2005 African U-17 Championship
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = African U-17 Championship
| year = 2005
| other_titles = African U-17 Championship 2005
| image = 2005 African U-17 Championship.png
| size = 162px
| caption =
| country = Gambia
| dates = 7–22 May
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|GAM}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fbu|17|GHA}}
| third_other = {{fbu|17|CIV}}
| fourth_other = {{fbu|17|RSA}}
| matches = 16
| goals = 48
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|GHA}} Opoku Agyemang
| player =
| update =
| prevseason = 2003
| nextseason = 2007
}}
The 2005 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Gambia. The top three teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Qualification
{{main|2005 African U-17 Championship qualification}}
=Qualified teams=
- {{fbu|17|BFA}}
- {{fbu|17|GAM}} (host nation)
- {{fbu|17|GHA}}
- {{fbu|17|CIV}}
- {{fbu|17|MLI}}
- {{fbu|17|NGR}}
- {{fbu|17|RSA}}
- {{fbu|17|ZIM}}
Group stage
=Group A=
| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||||||
| width="60%"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| width=185|Team
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pld| Played}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| W| Won}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| D| Drawn}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| L| Lost}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| GF| Goals for}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| GA| Goals against}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| GD| Goal difference}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| Pts| Points}} !width=391|Status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|GHA}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | rowspan=2|Advanced to the semifinals |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|GAM}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| bgcolor=#FF8888
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|MLI}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | rowspan=2|Eliminated and missed out on the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship |
| bgcolor=#FF8888
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|BFA}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5| | |||
| 2 | 3 |
|}
{{football box
|date = 7 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|GAM}}
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BFA}}
|goals1 = Sanna Nyassi {{goal|69}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 7 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|GHA}}
|score = 3–2
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|MLI}}
|goals1 = Michael {{goal|9}}
Appiah {{goal|72|pen.}}
Agyemang {{goal}}
|goals2 = Diabaté {{goal|8}}
Ansong {{goal|51|o.g.}}
|stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 10 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|GAM}}
|score = 3–2
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|MLI}}
|goals1 = Jallow {{goal|50|pen.}} {{goal|64}}
Ceesay {{goal|59}}
|goals2 = M. Traoré {{goal|48}}
Diabaté {{goal|65}}
|stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 10 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BFA}}
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|GHA}}
|goals1 = Akaminko {{goal|10|o.g.}}
Kiema {{goal|14}}
|goals2 = Agyemang {{goal|80|pen.}}
|stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 13 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|GAM}}
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|GHA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Agyemang {{goal|14}}
|stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 13 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MLI}}
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BFA}}
|goals1 = Diabaté {{goal|11}}
M. Traoré {{goal}}
Diarra {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = A. Traoré {{goal|64}}
|stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Group B=
| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||||||
| width="60%"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| width=185|Team
!width=20|{{Tooltip| Pld| Played}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| W| Won}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| D| Drawn}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| L| Lost}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| GF| Goals for}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| GA| Goals against}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| GD| Goal difference}} !width=20|{{Tooltip| Pts| Points}} !width=391|Status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|RSA}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | rowspan=2|Advanced to the semifinals |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|CIV}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| bgcolor=#FF8888
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|NGR}} |3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | rowspan=2|Eliminated and missed out on the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship |
| bgcolor=#FF8888
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|ZIM}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10| | |||
| 8 | 0 |
|}
{{football box
|date = 8 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NGR}}
|score = 2–2
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|RSA}}
|goals1 = Zenke {{goal|50}}
Wuya {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = Msomi {{goal|20}}
Nhlapo {{goal|43|pen.}}
|stadium = Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 8 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CIV}}
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ZIM}}
|goals1 = Fofana {{goal|63}} {{goal|68}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 11 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NGR}}
|score = 2–3
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CIV}}
|goals1 = Wuya {{goal|4}}
Zenke {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = Fofana {{goal|7}}
Kouassi {{goal|18}}
Kouadio {{goal|78}}
|stadium = Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 11 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|RSA}}
|score = 4–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ZIM}}
|goals1 = Nkambule {{goal|45}}
Siwahla {{goal|57}}
Nhlapo {{goal|65}}
Msomi {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = Mtandavari {{goal|34}}
|stadium = Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ZIM}}
|score = 1–4
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|NGR}}
|goals1 = Karuru {{goal|40}}
|goals2 = Zenke {{goal|37}}
Wuya {{goal|43}}
Chukwudi {{goal|62}} {{goal|69}}
|stadium = Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CIV}}
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|RSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Nhlapo {{goal|48}}
|stadium = Serrekunda Stadium, Serrekunda
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
Knock-out stage
=Semifinals=
{{football box
|date = 17 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|GHA}}
|score = 2 – 0 (a.e.t.)
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CIV}}
|goals1 = Abubakar {{goal|115}}
Agyemang {{goal|120}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 17 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|RSA}}
|score = 1 – 2
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|GAM}}
|goals1 = Sibeko {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = Sainey Nyassi {{goal|48}}
Ceesay {{goal|51}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
For winning their semifinals, Ghana and Gambia qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Ivory Coast and South Africa meeting in the third place playoff for the third and final place in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
=Third place playoff=
{{football box
|date = 21 May 2005
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CIV}}
|score = 1 – 0
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|17|RSA}}
|goals1 = Kouadio {{goal|87}}
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
For winning the third place playoff, Ivory Coast qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with South Africa missing out.
=Final=
{{football box
| date = 22 May 2005
| time =
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|GHA}}
| score = 0 – 1
| report = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4571381.stm
| team2 = {{fbu|17|GAM}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Jallow {{goal|87}}
| stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau
| attendance =
| referee =
| event =
| round =
| score1 =
| score2 =
}}
Winners
{{winners-other|2005 CAF Under-17 Championship|GAM|Gambia|First}}
Goalscorers
{{col-start}}
{{col-3}}
;4 goals
- {{flagicon|GHA}} Opoku Agyemang
;3 goals
- {{flagicon|CIV}} Ismaël Fofana
- {{flagicon|GAM}} Ousman Jallow
- {{flagicon|MLI}} Cheick Diabaté
- {{flagicon|NGR}} Simon Zenke
- {{flagicon|NGR}} Ibrahim Jibrin Wuya
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Tumelo Nhlapo
;2 goals
- {{flagicon|CIV}} Konan Serge Kouadio
- {{flagicon|GAM}} Momodou Ceesay
{{col-3}}
;2 goals, cont.
- {{flagicon|MLI}} Mahamane Traoré
- {{flagicon|NGR}} Samuel Chukwudi
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Sibusiso Msomi
;1 goal
- {{flagicon|BFA}} Marius Sibdou Kiema
- {{flagicon|BFA}} Alain Traoré
- {{flagicon|CIV}} Koffi Kouassi (footballer, born 1989)
- {{flagicon|GAM}} Sainey Nyassi
- {{flagicon|GAM}} Sanna Nyassi
- {{flagicon|GHA}} Awudu Abubakar
- {{flagicon|GHA}} George Appiah
{{col-3}}
;1 goal, cont.
- {{flagicon|GHA}} Banahene Michael
- {{flagicon|MLI}} Lassina Diarra
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Michael Nkambule
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Amos Sibeko
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Mkhanyiseli Siwahla
- {{flagicon|ZIM}} Ovidy Karuru
- {{flagicon|ZIM}} Victor Mtandavari
;Own goals
- {{flagicon|GHA}} Jerry Akaminko (for Burkina Faso)
- {{flagicon|GHA}} Emmanuel Ansong (for Mali)
{{col-end}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-u17-05.html RSSSF.com: African U-17 Championship 2005]
{{CAF African U-17 Football Championship}}
Category:International association football competitions hosted by the Gambia