The 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the ninth edition of
UEFA
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's
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
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...
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
France
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, the best runner-up in the qualification's elite round.
Germany
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was the 2009 title holder, but failed to qualify. In the final,
England
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defeated
Spain
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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
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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.
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UEFA. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
;Referees
* Vadims Direktorenko
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Artyom Kuchin
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Antti Munukka
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Euan Norris
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Norris became a FIFA International Referees List, FIFA referee in 2009. He has officiated ...
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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
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Alain Bieri
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Stephan Klossner
The match officials were observed by Markus Nobs and Andreas Schluchter from
Switzerland
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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
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Paco Alcácer
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Having come through the Valencia youth ranks, he started playing with the first team in 2010 ...
;3 goals
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Connor Wickham
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He has previously represented Ipswich Town, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Crystal Palace ...
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Gerard Deulofeu
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He started his career with Barcelona, first appearing with ...
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Artun Akçakın
Artun Akçakın (born 6 May 1993) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for TFF Second League club İskenderunspor.
Career
Club career
Akçakın started his youth and professional career with Gençlerbirliği, where h ...
;2 goals
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Ross Barkley
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Barkley began his professional career at Everton in 2010. After loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United he b ...
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Anthony Koura
Anthony Koura (born 6 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. Born in France, he played for the Burkina Faso national team.
Club career
On 9 June 2011, after featuring with the Le Mans's reserve team in the Championn ...
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Paul Pogba
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Yaya Sanogo
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Ricardo Esgaio
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Club career Sporting CP
Born in Nazaré, Leiria District, Esgaio joined Sporting CP's youth system at the age of 12, ...
;1 goal
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Roman Haša
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Jakub Plšek
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Benik Afobe
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Afobe signed a professional contract ...
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Saido Berahino
Saido Berahino (born 4 August 1993) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot First Division club AEL Limassol and captains the Burundi national team.
Having fled his native Burundi as a child, he received pol ...
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Robert Hall
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Joshua McEachran
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Andre Wisdom
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Wisdom began his career at Bradford City A.F.C., Bradford City before signing for Liverpool ...
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Dimitris Diamantakos
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Mateus Fonseca
Mateus Borges da Fonseca (born 10 May 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Casa Pia, as a midfielder.
Football career
On 11 August 2012, Fonseca made his professional debut with FC Chiasso in a 2012–13 Swiss Challenge League match ag ...
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Juan Bernat
Juan Bernat Velasco (; born 1 March 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
He began his career at Valencia, featuring in three La Liga campaigns for the club. He moved to Bayern ...
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Jorge Ortí Gracia
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Jesé
Jesé Rodríguez Ruiz (; born 26 February 1993), known as Jesé, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Ankaragücü.
An academy graduate of La Liga side Real Madrid, Jesé debuted for the senior te ...
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Aleksandar Žarković
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Taşkın Çalış
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Okan Derici
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Okay Yokuşlu
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Club career
On 27 June 2011, at the age of 17, he signed ...
Technical team selection
;Goalkeepers
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13. Jack Butland
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13. Adrián Ortolá
;Defenders
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5. Víctor Álvarez
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3. Luke Garbutt
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2. Tomáš Kalas
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2. Youssouf Sabaly
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14. Filip Twardzik
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6. Andre Wisdom
;Midfielders
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16. Ross Barkley
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8. José Campaña
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4. Conor Coady
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8. João Mário
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15. Josh McEachran
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5. Jakub Plšek
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6. Paul Pogba
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15. Eliott Sorin
;Attackers
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9. Benik Afobe
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9. Paco Alcácer
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17. Gerard Deulofeu
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7. Jesé
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9. Yaya Sanogo
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17. Connor Wickham
References
External links
Uefa.com
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