The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the eighth edition of the

UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, is a European championship football tournament, organized by UEFA, for national teams of women under age seventeen. The tournament was first played out i ...

, the annual European youth

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competition contested by the women's under-17 national teams of the member associations of

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Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

hosted the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate in this competition. Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.

Qualification

A total of 44 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Iceland qualifying automatically, the other 43 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. ;Notes

Final draw

The final draw was held in

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

, Iceland on 29 April 2015, 11:30 WET (

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). The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Iceland were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Venues

The competition was played at six venues in four host cities. *

Grindavíkurvöllur Grindavíkurvöllur () is a multi-use stadium in Grindavík, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''f ...

Grindavík Grindavík () is a fishing town on the Southern Peninsula (Iceland), Southern Peninsula of Iceland not far from the tuya Þorbjörn (mountain), Þorbjörn. It is one of the few cities with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work in ...

Kópavogsvöllur Kópavogsvöllur () is a multi-use stadium in Kópavogur, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Breiðablik UBK, Breiðablik. It is also used for track and field events. The stadium ...

Kópavogur Kópavogur () is a town in Iceland that is the country's second largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region. The name literally means ''seal pup inlet''. The town seal contains th ...

Akranesvöllur Akranesvöllur () (Known as Norðurálsvöllur for sponsorship purposes) is a football stadium in Akranes, Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is t ...

Akranes Akranes () is a port town and municipality on the west coast of Iceland, around north of the capital Reykjavík. The area where Akranes is located was settled in the 9th century; however, it did not receive a municipal charter until 1942. His ...

* Vikingsvöllur,

Fylkisvöllur Fylkisvöllur () is a multi-use stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's ...

* Valsvöllur,

Squads

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

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament. ;Referees * Barbara Bollenberg (

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) * Ivana Martinčić (

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) * Vivian Peeters (

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) * Graziella Pirriatore (

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) * Ivana Projkovska ( Macedonia) * Viola Raudziņa (

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) ;Assistant referees * Liana Grigoryan (

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) * Aleksandra Kojović (

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) * Julia Magnusson (

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) * Slavomira Majkuthová (

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) * Androniki Nioti (

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) * Rúna Stefánsdóttir (

) * Maryna Striletska (

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) * Bjorn Valdimarsson (

) ;Fourth officials * Dimitrina Milkova (

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) * Lois Otte (

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)

Group stage

2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship map

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the

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. ;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, WET (

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

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was used to decide the winner if necessary (no

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was played). There was no third place match for this edition of the tournament as it was not used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

;6 goals * Stefanie Sanders ;5 goals *

Lucía García Lucía García Córdoba (; born 14 July 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United of the English Women's Super League and the Spain national team. Early life García was the only female in a set o ...

;3 goals *

Géraldine Reuteler Géraldine Reuteler (born 21 April 1999) is a Swiss Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for German Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt (women), Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland wo ...

;2 goals *

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* Amira Arfaoui ;1 goal *

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* Zoe Cross * Charlotte Devlin * Ashleigh Plumptre * Elisa De Almeida * Hélène Fercocq * Sarah Galera *

Marie-Antoinette Katoto Marie-Antoinette Oda Katoto () (born 1 November 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. A youth academy graduate of Paris Saint-Germain, s ...

Emelyne Laurent Emelyne Ann-Emmanuelle Laurent (born 4 November 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club Bayern Munich and the France national team. Club career At club level, Laurent has played for Montpellier, Bordea ...

* Jule Dallmann * Victoria Krug *

Dina Orschmann Dina Orschmann (born 8 January 1998) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League The Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) is the highest level of league competition in women's football ...

* Tanja Pawollek * Andrea Mist Pálsdóttir * Jenny Norem * Andrea Wilmann * Aitana Bonmati *

Patricia Guijarro Patricia "Patri" Guijarro Gutiérrez (; born 17 May 1998) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Barcelona Femení, FC Barcelona and Spain women's national football team. She is the fourth-ch ...

* Carmen Menayo * Natalia Montilla *

Lorena Navarro Lorena Navarro Domínguez (born 11 November 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División club Real Sociedad. Club career Navarro started her career with Madrid CFF. References External links Profil ...

* Andrea Sierra * Lara Jenzer * Alisha Lehmann * Jolanda Stampfli ;Own goal * Luisa Felder (playing against Spain) * Naomi Mégroz (playing against Spain)

Team of the tournament

;Goalkeepers * Nadja Furrer *

Amaia Peña Amaia Peña de las Heras (born 22 November 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eibar, on loan from Athletic Club. Club career Born in Getxo and raised in Portugalete, Peña started her career at Pauldarrak. She joined Ath ...

;Defenders *

Anna Gerhardt Anna Gerhardt (born 17 April 1998) is a German Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. She was youth international for Germany on several selection levels. She is the ...

* Berta Pujadas * Luisa Felder * Laia Aleixandri * Sarah Galera * Lucía Rodríguez ;Midfielders *

Giulia Gwinn Giulia Ronja Gwinn (; born 2 July 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich and the Germany women's national team. Early life Gwinn started playing football a ...

* Lara Jenzer *

Maite Oroz Maite Oroz Areta (born 25 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga F club Real Madrid Femenino, Real Madrid CF and the Spain women's national football team, Spain women's national team. She made her se ...

* Aitana Bonmati ;Forwards *

* Stefanie Sanders *

* Natalia Montilla *

Golden player: Stefanie Sanders

References

External links

History – UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship: 2014/15
UEFA.com

UEFA.com
Official website (Football Association of Iceland)
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