2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

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Below are the rosters for the UEFA U-17 Championship 2008 tournament in Turkey. Players name marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.

Players' ages as of the tournament's opening day (4 May 2008).

Group A

Netherlands

Head coach: Albert Stuivenberg

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Jeroen Zoet	(1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (age 17)	PSV Eindhoven
2	2DF	Tim Eekman	(1991-08-05)5 August 1991 (age 16)	Feyenoord
3	2DF	Imad Najah	(1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (age 17)	PSV Eindhoven
4	2DF	Ricardo van Rhijn	(1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (age 16)	Ajax
5	2DF	Lorenzo Burnet	(1991-05-25)25 May 1991 (age 16)	Ajax
6	3MF	Ricky van Haaren	(1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (age 16)	Feyenoord
7	4FW	Rajiv van La Parra	(1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (age 16)	Feyenoord
8	3MF	Jordy Clasie	(1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (age 16)	Feyenoord
9	4FW	Geoffrey Castillion	(1991-05-25)25 May 1991 (age 17)	Ajax
10	3MF	Rodney Sneijder	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (age 17)	Ajax
11	4FW	Jerson Cabral	(1991-01-03)3 January 1991 (age 17)	Feyenoord
12	2DF	Roly Bonevacia^[1]	(1991-10-08)8 October 1991 (age 16)	Ajax
13	2DF	Dico Koppers	(1992-01-31)31 January 1992 (age 15)	Ajax
14	3MF	Youness Mokhtar	(1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (age 16)	PSV Eindhoven
15	3MF	Lorenzo Ebecilio	(1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (age 16)	Ajax
16	1GK	Fons Mulder	(1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (age 17)	Utrecht
17	2DF	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw	(1991-07-10)10 July 1991 (age 16)	Heerenveen
18	3MF	Oğuzhan Özyakup^[2]	(1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (age 15)	Arsenal

Serbia

Head coach: Dejan Đurđević

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Vilson Caković	(1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 17)	Balkan Mirijevo
2	2DF	Zlatko Liščević	(1991-03-08)8 March 1991 (aged 17)	Red Star Belgrade
3	2DF	Milan Rodić	(1991-04-02)2 April 1991 (aged 17)	OFK Beograd
4	3MF	Nebojša Gavrilović	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (aged 17)	Partizan
5	2DF	Milan Milanović	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 17)	Lokomotiv Moscow
6	3MF	Goran Brkić	(1991-04-28)28 April 1991 (aged 17)	OFK Beograd
7	2DF	Aleksandar Ignjovski	(1991-01-27)27 January 1991 (aged 17)	OFK Beograd
8	3MF	Predrag Stevanović	(1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 17)	Schalke 04
9	3MF	Vuk Mitošević	(1991-02-12)12 February 1991 (aged 17)	Vojvodina
10	4FW	Adem Ljajić	(1991-09-22)22 September 1991 (aged 16)	Partizan
11	4FW	Danijel Aleksić	(1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 17)	Vojvodina
12	1GK	Marko Nikolić	(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 17)	Partizan
13	4FW	Marko Obradović	(1991-06-30)30 June 1991 (aged 16)	Zemun
14	3MF	Luka Milivojević	(1991-04-07)7 April 1991 (aged 17)	Radnički Kragujevac
15	3MF	Nemanja Gudelj	(1991-11-16)16 November 1991 (aged 16)	NAC Breda
16	2DF	Stevan Smederevac	(1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 17)	OFK Beograd
17	2DF	Nenad Stjepić	(1991-02-01)1 February 1991 (aged 17)	OFK Beograd
18	4FW	Marko Rajić	(1991-07-30)30 July 1991 (aged 16)	Zemun

Scotland

Head coach: Ross Mathie

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Grant Adam	(1991-04-16)16 April 1991 (age 17)	Rangers
2	2DF	Stephen Forbes	(1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (age 17)	Rangers
3	2DF	Michael Deland	(1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (age 17)	Heart of Midlothian
4	2DF	Scott Durie	(1991-11-11)11 November 1991 (age 16)	Rangers
5	2DF	Liam Cooper	(1991-08-03)3 August 1991 (age 16)	Hull City
6	3MF	Jamie Ness	(1991-03-02)2 March 1991 (age 17)	Rangers
7	3MF	Paul Slane	(1991-11-25)25 November 1991 (age 16)	Motherwell
8	3MF	Gordon Smith	(1991-01-14)14 January 1991 (age 17)	Livingston
9	4FW	Archie Campbell	(1991-01-10)10 January 1991 (age 17)	Rangers
10	3MF	John Fleck	(1991-08-24)24 August 1991 (age 16)	Rangers
11	4FW	Bob McHugh	(1991-07-16)16 July 1991 (age 16)	Motherwell
12	1GK	James Wood	(1991-11-10)10 November 1991 (age 16)	Manchester City
13	3MF	Danny Thomson	(1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (age 16)	Heart of Midlothian
14	3MF	Alex Cooper	(1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (age 16)	Liverpool
15	4FW	Scott Robinson	(1992-03-12)12 March 1992 (age 16)	Heart of Midlothian
16	4FW	James Keatings	(1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (age 16)	Celtic
17	2DF	David McAuliffe	(1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (age 16)	Motherwell
18	3MF	Peter Innes	(1991-04-26)26 April 1991 (age 17)	Motherwell

Turkey

Head coach: Şenol Ustaömer

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Metin Uçar	(1991-04-07)7 April 1991 (age 17)	Gençlerbirliği
2	2DF	Erhan Karayer	(1991-08-03)3 August 1991 (age 16)	Çanakkale Dardanelspor
3	2DF	Özgür Çek	(1991-01-03)3 January 1991 (age 17)	Fenerbahçe
4	2DF	Sertaç Eren	(1991-12-20)20 December 1991 (age 16)	Fenerbahçe
5	2DF	Emrah Yollu	(1991-11-03)3 November 1991 (age 16)	Galatasaray
6	3MF	Abdülkadir Kayalı	(1991-01-30)30 January 1991 (age 17)	Ankaragücü
7	3MF	Öztürk Karataş	(1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (age 17)	Karlsruher SC
8	3MF	Soner Aydoğdu	(1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (age 17)	Gençlerbirliği
9	4FW	Batuhan Karadeniz	(1991-04-24)24 April 1991 (age 17)	Beşiktaş
10	3MF	Gökhan Töre	(1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (age 16)	Bayer Leverkusen
11	3MF	Eren Albayrak	(1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (age 17)	Bursaspor
12	1GK	Umutcan Yüksel	(1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (age 16)	Ankaragücü
13	2DF	Volkan Dikmen	(1991-11-14)14 November 1991 (age 16)	Hertha BSC
14	2DF	Berk Neziroğluları	(1991-01-03)3 January 1991 (age 17)	Galatasaray
15	3MF	Sefer Sever	(1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (age 17)	Fenerbahçe
16	2DF	Barış Yardımcı	(1992-08-14)14 August 1992 (age 15)	Fenerbahçe
17	4FW	Muhammet Demir	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (age 16)	Bursaspor
18	3MF	Emre Çolak	(1991-05-20)20 May 1991 (age 16)	Galatasaray

Group B

France

Head coach: Francis Smerecki

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Jeffrey Baltus	(1991-12-20)20 December 1991 (age 16)	Auxerre
2	2DF	Joël Adegoroye	(1991-05-15)15 May 1991 (age 16)	Rennes
3	3MF	André Auras	(1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (age 17)	Auxerre
4	2DF	William Rémy	(1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (age 17)	Lens
5	2DF	Sébastien Faure	(1991-01-03)3 January 1991 (age 17)	Lyon
6	3MF	Loïc Damour	(1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (age 17)	Strasbourg
7	4FW	Gaël Kakuta^[3]	(1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (age 16)	Chelsea
8	3MF	Gueïda Fofana	(1991-05-16)16 May 1991 (age 16)	Le Havre
9	3MF	Enzo Reale	(1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (age 16)	Lyon
10	4FW	Gilles Sunu^[4]	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (age 17)	Arsenal
11	4FW	Yannis Salibur	(1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (age 17)	Lille
12	4FW	Alexandre Lacazette	(1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (age 16)	Lyon
13	2DF	Loïc Négo^[5]	(1991-01-15)15 January 1991 (age 17)	Nantes
14	2DF	Timothée Kolodziejczak	(1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (age 16)	Lens
15	2DF	Willy Boly^[6]	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (age 17)	Auxerre
16	1GK	Anthony Mfa Mezui^[7]	(1991-03-07)7 March 1991 (age 17)	Metz
17	4FW	Clément Grenier	(1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (age 17)	Lyon
18	4FW	Yannis Tafer	(1991-02-11)11 February 1991 (age 17)	Lyon

Republic of Ireland

Head coach: Sean McCaffrey

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Gerard Hanley	(1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (age 17)	Galway United
2	2DF	Pádraic Ormsby	(1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (age 17)	Crumlin United
3	2DF	Gavin Gunning	(1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (age 17)	Blackburn Rovers
4	2DF	John Dunleavy	(1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (age 16)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
5	2DF	Mark Connolly	(1991-12-16)16 December 1991 (age 16)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
6	4FW	Gearóid Morrissey	(1991-11-17)17 November 1991 (age 16)	Ringmahon Rangers
7	3MF	Aaron Doran	(1991-05-13)13 May 1991 (age 16)	Blackburn Rovers
8	3MF	Conor Clifford	(1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (age 16)	Chelsea
9	3MF	Greg Cunningham	(1991-01-31)31 January 1991 (age 17)	Manchester City
10	3MF	Conor Hourihane	(1991-02-02)2 February 1991 (age 17)	Sunderland
11	4FW	Paul Murphy	(1991-03-19)19 March 1991 (age 17)	Ipswich Town
12	4FW	Robbie Brady	(1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (age 16)	Manchester United
13	4FW	Darragh Satelle	(1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (age 17)	Hull City
14	2DF	Daniel Joyce	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (age 15)	Belvedere
15	3MF	John Sullivan	(1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (age 17)	Crumlin United
16	1GK	Gavin Carlin	(1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (age 17)	West Bromwich Albion
17	2DF	Richie Towell	(1991-07-17)17 July 1991 (age 16)	Celtic
18	2DF	Shaun Timmins	(1991-03-13)13 March 1991 (age 17)	Birmingham City

Spain

Head coach: Juan Santisteban

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ángel Díez	(1991-01-09)9 January 1991 (age 17)	Racing Santander
2	2DF	Martín Montoya	(1991-04-14)14 April 1991 (age 17)	Barcelona
3	2DF	Ángel Martínez	(1991-05-17)17 May 1991 (age 16)	Espanyol
4	2DF	Jon Gaztañaga	(1991-06-28)28 June 1991 (age 16)	Real Sociedad
5	3MF	Oriol Romeu	(1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (age 16)	Barcelona
6	3MF	Álvaro López	(1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (age 16)	Real Madrid
7	3MF	Keko	(1991-12-27)27 December 1991 (age 16)	Atlético Madrid
8	4FW	Thiago	(1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (age 17)	Barcelona
9	4FW	Rubén Rochina	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (age 17)	Barcelona
10	3MF	Sergio Canales	(1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (age 17)	Racing Santander
11	4FW	Manu Gavilán	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (age 16)	Real Betis
12	2DF	Jorge Pulido	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (age 17)	Atlético Madrid
13	1GK	Álex Sánchez	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (age 17)	Barcelona
14	4FW	Gerardo Bruna	(1991-01-29)29 January 1991 (age 17)	Liverpool
15	2DF	Carles Planas	(1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (age 17)	Barcelona
16	4FW	Sergi	(1991-01-20)20 January 1991 (age 17)	Valencia
17	3MF	Óscar Sielva	(1991-08-06)6 August 1991 (age 16)	Espanyol
18	3MF	Adrià Carmona	(1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (age 16)	Barcelona

Switzerland

Head coach: Yves Débonnaire

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	René Borković	(1991-04-21)21 April 1991 (aged 17)	Zürich
2	2DF	Bigambo Rochat	(1991-05-29)29 May 1991 (aged 16)	Lausanne-Sport
3	2DF	Fabio Daprelà	(1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 17)	Grasshopper
4	2DF	Philippe Koch	(1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 17)	Zürich
5	2DF	Michael Lang	(1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 17)	St. Gallen
6	3MF	Steven Ukoh^[8]	(1991-06-19)19 June 1991 (aged 16)	Young Boys
7	3MF	David Frey	(1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 17)	Thun
8	3MF	Taulant Xhaka^[9]	(1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 17)	Basel
9	4FW	Nassim Ben Khalifa	(1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 16)	Lausanne-Sport
10	4FW	Admir Mehmedi	(1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 17)	Zürich
11	3MF	Alexandre Pasche	(1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 16)	Lausanne-Sport
12	1GK	Hrvoje Bukovski	(1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 16)	SC Freiburg
13	2DF	Patrick Dürig	(1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 17)	Young Boys
14	2DF	Fisnik Sabedini	(1991-11-04)4 November 1991 (aged 16)	Zürich
15	3MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	(1991-10-10)10 October 1991 (aged 16)	Basel
16	3MF	Stefano Milani	(1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 17)	Lugano
17	4FW	Dino Rebronja	(1991-06-12)12 June 1991 (aged 16)	Young Boys
18	4FW	Sven Lehmann	(1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (aged 16)	St. Gallen

Footnotes

^ Capped for Curaçao
^ Capped for Turkey
^ Capped for DR Congo
^ Capped for Togo
^ Capped for Hungary
^ Capped for Ivory Coast
^ Capped for Gabon
^ Capped for Nigeria
^ Capped for Albania

[1] Capped for Curaçao

[2] Capped for Turkey

[3] Capped for DR Congo

[4] Capped for Togo

[5] Capped for Hungary

[6] Capped for Ivory Coast

[7] Capped for Gabon

[8] Capped for Nigeria

[9] Capped for Albania

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