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FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédératio ...

1997, the seventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...

, Ismailia,

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

, and

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between 4 September and 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

Teams

Squads

Matches

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Playoff for 3rd place

Final

Result

Goalscorers

David of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 117 goals were scored by 73 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal. ;7 goals *

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

;5 goals *

Hashim Saleh Hashim Saleh Mohammed Al-Balushi ( ar, هاشم صالح محمد البلوشي; born 15 October 1981), commonly known as Hashim Saleh, is an Omani footballer. Club career Hashim has been wearing the number 9 jersey for clubs like Al-Nasr S. ...

;4 goals * Fabio Pinto * Owusu Afriyie *

Seydou Keita Seydou Keïta (; anglicised to Keita; born 16 January 1980) is a Malian former footballer. A versatile midfielder, he operated as both a central or defensive midfielder. Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four), ...

;3 goals * Geovanni * Matuzalem *

Ahmed Belal Ahmad Farag Mohamed Belal ( ar, أحمد فرج محمد بلال ; born August 20, 1980) is an Egyptian football striker. Career Ahmed Belal started playing professionally for the Egyptian team, Al Ahly, since 2000. He competed for the club ...

* Awule Quaye * Miguel Mateos Rego ;2 goals * Yaser Amer *

Adiel Adiel ( he, עדיאל) is a personal name meaning "ornament of God", or possibly "God passes by".Cheyne and Black (1899), ''Encyclopedia Biblica,'' entry fo"Adiel"/ref> It may refer to any of the following: # The father of Azmaveth, who was treas ...

* Ferrugem * Jorginho *

Ronaldinho Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho () or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger. Wide ...

Juan Francisco Viveros Juan Francisco Viveros Opazo (born 11 August 1980), nicknamed ''El Táctico'' (The Tactician), is a Chilean football manager and former footballer. Club career As player of Sporting CP, he ran into Cristiano Ronaldo, Quaresma and Kasper Schmei ...

Silvio Adzic Silvio Adzic (born 23 September 1980 in Grünstadt) is a retired German football player. He made his debut on the professional league level in the Bundesliga for 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 30 September 2000 when he came on as a substitute in the 6 ...

* Michael Coffie * Edwin Santibanez * Omar Gomez *

Ander The masculine name Ander is a variant of the Greek name "Andreas". Other variants of the Greek name "Andreas" are Andrés and Andrew, as well as Anders. The masculine name Ander is a variant Basque form of Andrew. Notable people with the name An ...

* David Sousa * Ivan Sanchez * Sergio Santamaría * Sutee Suksomkit * Taylor Twellman ;1 goal *

Julio Marchant Julio Javier Marchant (born 11 January 1980 in Santiago del Estero) is an Argentine retired footballer. Career He made his debut playing for Boca Juniors in 2000, where he won the Copa Libertadores 2000. Two years later, he lost his place in the ...

* Luciano Galletti * Mauro Marchano * Alexander Ziervogel * Rashed Al Dosari * Salah Rashed * Andrey * Anailson * Diogo * Alonso Zuniga * Claudio Maldonado *

Cristian Alvarez Cristian is the Romanian and Spanish form of the male given name Christian. In Romanian, it is also a surname. Cristian may refer to: People * Cristian (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian footballer * Cristian Adomniței (born 1975), Romanian en ...

Manuel Villalobos Manuel Arturo Villalobos Salvo (born October 15, 1980) is a Chilean former footballer and current manager. Playing career Villalobos joined Colo-Colo's youth squad at the age of ten in 1990. In 1997, he made his professional debut. In 2000, he ...

* Milovan Mirošević * Juan Bautista Esquivel Lobo *

Eid Ezz Eid as a name may refer to: Islamic holidays An Eid is a Muslim holidays, Muslim religious festival: * ''Eid Milad un Nabi'', alternate name for Mawlid (, "Birth of the Prophet"), the date of observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muh ...

Mahmoud Arabi Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Siam Mahmud *Mahmood (singer) (born 199 ...

* Saleh Abou * Benjamin Auer *

Sebastian Deisler Sebastian Toni Deisler (; born 5 January 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder and attacking midfielder. A Borussia Mönchengladbach youth product, he played one season with the club during which it ...

Sebastian Kehl Sebastian Walter Kehl (; born 13 February 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the Sporting Director of Borussia Dortmund. He amassed Bundesliga totals of 314 games and 24 goals o ...

Steffen Hofmann Steffen Hofmann (born 9 September 1980) is a German football coach and a former player, who played most of his career for SK Rapid Wien of the Austrian Bundesliga. He played as an attacking midfielder. He works as a sports coordinator for Rapid W ...

* Aziz Ansah * Godwin Attram * Johnson Eku * Wisdom Abbey * Aboubacar Guindo * Drissa Coulibaly *

Mahamadou Diarra Mahamadou Diarra (born 18 May 1981) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team. Club career OFI Crete Diarra started his professional career at Greek club ...

Fernando Arce Fernando Enrique Arce Ruiz (born 24 April 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Arce came out of Club América's youth prospects, but never debuted there. Arce debuted for Irapuato in a ga ...

* Luis Ernesto Pérez * Ricardo Mauricio Martínez * Saul Salcedo * Juma Al Mukhaini * Mohsin Al Harbi * Rahdwan Nairooz * Salah Al Amri * Corona * Ivan Lopez * Ivan Royo *

Juanjo Camacho Juan José 'Juanjo' Camacho Barnola (born 2 August 1980) is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his professional career with Huesca, appearing in more than 400 official matches for the club and in ...

* Montree Matong * Tom Tongdee * Charles Rupsis * Steven Totten ;Own goal * Mahfoudh Al Mukhaini (playing against Ghana)

Final ranking

External links

FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)
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International association football competitions hosted by Egypt

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