The 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the seventh edition of the

South American Under-15 Football Championship The South American U-15 Championship, also known as the Campeonato Sudamericano Sub15, is a South American association football competition held every two years contested by male players under the age of 15 and is organized by CONMEBOL, the govern ...

, the biennial international youth

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championship organised by the

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in the cities of

Montería Montería () is a municipality and city located in northern Colombia and is the capital of the Departments of Colombia, Department of Córdoba Department, Córdoba. The city is located away from the Caribbean sea, by the Sinú River. The city an ...

and

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Caesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

between 21 November and 6 December 2015.

Teams

All ten

member national teams entered the tournament.

Venues

CONMEBOL appointed

as the host country during its 65th Ordinary Congress on 3 March 2015. The tournament was played in Estadio Municipal de Montería,

and

Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau The Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau is a association football, football stadium in Valledupar, Colombia. It has a capacity of 11,000 and is the home stadium of Alianza F.C. (Colombia), Alianza F.C. It also hosted Valledupar F.C. from 2004 to its ...

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

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. 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

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Group B

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Final stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Vitinho ;6 goals * Vinícius Jr. ;5 goals *

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* Facundo Torres * José Barragán ;4 goals *

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Jhon García Jhon Freddy García Fería (born May 25, 1974 in Buga, Valle del Cauca) is a former professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. Major results ;2000 : 1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca : 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a Colombia : 1st S ...

* Rafael Tapia *

Josue Quiñónez Josue is a name, a variant of the name Joshua. It may refer to: Given name * Josué Dubois Berthelot de Beaucours (1662-1750), French military officer * Athanase Josué Coquerel (1820-1875), French Protestant theologian * Josue Dupon (1864-1935), ...

;3 goals *

Paulinho Paulinho is a Portuguese nickname for people named ''Paulo'' (Paulo -inho, little Paulo). People known as Paulinho include: Music *Paulinho da Costa (born 1948), Brazilian percussionist *Paulinho da Viola (born 1942), Brazilian sambista *Paulinho ...

* Deiber Caicedo ;2 goals *

Agustín Almendra Agustín Ezequiel Almendra (born 11 February 2000) is an Argentine professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club. Club career He started his career with Boca Juniors, but re ...

* Gonzalo Córdoba *

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* Agustín Obando *

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* Patricio Romero * Zederiv Vega *

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* Cristian Tobar * Santiago Rodríguez ;1 goal *

Facundo Fernández ''Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism'' (original Spanish title: ''Facundo: Civilización y Barbarie'') is a book written in 1845 by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the second president of Argentina. It is a corner ...

* 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)

References

External links

Sudamericano Masculino Sub-15 Colombia 2015
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:South American Under-15 Football Championship 2015

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