1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

October 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997 بطولة العالم السابعة للناشئين لكرة القدم 1997 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship.png Egypt 4–21 September 16 6 4 4 BRA 1 GHA ESP GER 32 117 633000 ESP David (7 goals) ESP Sergio 17 ARG 1995 1999 The 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the seventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Port Said in Egypt from 4 to 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament. Venues Cairo Port Said Alexandria Ismailia Cairo International Stadium Port Said Stadium Alexandria Stadium Ismailia Stadium Capacity: 74,100 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 16,500200px200px200px200pxEgypt right 350 Egypt 30.044444 31.235833 left Cairo Egypt 31.25 32.3 top Port Said Egypt 31.2 29.916667 bottom Alexandria Egypt 30.583333 32.266667 right Ismailia Teams Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)AFC (Asia)1996 AFC U-17 Championship17 OMA 199517 THA17 BHRCAF (Africa)Host nation17 EGY 1997 African U-17 Championship17 MLI17 GHACONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)1996 CONCACAF U-17 Championship17 MEX17 USA17 CRCCONMEBOL (South America)1997 South American U-17 Championship17 BRA17 ARG17 CHIOFC (Oceania)1997 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament17 NZLUEFA (Europe)1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship17 ESP17 AUT17 GER Squads 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads Matches Group A Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points17 GER3210514717 EGY31205415 17 CHI3111743417 THA3003412–80 4 September 1997 20:30 17 EGY 3–2 Report 17 THA Belal 16 46El Arabi 65 Bamrung 30The official match report miscredited this goal to Tom Tongdee.Egypt vs Thailand – First half broadcast on Thai television https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrFkV4aoSpM 21 March 2020 22 May 2025 YouTube OAD AND HIS BANDSutee 67 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 70,000 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) 5 September 1997 20:30 17 CHI 0–1 Report 17 GER Adzic 81 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 10,000 Ian McLeod (South Africa) 7 September 1997 18:15 17 EGY 1–1 Report 17 CHI Abou 37 Villalobos 69 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 75,000 Gilberto Alcala (Mexico) 7 September 1997 20:30 17 THA 0–3 Report 17 GER Deisler 27Kehl 63Hofmann 84 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 40,000 Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador) 10 September 1997 20:30 17 EGY 1–1 Report 17 GER Ezz 66 Auer 76 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 80,000 Wilson de Souza Mendonca (Brazil) 10 September 1997 20:30 17 THA 2–6 Report 17 CHI Montree 45+2Sutee 82 Viveros 41 62Maldonado 52 pen.Mirošević 67Alvarez 83Zuniga 89 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 2,500 Jacek Granat (Poland) Group B Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points17 ESP330017215917 MLI32017256 17 MEX3102862317 NZL3003022–220 6 September 1997 18:15 17 NZL 0–4 Report 17 MLI Guindo 33Mah. Diarra 64 Keita 70 88 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 9,000 Jacek Granat (Poland) 6 September 1997 20:30 17 MEX 2–3 Report 17 ESP Arce 66Santibanez 66 David 14 84 pen.Mateos 31 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 9,000 Wilson de Souza Mendonca (Brazil) 8 September 1997 20:30 17 NZL 0–5 Report 17 MEX Martinez 12Salcedo 32 Gomez 41 47 Santibanez 85 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 7,500 Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia) 8 September 1997 18:15 17 MLI 0–1 Report 17 ESP David 85 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 6,000 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) 11 September 1997 20:30 17 NZL 0–13 Report 17 ESP Sanchez 23 29Mateos 28 64 Sergio 36 pen. David 43 45+3 47 49 Royo 62 Ander 71 Corona 87Lopez 90+1 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 5,000 Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem (Egypt) 11 September 1997 20:30 17 MLI 3–1 Report 17 MEX D. Coulibaly 40Keita 54 85 Perez 64 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 5,000 Lubos Michel (Slovakia) Group C Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points17 BRA330013112917 OMA 199532018446 17 USA310247–3317 AUT3003114–130 6 September 1997 13:45 17 OMA 1995 4–0 Report 17 USA Al-Harbi 15J. Al-Mukhaini 39 Saleh 46 52 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 20,000 Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile) 6 September 1997 16:00 17 AUT 0–7 Report 17 BRA Diogo 8Fábio Pinto 13 Geovanni 16 Ferrugem 38 Matuzalém 44 Ronaldinho 75 pen. Anaílson 85 pen. Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 20,000 Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem (Egypt) 8 September 1997 16:00 17 OMA 1995 3–1 Report 17 AUT Nairooz 18Saleh 45+1 69 Ziervogel 74 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 19,000 Eugene Brazzale (Australia) 8 September 1997 13:45 17 USA 0–3 Report 17 BRA Jorginho 66Adiel 85Matuzalém 90 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 19,000 Rene Temmink (Netherlands) 11 September 1997 16:00 17 OMA 1995 1–3 Report 17 BRA Saleh 53 Jorginho 50Fábio Pinto 66Geovanni 84 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 20,000 Gilberto Alcala (Mexico) 11 September 1997 16:00 17 USA 4–0 Report 17 AUT Rupsis 6Twellman 56 67Totten 82 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 4,000 Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea) Group D Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points17 GHA3210716717 ARG32103037 17 BHR 1972310248–4317 CRC300316–50 5 September 1997 13:45 17 ARG 0–0 Report 17 GHA Port Said Stadium, Port Said 30,000 Lu Jun (China) 5 September 1997 16:00 17 CRC 1–3 Report 17 BHR 1972 Esquivel 67 Al-Dosari 64 pen.Amer 79 Rashed 84 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 20,000 Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea) 7 September 1997 16:00 17 ARG 1–0 Report 17 CRC Galletti 59 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 10,000 Terje Hauge (Norway) 7 September 1997 13:45 17 GHA 5–1 Report 17 BHR 1972 Eku 5Ansah 8Afriyie 52A. Quaye 77Abbey 89 Amer 71 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 20,000 Lubos Michel (Slovakia) 10 September 1997 13:45 17 ARG 2–0 Report 17 BHR 1972 Marchant 42Marchano 72 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 10,000 Ian McLeod (South Africa) 10 September 1997 13:45 17 GHA 2–0 Report 17 CRC A. Quaye 12Coffie 61 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 8,000 Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile) Knockout stage 14 September - Alexandria 17 BRA 2 17 ARG 0 14 September - Cairo 17 GER 0 (4) 17 MLI 0 (3) 15 September - Port Said 17 GHA 4 17 OMA 1995 1 15 September - Ismailia 17 ESP 2 17 EGY 1 18 September - Ismailia 17 GER 0 17 BRA 4 18 September - Cairo 17 GHA 2 17 ESP 1 21 September - Cairo 17 BRA 2 17 GHA 1 21 September - Cairo 17 ESP 2 17 GER 1 white-space:nowrap high Quarterfinals 14 September 1997 16:00 17 BRA 2–0 17 ARG Fábio Pinto 44 83 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 20,000 Jacek Granat (Poland) Report 14 September 1997 20:30 17 GER 0–0 yes 17 MLI Adzic Deisler Miedl Truckenbrod 4–3 Y. Coulibaly Camara Guindo Karambe Keita Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 7,000 Lu Jun (China) Report 15 September 1997 16:00 17 GHA 4–1 17 OMA 1995 Al-Mukhaini 25 o.g. Coffie 42 Afriyie 79 A. Quaye 88 Al-Amri 57 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 15,000 Rene Temmink (Netherlands) Report 15 September 1997 20:30 17 ESP 2–1 17 EGY Sergio 28 Camacho 66 Belal 31 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 13,500 Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador) Report Semifinals 18 September 1997 16:00 17 BRA 4–0 17 GER Adiel 4 Geovanni 85 Ferrugem 86 Ronaldinho 88 pen. Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 8,500 Ian McLeod (South Africa) Report 18 September 1997 20:30 17 ESP 1–2 17 GHA Sousa 35 Attram 47 Afriyie 79 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 4,000 Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile) Report Playoff for 3rd place 21 September 1997 15:30 17 GER 1–2 17 ESP Adzic 59 pen. Ander 30 Sousa 85 pen. Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 8,000 Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador) Report Final 21 September 1997 18:15 17 BRA 2–1 17 GHA Matuzalém 63 Andrey 87 Afriyie 39 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 35,000 Terje Hauge (Norway) Report Result fbu 17 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners Brazil First 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 ESP David 5 goals OMA 1995 Hashim Saleh 4 goals BRA Fábio Pinto GHA Owusu Afriyie MLI Seydou Keita 3 goals BRA Geovanni BRA Matuzalém EGY Ahmed Belal GHA Awule Quaye ESP Miguel Mateos 2 goals 22em BHR 1972 Yaser Amer BRA Adiel BRA Ferrugem BRA Jorginho BRA Ronaldinho CHI Juan Francisco Viveros GER Silvio Adzic GHA Michael Coffie MEX Edwin Santibanez MEX Omar Gomez ESP Ander ESP David Sousa ESP Ivan Sanchez ESP Sergio Santamaría THA Sutee Suksomkit USA Taylor Twellman 1 goal 22em ARG Julio Marchant ARG Luciano Galletti ARG Mauro Marchano AUT Alexander Ziervogel BHR 1972 Rashid Al-Dosari BHR 1972 Salah Rashed BRA Andrey BRA Anaílson BRA Diogo CHI Alonso Zuniga CHI Claudio Maldonado CHI Cristian Alvarez CHI Manuel Villalobos CHI Milovan Mirošević CRC Juan Bautista Esquivel EGY Eid Ezz EGY Mahmoud El Arabi EGY Saleh Abou GER Benjamin Auer GER Sebastian Deisler GER Sebastian Kehl GER Steffen Hofmann GHA Aziz Ansah GHA Godwin Attram GHA Johnson Eku GHA Wisdom Abbey MLI Aboubacar Guindo MLI Drissa Coulibaly MLI Mahamadou Diarra MEX Fernando Arce MEX Luis Ernesto Pérez MEX Ricardo Mauricio Martínez MEX Saul Salcedo OMA 1995 Juma Al-Mukhaini OMA 1995 Mohsin Al-Harbi OMA 1995 Rahdwan Nairooz OMA 1995 Saleh Al-Amri ESP Corona ESP Ivan Lopez ESP Ivan Royo ESP Juanjo Camacho THA Bamrung Boonprom THA Montree Matong USA Charles Rupsis USA Steven Totten Own goal OMA 1995 Mahfoudh Al-Mukhaini (against Ghana) Final ranking RankTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points117 Brazil6600212+1918217 Ghana6411145+913317 Spain6501226+1615417 Germany622267–18 Eliminated in the quarter-finals517 Mali421172+57617 Argentina421132+17717 Oman420298+16817 Egypt41216605 Eliminated at the group stage917 Chile311174+341017 Mexico310286+231117 United States310247–331217 Bahrain 1972310248–431317 Costa Rica300316–501417 Thailand3003412–801517 Austria3003114–1301617 New Zealand3003022–220 Notes References External links FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3) 1997 U-17 World Championship U-17 World Championship Category:1997–98 in Egyptian football 1997 1997 Category:September 1997 sports events in Africa 1997 1997 1997