The 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 13th edition of the

UEFA European Under-17 Championship The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain is the most successful team in this ...

, an annual football competition between men's under-17 national teams organised by

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. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in

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, from 9 to 21 May 2014, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012 in

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, Turkey. Fifty-three teams participated in a two-round qualification stage, taking place between September 2013 and March 2014, to determine the seven teams joining the hosts. Players born after 1 January 1997 were eligible to participate in this competition. This edition marked the first appearance of a national team from Gibraltar, and was the first UEFA competition allowing referees to use a

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when setting free kicks. Live broadcast was provided by

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and Eurosport International.

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beat the

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in the final on penalties to secure their second European under-17 title, four years after their first, and the second to be won by coach John Peacock. The 2013 champions,

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, failed to qualify for the final tournament.

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament of the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship consisted of two rounds: a qualifying round and an elite round. In the qualifying round, 53 national teams competed in 13 groups of four teams, with each group winner and runner-up, plus the best third-placed team, advancing to the elite round. There, the 27 first-round qualifiers plus Germany, who was given a bye, were distributed in seven groups of four teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

¹ Only counted appearances for under-17 era (bold indicates champion for that year, while ''italic'' indicates hosts)

Final draw

The draw for the group stage of the final tournament was held on 9 April 2014 at

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. It was conducted by UEFA's Youth and Amateur Football Committee chairman Jim Boyce, along with Fr. Hilary Tagliaferro and former Maltese international David Carabott. The host team, Malta, was automatically assigned as team one in group A, while the remaining teams were drawn successively in the order B1, A2, B2, A3, B3, A4 and B4.

Venues

Ta' Qali National Stadium The National Stadium, locally also referred to as Ta' Qali, officially known as Grawnd Nazzjonali (Maltese language, Maltese for ''National Stadium''), is a stadium located in Ta' Qali, Malta. The stadium, which also contains the headquarters of t ...

Ta' Qali Ta' Qali is a wide open space in the limits of Attard and Mosta in central and northern Malta respectively, which contains the national football stadium, the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre, Ta' Qali National Park, a crafts village, and a natio ...

, (capacity: 18,000) *

Hibernians Ground Tony Bezzina Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Paola, Malta. The Hibernians football ground was inaugurated on 9 November 1986. Hibernians became the first Maltese club to have their own football pitch. Nonetheless, Hibernians play most of thei ...

, Paola (capacity: 2,000) *

Gozo Stadium The Gozo Stadium ( mt, Il-Grawnd t'Għawdex), formerly known as the Silver Jubilee Ground, is the main stadium of the island of Gozo, Malta. The Gozo Stadium, which is located in Xewkija, seats only 1,644 people but its standing areas at each end ...

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(capacity: 4,000)

Squads

Match officials

;Referees * Nikola Dabanović (

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) * Alexander Harkam (

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) *

Andreas Ekberg Lars Christian Andreas Ekberg (born 2 January 1985), known as Andreas Ekberg, is a Swedish football referee. Ekberg currently resides in Malmö. He has been a full-time international referee for FIFA since 2013. He became a professional refer ...

( Sweden) * Aleksandrs Anufrijevs ( Latvia) * Jonathan Lardot (

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

) * Aliyar Aghayev (

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) ;Assistant referees * István Albert (

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) * Audrius Jagintavičius ( Lithuania) * Dag-Roger Nebben (

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) * Mesrop Ghazaryan (

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) * David Elias Biton (

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

) * Oleksandr Korniyko (

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) * Jure Praprotnik (

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) * David Chigogidze (

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) ;Fourth officials * Clayton Pisani (

) * Alan Mario Sant (

)

Group stage

2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship map

Fixtures and match schedule were confirmed by UEFA on 15 April 2014. ;Tie-breaking If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied: # Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; # Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question; # Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 7 apply. If only two teams are tied (according to criteria 1–7) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a

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. All times are in

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( UTC+02:00).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Team of the Tournament

;Goalkeepers * Yanick van Osch * Gregor Kobel ;Defenders *

Jonjoe Kenny Jonjoe Kenny (born 15 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. He came through the youth system of Everton, where he had been a professional since July 2014. Club career Kenny s ...

* Tafari Moore * Joe Gomez * Calvin Verdonk * Ferro * Lukas Boeder ;Midfielders * Ryan Ledson *

Aidan Nesbitt Aidan Robert Nesbitt (born 5 February 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Falkirk. He has previously played for Partick Thistle, Dundee United, Milton Keynes Dons and Greenock Morton, after progressing thr ...

* Jari Schuurman *

Rúben Neves Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves (; born 13 March 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Portugal national team and is the captain of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Formed at Porto, where he m ...

* Renato Sanches *

Dimitri Oberlin Dimitri Oberlin (born 27 September 1997) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for TFF First League club Adanaspor. Born in Cameroon, he represents the Switzerland national foot ...

;Forwards * Steven Bergwijn * Enes Ünal *

Patrick Roberts Patrick John Joseph Roberts (born 5 February 1997) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for EFL Championship, Championship club Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland. Club career Fulham ...

* Alexandre Silva

Goalscorers

;4 goals *

Dominic Solanke Dominic Ayodele Solanke-Mitchell (born 14 September 1997), known as Dominic Solanke, is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for side AFC Bournemouth. Solanke started his career with Chelsea, making his first-team debut ...

* Jari Schuurman ;3 goals *

* Calvin Verdonk * Steven Bergwijn * Fatih Aktay ;2 goals * Adam Armstrong *

Abdelhak Nouri Abdelhak "Appie" Nouri (born 2 April 1997) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He operated primarily as an attacking midfielder, but could also be deployed as a winger. A youth product of Eredivisie club Aja ...

* Dani van der Moot * Luís Mata * Enes Ünal ;1 goal *

* Benjamin Henrichs * Aidan Friggieri *

Joseph Mbong Joseph Essien Mbong (born 15 July 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a wing-back for Israeli club Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל עירוני קרית ש ...

* Bilal Ould-Chikh * Segun Owobowale * Pedro Rodrigues * Renato Sanches * Ryan Hardie * Jake Sheppard * Craig Wighton * Scott Wright * Boris Babic *

* Hayrullah Alici

References

External links

Official tournament site
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