Schalke 04 is German U17

After the promotion of the professionals, the title for the B-Juniors follows: The U17 youngsters from Bundesliga promoted Schalke 04 have won the first German championship in 20 years. The team from the Schalke "Knappenschmiede" defeated VfB Stuttgart's youngsters in front of 3150 spectators in the traditional parking stadium in Gelsenkirchen with 3: 2 in penalty shootout. After extra time it was 1: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0).

The Stuttgarters initially took the lead in the 53rd minute with a header from Jan-Carlo Simic, and Tristan Osmani met on the side of the Schalke (64.).

As a result, Stuttgart had the better chances - and twice bad luck with shots on the aluminum. Initially, S04 keeper Faaris Yusufu steered a shot from Laurin Ulrich to the crossbar (69.), then a deflected shot from Samuele di Benedetto hit the post (97.) in extra time.

The decision was made in the penalty shootout - and the Schalke kept their nerves. Goalkeeper Dennis Seimen and Jan-Carlo Simic met for VfB, Philip Buczkowski, Niklas Dörr and Osmani transformed on Schalke side.

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Neckmann Yusufu, who parried the penalty of Ulrich and Di Benedetto, became the match winner, Benjamin Boakye also scored over the goal. Armend Likaj and Taylan Bulut awarded the Schalke.