Introduction and main media contacts
UEFA and the Swiss Football association welcome media representatives in the UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship 2018 that will take place from the 18th to the 30th of July 2018 in Switzerland.
Eight countries have participated in the finals, alongside hosts Switzerland by negotiating the qualifying and elite rounds. These eight teams will compete in two groups of four, with the top two in each section progressing to the semi-finals when becomes a knockout competition. In finals held in odd-numbered years (i.e. 2017, 2019) the championship also serves as qualification for the biennial FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Games are 90 minutes in duration and in the semi-finals, final and any FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off matches, if the result stands as a draw at the end of normal playing time; two 15-minute periods of extra time are played. If the two teams are still equal after extra time, the winner is determined by kicks from the penalty mark
Link to regulations: Click here
Line up before tournament
Group A 1 Switzerland 2 Norway 3 Spain 4 France
Group B 1 Netherlands 2 Denmark 3 Germany 4 Italy
Match Schedule
Group Matches: 18th, 21st and 24th of July All 4 stadiums Semi- finals: 27th of July Biel Arena Final: 30th of July Biel Arena
Contacts regarding media operations
Sandie Varone, UEFA Venue Media Operations Manager Sandie.varone@uefa.ch / +41 79 829 21 25
Giorgio Iacovazzo Main LOC Media Contact [email protected] / +41 79 297 44 58
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Road to the final tournament
The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship consists of two qualifying rounds and an annual eight-team final tournament.
Qualifying round
Played in the autumn, with one-country hosting round robin fixtures played over six days. The group winners advance to the next round, and depending on the number of entries there may also be a specified number of runners-up or all runners-up and the best third-placed sides.
Elite round
Played in the spring, with one-country hosting round robin fixtures played over seven days. The seven group winners join the tournament hosts in the finals.
Final tournament
The finals consist of two groups of four, with the top two sides from each progressing to the semi- finals where it becomes a knockout competition. In finals held in odd-numbered years (i.e. 2017, 2019) the championship also serves as qualification for the biennial FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Match Schedule
The complete match schedule can be found on the UEFA.com home page of the competition.
Latest news
UEFA.com will provide in-depth coverage, including match reports, features and video highlights.
More information, pictures and stories from about #WU19EURO final tournament could be found on UEFA’s official social media platforms:
Facebook: UEFA.com Twitter: @UEFAWomensEURO Instagram: UEFA.com
In addition, official match program can be found and downloaded here.
Group Stage Standings
Semi-Finals Result
Norway 0-2 Germany
Denmark 0-1 Spain
Additional information
Full standings and match results Statistics
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Upcoming Matches
30th of July 2018 – Final - Biel/Bienne
18:15 Germany v Spain
Top Scorer Ranking
Player Match Played Goals Scored Team
Paulina Krumbiegel 4 2 Germany Olga Carmona 4 2 Spain Andrea Norheim 4 2 Norway Alisha Lehmann 3 2 Switzerland Géraldine Reuteler 3 2 Switzerland Lynn Wilms 3 2 Netherlands Dajan Hashemi 4 2 Denmark Anna-Lena Stolze 3 1 Germany Sophie Haug 3 1 Norway Rosa Marquez Baena 4 1 Spain Athenea Del Castillo Beivide 3 1 Spain Runa Lillegård 2 1 Norway Lina Boussaha 2 1 France Chantal Wyser 3 1 Switzerland Jessy Roux 3 1 France Nance Van Der Meer 3 1 Netherlands
Ella Palis 3 1 France Arianna Caruso 3 1 Italy Kayleigh Van Dooren 3 1 Netherlands Rebecca Doejaaren 3 1 Netherlands Melissa Kössler 4 1 Germany Janni Thomsen 4 1 Denmark Teresa Abilleira Dueñas 4 1 Spain Nicole Anyomi 4 1 Germany Sara Holmgaard 4 1 Denmark
More Statistics
Respect Fair Play Ranking
Team Score Match Played 1 Denmark 9.200 1 - Germany 9.200 1 - Norway 9.200 1 - Spain 9.200 1
Player Lists
Player lists are available on https://www.uefa.com/womensunder19/season=2018/teams /
Spain
Last Name First Name Shirt Name Shirt Position Date of birth Player Club Abelleira Dueñas Teresa ABELLEIRA DUEÑAS 3 Midfield 09/01/2000 Deportivo Abanca
Bautista Piqueras Carla BAUTISTA PIQUERAS 19 Forward 14/03/2000 Club Atlético de Madrid
Carmona García Olga CARMONA GARCÍA 11 Forward 12/06/2000 Sevilla FC
Codina Panedas Laia CODINA PANEDAS 4 Defender 22/01/2000 FC Barcelona
Del Castillo Beivide Athenea DEL CASTILLO BEIVIDE 8 Forward 24/10/2000 CDE Racing Féminas
Echezarreta María ECHEZARRETA 1 Goalkeeper 19/07/2001 Oviedo Moderno CF Fernández FERNÁNDEZ Eizaguirre Lasa Nerea EIZAGUIRRE LASA 10 Midfield 04/01/2000 Real Sociedad de Fútbol
Hernández Zurbano Oihane HERNÁNDEZ ZURBANO 2 Defender 04/05/2000 Athletic Club
Jiménez Gutierrez María JIMÉNEZ GUTIERREZ 5 Defender 17/09/2000 Levante UD
Julve Pérez Elena JULVE PÉREZ 15 Forward 08/12/2000 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Llompart Pons María LLOMPART PONS 16 Midfield 19/10/2000 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Marcos Moral Ana MARCOS MORAL 9 Forward 09/07/2000 Club Atlético de Madrid
Marquez Baena Rosa MARQUEZ BAENA 17 Midfield 22/12/2000 Real Betis Balompié
Mieres García Malena MIERES GARCÍA 13 Goalkeeper 29/03/2000 Deportivo Abanca
Mrabet Slack Yasmin Katie MRABET SLACK 18 Midfield 08/08/1999 Madrid CFF
Otermin Abella Rosa Maria OTERMIN ABELLA 7 Defender 02/10/2000 Club Atlético de Madrid
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Pinillos Moreno Itziar PINILLOS MORENO 12 Defender 21/09/2000 Club Atlético de Madrid
Ramos Álvarez Natalia RAMOS ÁLVAREZ 14 Defender 10/02/1999 Levante UD
Serrano Cortes Alejandra SERRANO CORTES 20 Forward 28/08/2000 Valencia Féminas
Torrodà Ricart Anna TORRODÀ RICART 6 Defender 21/01/2000 FC Barcelona
Last Name First Name Staff role Nationality Vilda Jorge Coach ESP
Germany
Last Name First Name Shirt Name Shirt Position Date of birth Player Club Anyomi Etonam Nicole ANYOMI 10 Forward 10/02/2000 SGS Essen
Chmielinski Gina-Maria CHMIELINSKI 11 Midfield 07/06/2000 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Ebert Lisa EBERT 8 Midfield 06/07/2000 1. FFC Frankfurt
Gentile Noemi GENTILE 16 Defender 24/04/2000 VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH
Johannes Stina JOHANNES 1 Goalkeeper 23/01/2000 SGS Essen
Kaut Lisann KAUT 15 Defender 24/08/2000 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Fußball- Spielbetriebs Klostermann Lisa Katharina KLOSTERMANN 12 Goalkeeper 28/05/1999 SGS Essen
Kössler Klara Melissa KÖSSLER 7 Forward 04/03/2000 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Krumbiegel Paulina Käte KRUMBIEGEL 14 Midfield 27/10/2000 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Fußball- Spielbetriebs Lohmann Sydney LOHMANN 6 Midfield 19/06/2000 FC Bayern München AG
Meyer Christin Martina MEYER 18 Forward 14/10/2000 Walddörfer SV
Müller Marie MÜLLER 20 Midfield 25/07/2000 SC Freiburg
Sakar Fatma SAKAR 2 Defender 26/03/1999 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Fußball- Spielbetriebs Schenk Lara SCHENK 19 Defender 20/01/2000 Harvard University
Schmidt Lara Sophie SCHMIDT 4 Defender 21/07/2000 FF USV Jena
Stolze Anna-Lena STOLZE 9 Forward 08/07/2000 VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH
Tellenbröker Maren TELLENBRÖKER 5 Defender 15/10/2000 FF USV Jena
Uebach Lena UEBACH 17 Midfield 31/07/2000 Bayer 04 Leverkusen GmbH
Wieder Verena WIEDER 13 Defender 26/06/2000 SC Freiburg
Wittje Meret WITTJE 3 Defender 10/07/1999 VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH
Last Name First Name Staff role Nationality Meinert Maren Coach GER Wiegmann Bettina Coach GER
Referees and Officials
Referees
Ivana Martinčić (CRO) Rebecca Welch (ENG) Eleni Antoniou (GRE) Tess Olofsson (SWE) Meliz Özçiğdem (TUR) Cheryl Foster (WAL)
Assistant referees
Khayala Azizzade (AZE) Anna Ilyankova (BLR) Nikol Šafránková (CZE) Jenni Mahlamäki (FIN) May Moalem (ISR) Elena Soklevska-Ilievski (MKD) Jana Eleferenko (RUS) Jasmina Zafirović (SRB)
4th Officals
Angelika Soeder (GER) Sandra Strub (SUI)
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Venues
Arena Biel/Bienne -Biel
Opened in 2015, this multisport venue is the new home of Switzerland’s women’s senior team and the men’s Under-21s, as well as local side FC Biel-Bienne. The complex also includes an ice hockey arena, a skating rink and curling hall.
Tournament Capacity: 3,261
Stadion Niedermatten - Wohlen
Built between 2002 and 2004, Stadion Niedermatten was previously used by the Swiss women’s senior team and is the home venue of third division men’s side FC Wohlen – the club where retired Swiss legend Ciriaco Sforza took his first steps.
Tournament Capacity: 3,026
Stade Municipal – Yverdon-les-Bains
Home to third division men’s side Yverdon-Sport FC, the Stade Municipal is also the local ground of women’s team FC Yverdon Féminin, who have played in Switzerland’s top division since 2006 and lifted the Swiss Cup in 2010 and 2011.
Tournament Capacity: 5,165
Stadion Herti Allmend - Zug
The stadium of local side Zug 94 has been home to some famous names, with Dutch great Johan Neeskens ending his playing days with Zug in 1991 before coaching the club, and Ottmar Hitzfeld launching his own managerial career there in 1983.
Tournament Capacity: 4,183
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History
Just as at senior Women’s level, Germany have been the nation to beat in the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship though in recent years their dominance has waned. They amassed five titles between 2000 and 2007 before claiming a sixth in 2011, but have since failed to qualify twice.
U18 origins
The tournament began life as an Under-18 competition in 1997/98, Denmark and Sweden lifting the first two titles before Germany gave warning of things to come, taking back-to-back honours with victories over Spain and Norway.
The format was changed to U19s in 2001/02, though that did not spoil Germany's run as the 34 teams were whittled down to eight for the finals and then just two: Germany and France. The former again triumphed to achieve a hat-trick of titles.
It was France's second final defeat, after losing in the inaugural tournament, yet they made it third time lucky in 2003, overcoming Norway to finally engrave their name on the trophy.
Germany appeared back to their awesome best the next season, plundering a tournament-record 23 goals en route to the final, including a 7-0 group-stage thrashing of Spain. However, it proved a different matter in the rematch as Spain held on for a climactic 2-1 win.
The Spanish failed to qualify to defend their title in 2005, when Russia held their nerve against France on penalties in the decider. Elena Danilova starred with nine goals that summer and was leading scorer again in 2005/06.
Yet Russia were undone by Germany in the semis. Maren Meinert's side went on to defeat France and clinch their fourth success, twins Isabel and Monique Kerschowski netting in both matches. The duo were involved again in 2007, Monique striking in the final to secure an extra-time victory over England.
New contenders
England's time would come, however. After Alice Parisi's spot kick had helped Italy pip Norway to glory in France in 2008, Mo Marley's charges landed the trophy in Belarus 12 months later. Their goal unbreached throughout a tournament attracting record crowds, England were too strong for Sweden in the showpiece. A year on it was another matter as France narrowly beat them to pick up their second title.
Germany returned to the top in emphatic style in 2011, reclaiming their crown with a final-record 8- 1 triumph over a youthful Norway – but then, for the first time ever, they missed out on qualification. Sweden did the damage and it was the Scandinavians who prevailed overall in Turkey, Malin Diaz's extra-time goal denying Spain and ensuring a seventh winner in 11 tournaments.
Further evidence of Germany's declining dominance arrived in 2013 as France collected title No3. Then, in 2014, neither of the traditional powerhouses managed to qualify, leaving the Netherlands to inscribe their name on what was a new trophy.
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Vivianne Miedema was the inspiration, just as Stina Blackstenius would be 12 months later when Sweden became the third country to win the championship more than once. France took the 2016 title in Slovakia as Spain lost their third straight final. A year later Spain ended that run with two late goals in Northern Ireland to dethrone France 3-2.
Winners/Host Country
2002: Germany (Sweden) 2003: France (Germany) 2004: Spain (Finland) 2005: Russia (Hungary) 2006: Germany (Switzerland) 2007: Germany (Iceland) 2008: Italy (France) 2009: England (Belarus) 2010: France (FYROM) 2011: Germany (Italy) 2012: Sweden (Turkey) 2013: France (Wales) 2014: Netherlands (Norway) 2015: Sweden (Israel) 2016: France (Slovakia) 2017: Spain (Northern Ireland)