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 from 4 to 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.
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.
David
Geovanni Matuzalem
Ahmed Belal
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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 Rashid Al-Dosari Salah Rashed Andrey Anailson Diogo Alonso Zuniga Claudio Maldonado Cristian Alvarez Manuel Villalobos Milovan Mirošević
Juan Bautista Esquivel 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 Saleh Al-Amri Corona Ivan Lopez Ivan Royo Juanjo Camacho Montree Matong Tom Tongdee Charles Rupsis Steven Totten Mahfoudh Al-Mukhaini (playing against Ghana)