The 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the ninth edition of

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European Under-17 Football Championship The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain is the most successful team in this ...

, held in

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from 18 to 30 May 2010. The hosts decided not to field a team, fearing it would not be competitive enough for the tournament's prestige; their place was occupied by

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, the best runner-up in the qualification's elite round.

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was the 2009 title holder, but failed to qualify. In the final,

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defeated

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by 2–1, and achieved their first ever under-17 European title.

Qualification

The final tournament of the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the eight teams.

Participants

* * * * * * * * Despite being hosts, Liechtenstein did not participate in the finals. They withdrew from the competition after raising concerns with UEFA that their U-17 side would not be competitive, and devalue the tournament.

Squads

Match officials

A total of six referees, eight assistant referees and two fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.Technical Report
UEFA. Retrieved 26 May 2019. ;Referees * Vadims Direktorenko * Artyom Kuchin * Antti Munukka *

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* Stanislav Todorov * Christof Virant ;Assistant referees * Angelo Boonman * Roland Brandner * Orkhan Mammadov * Sven Erik Midthjell * Nikola Razic * Marco Tropeano * Laszlo Viszokai * Matej Zunic ;Fourth officials * Alain Bieri * Stephan Klossner The match officials were observed by Markus Nobs and Andreas Schluchter from Switzerland.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

;6 goals *

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;3 goals *

Connor Wickham Connor Neil Ralph Wickham (born 31 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as forward. He is currently a free agent. He has previously represented Ipswich Town, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Crystal Palace ...

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* Artun Akçakın ;2 goals *

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* Yaya Sanogo *

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;1 goal * Roman Haša * Jakub Plšek * Benik Afobe * Saido Berahino * Robert Hall * Joshua McEachran * Andre Wisdom * Dimitris Diamantakos *

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* Jesé * Aleksandar Žarković * Taşkın Çalış * Okan Derici * Okay Yokuşlu

Technical team selection

;Goalkeepers * 13. Jack Butland * 13. Adrián Ortolá ;Defenders * 5. Víctor Álvarez * 3. Luke Garbutt * 2. Tomáš Kalas * 2. Youssouf Sabaly * 14. Filip Twardzik * 6. Andre Wisdom ;Midfielders * 16. Ross Barkley * 8. José Campaña * 4. Conor Coady * 8. João Mário * 15. Josh McEachran * 5. Jakub Plšek * 6. Paul Pogba * 15. Eliott Sorin ;Attackers * 9. Benik Afobe * 9. Paco Alcácer * 17. Gerard Deulofeu * 7. Jesé * 9. Yaya Sanogo * 17. Connor Wickham

References

External links

Uefa.com
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