2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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.

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.

Player eligibility
To be eligible to play, a player must have been born on or after 1 January 1992.

Venues
FIFA chose eight venues out of nine possible locations.

On 21 May 2009, FIFA gave Nigeria a "Yellow Card" as FIFA noted a significant delay in the preparations for the tournament. 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.

Threats to the tournament
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. However, the militants were offered amnesty in exchange for laying down their weapons, and the tournament went on smoothly without any incidents.

Teams
The final draw for the group stage was held on 7 August 2009 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.


 * 1.Teams that made their debut.

Allocation of teams to groups
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.

Group stage
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Knockout stage
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Goalscorers

 * 5 goals


 * 🇳🇬 Sani Emmanuel
 * 🇪🇸 Borja
 * Haris Seferovic
 * Sebastián Gallegos


 * 4 goals
 * Nassim Ben Khalifa


 * 3 goals


 * 🇦🇷 Sergio Araujo
 * 🇩🇪 Mario Götze
 * 🇩🇪 Lennart Thy
 * 🇰🇷 Son Heung-min
 * 🇳🇬 Edafe Egbedi
 * 🇳🇬 Stanley Okoro
 * 🇪🇸 Adrià Carmona
 * 🇪🇸 Isco
 * 🇪🇸 Sergi Roberto
 * Ricardo Rodriguez
 * 🇹🇷 Muhammet Demir


 * 2 goals


 * 🇧🇫 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


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇷 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
 * 🇩🇪 Yunus Mallı
 * 🇩🇪 Shkodran Mustafi
 * 🇩🇪 Florian Trinks
 * 🇩🇪 Kevin Volland
 * 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
 * 🇳🇿 Michael Built
 * 🇳🇿 Jack Hobson-McVeigh
 * 🇳🇿 Gordon Murie
 * 🇳🇬 Ramón Azeez
 * 🇳🇬 Terry Envoh
 * 🇳🇬 Omoh Ojabu
 * 🇳🇬 Kenneth Omeruo
 * 🇪🇸 Javier Espinosa
 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Sarabia
 * 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


 * 1 own goal
 * 🇲🇽 José Rodríguez (against Switzerland)