2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

2005 UEFA Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Italy
Dates 3 May – 14 May
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions  Turkey (2nd title)
Runners-up  Netherlands
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tevfik Köse (6 goals)
Best player Nuri Şahin[1]
2004
2006

The 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship was the fourth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Italy hosted the championship, during May 3-14. Turkey defeated Netherlands in the final to win the competition for the second time.

Contents

Squads

Qualifying

There were two qualifying rounds.

Group stage

Group A

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6
 Turkey 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
 England 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3
 Belarus 3 1 0 2 2 9 -7 3
3 May 2005
16:00 CET
Belarus  0 – 4  England Santa Croce sull'Arno
Referee: Jouni Hietala (Finland)
Report  19' Weston
 44'55' Ephraim
 69' (pen.) Garner

3 May 2005
19:00 CET
Italy  1 – 0  Turkey Ettore Manucci, Pontedera
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
Russotto  50' Report

5 May 2005
16:00 CET
Italy  0 – 1  Belarus Osvaldo Martini, Castelfranco di Sotto
Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)
Report  57' Kisly

5 May 2005
16:00 CET
Turkey  3 – 2  England Ettore Manucci, Pontedera
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
Köse  21'32'
Nuri  71'
Report  41'60' Garner

8 May 2005
17:15 CET
England  0 – 1  Italy Simone Redini, Cascina
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)
Report  35' (pen.) Russotto

8 May 2005
17:15 CET
Turkey  5 – 1  Belarus Osvaldo Martini, Castelfranco di Sotto
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Köse  38' (pen.)44'66'
Deniz Yilmaz  67'69'
Report  50' Sivakov

Group B

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 3 2 1 0 11 6 +5 7
 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Switzerland 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
 Israel 3 0 0 3 3 9 -6 0
3 May 2005
16:00 CET
Israel  0 – 3  Switzerland Simone Redini, Cascina
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
Report  13' Halimi
 42' Gashi
 48' Rakitić

3 May 2005
17:00 CET
Croatia  2 – 2  Netherlands San Giuliano Terme
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)
Kalinić  29'
Bačelić-Grgić  67'
Report  81' Vorthoren
 84' Van der Laan

5 May 2005
16:00 CET
Switzerland  0 – 0  Netherlands San Giuliano Terme
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Report

5 May 2005
18:30 CET
Israel  2 – 4  Croatia Santa Maria a Monte
Referee: Jouni Hietala (Finland)
Kayal  40'
Bar Buzaglo  47'
Report  42'69' Vidović
 67' (o.g.) Tobi
 79' G. Radoš

8 May 2005
15 CET
Netherlands  2 – 1  Israel Santa Maria a Monte
Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)
Sarpong  37'
Biseswar  65'
Report  7' Snappir

8 May 2005
15:00 CET
Switzerland  2 – 5  Croatia Santa Croce sull'Arno
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
Halimi  28'
Lovren  60' (o.g.)
Report  50'77' (pen.) Kalinić
 53' Mehmedagić
 68' Vidović
 79' (o.g.) Staubli

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

11 May 2005
20:00 CET
Italy  0 – 1  Netherlands Ettore Manucci, Pontedera
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
Report  89' Zaalman

11 May 2005
16:30 CET
Croatia  1 – 3  Turkey Simone Redini, Cascina
Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)
G. Radoš  69' Report  26'61' Özgürcan Özcan
 73'Duruer

Third place play-off

14 May 2005
15:00 CET
Italy  2 – 1
(aet)
 Croatia Santa Croce sull'Arno
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
De Silvestri  59'
Di Gennaro  102'
Report  60' Kalinić

Final

14 May 2005
19:00 CET
Netherlands  0 – 2  Turkey Ettore Manucci, Pontedera
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)
Report  46' Deniz Yilmaz
 51' Köse
 2005 UEFA Under-17 Championship  

Turkey
Second title

References