2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2005 UEFA Under-17 Championship
Campionato europeo di calcio Under-17 2005
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]

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

Squads

Qualifying

There were two qualifying rounds.

Group stage

Group A

Teams	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Italy	3	2	1	2	1	+1	6	Advanced to the semi-finals
Turkey	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6	Advanced to the semi-finals
England	3	1	2	6	4	+2	3	Eliminated and missed out on the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
Belarus	3	1	2	2	9	-7	3

Belarus v England

3 May 2005
16:00 CET

Belarus	0 – 4	England
	Report	19' Weston 44', 55' Ephraim 69' (pen.) Garner

Santa Croce sull'Arno
Referee: Jouni Hietala (Finland)

Italy v Turkey

3 May 2005
19:00 CET

Italy	1 – 0	Turkey
Russotto 50'	Report

Ettore Manucci, Pontedera
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Italy v Belarus

5 May 2005
16:00 CET

Italy	0 – 1	Belarus
	Report	57' Kisly

Osvaldo Martini, Castelfranco di Sotto
Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)

Turkey v England

5 May 2005
16:00 CET

Turkey	3 – 2	England
Köse 21', 32' Şahin 71'	Report	41', 60' Garner

Ettore Manucci, Pontedera
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

England v Italy

8 May 2005
17:15 CET

England	0 – 1	Italy
	Report	35' (pen.) Russotto

Simone Redini, Cascina
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Turkey v Belarus

8 May 2005
17:15 CET

Turkey	5 – 1	Belarus
Köse 38' (pen.), 44', 66' D. Yılmaz 67', 69'	Report	50' Sivakov

Osvaldo Martini, Castelfranco di Sotto
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Croatia	3	2	1	0	11	6	+5	7	Advanced to the semi-finals
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advanced to the semi-finals
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	Eliminated and missed out on the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
Israel	3	0	0	3	3	9	-6	0

Israel v Switzerland

3 May 2005
16:00 CET

Israel	0 – 3	Switzerland
	Report	13' Halimi 42' Gashi 48' Rakitić

Simone Redini, Cascina
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Croatia v Netherlands

3 May 2005
17:00 CET

Croatia	2 – 2	Netherlands
Kalinić 29' Bačelić-Grgić 67'	Report	81' Vorthoren 84' Van der Laan

San Giuliano Terme
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Switzerland v Netherlands

5 May 2005
16:00 CET

Switzerland	0 – 0	Netherlands
	Report

San Giuliano Terme
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Israel v Croatia

5 May 2005
18:30 CET

Israel	2 – 4	Croatia
Kayal 40' Bar Buzaglo 47'	Report	42', 69' Vidović 67' (o.g.) Tobi 79' G. Radoš

Santa Maria a Monte
Referee: Jouni Hietala (Finland)

Netherlands v Israel

8 May 2005
15 CET

Netherlands	2 – 1	Israel
Sarpong 37' Biseswar 65'	Report	7' Snappir

Santa Maria a Monte
Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)

Switzerland v Croatia

8 May 2005
15:00 CET

Switzerland	2 – 5	Croatia
Halimi 28' Lovren 60' (o.g.)	Report	50', 77' (pen.) Kalinić 53' Mehmedagić 68' Vidović 79' (o.g.) Staubli

Santa Croce sull'Arno
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Italy v Netherlands

11 May 2005
20:00 CET

Italy	0 – 1	Netherlands
	Report	89' Zaalman

Ettore Manucci, Pontedera
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Croatia v Turkey

11 May 2005
16:30 CET

Croatia	1 – 3	Turkey
G. Radoš 69'	Report	26', 61' Özcan 73' Duruer

Simone Redini, Cascina
Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)

For winning their semi-finals, Netherlands and Turkey qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Italy and Croatia meeting in the third place playoff for the third and final place in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Third place play-off

Italy v Croatia

14 May 2005
15:00 CET

Italy	2 – 1 (aet)	Croatia
De Silvestri 59' Di Gennaro 102'	Report	60' Kalinić

Santa Croce sull'Arno
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

For winning the third place play-off, Italy qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Croatia missing out.

Final

Netherlands v Turkey

14 May 2005
19:00 CET

Netherlands	0 – 2	Turkey
	Report	46' D. Yılmaz 51' Köse

Ettore Manucci, Pontedera
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

References

↑ Saffer, Paul (30 January 2012). "2005: Nuri Şahin". UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 September 2016.

External links

UEFA European U-16 and U-17 Championship

Under-16 era, 1982–2001
Tournaments	Italy 1982 West Germany 1984 Hungary 1985 Greece 1986 France 1987 Spain 1988 Denmark 1989 East Germany 1990 Switzerland 1991 Cyprus 1992 Turkey 1993 Republic of Ireland 1994 Belgium 1995 Austria 1996 Germany 1997 Scotland 1998 Czech Republic 1999 Israel 2000 England 2001
Qualification	1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Squads	1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-17 era, 2002–present
Tournaments	Denmark 2002 Portugal 2003 France 2004 Italy 2005 Luxembourg 2006 Belgium 2007 Turkey 2008 Germany 2009 Liechtenstein 2010 Serbia 2011 Slovenia 2012 Slovakia 2013 Malta 2014 Bulgaria 2015 Azerbaijan 2016 Croatia 2017 England 2018 Republic of Ireland 2019 Estonia 2020
Qualification	2002 2003 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016 2017 2018
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