Official Programme Slovenia 4-16 May 2012 UEFA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Sporočilo predsednika UEFA

On behalf of UEFA, it is my pleasure to wish the V imenu UEFA z velikim zadovoljstvom toplo participants, players, officials, fans and media a warm pozdravljam sodelujoče, nogometaše, sodnike, welcome to the beautiful and hospitable country of navijače in medije na evropskem prvenstvu UEFA Slovenia for the final round of the 2011/12 UEFA U-17 v prelepi in gostoljubni Sloveniji. Slovenija prvič European Under-17 Championship. Slovenia are gosti evropsko prvenstvo, ki bo za mnoge bodoče hosting their first continental final tournament and for nogometne zvezde tudi prvi nastop na mednarodni many stars of tomorrow it will also be a first ravni pod okriljem prvenstev UEFA za mlajše appearance on the international stage in a UEFA youth nogometaše, tako kot je bilo pred njimi za Cesca championship – just as it was for the likes of Cesc Fabregasa, Wayna Rooneyja, Bojana Krkića in Tonija Fàbregas, , Bojan Krkić and Kroosa. Sodelovanje na takšnih tekmovanjih before them. Participation in such events provides nogometašem prinaša neprecenljive mednarodne invaluable international experience and a crucial step izkušnje in zanje pomeni pomemben korak v začetku between grassroots and top football for players at the njihovih karier na poti od amaterskega do članskega beginning of their careers. Youth tournaments help nogometa. Turnirji za mlade nogometaše mladim junior talents develop in footballing terms but also talentom pomagajo razviti nogometne in osebnostne personally, encouraging mutual respect between lastnosti ter spodbujajo medsebojno spoštovanje med players, coaches, officials and fans. nogometaši, trenerji, sodniki in navijači.

Fifty-two UEFA member national associations were V kvalifikacijah je sodelovalo dvainpetdeset članic involved in the qualifying rounds. In addition to UEFA. Čestitam Sloveniji, ki je na prvenstvo uvrščena Slovenia, who qualified automatically as hosts, I neposredno kot gostiteljica, in preostalim sedmim congratulate the other seven teams who earned their reprezentancam, ki so si vstopnico za evropsko ticket via a very competitive qualification phase, prvenstvo prislužile v zahtevnih kvalifikacijah, vključno including holders the Netherlands. I would like to z branilko naslova Nizozemsko. Iskreno se zahvaljujem extend my sincere thanks to the Football Association Nogometni zvezi Slovenije in njenemu predsedniku of Slovenia (NZS) and its president Aleksander Aleksandru Čeferinu, celotnemu organizacijskemu Čeferin, as well as to the whole local organising odboru ter vsem štirim mestom za njihovo čudovito Respect is a key principle of football and the Spoštovanje je ključno nogometno načelo in temeljna committee and the four host cities for their delo in predanost organizaciji prvenstva, ki bo cornerstone of UEFA’s values. Respect for the Game, vrednota UEFA. Slogan »Spoštovanje igre, raznolikosti marvellous work and dedication in organising what is nedvomno zelo uspešno. Diversity and the Environment is a message UEFA in okolja« je sporočilo, ki ga UEFA širi na vseh svojih certain to be a highly successful championship. promotes at all its matches – with the aim of tekmah – s ciljem ohranjanja integritete in zdravja Michel Platini preserving the integrity and health of the sport at all športa na vseh ravneh zaščite in ohranjanja Predsednik UEFA levels, of protecting and perpetuating the values of nogometnih vrednot in izkazovanja solidarnosti. football, and of showing solidarity. The Respect Kampanja Respect poudarja prizadevanje UEFA pri campaign highlights UEFA’s commitment to banishing preganjanju vseh oblik nasilja in diskriminacije ter pri all forms of violence and discrimination, and to spodbujanju spoštovanja ne le do sodnikov, promoting respect not only for referees, opponents nasprotnikov in uradnega osebja, temveč tudi do Michel Platini and match officials, but also for rival supporters, navijačev nasprotnika, državnih himen in zastav. UEFA President national anthems and flags. It encourages Spodbuja človekoljubno pomoč in spoštovanje humanitarian aid and respect for fan culture, navijaške kulture, medkulturni dialog in zdrav način intercultural dialogue and a healthy lifestyle. Join in življenja. Pridruži se našemu pozivu k spoštovanju in our call for Respect and help us spread the message. nam pomagaj razširiti sporočilo. Football unites in the spirit of Respect. Nogomet združuje v duhu spoštovanja.

02/03 W elcome to Slovenia Dobrodošli v Sloveniji

“The world stands on the shoulders of young people” Slovenski pregovor pravi: »Na mladih svet stoji.« To is a Slovenian saying meaning that young people pomeni, da so mladi naša prihodnost in tako je tudi v represent our future. The same is true in football. If nogometu. Brez vlaganja v mlade nogometa v we do not not invest in youth, there will be no football prihodnosti ne bo. Nogometni zvezi Slovenije je delo z tomorrow. The Football Association of Slovenia (NZS) mladimi zelo pomembno, zato sem posebno vesel, da regards youth development as very important, which nam je pripadla čast, da lahko organiziramo evropsko is why I am pleased and honoured we are hosting the prvenstvo za nogometaše do 17 let. Organizacija UEFA European Under-17 Championship final takšnega prvenstva je velik in zahteven projekt, ki tournament. Staging a tournament of this calibre is a smo se ga lotili z veseljem. Nogomet je daleč najbolj demanding challenge and one the NZS was pleased priljubljen in razširjen šport pri nas. Kjub temu, da je to take on. Football is by far the most popular sport in Slovenija majhna država, smo na nogometnem Slovenia and although we are a very small country, področju dosegli velike uspehe, saj smo se uvrstili že we have enjoyed some great successes at na dve svetovni prvenstvi FIFA in na evropsko international level, having already qualified for two prvenstvo UEFA 2000. FIFA World Cups and UEFA EURO 2000. Slovenija bo seveda storila vse, da bi se uvrstila tudi Slovenia will, of course, be doing everything to qualify na naslednje svetovno prvenstvo. Nobena država pa for the next World Cup too, but without a new ne more gojiti takšnih ambicij brez mladih generation of young players – many of whom will go nogometašev, ki bodo na njem igrali. Več jih bo on to become the international stars of tomorrow – postalo svetovnih nogometnih zvezdnikov. Tega no country can harbour such ambitions. What makes prvenstva se veselimo še posebej, saj bomo na njem tournaments such as this especially exciting is that lahko videli bodoče zvezde svetovnega nogometa. they offer us a chance to glimpse these future stars Pričakujem tekmovanje v duhu »fair playja« in čimveč in action. I expect to see a demonstration of the spirit gledalcev na tekmah, predvsem pa mladih in to ne le of fair play, not only from players aspiring to become tistih, ki želijo postati vrhunski nogometaši, pač pa elite footballers, but from everyone who loves and tudi tistih, ki imajo nogomet preprosto radi. respects the game. Aleksander Čeferin Aleksander Čeferin Predsednik Nogometne zveze Slovenije Football Association of Slovenia president

04/05 Milenko Ačimovič represented Slovenia as a Milenko Ačimovič, nekdanji vezist slovenske at UEFA EURO 2000 and the 2002 FIFA reprezentance, je Slovenijo zastopal na evropskem AT A GLANCE World Cup, and played for FK Crvena zvezda, prvenstvu leta 2000 in svetovnem prvenstvu leta NA PRVI POGLED Tottenham Hotspur FC, LOSC Lille Métropole and 2002. Igral je tudi za Crveno zvezdo, Tottenham FK Austria Wien before returning home, where the Hotspur FC, LOSC Lille Metropole in pred 35-year-old is now sporting director at his old zaključkom kariere za dunajsko Austrio. 35-letnik is Slovenia’s capital and largest city, Ljubljana je prestolnica Slovenije in z 270.000 club, NK Olimpija Ljubljana. je zdaj športni direktor pri svojem nekdanjem with a population of 270,000, while Maribor, prebivalci njeno največje mesto, medtem ko v klubu, NK Olimpija Ljubljana. the nation’s second largest settlement, is home Mariboru, drugem največjem slovenskem “I am very pleased the final will be played in my to 95,000 people. Both cities are famous for mestu, živi 95.000 ljudi. Obe mesti se lahko Ljubljana, the most beautiful city in the world. When I »Vesel sem, da bo finale v moji Ljubljani, najlepšem their old towns, and boast impressive nightlife pohvalita s starima mestnima jedroma in was playing abroad, I was always thrilled to come mestu na svetu. Ko sem igral v tujini, sem se vedno on the banks of their rivers, the Ljubljanica in živahnim nočnim življenjem na obrežju njunih home; every time the national team got together I veselil povratka domov; vsakič, ko se je reprezentanca Ljubljana and the Drava in Maribor. rek, Ljubljanice v Ljubljani in Drave v Mariboru. would look forward to spending a day or two in zbrala, sem se veselil dneva ali dveh v Ljubljani. Ljubljana, and living here is great because you are Življenje v Ljubljani je odlično, smo namreč le uro DON’T MISS NE SPREGLEJTE only a one-hour drive from the mountains, the lakes, vožnje oddaljeni od gora, jezer, vinogradov the vineyards and the sea. in morja.« Tromostovje (the three bridges) in Ljubljana Tromostovje v Ljubljani For pedestrians only, these three crossings of Ti trije mostovi, ki se križajo nad Ljubljanico, “I spend a lot of my spare time in Tivoli park, »Veliko svojega prostega časa preživim v parku Tivoli, the River Ljubljanica are a great start to an so namenjeni le pešcem in so odličen začetek watching my son Mateo chase a ball around, or in the kjer opazujem sina Matea, kako se podi za žogo, ali pa exploration of the capital’s sights. raziskovanja znamenitosti Ljubljane. old city, which is always lively. It is also nice to v starem mestnem središču, kjer je vselej živahno. escape into the countryside in Styria and Prekmurje, Lepo je pobegniti tudi na deželo, na Štajersko in v and even though NK Maribor are my club’s biggest Prekmurje. Čeprav je NK Maribor največji tekmec The European Capital of Culture Evropska prestolnica kulture rivals, I have always liked Slovenia’s second city and mojega kluba, mi je bilo mesto Maribor vedno zelo 412 different events in Maribor are marking the 412 različnih dogodkov v Mariboru zaznamuje the nearby Pohorje hills, which have excellent hotels všeč, posebej bližnje pohorsko hribovje, ki se lahko city’s term as one of the European Union’s eno od dveh kulturnih prestolnic Evropske and spas. pohvali z odličnimi hoteli in zdravilišči.« official cultural hubs for 2012. unije leta 2012. “The U17 finals have had me thinking back to my first »Evropsko prvenstvo za nogometaše do 17 let me steps as a footballer. We loved playing for the national spominja na moje prve nogometne korake. Tedaj smo Kmečka pojedina (peasant feast) Kmečka pojedina youth teams, so I urge all the players to give it their z veseljem igrali za mlajše selekcije reprezentance, National dish of cooked pickled turnip or Narodna jed, ki je sestavljena iz kuhanega zelja best shot, and play with passion. I want them to treat zato pozivam vse nogometaše, da dajo vse od sebe in sauerkraut served with smoked pork, ali repe, prekajene svinjine, pečenic ali krvavic every match like it is the biggest of their careers, but igrajo s strastjo. Želim si, da bi vsako tekmo doživljali sausages (pečenica) or black pudding ter ajdovih žgancev in krompirja. also to enjoy the beauties of our country.” kot največjo v svoji karieri, hkrati pa uživali v lepotah (krvavica) and served with buckwheat porridge naše države.« (žganci) or potatoes.

Lendava Maribor

Domžale

Ljubljana SLOVENIJA

SLOVENIA Ljubljana’s historic centre/Zgodovinsko središče Ljubljane

06/07 Venues PRIZORIŠČA the fastest boot just got a brain Ljubljana Maribor

Stadium: ŠRC Stožice Stadium: Capacity: 15,799 Capacity: 12,400 Home of: NK Olimpija Ljubljana Home of: NK Maribor Matches: Three group stage matches, semi-finals, final Matches: Three group stage matches Distances: Lendava 214km, Maribor 122km, Domžale 16km Distances: Lendava 88 km, Domžale 111 km, Ljubljana 122 km Did you know? Did you know? Slovenia’s largest stadium was opened on 11 August 2010 with Ljudski vrt stands on the site of the 19th century Volksgarten Slovenia’s 2-0 win against Australia, drawing a record crowd of stadium, which hosted 18 national team games, as well over 21,000 a month later for a show by local comedians Jurij as NK Maribor’s home games in the 1999/2000 UEFA Zrnec and Lado Bizovičar. Champions League.

Stadion: ŠRC Stožice Stadion: Ljudski vrt Kapaciteta: 15,799 Kapaciteta: 12,400 Na njem igra: NK Olimpija Ljubljana Na njem igra: NK Maribor Tekme: Tri tekme skupinskega dela, polfinale, finale Tekme: Tri tekme skupinskega dela ALI STE VEDELI? ALI STE VEDELI? Največji slovenski stadion je bil odprt 11. avgusta 2010, ko je Ljudski vrt stoji na mestu javnega drevesnega parka iz 19. Slovenija z 2:0 premagala Avstralijo, rekordni obisk 21.000 stoletja. Dolgo je bil največji slovenski stadion, gostil je 18 obiskovalcev pa je stadion zabeležil le mesec dni pozneje na reprezentančnih tekem in tekme NK Maribor v Ligi prvakov v predstavi komikov Jurija Zrneca in Lada Bizovičarja. sezoni 1999/2000.

Lendava Domžale

Stadium: Športni park Stadium: Športni park Capacity: 2,170 Capacity: 3,000 Home of: NK Nafta Lendava Home of: NK Domžale Matches: Three group stage matches Matches: Three group stage matches Distances: Maribor 88 km, Domžale 198 km, Ljubljana 214 km Distances: Lendava 198km, Maribor 111km, Ljubljana 16km Did you know? Did you know? NK Nafta Lendava were renamed to namecheck the local oil Under future Slovenia coach Slaviša Stojanović, NK Domžale industry after being promoted to the top league in Yugoslavia won their only Slovenian titles in 2007 and 2008, while in 2006 in 1946, having been Slovenia’s first national champions after Športni park staged the club’s 1-0 UEFA Cup first round win prove you’re fast World War II. against VfB Stuttgart. Stadion: Športni park Stadion: Športni park Kapaciteta: 2,170 Kapaciteta: 3,000 Compete on the pitch and measure your speed. Then share your Na njem igra: NK Nafta Lendava Na njem igra: NK Domžale Tekme: Tri tekme skupinskega dela stats online and compare with other players. Think you’re fast? Tekme: Tri tekme skupinskega dela ALI STE VEDELI? Leave zero doubt with adizero f50 powered by miCoach. ALI STE VEDELI? NK Nafta Lendava je današnje ime dobil po lendavskem S trenutnim selektorjem članske reprezentance Slavišo naftnem podjetju, potem ko je leta 1946 napredoval v prvo Stojanovićem je NK Domžale osvojil naslova državnega prvaka jugoslovansko ligo. Nafta Lendava je bila prvi slovenski v letih 2007 in 2008. Leta 2006 so Domžalčani v pokalu UEFA adidas.com/football nogometni državni prvak po drugi svetovni vojni. doma z 1:0 premagali VfB Stuttgart.

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As the finalists set their sights on the title, we look at Medtem ko udeleženci evropskega prvenstva že eight of the key players raising the hopes of razmišljajo o evropskem naslovu, smo pod drobnogled their nations. vzeli osem nogometašev, ki bodo v svojih reprezentancah igrali ključne vloge.

A ntHONy Martial C oRENTIN Fiore D iaaVIT Jik Do in HoTIČ

Like , Martial The R. Standard de Liège Though he did not score The NK Maribor midfielder started out at CO Les Ulis youngster is a left-footed in the elite round, striker combines skill on the ball and he showed his scoring central defender who Jikia is dangerous on the with impressive drive, a touch with seven goals in showcases his mental ball and his speed helps battling instinct and the eye six qualifiers. strength and leadership Georgia’s pressing game. for a defence-splitting pass. skills as captain. Tako kot Thierry V elitnem krogu Henry, je tudi Martial Srednji branilec je član kvalifikacij sicer ni svojo kariero začel kluba R.Standard de Liège, zadel, je pa Jikia pri klubu CO Les Ulis. ki ga v vlogi kapetana nogometaš, ki je Vezist NK Maribor združuje Izjemen talent reprezentance odlikujejo zelo nevaren z žogo bogato tehnično znanje, za doseganje golov predvsem vodstvene njegova hitrost pa ima eksplozivnost, borbenost, je dokazal s sedmimi sposobnosti in velik pomen v napadalni odlikuje pa ga tudi oko za zadetki na šestih močan značaj. igri Gruzije. zadnjo podajo. kvalifikacijskih tekmah.

H jörtUR Hermannsson M aRIUSZ Stępiński Tnno y Trindade de Vilhena

Defender and team Coach Stefan Böger calls Nicknamed ‘Goal The attacking midfielder leader Hermannsson midfielder Goretzka “my Machine’, the prolific struck twice in the made his Icelandic representative on the striker made his RTS Netherlands’ 2011 final league breakthrough with pitch”. Mature beyond his Widzew Łódź debut aged triumph and his Fylkir in 2011 and joins years, he is a particular 16 years and 200 days – creativity earned PSV Eindhoven after danger going forward. a club record. him his the finals. debut in January. Selektor Stefan Böger za Napadalec z vzdevkom Branilcu in vodji Leona Goretzko pravi, da Stroj za gole je v klubu reprezentance je preboj je njegova desna roka na RTS Widzew Łódź Napadalni vezist je v islandski ligi uspel leta igrišču. Nadpovprečno zrel postavil klubski rekord, v finalu evropskega 2011 pri klubu Fylkir, po za svoja leta je nevaren saj je debitiral pri starosti prvenstva 2011 zadel koncu sezone pa predvsem v napadih. 16 let in 200 dni. dvakrat, januarja pa je je prestopil v po zaslugi izjemne PSV Eindhoven. domiselnosti v svoji igri debitiral pri Feyenoordu.

10/11 Flsb a h ack 2011 THE S ORY SO FAR Pogled v leto 2011 PREHOJENA POT

As the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship reaches its climax in Slovenia, we take our pick of The number of some of the competition’s key facts and figures. Število različnih different winners in zmagovalcev na desetih ten editions of the U17 Medtem ko evropsko prvenstvo UEFA U-17 v Sloveniji evropskih prvenstvih U-17. championship; only dosega svoj vrhunec, smo pod drobnogled vzeli nekaj Le Španija je zmagala Spain in 2007 and ključnih dejstev in številk. dvakrat, leta 2007 2008 have in 2008. triumphed twice.

Število zadetkov Madžara Gergelyja Bobála, najboljšega strelca kvalifikacij, 9 ki je osem zadetkov dosegel iz vsega 11 strelov.

Number of goals scored by Hungary’s 8 Gergely Bobál, the highest total in qualifying, which he managed from only 11 shots. Rekordno število gledalcev na tekmi elitnega kroga kvalifikacij, ki so v Tbilisiju was at the heart of the Netherlands’ videli zmago Gruzije nad Ukrajino z first UEFA European Under-17 Championship 1:0, s katero se je Gruzija uvrstila Slovenia are the triumph in Serbia last year. The Arsenal FC na prvenstvo pred Španijo 32nd of the 53 UEFA midfielder was the final tournament’s joint top in Anglijo. member nations to play scorer with three goals, including one in his side’s 32 in the finals since 5-2 triumph over Germany in the final. “This is a this became a dream come true – when we were little boys we U17 competition dreamed of becoming European champions in the in 2001/02. national team,” Ebecilio said after the final. Slovenija je 32. od 53 članic UEFA, ki se je 12,000 Kyle Ebecilio je bil na lanskem evropskem uvrstila na prvenstvo, odkar prvenstvu UEFA U-17 v Srbiji v ospredju je to v sezoni 2001/2002 nizozemskega zmagoslavja. Vezist kluba Arsenal postalo prvenstvo FC si je s tremi doseženimi zadetki, vključno z reprezentanc U-17. The elite round enim ob finalni zmagi nad Nemčijo s 5:2, delil record crowd that saw naziv najboljšega strelca prvenstva. »Uresničile so Georgia beat Ukraine se mi sanje. Že kot majhni otroci smo sanjali o 1-0 in Tbilisi to qualify igranju za reprezentanco in o zmagi na evropskem ahead of Spain prvenstvu,« je po finalu dejal Ebecilio. and England.

12/13 FRANCE Best performance: winners 2004 Najboljša uvrstitev: prvaki 2004 Group A matches: Iceland 4 May, Tekme v skupini A: Islandija 4. maja, FRANCIJA Georgia 7 May, Germany 10 May Gruzija 7. maja, Nemčija 10. maja

COACH Trener

Jean-Claude Giuntini 14/12/1956

Once a trainee centre-back with his local side Giuntini, nekdaj branilec mlajših selekcij svojega , Giuntini oversaw domačega kluba Olympique de Marseille, je po development in the Rhone region in 1998 after nastopih za številne klube od leta 1998 bdel nad spells with several clubs. He became national razvojem nogometašev v porečju Rone. Julija 2010 Under-16 coach in July 2010, subsequently moving je postal selektor reprezentance U-16, isto moštvo on with the same side to U17 level. pa je nato prevzel tudi v kategoriji U-17.

QUALIF YING STATISTICS Statistika kvalifikacij

Date of birth Appearances Goals Club Datum rojstva Nastopi Goli Klub Goalkeepers/Vratarji Mouez Hassen 05/03/1995 0 0 OGC Nice Axel Kacou 01/08/1995 0 0 AS Saint-Étienne Mike Maignan 03/07/1995 6 0 Paris Saint-Germain FC Elite round wins against Italy, Switzerland and Zmage v elitnem krogu kvalifikacij proti Italiji, Švici in Švedski

Sweden propelled France to a sixth successive U17 so Francijo popeljale na šesto zaporedno evropsko Defenders/Branilci final tournament. They last won this competition on prvenstvo. Zadnje prvenstvo, in to doma, so Francozi osvojili Yassine Amrioui 21/02/1995 1 0 AS Nancy-Lorraine home soil in 2004, with a side featuring future senior leta 2004. V reprezentanci so tedaj igrali , Hatem Franck Bambock 07/04/1995 3 0 Paris Saint-Germain FC internationals Samir Nasri, and Karim Ben Arfa in . Les Mini-Bleus (Mali modri) so Jean-Charles Castelletto 26/01/1995 5 0 AJ Auxerre Benzema. Les Mini-Bleus also reached the final in leta 2008 igrali v finalu, leta 2011 Selektorja Patricka Yarouba Cissako 08/01/1995 3 0 AS Monaco FC 2008 but went no further than the group stage in Gonfaloneja je nasledil Jean-Claude Giuntini in se z igralci, ki Pierre Ertel 28/05/1995 2 0 2011. Since then, Jean-Claude Giuntini has moved up jih je vodil že v reprezentanci U16, povzpel za stopnico višje, Brian Landini 01/01/1995 4 0 Le Havre AC Clément Lenglet 17/06/1995 6 0 AS Nancy-Lorraine a level along with the players he had led as U16 boss. pomaknil stopnico višje. V njegovi ekipi med drugimi Louis Nganioni 03/06/1995 4 0 Olympique Lyonnais His side features impressive Paris Saint-Germain FC nastopata preprečljivi vratar kluba Paris Saint-Germain Mike goalkeeper Mike Maignan and prolific Olympique Maignan in »golgeter« kluba Olympique Anthony /Vezisti Lyonnais forward Anthony Martial – who scored Martial, ki je na šestih kvalifikacijskih tekmah dosegel Dolan Bahamboula 22/05/1995 4 0 AS Nancy-Lorraine seven goals in six qualifying games. “We’re happy sedem zadetkov. »Vsi smo zadovoljni s tem, kako smo se Daniel Brunard 04/03/1995 2 1 SM Caen with how we qualified and how the lads took on uvrstili, in s tem, kako so nogometaši sprejeli sporočilo, ki Mohamed Chemlal 08/02/1995 6 4 SM Caen the message we gave them,” Giuntini said. “Our first smo jim ga želeli predati,« pojasnjuje Giuntini. »Svoj prvi cilj Seko Fofana 07/05/1995 4 1 FC Lorient goal has been achieved.” smo že dosegli.« Zakarie Labidi 08/02/1995 5 1 Olympique Lyonnais Thomas Lemar 12/11/1995 5 0 SM Caen Jonathan Mexique 10/03/1995 2 0 Le Mans FC Qalifngu yi round - group 10 Elite round - group 1 Rémi Walter 26/04/1995 3 0 AS Nancy-Lorraine KVALIFIKACIJE - Skupina 10 ELITNI KROG - Skupina 1

Team P W D L F A Pts Team P W D L F A Pts Forwards/Napadalci France 3 3 0 0 11 0 9 France* 3 3 0 0 6 2 9 Jean Corentin 15/07/1995 6 2 ES Troyes AC Luxembourg* 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 Sweden 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 Anthony Martial 05/12/1995 6 7 Olympique Lyonnais Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 Italy 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 Hervin Ongenda 24/06/1995 4 0 Paris Saint-Germain FC Faroe Islands 3 0 1 2 1 9 1 Switzerland 3 0 0 3 2 6 0 Wesley Said 19/04/1995 3 1 Stade Rennais FC

France 5-0(f) Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland 0-1 Luxembourg, France 1-0 Italy, Sweden 2-0 Switzerland, For the official squad list see UEFA.com/Za uraden izbor igralcev poglejte na UEFA.com Northern Ireland 3-0(f) Faroe Islands, Luxembourg 0-2 France, Italy 0-0 Sweden, France 2-1 Switzerland, France 4-0 Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands 1-1 Luxembourg Sweden 1-3 France, Switzerland 1-2 Italy (f) Match forfeited /Brez boja *Host/Gostitelj

14/15 INDCELA Best performance: group stage 2007 Najboljša uvrstitev: skupinski del 2007 Group A matches: France 4 May, Tekme v skupini A: Francija 4. maja, Islandija Germany 7 May, Georgia 10 May Nemčija 7. maja, Gruzija 10. maja

COACH Trener

Gunnar Gudmundsson 08/04/1966

Gudmundsson played for a host of Icelandic clubs and Igral je za več islandskih klubov, trenersko pot je began as a youth coach with SV Hamburger, taking začel kot trener mladincev kluba SV Hamburger, over his country’s U17s in 2009. Gudmundsson came nato pa prevzel islandsko reprezentanco U-17 leta close to taking the team beyond the qualifying round 2009. Gudmundsson je bil leta 2010 blizu temu, da bi in 2010 and again a year later before finally reaching moštvo popeljal čez zadnji kvalifikacijski krog, kar mu the finals in 2012. je uspelo leto dni kasneje, ko je reprezentanco pripeljal na prvenstvo 2012.

QUALIF YING STATISTICS Statistika kvalifikacij

Date of birth Appearances Goals Club Datum rojstva Nastopi Goli Klub Goalkeepers/Vratarji Runar Runarsson 18/02/1995 0 0 KR Reykjavík Fannar Hafsteinsson 30/06/1995 6 0 KA Akureyri

Qualifying for only the second time (in an eight-team Ob šele drugi uvrstitvi na zaključni turnir (v sistemu z Defenders/Branilci tournament) after their debut appearance in 2007, osmimi udeleženci) po debiju leta 2007 je Islandija odločena Adam Örn Arnarson 27/08/1995 6 0 Breidablik Iceland are determined to put on a good show and pokazati dobro igro in slediti zgledu prejšnje generacije, ki je Ósvald Traustason 22/01/1995 6 0 Breidablik follow the path of that earlier team who formed the tvorila jedro ekipe, ki se je leta 2011 uvrstila na evropsko Hjörtur Hermannsson 08/02/1995 6 0 Fylkir basis of the squad who progressed to the 2011 UEFA prvenstvo UEFA do 21 let na Danskem. Selektor Gunnar Ingiberg Ólafur Jónsson 03/03/1995 2 0 Breidablik European Under-21 Championship in . Gudmundsson pravi, da bi ta uspeh lahko predstavljal Dadi Bergsson 11/03/1995 6 2 Thróttur Reykjavík Coach Gunnar Gudmundsson believes that success navdih tudi današnji zasedbi: »To je mojim fantom pokazalo, could be a pointer for the current group. “It showed da je s trudom mogoče doseči vse. Radi bi se še bolj Midfielders/Vezisti Orri Sigurdur Ómarsson 18/02/1995 6 0 AGF Århus my boys that anything is possible if you work hard,” izkazali in upam, da bo to nekoč pozitivno vplivalo tudi na Emil Ásmundsson 08/01/1995 6 1 Fylkir he said. “Now they want to do better and hopefully našo člansko reprezentanco.« Njegova ekipa je polna Aevar Jóhannesson 31/01/1995 4 0 KA Akureyri one day it will have positive benefits for the senior močnih osebnosti, ki jih ob podpori Oliverja Sigurjónssona in Oliver Sigurjónsson 03/03/1995 5 1 AGF Århus international team.” His team are full of strong Orrija Sigurdurja Ómarssona vodi kapetan Hjörtur Kristján Flóki Finnbogason 12/01/1995 6 2 FH Hafnarfjördur characters led by captain Hjörtur Hermannsson with Hermannsson. Ključna osebnost moštva v napadu je Stefán Páll Thorsteinsson 20/10/1995 6 2 Breidablik good support from Oliver Sigurjónsson and Orri Thór Pálsson. Bergvin Jóhannsson 22/01/1995 0 0 Thór Akureyri Sigurdur Ómarsson. Stefán Thór Pálsson is a crucial Aron Heiddal 30/01/1995 1 0 Stjarnan figure in launching attacks. Sindri Björnsson 29/03/1995 1 0 Leiknir Reykjavík

Forwards/Napadalci Qalifngu yi round - group 13 Elite round - group 6 Stefán Thór Pálsson 31/05/1995 6 1 Breidablik KVALIFIKACIJE - Skupina 13 ELITNI KROG - Skupina 6 Gunnlaugur Birgisson 04/06/1995 6 1 Breidablik Team P W D L F A Pts Team P W D L F A Pts Svavar Berg Jóhannsson 16/04/1995 2 0 Selfoss Iceland 3 2 0 1 3 5 6 Iceland 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 Elías Már Ómarsson 18/01/1995 3 0 Keflavík Switzerland 3 1 1 1 7 4 4 Denmark 3 2 1 0 8 5 7 Greece 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 Scotland* 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 For the official squad list see UEFA.com/Za uraden izbor igralcev poglejte na UEFA.com Israel* 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 Lithuania 3 0 0 3 1 8 0 Greece 4-1 Israel, Switzerland 5-1 Iceland, Denmark 2-2 Iceland, Scotland 1-0 Lithuania, Greece 0-1 Iceland, Israel 3-2 Switzerland, Denmark 3-1 Lithuania, Iceland 1-0 Scotland, Switzerland 0-0 Greece, Iceland 1-0 Israel Scotland 2-3 Denmark, Lithuania 0-4 Iceland *Host/Gostitelj

16/17 GEGIAOR Best performance: quarter-finals 2002 Najboljša uvrstitev: četrtfinalisti 2002 Group A matches: Germany 4 May, Tekme v skupini A: Nemčija 4. maja, Gruzija France 7 May, Iceland 10 May Francija 7. maja, Islandija 10. maja

COACH Trener

Vasil Maisuradze 10/01/1971

Maisuradze was an intelligent defender who filled Maisuradze je bil inteligenten branilec, ki je igral na the libero role and won a Georgian title with FC položaju libera in je s klubom FC Torpedo Kutaisi Torpedo Kutaisi. He stopped playing at the age of 29 osvojil naslov gruzijskega prvaka. Igralsko kariero and as well as coaching Georgia also works with FC je končal pri 29 letih, razen selektorske funkcije pri Dinamo Tbilisi’s reserves. reprezentanci Gruzije do 17 let pa opravlja tudi delo trenerja rezervnega moštva kluba FC Dinamo Tbilisi.

QUALIF YING STATISTICS Statistika kvalifikacij

Date of birth Appearances Goals Club Datum rojstva Nastopi Goli Klub Goalkeepers/Vratarji Aleksandre Adamia 09/04/1995 5 0 FC Olimpi Tbilisi Nika Shermadini 08/01/1995 1 0 FC Olimpi Tbilisi

Georgia pulled off the biggest surprise in qualifying by Gruzija je največje presenečenje kvalifikacij. V skupini 3 Defenders/Branilci finishing above former champions Spain and England elitnega kroga je prehitela celo nekdanji prvakinji Španijo in Aliko Chakvetadze 28/03/1995 1 0 FC Olimpi Tbilisi to win elite round Group 3. They drew 1-1 with Spain, Anglijo ter na koncu osvojila prvo mesto. S Španijo je Lasha Dvali 14/05/1995 2 0 FC Olimpi Tbilisi beat England with a last-gasp Giorgi Papunashvili goal remizirala z 1:1, Anglijo je premagala z zadetkom Giorgija Giorgi Gabadze 02/03/1995 2 0 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi and then, in front of an elite-round record crowd of Papunashvilija v izdihljajih tekme in nato pred 12.000 Otar Kakabadze 27/06/1995 5 0 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 12,000, overcame Ukraine 1-0 to book a place in gledalci, kar je rekorden obisk v elitnem krogu kvalifikacij, Aleksandre Gureshidze 23/04/1995 1 0 FC Dinamo Tbilisi Slovenia. Papunashvili, a tireless, versatile midfield premagala Ukrajino z 1:0 ter se uvrstila na prvenstvo v Tsotne Keburia 24/02/1995 1 0 FC Olimpi Tbilisi player was particularly influential along with speedy Sloveniji. Papunashvili, neutrudni vsestranski vezist, je še Giga Samkharadze 28/04/1995 3 0 FC Dinamo Tbilisi Nika Tchanturia 19/01/1995 5 1 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi striker Davit Jikia, who ensured that Georgia’s posebej blestel ob hitrem napadalcu Davitu Jikii, ki je skrbel pressing game began at the front. Further back coach za gruzijski pritisk že v konici napada. Za poveljnika Midfielders/Vezisti Vasil Maisuradze had Lasha Dvali to marshal his obrambe je selektor Vasil Maisuradze postavil Lasho Dvalija, Giorgi Aburjania 02/01/1995 4 0 FC Olimpi Tbilisi defence – and avert threats both in the air and on the ki skrbi za red v kazenskem prostoru. »Nihče ni pričakoval, Nika Akhvlediani 20/05/1995 5 1 FC Baia Zugdidi floor. “Nobody expected us to win the group in the da bomo v svoji skupini elitnega kroga kvalifikacij zmagali, Chiaber Chechelashvili 10/10/1995 5 3 FC Dinamo Tbilisi elite round, but we have to forget about recent toda na dosedanje rezultate moramo pozabiti,« pravi Giorgi Gorozia 26/03/1995 5 0 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi results now,” said Maisuradze as he looked ahead to Maisuradze med pričakovanjem prvega evropskega Tornike Machavariani 22/09/1995 3 0 FC Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia’s first finals appearance since 2002, when prvenstva Gruzije po letu 2002, ko so Gruzijci igrali Archil Meskhi 02/11/1995 2 0 FC Dinamo Tbilisi they were quarter-finalists. v četrtfinalu. Giorgi Papunashvili 02/09/1995 6 2 FC Dinamo Tbilisi Mate Tsintsadze 07/01/1995 5 0 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi Qalifngu yi round - group 8 Elite round - group 3 KVALIFIKACIJE - Skupina 8 ELITNI KROG - Skupina 3 Forwards/Napadalci Team P W D L F A Pts Team P W D L F A Pts Dato Dartsimelia 28/01/1995 4 0 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi Sweden 3 2 1 0 5 0 7 Georgia* 3 2 1 0 3 1 7 Davit Jikia 10/01/1995 3 0 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi Georgia 3 2 0 1 5 5 6 Spain 3 1 2 0 7 3 5 Ilia Kerdzevadze 19/01/1996 3 0 FC Olimpi Tbilisi Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 England 3 1 0 2 1 5 3 Aleko Mzevashvili 10/03/1995 3 1 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi Moldova* 3 0 0 3 1 7 0 Ukraine 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 Roman Tchanturia 09/02/1996 2 0 Empoli FC Vano Tsilosani 09/11/1995 3 0 FC Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia 3-2 Bulgaria, Sweden 3-0 Moldova, Spain 1-1 Georgia, England 1-0 Ukraine, Bulgaria 0-0 Sweden, Georgia 2-1 Moldova, Georgia 1-0 England, Spain 2-2 Ukraine, For the official squad list see UEFA.com/Za uraden izbor igralcev poglejte na UEFA.com Sweden 2-0 Georgia, Moldova 0-2 Bulgaria England 0-4 Spain, Ukraine 0-1 Georgia *Host/Gostitelj

18/19 Best performance: winners 2009 Najboljša uvrstitev: prvaki 2009 GERMANY (U16 1984, 1992) (U16 1984, 1992)

Nemčija Group A matches: Georgia 4 May, Tekme v skupini A: Gruzija 4. maja, Iceland 7 May, France 10 May Islandija 7. maja, Francija 10. maja

COACH Trener

Stefan Böger 01/06/1966

Capped four times by East Germany, Böger Štirikratni reprezentant nekdanje Vzhodne Nemčije played in the top two divisions and was part of the je igral v obeh najmočnejših domačih prvenstvih in legendary FC Hansa Rostock side who beat FC bil član legendarne zasedbe Hanse iz Rostocka, ki Barcelona 1-0 at home in the 1992/93 European je v pokalu evropskih prvakov 1992/1993 v prvem Champions Clubs’ Cup first round. He joined the krogu z 1:0 doma premagala Barcelono. Nemški DFB in July 2008. nogometni zvezi (DFB) se je pridružil leta 2008.

QUALIF YING STATISTICS Statistika kvalifikacij

Date of birth Appearances Goals Club Datum rojstva Nastopi Goli Klub Goalkeepers/Vratarji Oliver Schnitzler 13/10/1995 6 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Marvin Schwäbe 25/04/1995 0 0 Eintracht Frankfurt

Winners in 2009, Germany will be looking to add Trikratni prvaki in dvakratni podprvaki, nazadnje na prvenstvu Defenders/Branilci another title to their honours list. Coach Stefan pred tremi leti, bodo tudi tokrat stremeli k osvojitvi novega Niklas Süle 03/09/1995 6 1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Böger’s team registered an astounding 23 successive naslova. Ekipa selektorja Stefana Bögerja je pred remijem z Marc Oliver Kempf 28/01/1995 2 0 Eintracht Frankfurt wins before the 0-0 draw with Portugal that secured 0:0 proti Portugalski, ki je Nemce popeljala na zaključni Kevin Akpoguma 19/04/1995 3 0 Karlsruher SC their passage to the finals. “Usually, I would have to turnir, zabeležila neverjetnih 23 zmag zapovrstjo. »Običajno Jeremy Dudziak 28/08/1995 6 1 be disappointed, following 23 wins in a row, but this bi bil po 23 zaporednih zmagah razočaran, a ta remi je bil 03/04/1995 5 0 1. FC Nürnberg draw was one of the most important of my coaching eden najpomembnejših v moji trenerski karieri,« je dejal Leon Lingerski 03/05/1995 2 0 SV Werder Bremen career,” Böger said. Defensive resilience is a key Böger. Čvrsta obramba je ključni element ekipe, ki je na Marian Sarr 30/01/1995 6 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen element of a team that conceded only once in six šestih kvalifikacijskih tekmah prejela en sam zadetek. Midfielders/Vezisti qualifying games. Niklas Süle, Marian Sarr and Kompaknost zadnji vrsti zagotavljajo Niklas Süle, Marian Sarr Christian Mauersberger 20/04/1995 3 0 Chemnitzer FC Jeremy Dudziak hold the back line together while in Jeremy Dudziak, medtem ko je Leon Goretzka gonilna Lukas Fröde 23/01/1995 2 0 SV Werder Bremen Leon Goretzka provides leadership and drive in sila moštva v sredini igrišča. V konici napada je najnevarnejši 18/09/1995 6 3 FC Schalke 04 midfield. The attack is spearheaded by Said Benkarit, Said Benkarit, ki je pred prvenstvom v Sloveniji zabil tri gole. Leon Goretzka 06/02/1995 6 1 VfL Bochum 1848 who registered three times on the road to Slovenia. Marcel Hilssner 30/01/1995 4 0 SV Werder Bremen Max Dittgen 03/03/1995 6 0 FC Schalke 04 Nico Brandenburger 17/01/1995 5 0 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach

Forwards/Napadalci Qalifngu yi round - group 12 Elite round - group 4 Felix Lohkemper 26/01/1995 2 1 VfB Stuttgart KVALIFIKACIJE - Skupina 12 ELITNI KROG - Skupina 4 20/01/1995 1 0 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Team P W D L F A Pts Team P W D L F A Pts 02/05/1996 3 0 VfL Wolfsburg Germany 3 3 0 0 8 0 9 Germany* 3 2 1 0 6 1 7 Said Benkarit 12/01/1995 6 3 Borussia Dortmund Albania 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 Portugal 3 1 2 0 3 0 5 14/07/1995 4 1 Arsenal FC Slovakia 3 1 0 2 6 4 3 Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 Estonia* 3 0 1 2 1 11 1 3 0 0 3 0 9 0 For the official squad list see UEFA.com/Za uraden izbor igralcev poglejte na UEFA.com Slovakia 1-2 Albania, Germany 5-0 Estonia, Germany 4-0 Turkey, Portugal 0-0 Bulgaria, Albania 0-1 Germany, Slovakia 5-0 Estonia, Germany 2-1 Bulgaria, Turkey 0-3 Portugal, Germany 2-0 Slovakia, Estonia 1-1 Albania Portugal 0-0 Germany, Bulgaria 2-0 Turkey *Host/Gostitelj

20/21 Ic elaND delight Mt a ch schedule Veselje Islandcev Razpored tekem

GROUP A GROUP B Skupina A Skupina B

France / Francija Slovenia / Slovenija

Iceland / Islandija Netherlands / Nizozemska

Georgia / Gruzija Poland / Poljska

Germany / Nemčija Belgium / Belgija

F ixtuRES Urnik

Friday 4 May Group A 18.30 Ljubljana Georgia v Germany 20.30 Domzale France v Iceland Group B 14.00 Lendava Poland v Belgium 20.15 Maribor Slovenia v Netherlands

Monday 7 May Group A 17.30 Domzale France v Georgia 18.30 Ljubljana Iceland v Germany Group B 17.00 Maribor Netherlands v Belgium 20.15 Lendava Slovenia v Poland

Thursday 10 May Group A 19.30 Ljubljana Germany v France 19.30 Domzale Iceland v Georgia Group B 17.30 Maribor Belgium v Slovenia 17.30 Lendava Netherlands v Poland

Sunday 13 May 17.30 Ljubljana Semi-final 20.30 Ljubljana Semi-final

Kristján Flóki Finnbogason (No10) celebrates scoring against Lithuania in Iceland’s decisive elite round Wednesday 16 May Group 6 qualifier as they reached the final tournament for the first time since 2007. 18.00 Ljubljana Final Kristjan Floki Finnbogason (št. 10) slavi doseženi zadetek na tekmi proti Litvi, ki je bila odločilna v skupini 6 elitnega kroga in po kateri so se Islandci prvič po letu 2007 uvrstili na finalni turnir.

22/23 C omPETITIon history Zgodovina prvenstva

Stars are born at the UEFA European Under-17 Na evropskih prvenstvih za nogometaše do 17 let se Championship. The 29 final tournaments since it kicked rojevajo zvezde. Na 29 zaključnih turnirjih, ki so se leta off as a U16 competition in 1982 have been graced by 1982 začeli kot turnirji reprezentanc U-16, se je doslej some dazzling teenagers: Luís Figo led Portugal to victory predstavilo kar nekaj izjemnih mladeničev. Luis Figo je in 1989; Fernando Torres and Andrés Iniesta did likewise Portugalsko leta 1989 popeljal do končne zmage. for Spain in 2001, with the likes of Wayne Rooney and Podobno sta leta 2001 za Španijo storila Fernando Cristiano Ronaldo gaining priceless international Torres in Andres Iniesta, pomembne mednarodne experience. Some make giant leaps after playing at the izkušnje pa sta na tovrstnih turnirjih zbirala tudi Wayne U17 finals; having featured in the 2009 edition, England’s Rooney in Cristiano Ronaldo. Nekateri so po nastopu Jack Wilshere and Germany’s Mario Götze were senior na prvenstvu naredili ogromen korak naprej. Jack internationals the following year. Jetro Williams won last Wilshere in Mario Götze sta po nastopu na turnirju leta year’s competition with the Netherlands and, just 17, is 2009 že leto zatem zaigrala za članski reprezentanci. now a regular at PSV Eindhoven. Jetro Williams, ki je evropski prvak z Nizozemsko postal lani, je s 17 leti že redni član PSV Eindhoven. Spain and Portugal have traditionally been the strongest sides at the finals, but there have been first-time winners Španija in Portugalska sta tradicionalno najmočnejši in the last two editions – England in 2010 and the Dutch in reprezentanci na prvenstvih, zadnji dve prvenstvi pa sta 2011 – while the hosts have prevailed three times. “These osvojili reprezentanci, ki jima je to uspelo prvič – Anglija tournaments are nice because you develop having fun,” leta 2010 in Nizozemska leta 2011. Gostitelji prvenstva said FC Barcelona’s Gérard Pique, a finalist with Spain in so doslej slavili trikrat. »Tovrstni turnirji so dobrodošli, 2004. “It is hard, because you are young, but afterwards ker se razvijaš kot nogometaš, obenem pa še uživaš,« you are a better player.” pravi Gerard Pique (FC Barcelona), finalist prvenstva s Španijo leta 2004. »Težko je, ker si mlad, toda postaneš boljši nogometaš.«

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2011

24/25 C omPETITIon History Zgodovina prvenstva

UEFA’s technical director for the last 18 years, Tehnični direktor UEFA Andy Roxburgh je v Andy Roxburgh has seen generations of new zadnjih 18 letih pospremil številne generacije, ki talent make their first steps on the big stage at so na evropskih prvenstvih UEFA U-17 pričele the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, and tlakovati svojo pot proti vrhu. Spomnil se je nekaj recalled some notable diamonds in the rough. tedaj še neizbrušenih diamantov.

“Iker Casillas was first sighted in 1997, when he »Ikerja Casillasa smo prvič opazili leta 1997, ko je po made the winning save in the shoot-out which gave remiju z 0:0 v rednem delu proti Avstriji ubranil Spain the title after a 0-0 draw with Austria. He has, odločilno enajstmetrovko. Kasneje je seveda osvojil še of course, gone on to win two UEFA Champions dve zmagi v ligi prvakov in evropsko prvenstvo leta Leagues and EURO 2008. 2008.«

“I remember speaking to him just before the World »Spominjam se najinega pogovora pred pričetkom Cup final in South Africa, where he was captain of finalne tekme svetovnega prvenstva v Južni Afriki, Spain’s senior side. He was keen to look back on that kjer je nosil kapetanski trak španske reprezentance. win against Austria and regarded it as the first rung “If I had to pick out prime examples, I’d have to go for Obujal je spomine in mi priznal, da je bila obramba »Če bi moral izpostaviti nekaj odmevnejših primerov, on the ladder. He highlighted it as his first major players who, like Gerard Piqué and Cesc Fàbregas, proti Avstriji njegova prva stopnica na poti k vrhu. Ta bi izbral denimo Gerarda Piqueja in Cesca Fabregasa, achievement and I think that one of the great charms have gone from the Under-17 level to win European dogodek je označil kot svoj prvi veliki dosežek v ki sta si s prvenstvom U-17 utrla pot do zmag na of the U17 tournament is that it gives you the chance Championship and World Cup medals at senior level. karieri. Njegova zgodba predstavlja čar prvenstev članskem evropskem in svetovnem prvenstvu.« to spot the talents that can be the European or world U-17, ki nam omogočajo prvič opaziti mlade talente, ki champions of the future. “I remember seeing Michael Owen in 1996; Petr bodo nekoč morda zvezdniki evropskega in »Spominjam se Michaela Owna leta 1996, Petra Čech in 1999; Rafael van der Vaart, Robin van Persie, svetovnega nogometa.« Čecha leta 1999, Rafaela Van der Vaarta, Robina Van Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Wesley Sneijder in the Persieja, Klaasa-Jana Huntelaarja in Wesleyja following two years; and, in 2002, Wayne Rooney Sneijderja v naslednjih dveh letih, leta 2002 pa sem v struck me as a striker in the Gerd Müller mould when Waynu Rooneyju po njegovem trikratnem zadetku ob I saw him hit a hat-trick in England’s 4-1 win against zmagi Anglije proti Španiji s 4:1 začutil napadalca kova Spain. Gerda Müllerja.«

“Cristiano Ronaldo and Lukas Podolski were at the »Na istem prvenstvu sta nastopila tudi Cristiano same tournament and, two years later; when France Ronaldo in Lukas Podolski. Dve leti kasneje, ko je beat Spain 2-1 in the final, Samir Nasri, Hatem Ben Francija v finalu ugnala Španijo z 2:1, pa so igrali Arfa, Karim Benzema, Piqué and Fàbregas were on denimo Samir Nasri, Hatem Ben Arfa, Karim the team sheets. If we fast forward to 2009, I Benzema, Gerard Pique in Cesc Fabregas. Če čas remember that Spanish defender Marc Muniesa was prevrtimo v leto 2009, bi izpostavil španskega branilca on the FC Barcelona bench for the UEFA Champions Marca Munieso, ki je samo tri tedne po nastopu na League final in Rome barely three weeks after he prvenstvu U-17 že sedel na klopi Barcelone v finalu played at the U17 finals.” lige prvakov v Rimu.«

UEFA European Under-17 Championship winners UEFA European Under-16 Championship winners Zmagovalci evropskega prvenstva UEFA do 17 let Zmagovalci evropskega prvenstva UEFA do 16 let

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2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982

26/27 Turkey and Real Madrid CF midfielder Nuri Şahin Vezist turške reprezentance in Reala Madrida »Na evropskem prvenstvu v Italiji sem prvič videl has never forgotten winning the 2005 UEFA Nuri Šahin ni nikoli pozabil na zmago na poševni stolp v Pisi. Bilo je neverjetno. Bili smo zelo European Under-17 Championship, and recalls evropskem prvenstvu 2005 za nogometaše do ambiciozni. Na turnir smo prišli kot nepomembneži, how youth football broadened his horizons. 17 let. Spominja se, kako je nogomet v mlajših vendar smo bili odločni, da bomo zmagali. Začeli nismo reprezentančnih selekcijah razširil preveč dobro, prvo tekmo proti Italiji smo izgubili, nato “The U17s is the first serious tournament you play njegova obzorja. smo proti Angliji zaostajali že z 0:2. Takrat sem dosegel in; the standard is very high, the conditions are very zmagovalni zadetek za zmago s 3:2. Bili smo šele good, the players are good and the stadiums are »Evropsko prvenstvo za nogometaše do 17 let je drugo turško moštvo, ki je premagalo Angleže. Ta turnir full most of the time. You play against tremendous prvo resno tekmovanje, na katerem nogometaš me je resnično potisnil v ospredje. Vsaka minuta na opponents, some of whom play in their top divisions zaigra. Standardi so zelo visoki, pogoji so zelo dobri, tistih tekmah mi je tako zelo koristila. Predvsem in domestic football. That’s your first experience of nogometaši so kakovostni, stadioni pa so v večini moji miselnosti; ta turnir je resnično vplival name. real professional football. 2005 was my start as a primerov polni. Igraš proti strašnim nasprotnikom, V finalu smo z rezultatom 2:0 premagali močno professional player. It was a great year; a year full of nekateri med njimi že igrajo v prvih ligah. To je tvoj prvi Nizozemsko. Seveda smo potočili veliko solza. To je bil wonderful memories. It began with the European stik s pravim profesionalnim nogometom. Leta 2005 naš prvi veliki naslov, objemali smo se, za vse nas je bil Championship that we won, then at Borussia sem začenjal svojo profesionalno kariero. To je bilo to izjemen dosežek.« Dortmund I became the youngest player to make a odlično leto, polno čudovitih spominov. Začelo se je z debut. And then the U-17 World Cup in osvojenim naslovom evropskih prvakov, pri Borussiji Peru brought me on even further as a person. Dortmund pa sem postal najmlajši debitant v zgodovini bundeslige. Svetovno prvenstvo za nogometaše do 17 “At the U17 tournament in Italy, I saw the leaning let v Peruju pa me je tower of Pisa for the first time. It was amazing. We še dodatno had a lot of ambition. We went into that tournament osebno izpopolnilo.« as outsiders but were determined to win it. We didn’t start too well: we lost the first game to Italy, then we went 2-0 behind against England, but I scored the winner as we won 3-2; we were only the second Turkish side to beat England! That tournament really put me on the spot. I gained so much confidence from every single minute of those games. It helped with my mentality, and that tournament really affected me. We beat a very strong Dutch team 2-0 in the final. Of course there were lots of tears; it was our first big title, we hugged each other, it was incredible for everyone.”

Šahinovi prvi koraki Şnahi ’s first steps

28/29 SLOVENIA Best performance: first appearance Najboljša uvrstitev: prvi nastop Group B matches: Netherlands 4 May, Tekme v skupini B: Nizozemska 4. maja, Slovenija Poland 7 May, Belgium 10 May Poljska 7. maja, Belgija 10. maja

COACH Trener

Miloš Kostić 23/11/1971

Once a defender with the likes of NK Olimpija Kostić, nekdanji branilec NK Olimpija in ND Gorica, Ljubljana and ND Gorica, Kostić has worked with se z mlajšimi selekcijami slovenske reprezentance Slovenia’s youth teams since 2004, and successfully ukvarja že od leta 2004. Leta 2009 je na evropsko led the Under-19 squad to the European finals in prvenstvo, ki ga je gostila Ukrajina, uspešno popeljal Ukraine in 2009. reprezentanco U-19.

PLARS YE Igralci

Date of birth Appearances Goals Club Datum rojstva Nastopi Goli Klub Goalkeepers/Vratarji Adnan Golubovič 22/07/1995 6 0 NK Interblock Gregor Zabret 18/08/1995 14 0 NK Domžale

The hosts are playing in the Under-17 finals for the Gostitelji, ki bodo na evropskem prvenstvu UEFA U-17 igrali Defenders/Branilci first time having made up for a lack of competitive prvič, so pomanjkanje kvalifikacijskih tekem nadoknadili s Gregor Cafuta 18/01/1995 8 0 NK Aluminij fixtures with some encouraging friendly prijateljskimi tekmami, na katerih so zabeležili tudi dva Emir Dautovič 05/02/1995 9 1 NK Maribor performances, including draws against England and spodbudna rezultata – remija proti Angliji in Franciji. Želja, Haris Heljezovič 27/02/1995 14 0 NK Bravo France. Desire, team spirit and a never-say-die moštveni duh in nepopustljivost so glavne značilnosti Simon Hvastija 23/07/1995 19 0 NK Bravo attitude define Miloš Kostić’s side, who feature fine moštva, ki ga vodi selektor Miloš Kostić in v katerem Tilen Klemenčič 21/08/1995 8 0 ND Triglav goalkeeper Gregor Zabret, defensive commander izstopajo obetavni vratar Gregor Zabret, poveljnik obrambe Dino Paljušič 21/04/1995 15 0 NK Zagreb Emir Dautovič and the sons of Zlatko Zahovič and Emir Dautovič in sinova dveh nekdanjih slovenskih Damjan Vukliševič 28/06/1995 14 0 NK Maribor

Mladen Rudonja, two Slovenia stars of old – namely nogometnih zvezd Zlatka Zahoviča in Mladena Rudonje – Midfielders/Vezisti NK Maribor’s Luka Zahovič and fellow striker Roy Luka Zahovič iz NK Maribor in Roy Rudonja iz kluba Domen Črnigoj 18/11/1995 5 0 FC Koper Rudonja, a trainee at Sheffield Wednesday FC. “Every Sheffield Wednesday. »Vsaka slovenska generacija v zadnjih Sven Dodlek 28/09/1995 17 1 NK Maribor generation in Slovenia in recent years has produced letih je ustvarila vsaj enega ali dva odlična nogometaša,« Dino Hotič 26/07/1995 18 1 NK Maribor one or two really great players,” said Kostić. “This pravi Kostič. »To bi se lahko zgodilo tudi na evropskem Bine Kavčič 14/01/1995 6 0 ND Gorica could easily happen at this tournament, where the prvenstvu, na katerem bo moštvo še bolj motivirano zaradi Matic Reja 21/09/1995 2 0 FC Koper team will be even more motivated because of home podpore s tribun. Naš cilj bo pripotovati do Ljubljane, kar Petar Stojanovič 07/10/1995 15 1 NK Maribor support from the stands. Slovenia’s aim is definitely pomeni, da moramo končati na enem od prvih dveh mest v Daniel Vujčič 12/04/1995 19 1 NK Maribor to travel to Ljubljana, which means we have to finish svoji skupini.« Forwards/Napadalci in the top two in our group.” Maks Barišič 06/03/1995 17 2 FC Koper Luka Gajič 06/05/1996 6 1 NK Interblock Tobias Mencigar 11/01/1995 16 3 NK Domžale Every generation in Slovenia in recent years has produced Roy Rudonja 26/02/1995 10 1 Sheffield Wednesday FC Bian Paul Šauperl 15/04/1995 8 4 NK Maribor one or two really good players Luka Zahovič 15/11/1995 12 2 NK Maribor

Vsaka slovenska generacija v zadnjih letih je ustvarila vsaj For the official squad list see UEFA.com/Za uraden izbor igralcev poglejte na UEFA.com enega ali dva odlična nogometaša

30/31 Ntre he lands Best performance: winners 2011 Najboljša uvrstitev: prvaki 2011 Group B matches: Slovenia 4 May, Tekme v skupini B: Slovenija 4. maja, Nizozemska Belgium 7 May, Poland 10 May Belgija 7. maja, Poljska 10. maja

COACH Trener

Albert Stuivenberg 05/08/1970

A former youth international and Feyenoord trainee, Nekdanji mladinski nizozemski reprezentant in gojenec Stuivenberg’s playing career was ended by injury, šole Feyenoorda je kariero predčasno končal zaradi prompting a return to the De Kuip club’s youth poškodbe. V nogomet se je vrnil kot trener mladincev department as a coach. He took charge of the Dutch kluba s stadiona De Kuip. Nizozemsko reprezentanco U17s in 2006 after a spell with United Arab Emirates U-17 je prevzel leta 2006, po kratkem postanku pri side Al-Jazira. Al-Jaziri iz Združenih arabskih emiratov.

QUALIF YING STATISTICS Statistika kvalifikacij

Date of birth Appearances Goals Club Datum rojstva Nastopi Goli Klub Goalkeepers/Vratarji Nick Olij 01/08/1995 3 0 AZ Alkmaar Stan Bijl 10/01/1995 3 0 AFC Ajax

Having lost in the 2005 and 2009 finals, the Nizozemska je izgubila v finalih leta 2005 in 2009, potem pa Defenders/Branilci Netherlands finally got their name on the U17 trophy je svoje ime na zmagovalni pokal z evropskega prvenstva Nathan Ake 18/02/1995 6 1 Chelsea FC in 2011, beating Germany 5-2 in the final in Serbia. It UEFA U-17 vpisala leta 2011 v Srbiji, ko je v finalu premagala Djavan Anderson 21/04/1995 3 0 AFC Ajax was a crowning achievement for coach Albert Nemčijo s 5-2. To je največji dosežek selektorja Alberta Riechedly Bazoer 12/10/1996 2 0 PSV Eindhoven Stuivenberg, who has coached this side since 2006 Stuivenberga, ki reprezentanco vodi od leta 2006, odtlej pa Thom Haye 09/02/1995 6 2 AZ Alkmaar and missed only one final tournament since – in 2010. je manjkal na le enem prvenstvu – leta 2010. »Bili smo na Jorrit Hendrix 06/02/1995 4 0 PSV Eindhoven “We have been at five of the last six U17 EUROs, so petih od zadnjih šestih prvenstev, kar pomeni, da gre Tom Noordhoff 19/07/1995 1 0 AFC Ajax Dutch football is doing well,” said Stuivenberg, who nizozemskemu nogometu dobro,« pravi Stuivenberg, ki Kenny Tete 09/10/1995 3 0 AFC Ajax Robin van der Meer 21/02/1995 3 0 ADO Den Haag can still call on Chelsea FC’s Nathan Ake, AZ lahko še vedno računa na Nathana Akeja iz Chelseaja, Bram van Vlerken 07/10/1995 2 0 PSV Eindhoven Alkmaar’s Thom Haye and Feyenoord’s Tonny Trindade Thoma Haya iz kluba AZ Alkmaar in Tonnyja Trindade de Joris Voest 08/01/1995 3 0 SC Heerenveen/Emmen de Vilhena from last year’s victorious squad. “To Vilheno iz Feyenoorda. »V navdih smo jim predvajali film o Sandy Walsh 14/03/1995 4 0 KRC Genk inspire them, we showed the lads a film about the prejšnjem moštvu, ki je postalo evropski prvak. Rekli smo previous draft that became European champions. We jim: ›Tudi vam lahko uspe,‹ Trije nogometaši, ki so že bili Midfielders/Vezisti told them: ‘You can do this too.’ Three of the lads who evropski prvaki, so še vedno z nami. Ostalim lahko predajo Pascal Huser 17/04/1995 3 1 SC Heerenveen/Emmen were champions then are still with us. They could tell svoje izkušnje.« Branco van den Boomen 21/07/1995 5 2 AFC Ajax the others about their experiences.” Tonny Trindade de Vilhena 03/01/1995 6 5 Feyenoord Rai Vloet 08/05/1995 5 1 PSV Eindhoven Dario Tanda 02/01/1995 2 0 FC Twente Qalifngu yi round - group 6 Elite round - group 5 KVALIFIKACIJE - Skupina 6 ELITNI KROG - Skupina 5 Forwards/Napadalci Team P W D L F A Pts Team P W D L F A Pts Elton Acolatse 25/07/1995 2 0 AFC Ajax England 3 3 0 0 7 0 9 Netherlands* 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 Stijn Derkx 02/03/1995 2 0 Willem II/RKC Waalwijk Netherlands 3 2 0 1 7 2 6 Serbia 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 Jeroen Lumu 27/05/1995 6 1 Willem II/RKC Waalwijk Bosnia and Herzegovina* 3 1 0 2 1 5 3 Albania 3 1 0 2 2 8 3 Wouter Marinus 18/02/1995 5 1 SC Heerenveen/Emmen Latvia 3 0 0 3 1 9 0 Republic of Ireland 3 0 0 3 2 5 0 Moussa Sanoh 20/07/1995 1 0 PSV Eindhoven

Netherlands 3-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina, England 4-0 Latvia, Serbia 1-0 Republic of Ireland, Netherlands 4-0 Albania, For the official squad list see UEFA.com/Za uraden izbor igralcev poglejte na UEFA.com England 2-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia 1-4 Netherlands, Serbia 3-0 Albania, Republic of Ireland 1-2 Netherlands, Netherlands 0-1 England, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 Latvia Netherlands 1-1 Serbia, Albania 2-1 Republic of Ireland *Host/Gostitelj

32/33 Pol aND Best performance: winners (U16) 1993 Najboljša uvrstitev: prvaki (U16) 1993 Group B matches: Belgium 4 May, Tekme v skupini B: Belgija 4. maja, Poljska Slovenia 7 May, Netherlands 10 May Slovenija 7. maja, Nizozemska 10. maja

COACH Trener

Marcin Dorna 17/09/1979

Just 32, Dorma is regarded as one of the most Dorna je star komaj 32 let, vendar velja za enega promising young coaches in Poland. He started najobetavnejših mladih trenerjev na Poljskem. Svojo his career in the youth teams at KKS Lech Poznań, kariero je začel pri mlajših selekcijah kluba KKS Lech before taking charge of the national U15 selection. Poznań, nato je vodil reprezentanco U-15. Preizkusil He trialled over 250 players before making his je več kot 250 igralcev, preden je dokončno sestavil U17 selection. reprezentanco U-17.

QUALIF YING STATISTICS Statistika kvalifikacij

Date of birth Appearances Goals Club Datum rojstva Nastopi Goli Klub Goalkeepers/Vratarji Oskar Pogorzelec 09/05/1995 5 0 Legia Warszawa Aleksander Wandzel 12/01/1995 1 0 KKS Lech Poznań

Poland won this competition as an U16 tournament in Poljska je evropsko prvenstvo U-16 osvojila leta 1993, leta Defenders/Branilci 1993 and were runners-up in 1999, but are playing in 1999 pa je bila druga. Na EP U-17 nastopa prvič po 2002, ko Piotr Azikiewicz 21/04/1995 5 0 Zagłębie Lubin the finals for the first time since 2002, the inaugural so ustanovli to kategorijo. Poljska je tekmovanje v svoji Gracjan Horoszkiewicz 18/03/1995 6 0 Hertha BSC Berlin U17 event. The class of 2012 battled through the kvalifikacijski skupini končala na drugem mestu za Španijo, Igor Łasicki 26/06/1995 6 1 Zagłębie Lubin qualifying round as runners-up to Spain, and Marcin varovanci Marcina Dorne pa so nato slavili zmago v skupini Sebastian Rudol 21/02/1995 3 0 Pogoń Szczecin Dorna’s side then won elite round Group 2 in 2 elitnega kroga kvalifikacij v Luksemburgu. Izkazali so se Patryk Stępiński 16/01/1995 6 0 RTS Widzew Łódź Luxembourg, showcasing the talents of Hertha BSC predvsem talenti Gracjan Horoszkiewicz kluba Hertha BSC, Sebastian Zieleniecki 16/02/1995 1 0 SMS Łódź Berlin trainee Gracjan Horoszkiewicz, KKS Lech Karol Linetty in napadalec Mariusz Stepinski iz kluba Lech Midfielders/Vezisti Poznań’s Karol Linetty and striker Mariusz Stępiński, Poznań. Mariusz je po uspehu dejal: »Z uvrstitvijo smo Konrad Budek 08/11/1995 1 0 KSP Polonia Warszawa who said: “We achieved our first goal by qualifying, dosegli svoj prvi cilj, verjamemo pa, da lahko v Sloveniji Adrian Cierpka 06/01/1995 6 3 KKS Lech Poznań but we believe we can get a medal in Slovenia.” The osvojimo medaljo.« Nogometaš kluba RTS Widzew Łódź je Aleksander Jagiełło 02/02/1995 5 0 Legia Warszawa RTS Widzew Łódź man added: “A while ago, all the dodal: »Pred časom smo vsi igralci iz reprezentance U-17 Lukas Klemenz 24/09/1995 3 0 Odra Opole U17 players got special dog tags like you have in the dobili posebne obeske, podobne tistim, ki jih ima ameriška Karol Linetty 02/02/1995 6 1 KKS Lech Poznań US army with the motto ‘honos habet onus’ [honour vojska, z geslom ›honos habet onus‹ (čast terja Arkadiusz Mroczkowski 18/02/1995 1 0 OKS 1945 Olsztyn brings responsibility] – it was a brilliant idea as it has odgovornost) – to je bila odlična ideja, ki nas je poenotila.« Vincent Rabiega 14/06/1995 6 2 Hertha BSC Berlin helped to really unite us as a team.” Rafał Włodarczyk 26/01/1995 5 0 Mazur Karczew Jakub Zieliński 02/03/1995 0 0 Mazur Karczew Karol Żwir 12/06/1995 6 1 OKS 1945 Olsztyn Qalifngu yi round - group 11 Elite round - group 2 KVALIFIKACIJE - Skupina 11 ELITNI KROG - Skupina 2 Forwards/Napadalci Team P W D L F A Pts Team P W D L F A Pts Dariusz Formella 21/10/1995 1 0 Arka Gdynia Spain 3 3 0 0 10 1 9 Poland 3 3 0 0 7 1 9 Damian Kugiel 30/05/1995 6 0 Lechia Gdańsk Poland* 3 2 0 1 5 2 6 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 Mariusz Stępiński 12/05/1995 6 4 RTS Widzew Łódź Montenegro 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 Belarus 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 Malta 3 0 0 3 0 12 0 Luxembourg* 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 For the official squad list see UEFA.com/Za uraden izbor igralcev poglejte na UEFA.com Poland 3-0 Malta, Spain 2-1 Montenegro, Czech Republic 0-2 Poland, Belarus 1-1 Luxembourg, Spain 6-0 Malta, Montenegro 0-2 Poland, Poland 2-0 Belarus, Czech Republic 2-1 Luxembourg, Poland 0-2 Spain, Malta 0-3 Montenegro Belarus 0-0 Czech Republic, Luxembourg 1-3 Poland *Host/Gostitelj

34/35 BIUMELG Best performance: semi-finals 2007 Najboljša uvrstitev: polfinalisti 2007 Group B matches: Poland 4 May, Tekme v skupini B: Poljska 4. maja, Belgija Netherlands 7 May, Slovenia 10 May Nizozemska 7. maja, Slovenija 10. maja

COACH Trener

Patrick Klinkenberg 13/01/1963

This is the second international tournament for To je drugo prvenstvo za Klinkenberga, ki je do zdaj Klinkenberg, who has coached at U15, U16 and U17 uril igralce reprezentanc U-15, U-16 in U-17. 20 let levels. A lower-league footballer for 20 years, he je igral v nižjih ligah in postal trener še preden je was already coaching before retiring to join the Royal prenehal igrati. Pri Kraljevi belgijski nogometni zvezi Belgian Football Association’s set-up in 1999. je začel delati leta 1999.

QUALIF YING STATISTICS Statistika kvalifikacij

Date of birth Appearances Goals Club Datum rojstva Nastopi Goli Klub Goalkeepers/Vratarji Lucas Pirard 10/03/1995 5 0 R. Standard de Liège Benny Rogies 18/08/1995 1 0 KAA Gent Belgium return to the finals for the first time since Belgija se na prvenstvo vrača prvič po letu 2007, ko se je kot Alexandro Craninx 21/10/1995 0 0 Real Madrid CF 2007 when, with catching the eye, they gostiteljica prebila vse do polfinala. Tam je bila od nje po reached the semi-finals as hosts, losing to eventual enajstmetrovkah uspešnejša poznejša zmagovalka Defenders/Branilci winners Spain on penalties. This time coach Patrick prvenstva Španija, nase pa je tedaj opozoril Eden Hazard. Sébastien Locigno 02/09/1995 4 0 R. Standard de Liège Benjamin Van Den Ackerveken 29/06/1995 4 0 R. Standard de Liège Klinkenberg’s squad saw off Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Reprezentanca selektorja Patricka Klinkenberga je bila v Corentin Fiore 24/03/1995 6 0 R. Standard de Liège Croatia in the qualifying round before booking their kvalifikacijah uspešnejša od Ukrajine, Azerbejdžana in Ali Yasar 08/03/1995 4 0 R. Standard de Liège place in the elite round ahead of Hungary on goal Hrvaške, vozovnico za evropsko prvenstvo pa si je priborila v Matt Debra 21/09/1995 2 0 R. Standard de Liège difference. Captain Corentin Fiore, midfielders elitnem krogu kvalifikacij, ko je z golom razlike premagala Anthony Rivituso 06/01/1995 3 0 RSC Anderlecht Leander Dendoncker, Deni Milosevic and Joren Madžarsko. Jedro reprezentance tvorijo kapetan Corentin Frederik Spruyt 23/05/1995 3 0 KRC Genk Dehond and striker Tuur Dierckx, who hit four goals in Fiore, vezisti Leander Dendoncker, Deni Milosevic in Joren Tom Paquet 18/02/1995 1 0 Club Brugge KV six qualifying matches, form the nucleus of Dehond ter napadalec Tuur Dierckx, ki je na šestih Klinkenberg’s side and have him looking ahead with kvalifikacijskih tekmah dosegel štiri zadetke. »Zadovoljni Midfielders/Vezisti confidence. “We can be satisfied with the work we smo lahko z opravljenim delom, ambiciozni pa moramo biti Gaetan Hendrickx 30/03/1995 2 0 KRC Genk Leander Dendoncker 15/04/1995 5 2 RSC Anderlecht have done, but must also show our ambitions for the tudi na samem prvenstvu. Ne šteje zgolj rezultat – pri Divock Origi 18/04/1995 10 0 SC Lille final tournament. It is not only the result that counts igralcih želim videti napredek in preboj v profesionalni Pieter Gerkens 17/02/1995 6 0 KRC Genk – I want to see my players progress and break into a nogomet. Prepričan sem, da lahko naredijo veliko,« pred Deni Milosevic 09/03/1995 5 3 R. Standard de Liège professional squad. I’m convinced they can go far.” prvenstvom meni Klinkenberg. François Marquet 17/04/1995 3 0 R. Standard de Liège Muhammed Mert 09/02/1995 1 0 KRC Genk Qalifngu yi round - group 7 Elite round - group 7 Joren Dehond 08/08/1995 6 1 OH Leuven KVALIFIKACIJE - Skupina 7 ELITNI KROG - Skupina 7

Team P W D L F A Pts Team P W D L F A Pts Forwards/Napadalci Belgium 3 2 0 1 5 5 6 Belgium 3 2 1 0 8 2 7 Erivelton 17/11/1995 5 0 KRC Genk Ukraine 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 Hungary* 3 2 1 0 10 5 7 Siebe Schrijvers 18/07/1996 6 0 KRC Genk Azerbaijan 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 Russia 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 Tuur Dierckx 09/05/1995 6 4 Club Brugge KV Croatia* 3 1 0 2 5 6 3 Wales 3 0 0 3 2 10 0 Reda Jaadi 14/02/1995 2 0 R. Standard de Liège Pierre Biscotti 06/01/1995 3 1 K. Sint-Truidense VV Belgium 0-2 Ukraine, Croatia 1-2 Azerbaijan, Hungary 2-2 Belgium, Russia 2-1 Wales, Belgium 1-0 Azerbaijan, Ukraine 0-1 Croatia, Hungary 5-1 Wales, Belgium 3-0(f) Russia, For the official squad list see UEFA.com/Za uraden izbor igralcev poglejte na UEFA.com Croatia 3-4 Belgium, Azerbaijan 0-0 Ukraine Russia 2-3 Hungary, Wales 0-3 Belgium (f) Match forfeited /Brez boja *Host/Gostitelj

36/37 At 23, Tim Matavž may seem too young to be Tim Matavž je star šele 23 let in morda na prvi pogled dispensing wisdom but given the PSV Eindhoven and premlad, da bi naokoli širil modrost, toda glede na Slovenia striker’s impressive career trajectory to date, prepričljivo kariero, ki jo je zgradil pri klubu PSV It is a welcome step if already at the age his successors in the national Under-17 team could do Eindhoven in v slovenski reprezentanci, njegovim of 16 or 17 you can play on an international worse than listen when he suggests that the most naslednikom pri slovenski reprezentanci U-17 ne bi important thing they can do at their age is just play škodilo poslušati njegovih nasvetov. Pravi namreč, da level and measure yourself against your their football. je pri njihovi starosti najpomembneje igrati lastno igro. peers from abroad This was the approach taken by Matavž himself when Tudi sam je, ko je bil kot 15-letnik pozvan v called into the U17 squad as a 15-year-old for a youth reprezentanco U-17 za turnir v Italiji, uporabljal takšen Dobrodošlo je, če lahko že pri tournament in Italy – and it certainly did him no harm. pristop, ki mu zagotovo ni škodil. Priznava, da so zadnja Amid the blur of the past few years, which have leta, ko je uspel na Nizozemskem in se prebil v člansko 16 ali 17 letih igraš na brought success in the Netherlands and a reprezentanco, načela spomin na prve nogometne mednarodni ravni in se meriš breakthrough with the senior national side, he admits korake, se pa spominja svojega prvega nastopa in some of his memories of those early days have already občutkov, ki so ga spremljali. z vrstniki iz tujine begun fading but he does recall his first appearance and the feelings he had. »Pri teh letih si želiš le igrati. Ne razmišljaš o mednarodni karieri, velikem klubu ali članski “At that time you just want to play. You don’t have to reprezentanci. Vsaj jaz nisem,« pravi Matavž, ki si je za think about an international career, a big club or the vzor vzel nekdanjega napadalca Slovenije Sebastjana senior national team. At least I didn’t,” says Matavž, Cimirotiča. »Mislim, da je najbolj pomembno, da igraš, who at that age modelled himself on ex-Slovenia da veliko igraš, da se razvijaš. Številne nogometaše so forward Sebastjan Cimirotič. “I think it is particularly v njihovih mladih letih uničili menedžerji in skavti, ki so important just to play, to play a lot, to develop. Many iz njih prehitro ustvarjali zvezde.« players have been destroyed when they were at a very young age because of managers and scouts [trying] Matavž, ki je odrasel v Šempetru na obrobju Nove too soon to make them stars.” Gorice, je po igranju za reprezentanco U-17 igral za vse mlajše reprezentančne selekcije, na klubski ravni je After playing U17 football, Matavž, who grew up in napredoval pri lokalnem klubu ND Gorica. Igranje na Sempeter, on the outskirts of Nova Gorica, went on to mednarodni reprezentančni ravni vidi kot odlično appear at every remaining youth level for his country odskočno desko za najstniške nadobudneže. while making his way in the domestic game with local »Dobrodošlo je, če lahko že pri 16 ali 17 letih igraš na club ND Gorica. He sees international youth football as mednarodni ravni in se meriš z vrstniki iz tujine. Težke an excellent springboard for teenage hopefuls. “It is a tekme, drugačen način igranja in treniranja, potovanja welcome step if already at the age of 16 or 17 you can po svetu – to so pomembne stvari za kariero na play on an international level and measure yourself članski ravni.« against your peers from abroad. Tough games, a different way of playing and coaching, and travelling around the world – these are very important before starting a career in the senior team.” Tim

Mtaž a v 38/39 For Matavž, the step-up to the seniors came in a Prestop v člansko reprezentanco je Matavžu uspel v Maribor friendly against New Zealand shortly before Mariboru na prijateljski tekmi proti Novi Zelandiji tik fas ct and figures the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, where he pred odhodom na svetovno prvenstvo FIFA v Južni DEJSTVA IN ŠTEVILKE came off the bench in the final group game against Afriki, kjer je na tekmi skupinskega dela proti Angliji v England. By then he was already established in the igro vstopil s klopi. Tedaj je že bil uveljavljen član kluba Dutch with FC Groningen, the club he left FC Groningen nizozemske Eredivisie, ki ga je poleti last summer to join PSV Eindhoven. There is no zapustil in prestopil v PSV Eindhoven. Najlepši doubting his “most beautiful memory” so far on reprezentančni spomini ga nedvomno vežejo na Tpo scorers (final tournament) Final tournament appearances international duty – his hat-trick in UEFA EURO 2012 kvalifikacijsko tekmo za uvrstitev na UEFA EURO 2012 Najboljši strelci (finalni turnir) Največ nastopov qualifying against the Faroe Islands in October 2010. proti Ferskim otokom oktobra 2010, na kateri je “I scored my first goal and then two more. I guess dosegel hat-trick. »Dosegel sem svoj prvi zadetek in 8 that there are few strikers in the world who scored nato še dva. Predvidevam, da je na svetu malo not just one goal, but a hat-trick in their first napadalcev, ki so na svoji prvi polni tekmi dosegli ne 7 full game.” zgolj en zadetek, temveč kar hat-trick.«

With seven strikes from his first 12 senior S sedmimi zadetki na 12 tekmah se je Matavž 5 appearances, Matavž is now established in Slovenia’s uveljavil kot standardni član slovenske reprezentance. senior squad. He is also thriving at PSV, where his Uspešen je tudi v svojem klubu PSV Eindhoven, pri 4 first campaign ended with him comfortably into katerem bo svojo prvo sezono zaključil z dvomestnim double figures in the scoring chart. It is worth paying številom zadetkov. Splača se torej biti pozoren, ko deli 3 attention then when he offers further advice to his nasvete svojim naslednikom v reprezentanci U-17, ki successors in Slovenia’s U17s currently seeking to si na evropskem prvenstvu želi uspeha.»Igrajte kar se shine at these European finals. “Play as calmly as da mirno,« pravi. »V prvi vrsti morate igrati zase in za possible,” he says. “Primarily you should play for moštvo, ne pa za menedžerje ali klube. To pride na yourself and for the team, not for managers or other vrsto pozneje. Če bo moštvo pokazalo borbeni značaj 1 clubs. That comes later. If the team show fighting in domišljijo v igri, potem bodo prišli tudi rezultati.« spirit and imagination, you will get good results.”

Champions (hosts) Prvaki (gostitelji)

2011 Netherlands (Serbia) 2010 England (Liechtenstein) 2009 Germany (Germany) 2008 Spain (Turkey) R eCORDS (final tournament) 2007 Spain (Belgium) Rekordi (finalni turnir) 2006 Russia (Luxembourg) 2005 Turkey (Italy) 2004 France (France) Biggest win 2003 Portugal (Portugal) Najvišja zmaga 2002 Switzerland (Denmark)

Denmark 6-0 Finland 2001/02 Luxembourg 1-7 Spain 2005/06 2011/12 qualifying top scorers Najboljši strelci kvalifikacij 2011/12 Individual match goalscoring Največ golov na eni tekmi Qualifying round / Kvalifikacije, uvodni del Sandro Ramírez (Spain) 7 5 Morten Rasmussen Denmark v Finland 2001/02 Elite round / Kvalifikacije, drugi del Gergely Bobál (Hungary) 4 Highest attendance Tonny Trindade de Vilhena (Netherlands) Največ gledalcev

Overall / Skupno 24,000 Final 2008/09 Netherlands v Germany, Magdeburg Gergely Bobál (Hungary) 8

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Referees Assistant Referees Sodniki Pomočniki sodnikov

E mIR AlEČKOVIć 14/08/1979 Milutin Djukić 23/07/1979

Marius Avram 09/08/1979 Mark Gavin 23/09/1979

Mattias Gestranius 07/06/1978 Serkan Gençeler 06/09/1978

Ivan Kruzliak 24/03/1984 Haralds Gudermanis 14/10/1979

Harald Lechner 30/07/1982 Mubariz Hashimov 19/02/1981

Alan Mario Sant 16/08/1980 Borut Križarić 05/08/1979

Leif Opland 17/05/1980

Jean-Yves Wicht 17/01/1980

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