2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
# 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (18th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the women's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Israel hosted the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to participate in this competition.

Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the UEFA representatives.

## Qualification

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Israel qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven 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 eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Israel | Hosts | 1st | Debut | Debut |
| Spain | Elite round Group 1 winners | 10th | 2014 | Champions (2004) |
| Sweden | Elite round Group 2 winners | 9th | 2014 | Champions (2012) |
| France | Elite round Group 3 winners | 11th | 2013 | Champions (2003, 2010, 2013) |
| England | Elite round Group 4 winners | 11th | 2014 | Champions (2009) |
| Norway | Elite round Group 4 runners-up | 10th | 2014 | Runners-up (2003, 2008, 2011) |
| Germany | Elite round Group 5 winners | 12th | 2013 | Champions (2002, 2006, 2007, 2011) |
| Denmark | Elite round Group 6 winners | 6th | 2013 | Semi-finals (2002, 2006, 2012) |

Notes

* ^ The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

### Final draw

The final draw was held in Haifa, Israel on 20 May 2015, 20:15 IDT (UTC+3). The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Israel were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

## Venues

The matches were played at four venues in four host cities.

| Netanya | NetanyaRishon LeZionLodRamla | Rishon LeZion |
| - | - | - |
| Netanya Stadium | NetanyaRishon LeZionLodRamla | Haberfeld Stadium |
| Capacity: 13,610 | NetanyaRishon LeZionLodRamla | Capacity: 6,000 |
| Lod | NetanyaRishon LeZionLodRamla | Ramla |
| Lod Municipal Stadium | NetanyaRishon LeZionLodRamla | Ramla Municipal Stadium |
| Capacity: 3,000 | NetanyaRishon LeZionLodRamla | Capacity: 2,000 |

## Squads

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

### Sweden

* Head coach: Calle Barrling
* Goalkeepers: Matilda Haglund (Lidköpings FK), Emma Holmgren (IK Sirius)
* Defenders: Ronja Aronsson (Piteå IF), Lotta Ökvist (Piteå IF), Nathalie Björn (AIK), Emelie Andersson (QBIK), Julia Ekholm (Bollstanäs SK)
* Midfielders: Filippa Angeldal (AIK), Anna Oskarsson (Hammarby IF), Tove Almqvist (Linköpings FC), Michelle De Jongh (KIF Örebro DFF), Maja Göthberg (Hovås Billdal IF), Emma Jansson (Hammarby IF), Ellen Löfqvist (Sundsvalls DFF)
* Forwards: Julia Zigiotti Olme (AIK), Stina Blackstenius (Linköpings FC), Rebecka Blomqvist (Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC), Linda Hallin (KIF Örebro DFF)

## Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.

## Group stage

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

### 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, IDT (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Israel (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

* 1 2 Ranked by head-to-head result (Germany 1–0 Spain)

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 24 July – Lod | 24 July – Lod |
| France | 1 (4) |
| France | 1 (4) | 27 July – Netanya | 27 July – Netanya |
| Spain (p) | 1 (5) | 27 July – Netanya | 27 July – Netanya |
| Spain (p) | 1 (5) | Spain | 1 |
| 24 July – Netanya | 24 July – Netanya | | Spain | 1 |
| 24 July – Netanya | 24 July – Netanya | Sweden | 3 |
| Germany | 3 (2) | Sweden | 3 |
| Sweden (p) | 3 (4) | | |

## Goalscorers

### 6 goals

* Stina Blackstenius

### 3 goals

* Marie-Charlotte Léger
* Alba Redondo

### 2 goals

* Nicoline Sørensen
* Nina Ehegötz
* Rebecca Knaak
* Pilar Garrote
* Filippa Angeldal

### 1 goal

* Natasha Flint
* Gabrielle George
* Noémie Carage
* Juliane Gathrat
* Clara Matéo
* Madeline Gier
* Eden Avital
* Vilde Fjelldal
* Rocío Gálvez
* Nahikari García
* Sandra Hernández
* Andrea Sánchez
* Tove Almqvist
* Nathalie Björn

### Own goals

* Rebecca Knaak (playing against Norway)
* Rocío Gálvez (playing against Germany)
* Emelie Andersson (playing against France)

Source: UEFA.com

## Team of the tournament

Source: UEFA.com

Golden player: Stina Blackstenius

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from UEFA qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| - | - | - |
| Sweden | 18 July 2015 | 1 (2010) |
| Spain | 21 July 2015 | 1 (2004) |
| France | 18 July 2015 | 5 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014) |
| Germany | 21 July 2015 | 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |

    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
