The 2005 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Gambia. The top three teams qualified for the

2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could partic ...

Qualification

Qualified teams

* * (host nation) * * * * * *

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knock-out stage

Semifinals

---- For winning their semifinals,

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

and Gambia qualified for the

with Ivory Coast and

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meeting in the third place playoff for the third and final place in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Third place playoff

For winning the third place playoff, Ivory Coast qualified for the

with

missing out.

Final

Winners

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Opoku Agyemang ;3 goals * Ismaël Fofana *

Ousman Jallow Ousman Jallow (born 21 October 1988 in Banjul) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Cypriot club Yenicami Ağdelen. He is featured on the Gambian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game. Club ...

* Cheick Diabaté *

Simon Zenke Simon Terwase Zenke (born 24 December 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Zenke began his career in his hometown Kaduna with Kaduna United before joining RC Strasbourg in 2008. In November 2018, he sign ...

* Ibrahim Jibrin Wuya * Tumelo Nhlapo ;2 goals *

Konan Serge Kouadio Konan Serge Kouadio (born 31 December 1988, in Abidjan) is an Ivorian footballer, who currently plays for Moroccan side Widad Fez. Career He plays as a striker. He began his career with Académie de Sol Beni and was promoted in 2006 to ASEC ...

Momodou Ceesay Momodou Ceesay (born 24 December 1988) is a Gambian football striker who last played for Kazakh club Kyzylzhar and the Gambia national football team. He is featured on the Gambian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game. Cl ...

;2 goals, cont. * Mahamane Traoré * Samuel Chukwudi * Sibusiso Msomi ;1 goal * Marius Sibdou Kiema * Alain Traoré * Koffi Kouassi (footballer, born 1989) * Sainey Nyassi *

Sanna Nyassi Sanna Nyassi (born 31 January 1989) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He played for the Gambia national team from 2010 to 2015, making fourteen appearances. Club career Gambia Ports Authority Nyassi began his ...

* Awudu Abubakar * George Appiah ;1 goal, cont. * Banahene Michael * Lassina Diarra * Michael Nkambule * Amos Sibeko * Mkhanyiseli Siwahla * Ovidy Karuru * Victor Mtandavari ;Own goals *

Jerry Akaminko Jeremiah Akaminko (born 2 May 1988) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the Ghana national team playing for Liga 1 Team Persik Kediri. Club career On 25 August 2008 Turkish side Orduspor signed the Heart of Lio ...

(for

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

) * Emmanuel Ansong (for

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

)

References

External links

RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2005
{{CAF African U-17 Football Championship Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Under-17 Championship, 2005 2005 in youth association football