U-19 European Football Championship 2015

This article covers the 2015 Men's U-19 Football Championship. For the women's competition, see the 2015 Women's U-19 European Football Championship .

U-19 European Football Championship 2015
UEFA Under 19 Championship 2015
Number of nations	8  (of 54 applicants)
European champion	Spain (7th title)
venue	Greece
Opening game	July 6, 2015
Endgame	19th July 2015
Games	15th
Gates	36  (⌀: 2.4 per game)
Top scorer	Borja Mayoral (3 goals)
yellow cards	42  (⌀: 2.8 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.2 per game)
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.13 per game)

The finals of the 31st U-19 European Football Championship took place in 2015 in Greece . Greece was chosen as the host, together with the hosts for 2014 and 2016, at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Istanbul on March 20, 2012 . It was the second time since 1995 , back then as the U-18 European Championship, that the finals took place in Greece.

qualification

The qualification for the tournament took place in two stages. The first qualifying round was followed by a second round, called the elite round . Greece qualified as hosts directly.

First round

The draw for the first round took place on November 28, 2013 in Nyon . Spain received a bye for the elite round in advance. The remaining 52 participants were divided into 13 groups of four teams. The group first and second as well as the best group third, for whose determination only the games against the two group first counted, reached the elite round in spring 2015.

Germany and Austria played in Group 2 in Latvia from 9 to 14 October 2014 against Latvia and Kazakhstan, Switzerland met in Group 6, from 13 to 18 November 2014 in Ireland to Ireland, Malta and Gibraltar, Liechtenstein joined in Group 8 in Macedonia against Bosnia-Herzegovina, France and Macedonia.

Elite round

The seven group winners of the elite round qualified for the final round. Germany won Group 2 from March 26 to March 31, 2014 in their own country with two wins against Ireland (3: 2) and the Czech Republic (6: 0) and one draw against Slovakia (1: 1). Austria hosted Group 6 and won the group ahead of Scotland, Italy and Croatia. Switzerland finished fourth in Group 4 behind the Netherlands (hosts), Serbia and Norway.

Attendees

Host Greece was automatically seeded for the finals. Thus there were seven more places that were awarded to the seven group winners of the elite round. The following teams were able to qualify (qualification path in brackets):

Greece (hosts) Spain (elite group 1) Germany (elite group 2; defending champion) Russia (elite group 3)

Netherlands (elite group 4) Ukraine (elite group 5) Austria (elite group 6) France (elite group 7)

Venues

The final round matches were played in three cities or stadiums:

Katerini	Larisa	Veria
Katerini Municipal Stadium	AEL FC Arena	Veria Stadium
Capacity: 04,956	Capacity: 16,118	Capacity: 07,000
4 preliminary round games 1 semi-finals final	4 preliminary round games 1 semi-finals	4 preliminary round matches
Katerini Larisa Veria

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups of four teams each. The two group winners and runners-up qualified for the semifinals. In the event of a tie, first the direct comparison and then the goal difference decides on the ranking. If equality continues, the lot decides .

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	3	0	0	006: 100	+5	09
2.	Greece	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Austria	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02
4th	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	003: 700	−4	01

Mon., July 6th 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Katerini
Greece	-	Ukraine	2: 0 (1: 0)
Mon., July 6th, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. in Veria
Austria	-	France	0: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in Larisa
Ukraine	-	France	1: 3 (0: 1)
Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 9:45 p.m. in Larisa
Greece	-	Austria	0-0
Sun., July 12, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. in Veria
France	-	Greece	2: 0 (1: 0)
Sun., July 12, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. in Katerini
Ukraine	-	Austria	2: 2 (1: 0)

* Local time ( UTC + 3 / −1 hours = Central European Summer Time ).

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Russia	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	04th
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	04th
3.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	Germany	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th

Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in Larisa
Netherlands	-	Russia	1: 0 (1: 0)
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 9:45 p.m. in Larisa
Germany	-	Spain	0: 3 (0: 1)
Fri., July 10, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Veria
Spain	-	Russia	1: 3 (1: 1)
Fri., July 10, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. in Katerini
Germany	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)
Mon., July 13, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. in Katerini
Russia	-	Germany	2: 2 (2: 1)
Mon., July 13, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. in Veria
Spain	-	Netherlands	1: 1 (1: 0)

* Local time ( UTC + 3 / −1 hours = Central European Summer Time ).

Final round

Semifinals

Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Larissa
Russia	-	Greece	4: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 9:45 p.m. in Katerini
France	-	Spain	0: 2 (0: 0)

* Local time ( UTC + 3 / −1 hours = Central European Summer Time ).

final

Spain		Russia
	final July 19, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. ( CEST ) in Katerini ( Katerini Municipal Stadium ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Referee: Anthony Taylor ( England )   Match report
	Antonio Sivera - Aarón Martín, Jorge Meré , Jesús Vallejo , Borja (81st Antonio Marín ) - Mikel Merino , Rodrigo - Alfonso Pedraza (74th Nahuel ), Dani Ceballos , Marco Asensio - Borja Mayoral (90th Carlos Fernández ) Coach: Luis de la Fuente	Anton Mitrjuschkin - Denis Jakuba , Dschamaldin Chodschanijasow , Nikita Chernov , Sergei Makarov - Dmitri Barinow , Alexander Golovin (46. Alexander Zuev ) - Alexei Gassilin (70th Rifat Schemaletdinow ), Georgi Melkadse (62. Igor Besdeneschnych ), Aiah Guliyev - Ramil Şeydayev Coach: Dmitri Chomucha
	1-0 Mayoral (39th) 2-0 Nahuel (78th)
	Nahuel (90th + 1 ')	Golovin (34th), Khodzhaniyazov (45th + 1 '), Gulijew (83th)

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers in the finals of this European Championship. If the goals are the same, they are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	Gates
1	Borja Mayoral	3
2	Marco Asensio	2
	Nikita Chernov	2
	Moussa Dembélé	2
	Alexei Gassilin	2
	Marko Kvasina	2
	Nahuel	2
	Ramil Şeydayev	2
	Pelle van Amersfoort	2
	Oleksandr Zubkov	2
11	12 more players	1

Team of the tournament

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker	Best player
Anton Mitryushkin Antonio Sivera	Terry Lartey Sanniez Lukas Klünter Denis Jakuba Lucas Hernández Augustine Loof Jesús Vallejo	Maxwell Cornet Issa Kallon Dmitri Barinow Dani Ceballos Kingsley Coman Marco Asensio Rodrigo	Timo Werner Ramil Şeydayev Borja Mayoral	Marco Asensio
Source:

referee

Shortly before the European Championship, UEFA nominated six referees from six countries, who are supported by eight assistants. There are no fixed teams of referees and assistants. Two domestic referees from Greece, who are the fourth officials, complete the field of referees for the final round.

referee	vintage	Assistants	vintage	Fourth official	vintage
Tamás Bognár	1978	Petr Blažej	1983	Athanasios Giachos	1976
Andreas Ekberg	1985	Ricardo Fernandes Morais	1983	Andreas Pappas	1979
Marco Guida	1981	Vital Jobin	1986
Georgi Kabakov	1986	Tomaž Klančnik	1982
Anthony Taylor 1	1978	Dejan Nedelkoski	1980
Andris Treimanis	1985	Neeme neemlaid	1985
		Nemanja Petrovic	1980
		Dennis Rasmussen	1979

¹ Taylor refereed both the opening match between Greece and Ukraine and the final between Spain and Russia.

Web links

• Official website of UEFA for the European Championship 2015
• U-18 European Championship 2015 on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ U19 finals in Germany, Greece and Hungary. In: uefa.com. UEFA , March 20, 2012, accessed September 28, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Opponents in the U19 qualifying round have been determined. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 28, 2013, accessed November 28, 2013 . 
3. ^ Neighborhood duels in the U19 elite round. In: uefa.com. UEFA, December 3, 2014, accessed March 26, 2015 . 
4. ↑ U19 EM 2015 Greece >> List of goalscorers. In: weltfussball.de. World football, accessed July 12, 2015 . 
5. ^ Greece 2015: Technical report . In: uefa.com . Retrieved April 18, 2017.
6. ↑ impartial. In: uefa.com. UEFA, July 1, 2015, accessed July 5, 2015 .