The 2009 FIFA U17 World Cup was the second FIFA tournament to be hosted on Nigeria soil after the 1999 FIFA U20 World Cup.
The 2007 edition parade now Super Stars players like Neymar, Alisson Becker, and Casemiro from Brazil and others Morata and Xhaka.
The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating Nigeria 1-0 at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja.
The Tournament was hosted in 8 Nigerian Cities ( Abuja, Lagos, Calabar, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi, Ijebu- Ode, and Enugu).
The Golden Ball to the Best Player was given to Nigerian Sani Emmanuel; the Golden Shoe for top scorer was given to Spaniard Borja, with five goals (although he tied with Nigerian Sani Emmanuel, Uruguayan Sebastián Gallegos, and Swiss Haris Seferovic).
The Golden Glove was given to Swiss Benjamin Siegrist, and the FIFA Fair Play Award was given to Nigeria.
Below are Some of the now Super Stars players who were paraded when Nigeria hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2009.
?? Ogenyi Onazi
?? Kenneth Omeruo
?? Bertrand Traore
?? Alisson Becker
?? Philippe Coutinho
?? Neymar
?? Casemiro
?? Granit Xhaka
?? Haris Seferović
?? Ricardo Rodríguez
?? Koke
?? Iker Muniain
?? Isco
?? Álvaro Morata
?? Son Heung-min
?? Marc-André ter Stegen
?? Mario Götze
?? Bernd Leno
?? Nicolás Tagliafico
?? Emiliano Martinez
Countries that took part in the 2009 U17 FIFA World Cup are Iran, UAE, South Korea and Japan from AFC, Nigeria Gambia, Algeria, Burkina Faso and Malawi from CAF.
Mexico, USA, Honduras and Costa Rica from CONCACAF, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia from CONMEBOL and New Zealand from Oceania.
Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Turkey from UEFA complete list of 24 teams.