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 an annual European championship football tournament, organized by UEFA, for national teams of women under age seventeen. The tournament was first play ...

, 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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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 city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

, 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 (, or more precisely 'Grindavík Stadium') 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, kick (football), ki ...

Grindavík Grindavík () is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, not far from Þorbjörn, a tuya (a type of flat-topped, steep-sided volcano). It is one of the few towns with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work ...

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

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 (Iceland), Capital Region. The name literally means ''seal pup inlet''. ...

Akranesvöllur Akranesvöllur (, or more precisely 'Akranes Stadium') (Known as ELKEM völlurinn for sponsorship purposes) is a association football, football stadium in Akranes, Iceland. It is currently used for football (soccer), football matches. The stad ...

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 (, or more precisely 'Fylkir Stadium') is a multi-use stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a ...

* 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 (

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

) * Vivian Peeters (

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) * Graziella Pirriatore (

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) * Ivana Projkovska (

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) * 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

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 Stefanie Antonia Sanders (born 12 June 1998) is a German association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Danish Women's League club Odense Boldklub Q. She previously played for SV Werder Bremen (women), ...

;5 goals *

Lucía García Lucía García Córdoba (; born 14 July 1998) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward or winger (association football), winger for Liga MX Femenil side C.F. Monterrey (wom ...

;3 goals *

Géraldine Reuteler Géraldine Joséphine Reuteler (born 21 April 1999) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for German Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team. Career Clubs Reuteler started her career in 2008 at FC Sta ...

;2 goals *

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* Amira Arfaoui ;1 goal * Georgia Allen * Zoe Cross * Charlotte Devlin * Ashleigh Plumptre *

Élisa De Almeida Élisa Flore de Almeida (born 11 January 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Club career De Almeida made her professional ...

* 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 Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Widely considered as one of the best strikers in the worl ...

* Emelyne Laurent * Jule Dallmann * Victoria Krug * Dina Orschmann * 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 Women's association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga F club FC Barcelona Femení, Barcelona and the Spain women's national football team, ...

* Carmen Menayo * Natalia Montilla *

Lorena Navarro Lorena Navarro Domínguez (born 11 November 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Primera División club Real Sociedad Femenino, Real Sociedad. Club career Navarro started her car ...

* Andrea Sierra * Lara Jenzer *

Alisha Lehmann Alisha Debora Lehmann (born 21 January 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and the Switzerland national team. She is the most followed woman footballer in the world on Instagram. Club car ...

* Jolanda Stampfli ;Own goal * Luisa Felder (playing against Spain) * Naomi Mégroz (playing against Spain)

Team of the tournament

;Goalkeepers *

Nadja Furrer Nadja Furrer (born 30 April 1998) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Grasshoppers and the Switzerland national team. International career Furrer made her debut for the Switzerland national team on 4 March 2019, as a starter ag ...

* Amaia Peña ;Defenders * Anna Gerhardt * Berta Pujadas * Luisa Felder * Laia Aleixandri * Sarah Galera * Lucía Rodríguez ;Midfielders * Giulia Gwinn *

* Lara Jenzer * Maite Oroz * Aitana Bonmati ;Forwards *

* Natalia Montilla *

Golden player:

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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