2016 European Under-19 Football Championship

2016 European Under-19 Football Championship
UEFA Under 19 Women's Championship 2016
Number of nations	8  (of 47 applicants)
European champion	France (4th title)
venue	Slovakia
Opening game	19th July 2016
Endgame	July 31, 2016
Games	15th
Gates	55  (⌀: 3.67 per game)
spectator	9.902  (⌀: 660 per game)
Top scorer	Marie-Antoinette Katoto (6 goals)
yellow cards	21  (⌀: 1.4 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.07 per game)

The final round of the 19th U-19 European Women's Football Championship was held in Slovakia from July 19 to 31, 2016 . Eight teams competed against each other first in a group stage in two groups and then in the knockout system . Players born on January 1, 1997 or later were eligible to play.

mode

At the final round, the eight teams formed two groups of four teams each. In the group stage, each team within the group played once against each other. There were three points for a win and one point for a draw. After the preliminary round matches, the group winners and runners-up qualified for the semi-finals.

If several teams had equal points in the group matches, the positions were initially determined based on the larger number of points from the direct encounters . If this was the same, first the goal difference and then the number of goals scored in the direct matches were compared. If two or more teams were still tied, the next criteria were the goal difference from all games and then the total number of goals scored. The last criterion was the fair play rating .

From the semi-finals onwards, the tournament was continued in the knockout system . Games that draw ended after regular time were to ten minutes twice extended . If no winner was found after extra time, the decision was sought on penalties . The regular playing time for all games was 45 minutes twice. According to a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee on May 2, 2016, each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution at this tournament in extra time.

qualification

1 round

Slovakia was automatically qualified to host. England and Spain were given wild cards for the second qualifying round as these teams were in the top two of the UEFA rankings. The remaining 44 registered national teams were divided into eleven groups of four teams each on November 19, 2014.

The games took place in the form of mini-tournaments between September 15 and 20, 2015. At the draw, Germany was drawn in group 5 with Hungary, Serbia and Kazakhstan. Austria came in Group 11 with Scotland, Ukraine and Albania. Switzerland met Greece, Iceland and Georgia in Group 1. The group winners and runners-up reached the second qualifying round. The 22 teams plus England and Spain were divided into six groups of four teams each for the second qualifying round.

Switzerland beat the previous qualifying record with a 23-0 win against Georgia.

2nd round

In this qualification phase (elite round), which was drawn on November 13, 2015 in Nyon , a simple point round with four teams was held between April 5 and 10, 2016. UEFA had Germany, England, Finland, France, Switzerland and Spain as the group heads. The six group winners and the group runner-up with the best record against the respective group first and third qualified alongside hosts Slovakia for the final from 19 to 31 July 2016. The elite round was drawn on November 13, 2015. Germany met Azerbaijan, Ireland and Poland in Group 1. The mini-tournament was hosted by Ireland. Austria met England in Group 2, defending champions and hosts Sweden and Belgium. Switzerland also met Russia and Norway in Group 6 in Hungary. All three were able to win their group. This was the first time that all three took part in a European Junior Championship. Austria qualified for the U-19 European Championship for the first time.

Attendees

Host Slovakia was automatically selected for the finals. The group draw took place on May 24, 2016 in Bratislava .

Slovakia (hosts) Germany (winner group 1) Austria (winner group 2) Netherlands (winner group 3)

Spain (Winner Group 4) France (Winner Group 5) Switzerland (winner group 6) Norway (best runner-up in the group)

Venues

The European Championship took place in four stadiums in four venues in Slovakia.

Senec	Zlaté Moravce	Senica	Myjava
NTC Senec Capacity: 3,264	Štadión Zlaté Moravce Capacity: 5,000	OMS Arena Capacity: 5,070	Štadión Myjava Capacity: 2,709
3 preliminary round matches 2 semi-finals finals	3 preliminary round matches	3 preliminary round matches	3 preliminary round matches
Senec Zlaté Moravce Senica Myjava

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	0	1	008: 200	+6	06th
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	008: 200	+6	06th
3.	Norway	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
4th	Slovakia	3	0	1	2	000:120	−12	01

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 5:00 p.m. in Senec
Slovakia	-	Netherlands	0: 6 (0: 3)
Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 6 p.m. in Zlaté Moravce
France	-	Norway	0: 1 (0: 1)
Friday, July 22, 2016, 6:00 p.m. in Zlaté Moravce
Netherlands	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)
Friday, July 22, 2016, 7:00 p.m. in Senec
Slovakia	-	France	0: 6 (0: 0)
Mon., July 25, 2016, 5:00 p.m. in Senec
Netherlands	-	France	1: 2 (0: 2)
Mon., July 25, 2016, 5:00 p.m. in Zlaté Moravce
Norway	-	Slovakia	0: 0 1

¹The game was interrupted in the 47th minute when the score was 0-0 due to heavy rains and later canceled. With the victory of the French against the Dutch, neither the Norwegians nor the Slovaks had a chance to reach the semi-finals. UEFA decided not to let the game play again and assessed the result at the time it was abandoned.

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	010-000	+10	09
2.	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	008: 700	+1	06th
3.	Germany	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
4th	Austria	3	0	0	3	001:110	−10	00

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 6:00 p.m. in Senica
Spain	-	Germany	1: 0 (0: 0)
Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 6:00 p.m. in Myjava
Austria	-	Switzerland	0: 4 (0: 1)
Friday, July 22, 2016, 6:00 p.m. in Senica
Germany	-	Switzerland	2: 4 (1: 1)
Fri., July 22, 2016, 6:00 p.m. in Myjava
Spain	-	Austria	4: 0 (2: 0)
Mon., July 25, 2016, 6:00 p.m. in Senica
Germany	-	Austria	3: 1 (1: 0)
Mon., July 25, 2016, 6:00 p.m. in Myjava
Switzerland	-	Spain	0: 5 (0: 2)

Final round

Semifinals

Thursday, July 28, 2016, 4 p.m. in Senec
France	-	Switzerland	3: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday, July 28, 2016, 8:30 p.m. in Senec
Spain	-	Netherlands	4: 3 (1: 1)

final

The final was interrupted for more than two hours due to heavy rain, which left the pitch unplayable at half-time, before UEFA decided to whistle for the second half. The playing field was in very poor condition both in the first half and after the two-hour break, players slipped more and more and the ball often remained in large puddles on the grass when passing flat.

France		Spain
	July 31 at 7 p.m. in Senec (National Training Center) Result: 2: 1 (1: 0) Referee: Eszter Urbán ( Hungary )
	Mylène Chavas - Héloïse Mansuy , Hawa Cissoko , Estelle Cascarino , Théa Greboval - Delphine Cascarino , Onema Grace Geyoro , Laura Condon , Perle Morroni - Clara Matéo , Marie-Antoinette Katoto (84th Cathy Couturier ) Trainer: Gilles Eyquem	Amaia Peña - Beatriz Beltrán , Carmen Menayo , Marta Cazalla (87th María Vázquez ), Nuria Garrote - Sandra Hernández , Maite Oroz (69th Maria Ángeles Carrión ), Patricia Guijarro , Aitana Bonmatí (46th Lucía García ) - Andrea Sánchez , Nahik Sánchez , Nahik Sánchez García Coach: Pedro Lopéz
	1-0 Geyoro (36th) 2-0 Katoto (66th)	2: 1 L. García (84.)
	D. Cascarino (54th)
		Nahikari García misses a penalty kick (53.)

In addition to the twelve players who played in this final, the European champions' line-up also included the following women: goalkeeper Jade Lebastard , who was the only one without a minute, and field players Pauline Dechilly , Elisa De Almeida (due to an injury replaced by Louise Fleury after the second group match ), Élise Legrout , Julie Thibaud and Anna Clerac .

Best goalscorers

Below are the top goalscorers of the finals of this European Championship. The ranking corresponds to the official UEFA rules, according to which the number of assists and the playing minutes are decisive for determining the top scorer with the same number of goals.

rank	Player	Gates	templates	Game minutes
1	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	6th	1	274
2	Jill Roord	5	0	360
3	Sandra Hernández	4th	1	332
4th	Lucía García	4th	0	329
5	Clara Matéo	3	1	285
6th	Cinzia Zehnder	3	0	330
7th	Nahikari García	3	0	335
8th	Andrea Sánchez	2	3	270
9	Camille Surdez	2	1	125
10	Laura clearance	2	1	225
11	Naomi Mégroz	2	1	253
...
13	Stefanie Sanders	2	0	204
16	Géraldine Reuteler	1	3	225
19th	Nina Ehegötz	1	1	208
20th	Lara Jenzer	1	1	290
21st	Ivana Feric	1	0	104

referee

The UEFA nominated six referees from six countries, who were supported by eight assistants. There were no permanent teams of referees and assistants. Two further referees, who were used as fourth officials, completed the field of referees for the final round.

Referee	assistant	Fourth official
Linn Andersson	Gülyana Güvəndiyeva	Petra Pavlíková Chudá
Tania Fernandes Morais	Ekaterina Marinova	Zuzana Valentová
Ivana Martinčić 1	Kylie McMullan
Lois Otte	Dora Myrianthea
Ivana Projkovska	Lisa Rashid
Eszter Urbán 2	Maryna Strilezka
	Sabina Valieva
	Veronica Vettorel

¹ Martinčić directed the opening game between Slovakia and the Netherlands with assistants Güvəndiyeva and Rashid.

² Urbán led the final between France and Spain with assistants Rashid and Strilezka.

Cadre from the German-speaking area

Germany

Trainer: Maren Meinert (born August 5, 1973)

position	Surname	society	birth date
goalkeeper	Vanessa Fischer	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	Apr 18, 1998	1	0	0	0	0
goalkeeper	Lena Pauels	Werder Bremen	0Feb. 2, 1998	2	0	0	0	0
Defense	Melissa Friedrich	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0May 6, 1997	2	0	0	0	0
Defense	Anna Gerhardt	FC Bayern Munich	Apr 17, 1998	2	0	0	0	0
Defense	Isabella Hartig	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Aug 12, 1997	3	0	0	0	0
Defense	Lisa Karl 3	Sc freiburg	Jan 15, 1997	1	0	0	0	0
Defense	Katja Orschmann 3	1. FC Union Berlin	0Jan. 8, 1998	1	0	0	0	0
Defense	Michaela Specht	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Feb 15, 1997	2	0	1	0	0
midfield	Jana Feldkamp	SGS Essen	15th Mar 1998	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Laura clearance	University of Pennsylvania	0Feb. 1, 1998	3	2	1	0	0
midfield	Lina Hausicke	FF USV Jena	Dec 30, 1997	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Saskia Matheis	1. FFC Frankfurt	0June 6, 1997	1	0	0	0	0
midfield	Isabella Möller	1. FFC Frankfurt	0Feb. 4, 1998	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Melanie Ott	FSV Gütersloh 2009	Apr 13, 1997	2	0	0	0	0
midfield	Jasmine Sehan	VfL Wolfsburg	June 16, 1997	2	0	0	0	0
midfield	Pia-Sophie Wolter	Werder Bremen	Nov 13, 1997	2	0	0	0	0
attack	Nina Ehegötz	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Feb 22, 1997	3	1	0	0	0
attack	Stefanie Sanders	Werder Bremen	June 12, 1998	3	2	0	0	0
attack	Lea Schüller	SGS Essen	Nov 12, 1997	3	0	0	0	0

³Lisa Karl suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in her first group game against Spain . Katja Orschmann was nominated for her.

Austria

Trainer: Irene Fuhrmann (born October 23, 1980)

position	Surname	society	birth date
goalkeeper	Carolin Großesinger	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	May 10, 1997	3	0	0	0	0
goalkeeper	Isabella Kresche	SV Peggau	Nov 28, 1998	0	0	0	0	0
Defense	Anna Egretzberger	SKV Altenmarkt	0Jan. 6, 1997	1	0	0	0	0
Defense	Marina Georgieva	FSK St. Pölten	Apr 13, 1997	2	0	0	0	0
Defense	Adina Hamidovic	FSK St. Pölten	Apr 26, 1998	2	0	0	0	0
Defense	Katharina Naschenweng	SK Sturm Graz	Dec 16, 1997	3	0	0	0	0
Defense	Anna Zimmerbner	FC Bergmann	Oct 16, 1998	2	0	0	0	0
midfield	Katharina Aufhauser	SV Neulengbach	Jan. 16, 1997	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Barbara Dunst	FSK St. Pölten	25 Sep 1997	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Ivana Feric	SKV Altenmarkt	Aug 25, 1997	3	1	1	0	0
midfield	Duygu Karkac	USC Landhaus Vienna	May 19, 1997	1	0	0	0	0
midfield	Teresa Knauseder	Union Kleinmünchen Linz	07th Mar 1997	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Julia Kofler	SK Sturm Graz	0Sep 2 1998	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Sandrine Sobotka	SV Neulengbach	0Oct 8, 1998	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Nina Wasserbauer	Union Kleinmünchen Linz	0Nov 6, 1998	3	0	0	0	0
attack	Sarah Lackner	USK yard	0June 2, 1997	1	0	0	0	0
attack	Viktoria Pinther	FSK St. Pölten	Oct 16, 1998	3	0	0	0	0
attack	Melissa Schmid	SV Neulengbach	0Nov 2, 1998	2	0	0	0	0

Switzerland

Trainer: Nora Häuptle (born September 9, 1983)

position	Surname	society	birth date
goalkeeper	Nadja Furrer	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Apr 30, 1998	1	0	0	0	0
goalkeeper	Natascha Honegger	SC Derendingen	27 Sep 1997	3	0	0	0	0
Defense	Lorena Baumann	FC Zurich women	Feb 11, 1997	4th	0	1	0	0
Defense	Jana Brunner	FC Staad	Jan. 20, 1997	4th	0	1	0	0
Defense	Carola Fasel	BSC Young Boys	June 27, 1997	4th	0	0	0	0
Defense	Naomi Mégroz	FC Zurich women	0Aug 6, 1998	3	2	0	0	0
Defense	Julia Stierli	FC Zurich women	0Apr 3, 1997	4th	0	0	0	0
Defense	Marilena Widmer	BSC Young Boys	0Aug 7, 1997	4th	0	0	0	0
midfield	Yara Hofmann	FC Zurich women	29 Sep 1998	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Lara Jenzer	FC Aarau	0Aug 5, 1998	4th	1	0	0	0
midfield	Lesley Ramseier	FC Zurich women	0June 5, 1997	4th	0	0	0	0
midfield	Sina Spieser	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0July 6, 1997	3	0	0	0	0
midfield	Cinzia Zehnder	Sc freiburg	0Aug 4, 1997	4th	3	0	0	0
attack	Kim Dubs	FC Zurich women	22 Sep 1998	2	0	0	0	0
attack	Julia Glaser	FC Basel	0Oct 7, 1997	2	0	0	0	0
attack	Géraldine Reuteler	FC Luzern women	Apr 21, 1999	3	1	0	0	0
attack	Camille Surdez	Yverdon FC Féminin	Jan. 13, 1998	3	2	0	0	0
attack	Elena van Niekerk	FC Zurich women	0Aug 4, 1997	1	0	0	0	0

Web links

• Information about the tournament on uefa.com
• Tournament details on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee. In: uefa.com. UEFA , May 2, 2016, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Qualification ends: Switzerland towers above, Germany flawless. In: uefa.com. UEFA, September 21, 2015, accessed October 18, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Composition of the lottery pots according to " France among the group heads of the elite round " from October 23, 2015 at footofeminin.fr
4. ↑ Elite round of the U19 women drawn. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 13, 2015, accessed November 25, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Final round 2016: Slovakia. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed April 29, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Norway v Slovakia abandoned after heavy rain. In: uefa.com. UEFA, July 25, 2016, accessed July 25, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Statistics. In: de.uefa.com. UEFA, accessed July 31, 2016 . 
8. ↑ After cruciate ligament: Orschmann Karl replaced. In: dfb.de. German Football Association , July 21, 2016, accessed on July 29, 2016 .