2005 FIFA U 17 World Championship

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Host country Peru Champions Mexico (1st title)		Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities) Runners-up Brazil

Dates 16 September – 2 October Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)

The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate in this tournament. Mexico beat favorite Brazil by 3–0 in the final, making it the first U-17 Championship for Mexico.

Teams

USA is the only team to have qualified for all 11 tournaments so far, followed by Brazil and Australia who have each qualified 10 times. While Netherlands, Turkey, Peru, Gambia and Korea DPR are new to the competition.

Squads

For a list of the squads see 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

Carlos Vela of Mexico won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 111 goals were scored by 67 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.

5 goals

Carlos Vela

4 goals

Igor

Ramón

Éver Guzmán

3 goals