# 2015 South American U-15 Championship

The 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the seventh edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in the cities of Montería and Valledupar, Colombia between 21 November and 6 December 2015.

## Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
| Argentina | 7th | Runners-up (2005) |
| Bolivia | 7th | Fourth place (2005) |
| Brazil | 7th | Champions (2005, 2007, 2011) |
| Chile | 7th | Fourth place (2007, 2013) |
| Colombia (hosts) | 7th | Runners-up (2004, 2011, 2013) |
| Ecuador | 7th | Third place (2009) |
| Paraguay | 7th | Champions (2004, 2009) |
| Peru (holders) | 7th | Champions (2013) |
| Uruguay | 7th | Runners-up (2007) |
| Venezuela | 7th | None |

## Venues

CONMEBOL appointed Colombia as the host country during its 65th Ordinary Congress on 3 March 2015. The tournament was played in Estadio Municipal de Montería, Montería and Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau, Valledupar.

## Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) until 30 October 2015. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

## First stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in Santiago, Chile. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Colombia–Chile, Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Ecuador–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 28 October 2015.
The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.
All times local, COT (UTC−5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 12 | Final stage |
| 2 | Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | Final stage |
| 3 | Colombia (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 12 | Final stage |
| 2 | Uruguay | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Final stage |
| 3 | Bolivia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Peru | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | |
| 5 | Chile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 | |

## Final stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 December – Valledupar | 3 December – Valledupar |
| Argentina | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 | 6 December – Valledupar | 6 December – Valledupar |
| Uruguay | 2 | 6 December – Valledupar | 6 December – Valledupar |
| Uruguay | 2 | Uruguay | 0 (4) |
| 3 December – Valledupar | 3 December – Valledupar | | Uruguay | 0 (4) |
| 3 December – Valledupar | 3 December – Valledupar | Brazil (p) | 0 (5) |
| Brazil | 3 | Brazil (p) | 0 (5) |
| Ecuador | 1 | | |
| Ecuador | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 6 December – Valledupar | 6 December – Valledupar |
| | | Argentina | 1 |
| | | Ecuador | 0 |

### Final
## Goalscorers
### 7 goals

* Vitinho

### 6 goals

* Vinícius Jr.

### 5 goals

* Carlos Bergottini
* Facundo Torres
* José Barragán

### 4 goals

* Facundo Colidio
* Jhon García
* Rafael Tapia
* Josue Quiñónez

### 3 goals

* Paulinho
* Deiber Caicedo

### 2 goals

* Agustín Almendra
* Gonzalo Córdoba
* Benjamín Garré
* Agustín Obando
* Alan
* Vinicius
* Patricio Romero
* Zederiv Vega
* Andrés Parrales
* Cristian Tobar
* Santiago Rodríguez

### 1 goal

* Facundo Fernández
* Román Vildoso
* Luis Melgar
* Nicolás Suárez
* Cristian
* Wilson Martínez
* Thomas Gutiérrez
* Maikel Hernández
* Edwin López
* Robert Mejía
* Joseph Espinoza
* William Piguave
* Ángel Bóveda
* Rodrigo González
* Yair Méndez
* Marcelo Rolón
* José Bolívar
* Frank Gallardo
* Renzo Huacho
* Luis Valverde
* Owen Falconis
* Ezequiel Mechoso
* Gonzalo Napoli
* José Neris
* Rommell Ibarra

### Own goals

* Julio Chamorro (playing against Venezuela)
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