The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the

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(18th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European youth

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competition contested by the women's under-19 national teams of the member associations of

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. 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

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. The four semi-finalists qualified for the

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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).'' Notes

Final draw

The final draw was held in

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, Israel on 20 May 2015, 20:15 IDT (

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). 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.

Squads

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

Sweden

Match officials

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

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

) * Lorraine Clark (

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) * Rhona Daly ( Republic of Ireland) * Eleni Lampadariou (

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) * Lina Lehtovaara (

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

) * Ana Minić (

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) ;Assistant referees * Biljana Atanasovski Milanova (

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) * Stephanie Forde (

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) * Fijke Hoogendijk (

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) * Biljana Iskin (

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

) * Susanne Küng (

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

) * Mihaela Ţepuşă Gomoescu (

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) * Katalin Török (

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) * Diana Vanaga (

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) ;Fourth officials * Vesna Budimir (

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) * Tania Fernandes Morais (

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)

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the

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and qualified for the

. ;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 (

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

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and

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were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

;6 goals *

Stina Blackstenius Emma Stina Blackstenius (; born 5 February 1996) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal in the English Women's Super League and the Sweden wom ...

;3 goals *

Marie-Charlotte Léger Marie-Charlotte Léger (born 13 March 1996) is a French footballer who plays as a forward for Seconde Ligue club Marseille. Career On June 2015, Léger was announced at Montpellier. On 3 July 2018, Léger was loaned to Fleury. On 8 January 2 ...

Alba Redondo Alba María Redondo Ferrer (born 27 August 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Real Madrid and the Spain national team. In January 2024, she ranked 61st on the ''Guardians 2023 list of the 100 ...

;2 goals *

Nicoline Sørensen Nicoline Haugård Caspersen (born 15 August 1997) is a former Danish professional footballer who played as a forward, most recently for English Women's Super League club Everton and the Denmark women's national team. Having made her debut fo ...

* Nina Ehegötz * Rebecca Knaak * Pilar Garrote *

Filippa Angeldal Ingrid Filippa Angeldal (born 14 July 1997), known as Filippa Angeldahl, is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club Real Madrid and the Sweden national team. She previously played with IK Sirius in th ...

;1 goal * Natasha Flint *

Gabrielle George Gabrielle Alishya George (born 2 February 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Manchester United. Club career Early career George began playing football with boys at the age of nine. ...

* Noémie Carage * Juliane Gathrat * Clara Matéo * Madeline Gier * Eden Avital * Vilde Fjelldal *

Rocío Gálvez Rocío Gálvez Luna (born 15 April 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga F club Real Madrid CF and the Spain national team. Club career Rocío Gálvez started her career at the age of eleven with '' ...

Nahikari García Nahikari García Pérez (born 10 March 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Liga F club Athletic Club (women), Athletic Bilbao and the Spain women's national football team, Spain ...

Sandra Hernández Sandra Hernández Rodríguez (born 25 May 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Granadilla in the Spanish 1st Division. Club career Barcelona As a youngster Hernández played futsal with both boys ...

Andrea Falcón Andrea Sánchez Falcón (born 28 February 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Nacional Feminino side Benfica and the Spain women's national team. She previously played for Barcelona in Spain's ...

* Tove Almqvist *

Nathalie Björn Nathalie Björn (; born 4 May 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Sweden national team. Club career Early career Björn started at Vaksala SK, a sports club ...

;Own goals * Rebecca Knaak (playing against Norway) *

(playing against Germany) * Emelie Andersson (playing against France)

Team of the tournament

;Goalkeepers * Lena Pauels * Caitlin Leach ;Defenders * Théa Greboval * Rebecca Knaak * Pauline Dhaeyer *

Felicitas Rauch Felicitas Rauch (born 30 April 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Germany national team. She previously played for Frauen-Bundesl ...

;Midfielders *

Jodie Brett Jodie Leigh Brett (born 9 March 1996) is an English former footballer who played in midfield for Brighton & Hove Albion, and the England Under 19 team. Early life Born in Portsmouth, Brett was introduced to football at an early age by her fa ...

* Pilar Garrote * Juliane Gathrat * Maëlle Garbino *

;Forwards *

* Tove Almqvist *

* Eden Avital * Madeline Gier Golden player:

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. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

References

External links

History – UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship: 2014/15
UEFA.com

UEFA.com
Official website (Hebrew)
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