2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

The 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the seven teams joining Greece, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.^[1] A total of 53 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2]

Format

The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:^[3]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Spain, 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 third-placed team with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advanced to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 28 teams were drawn into seven 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 seven group winners 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]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
4. 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;
5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
7. 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).
8. 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);
9. Drawing of lots.

To determine the best third-placed team from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied:^[3]

1. Higher number of points;
2. Superior goal difference;
3. Higher number of goals scored;
4. 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);
5. 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 10:15 CET (UTC+1).^[4][5]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:^[6]

• 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2013 UEFA European Under-19 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.

Bye to elite round

Team	Coeff	Rank
Spain	14.833	1

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  France 12.333 2  Serbia 10.833 3  Turkey 10.500 4  Portugal 9.833 5  England 9.833 6  Netherlands 8.500 7  Denmark 7.667 8  Croatia 7.500 9  Germany 7.333 10  Belgium 7.333 11  Republic of Ireland 7.167 12  Italy 7.000 13  Norway 6.833 14  Czech Republic 6.833 15  Ukraine 6.667 16  Georgia 6.500 17  Austria 6.333 18   Switzerland 5.833 19  Slovakia 5.500 20  Romania 5.167 21  Scotland 5.167 22  Hungary 5.000 23  Poland 4.333 24  Russia 4.167 25  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.167 26  Israel 4.000 27

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Slovenia 3.833 28  Northern Ireland 3.667 29  Belarus 3.500 30  Cyprus 3.333 31  Montenegro 3.333 32  Wales 3.333 33  Bulgaria 3.167 34  Macedonia 3.167 35  Iceland 3.000 36  Finland 3.000 37  Estonia 2.667 38  Armenia 2.667 39  Albania 2.667 40  Azerbaijan 2.667 41  Sweden 2.333 42  Latvia 2.000 43  Lithuania 1.667 44  Moldova 1.500 45  Faroe Islands 1.333 46  Malta 1.000 47  Kazakhstan 0.333 48  Luxembourg 0.000 49  San Marino 0.000 50  Andorra 0.000 51  Liechtenstein 0.000 52  Gibraltar 0.000 53

Notes

• Greece (Coeff: 8.667) 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Elite round
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3	Belarus	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1
4	Luxembourg (H)	3	0	1	2	2	14	−12	1

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Elite round
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Latvia (H)	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Elite round
2	Turkey	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
3	Estonia	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
4	Iceland	3	0	0	3	4	14	−10	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Elite round
2	Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
3	Hungary (H)	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
4	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Elite round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Northern Ireland (H)	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	16	2	+14	7	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Malta	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Gibraltar	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Elite round
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Albania	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
3	Israel (H)	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Elite round
2	Serbia (H)	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Armenia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

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Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Elite round
2	Poland (H)	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Moldova	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Andorra	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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Group 11

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Elite round
2	Georgia (H)	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Cyprus	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Elite round
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5
3	Macedonia (H)	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

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Group 13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Elite round
2	Lithuania (H)	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Scotland	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Finland	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

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Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed team 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 are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	13	Scotland	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Elite round
2	12	Macedonia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	3	Estonia	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
4	4	Hungary	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
5	1	Belarus	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0
6	2	Latvia	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0[a]
7	9	Armenia	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0[a]
8	11	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	4	9	−5	0
9	5	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	0
10	7	Wales	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
11	10	Moldova	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0
12	8	Israel	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
13	6	Malta	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Elite round

Draw

The draw for the elite round was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 3 December 2014 at 11:20 CET (UTC+1).^[7][8]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[9] Spain, 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. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same 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]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	1	England	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9[a]
3	5	Russia	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9[a]
4	9	Italy	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9[a]
5	10	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9[a]
6	4	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
7	11	Montenegro	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
8	2	Austria	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Pot B
9	7	Portugal	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9
10	6	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	16	2	+14	7
11	8	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7
12	12	France	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
13	8	Sweden	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
14	6	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
15	3	Croatia	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Pot C
16	2	Germany	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
17	10	Poland	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
18	7	Denmark	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
19	1	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
20	9	Serbia	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
21	11	Georgia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
22	5	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Pot D
23	12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5
24	3	Turkey	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
25	13	Norway	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
26	13	Lithuania	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
27	4	Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
28	13	Scotland	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3

Groups

Times up to 28 March 2015 were CET (UTC+1), thereafter times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Final tournament
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Georgia (H)	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7	Final tournament
2	Slovakia	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	1	9	−8	3
4	Republic of Ireland	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Final tournament
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Lithuania	3	0	2	1	3	9	−6	2
4	Sweden (H)	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Final tournament
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Final tournament
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Final tournament
2	Scotland	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Italy	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Croatia	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Final tournament
2	England	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

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Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.^[11]

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1 only U-19 era (since 2002)
Greece	Hosts	20 March 2012	5 (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012)
Spain	Elite round Group 1 winners	3 June 2015	10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Germany	Elite round Group 2 winners	31 March 2015	6 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014)
Russia	Elite round Group 3 winners	28 March 2015	1 (2007)
Netherlands	Elite round Group 4 winners	31 March 2015	2 (2010, 2013)
Ukraine	Elite round Group 5 winners	19 May 2015	3 (2004, 2009, 2014)
Austria	Elite round Group 6 winners	31 March 2015	5 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014)
France	Elite round Group 7 winners	31 March 2015	7 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)

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]

10 goals

5 goals

4 goals

References

External links

• Official website