| Other Titles: | FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Dates: | 24 October – 15 November |
| Num Teams: | 24 |
| Confederations: | 6 |
| Venues: | 8 |
| Cities: | 8 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 52 |
| Goals: | 151 |
| Top Scorer: |  Borja Bastón Sani EmmanuelSebastián Gallegos Haris Seferovic (5 goals each) |
| Player: | Sani Emmanuel |
| Goalkeeper: | Benjamin Siegrist |
| Prevseason: | 2007 |
| Nextseason: | 2011 |
The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009.[1]
Switzerland won the tournament, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria, with a solitary 63rd-minute goal separating the two teams. The Golden Ball to the Best Player was given to Nigerian Sani Emmanuel; the Golden Shoe for top scorer was given to Spaniard Borja, with five goals (although he tied with Nigerian Sani Emmanuel, Uruguayan Sebastián Gallegos, and Swiss Haris Seferovic); the Golden Glove was given to Swiss Benjamin Siegrist; finally, the FIFA Fair Play Award was given to Nigeria.
To be eligible to play, a player must have been born on or after 1 January 1992.
FIFA chose eight venues out of nine possible locations.[2] [3] [4]
On 21 May 2009, FIFA gave Nigeria a "Yellow Card" as FIFA noted a significant delay in the preparations for the tournament.[5] While Abuja and Lagos were ready, FIFA vice-president Jack Warner gave four other venues (Enugu, Calabar, Ijebu-Ode and Kano) a month to get 100 percent ready or the tournament would be moved. One potential venue (Warri) was removed after recent violence flared up in the Niger Delta.
| Abuja | Lagos | Enugu | Ijebu-Ode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Stadium | Teslim Balogun Stadium | Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium | Gateway Stadium | |
| Capacity: 60,491 | Capacity: 24,325 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | |
| Kano | Calabar | Kaduna | Bauchi | |
| Sani Abacha Stadium | U.J. Esuene Stadium | Ahmadu Bello Stadium | Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium | |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 16,500 | Capacity: 11,000 | |
The 2009 edition was under increasing threats from the armed rebel group The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and warned FIFA against hosting the tournament in Nigeria.[6] However, the militants were offered amnesty in exchange for laying down their weapons, and the tournament went on smoothly without any incidents.
The final draw for the group stage was held on 7 August 2009 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.[7] [8]
1.Teams that made their debut.
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
|---|---|---|
| AFC | Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) |
| CAF | Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) | Mamar Chabane (Algeria) Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt) |
| Koman Coulibaly (Mali) | Inácio Cândido (Angola) Redouane Achik (Morocco) | |
| Jerome Damon (South Africa) | Enock Molefe (South Africa) Kenneth Chichenga (Zambia) | |
| Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) | Jason Damoo (Seychelles) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) | |
| CONCACAF | Carlos Batres (Guatemala) | Carlos Pastrana (Honduras) Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) |
| Jair Marrufo (United States) | Charles Morgante (United States) Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica) | |
| CONMEBOL | Pablo Pozo (Chile) | Patricio Basualto (Chile) Francisco Mondria (Chile) |
| Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) | Emigdio Ruiz (Paraguay) Nicolas Yegros (Paraguay) | |
| Martín Vázquez (Uruguay) | Miguel Nievas (Uruguay) Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay) | |
| OFC | Michael Hester (New Zealand) | Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga) |
| UEFA | Howard Webb (England) | Michael Mullarkey (England) Darren Cann (England) |
| Stéphane Lannoy (France) | Eric Dansault (France) Laurent Ugo (France) | |
| Wolfgang Stark (Germany) | Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Volker Wezel (Germany) | |
| Viktor Kassai (Hungary) | Gábor Erős (Hungary) Tibor Vámos (Hungary) | |
| Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) | Geir Åge Holen (Norway) Dag Roger Nebben (Norway) | |
| Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) | Manuel Navarro (Switzerland) Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) |
See main article: 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads.
Teams were allocated to groups on the basis of geographical spread. Teams were placed in four pots, and one team was drawn from each pot for each group. Pot 1 contained the five African teams plus one from CONMEBOL; Pot 2 contained the remaining teams from the Americas excluding one CONCACAF team; Pot 3 consisted of teams from Asia and Oceania plus the remaining CONCACAF team; Pot 4 consisted of teams from the European confederation.
| width=20% | Pot 1 | width=20% | Pot 2 | width=20% | Pot 3 | width=20% | Pot 4 |
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| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sani Emmanuel | Nassim Ben Khalifa | Ramón Azeez | |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe | |
| Borja | Sani Emmanuel | Sebastián Gallegos | |
| 5 goals | 5 goals | 5 goals | |
| Golden Glove | |||
| Benjamin Siegrist | |||
| FIFA Fair Play Award | |||
Sergio Araujo
Son Heung-min Edafe Egbedi Stanley Okoro Adrià Carmona Isco Sergi Roberto
Muhammet Demir
Abdoulaye Ibrango
Gustavo Cuéllar
Federico Carraro Pietro Iemmello
Takumi Miyayoshi Lee Jong-ho Abdul Jeleel Ajagun Álvaro Morata Engin Bekdemir
Jack McInerney Esteban Espíndola Leandro González Pírez Esteban Orfano
Guilherme Neymar Wellington Nem Victor Nikiema Louckmane Ouédraogo Bertrand Traoré Zidane Zoungrana Jean Carlos Blanco Fabián Castillo Deiner Córdoba Jeison Murillo Héctor Quiñones Jorge Luis Ramos
Afshin Esmaeilzadeh Milad Gharibi Kaveh Rezaei Payam Sadeghian Giacomo Beretta Michele Camporese Shuto Kojima Kenyu Sugimoto Yoshiaki Takagi Kim Dong-jin Kim Jin-su Nam Seung-woo
Luke Milanzi
Miguel Basulto Carlos Campos Guillermo Madrigal Carlos Parra
Michael Built Jack Hobson-McVeigh Gordon Murie Ramón Azeez Terry Envoh Omoh Ojabu Kenneth Omeruo Javier Espinosa Pablo Sarabia Gökay Iravul Ufuk Özbek Ömer Ali Şahiner Furkan Şeker Nick Palodichuk Alex Shinsky José Rodríguez (against Switzerland)| width=20 | Rank | width=200 | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 21 | |||
| 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 16 | |||
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 9 | |||
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | |||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | |||
| Eliminated in the Round of 16 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 4 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 3 | |||
| Eliminated at the group stage | |||||||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 1 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 0 | |||
| 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 0 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | –5 | 0 | |||
| 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 | |||