2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = FIFA U-17 World Cup
year = 2007
other_titles = FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007


size = 150px
caption =
country = South Korea
dates = 18 August – 9 September
num_teams = 24
confederations = 6
venues = 8
cities = 8
champion = NGA
count = 3
second = ESP
third = GER
fourth = GHA
matches = 52
goals = 165
attendance = 422907
top_scorer = Macauley Chrisantus flagicon|NGA
player = Toni Kroos flagicon|GER
update =

The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 was held in the Korea Republic between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16. Also, from now on, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds. [ [http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,115830,00.html Executive Committee approves report from Task Force for the Good of the Game] ]

Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

Group A

footballbox
date=August 19, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|HON
score= 2 – 4
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58915/report.html Report]
team2=fb|ESP
goals1= Martinez goal|20
Rojas goal|72
goals2= Bojan goal|2 goal|71
Jordi goal|56 goal|81
stadium=Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
attendance = 4,800
referee = Matthew Breeze flagicon|AUS ----footballbox
date=August 19, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|ARG
score= 0 – 0
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58914/report.html Report]
team2=fb|SYR
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
attendance = 8,100
referee = Bertrand Layec flagicon|FRA ----footballbox
date=August 22, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|SYR
score= 1 – 2
report= [http://fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58913/report.html Report]
team2=fb|ESP
goals1= Solaiman goal|70 (pen)
goals2= Mérida goal|56
Aquino goal|90+1
stadium=Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
attendance = 3,200
referee = Craig Thomson flagicon|SCO ----footballbox
date=August 22, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|ARG
score= 4 – 1
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58912/report.html Report]
team2=fb|HON
goals1= Meza goal|45+1
Mazzola goal|64 goal|87
Machuca goal|71
goals2= Leverón goal|35 (pen)
stadium=Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
attendance = 3,000
referee = Yuichi Nishimura flagicon|JPN ----footballbox
date=August 25, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|HON
score= 0 – 2
report= [http://fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58911/report.html Report]
team2=fb|SYR
goals1=
goals2= Al Taiar goal|22
Alsalih goal|80
stadium=Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
attendance = 430
referee = Rakesh Varman flagicon|FIJ ----footballbox
date=August 25, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|ESP
score= 1 – 1
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58910/report.html Report]
team2=fb|ARG
goals1= Aquino goal|68
goals2= Benítez goal|32
stadium=Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
attendance = 5,500
referee = Ravshan Irmatov flagicon|UZB

Group D

footballbox
date=August 20, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|COL
score= 3 – 3
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58933/report.html Report]
team2=fb|GER
goals1= Julio goal|14
Nazarith goal|66 (pen) goal|88
goals2= Dowidat goal|34 goal|49
Sukuta-Pasu goal|39
stadium=Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
attendance = 7,741
referee = Olegario Benquerenca flagicon|POR ----footballbox
date=August 20, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|TRI
score= 1 – 4
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58932/report.html Report]
team2=fb|GHA
goals1= Campbell goal|80
goals2= Osei goal|12 goal|44
Adams goal|45+1
Bossman goal|85
stadium=Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
attendance = 11,521
referee = Salvio Fagundes Filho flagicon|BRA ----footballbox
date=August 23, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|GHA
score= 2 – 3
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58931/report.html Report]
team2=fb|GER
goals1= Osei goal|52
Adams goal|53
goals2= Bigalke goal|5
Kroos goal|12 goal|27
stadium=Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
attendance = 7,516
referee = Joel Aguilar flagicon|SLV ----footballbox
date=August 23, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|TRI
score= 0 – 5
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58930/report.html Report]
team2=fb|COL
goals1=
goals2= Mosquera goal|22 goal|63
Trellez goal|60
Pardo goal|68
Serna goal|72
stadium=Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
attendance = 13,537
referee = Koman Coulibaly flagicon|MLI ----footballbox
date=August 26, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|COL
score= 1 – 2
report= [http://fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58929/report.html Report]
team2=fb|GHA
goals1= Nazarith goal|60
goals2= Osei goal|32
Yartey goal|87
stadium=Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
attendance = 8,500
referee = Craig Thomson flagicon|SCO ----footballbox
date=August 26, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|GER
score= 5 – 0
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249415/match=58928/report.html Report]
team2=fb|TRI
goals1= Broghammer goal|5
Esswein goal|30 goal|37
Funk goal|39
Wolze goal|90+3
goals2=
stadium=Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
attendance = 4,320
referee = Yuichi Nishimura flagicon|JPN

Third Placed Teams

Knockout stages

Round16
29 August - Ulsan|fb|ESP|3|fb|PRK|0
29 August - Changwon|fb|TUN|1 |fb|FRA (a.e.t.)|3
29 August - Suwon|fb|PER (pen.)|1(5)|fb|TJK|1(4)
29 August - Gwangyang|fb|GHA|1 |fb|BRA|0
30 August - Goyang|fb|ARG|2 |fb|CRC|0
30 August - Gwangyang|fb|NGA|2 |fb|COL|1
30 August - Seogwipo|fbu|17|ENG|3 |fb|SYR|1
30 August - Cheonan|fb|GER|2 |fb|USA|1
1 September - Seogwipo|fb|ESP (pen.)|1(5)|fb|FRA|1(4)
1 September - Changwon|fb|PER|0 |fb|GHA|2
2 September - Cheonan|fb|ARG|0 |fb|NGA|2
2 September - Goyang|fbu|17|ENG|1|fb|GER|4
5 September - Ulsan|fb|ESP (a.e.t.)|2|fb|GHA|1
6 September - Suwon|fb|NGA|3|fb|GER|1
9 September - Seoul|fb|ESP|0(0) |fb|NGA (pen.)|0(3)
9 September - Seoul|fb|GHA|1 |fb|GER|2

Round of 16

footballbox|date=August 29, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|ESP |score=3 – 0 |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249423/match=58941/report.html Report] |team2=fb|PRK |goals1=Bojan goal|28 goal|50
Iago goal|67 |goals2= |stadium=Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
attendance = 8,500
referee = Salvio Fagundes Filho flagicon|BRA ----footballbox|date=August 29, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|TUN |score=1 – 3 (a.e.t.) |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249423/match=58940/report.html Report]
team2=fb|FRA |goals1= Hadhria goal|49 |goals2= Saivet goal|43
Le Tallec goal|99 goal|105 |stadium=Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
attendance = 2,150
referee = Ravshan Irmatov flagicon|UZB ----footballbox|date=August 29, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|PER |score= 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249423/match=58939/report.html Report]
team2=fb|TJK |goals1=Manco goal|13 |goals2=Davronov goal|15 |stadium=Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
attendance = 1,150
referee = Matthew Breeze flagicon|AUS penshootoutbox
penalties1 = Trujillo pengoal
Calderón pengoal
Ruiz pengoal
Manco pengoal
Avila pengoal
penaltyscore = 5 – 4
penalties2 = penmiss|saved Vasiev
pengoal Radzhabov
pengoal Abdulloev
pengoal Fatkhuloev
pengoal Tukhtasunov ----footballbox|date=August 29, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|GHA |score= 1 – 0 |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249423/match=58938/report.html Report]
team2=fb|BRA |goals1=Donkor goal|51 |goals2= |stadium=Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
attendance = 5,500
referee = Grzegorz Gilewski flagicon|POL ----footballbox|date=August 30, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|ARG |score= 2 – 0 |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249423/match=58937/report.html Report]
team2=fb|CRC |goals1=Sauro goal|25 goal|41 |goals2= |stadium=Goyang Stadium, Goyang
attendance = 5,698
referee = Olegario Benquerenca flagicon|POR ----footballbox|date=August 30, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|NGA |score= 2 – 1 |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249423/match=58936/report.html Report]
team2=fb|COL |goals1=Isa goal|78
Alfa goal|83|goals2=Trellez goal|62 |stadium=Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
attendance = 4,500
referee = Ivan Bebek flagicon|CRO ----footballbox|date=August 30, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC |team1=fbu-rt|17|ENG |score= 3 – 1 |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249423/match=58935/report.html Report]
team2=fb|SYR |goals1=Lansbury goal|17 (pen)
Pearce goal|45+2
Murphy goal|62 |goals2= Ajouz goal|51|stadium=Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
attendance = 1,650
referee = Hernando Buitrago flagicon|COL ----footballbox|date=August 30, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|GER |score= 2 – 1 |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249423/match=58934/report.html Report]
team2=fb|USA |goals1= Sukuta-Pasu goal|65 goal|89 |goals2= Bates goal|90+2 |stadium=Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
attendance = 15,069
referee = Craig Thomson flagicon|SCO

Quarterfinals

footballbox|date=September 1, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|ESP |score=1 – 1 (a.e.t.) |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249424/match=58945/report.html Report] |team2=fb|FRA |goals1=Jordi goal|72 |goals2=Le Tallec goal|52 |stadium=Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
attendance = 2,310
referee = Joel Aguilar flagicon|SLV penshootoutbox
penaltyscore=5 – 4
penalties1=Nacho pengoal
Sergio pengoal
Bojan pengoal
Mérida pengoal
Aquino pengoal
penalties2=pengoal Sakho
pengoal Le Tallec
penmiss|saved Bourgeois
pengoal Mvila
pengoal Ndiaye ----footballbox|date=September 1, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|PER|score= 0 – 2 |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249424/match=58944/report.html Report] |team2=fb|GHA |goals1= |goals2= Adams goal|45+1
Osei goal|53 |stadium=Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
attendance = 7,555
referee = Yuichi Nishimura flagicon|JPN ----footballbox|date=September 2, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|ARG |score= 0 – 2 |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249424/match=58943/report.html Report] |team2=fb|NGA |goals1= |goals2= Haruna goal|33 (pen)
Chrisantus goal|45+2 |stadium=Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
attendance = 14,581
referee = Matthew Breeze flagicon|AUS ----footballbox|date=September 2, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC |team1=fbu-rt|17|ENG |score=1 – 4 |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249424/match=58942/report.html Report] |team2=fb|GER |goals1= Murphy goal|65 |goals2= Rudy goal|50
Sukuta-Pasu goal|56
Dowidat goal|74
Kroos goal|87 |stadium=Goyang Stadium, Goyang
attendance = 12,560
referee = Salvio Fagundes Filho flagicon|BRA

emifinals

footballbox|date=September 5, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC |team1=fb-rt|ESP |score=2 – 1 (a.e.t.) |report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249425/match=58947/report.html Report] |team2=fb|GHA |goals1= Aquino goal|67
Bojan goal|116 |goals2= Adams goal|80 |stadium=Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
attendance = 9,700
referee = Salvio Fagundes Filho flagicon|BRA ----footballbox
date=September 6, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|NGA
score=3 – 1
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249425/match=58946/report.html Report]
team2=fb|GER
goals1=Chrisantus goal|10
Alfa goal|18
Akinsola goal|90+4
goals2=Kroos goal|33
stadium=Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
attendance = 3,472
referee = Joel Aguilar flagicon|SLV

Third place match

score= 1 – 2
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249426/match=58949/report.html Report]
team2=fb|GER
goals1= Osei goal|67
goals2= Kroos goal|17
Esswein goal|90+2
stadium=Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
attendance = 22,345
referee = Olegario Benquerenca flagicon|POR

Final

footballbox
date=September 9, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
team1=fb-rt|ESP
score= 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
report= [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249427/match=58948/report.html Report]
team2=fb|NGA
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
attendance = 36,125
referee = Yuichi Nishimura flagicon|JPN penshootoutbox
penaltyscore=0 – 3
penalties1=Illarramendi penmiss
Mérida penmiss|saved
Iago penmiss|saved
penalties2=pengoal Edile
pengoal Joshua
pengoal Oseni

Winners

Goalscorers

;7 goals
*flagicon|Nigeria Macauley Chrisantus

;6 goals
*flagicon|Ghana Ransford Osei

;5 goals
*flagicon|Germany Toni Kroos
*flagicon|Spain Bojan Krkić

;4 goals
*flagicon|France Damien Le Tallec
*flagicon|Germany Richard Sukuta-Pasu
*flagicon|Ghana Saddick Adams

;3 goals
*flagicon|Brazil Fabio
*flagicon|Colombia Cristian Nazarith
*flagicon|England Victor Moses
*flagicon|Germany Dennis Dowidat
*flagicon|Germany Alexander Esswein
*flagicon|Nigeria Sheriff Isa
*flagicon|Spain Daniel Aquino
*flagicon|Spain Jordi
*flagicon|Tunisia Nour Hadhria
*flagicon|Tunisia Youseff Msakni
*flagicon|United States Mykell Bates

;2 goals

*flagicon|Argentina Nicolas Mazzola
*flagicon|Argentina Gaston Sauro
*flagicon|Brazil Giuliano
*flagicon|Brazil Alex
*flagicon|Colombia Andres Felipe Mosquera
*flagicon|Colombia Santiago Trellez
*flagicon|England Henri Lansbury
*flagicon|England Rhys Murphy
*flagicon|England Danny Welbeck
*flagicon|France Henri Saivet
*flagicon|Japan Yoichiro Kakitani
*flagicon|Nigeria Yakubu Alfa
*flagicon|North Korea Rim Chol-Min
*flagicon|Peru Carlos Bazalar
*flagicon|Tajikistan Nuriddin Davronov

;1 goal

*flagicon|Argentina Carlos Benitez
*flagicon|Argentina Alexis Machuca
*flagicon|Argentina Fernando Meza
*flagicon|Belgium Christian Benteke
*flagicon|Belgium Nill Depauw
*flagicon|Belgium Kevin Kis
*flagicon|Brazil Fabinho
*flagicon|Brazil Choco
*flagicon|Brazil Lázaro
*flagicon|Brazil Lulinha
*flagicon|Brazil Junior
*flagicon|Brazil Maicon
*flagicon|Brazil Tales
*flagicon|Colombia Miguel Julio
*flagicon|Colombia Edgar Pardo
*flagicon|Colombia Ricardo Serna
*flagicon|Costa Rica Josué Martínez
*flagicon|Costa Rica Marcos Urena
*flagicon|Costa Rica Jessy Peralta
*flagicon|England Ashley Chambers
*flagicon|England Jordan Spence
*flagicon|England Krystian Pearce
*flagicon|France Said Mehamha
*flagicon|France Emmanuel Riviere
*flagicon|Germany Sascha Bigalke
*flagicon|Germany Fabian Broghammer
*flagicon|Germany Patrick Funk
*flagicon|Germany Kevin Wolze
*flagicon|Germany Sebastian Rudy
*flagicon|Ghana Kelvin Bossman
*flagicon|Ghana Ishamel Yartey
*flagicon|Ghana Issac Donkor
*flagicon|Haiti Peterson Desrivieres
*flagicon|Haiti Joseph Guemsly Junior
*flagicon|Haiti Peterson Joseph
*flagicon|Honduras Johnny Leveron
*flagicon|Honduras Cristian Martínez
*flagicon|Honduras Roger Rojas
*flagicon|Japan Tomotaka Okamoto
*flagicon|Japan Hiroki Kawano

;1 goal (Cont.)

*flagicon|North Korea An Il-Bom
*flagicon|South Korea Seol Jae-Mun
*flagicon|South Korea Yoon Bitgaram
*flagicon|Nigeria Kabiru Akinsola
*flagicon|Nigeria Rabiu Ibrahim
*flagicon|Nigeria Ganiyu Oseni
*flagicon|Nigeria Lukman Haruna
*flagicon|Peru Reimond Manco
*flagicon|Spain Fran Mérida
*flagicon|Spain Iago
*flagicon|Syria Ahmad Alsalih
*flagicon|Syria Haani Al Taiar
*flagicon|Syria Solaiman Solaiman
*flagicon|Syria Ziad Ajouz
*flagicon|Tajikistan Farkhod Vasiev
*flagicon|Tajikistan Samad Shohzukhurov
*flagicon|Tajikistan Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
*flagicon|Togo Lalawele Atakora
*flagicon|Togo Sapol Mani
*flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago Stephan Campbell
*flagicon|Tunisia Khaled Ayari
*flagicon|Tunisia Oussama Boughanmi
*flagicon|Tunisia Rafik Dkhil
*flagicon|United States Greg Garza
*flagicon|United States Jared Jeffrey
*flagicon|United States Billy Schuler
*flagicon|United States Kirk Urso

References

External links

* [http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/index.html FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007]