2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2015 Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Κ-19
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates6–19 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain (10th title)
Runners-upFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored36 (2.4 per match)
Attendance70,612 (4,707 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Spain.svg Borja Mayoral (3 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Spain.svg Marco Asensio
2014
2016

The 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (64th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Greece hosted the tournament. [1] Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to participate in this competition.

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Qualification

All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition and with the hosts Greece qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. [2] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2014, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2015. [3]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. [4] [5]

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

TeamMethod of qualificationFinals appearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Hosts6th 2012 Runners-up (2007, 2012)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Elite round Group 1 winners11th 2013 Champions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Elite round Group 2 winners7th 2014 Champions (2008, 2014)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Elite round Group 3 winners2nd 2007 Group stage (2007)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Elite round Group 4 winners3rd 2013 Group stage (2010, 2013)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Elite round Group 5 winners4th 2014 Champions (2009)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Elite round Group 6 winners6th 2014 Semi-finals (2003, 2006, 2014)
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Elite round Group 7 winners8th 2013 Champions (2005, 2010)

Final draw

The final draw was held in Katerini, Greece on 9 June 2015 at 17:00 EEST (UTC+3). [6] [7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Greece were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The competition was played at three venues in three host cities, Katerini and Veria in Central Macedonia, and Larissa in Thessaly. [8]

Larissa Veria Katerini
AEL FC Arena Municipal Stadium of Veria Municipal Stadium of Katerini
39°36′55.5″N22°23′57.8″E / 39.615417°N 22.399389°E / 39.615417; 22.399389 (AEL FC Arena) 40°32′02.9″N22°12′08.2″E / 40.534139°N 22.202278°E / 40.534139; 22.202278 (Veria Stadium) 40°15′40.3″N22°30′44.0″E / 40.261194°N 22.512222°E / 40.261194; 22.512222
Capacity: 16,118 [9] Capacity: 7,000 [10] Capacity: 4,956 [11]
West stand of Veria Stadium.jpg 1st Municipal Stadium of Katerini.jpg

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players. [3]

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament. [12]

Group stage

2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship teams and final classification 2015 UEFA U-19 European Championship map.svg
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship teams and final classification

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

if two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: [3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, EEST (UTC+3). [13]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 330061+59Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (H)31112204
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 30212312
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 30123741
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg2–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Orphanides Soccerball shade.svg20'
Karahalios Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg0–1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Report Blin Soccerball shade.svg34'

Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–3Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Zubkov Soccerball shade.svg55' Report Guirassy Soccerball shade.svg31'
Dembélé Soccerball shade.svg62'
Lukyanchuk Soccerball shade.svg90+2' (o.g.)
AEL FC Arena, Larissa
Attendance: 1,619 [14]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg0–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report
AEL FC Arena, Larissa
Attendance: 13,453 [14]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg2–0Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Diakhaby Soccerball shade.svg5'
Dembélé Soccerball shade.svg64'
Report
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg2–2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Zubkov Soccerball shade.svg14'
Luchkevych Soccerball shade.svg63'
Report Kvasina Soccerball shade.svg47', 87'

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 311154+14Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 311154+14
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 31112204
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31113524
Source: UEFA
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–0Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Van Amersfoort Soccerball shade.svg44' Report
AEL FC Arena, Larissa
Attendance: 2,038 [14]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report Merino Soccerball shade.svg8'
Mayoral Soccerball shade.svg72' (pen.)
Nahuel Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
AEL FC Arena, Larissa
Attendance: 7,883 [14]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Mayoral Soccerball shade.svg13' Report Barinov Soccerball shade.svg37'
Gasilin Soccerball shade.svg48'
Sheydayev Soccerball shade.svg54'
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Rizzo Soccerball shade.svg89' Report

Russia  Flag of Russia.svg2–2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Kehrer Soccerball shade.svg32' (o.g.)
Bezdenezhnykh Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
Report Kehrer Soccerball shade.svg12'
Werner Soccerball shade.svg65'
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Mirani Soccerball shade.svg8' (o.g.) Report Van Amersfoort Soccerball shade.svg54' (pen.)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. [3]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 July – Katerini
 
 
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 0
 
19 July – Katerini
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
 
16 July – Larissa
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0
 

Semi-finals

Russia  Flag of Russia.svg4–0Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Chernov Soccerball shade.svg50', 79'
Gasilin Soccerball shade.svg52'
Sheydayev Soccerball shade.svg64' (pen.)
Report
AEL FC Arena, Larissa
Attendance: 14,856 [14]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg0–2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report Asensio Soccerball shade.svg88', 90+5'

Final

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2–0Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Mayoral Soccerball shade.svg39'
Nahuel Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com [15]

Team of the tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report [16]

Golden player: Flag of Spain.svg Marco Asensio [17]

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