2015 in association football

The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2015 throughout the world.

CAF

 * 17 January – 8 February: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in.
 * 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire
 * 🇬🇭 ghana
 * 🇨🇩 congo
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AFC

 * 9–31 January: 2015 AFC Asian Cup in 🇦🇺.
 * 🇦🇺 australia
 * 🇰🇷 south korea
 * 4th: 🇮🇶 iraq
 * 23 December 2015 – 3 January 2016: 2015 SAFF Championship in 🇮🇳
 * 🇮🇳 india
 * 🇦🇫 afghanistan
 * 🇦🇫 afghanistan

CONCACAF

 * 7–26 July: 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦.
 * 🇲🇽 mexico
 * 🇯🇲 jamaica
 * 🇵🇦 panama
 * 4th: 🇺🇸 united states

CONMEBOL

 * 11 June – 4 July: 2015 Copa América in.
 * 🇦🇷 argentina
 * 🇵🇪 peru
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CAF

 * 15 February – 1 March: 2015 African U-17 Championship in
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 * 8–22 March: 2015 African U-20 Championship in 🇸🇳
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 * 28 November – 12 December: 2015 CAF U-23 Championship in 🇸🇳
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 * 28 November – 12 December: 2015 CAF U-23 Championship in 🇸🇳
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CONCACAF

 * 9–24 January: 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in 🇯🇲
 * 27 February – 15 March: 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in HON
 * 27 February – 15 March: 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in HON
 * 27 February – 15 March: 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in HON

CONMEBOL

 * 14 January – 7 February: 2015 South American Youth Football Championship in
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 * 4–29 March: 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship in
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FIFA

 * 30 May – 20 June: 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in 🇳🇿
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 * 17 October – 8 November: 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in
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 * 17 October – 8 November: 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in
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OFC

 * 13–26 January: 2015 OFC U-17 Championship in and
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UEFA

 * 6–22 May: 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in 🇧🇬
 * 17–30 June: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the 🇨🇿
 * 6–19 July: 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in
 * 17–30 June: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the 🇨🇿
 * 6–19 July: 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in
 * 6–19 July: 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in
 * 6–19 July: 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in

Women's National Teams

 * 6 June – 5 July: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in 🇨🇦
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AFC

 * 19–30 August: 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship in 🇨🇳
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 * 4–15 November: 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in 🇨🇳
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UEFA

 * 22 June – 4 July: 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in 🇮🇸
 * 15–27 July: 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in 🇮🇱
 * 15–27 July: 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in 🇮🇱
 * 15–27 July: 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in 🇮🇱

Men's

 * 29 May – 15 June: Southeast Asian Games in
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 * 2–13 July: Summer Universiade in 🇰🇷
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 * 3–17 July: Pacific Games in Port Moresby, 🇵🇬
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 * 11–26 July: Pan American Games in Toronto, 🇨🇦
 * 🇲🇽 mexico
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * 4th: 🇵🇦 panama
 * 3–18 September: All-Africa Games in Brazzaville,
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 * 11–26 July: Pan American Games in Toronto, 🇨🇦
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 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * 4th: 🇵🇦 panama
 * 3–18 September: All-Africa Games in Brazzaville,
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Women's

 * 2–12 July: Summer Universiade in 🇰🇷
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 * 6–16 July: Pacific Games in Port Moresby, 🇵🇬
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 * 11–25 July: Pan American Games in Toronto, 🇨🇦
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 * 3–18 September: All-Africa Games in Brazzaville,
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 * 3–18 September: All-Africa Games in Brazzaville,
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Regional

 * 27 July – 9 August: 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship in
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February

 * 5 February – The CAF Executive Committee decided to suspend the Morocco national football team from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, 2017 and 2019, and to impose on the Royal Moroccan Football Federation the regulatory fine of 1 million US dollars, along with the sum of 8.05 million euros in compensation for all material damage sustained by CAF, stakeholders and partners as a result of the decision not to host the 2015 edition.

Fixed dates for national team matches
Scheduled international matches per the FIFA International match Calendar:
 * 23–31 March
 * 8–16 June
 * July
 * 31 August – 8 September
 * 5–13 October
 * 9–17 November

UEFA

 * 15 June 2014 – 4 July 2015: 2015 UEFA Regions' Cup (final in Tallaght Stadium at 🇮🇪 Dublin)
 * The 🇮🇪 Irish Eastern Region defeated Zagreb, 1–0, in the final.
 * 9 August 2014 – 14 May 2015: 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League (final takes place at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in 🇩🇪 Berlin)
 * 🇩🇪 Frankfurt defeated 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 to win their fourth UEFA Women's Champions League title.
 * 16 September 2014 – 13 April 2015: 2014–15 UEFA Youth League (final takes place at the Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon in Nyon)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea defeated 🇺🇦 Shakhtar Donetsk, 3–2, to win their first UEFA Youth League title.
 * 16 September 2014 – 6 June 2015: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League (final takes place at the Olympiastadion in 🇩🇪 Berlin)
 * 🇪🇸 Barcelona defeated 🇮🇹 Juventus, 3–1, to win their fifth UEFA Champions League title. Barcelona will represent UEFA at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup.
 * 18 September 2014 – 27 May 2015: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League (final takes place at the National Stadium in 🇵🇱 Warsaw)
 * 🇪🇸 Sevilla defeated 🇺🇦 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 3–2, to win their fourth UEFA Europa League title.
 * 6–22 May: 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in 🇧🇬
 * defeated, 4–1, to win their second UEFA European Under-17 Championship title.
 * 17–30 June: 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the 🇨🇿
 * defeated, 4–3 in penalties and after a 0–0 tie in regular play, to win their first UEFA European Under-21 Championship title.
 * 22 June – 4 July: 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in 🇮🇸
 * defeated, 5–2, to win their third UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship title.
 * 6–19 July: 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in
 * defeated, 2–0, to win their tenth UEFA European Under-19 Championship title.
 * 15–27 July: 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in 🇮🇱
 * defeated, 3–1, to win their third UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship title.
 * 11 August: 2015 UEFA Super Cup at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi
 * 🇪🇸 Barcelona defeated fellow Spanish team, Sevilla, 5–4 in extra time, to win their fourth UEFA Super Cup title.

CONMEBOL

 * 14 January – 7 February: 2015 South American Youth Football Championship in
 * Winner: wins its fifth South American Youth Football Championship. (qualified directly to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics)
 * Second: (qualified directly to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, plus an Olympic play-off against a CONCACAF team.)
 * Third: (qualified directly to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2015 Pan American Games.)
 * Fourth: (qualified to same identical events as Uruguay.)
 * Fifth: (qualified to compete at the 2015 Pan American Games only.)
 * Sixth: (qualified to same event with Peru.)
 * 3 February – 5 August: 2015 Copa Libertadores
 * 🇦🇷 River Plate defeated 🇲🇽 UANL, 3–0 in aggregate, to win their third Copa Libertadores title. River Plate will represent CONMEBOL at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup.
 * 6 & 11 February: 2015 Recopa Sudamericana (first leg at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti; second leg at the Estadio Pedro Bidegain) Both stadia are in 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires.
 * 🇦🇷 River Plate defeated fellow Argentinian team, San Lorenzo, 2–0 on aggregate, to win their first Recopa Sudamericana title.
 * 4–29 March: 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship in
 * Note: These four teams qualified to compete at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
 * Winner: (11th South American Under-17 Football Championship title)
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 * 11 June – 4 July: 2015 Copa América in
 * defeated 🇦🇷 argentina, 4–1 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their first Copa América title. 🇵🇪 peru took third place.
 * 11 August: 2015 Suruga Bank Championship in 🇯🇵 Suita, Osaka
 * 🇦🇷 River Plate defeated 🇯🇵 Gamba Osaka, 3–0, to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.
 * 11 August – 9 December: 2015 Copa Sudamericana
 * 🇨🇴 Santa Fe defeated 🇦🇷 Huracán, 3–1 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular plays, to win their first Copa Sudamericana title.
 * 28 October – 8 November: 2015 Copa Libertadores Femenina in 🇨🇴 Medellín
 * 🇧🇷 Ferroviária defeated Colo-Colo, 3–1, to win their first Copa Libertadores Femenina title. 🇦🇷 UAI Urquiza took third place.
 * 21 November – 6 December: 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship in 🇨🇴
 * defeated, 5–4 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their fourth South American Under-15 Football Championship title. took third place.

CAF

 * 17 January – 8 February: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in (final at Estadio de Bata, Bata)
 * Note 1: As a result, for refusing to host this event, 🇲🇦 morocco was disqualified from participating in it.
 * Note 2: Also, Morocco is disqualified from competing in both the 2017 and 2019 editions of the event by the CAF.
 * Note 3: However, on 2 April 2015, Morocco was reinstated, by appeal, to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations again by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
 * The 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire defeated 🇬🇭 ghana, 9–8 in penalties and after a 0–0 tie in regular play, to win their second Africa Cup of Nations title. The 🇨🇩 congo took third place.
 * 13 February – 8 November: 2015 CAF Champions League
 * 🇨🇩 TP Mazembe defeated USM Alger, 4–1 on aggregate, to win their fifth CAF Champions League title. TP Mazembe will represent the CAF at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup.
 * 13 February – 29 November: 2015 CAF Confederation Cup
 * 🇹🇳 Étoile du Sahel defeated Orlando Pirates, 2–1 on aggregate, to win their second CAF Confederation Cup title.
 * 15 February – 1 March: 2015 African U-17 Championship in
 * defeated, 2–0, to win their first African U-17 Championship title. took third place.
 * 21 February: 2015 CAF Super Cup in the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida
 * ES Sétif defeated 🇪🇬 Al Ahly, 6–5 in penalties and after a 1–1 tie in regular play, to win their first CAF Super Cup title.
 * 8–22 March: 2015 African U-20 Championship in 🇸🇳
 * defeated, 1–0, to win their seventh African U-20 Championship title. took third place.
 * 27 November 2015 – 27 March 2016: 2015–16 CAF U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
 * 28 November – 12 December: 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in 🇸🇳
 * defeated, 2–1, to win their first U-23 Africa Cup of Nations title. took third place.

AFC

 * 9–31 January: 2015 AFC Asian Cup in 🇦🇺 (final at Stadium Australia in Sydney)
 * 🇦🇺 australia defeated 🇰🇷 south korea, 2–1 after extra time, to claim their first AFC Asian Cup title. The took third place.
 * 4 February – 21 November: 2015 AFC Champions League
 * 🇨🇳 Guangzhou Evergrande defeated Al-Ahli, 1–0 on aggregate, to win their second AFC Champions League title.
 * Guangzhou Evergrande will represent the AFC at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup.
 * 10 February – 31 October: 2015 AFC Cup
 * 🇲🇾 Johor Darul Ta'zim defeated 🇹🇯 Istiklol, 1–0, to win their first AFC Cup title.
 * 1–10 May: 2015 AFF Women's Championship in Ho Chi Minh City
 * defeated, 3–2, to win their second AFF Women's Championship title. took third place.
 * 27 July – 9 August: 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship in Phnom Penh
 * defeated, 3–0, to win their 3rd title. took third place.
 * 1–8 August: 2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup in 🇨🇳 Wuhan
 * 1st place: (second consecutive EAFF Women's East Asian Cup title)
 * 2nd place:
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 * 2–9 August: 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup in 🇨🇳 Wuhan
 * 1st place: 🇰🇷 south korea (second EAFF East Asian Cup title)
 * 2nd place: 🇨🇳 china
 * 3rd place: 🇰🇵 north korea
 * 4th place: 🇯🇵 japan
 * 9–18 August: 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship in Sylhet
 * defeated, 4–2 in penalties and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their first SAFF U-16 Championship title.
 * 19–30 August: 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship in 🇨🇳
 * defeated, 4–2 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their fourth AFC U-19 Women's Championship title. took third place.
 * 4–15 November: 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in 🇨🇳
 * defeated, 1–0, to win their second AFC U-16 Women's Championship title. took the bronze medal.

CONCACAF

 * 5 August 2014 – 29 April 2015: 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
 * 🇲🇽 Club América defeated the 🇨🇦 Montreal Impact, 5–3 in aggregate, to win their sixth CONCACAF Champions League title. Club América will represent the CONCACAF Confederation at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup.
 * 9–24 January: 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in 🇯🇲
 * defeated, 4–2 in penalties and after a 1–1 tie in regular play, to win its 13th CONCACAF U-20 Championship title. , the , and the two finalist teams qualify to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
 * 27 February – 15 March: 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in HON
 * defeated, 3–0, to win their 6th CONCACAF U-17 Championship title. , the , and the two team finalists all qualify to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
 * 6 March – 25 October: 2015 Major League Soccer season
 * Eastern Conference (MLS) and Supporters' Shield winners: 🇺🇸 New York Red Bulls
 * Western Conference (MLS) winners: 🇺🇸 FC Dallas
 * 28 October – 6 December: 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
 * The Portland Timbers defeated the  Columbus Crew, 2–1, to win their first MLS Cup title.
 * 7–26 July: 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦
 * 🇲🇽 mexico defeated 🇯🇲 jamaica, 3–1, to win their seventh CONCACAF Gold Cup title. 🇵🇦 panama took third place. Mexico advances to face the 🇺🇸 united states in a one-game playoff for CONCACAF's place in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
 * 9–23 August: 2015 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship in the and 🇯🇲
 * Event cancelled.
 * 10 October: 2015 CONCACAF Cup in 🇺🇸 Pasadena, California
 * 🇲🇽 mexico defeated 🇺🇸 united states, 3–2 at extra time.

OFC

 * 7 October 2014 – 26 April 2015: 2014–15 OFC Champions League (final at National Stadium in Suva)
 * 🇳🇿 Auckland City defeated fellow New Zealand team, the Team Wellington, 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out and after a 1–1 tie in regular play, to win their seventh OFC Champions League (including five consecutive wins). Auckland City will represent the OFC at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup.
 * 13–26 January: 2015 OFC U-17 Championship in Pago Pago
 * defeated, 5–4 in penalties and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their sixth (fifth consecutively) OFC U-17 Championship title. took third place.

Other football competitions

 * 30 May – 20 June: 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in 🇳🇿 (final at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland)
 * defeated, 2–1 at extra time, to win their second FIFA U-20 World Cup title. This includes the 1987 title, when Serbia was part of the former.
 * took third place.
 * 6 June – 5 July: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in 🇨🇦 (final at BC Place in Vancouver)
 * The defeated, 5–2, to win their third FIFA Women's World Cup title.  took third place.
 * 13–29 June: 2015 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships at the St George's Park National Football Centre in 🇬🇧 Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
 * 🇷🇺 defeated 🇺🇦, 1–0, in the final. 🇧🇷 took third place.
 * 7–16 August: 2015 CPISRA Football 7-a-side U19 World Championships in 🇬🇧 Nottingham
 * 🇷🇺 defeated 🇧🇷, 3–2, in the final. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 took third place.
 * 20–29 August: IBSA Blind Football European Championships 2015 in 🇬🇧 Hereford
 * 🇹🇷 defeated 🇷🇺, 1–0, in the final. 🇪🇸 took third place.
 * 30 August – 8 September: 2015 IBSA Blind Football Asian Championships in 🇯🇵 Tokyo
 * defeated 🇨🇳, 1–0 in penalty kicks, in the final. 🇰🇷 took the bronze medal.
 * 16–25 October: 2015 IBSA Blind Football African Championships in 🇨🇲 Douala
 * 🇲🇦 defeated 🇨🇲, 2–0, in the final. undefined took the bronze medal.
 * 17 October – 8 November: 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in
 * defeated, 2–0, to win their fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup title. took third place.
 * 10–20 December: 2015 FIFA Club World Cup in 🇯🇵
 * 🇪🇸 Barcelona defeated 🇦🇷 River Plate, 3–0, to win their third FIFA Club World Cup title. 🇯🇵 Sanfrecce Hiroshima took third place.