2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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:

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

•  Belgium
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Germany
•  Iceland
•  Netherlands
•  Poland
•  Slovenia¹(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.

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+02:00).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

All times are local (UTC+2)

Semifinals

Final

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Max Meyer

2 goals

• Leon Goretzka

1 goals

Tournament select squad

Source: UEFA Technical Report

References

External links

• Official website
• Official website

1. UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2. 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
3. 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
4. 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
5. 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
6. 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
7. 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
8. UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
9. 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
10. 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
11. 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
12. 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
13. 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
14. 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
15. 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
16. 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
17. 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
18. UEFA European Under-19 Championship
19. 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
20. 2021 UEFA European Under-17 Championship