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.

Groups

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

24 October 200919:30

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

National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 21,300

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

24 October 200916:00

Honduras	0 – 1	Argentina
	Report	Araujo  59'

National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 19,560

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

27 October 200916:00

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

National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 14,400

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

27 October 200919:00

Nigeria	1 – 0	Honduras
Ajagun  55'	Report

National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 42,900

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

30 October 200916:00

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

National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 3,090

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

30 October 200916:00

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

Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi

Attendance: 11,467

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

24 October 200919:00

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

Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 15,254

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

24 October 200916:00

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

Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 9,870

Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

27 October 200916:00

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

Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 9,920

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

27 October 200919:00

Brazil	0 – 1	Mexico
	Report	Basulto  70'

Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 21,115

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

30 October 200919:00

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

Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 17,105

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

30 October 200919:00

Switzerland	1 – 0	Brazil
Ben Khalifa  21'	Report

National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 4,250

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

25 October 200916:00

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

U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar

Attendance: 9,200

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

25 October 200919:00

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

U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar

Attendance: 10,100

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

28 October 200916:00

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)

28 October 200919:00

Iran	0 – 0	Colombia
	Report

U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar

Attendance: 8,600

Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

31 October 200916:00

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)

31 October 200916:00

Netherlands	0 – 1	Iran
	Report	Gharibi  25'

Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu

Attendance: 7,461

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

25 October 200916:00

Turkey	1 – 0	Burkina Faso
Demir  3'	Report

Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu

Attendance: 12,350

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

25 October 200919:00

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

Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu

Attendance: 16,850

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

28 October 200916:00

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

Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu

Attendance: 10,195

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

29 October 200915:00

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

Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu

Attendance: 5,632

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

31 October 200919:00

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

Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu

Attendance: 11,483

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

31 October 200919:00

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

U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

26 October 200916:00

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

Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

26 October 200919:00

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

Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

29 October 200916:00

United States	1 – 0	Malawi
Shinsky  54'	Report

Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

29 October 200919:00

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

Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

1 November 200916:00

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

Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

1 November 200916:00

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

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu-Ode

Attendance: 13,780

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

26 October 200916:00

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

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Attendance: 13,700

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

26 October 200919:00

Algeria	0 – 1	Italy
	Report	Carraro  78'

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Attendance: 18,418

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

29 October 200916:00

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

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Attendance: 11,400

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

29 October 200919:00

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

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Attendance: 13,879

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

1 November 200919:00

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

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Attendance: 14,755

Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

1 November 200919:00

Italy	0 – 0	Uruguay
	Report

Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	FP	Pts	Status
A	Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	−7	4	Advanced to the round of 16
F	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	−3	4
D	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	−3	3
E	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	−5	3
B	Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	−6	3
C	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	−6	3

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).

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

4 November 200916:00

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

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu-Ode

Attendance: 12,460

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

4 November 200919:00

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

Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu

Attendance: 16,782

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

4 November 200919:00

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

Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 15,515

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

4 November 200916:00

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

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Attendance: 11,301

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

5 November 200916:00

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

Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

5 November 200919:00

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

U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

5 November 200916:00

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

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

5 November 200919:00

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

National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 35,200

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Quarter-finals

8 November 200916:00

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

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

8 November 200919:00

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

Gateway Stadium, Ijebu-Ode

Attendance: 13,482

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

9 November 200916:00

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

Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna

Attendance: 10,281

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

9 November 200919:00

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

12 November 200916:00

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

Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 18,011

Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

12 November 200919:00

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

Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Third place match

15 November 200916:00

Colombia	0 – 1	Spain
	Report	Isco  75'

National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Final

15 November 200919:00

Switzerland	1 – 0	Nigeria
Seferović  63'	Report

National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

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

• 
  Nassim Ben Khalifa
  

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• 
  José Rodríguez (playing 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
17	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

External links

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


• FIFA Technical Report