1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
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.
Matches
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
----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
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- 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
- 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
- Mahfoudh Al-Mukhaini