2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2016 UEFA U-17 Avropa Çempionatı | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Azerbaijan |
Dates | 5–21 May |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Portugal (6th title) |
Runners-up | Spain |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 73 (2.35 per match) |
Attendance | 61,606 (1,987 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | José Gomes (7 goals) |
Best player(s) | José Gomes[1] |
The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (34th edition if the Under-16 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the men's under-17 national teams of UEFA member associations. Azerbaijan, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 5 and 21 May 2016.[2]
A total of 16 teams competed in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.
Qualification
The national teams from all 54 UEFA member associations entered the competition. With Azerbaijan automatically qualified as hosts, the other 53 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[5] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.[6]
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament:[7]
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Azerbaijan | Hosts | 1st | — | Debut |
Denmark | Elite round Group 1 winners | 4th | 2011 | Semi-finals (2011) |
Scotland | Elite round Group 1 runners-up[^] | 4th | 2015 | Semi-finals (2014) |
Ukraine | Elite round Group 2 winners | 5th | 2013 | Group stage (2002, 2004, 2007, 2013) |
England | Elite round Group 2 runners-up[^] | 11th | 2015 | Champions (2010, 2014) |
Italy | Elite round Group 3 winners | 6th | 2015 | Runners-up (2013) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Elite round Group 3 runners-up[^] | 1st | — | Debut |
Germany |
Elite round Group 4 winners | 9th | 2015 | Champions (2009) |
Netherlands | Elite round Group 4 runners-up[^] | 10th | 2015 | Champions (2011, 2012) |
Portugal | Elite round Group 5 winners | 6th | 2014 | Champions (2003) |
Sweden | Elite round Group 5 runners-up[^] | 2nd | 2013 | Semi-finals (2013) |
France | Elite round Group 6 winners | 10th | 2015 | Champions (2004, 2015) |
Austria | Elite round Group 6 runners-up[^] | 5th | 2015 | Third place (2003) |
Serbia | Elite round Group 7 winners | 5th | 2011 | Quarter-finals (2002) |
Belgium | Elite round Group 8 winners | 5th | 2015 | Semi-finals (2007, 2015) |
Spain | Elite round Group 8 runners-up[^] | 10th | 2015 | Champions (2007, 2008) |
- Notes
- ^ The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.
Final draw
The final draw was held on 8 April 2016, 12:00
- Pot 1: Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France
- Pot 2: Belgium (eighth best group winner), England, Austria, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Scotland, Spain
Venues
The tournament was hosted in four venues, all in Baku:[10]
Baku | Baku | |||
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Baku Olympic Stadium | Azersun Arena | Bakcell Arena
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Dalga Arena | |
Capacity: 68,000 | Capacity: 4,735 | Capacity: 10,500 | Capacity: 6,700 | |
Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[6]
Match officials
A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[11]
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Group stage
The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 12 April 2016.[12]
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Drawing of lots.
All times were local, AZT (UTC+4).[13]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Azerbaijan (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 | |
4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
Azerbaijan | 0–5 | Portugal |
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Report | Gomes 4', 16' Asadov 24' (o.g.) Miguel Luís 44' Fernandes 76' |
Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Belgium |
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Mahmudov 77' | Report | Bongiovanni 72' |
Scotland | 0–1 | Azerbaijan |
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Report | Nabiyev 79' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Austria | 2–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Baumgartner 18', 35' | Report |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–1 | Ukraine |
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B. Hadžić 38', 41' | Report | Kulakov 69' |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
Denmark | 1–0 | Sweden |
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Buch Jensen 83' | Report |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0–2 | Spain |
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Report | Mboula 16' Ruiz 52' |
Italy | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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Report | Nunnely 78' |
Serbia | 0–2 | Netherlands |
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Report | M. Ilić 72' (o.g.) Vente 81' |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, a
Following a consultation between the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) and UEFA, it was decided to change the venue for the semi-finals and final from the
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
14 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Portugal | 5 | |||||||||
18 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Austria | 0 | |||||||||
Portugal | 2 | |||||||||
15 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||
Sweden | 0 | |||||||||
21 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||
Portugal (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
14 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Spain | 1 (4) | |||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||
18 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Belgium | 0 | |||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||
15 May – Baku | ||||||||||
Spain | 2 | |||||||||
Spain | 1 | |||||||||
England | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Sweden | 0–1 | Netherlands |
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Report | Chong 62' |
Semi-finals
Portugal | 2–0 | Netherlands |
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Gomes 25' Dalot 56' |
Report |
Final
Portugal | 1–1 | Spain |
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Dalot 27' | Report | Díaz 32' |
Penalties | ||
Gomes Jota Leite Dalot Fernandes |
5–4 | Ruiz Busquets Chumi Díaz Morlanes |
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
Note: José Gomes scored a total of 16 goals in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 season (including qualifying), making him the competition's all-time top scorer.[17]
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Valentino Müller
- Romano Schmid
- Murad Mahmudov
- Farid Nabiyev
- Adrien Bongiovanni
- Milan Corryn
- Loïs Openda
- Sebastian Buch Jensen
- Jens Odgaard
- George Hirst
- Ben Morris
- Mason Mount
- Kai Havertz
- Sam Schreck
- Moise Kean
- Marco Olivieri
- Andrea Pinamonti
- Gianluca Scamacca
- Tahith Chong
- Ché Nunnely
- Dylan Vente
- Mesaque Djú
- Gedson Fernandes
- Domingos Quina
- Dejan Joveljić
- Igor Maksimović
- Pol Lozano
- Jordi Mboula
- Teddy Bergqvist
- Serhiy Buletsa
- Andriy Kulakov
- Denys Yanakov
- 1 own goal
- Luca Meisl (playing against Germany)
- Elchin Asadov (playing against Portugal)
- Tom Baack (playing against Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Marko Ilić (playing against Netherlands)
Source: UEFA.com[18]
Team of the Tournament
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Source: UEFA Technical Report[14]
References
- ^ Harrison, Wayne. "Golden Player 2016: José Gomes". UEFA. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Malta, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan picked for U17s". UEFA. 20 March 2012.
- ^ Harrison, Wayne (21 May 2016). "Portugal win second U17 EURO title on penalties". UEFA. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ "Clinical Sweden eliminate holders France". UEFA. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ "Under-17 entries for Azerbaijan 2015/16". UEFA.com. 2 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ "Holders France lead U17 finals lineup". UEFA.com. 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
- ^ "France v England after Under-17 finals draw made". UEFA.com. 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Venue guide: Azerbaijan 2016". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Match officials". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Under-17 final tournament schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Definitive Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Technical Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Change to U17 EURO knockout stage schedule". UEFA.com. 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Final Match Schedule (change of stadium)" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- ^ "José Gomes crowned U17 EURO top scorer". UEFA.com. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
his seven goals in Azerbaijan also making him the competition's all-time leading marksman
- ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Azerbaijan 2016, UEFA.com