Fifa U 17 Wc News

Hosts India made their first ever appearance in a FIFA World Cup, after taking the field against USA in their first match of the Under-17 World Cup at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday. The Indian team is being led by Manipur-born Amarjit Singh Kiyam, who plays as a midfielder. India had qualified automatically for the tournament as hosts.

India started their FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign with a 0-3 loss against USA at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on Friday. USA's Josh Sargent opened the scoring by converting a penalty in the 30th minute before second half goals by Chris Durkin and Andrew Carleton made it 3-0. India will next face Colombia on Monday.

PM Narendra Modi ended up felicitating former footballer Magan Singh when former Indian goalkeeper Bhaskar Ganguly's name was called during the ceremony ahead of India's FIFA U-17 World Cup opener on Friday. The announcer kept on addressing Singh as 'Bhaskar da' while Singh was presented with a shawl and a memento. Bhaskar was later felicitated privately during the half-time break.

The Chilean National Anthem was cut short to 90 seconds at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup match against England, following which the players completed it by singing the remaining portion of the anthem. The Chilean National Anthem, which is around 120 seconds long, had to be stopped as per the FIFA's '90-second National Anthem rule'.

Sixteen-year-old Jeakson Thounaojam became the first player in history to score for India in a FIFA World Cup on Monday. The U-17 team midfielder headed to convert a corner into a goal in the 82nd minute against Colombia to help India equalise. Thounaojam, who hails from Thoubal, Manipur, is a product of Minerva Punjab FC Academy based in Chandigarh.

India lost their second FIFA Under-17 World Cup Group A match against Colombia 1-2 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on Monday. Midfielder Jeakson Thounaojam scored India's first-ever goal in a FIFA tournament after equalising in the 82nd minute. Colombian midfielder Juan Penaloza scored a brace to help the South American nation win their first match of the tournament.

India's first-ever FIFA World Cup scorer, Jeakson Thounaojam, was rejected by national selectors in 2015 due to his height. When the then India U-17 chief coach Nicolai Adam visited Chandigarh Football Academy, he felt six-foot-tall Jeakson was "unnaturally tall" for a 14-year-old. Jeakson was selected when he led Minerva Academy FC to a win against India U-17 in March 2017.

India's U-17 football team goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh had to rely on his grandmother to buy him football shoes and kits as his parents were "dead against" him pursuing football. Dheeraj's father revealed the goalkeeper was a class topper in school and he didn't want him to play football. Dheeraj is now the most capped Indian player in this age group.

For India to finish second in the group and directly qualify for FIFA Under-17 World Cup knockout stage, they must beat Ghana by three goals, while USA should beat Colombia by two. Meanwhile, if USA-Colombia result doesn't go in India's favour, then also they might advance, as the four best third-placed teams across the six groups would advance to knockouts.

India crashed out of the U-17 FIFA World Cup after losing their last Group A match 0-4 against two-time U-17 champions Ghana in Delhi on Thursday. India failed to register a single win in the tournament, losing to USA and Colombia in their first two matches. It was the first-ever FIFA tournament that India participated in.

Eight Manipuri players in the India U-17 World Cup squad, including India's only FIFA World Cup goalscorer Jeakson Singh, did not receive their dues, as per reports. Due to this, parents of some of the players were unable to watch them play in Delhi, the reports added. Manipur CM Biren Singh on Thursday directed immediate payment of ₹5 lakh each.

India's Under-17 footballer Nongdamba Naorem trolled his teammate Anwar Ali after the latter shared an Instagram post about the pride associated in representing India. Replying to Ali's tweet, Nongdamba wrote, "Kahase laya English ha ha", referring to the long post in English. The post came out when there were concerns about Ali's availability for India's final match against Ghana.

FIFA Under-17 World Cup director Javier Ceppi said the spectators mark after the first 36 matches has crossed 8 lakh, which is higher than the turnout after first 36 matches of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. "We feel that really football has taken over. That's the reality...We had an average crowd of 49,000 for India matches. It's huge," he added.

After knowing that their U-17 World Cup pre-quarterfinal match will take place in Mumbai, the Ghana team expressed its desire to meet Indian TV show Kumkum Bhagya's cast. The team management had earlier confiscated players' phones so that they don't get distracted by the show during the tournament. The show's dubbed version has been on air in Ghana since 2015.

The attendance for matches of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 breached the million mark in the final match of the Round of 16, the tournament director Javier Ceppi has said. The cumulative total now stands at 10,07,396 with eight matches to go. The previous record of 12,30,976 was set in the very first edition in China in 1985.

The FIFA U-17 World Cup semi-final between England and Brazil, scheduled to take place on October 25, has been shifted to Kolkata from Guwahati. The decision has been taken after an assessment of the pitch conditions at Guwahati, which has been affected by rainfall over the past few days. The England-Brazil semi will be followed by Mali-Spain semi in Mumbai.

England came back from two goals down to defeat four-time finalists Spain 5-2 to win their maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup title in Kolkata on Saturday. England forward Rhian Brewster, who scored a hat-trick each in the quarterfinal and semifinal, ended the tournament as the top-scorer with eight goals. This was the first-ever FIFA tournament to be held in India.

Debutant FIFA hosts India broke the record for the highest attendance at an U-17 FIFA World Cup, after 13,47,133 spectators turned up to witness the tournament. Each of the 52 matches at six venues across the country saw an average attendance of 25,906. The tournament also broke the record for the most number of goals scored, with 183 goals.

The recently concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup in India became the highest-scoring FIFA U-17 World Cup ever, witnessing 183 goals in 52 matches. The India edition surpassed the 172-goal record set at UAE in 2013. Further, this year's final between England and Spain, wherein seven goals were scored, became the highest-scoring final in the 32-year-long history of this age-group tournament.