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: 16,500
Teams Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)AFC (Asia)1996 AFC U-17 ChampionshipCAF (Africa)Host nation 1997 African U-17 ChampionshipCONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)1996 CONCACAF U-17 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)1997 South American U-17 ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)1997 OFC U-17 Qualifying TournamentUEFA (Europe)1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Squads
Matches Group A Team3210514731205415 311174343003412–80
Group B Team330017215932017256 310286233003022–220
Group C Team330013112932018446 310247–333003114–130
Group D Team3210716732103037 310248–43300316–50
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
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 5 goals Hashim Saleh 4 goals Fábio Pinto Owusu Afriyie Seydou Keita 3 goals Geovanni Matuzalém Ahmed Belal Awule Quaye Miguel Mateos 2 goals
Yaser Amer Adiel Ferrugem Jorginho Ronaldinho Juan Francisco Viveros Silvio Adzic Michael Coffie Edwin Santibanez Omar Gomez Ander David Sousa Ivan Sanchez Sergio Santamaría Sutee Suksomkit Taylor Twellman
1 goal
Julio Marchant Luciano Galletti Mauro Marchano Alexander Ziervogel Rashid Al-Dosari Salah Rashed Andrey Anaílson Diogo Alonso Zuniga Claudio Maldonado Cristian Alvarez Manuel Villalobos Milovan Mirošević Juan Bautista Esquivel Eid Ezz Mahmoud El Arabi Saleh Abou Benjamin Auer Sebastian Deisler Sebastian Kehl Steffen Hofmann Aziz Ansah Godwin Attram Johnson Eku Wisdom Abbey Aboubacar Guindo Drissa Coulibaly Mahamadou Diarra Fernando Arce Luis Ernesto Pérez Ricardo Mauricio Martínez Saul Salcedo Juma Al-Mukhaini Mohsin Al-Harbi Rahdwan Nairooz Saleh Al-Amri Corona Ivan Lopez Ivan Royo Juanjo Camacho Bamrung Boonprom Montree Matong Charles Rupsis Steven Totten
Own goal Mahfoudh Al-Mukhaini (against Ghana)
Final ranking RankTeam16600212+191826411145+91336501226+16154622267–18 Eliminated in the quarter-finals5421172+576421132+177420298+16841216605 Eliminated at the group stage9311174+3410310286+2311310247–3312310248–4313300316–50143003412–80153003114–130163003022–220
Notes
References
External links FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)