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1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

FieldValue
tourney_nameFIFA U-17 World Cup
year1997
other_titlesFIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997
1997 FIFA U-17 بطولة العالم
image1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship.png
countryEgypt
dates4–21 September
num_teams16
confederations6
venues4
cities4
championBRA
count1
secondGHA
thirdESP
fourthGER
matches32
goals117
attendance633000
top_scorerESP David (7 goals)
playerESP Sergio
fair_play
prevseason[1995](1995-fifa-u-17-world-championship)
nextseason[1999](1999-fifa-u-17-world-championship)

1997 FIFA U-17 بطولة العالم The 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the seventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Port Said in Egypt from 4 to 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

CairoPort SaidAlexandriaIsmailia
Cairo International StadiumPort Said StadiumAlexandria StadiumIsmailia Stadium
Capacity: **74,100**Capacity: **22,000**Capacity: **20,000**Capacity: **16,500**
[[File:Panorma Cairo Stadium.jpg200px]][[File:ستاد النادي المصري.jpg200px]][[File:GD-EG-Alex-Stade002.JPG200px]][[File:Ismailia Stadium.jpg200px]]

Teams

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)[1996 AFC U-17 Championship](1996-afc-u-17-championship)
CAF (Africa)Host nation
[1997 African U-17 Championship](1997-african-u-17-championship)
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)[1996 CONCACAF U-17 Championship](1996-concacaf-u-17-championship)
CONMEBOL (South America)[1997 South American U-17 Championship](1997-south-american-u-17-championship)
OFC (Oceania)[1997 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament](1997-ofc-u-17-qualifying-tournament)
UEFA (Europe)[1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship](1997-uefa-european-under-16-championship)

Squads

Main article: 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

Matches

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
3210514**7**
3120541**5**
3111743**4**
3003412–8**0**

El Arabi Sutee

Kehl Hofmann

Sutee Maldonado Mirošević Alvarez Zuniga

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
330017215**9**
3201725**6**
3102862**3**
3003022–22**0**

Mah. Diarra
Keita

Santibanez Mateos

Salcedo
Gomez
Santibanez

Mateos
Sergio
David
Royo
Ander
Corona Lopez

Keita

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
330013112**9**
3201844**6**
310247–3**3**
3003114–13**0**

J. Al-Mukhaini
Saleh

Fábio Pinto
Geovanni
Ferrugem
Matuzalém
Ronaldinho
Anaílson

Saleh

Adiel Matuzalém

Fábio Pinto Geovanni

Twellman Totten

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
3210716**7**
3210303**7**
310248–4**3**
300316–5**0**

Amer
Rashed

Ansah Afriyie A. Quaye Abbey

Marchano ----{{footballbox Coffie

Knockout stage

|14 September - Alexandria||2||0 |14 September - Cairo||0 (4)||0 (3) |15 September - Port Said||4||1 |15 September - Ismailia||2||1 |18 September - Ismailia||0||4 |18 September - Cairo||2||1 |21 September - Cairo||2||1 |21 September - Cairo||2||1

Quarterfinals

Deisler Miedl Truckenbrod Camara Guindo Karambe Keita

Coffie Afriyie A. Quaye

Camacho

Semifinals

Geovanni
Ferrugem
Ronaldinho

Afriyie

Playoff for 3rd place

Sousa

Final

Andrey

Result

Goalscorers

David of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 117 goals were scored by 73 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

;7 goals

  • ESP David ;5 goals
  • OMA Hashim Saleh ;4 goals
  • BRA Fábio Pinto
  • GHA Owusu Afriyie
  • MLI Seydou Keita ;3 goals
  • BRA Geovanni
  • BRA Matuzalém
  • EGY Ahmed Belal
  • GHA Awule Quaye
  • ESP Miguel Mateos ;2 goals
  • BHR Yaser Amer
  • BRA Adiel
  • BRA Ferrugem
  • BRA Jorginho
  • BRA Ronaldinho
  • CHI Juan Francisco Viveros
  • GER Silvio Adzic
  • GHA Michael Coffie
  • MEX Edwin Santibanez
  • MEX Omar Gomez
  • ESP Ander
  • ESP David Sousa
  • ESP Ivan Sanchez
  • ESP Sergio Santamaría
  • THA Sutee Suksomkit
  • USA Taylor Twellman ;1 goal
  • ARG Julio Marchant
  • ARG Luciano Galletti
  • ARG Mauro Marchano
  • AUT Alexander Ziervogel
  • BHR Rashid Al-Dosari
  • BHR Salah Rashed
  • BRA Andrey
  • BRA Anaílson
  • BRA Diogo
  • CHI Alonso Zuniga
  • CHI Claudio Maldonado
  • CHI Cristian Alvarez
  • CHI Manuel Villalobos
  • CHI Milovan Mirošević
  • CRC Juan Bautista Esquivel
  • EGY Eid Ezz
  • EGY Mahmoud El Arabi
  • EGY Saleh Abou
  • GER Benjamin Auer
  • GER Sebastian Deisler
  • GER Sebastian Kehl
  • GER Steffen Hofmann
  • GHA Aziz Ansah
  • GHA Godwin Attram
  • GHA Johnson Eku
  • GHA Wisdom Abbey
  • MLI Aboubacar Guindo
  • MLI Drissa Coulibaly
  • MLI Mahamadou Diarra
  • MEX Fernando Arce
  • MEX Luis Ernesto Pérez
  • MEX Ricardo Mauricio Martínez
  • MEX Saul Salcedo
  • OMA Juma Al-Mukhaini
  • OMA Mohsin Al-Harbi
  • OMA Rahdwan Nairooz
  • OMA Saleh Al-Amri
  • ESP Corona
  • ESP Ivan Lopez
  • ESP Ivan Royo
  • ESP Juanjo Camacho
  • THA Bamrung Boonprom
  • THA Montree Matong
  • USA Charles Rupsis
  • USA Steven Totten ;Own goal
  • OMA Mahfoudh Al-Mukhaini (against Ghana)

Final ranking

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
16600212+19**18**
26411145+9**13**
36501226+16**15**
4622267–1**8**
**Eliminated in the quarter-finals**
5421172+5**7**
6421132+1**7**
7420298+1**6**
84121660**5**
**Eliminated at the group stage**
9311174+3**4**
10310286+2**3**
11310247–3**3**
12310248–4**3**
13300316–5**0**
143003412–8**0**
153003114–13**0**
163003022–22**0**

Notes

References

References

  1. (21 March 2020). "Egypt vs Thailand – First half broadcast on Thai television".
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