2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship was the 26th UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

The UEFA U-17 Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. From 1982 to 2001 it was an Under-16 event.This meeting serves as a preliminary competition for the FIFA U-17 World Cup every other year....

, UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

's premier football tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament was held in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

from 4 May to 16 May 2008. Players born after 1 January 1991 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Qualification

Two rounds of qualifying were held in order to determine the seven teams to join the hosts, Turkey, at the final tournament. The qualifying round

2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification

UEFA U-17 Championship 2008 is the first round of qualification for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2008. The top two teams from each group and the best two third-placed teams will enter the UEFA U-17 Championship 2008 .-Group One:---------------------Group...

, held from 14 September to 28 October 2007, divided the 52 remaining UEFA nations into 13 groups of four. At the end of the qualifying round, the top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the elite round

2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite qualification

UEFA U-17 Championship 2008 is the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2008. The winners of each group join hosts at the final tournament.-Table:-Results:-Table:-Results:-Table:...

. The elite round, held from 13 March to 31 March 2008, divided the remaining 28 teams into seven groups of four. At the end of the round, the top team in each group advanced to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

Nation	Qualified as
	Host
	Group 1 winner
	Group 2 winner
	Group 3 winner
	Group 4 winner
	Group 5 winner
	Group 6 winner
	Group 7 winner

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship squads
2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship squads
Below are the rosters for the UEFA U-17 Championship 2008 tournament in Turkey.Players' ages as of the tournament's opening day .-=Head coach: Albert Stuivenberg:=Head coach: Dejan Đurđević-=...

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Group A

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	4	0
7
	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
	3	1	1	1	2	1
4
	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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Group B

4
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	8	4
7
	3	2	1	0	7	4
7
	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

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Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

4 goals Yannis Tafer

Yannis Tafer

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3 goals Sergio García Rubén Rochina

Rubén Rochina

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2 goals Geoffrey Castillion

Geoffrey Castillion

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Danijel Aleksić

Danijel Aleksic

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Thiago Alcântara

Thiago Alcántara

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Keko

Sergio Gontán

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Jorge Pulido

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1 goal Clément Grenier

Clément Grenier

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Timothée Kolodziejczak

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Alexandre Lacazette

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William Rémy

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Ricardo van Rhijn

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Conor Hourihane

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Paul Murphy

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