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]
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.
To be eligible to play, a player must have been born on or after 1 January 1992.
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.
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.
The final draw for the group stage was held on 7 August 2009 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.[7][8]
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.
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)
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
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
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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
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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 José Rodríguez (against Switzerland)