UEFA European Under-17 Championship Programme
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Croatia 2017 3–19 MAY OFFICIAL PROGRAMME CONTENTS SADRŽAJ 5 Big shot 26 Interview: Dario Bašić Velika zvijezda Intervju: Dario Bašić 7 UEFA President’s message 29 On the rise: Groups C and D Poruka predsjednika UEFA-e U usponu: skupine C i D 9 Welcome to Croatia Group C / Skupina C Dobrodošli u Hrvatsku 30 Germany / Njemačka 10 Interview: Renato Sanches Intervju: Renato Sanches 31 Republic of Ireland 10 Republika Irska 13 Facts and figures Podaci i brojke 32 Serbia / Srbija 15 On the rise: Groups A and B 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina U usponu: skupine A i B Bosna i Hercegovina Group A / Skupina A Group D / Skupina D 16 Croatia / Hrvatska 34 Netherlands / Nizozemska 17 Spain / Španjolska 35 England / Engleska 15 26 18 Turkey / Turska 36 Norway / Norveška 19 Italy / Italija 37 Ukraine / Ukrajina Group B / Skupina B 38 Travel: Spoilt for choice Putovanje: Bogata ponuda 20 Scotland / Škotska 40 Venues 21 France / Francuska Stadioni 22 Hungary / Mađarska 42 Win a match ball; officials 23 Faroe Islands / Farski otoci Natjecanje za loptu prvenstva; suci i službene osobe 24 Match schedule Raspored utakmica 29 Editor / Urednik Michael Harrold Production assistant / Asistent produkcije Emily Meikle Design / Dizajn James Willsher Photography / Fotografije David Catry, Getty Images, Contributors / Suradnici Nick Aitken, Chris Burke, Sportsfile, UEFA, DFB, FA, FAI, FFF, FFU, FIGC, FSF, FSS, Sandra Celant, Mark Chaplin, Christian Châtelet, Marie Crowe, HNS, KNVB, MLSZ, NFF, NFSBiH, RFEF, Scottish FA, TFF Patrick Hart, Henrik Hegedűs, Daniel Huerta, Elvir Islamović, Translation / Prijevod Libero Language Lab Feđa Krvavac, Fuad Krvavac, Igor Linnyk, Elodie Masson, Designed and produced by TwelfthMan on behalf of UEFA. Richard Martin, Paolo Menicucci, Paul Murphy, Anthony Naughton, Sean O’Flaherty, Alex O’Henley, ©UEFA 2017. All rights reserved. The UEFA word, the UEFA Eugene Ravdin, Philip Röber, Berend Scholten, Türker Tozar, logo and all marks related to UEFA and competitions, are Sveinur Trondarson, Ivan Vjetrović, Joe Walker, Ondrej Zlámal protected by trade marks and/or copyright of UEFA. No use Production manager / Voditelj produkcije Aleksandra Sersniova for commercial purposes may be made of such trade marks. 3 BIG SHOT VELIKA ZVIJEZDA The official channel for European football From the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Women’s Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA EURO 2020, to youth football and futsal, UEFA.com has the European game covered. Follow UEFA.com on Facebook and Twitter or download the UEFA.com app. FAROESE FIRST PRVI NASTUP ZA FARSKE OTOKE Faroe Islands goalscorers Hanus Sørensen (left) and Hanus Sørensen (lijevo) i Tórur Jacobsen, strijelci za Tórur Jacobsen celebrate the 2-1 victory against reprezentaciju Farskih otoka u pobjedi 2:1 protiv Slovakia that earned their side qualification. It is the first Slovačke, slave pobjedu koja je njihovu reprezentaciju time at any level that the Faroe Islands have reached a dovela na prvenstvo. Ovo je prvi puta da se reprezentacija UEFA final tournament. “This is an outstanding result,” Farskih otoka plasirala na bilo koji UEFA-in završni Faroe Islands FA president Christian Andreasen said. turnir. „Ovo je vrhunski rezultat“, rekao je predsjednik “The Faroe Islands are the smallest nation ever to Nogometnog saveza Farskih otoka Christian Andreasen. qualify for these finals. This is a very talented group of „Farski otoci su najmanja zemlja u povijesti koja se players and we expect to see much more from them in kvalificirala za završnicu ovog natjecanja. Ovo je vrlo the future.” Coach Áki Johansen, meanwhile, is already talentirana skupina igrača, i očekujemo puno od njih u planning the next challenge. “We have three tough budućnosti“. U međuvremenu, izbornik Áki Johansen već matches on our hands and a very exciting experience planira sljedeći izazov. „Pred nama su tri teške utakmice, for our hard-working boys,” he said. naše vrijedne dečke čeka vrlo uzbudljivo iskustvo“, rekao je. 5 UEFA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE NO TO RACISM PORUKA PREDSJEDNIKA UEFA-E It is my pleasure to welcome you to the UEFA Zadovoljstvo mi je poželjeti vam dobrodošlicu na European Under-17 Championship finals. It is the završni turnir UEFA-inog Europskog prvenstva first time that a UEFA youth final tournament za igrače do 17 godina. Ovo je prvi puta da se is being held in Croatia, and we are thankful završni turnir jednog UEFA-inog natjecanja u to the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) and mlađim kategorijama održava u Hrvatskoj te its president Davor Šuker for their work in zahvaljujemo Hrvatskom nogometnom savezu organising this event. (HNS) i njegovom predsjedniku Davoru Šukeru From Cristiano Ronaldo to Andrés Iniesta, many za njihov rad na organizaciji ovog događaja. of Europe’s brightest stars have taken their first Od Cristiana Ronalda do Andrésa Inieste, mnoge steps in international football in this competition, od najsjajnijih europskih nogometnih zvijezda prvi and we look forward to watching some of the susret s međunarodnim nogometom doživjele continent’s most exciting young talents over the su upravo na ovom natjecanju. Radujemo se next fortnight, then following their progress in što ćemo u sljedeća dva tjedna gledati neke the years ahead. od najvećih mladih talenata te u narednim Sixteen teams are taking part for the third godinama pratiti njihov razvoj. year in a row, giving more youngsters the Drugu godinu zaredom na ovom natjecanju chance to gain valuable tournament experience. sudjeluje šesnaest ekipa, što daje većem broju The expanded tournament was a huge success mladih igrača priliku da steknu vrijedno turnirsko in Azerbaijan last summer, with record crowds iskustvo. Prošireni format turnira pokazao se vrlo highlighting how popular and important this uspješnim prošlog ljeta u Azerbajdžanu, uz rekordni competition has become. I would like to wish posjet koji je pokazao koliko je ovo natjecanje all of the players the best of luck, and may the postalo popularno i važno. Svim igračima želim best team win! puno sreće, i neka najbolja ekipa pobijedi! ALEKSANDER ČEFERIN UEFA PRESIDENT Predsjednik UEFA-e Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .ai Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .ai / @ _official 7 WELCOME TO CROATIA DOBRODOŠLI U HRVATSKU It is with joy that I extend a warm welcome Vrlo sam sretan što mogu poželjeti srdačnu to all the players, fans and other visitors to dobrodošlicu svim igračima, navijačima i drugim Croatia for this month’s UEFA European gostima Hrvatske na UEFA-ino Europsko prvenstvo Under-17 Championship. za igrače do 17 godina. We are grateful to UEFA for giving us the Zahvalni smo UEFA-i što nam je omogućila da opportunity to host our first youth finals. While po prvi puta budemo domaćini finalnog natjecanja staging a successful 16-nation EURO at this u mlađim kategorijama. Iako je organizacija level of football represents an organisational uspješnog Eura sa 16 zemalja na ovoj razini veliki challenge, our talented and hard-working team at organizacijski izazov, talentirana i vrijedna ekipa the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) is totally Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza dat će sve od sebe dedicated to delivering a top-class tournament. da turnir opravda visoka očekivanja. Croatia is one of the world’s most beautiful Hrvatska je jedna od najljepših zemalja na countries, and we are looking forward to svijetu, i veselimo se što ćemo igračima, trenerima, introducing its many wonders, as well as our osoblju, dužnosnicima, navijačima i medijima moći hospitality, culture and cuisine, to participating predstaviti naše brojne ljepote, gostoljubivost, players, coaches, staff, officials, fans and media. kulturu i hranu. Iako samo jedna reprezentacija Though only one side can win the trophy, all our može osvojiti pehar, svi naši gosti mogu uživati guests can relish the tournament experience on u turniru na terenu i izvan njega, što nam je kao and off the pitch – and that is our goal as hosts. domaćinima i cilj. Svima želim da im boravak I wish everyone a memorable stay in Croatia as u Hrvatskoj ostane u pamćenju te se nadam well as a fabulous footballing showpiece played in odličnom nogometu najboljih U17 reprezentacija, a spirit of respect and fair play by the continent’s odigranom u duhu poštovanja i ferplej. best U17 teams. www.uefafoundation.org DAVOR ŠUKER CROATIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION PRESIDENT Predsjednik Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza 9 INTERVIEW INTERVJU LIFT OFF Renato Sanches celebrates Portugal’s UEFA EURO 2016 triumph Renato Sanches slavi UZLIJETANJE uspjeh Portugala na UEFA-inom Euru 2016. UEFA EURO 2016 winner Renato 19-year-old, whose team were ultimately knocked out by 2016, becoming Portugal's youngest player and youngest Član pobjedničke momčadi UEFA-inog Sanches says playing with Portugal’s England. "You have a lot of responsibility. Those tournaments goalscorer at a major finals. "It was a great moment for all push you to give your best and represent your country well. Portuguese people, because we made history and I'm part EURA 2016. Renato Sanches kaže da je U17s was key to his development They're a way for you to learn." of Portugal's history," he says, having also been named igranje u reprezentaciji Portugala do 17 The 19-year-old certainly took every lesson to heart – like Young Player of the Tournament. "Every time I think about wo years. That was all the time it took for Renato many of his illustrious forbears. First held in 2001/02 as a those moments, they're very good memories." godina bio ključ njegovog igračkog razvoja Sanches to progress from a starring role at the successor to the UEFA European U16 Championship, the Much has clearly happened since his breakthrough displays T 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship to tournament offers a vital early grounding in high-calibre in Malta, but Sanches has not forgotten his formative spell vije godine. Samo je toliko Renatu Sanchesu continental glory at UEFA EURO 2016, the Portugal midfielder competition – and players including Andrés Iniesta, Wayne in Portugal's youth teams.