2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (33rd edition if the Under-16 era was also included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Bulgaria hosted the tournament.[3] The finals featured 16 teams for the first time since 2002, as the number of teams was increased from eight in the previous tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate in this competition.

2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2015 УЕФА Европейско първенство за юноши до 17 години
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Dates6–22 May 2015
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runners-up Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored59 (1.79 per match)
Attendance77,868 (2,360 per match)
Top scorer(s) Odsonne Édouard (8 goals)[1]
Best player(s) Odsonne Édouard[2]

The final tournament also acted as the UEFA qualifier for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, with six teams qualifying (the four semi-finalists and the two winners of play-off matches between the losing quarter-finalists).

Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.

Qualification
Main article: 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition and with the hosts Bulgaria qualifying automatically, the other 53 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2014 and Elite round, which took place in spring 2015.[5]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6][7]

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 BulgariaHosts1stDebutDebut
 FranceElite round Group 1 winners9th2012Champions (2004)
 SpainElite round Group 1 runners-up[^]9th2010Champions (2007, 2008)
 CroatiaElite round Group 2 winners3rd2013Fourth place (2005)
 BelgiumElite round Group 3 winners4th2012Semi-finals (2007)
 NetherlandsElite round Group 3 runners-up[^]9th2014Champions (2011, 2012)
 GreeceElite round Group 4 winners2nd2010Group stage (2010)
 Republic of IrelandElite round Group 4 runners-up[^]2nd2008Group stage (2008)
 AustriaElite round Group 5 winners4th2013Third place (2003)
 RussiaElite round Group 5 runners-up[^]3rd2013Champions (2006, 2013)
 EnglandElite round Group 6 winners10th2014Champions (2010, 2014)
 SloveniaElite round Group 6 runners-up[^]2nd2012Group stage (2012)
 Czech RepublicElite round Group 7 winners5th2011Runners-up (2006)
 ScotlandElite round Group 7 runners-up[^]3rd2014Semi-finals (2014)
 GermanyElite round Group 8 winners8th2014Champions (2009)
 ItalyElite round Group 8 runners-up[^]5th2013Runners-up (2013)
Notes
  1. ^
    The best seven runners-up among all eight elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held in Pomorie, Bulgaria on 2 April 2015, 14:00 EEST (UTC+3).[8][9] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Bulgaria were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The competition was played at four venues in four host cities: Beroe Stadium (in Stara Zagora), Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium (in Sliven), Lazur Stadium (in Burgas), and Arena Sozopol (in Sozopol).[10]

Stara Zagora Sliven
Burgas Sozopol
Beroe Stadium Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium Lazur Stadium Arena Sozopol
Capacity: 12,128 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 18,037 Capacity: 3,500

Squads
Main article: 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[5]

Match officials

A total of 9 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[11]

Group stage
Map of the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship finalist teams and their performances.

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-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:[5]

  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).[12]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Austria 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Bulgaria (H) 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: UEFA
(H) Host.
Spain 1–1 Austria
Aleñá  46' (pen.) Report Lovrić  62'
Attendance: 1,180[13]
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Bulgaria 0–2 Croatia
Report Babić  24'
Blečić  80+3'
Attendance: 10,640[13]
Croatia 1–0 Austria
Lovren  52' Report
Attendance: 1,732[13]
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)
Bulgaria 1–2 Spain
Yordanov  35' Report Zalazar  11'
Villalba  47'
Attendance: 9,240[13]
Austria 1–1 Bulgaria
Filip  34' Report Yordanov  43'
Attendance: 2,213[13]
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Croatia 0–0 Spain
Report
Attendance: 1,782[13]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Belgium 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 3
4  Slovenia 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Czech Republic 1–0 Slovenia
Lingr  44' Report
Attendance: 754[13]
Belgium 0–2 Germany
Report Passlack  43'
Schmidt  46'
Attendance: 612[13]
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Czech Republic 0–3 Belgium
Report Azzaoui  29', 75' (pen.)
Van Vaerenbergh  78'
Attendance: 1,228[13]
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Slovenia 0–1 Germany
Report Eggestein  8'
Attendance: 1,508[13]
Germany 4–0 Czech Republic
Passlack  10', 40+2'
Karakas  33'
Sağlam  53'		 Report
Attendance: 1,206[13]
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
Slovenia 0–1 Belgium
Report Van Vaerenbergh  80+3'
Attendance: 592[13]
Referee: Roy Reinshreiber (Israel)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Russia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Greece 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Scotland 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Greece 2–2 Russia
Kirtzialidis  37'
Pavlidis  64'		 Report Pletnyov  59'
Yegor Denisov  72'
Attendance: 2,000[13]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
Scotland 0–5 France
Report Ikoné  18', 20'
Édouard  25'
Boutobba  35'
Doucouré  47'
Attendance: 326[13]
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
Russia 0–1 France
Report Édouard  50'
Attendance: 2,255[13]
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Greece 1–0 Scotland
Pavlidis  39' Report
Attendance: 1,154[13]
France 1–0 Greece
Rambaud  80+4' Report
Attendance: 983[13]
Russia 2–0 Scotland
Yegor Denisov  52'
Pletnyov  65'		 Report
Attendance: 885[13]
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3  Netherlands 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4  Republic of Ireland 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Republic of Ireland 0–0 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 1,500[13]
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (Moldova)
Italy 0–1 England
Report Edwards  47'
Attendance: 2,530[13]
Republic of Ireland 0–2 Italy
Report Lo Faso  9'
Mazzocchi  56'
Attendance: 573[13]
Referee: Roy Reinshreiber (Israel)
Netherlands 1–1 England
Boultam  56' (pen.) Report Fosu-Mensah  18' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,063[13]
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
England 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Edwards  71' Report
Attendance: 974[13]
Netherlands 1–1 Italy
Giraudo  63' (o.g.) Report Cutrone  6'
Attendance: 1,258[13]
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[5]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 May – Burgas
 
 
 Croatia1 (3)
 
19 May – Burgas
 
 Belgium (p)1 (5)
 
 Belgium1 (1)
 
16 May – Stara Zagora
 
 France (p)1 (2)
 
 France3
 
22 May – Burgas
 
 Italy0
 
 France4
 
15 May – Stara Zagora
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany (p)0 (4)
 
19 May – Stara Zagora
 
 Spain0 (2)
 
 Germany1
 
16 May – Burgas
 
 Russia0
 
 England0
 
 
 Russia1
 


 
FIFA U-17 World Cup play-offs 
 
      
 
19 May – Sozopol
 
 
 Croatia1
 
 
 Italy0
 
 
19 May – Sliven
 
 
 Spain0 (3)
 
 
 England (p)0 (5)
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Losers played in FIFA U-17 World Cup play-offs.

Croatia 1–1 Belgium
Majić  34' Report Azzaoui  53'
Penalties
Moro
Brekalo
Lovren
Sosa 		3–5 Janssens
Van Vaerenbergh
Daneels
Ademoglu
Azzaoui
Attendance: 1,073[13]
Germany 0–0 Spain
Report
Penalties
Gül
Janelt
Passlack
Özcan 		4–2 Pepelu
Olmo
Aleñá
Rodríguez
Attendance: 2,423[13]
Referee: Roy Reinshreiber (Israel)
England 0–1 Russia
Report Tatayev  29'
Attendance: 2,085[13]
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
France 3–0 Italy
Édouard  5', 72'
Ikoné  53'		 Report
Attendance: 2,114[13]
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

FIFA U-17 World Cup play-offs

Winners qualified for 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Croatia 1–0 Italy
Moro  15' Report
Attendance: 344[13]
Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)
Spain 0–0 England
Report
Penalties
Pepelu
Olmo
Villalba
Martín 		3–5 Edwards
Ugbo
Willock
Oxford
Suliman
Attendance: 984[13]
Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Semi-finals
Belgium 1–1 France
Seigers  52' Report Édouard  23'
Penalties
Janssens
Van Vaerenbergh
Daneels
Ademoglu
Azzaoui 		1–2 Janvier
Cognat
Pelican
Zidane
Édouard
Attendance: 1,850[13]
Germany 1–0 Russia
Serra  68' Report
Attendance: 4,127[13]

Final
France 4–1 Germany
Édouard  40', 47', 70'
Gül  80+3' (o.g.)		 Report Karakas  50'
Attendance: 14,680[13]

Goalscorers
8 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Source: UEFA[14]

Team of the tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report[15]

References
  1. "Eight-goal Edouard takes scorers' prize". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2016. Odsonne Edouard's eight goals in Bulgaria is a record for a UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals, eclipsing the seven Jonathan Soriano managed for Spain in 2002.
  2. "Golden Player – 2015: Odsonne Edouard". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. "Malta, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan picked for U17s". UEFA. 2012-03-20.
  4. "Under-17s turn thoughts to Bulgaria". UEFA.com. 22 November 2013.
  5. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2014/15" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. "Under-17 finals lineup complete". UEFA.com. 27 March 2015.
  7. "2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship programme" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  8. "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  9. "England, Netherlands rematched in Under-17 draw". UEFA.com. 2 April 2015.
  10. "Venue guide". UEFA.com.
  11. "Match officials". UEFA.com.
  12. "Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  13. "UEFA Technical Report – Results". UEFA.com.
  14. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  15. "Team of the Tournament". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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