The 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the eleventh edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship under its current age grouping. Slovenia hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May. An appeal by the Hungarian Football Federation to have Hungary replace Belgium over an ineligible player in the Belgium V Russia elite round match was unsuccessful.
Players born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to participate in this competition.
Venues The tournament was held in Domžale, Lendava, Ljubljana and Maribor. The selected stadiums that hosted the matches were: Ljubljana Maribor Domžale Lendava Stožice Stadium Ljudski vrt Domžale Sports Park Lendava Sports Park Capacity: 16,038 Capacity: 12,702 Capacity: 2,854 Capacity: 2,011
Qualification
The final tournament of the 2012 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 seven teams.
Participants
(hosts)
1. Teams that made their debut (as an Under 17 side).
Match officials A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.Technical Report UEFA. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
Referees Emir Alečković Marius Avram Mattias Gestranius Ivan Kružliak Harald Lechner Alan Mario Sant
Assistant referees Milutin Djukič Mark Gavin Serkan Gençerler Haralds Gudermanis Mubariz Hashimov Borut Križarić Leif Opland Jean-Yves Wicht
Fourth officials Mitja Žganec Dejan Balažič
Group stage All times are local (UTC+02:00).
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
All times are local (UTC+2)
Semifinals
Final
Goalscorers 3 goals Max Meyer 2 goals Leon Goretzka 1 goals
Tuur Dierckx Pieter Gerkens Siebe Schrijvers Mohamed Chemlal Thomas Lemar Anthony Martial Chiaber Chechelasvili Dato Dartsimelia Max Dittgen Marc Stendera Gunnlaugur Birgisson Hjörtur Hermannsson Elton Acolatse Nathan Aké Thom Haye Jorrit Hendrix Jeroen Lumu Rai Vloet Vincent Rabiega Mariusz Stępiński Bian Paul Šauperl Petar Stojanović Luka Zahović
Tournament select squad
Goalkeepers Oliver Schnitzler Nick Olij
Defenders Corentin Fiore Otar Kakabadze Marian Sarr Jeremy Dudziak Hjörtur Hermannsson Jorrit Hendrix
Midfielders Pieter Gerkens Giorgi Gorozia Leon Goretzka Oliver Sigurjónsson Dino Hotić Nathan Aké Thom Haye Tonny Vilhena
Forwards Tuur Dierckx Corentin Jean Julian Brandt Max Meyer Marc Stendera Mariusz Stępiński
References
External links Official website Official website