# 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

The 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the seven teams joining Greece, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament. A total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.

## Format

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:
* Qualifying round: Apart from Spain, which received a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
* Elite round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualified for the final tournament.

### Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
* Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
* Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
* Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament matches;
* Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament, 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 mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
* Drawing of lots.
To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:
* Higher number of points;
* Superior goal difference;
* Higher number of goals scored;
* Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
* Drawing of lots.

## Qualifying round
### Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 28 November 2013 at 10:15 CET (UTC+1).
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:
* 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
* 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
* 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B.
For political reasons, if Azerbaijan and Armenia (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Georgia and Russia (due to the disputed status of South Ossetia), were drawn in the same group, neither would host the mini-tournament.
Pot A :
| Pot A TeamCoeffRank  France12.3332  Serbia10.8333  Turkey10.5004  Portugal9.8335  England9.8336  Netherlands8.5007  Denmark7.6678  Croatia7.5009  Germany7.33310  Belgium7.33311  Republic of Ireland7.16712  Italy7.00013  Norway6.83314  Czech Republic6.83315  Ukraine6.66716  Georgia6.50017  Austria6.33318  Switzerland5.83319  Slovakia5.50020  Romania5.16721  Scotland5.16722  Hungary5.00023  Poland4.33324  Russia4.16725  Bosnia and Herzegovina4.16726  Israel4.00027 | Pot B TeamCoeffRank  Slovenia3.83328  Northern Ireland3.66729  Belarus3.50030  Cyprus3.33331  Montenegro3.33332  Wales3.33333  Bulgaria3.16734  Macedonia3.16735  Iceland3.00036  Finland3.00037  Estonia2.66738  Armenia2.66739  Albania2.66740  Azerbaijan2.66741  Sweden2.33342  Latvia2.00043  Lithuania1.66744  Moldova1.50045  Faroe Islands1.33346  Malta1.00047  Kazakhstan0.33348  Luxembourg0.00049  San Marino0.00050  Andorra0.00051  Liechtenstein0.00052  Gibraltar0.00053 |

#### Notes

* Greece (Coeff: 8.667) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.

### Groups

Times up to 25 October 2014 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).

#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 1 | |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Latvia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

#### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Elite round |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Elite round |
| 3 | Estonia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | |

#### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | Elite round |
| 3 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

#### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Northern Ireland (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Faroe Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |

#### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 7 | Elite round |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Elite round |
| 3 | Malta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Gibraltar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | |

#### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portugal (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Albania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |

#### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Elite round |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Elite round |
| 3 | Israel (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

#### Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Serbia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Armenia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | San Marino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |

#### Group 10

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Poland (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Moldova | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Andorra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |

#### Group 11

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Elite round |
| 2 | Georgia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Elite round |
| 3 | Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Group 12

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Elite round |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | Elite round |
| 3 | Macedonia (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | |

#### Group 13

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Elite round |
| 2 | Lithuania (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Elite round |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Elite round |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round which advanced to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 13 | Scotland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Elite round |
| 2 | 12 | Macedonia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 | Estonia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
| 5 | 1 | Belarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |
| 7 | 9 | Armenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |
| 8 | 11 | Cyprus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 5 | Northern Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 7 | Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |
| 11 | 10 | Moldova | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |
| 12 | 8 | Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 13 | 6 | Malta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Tie broken by disciplinary points.

## Elite round
### Draw

The draw for the elite round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 3 December 2014 at 11:20 CET (UTC+1).
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Spain, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group.
Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn in the same group due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Seeding |
| 1 | — | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pot A |
| 2 | 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Pot A |
| 3 | 5 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Pot A |
| 4 | 9 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Pot A |
| 5 | 10 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Pot A |
| 6 | 4 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Pot A |
| 7 | 11 | Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Pot A |
| 8 | 2 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Pot B |
| 9 | 7 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Pot B |
| 10 | 6 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 7 | Pot B |
| 11 | 8 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Pot B |
| 12 | 12 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Pot B |
| 13 | 8 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Pot B |
| 14 | 6 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Pot B |
| 15 | 3 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Pot C |
| 16 | 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Pot C |
| 17 | 10 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Pot C |
| 18 | 7 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Pot C |
| 19 | 1 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Pot C |
| 20 | 9 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Pot C |
| 21 | 11 | Georgia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Pot C |
| 22 | 5 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Pot D |
| 23 | 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | Pot D |
| 24 | 3 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Pot D |
| 25 | 13 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Pot D |
| 26 | 13 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Pot D |
| 27 | 4 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | Pot D |
| 28 | 13 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Pot D |
* 1 2 3 4 Tie broken by disciplinary points.

### Groups

Times up to 28 March 2015 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).

#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Georgia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

#### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sweden (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

#### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

#### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |

#### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |

#### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament only U-19 era (since 2002) |
| Greece | Hosts | 20 March 2012 | 5 (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012) |
| Spain | Elite round Group 1 winners | 3 June 2015 | 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Germany | Elite round Group 2 winners | 31 March 2015 | 6 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014) |
| Russia | Elite round Group 3 winners | 28 March 2015 | 1 (2007) |
| Netherlands | Elite round Group 4 winners | 31 March 2015 | 2 (2010, 2013) |
| Ukraine | Elite round Group 5 winners | 19 May 2015 | 3 (2004, 2009, 2014) |
| Austria | Elite round Group 6 winners | 31 March 2015 | 5 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014) |
| France | Elite round Group 7 winners | 31 March 2015 | 7 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

## Top goalscorers

The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition.

### 10 goals

* Ramil Sheydayev

### 5 goals

* Marko Kvasina
* Patrick Roberts
* Federico Bonazzoli
* Abdelhak Nouri
* Tomáš Vestenický
* Nicolas Hunziker

### 4 goals

* Bradley Fewster
* Lucas Cueto
* Timo Werner
* Nikola Vujnović
* Rifat Zhemaletdinov
* Alen Ožbolt
* Borja Mayoral
* Aldin Turkes
* Enes Ünal