2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was played mid-year, resulting in both that year's U-20 and U-17 World Cups being played at the end of the year. The tournament was won by Ghana after they defeated Brazil on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to win the tournament.

Player eligibility
Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete.

Qualification
Twenty-three teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Egypt received automatic entry to the cup, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament.


 * 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
The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple. Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

Goalscorers
With eight goals, Dominic Adiyiah is the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 167 goals were scored by 105 different players, with one of them credited as own goals.


 * 8 goals
 * 🇬🇭 Dominic Adiyiah


 * 5 goals
 * 🇭🇺 Vladimir Koman


 * 4 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Alan Kardec
 * 🇬🇭 Ransford Osei
 * 🇪🇸 Aarón
 * 🇻🇪 Yonathan del Valle
 * 🇻🇪 Salomón Rondón


 * 3 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Alex Teixeira
 * Marco Ureña Porras
 * 🇭🇺 Krisztián Németh
 * Kermit Erasmus
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Min-woo
 * 🇪🇸 Fran Mérida


 * 2 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Maicon
 * Josué Martínez
 * 🇨🇿 Jan Chramosta
 * 🇨🇿 Michael Rabušic
 * 🇨🇿 Jan Vošahlík
 * 🇪🇬 Afroto
 * 🇪🇬 Hossam Arafat
 * 🇪🇬 Bogy
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed Shoukry
 * 🇩🇪 Semih Aydilek
 * 🇩🇪 Lewis Holtby
 * 🇩🇪 Björn Kopplin
 * 🇩🇪 Richard Sukuta-Pasu
 * 🇬🇭 André Ayew
 * Mario Martínez
 * 🇮🇹 Michelangelo Albertazzi
 * 🇮🇹 Mattia Mustacchio
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Bo-kyung
 * 🇪🇸 Ander Herrera
 * 🇪🇸 Kike
 * 🇪🇸 Emilio Nsue
 * Ahmed Khalil
 * Nicolás Lodeiro
 * Jonathan Urretavizcaya


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇺 James Holland
 * 🇦🇺 Aaron Mooy
 * 🇧🇷 Boquita
 * 🇧🇷 Ciro
 * 🇧🇷 Douglas Costa
 * 🇧🇷 Giuliano
 * 🇧🇷 Ganso
 * 🇨🇲 Andre Akono Effa
 * 🇨🇲 Germain Tiko
 * 🇨🇲 Banana Yaya
 * Diego Estrada
 * David Guzmán
 * Diego Madrigal
 * José Mena
 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Pekhart
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Talaat
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni
 * 🇩🇪 Florian Jungwirth
 * 🇩🇪 Manuel Schäffler
 * 🇩🇪 Mario Vrančić
 * 🇬🇭 Abeiku Quansah
 * 🇬🇭 Mohammed Rabiu
 * Arnold Peralta
 * 🇭🇺 Ádám Balajti
 * 🇭🇺 András Debreceni
 * 🇭🇺 Márkó Futács
 * 🇭🇺 Máté Kiss
 * 🇭🇺 Zsolt Korcsmár
 * 🇭🇺 Ádám Présinger
 * 🇮🇹 Giacomo Bonaventura
 * 🇮🇹 Umberto Eusepi
 * 🇮🇹 Andrea Mazzarani
 * 🇮🇹 Antonio Mazzotta
 * 🇮🇹 Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
 * 🇳🇬 Daniel Adejo
 * 🇳🇬 Ibok Edet
 * 🇳🇬 Kehinde Fatai
 * 🇳🇬 Rabiu Ibrahim
 * 🇳🇬 Nwankwo Obiorah
 * 🇳🇬 Nurudeen Orelesi
 * 🇳🇬 Danny Uchechi
 * Aldo Paniagua
 * Federico Santander
 * Andile Jali
 * Sibusiso Khumalo
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Dong-sub
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Young-gwon
 * 🇰🇷 Koo Ja-cheol
 * 🇰🇷 Park Hee-seong
 * 🇪🇸 Dani Parejo
 * Juma Clarence
 * Jean Luc Rochford
 * Mohamed Ahmed
 * Ahmed Ali
 * Hamdan Al Kamali
 * Theyab Awana
 * 🇺🇸 Bryan Arguez
 * 🇺🇸 Dilly Duka
 * 🇺🇸 Brian Ownby
 * 🇺🇸 Tony Taylor
 * Santiago García
 * Abel Hernández
 * Tabaré Viudez
 * 🇺🇿 Sherzod Karimov
 * 🇺🇿 Ivan Nagaev
 * 🇻🇪 Óscar Rojas
 * 🇻🇪 José Manuel Velázquez


 * 1 own goal
 * 🇦🇺 Luke DeVere (playing against Costa Rica)