2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015.
Host selection
The following four countries bid to host the tournament:Venues
Along with proposing ten venues for Chile's hosting of the 2015 Copa América, the Chilean Football Federation also announced its plans for hosting of the U-17 World Cup in the same year. On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as hosts of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.The local organising committee also said that the capital city would not host the final.
| La Serena | Coquimbo | |
| Estadio La Portada | Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | |
| Capacity: 18,243 | Capacity: 18,750 | |
| Viña del Mar | Santiago | |
| Estadio Sausalito | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | |
| Capacity: 22,340 | Capacity: 48,665 | |
| Talca | Chillán | |
| Estadio Fiscal de Talca | Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | |
| Capacity: 8,200 | Capacity: 12,000 | |
| Concepción | Puerto Montt | |
| Estadio Municipal de Concepción | Estadio Regional de Chinquihue | |
| Capacity: 30,448 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
Qualified teams
In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.Schedule and draw
The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015.The final draw was held on 6 August 2015, 20:00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:
- Pot 1: Hosts and continental champions of five confederations
- Pot 2: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and AFC
- Pot 3: Remaining teams from CAF and CONMEBOL
- Pot 4: Teams from UEFA
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
Match officials
A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees | Support referee |
| AFC | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim | Taleb Al-Marri Saud Al-Maqaleh | Hettikamkanamge Perera |
| AFC | Mohd Amirul Izwan | Mohd Yusri Mohamad Azman Ismail | Hettikamkanamge Perera |
| AFC | Abdulla Hassan Mohamed | Mohamed Al-Hammadi Hasan Al-Mahri | Hettikamkanamge Perera |
| CAF | Mehdi Abid Charef | Anouar Hmila Theogene Ndagijimana | Bamlak Tessema Weyesa |
| CAF | Malang Diedhiou | Djibril Camara Aboubacar Doumbouya | Bamlak Tessema Weyesa |
| CAF | Janny Sikazwe | Arsenio Marengula Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos | Bamlak Tessema Weyesa |
| CONCACAF | Valdin Legister | Kedlee Powell Richard Washington | Óscar Reyna |
| CONCACAF | Ricardo Montero | Juan Mora Warner Castro | Óscar Reyna |
| CONCACAF | Héctor Rodríguez | Cristian Ramírez Walter López Ramos | Óscar Reyna |
| CONMEBOL | Enrique Cáceres | Eduardo Cardozo Juan Zorrilla | Gery Vargas |
| CONMEBOL | Diego Haro | Raúl López Cruz Víctor Ráez | Gery Vargas |
| CONMEBOL | Wilson Lamouroux | Alexander Guzman Wilmar Navarro | Gery Vargas |
| CONMEBOL | Roberto Tobar | Marcelo Barraza Christian Schiemann | Gery Vargas |
| OFC | Nick Waldron | Glen Lochrie Ravinesh Kumar | Kader Zitouni |
| UEFA | Yevhen Aranovskiy | Ihor Alokhin Oleksandr Korniyko | Stephan Klossner |
| UEFA | Deniz Aytekin | Guido Kleve Markus Häcker | Stephan Klossner |
| UEFA | Ruddy Buquet | Guillaume Debart Cyril Gringore | Stephan Klossner |
| UEFA | Matej Jug | Matej Žunič Gregor Rojko | Stephan Klossner |
| UEFA | Danny Makkelie | Mario Diks Hessel Steegstra | Stephan Klossner |
| UEFA | Michael Oliver | Stuart Burt Gary Beswick | Stephan Klossner |
| UEFA | Martin Strömbergsson | Daniel Gustavsson Mehmet Culum | Stephan Klossner |
Emblem and slogan
The emblem and slogan of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.Squads
Each team named a squad of 21 players by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998.
Group stage
The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
All times are local, Chile Standard Time.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16. They are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out.Combinations of matches in the Round of 16
The third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16 were placed with the winners of groups A, B, C and D according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.| Third teams qualify from groups: | 1A plays against: | 1B plays against: | 1C plays against: | 1D plays against: |
| A B C D | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3B |
| A B C E | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3E |
| A B C F | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A B D E | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3E |
| A B D F | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A B E F | 3E | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A C D E | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3E |
| A C D F | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3F |
| A C E F | 3C | 3A | 3F | 3E |
| A D E F | 3D | 3A | 3F | 3E |
| B C D E | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3E |
| B C D F | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3F |
| B C E F | 3E | 3C | 3B | 3F |
| B D E F | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3F |
| C D E F | 3C | 3D | 3F | 3E |
Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. They were all sponsored by Adidas.In December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award immediately following the tournament but as he had played more minutes than Chukwueze in the tournament the award was re-allocated.
Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.Goalscorers
;10 goals;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
- Nicholas Panetta
- Jorn Vancamp
- Dante Vanzeir
- Leandro
- Marcelo Allende
- Karlo Majić
- Nikola Moro
- Washington Corozo
- Pervis Estupiñán
- Yeison Guerrero
- Jhon Pereira
- Bilal Boutobba
- Odsonne Edouard
- Jonathan Ikoné
- Nicolas Janvier
- Vitaly Janelt
- Felix Passlack
- Amadou Haidara
- Sekou Koita
- Aly Malle
- Boubacar Traoré
- Pablo López
- Claudio Zamudio
- Diego Cortés
- Kevin Magaña
- Julio Villalba
- Georgi Makhatadze
- Brandon Vazquez
- Tomás Conechny
- Pierce Waring
- Dennis Van Vaerenbergh
- Matthias Verreth
- Arthur
- Lincoln
- Luís Henrique
- Gonzalo Jara
- Brian Leiva
- Yerko Leiva
- Gabriel Mazuela
- Camilo Moya
- Kevin Masis
- Diego Mesén
- Sergio Ramírez
- Andy Reyes
- Josip Brekalo
- Luka Ivanušec
- Davor Lovren
- Joan Cortez
- Juan Nazareno
- Kaylen Hinds
- Alexis Claude-Maurice
- Mamadou Doucoure
- Alec Georgen
- Faitout Maouassa
- Dayot Upamecano
- Niklas Schmidt
- Naby Bangoura
- Morlaye Sylla
- Foslyn Grant
- Jafeth Leiva
- Abdoul Karim Danté
- Eduardo Aguirre
- Ricardo Marín
- Bryan Salazar
- Hunter Ashworth
- Lucas Imrie
- James McGarry
- Udochukwu Anumudu
- Chukwudi Agor
- Funsho Bamgboye
- Christian Ebere
- Edidiong Essien
- Kingsley Michael
- Orji Okwonkwo
- Jong Chang-bom
- Kim Wi-song
- Pak Yong-gwan
- Arturo Aranda
- David Colmán
- Sebastián Ferreira
- Jorge Morel
- Marcelino Ñamandú
- Cristian Paredes
- Ivan Galanin
- Jang Jae-won
- Oh Se-hun
- Khanyisa Mayo
- Thendo Mukumela
- Anas Al-Aji
- Christian Pulisic
Marketing
Sponsorship
;FIFA partners;National suppliers
- Clinica MEDS
- Movistar Chile
- Pullman Bus
- Universidad Santo Tomás
- VTR