2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the eleventh edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship under its current age grouping. Slovenia hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May. An appeal by the Hungarian Football Federation to have Hungary replace Belgium over an ineligible player in the Belgium V Russia elite round match was unsuccessful.

Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Venues
The tournament was held in Domžale, Lendava, Ljubljana and Maribor. The selected stadiums that hosted the matches were:

Qualification
The final tournament of the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams.

Participants

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 * 1. Teams that made their debut (as an Under 17 side).

Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇧🇦 Emir Alečković
 * 🇷🇴 Marius Avram
 * 🇫🇮 Mattias Gestranius
 * 🇸🇰 Ivan Kružliak
 * 🇦🇹 Harald Lechner
 * 🇲🇹 Alan Mario Sant


 * Assistant referees
 * 🇲🇪 Milutin Djukič
 * 🇮🇪 Mark Gavin
 * 🇹🇷 Serkan Gençerler
 * 🇱🇻 Haralds Gudermanis
 * 🇦🇿 Mubariz Hashimov
 * 🇭🇷 Borut Križarić
 * 🇳🇴 Leif Opland
 * 🇨🇭 Jean-Yves Wicht


 * Fourth officials
 * 🇸🇮 Mitja Žganec
 * 🇸🇮 Dejan Balažič

Group stage
All times are local (UTC+02:00).

Bracket
All times are local (UTC+2)

Goalscorers

 * 3 goals
 * Max Meyer
 * 2 goals
 * Leon Goretzka
 * 1 goals


 * Tuur Dierckx
 * Pieter Gerkens
 * Siebe Schrijvers
 * Mohamed Chemlal
 * Thomas Lemar
 * Anthony Martial
 * Chiaber Chechelasvili
 * Dato Dartsimelia
 * Max Dittgen
 * Marc Stendera
 * Gunnlaugur Birgisson
 * Hjörtur Hermannsson
 * Elton Acolatse
 * Nathan Aké
 * Thom Haye
 * Jorrit Hendrix
 * Jeroen Lumu
 * Rai Vloet
 * Vincent Rabiega
 * Mariusz Stępiński
 * Bian Paul Šauperl
 * Petar Stojanović
 * Luka Zahović

Tournament select squad

 * Goalkeepers
 * Oliver Schnitzler
 * Nick Olij


 * Defenders
 * Corentin Fiore
 * Otar Kakabadze
 * Marian Sarr
 * Jeremy Dudziak
 * Hjörtur Hermannsson
 * Jorrit Hendrix


 * Midfielders
 * Pieter Gerkens
 * Giorgi Gorozia
 * Leon Goretzka
 * Oliver Sigurjónsson
 * Dino Hotić
 * Nathan Aké
 * Thom Haye
 * Tonny Vilhena


 * Forwards
 * Tuur Dierckx
 * Corentin Jean
 * Julian Brandt
 * Max Meyer
 * Marc Stendera
 * Mariusz Stępiński

Source: UEFA Technical Report