U-17 European Football Championship 2015

This article is about the 2015 Men's U-17 Football Championship. For the women's competition, see the 2015 Women's U-17 European Football Championship .

U-17 European Football Championship 2015
UEFA Under 17 Championship 2015
Number of nations	16  (of 54 applicants)
European champion	France (2nd title)
venue	Bulgaria
Opening game	May 6, 2015
Endgame	May 22, 2015
Games	33
Gates	59  (⌀: 1.79 per game)
spectator	77,868  (⌀: 2,360 per game)
Top scorer	Odsonne Édouard (8 goals)
yellow cards	100  (⌀: 3.03 per game)
Yellow-red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The final round of the 33rd U-17 European Football Championship took place in Bulgaria in May 2015 . It was the first final round of a UEFA competition in Bulgaria and the first in which - as last in 2002 - 16 teams took part. It also served as a qualifier for the 2015 U-17 World Cup in Chile . All UEFA member associations applied to participate. Bulgaria was selected alongside the two hosts for 2014 and 2016 at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on March 20, 2012 in Istanbul .

qualification

The first qualifying round, in which all applicants except host Bulgaria took part, was drawn on November 28, 2013. Germany received a bye for the elite round in advance. The remaining 52 teams played in 13 groups of four teams each, the group first and second as well as the five best group third qualified for the elite round. Austria met in Group 9 in Albania from 8 to 13 October 2014 on Norway, San Marino and Albania and Switzerland met in Group 10 from 23 to 28 October 2014 in Belgium Belgium, Azerbaijan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, could but don't qualify.

The elite round, in which the 15 other finalists were determined, took place in March 2015. Germany prevailed in Group 8 with two wins (3-0 against Slovakia and 3-0 against Ukraine) and one draw (2-2 against Italy) as first in the table. Austria was also able to qualify for the finals with the same record (against Russia, Wales and Iceland).

Mode of the final tournament

The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each in an open draw. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners and runners-up reached the quarter-finals. Their winners reached the semi-finals and the semi-final winners reached the final; Third place was not played out. The regular playing time was 40 minutes twice. From the quarter-finals onwards, after regular time there was no extra time after a tie, but a penalty shoot-out immediately afterwards .

Attendees

The following 16 teams took part in the final round:

Bulgaria  France  Spain  Croatia

Belgium  Netherlands  Greece  Ireland

Austria  Russia  England  Slovenia

Czech Republic  Scotland  Germany  Italy

DFB selection

Trainer: Christian Wück (born June 9, 1973)

position	Surname	society	birth date
goalkeeper	Constantin Frommann	Sc freiburg	May 27, 1998	6th	0	0	0	0
goalkeeper	Markus Schubert	Dynamo Dresden	June 12, 1998	0	0	0	0	0
Defense	Enes Akyol	Hertha BSC	Feb 16, 1998	4th	0	0	0	0
Defense	Dženis Burnić	Borussia Dortmund	May 22, 1998	4th	0	1	0	0
Defense	Jonas Busam	Sc freiburg	0May 3, 1998	6th	0	0	0	0
Defense	Joel Abu Hanna	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Jan. 22, 1998	5	0	0	0	0
Defense	Erdinc Karakas	VfL Bochum	23 Mar 1998	5	2	0	0	0
Defense	Daniel Nesseler	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	15th Mar 1998	6th	0	0	0	0
midfield	Niklas Dorsch	FC Bayern Munich	Jan 15, 1998	1	0	0	0	0
midfield	Dennis Geiger	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	June 10, 1998	2	0	1	0	0
midfield	Gökhan Gül	VfL Bochum	July 17, 1998	5	0	0	0	0
midfield	Vitaly Janelt	RB Leipzig	May 10, 1998	4th	0	1	0	0
midfield	Salih Ozcan	1. FC Cologne	Jan. 11, 1998	6th	0	2	0	0
midfield	Felix Passlack	Borussia Dortmund	May 29, 1998	6th	3	2	0	0
midfield	Gorkem Sağlam	VfL Bochum	Apr 11, 1998	4th	1	0	0	0
midfield	Niklas Schmidt	Werder Bremen	01st Mar 1998	4th	1	0	0	0
attack	Johannes Eggestein	Werder Bremen	0May 8, 1998	4th	1	0	0	0
attack	Mats Koehler	Hamburger SV	0May 2, 1998	4th	0	2	0	0
attack	Janni Serra	Borussia Dortmund	13 Mar 1998	5	1	0	0	0

Venues

Burgas Soosopol Sliven Stara Sagora

The final round matches will be played in four cities: Burgas ( Lasur Stadium ), Sliven ( Khadji Dimitar Stadium ), Stara Sagora ( Beroe Stadium ) and Sozopol ( Arena Sozopol ).

draw

The draw took place on April 2nd, 2015 in Pomorie and resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Greece	Ireland
Croatia	Slovenia	Russia	Netherlands
Spain	Belgium	Scotland	Italy
Austria	Germany	France	England

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four groups with four teams each. The four group winners and runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals. In the event of a tie, first the direct comparison and then the goal difference decided the ranking.

All times correspond to local time ( CET +3 hours).

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Croatia	3	2	1	0	003-000	+3	07th
2.	Spain	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Austria	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

Wed., May 6, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in Burgas
Spain	-	Austria	1: 1 (0: 0)
Wed., May 6, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Stara Sagora
Bulgaria	-	Croatia	0: 2 (0: 1)
Sat., May 9, 2015 at 1 p.m. in Sozopol
Croatia	-	Austria	1: 0 (0: 0)
Sat., May 9, 2015 at 3 p.m. in Burgas
Bulgaria	-	Spain	1: 2 (1: 1)
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Sozopol
Austria	-	Bulgaria	1: 1 (1: 0)
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Sliven
Croatia	-	Spain	0-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	007-000	+7	09
2.	Belgium	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	001: 700	−6	03
4th	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	000: 300	−3	00

Wed., May 6, 2015 at 4 p.m. in Sliven
Czech Republic	-	Slovenia	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wed., May 6, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Burgas
Belgium	-	Germany	0: 2 (0: 2)
Sat., May 9, 2015 at 4 p.m. in Sozopol
Czech Republic	-	Belgium	0: 3 (0: 1)
Sat., May 9, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Burgas
Slovenia	-	Germany	0: 1 (0: 1)
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Stara Sagora
Germany	-	Czech Republic	4: 0 (3: 0)
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Burgas
Slovenia	-	Belgium	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	3	0	0	007-000	+7	09
2.	Russia	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Greece	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Scotland	3	0	0	3	000: 800	−8	00

Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 4 p.m. in Sozopol
Greece	-	Russia	2: 2 (1: 0)
Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Stara Sagora
Scotland	-	France	0: 5 (0: 4)
Sun., May 10, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. in Sliven
Russia	-	France	0: 1 (0: 0)
Sun., May 10, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Sozopol
Greece	-	Scotland	1: 0 (1: 0)
Wed., May 13, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Sozopol
France	-	Greece	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wed., May 13, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Sliven
Russia	-	Scotland	2: 0 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
2.	Italy	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	Netherlands	3	0	3	0	002: 200	± 0	03
4th	Ireland	3	0	1	2	000: 300	−3	01

Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 1 p.m. in Sozopol
Ireland	-	Netherlands	0-0
Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Burgas
Italy	-	England	0: 1 (0: 0)
Sun., May 10, 2015 at 4 p.m. in Stara Sagora
Ireland	-	Italy	0: 2 (0: 1)
Sun., May 10, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in Stara Sagora
Netherlands	-	England	1: 1 (0: 1)
Wed., May 13, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Stara Sagora
England	-	Ireland	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wed., May 13, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Burgas
Netherlands	-	Italy	1: 1 (0: 1)

Final round

All times correspond to local time ( CET +3 hours).

Quarter finals

Fri., May 15, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. in Burgas
Croatia	-	Belgium	1: 1 (1: 0), 3: 5 i. E.
Fri., May 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Stara Sagora
Germany	-	Spain	0: 0, 4: 2 i. E.
Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. in Burgas
England	-	Russia	0: 1 (0: 1)
Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Stara Sagora
France	-	Italy	3: 0 (1: 0)

World Cup qualification

In addition to the semi-finalists, the winners will take part in the 2015 U-17 World Cup in Chile .

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 4 p.m. in Sozopol
Croatia	-	Italy	1: 0 (1: 0)
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 4 p.m. in Sliven
Spain	-	England	0: 0, 3: 5 i. E.

Semifinals

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 4 p.m. in Burgas
Belgium	-	France	1: 1 (0: 1), 1: 2 i. E.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Stara Sagora
Germany	-	Russia	1: 0 (0: 0)

final

Friday, May 22, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in Burgas
France	-	Germany	4: 1 (1: 0)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Odsonne Édouard	8th
2	Ismail Azzaoui	3
	Nanitamo icon	3
	Felix Passlack	3

There are also 6 players with two and 26 players with one hit each.

Team of the tournament

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker	Best player
Jens Teunckens Constantin Frommann	Alec Georgen Borna Sosa Cucu Wout Faes Dayot Upamecano	Carles Aleñá Josip Brekalo Timothé Cognat Georgi Makhatadze Nikola Moro Marcus Edwards	Felix Passlack Odsonne Édouard Nanitamo Ikoni Chris Willock Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	Odsonne Édouard

particularities

• Germany reached the final as the eighth team after Portugal (1988), Czechoslovakia (1990), France (1996), Ireland (1998), France (2001), the Netherlands (2011) and Germany (2012) without conceding a goal. Portugal did not concede a goal in the final either , but lost it on penalties , Czechoslovakia won the final but conceded two goals, France lost the final 0-1 both times, Ireland won 2-1 and the Netherlands 5: 2. Germany only conceded a goal in stoppage time in 2012 and then lost on penalties.
• The French goalkeeper was Luca Zidane , the second oldest son of Zinédine Zidane . In the penalty shootout against Belgium, he was able to save three penalties.

Web links

• Official UEFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Malta, Bulgaria and Azerbaijan selected for U17. In: uefa.com. UEFA , March 20, 2012, accessed July 8, 2013 . 
2. ↑ U17 qualifying round 2014/15 drawn. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 28, 2013, accessed November 28, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Groups of the U17 finals have been determined. In: uefa.com. UEFA, April 2, 2015, accessed April 2, 2015 . 
4. ^ Bulgaria 2015: Technical report . In: uefa.com . Retrieved April 18, 2017.
5. ↑ Zidane's son brings France to the final. In: uefa.com. UEFA, May 19, 2015, accessed August 7, 2015 .