2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
| 2015 Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου U-19 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |
 Greece
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| Dates | 6–19 July 2015 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Spain (10th title)
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| Runners-up |
 Russia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 36 (2.4 per match) |
| Attendance | 70,612 (4,707 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Borja Mayoral (3 goals)
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| Best player |
Marco Asensio
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The 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (64th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Greece hosted the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to participate in this competition.
All 54 UEFA nations entered the competition and with the hosts Greece qualifying automatically, the other 53 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.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
The final draw was held in Katerini, Greece on 9 June 2015 at 17:00 EEST (UTC+3). The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Greece were assigned to position A1 in the draw.
The competition was played at three venues in three host cities, Katerini and Veria in Central Macedonia, and Larissa in Thessaly.
Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
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:
All times were local, EEST (UTC+3).
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