2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

{{main|2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification}}

Qualification for the final tournament of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship consisted of two rounds: a group stage and a play-off round. The group stage draw took place on 31 January 2013 in Nyon, Switzerland, and distributed 52 national teams into ten groups of five or six teams. Each group was contested in a double round-robin system, where teams played each other twice, at home and away. The ten group winners and the four best second-placed teams advanced to the play-off round, where they were paired by draw into seven two-legged ties. The play-off winners joined the Czech Republic in the final tournament.{{cite press release|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0deb92b270a9-6b5ce537b73d-1000--spain-learn-fate-in-u21-qualifying-draw/|title=Spain learn fate in U21 qualifying draw|publisher=UEFA|date=31 January 2011|access-date=1 February 2013}}

The following teams qualified for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament:

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The competition was played at four venues in three host cities: Eden Arena and Generali Arena (in Prague), Andrův stadion (in Olomouc), and Stadion Miroslava Valenty (in Uherské Hradiště).{{cite web|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/poradatelstvi-mistrovstvi-evropy-do-21-let-v-roce-2015-v-cesku-p47-/fot_reprez.aspx?c=A120320_175240_fot_reprez_min|title=Česko v roce 2015 uspořádá šampionát fotbalistů do 21 let|language=cs|work=Mladá fronta DNES|date=20 March 2012|access-date=27 March 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/finals/venueguide/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116112026/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/finals/venueguide/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2015|title=Venue guide|publisher=UEFA}}

Six refereeing teams took charge of matches at the final tournament:{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/finals/matchofficials/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117215541/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/finals/matchofficials/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 January 2015|title=Match officials|publisher=UEFA}}

The draw for the final tournament took place at 18:00 CET on 6 November 2014, at the Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague. England, the highest-ranked team according to the competition coefficient rankings, and the host team, Czech Republic, were seeded and automatically assigned to separate groups. The second and third-ranked teams in the coefficient rankings, Italy and Germany, were also seeded and drawn into separate groups, while the four unseeded teams were drawn into the remaining positions of the two groups.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/draws/round=2000408/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018005455/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/draws/round=2000408/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2014|title=Final tournament draw|publisher=UEFA|date=6 November 2014|access-date=8 November 2014}}

{{main|2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads}}

Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.

File:2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship map.svg

The eight finalists were drawn into two groups of four teams. As hosts, Czech Republic were seeded in group A, while England, the best-ranked team in the UEFA coefficient ranking, were seeded in group B. In each group, teams played matches against each other in a round-robin system, and the top two teams advanced to the semi-finals.{{cite web|title=Competition format|url=http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/competitionformat/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814055805/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/competitionformat/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 August 2013|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)|access-date=18 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Czechs paired with Germany, Denmark and Serbia|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0ded498d7462-2a021de6ce71-1000--czechs-matched-with-germany-denmark-serbia/|website=UEFA| date=6 November 2014 |publisher=Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)|access-date=6 November 2014}}

The provisional schedule was released by UEFA on 10 November 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0253-0d7f8cb7e64d-ef59b49e608c-1000--confirmed-schedule-for-under-21-finals/|title=Provisional schedule for Under-21 finals|publisher=UEFA|date=10 November 2014}} and confirmed on 2 December 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0253-0d7f8cb7e64d-ef59b49e608c-1000--confirmed-schedule-for-under-21-finals/|title=Confirmed schedule for Under-21 finals|publisher=UEFA|date=2 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/19/06/01/2190601_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=Confirmed U21 2015 finals match schedule|publisher=UEFA}} All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

After the conclusion of the group stage, the following four teams from UEFA qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between 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 matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 6 were applied.

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|Superior goal difference in all group matches;

|Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;

|Position in the UEFA under-21 coefficient ranking used for the final draw.

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If only two teams were tied (according to criteria 1–5) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking would have been determined by a penalty shoot-out.

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{{Football box

| date = 17 June 2015

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|CZE}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|DEN}}

| score = 1–2

| goals1 = Kadeřábek {{goal|35}}

| goals2 = Vestergaard {{goal|56}}
Sisto {{goal|84}}

| stadium = Eden Arena, Prague

| attendance = 15,987[http://www.livescore.com/soccer/euro-under-21/ Euro U-21] Livescore

| referee = Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015370--czechia-vs-denmark/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = 17 June 2015

| time = 20:45

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GER}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|SRB}}

| score = 1–1

| goals1 = Can {{goal|17}}

| goals2 = Đuričić {{goal|8}}

| stadium = Generali Arena, Prague

| attendance = 5,490

| referee = Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015371--germany-vs-serbia/ Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = 20 June 2015

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SRB}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|CZE}}

| score = 0–4

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Kliment {{goal|7||21||56}}
Frýdek {{goal|59}}

| stadium = Generali Arena, Prague

| attendance = 16,253

| referee = Clément Turpin (France)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015372--serbia-vs-czechia/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = 20 June 2015

| time = 20:45

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|GER}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|DEN}}

| score = 3–0

| goals1 = Volland {{goal|32||48}}
Ginter {{goal|53}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Eden Arena, Prague

| attendance = 13,268

| referee = Sergei Karasev (Russia)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015373--germany-vs-denmark/ Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = 23 June 2015

| time = 20:45

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|CZE}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|GER}}

| score = 1–1

| goals1 = Krejčí {{goal|66}}

| goals2 = Schulz {{goal|55}}

| stadium = Eden Arena, Prague

| attendance = 18,068

| referee = Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015376--czechia-vs-germany/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = 23 June 2015

| time = 20:45

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|DEN}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|SRB}}

| score = 2–0

| goals1 = Falk {{goal|21}}
Fischer {{goal|47}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Generali Arena, Prague

| attendance = 4,297

| referee = Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015377--denmark-vs-serbia/ Report]

}}

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|section=Group B

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{{Football box

| date = 18 June 2015

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|ITA}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|SWE}}

| score = 1–2

| goals1 = Berardi {{goal|29|pen.}}

| goals2 = Guidetti {{goal|56}}
Kiese Thelin {{goal|86|pen.}}

| stadium = Andrův stadion, Olomouc

| attendance = 6,719

| referee = Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015369--italy-vs-sweden/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = 18 June 2015

| time = 20:45

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|ENG}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|POR}}

| score = 0–1

| goals1 =

| goals2 = João Mário {{goal|57}}

| stadium = Stadion Miroslava Valenty, Uherské Hradiště

| attendance = 7,167[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/11685156/England-0-Portugal-1-U21-match-report-Sloppy-defending-gives-young-Lions-uphill-battle.html England 0 Portugal 1, U21 match report: Sloppy defending costs young Lions] The Telegraph, 18 June 2015

| referee = Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015368--england-vs-portugal/ Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = 21 June 2015

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SWE}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|ENG}}

| score = 0–1

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Lingard {{goal|85}}

| stadium = Andrův stadion, Olomouc

| attendance = 11,257{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/06/21/europe/uefa-u21-championship/sweden-under-21/england-under-21/1963973/|publisher=Soccerway|title=Sweden U21 vs. England U21|date=21 June 2015}}

| referee = Javier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015374--sweden-vs-england/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = 21 June 2015

| time = 20:45

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|ITA}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|POR}}

| score = 0–0

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stadion Miroslava Valenty, Uherské Hradiště

| attendance = 7,085

| referee = Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015375--italy-vs-portugal/ Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = 24 June 2015

| time = 20:45

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|ENG}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|ITA}}

| score = 1–3

| goals1 = Redmond {{goal|90+3}}

| goals2 = Belotti {{goal|25}}
Benassi {{goal|27||72}}

| stadium = Andrův stadion, Olomouc

| attendance = 11,563

| referee = Sergei Karasev (Russia)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015378--england-vs-italy/ Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = 24 June 2015

| time = 20:45

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|POR}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|SWE}}

| score = 1–1

| goals1 = Paciência {{goal|82}}

| goals2 = Tibbling {{goal|89}}

| stadium = Stadion Miroslava Valenty, Uherské Hradiště

| attendance = 7,263

| referee = Clément Turpin (France)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015379--portugal-vs-sweden/ Report]

}}

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

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|27 June – Prague|{{fbu|21|DEN}}|1|{{fbu|21|SWE}}|4

|27 June – Olomouc|{{fbu|21|POR}}|5|{{fbu|21|GER}}|0

|30 June – Prague|{{fbu|21|SWE}} (p)|0 (4)|{{fbu|21|POR}}|0 (3)

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{{Football box

| date = 27 June 2015

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|POR}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|GER}}

| score = 5–0

| goals1 = B. Silva {{goal|25}}
Ricardo {{goal|33}}
Cavaleiro {{goal|45+1}}
João Mário {{goal|46}}
Horta {{goal|71}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Andrův stadion, Olomouc

| attendance = 9,876

| referee = Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015382--portugal-vs-germany/ Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = 27 June 2015

| time = 21:00

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|DEN}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|SWE}}

| score = 1–4

| goals1 = Bech {{goal|63}}

| goals2 = Guidetti {{goal|23|pen.}}
Tibbling {{goal|26}}
Quaison {{goal|83}}
Hiljemark {{goal|90+5}}

| stadium = Generali Arena, Prague

| attendance = 9,834

| referee = Sergei Karasev (Russia)

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015381--denmark-vs-sweden/ Report]

}}

{{main|2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final}}

{{Football box

| date = 30 June 2015

| time = 20:45

| team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|SWE}}

| team2 = {{fbu|21|POR}}

| score = 0–0

| aet = yes

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| penalties1 = Guidetti {{pengoal}}
Kiese Thelin {{pengoal}}
Augustinsson {{pengoal}}
Khalili {{penmiss}}
Lindelöf {{pengoal}}

| penaltyscore = 4–3

| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Paciência
{{pengoal}} Tozé
{{penmiss}} Esgaio
{{pengoal}} João Mário
{{penmiss}} Carvalho

| stadium = Eden Arena, Prague

| attendance = 18,867

| referee = Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

| report = https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2015383--sweden-vs-portugal/

}}

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• {{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Kliment

;2 goals

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• {{flagicon|GER}} Kevin Volland
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Benassi
• {{flagicon|POR}} João Mário
• {{flagicon|SWE}} John Guidetti
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Tibbling

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• {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Frýdek
• {{flagicon|CZE}} Pavel Kadeřábek
• {{flagicon|CZE}} Ladislav Krejčí
• {{flagicon|DEN}} Uffe Bech
• {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Falk
• {{flagicon|DEN}} Viktor Fischer
• {{flagicon|DEN}} Pione Sisto
• {{flagicon|DEN}} Jannik Vestergaard
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Jesse Lingard
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Nathan Redmond
• {{flagicon|GER}} Emre Can
• {{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Ginter
• {{flagicon|GER}} Nico Schulz
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Belotti
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Domenico Berardi
• {{flagicon|POR}} Ivan Cavaleiro
• {{flagicon|POR}} Ricardo Horta
• {{flagicon|POR}} Gonçalo Paciência
• {{flagicon|POR}} Ricardo
• {{flagicon|POR}} Bernardo Silva
• {{flagicon|SRB}} Filip Đuričić
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Oscar Hiljemark
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Isaac Kiese Thelin
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Robin Quaison

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{{small|Source: UEFA.com{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/statistics/round=2000408/players/kind=goals/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623225207/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/statistics/round=2000408/players/kind=goals/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 June 2015|title=Statistics – Tournament phase – Player statistics – Goals|publisher=UEFA|access-date=30 June 2015}}}}

The Golden Boot is given to the player who scored the most goals during the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0253-0d7ff6448d42-1758257af8d2-1000--czech-striker-kliment-wins-golden-boot-award/|title=Czech striker Kliment wins Golden Boot award|publisher=UEFA|date=30 June 2015}}

{{small|Note: Assists and then minutes played (with the player boasting the better goals to minutes on the pitch ratio taking precedence) are used to separate players with the same goal tallies.}}

After the tournament the U21 EURO Player of the Tournament is selected by the UEFA Technical Observers.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0ded97b0c8ea-16e5412906dc-1000--william-u21-euro-player-of-the-tournament/|title=William named U21 EURO player of the tournament|publisher=UEFA|date=1 July 2015}}

After the tournament the Under-21 Team of the Tournament is selected by the UEFA Technical Observers.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0ded9764d24c-e93572b2d7e4-1000--the-official-under-21-team-of-the-tournament/|title=The official Under-21 Team of the Tournament|publisher=UEFA|date=1 July 2015}}

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Same as previous Under-21 Championships that were held one year prior to the Olympics, UEFA used the tournament to determine which men's under-23 national teams from Europe qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The four teams which advanced to the semi-finals qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.{{cite web|title=QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football |url=http://www.rio2016.com/sites/default/files/users/rio2016_files/fifa-football-en_0.pdf|publisher=Rio 2016 Official Website |access-date=22 January 2015 |date=23 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906102243/http://www.rio2016.com/sites/default/files/users/rio2016_files/fifa-football-en_0.pdf |archive-date= 6 September 2015 }} However, England are ineligible for the Olympics and they are not an Olympic nation. Had England reached the semi-finals, the last Olympic spot would go to the winner of an Olympic play-off match between the two group third-placed teams, which was scheduled to be played on 28 June 2015, 18:00, at Stadion Miroslava Valenty, Uherské Hradiště.{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/landslagsfotboll/u21/article19702375.ab|title=Sverige närmare OS-fotbollen|publisher=Aftonbladet|date=15 October 2014|access-date=16 October 2014|language=sv}} However, when England failed to advance out of the group stage, this was cancelled.{{refn|group=n|The Football Association had originally declared on 2 March 2015 its intention to enter and run teams on behalf of the British Olympic Association at the 2016 Olympics should England qualify.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31702679|title=Football Association wants Great Britain sides at Rio Olympics|work=BBC Sport|date=2 March 2015}} However, following objections from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations, as well as a commitment from FIFA that they would not allow entry of a British team unless all four Home Nations were in agreement, the Football Association announced on 30 March 2015 that they would not seek entry into the Olympic tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32125977|title=Rio 2016: FA scraps plans for Great Britain football teams|work=BBC Sport|date=30 March 2015}} Great Britain had competed in the Olympics prior to the 1970s, and also in 2012 as the host nation.}}

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Countries who are not covered by a local broadcaster had the matches broadcast on YouTube.{{cite web|title=Watch Wednesday's U21 games live!|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0ded63de0c28-e3f3bdcfbbd0-1000--watch-the-u21-euro-final-live/|website=UEFA|publisher=UEFA|access-date=17 June 2015}}

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Former Czech Republic midfielder Pavel Nedvěd was the ambassador for the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/finals/ambassador/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117215531/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/finals/ambassador/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 January 2015|title=The ambassador: Pavel Nedvěd|publisher=UEFA}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130617060945/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/index.html UEFA European Under-21 Championship – History: 2015]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180808132730/http://u21euro2015.cz/ Official website (Czech)]
• [https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Publications/uefaorg/General/02/25/59/48/2255948_DOWNLOAD.pdf Official programme]
• [http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/27/80/94/2278094_DOWNLOAD.pdf Tournament review]

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