# 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. 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.
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

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. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2014 and Elite round, which took place in spring 2015.

### Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Bulgaria | Hosts | 1st | Debut | Debut |
| France | Elite round Group 1 winners | 9th | 2012 | Champions (2004) |
| Spain | Elite round Group 1 runners-up | 9th | 2010 | Champions (2007, 2008) |
| Croatia | Elite round Group 2 winners | 3rd | 2013 | Fourth place (2005) |
| Belgium | Elite round Group 3 winners | 4th | 2012 | Semi-finals (2007) |
| Netherlands | Elite round Group 3 runners-up | 9th | 2014 | Champions (2011, 2012) |
| Greece | Elite round Group 4 winners | 2nd | 2010 | Group stage (2010) |
| Republic of Ireland | Elite round Group 4 runners-up | 2nd | 2008 | Group stage (2008) |
| Austria | Elite round Group 5 winners | 4th | 2013 | Third place (2003) |
| Russia | Elite round Group 5 runners-up | 3rd | 2013 | Champions (2006, 2013) |
| England | Elite round Group 6 winners | 10th | 2014 | Champions (2010, 2014) |
| Slovenia | Elite round Group 6 runners-up | 2nd | 2012 | Group stage (2012) |
| Czech Republic | Elite round Group 7 winners | 5th | 2011 | Runners-up (2006) |
| Scotland | Elite round Group 7 runners-up | 3rd | 2014 | Semi-finals (2014) |
| Germany | Elite round Group 8 winners | 8th | 2014 | Champions (2009) |
| Italy | Elite round Group 8 runners-up | 5th | 2013 | Runners-up (2013) |

#### Notes

* ^ 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). 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).
| Stara Zagora | Sliven | Stara ZagoraSlivenBurgasSozopol | Burgas | Sozopol |
| Beroe Stadium | Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium | Stara ZagoraSlivenBurgasSozopol | Lazur Stadium | Arena Sozopol |
| Capacity: 11,684 | Capacity: 8,500 | Stara ZagoraSlivenBurgasSozopol | Capacity: 19,004 | Capacity: 2,599 |

## Squads

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

## Match officials

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

## Group stage

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:
* Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
* Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* 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;
* Superior goal difference in all group matches;
* Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
* 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).
* 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);
* Drawing of lots.
All times were local, EEST (UTC+3).

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

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

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 15 May – Burgas | 15 May – Burgas | | | |
| Croatia | 1 (3) | | | |
| Croatia | 1 (3) | 19 May – Burgas | 19 May – Burgas | | |
| Belgium (p) | 1 (5) | 19 May – Burgas | 19 May – Burgas | |
| Belgium (p) | 1 (5) | Belgium | 1 (1) | |
| 16 May – Stara Zagora | 16 May – Stara Zagora | | Belgium | 1 (1) | |
| 16 May – Stara Zagora | 16 May – Stara Zagora | France (p) | 1 (2) | |
| France | 3 | France (p) | 1 (2) | |
| France | 3 | | | | 22 May – Burgas | 22 May – Burgas |
| Italy | 0 | | | | 22 May – Burgas | 22 May – Burgas |
| Italy | 0 | | | | France | 4 |
| 15 May – Stara Zagora | 15 May – Stara Zagora | | | | | France | 4 |
| 15 May – Stara Zagora | 15 May – Stara Zagora | | | | Germany | 1 |
| Germany (p) | 0 (4) | | | | Germany | 1 |
| Germany (p) | 0 (4) | 19 May – Stara Zagora | 19 May – Stara Zagora | | | |
| Spain | 0 (2) | 19 May – Stara Zagora | 19 May – Stara Zagora | | | |
| Spain | 0 (2) | Germany | 1 | | | |
| 16 May – Burgas | 16 May – Burgas | | Germany | 1 | | | |
| 16 May – Burgas | 16 May – Burgas | Russia | 0 | |
| England | 0 | Russia | 0 | |
| Russia | 1 | | | |
| FIFA U-17 World Cup play-offs | FIFA U-17 World Cup play-offs |
| 19 May – Sozopol | 19 May – Sozopol |
| Croatia | 1 |
| Italy | 0 |
| 19 May – Sliven | 19 May – Sliven |
| Spain | 0 (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.

### FIFA U-17 World Cup play-offs

Winners qualified for 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

### Final
## Goalscorers
### 8 goals

* Odsonne Édouard

### 3 goals

* Ismail Azzaoui
* Jonathan Ikoné
* Felix Passlack

### 2 goals

* Dennis Van Vaerenbergh
* Tonislav Yordanov
* Marcus Edwards
* Erdinc Karakas
* Vangelis Pavlidis
* Yegor Denisov
* Dmitri Pletnyov

### 1 goal

* Oliver Filip
* Sandi Lovrić
* Rubin Seigers
* Matko Babić
* Adrian Blečić
* Davor Lovren
* Karlo Majić
* Nikola Moro
* Ondřej Lingr
* Bilal Boutobba
* Mamadou Doucouré
* Jordan Rambaud
* Johannes Eggestein
* Görkem Sağlam
* Niklas Schmidt
* Janni Serra
* Kostas Kirtzialidis
* Patrick Cutrone
* Simone Lo Faso
* Simone Mazzocchi
* Reda Boultam
* Aleksei Tatayev
* Carles Aleñá
* Francisco José Villalba
* José Luis Zalazar

### Own goal

* Gökhan Gül (playing against France)
* Federico Giraudo (playing against the Netherlands)
* Timothy Fosu-Mensah (playing against England)
Source: UEFA

## Team of the tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report