2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 September – 31 October 2014 (qualifying round) 12–26 March 2015 (elite round) |
| Teams | 53 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 316 (2.51 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Jan Mlakar (8 goals) |
The 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the 15 teams joining Bulgaria, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.[1] A total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.[2]
Each match lasted 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes, with an interval of 15 minutes.
The final tournament also acted as the UEFA qualifier for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, with six teams qualifying (the four semi-finalists and the two winners of play-off matches between the losing quarter-finalists).
Contents
Format
The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:[3]
- Qualifying round: Apart from Germany, which received a bye to the elite round as the team with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into 13 groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 13 group winners, the 13 runners-up, and the five third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
- Elite round: The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The eight group winners and the seven runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group qualified for the final tournament.
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[3]
- Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament, 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 mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Drawing of lots.
To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:[3]
- Higher number of points;
- Superior goal difference;
- Higher number of goals scored;
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Drawing of lots.
Qualifying round
Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 28 November 2013 at 09:30 CET (UTC+1).[4][5]
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[6]
- 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
- 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
Each group contained two teams from Pot A and two teams from Pot B.[2]
For political reasons, if Azerbaijan and Armenia (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Georgia and Russia (due to the disputed status of South Ossetia), were drawn in the same group, neither would host the mini-tournament. Moreover, Spain and Gibraltar could not be drawn in the same group due to the disputed status of Gibraltar.
| Team | Coeff | Rank |
|---|---|---|
 Germany |
11.333 | 1 |
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- Notes
- Bulgaria (Coeff: 4.000) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts.
Groups
Times up to 25 October 2014 were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times were CET (UTC+1).
Group 1
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22 September 2014
16:00 |
Scotland  |
4–0 |  Faroe Islands |
|---|---|---|
Ros. McCrorie  41'Hendry 48'Ross 64'St Clair 66' |
Report |
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22 September 2014
20:30 |
Republic of Ireland  |
5–0 |  Gibraltar |
|---|---|---|
| Elbouzedi 29' Clarke 36', 63'Davis 54'McCourt 79' |
Report |
|
24 September 2014
16:00 |
| Scotland |
4–0 | Gibraltar |
|---|---|---|
| Hendry 34' Serra 46' (o.g.)Miller 58'Allan 63' |
Report |
|
24 September 2014
20:30 |
| Faroe Islands |
2–4 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Treacy 49' (o.g.) Muller 70' |
Report | O'Keeffe 7' Barrett 35'Kinsella 69'Clarke 80+2' |
Group 2
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26 October 2014
13:00 |
Georgia  |
3–0 |  Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
| Arabidze 28' (pen.) Lezhava 51'Kokhreidze 72' |
Report |
|
28 October 2014
10:00 |
Poland  |
4–0 | Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
| Seemann 26' (o.g.) Bielik 43'Jóźwiak 60'Wojtkowski 80+2' (pen.) |
Report |
Group 3
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Group 4
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25 October 2014
14:00 |
England  |
4–1 |  Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
| Ndukwu 13', 45', 58' Edwards 61' |
Report | Papakonstantinou 80' (pen.) |
Group 5
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Group 6
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21 September 2014
15:30 |
Turkey  |
3–4 |  Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Yeşilyurt 8', 24' Demiral 41' |
Report | McКendry 2' McКee 4'King 10'Conaty 80+3' |
Group 7
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21 October 2014
13:30 |
Croatia  |
8–1 |  Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Moro 5' Lovren 11', 32'Brekalo 16', 50'Sosa 27'Crnički 62', 80+2' |
Report | Soltanov 75' |
|
26 October 2014
13:30 |
Israel  |
6–0 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| Ronen 9', 33' Kazimov 18' (o.g.)Cohen 26'Kataby 64'Mahamid 70' |
Report |
Group 8
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Group 9
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13 October 2014
14:00 |
Albania  |
5–1 |  San Marino |
|---|---|---|
| Pepsi 24', 63' Dhamo 54'Zeka 71'Berisha 74' |
Report | C. Gatti 72' |
Group 10
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25 October 2014
15:30 |
Belgium  |
4–1 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Verreth 17', 61' Janssens 23'Daneels 56' |
Report | Mujagić 42' |
|
28 October 2014
19:00 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1–1 |  Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Žerić 11' |
Report | Ismayilov 26' |
| Penalties | ||
Mustedanagić  Žerić  Stanić Behram Demirović |
4–3 | Bediyev Azizov Hajiyev Garayev Amirli |
Group 11
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29 October 2014
11:00 |
Spain  |
3–1 |  Slovakia |
|---|---|---|
| Šušolík 20' (o.g.) Villanueva 50'Arnaiz 53' |
Report | Tešlár 9' |
Group 12
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27 September 2014
15:00 |
Romania  |
6–1 |  Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Coman 2', 10', 33' Motreanu 54'Gîsă 59'Ghiță 67' |
Report | Lønfeldt 44' |
Group 13
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Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account.
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Elite round
Draw
The draw for the elite round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 3 December 2014 at 10:40 CET (UTC+1).[7][8]
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.[9] Germany, which received a bye to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.[10]
Before the draw UEFA confirmed that, for political reasons, Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn in the same group due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.[10]
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Groups
Group 1
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22 March 2015
12:00 |
Sweden  |
1–7 |  France |
|---|---|---|
| Lidberg 44' |
Report | Edouard 1', 80' Ikone 57', 59', 75'Janvier 63'Pelican 66' (pen.) |
Group 2
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22 March 2015
13:30 |
| Azerbaijan |
0–4 |  Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Todorović 20' Stanisavljević 28'Mehmedović 46' (pen.)Panović 77' |
Group 3
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12 March 2015
16:00 |
| Belgium |
4–0 | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Van Vaerenbergh 15', 25' Azzaoui 44'Daneels 74' |
Report |
|
14 March 2015
14:00 |
| Georgia |
0–4 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ademoglu 17' (pen.) Van Vaerenbergh 21'Mangala 64'Thuys 74' |
|
17 March 2015
19:00 |
| Northern Ireland |
2–4 | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Lavery 60' King 80+3' |
Report | Bugridze 6' Arabidze 33', 48'Gvasalia 75' |
Group 4
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21 March 2015
12:00 |
| Republic of Ireland |
2–2 |  Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Clarke 60' Barrett 73' (pen.) |
Report | Kirtzialidis 50' Limnios 51' |
Group 5
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Group 6
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26 March 2015
20:00 |
| Slovenia |
1–0 |  Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Mlakar 43' |
Report |
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St George's Park National Football Centre, Burton-upon-Trent
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland) |
Group 7
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22 March 2015
14:00 |
Czech Republic  |
2–2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Šašinka 44' (pen.) Žežulka 73' (pen.) |
Report | Mustedanagić 69' Miletić 80+1' |
|
25 March 2015
14:00 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2–1 |  Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| Demirović 37' Mustedanagić 80+3' |
Report | Dragóner 65' |
Group 8
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Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round which qualified for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account.
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Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[11]
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1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Top goalscorers
The following players scored four goals or more in the qualifying competition.[12]
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
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