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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

2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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.

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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
  • John Goossens
  • Caner Erkin
  • Nuri Şahin
  • Tevfik Köse
    • 3 goals
  • César Villaluz
  • Choe Myong-ho
    • 2 goals
    1 goal
    Own goal
  • Sindei (playing against Netherlands)
  • Efraín Juárez (playing against Costa Rica)
  • Miguel Cárdenas (playing against Ghana)
  • Murat Duruer (playing against Uruguay)

    • References

    2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship Wikipedia
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