1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997, the seventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Port Said in Egypt between 4 September and 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.
Venues
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Cairo | Cairo International Stadium | 74,100 |
| Port Said | Port Said Stadium | 22,000 |
| Alexandria | Alexandria Stadium | 20,000 |
| Ismailia | Ismailia Stadium | 16,500 |
Teams
Squads
Matches
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
----Playoff for 3rd place
Final
Result
Goalscorers
David of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 117 goals were scored by 73 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.;7 goals
- David
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
- Yaser Amer
- Adiel
- Ferrugem
- Jorginho
- Ronaldinho
- Juan Francisco Viveros
- Silvio Adzic
- Michael Coffie
- Edwin Santibanez
- Omar Gomez
- Ander
- David Sousa
- Ivan Sanchez
- Sergio Santamaría
- Sutee Suksomkit
- Taylor Twellman
- Julio Marchant
- Luciano Galletti
- Mauro Marchano
- Alexander Ziervogel
- Rashed Al Dosari
- Salah Rashed
- Andrey
- Anailson
- Diogo
- Alonso Zuniga
- Claudio Maldonado
- Cristian Alvarez
- Manuel Villalobos
- Milovan Mirošević
- Juan Bautista Esquivel Lobo
- Eid Ezz
- Mahmoud Arabi
- Saleh Abou
- Benjamin Auer
- Sebastian Deisler
- Sebastian Kehl
- Steffen Hofmann
- Aziz Ansah
- Godwin Attram
- Johnson Eku
- Wisdom Abbey
- Aboubacar Guindo
- Drissa Coulibaly
- Mahamadou Diarra
- Fernando Arce
- Luis Ernesto Pérez
- Ricardo Mauricio Martínez
- Saul Salcedo
- Juma Al Mukhaini
- Mohsin Al Harbi
- Rahdwan Nairooz
- Salah Al Amri
- Corona
- Ivan Lopez
- Ivan Royo
- Juanjo Camacho
- Montree Matong
- Tom Tongdee
- Charles Rupsis
- Steven Totten
- Mahfoudh Al Mukhaini
Final ranking