A look ahead to the UEFA u-17 European Championships

The 2008 UEFA under-17 European Championships kick off on Sunday and Arsenal will be represented at the tournament by French striker Gilles Sunu and Oguzhan Ozaykup, the exciting Dutch winger who only signed for the club last week. Spain are the current holders of the tournament and this year’s competition will take place in Turkey.

Group A

Turkey

Netherlands

Scotland

Serbia

Group B

France

Rep. of Ireland

Spain

Switzerland

Fixtures involving Arsenal players:

Sunday 4th May-

France v Republic of Ireland

Turkey v Netherlands

Wednesday 7th May-

Netherlands v Serbia

France v Spain

Saturday 10th May-

Netherlands v Scotland

Switzerland v France

*- Matches underlined in italics will be shown live on Eurosport.

It promises to be an interesting tournament, and the game between France and Spain will definitely be worth watching. In my opinion, I think that Spain probably have the edge over the other sides in the tournament, but we will just have to wait and see. Remember to check back for regular updates throughout the course of the tournament.

7 Responses to “A look ahead to the UEFA u-17 European Championships”

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1 C-J May 1, 2008 at 7:46 pm

Thanks for making the list of when the matches are played and shown on Eurosport. I’m planning on watching as much of the competition as possible, so this really helps keep track of things. Also nice to know exactly what teams have Arsenal players in them. I hope the young lads will have a great tournament. A final between Holland and France would be exciting to watch, especially since they have Arsenal players in both teams. ^_^
2 IL-Gooner May 1, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Isn’t Ignasi Miquel in the Spanish squad?
3 kingsley May 1, 2008 at 8:58 pm

respect for the effort and quality of this blog. i admire the way you present great information and dont try and get hits by headlining ridiculous transfer rumours. keep it up!
4 jazbo May 1, 2008 at 8:59 pm

Thanks, can’t wait to see our youg players in action, it will be intresting to see who can step up to the firts team squad during this competion.
5 Stone May 1, 2008 at 11:56 pm

I think Miguel is in the U-16 Spanish squad. 15 year olds are very seldom in the U-17 tournament. Exception is Cesc Fabregas who was the best player despite just turned 16
6 Kent Paul May 2, 2008 at 5:14 pm

I personally think that it is a bloody discrace that we are not there this year IMO
7 C-J May 2, 2008 at 8:06 pm

According to the official UEFA website for the U-17 European Championchips, there is no Ignaci Miguel in the Spanish squad. Too bad, would have been nice to have a couple more Arsenal players represented in the competition. But who knows, maybe Wenger will find another gem there to bring to the club.