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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = UEFA Euro Under-17 Football Championship
| year =
| other_titles = 2008 Avrupa 17 Yaş Altı Futbol Şampiyonası
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Turkey
| dates = 4–16 May
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|ESP}}
| count = 8
| second_other = {{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
| matches = 15
| goals = 36
| attendance =8844
| top_scorer = {{fbuicon|17|FRA|1974}} [[Yannis Tafer]] <small>(4 goals)</small>
| player ={{fbuicon|17|Serbia|2004}} [[Danijel Aleksić]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20120723004603/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/news/kind=2/newsid=794185.html 2008: Danijel Aleksić in UEFA.com]</ref>
| prevseason = [[2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship|2009]]
}}
The final tournament of the '''2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship''' was the 26th [[UEFA European Under-17 Championship]], [[UEFA]]'s premier [[association football|football]] tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament was held in [[Turkey]] from 4 to 16 May 2008. Players born after 1 January 1991 were eligible to participate in this competition.

==Qualification==
Two rounds of qualifying were held in order to determine the seven teams to join the hosts, Turkey, at the final tournament. The [[2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round|qualifying round]], held from 14 September to 28 October 2007, divided the 52 remaining UEFA nations into 13 groups of four. At the end of the qualifying round, the top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the [[2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round|elite round]]. The elite round, held from 13 to 31 March 2008, divided the remaining 28 teams into seven groups of four. At the end of the round, the top team in each group advanced to the final tournament.

===Qualified teams===
{| class="wikitable"
! Nation !! Qualified as
|-
|{{fbu|17|TUR}}|| Host
|-
|{{fbu|17|IRL}}|| Group 1 winner
|-
|{{fbu|17|SUI}}|| Group 2 winner
|-
|{{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}|| Group 3 winner
|-
|{{fbu|17|SRB|2004}}|| Group 4 winner
|-
|{{fbu|17|SCO}}|| Group 5 winner
|-
|{{fbu|17|ESP}}|| Group 6 winner
|-
|{{fbu|17|NED}}|| Group 7 winner
|}

==Squads==
{{main|2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads}}

==Group stage==

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=185|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|TUR}}
|3||2||1||0||4||0||+4||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|NED}}
|3||2||0||1||3||3||0||'''6'''  
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|SRB|2004}}
|3||1||1||1||2||1||+1||'''4'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|SCO}}
|3||0||0||3||0||5||−5||'''0''' 
|}

{{football box
|date=4 May 2008
|time=15:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|SCO}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105061240/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302672/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Danijel Aleksić|Aleksić]] {{goal|40+1||42}}
|stadium=[[World Wonder Football Centre]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=160
|referee=[[Anders Hermansen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])}}

{{football box
|date=4 May 2008
|time=18:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|TUR}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105061216/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302671/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|NED}}
|goals1=[[Öztürk Karataş|Karataş]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Eren Albayrak|Albayrak]] {{goal|71}}<br />[[Aykut Demir|Demir]] {{goal|80+1}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Mardan Sports Complex]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=1,000
|referee=[[Libor Kovarik]] ([[Football Association of the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]])}}
----
{{football box
|date=7 May 2008
|time=16:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|TUR}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105120342/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302675/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|SCO}}
|goals1=[[Emrah Yollu|Yollu]] {{goal|13}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Mardan Sports Complex]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=1,700
|referee=[[Tero Nieminen]] ([[Football Association of Finland|Finland]])}}

{{football box
|date=7 May 2008
|time=18:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|NED}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105042753/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302676/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=[[Geoffrey Castillion|Castillion]] {{goal|33}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[World Wonder Football Centre]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=434
|referee=[[Hubert Siejewicz]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])}}
----
{{football box
|date=10 May 2008
|time=16:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|SRB|2004}}
|score=0–0 
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105015454/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302679/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|TUR}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[World Wonder Football Centre]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=500
|referee=[[Gediminas Mažeika]] ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])}}

{{football box
|date=10 May 2008
|time=16:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|NED}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105013029/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302680/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|SCO}}
|goals1=[[Geoffrey Castillion|Castillion]] {{goal|34}}<br />[[Ricardo van Rhijn|Van Rhijn]] {{goal|46}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Mardan Sports Complex]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=500
|referee=[[Angel Angelov (referee)|Angel Angelov]] ([[Bulgarian Football Union|Bulgaria]])}}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=185|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|ESP}}
|3||2||1||0||8||4||+4||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
|3||2||1||0||7||4||+3||'''7''' 
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|SUI}}
|3||1||0||2||1||4||−3||'''3'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|IRL}}
|3||0||0||3||2||6||−4||'''0''' 
|}

{{football box
|date=4 May 2008
|time=15:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|FRA|1974}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105013608/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302673/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|IRL}}
|goals1=[[Yannis Tafer|Tafer]] {{goal|65}}<br /> [[Alexandre Lacazette|Lacazette]] {{goal|80+3}}
|goals2=[[Paul Murphy (youth footballer)|Murphy]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium=[[Mardan Sports Complex]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=500
|referee=[[Gediminas Mažeika]] ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])}}

{{football box
|date=4 May 2008
|time=18:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://archive.today/20120708193606/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302674/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|SUI}}
|goals1=[[Sergio García Mut|S. García]] {{goal|52||61}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[World Wonder Football Centre]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=153
|referee=[[Hubert Siejewicz]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])}}
----
{{football box
|date=7 May 2008
|time=15:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|IRL}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105072356/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302678/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|SUI}}
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Gavin Gunning|Gunning]] {{goal|49|o.g.}}
|stadium=[[World Wonder Football Centre]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=327
|referee=[[Libor Kovarik]] ([[Football Association of the Czech Republic|Czech&nbsp;Republic]])}}

{{football box
|date=7 May 2008
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|FRA|1974}}
|score=3–3
|report=[https://archive.today/20120719034200/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302677/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|ESP}}
|goals1=[[Yannis Tafer|Tafer]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Clément Grenier|Grenier]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[William Rémy|Rémy]] {{goal|48}}
|goals2=[[Thiago Alcântara|Thiago]]  {{goal|31||67}}<br /> [[Jorge Pulido|Pulido]] {{goal|45}}
|stadium=[[Mardan Sports Complex]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=300
|referee=[[Angel Angelov (referee)|Angel Angelov]] ([[Bulgarian Football Union|Bulgaria]])}}
----
{{football box
|date=10 May 2008
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|SUI}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105152342/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302681/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Yannis Tafer|Tafer]] {{goal|33||51}}
|stadium=[[World Wonder Football Centre]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=120
|referee=[[Anders Hermansen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])}}

{{football box
|date=10 May 2008
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|IRL}}
|score=1–3
|report=[https://archive.today/20120709110142/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15030/match=302682/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|ESP}}
|goals1=[[Conor Hourihane|Hourihane]] {{goal|15}} 
|goals2=[[Rubén Rochina|Rochina]] {{goal|47||56}}<br />[[Sergio Gontán|Keko]] {{goal|73}}
|stadium=[[Mardan Sports Complex]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=250
|referee=[[Tero Nieminen]] ([[Football Association of Finland|Finland]])}}

==Knockout stage==

===Semi-finals===
{{football box
|date=13 May 2008
|time=17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|TUR}}
|score=1–1
|aet=yes
|report=[https://archive.today/20130105101552/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15031/match=302550/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=[[Abdülkadir Kayalı|Kayalı]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2= [[Timothée Kolodziejczak|Kolodziejczak]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium=[[Mardan Sports Complex]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=2,000
|referee=[[Gediminas Mažeika]] ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])
|penalties1=[[Abdülkadir Kayalı|Kayalı]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Emre Çolak|Çolak]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Özgür Çek|Çek]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Batuhan Karadeniz|Karadeniz]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Sertaç Eren|Eren]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore=3–4
|penalties2={{penmiss}} [[Yannis Tafer|Tafer]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Gueïda Fofana|Fofana]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Gaël Kakuta|Kakuta]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Timothée Kolodziejczak|Kolodziejczak]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Alexandre Lacazette|Lacazette]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=13 May 2008
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
|score=2–1
|aet=yes
|report=[https://archive.today/20120708212235/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15031/match=302549/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|NED}}
|goals1=[[Jorge Pulido|Pulido]] {{goal|46}}<br />[[Ángel Martínez (footballer, born 1991)|Martínez]] {{goal|92}}
|goals2=[[Rodney Sneijder|Sneijder]] {{goal|34}}
|stadium=[[Antalya Atatürk Stadium]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=300
|referee=[[Anders Hermansen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])}}

===Final===
{{football box
|date=16 May 2008
|time=18:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|FRA|1974}}
|score=0–4
|report=[https://archive.today/20120630012630/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15032/match=302551/report=rp.html (Report)]
|team2={{fbu|17|ESP}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Keko (footballer, born 1991)|Keko]] {{goal|31}}<br />[[Sergio García Mut|S. García]] {{goal|46}}<br />[[Thiago Alcântara|Thiago]] {{goal|63|pen.}}<br />[[Manuel Gavilán (Spanish footballer)|Gavilán]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium=[[Mardan Sports Complex]], [[Antalya]]
|attendance=600
|referee=[[Libor Kovařík]] ([[Football Association of the Czech Republic|Czech&nbsp;Republic]])}}

==Goalscorers==
;4 goals
*{{fbuicon|17|FRA}} [[Yannis Tafer]]

;3 goals
*{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Thiago Alcântara|Thiago]]
*{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Sergio García Mut|Sergio García]]

;2 goals
*{{fbuicon|17|NED}} [[Geoffrey Castillion]]
*{{fbuicon|17|SRB|2004}} [[Danijel Aleksić]]
*{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Rubén Rochina]]
*{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Keko (footballer, born 1991)|Keko]]
*{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Jorge Pulido]]

;1 goal
*{{fbuicon|17|FRA}} [[Clément Grenier]]
*{{fbuicon|17|FRA}} [[Timothée Kolodziejczak]]
*{{fbuicon|17|FRA}} [[Alexandre Lacazette]]
*{{fbuicon|17|FRA}} [[William Rémy]]
*{{fbuicon|17|NED}} [[Ricardo van Rhijn]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRL}} [[Conor Hourihane]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRL}} [[Paul Murphy (youth footballer)|Paul Murphy]]

==Awards==

*Golden Player: {{fbuicon|17|SRB|2004}} [[Danijel Aleksić]]<ref>[https://www.uefa.com/under17/history/], uefa.com, accessed 12 May 2014.</ref>
*Best Goalkeeper: {{fbuicon|17|SRB|2004}} [[Vilson Caković]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[https://archive.today/20130105031752/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/history/season=2008/intro.html UEFA.com]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec-u17-08.html RSSSF.com]

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