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

Events

Men's national teams

CAF

* 17 January – 8 February:

2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was orga ...

in . **: **: **: **4th:

AFC

* 9–31 January:

2015 AFC Asian Cup The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 201 ...

in . **: **: **: **4th: * 23 December 2015 – 3 January 2016:

2015 SAFF Championship The 2015 SAFF Championship (officially known as the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the SAFF Championship, the biennial international men's football championship of South Asia organized by SAFF. It was hel ...

in **: **:

CONCACAF

* 7–26 July:

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 13th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 23rd CONCACAF regional championship overall in the organization's fifty-four years of existence. It was held in the United States, with two matches bein ...

in the and . **: **: **: **4th:

CONMEBOL

* 11 June – 4 July:

2015 Copa América The 2015 Copa América was the 44th edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America, and took place in Chile between 11 June and 4 July 2015. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, ...

in . **: **: **: **4th:

Youth (Men)

CAF

* 15 February – 1 March:

2015 African U-17 Championship The 2015 African U-17 Championship was the 11th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament took place in Niamey, Niger, ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: * 8–22 March:

2015 African U-20 Championship The 2015 African U-20 Championship was the 20th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament took place in Senegal between 8� ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: * 28 November – 12 December:

2015 CAF U-23 Championship The 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations was the 2nd edition of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's under-23 nationa ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th:

CONCACAF

* 9–24 January:

2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was an association football tournament that took place from 9 to 24 January 2015 in Jamaica. It determined the four CONCACAF teams that would participate at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. ...

in ** : ** : * 27 February – 15 March:

2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship The 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was a scheduled age-restricted international association football tournament organised by CONCACAF. The competition was used to determine the four CONCACAF representatives at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Ch ...

in ** : ** :

CONMEBOL

* 14 January – 7 February:

2015 South American Youth Football Championship The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" Uruguay 2015, pt, Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 "Juventude da América" Uruguai 2015, region=BR) was the 27th edition of the biennia ...

in **: **: **: **4th: * 4–29 March:

2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship The 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015, pt-BR, Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015) was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organiz ...

in **: **: **: **4th:

FIFA

* 30 May – 20 June:

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil afte ...

in **: **: **: **4th: * 17 October – 8 November:

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 ...

in **: **: **: **4th:

OFC

* 13–26 January:

2015 OFC U-17 Championship The 2015 OFC U-17 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament was held in American Samoa and Samo ...

in and ** : ** : ** : ** 4th:

UEFA

* 6–22 May:

2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (33rd edition if the Under-16 era was also included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the men's under-17 nation ...

in ** : ** : * 17–30 June:

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music * Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak alb ...

in the ** : ** : * 6–19 July:

2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship 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-1 ...

in ** : ** :

Women's National Teams

* 6 June – 5 July:

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th:

Youth (Women)

AFC

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

UEFA

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

2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (18th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the women's under-19 national te ...

in ** : ** :

Multi-sport events

Men's

* 29 May – 15 June:

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...

in ** : ** : ** : **4th: * 2–13 July:

Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ...

in ** : ** : ** : **4th: * 3–17 July:

Pacific Games The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2019 in Apia, Samoa. The Games wer ...

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New ...

, ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: * 11–26 July:

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is hel ...

in Toronto, **: **: **: **4th: * 3–18 September:

All-Africa Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (AN ...

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, ** : ** : ** : **4th:

Women's

* 2–12 July:

in ** : ** : ** : **4th: * 6–16 July:

, ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: * 11–25 July:

in Toronto, ** : ** : ** : **4th: * 3–18 September:

, ** : ** : ** : **4th:

Regional

* 27 July – 9 August:

2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship The 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship is the 10th edition of the AFF U-16 Youth Championship, organised by the ASEAN Football Federation. It will be hosted by Cambodia for the second time after the 2007 AFF U-17 Youth Championship. It will be pla ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th:

News

February

* 5 February – The CAF Executive Committee decided to suspend the

Morocco national football team The Morocco national football team,french: Équipe du Maroc de football nicknamed "the Atlas Lions", represents Morocco in men's international football competitions. It is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, also known as F ...

from the next two editions of the

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internat ...

, 2017 and 2019, and to impose on the

Royal Moroccan Football Federation The Royal Moroccan Football Federation ( ar, الجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم), (french: Fédérarion Royale marocaine de football) is the governing body of football in Morocco. It was established in 1956. It beca ...

the regulatory fine of 1 million

US dollars The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...

, along with the sum of 8.05 million

euros The euro (symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . Th ...

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 The FIFA International Match Calendar (sometimes abbreviated as the FIFA Calendar or FIFA Days) is an outline agreement between FIFA, the six continental football confederations, the European Club Association, and FIFPro, which sets out which ...

: *23–31 March *8–16 June *July *31 August – 8 September *5–13 October *9–17 November

Club continental champions

Men

Women

Domestic leagues

CONCACAF nations

Men

Women

CONMEBOL nations

AFC nations

Men

Women

UEFA nations

Men

Women

CAF nations

OFC nations

Domestic cups

UEFA nations

Women

AFC nations

CONCACAF nations

CONMEBOL nations

CAF nations

OFC nations

2015 Association football results

UEFA

* 15 June 2014 – 4 July 2015:

2015 UEFA Regions' Cup The 2015 UEFA Regions' Cup was the ninth UEFA Regions' Cup. Preliminary round The eight teams in the preliminary round have been drawn into two groups of four. Group A was played in Estonia, while Group B was played in Slovenia. Matches in the p ...

(final in

Tallaght Stadium Tallaght Stadium ( ga, Staid Thamhlachta) is an association football stadium in the Republic of Ireland based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club Shamrock Rovers originally announced details of the stadium in July, 1996. The stadium is now o ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

) ** 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 Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...

) **

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

defeated

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

2–1 to win their fourth UEFA Women's Champions League title. * 16 September 2014 – 13 April 2015:

2014–15 UEFA Youth League The 2014–15 UEFA Youth League was the second season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA. It was contested by the under-19 youth teams of the 32 clubs qualified for the group stage of the 2014–1 ...

(final takes place at the

Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon Centre Sportif de Colovray Nyon is where FC Stade Nyonnais play their home football and rugby games. The site is opposite the UEFA headquarters. The centre has six pitches for different things and hosts a variety of activities, football, rugby an ...

Nyon Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Ge ...

) **

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defeated

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

, 3–2, to win their first UEFA Youth League title. * 16 September 2014 – 6 June 2015:

2014–15 UEFA Champions League The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League was the 60th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final was pl ...

(

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...

takes place at the Olympiastadion in Berlin) **

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

defeated

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in ...

, 3–1, to win their fifth UEFA Champions League title. Barcelona will represent

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

at the

2015 FIFA Club World Cup The 2015 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015 presented by Alibaba E-Auto for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament be ...

. * 18 September 2014 – 27 May 2015:

2014–15 UEFA Europa League The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League was the 44th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the sixth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The 2015 UEFA Europa League Final was ...

(

takes place at the

National Stadium Many countries have a national sport stadium, which typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to an association football stadiu ...

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

) **

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

defeated

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced i ...

, 3–2, to win their fourth UEFA Europa League title. * 6–22 May:

in ** defeated , 4–1, to win their second UEFA European Under-17 Championship title. * 17–30 June:

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:

in ** defeated , 2–0, to win their tenth UEFA European Under-19 Championship title. * 15–27 July:

in ** defeated , 3–1, to win their third UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship title. * 11 August:

2015 UEFA Super Cup The 2015 UEFA Super Cup was a football match between Spanish teams Barcelona and Sevilla on 11 August 2015 at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was the 40th UEFA Super Cup, an annual tournament contested by the winners of ...

at the

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium The Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, also known as the Lokomotivi Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia named after the famous Georgian international footballer, Mikheil Meskhi (1937–1991). It is used mostly for football matches, and ...

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...

defeated fellow Spanish team,

, 5–4 in extra time, to win their fourth UEFA Super Cup title.

CONMEBOL

* 14 January – 7 February:

in ** Winner: wins its fifth South American Youth Football Championship. (qualified directly to compete in the

and the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

) ** Second: (qualified directly to compete in the

, plus an Olympic play-off against a CONCACAF team.) ** Third: (qualified directly to compete in the

and the

2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music * Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak al ...

.) ** 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 The 2015 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2015 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. ...

** River Plate defeated UANL, 3–0 in aggregate, to win their third Copa Libertadores title. River Plate will represent CONMEBOL at the

. * 6 & 11 February:

2015 Recopa Sudamericana The 2015 Recopa Sudamericana was the 23rd edition of the Recopa Sudamericana, the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major South American club tournaments, the Copa Libertadores and the Co ...

(first leg at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti; second leg at the

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. ** River Plate defeated fellow Argentinian team,

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, 2–0 on

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, to win their first Recopa Sudamericana title. * 4–29 March:

in ** Note: These four teams qualified to compete at the

. ** Winner: (11th South American Under-17 Football Championship title) ** Second: ** Third: ** Fourth: * 11 June – 4 July:

in ** defeated , 4–1 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their first Copa América title. took third place. * 11 August:

2015 Suruga Bank Championship The 2015 Suruga Bank Championship ( ja, スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2015; es, Copa Suruga Bank 2015) was the eighth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, th ...

Suita, Osaka is a city located in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 378,322 and a population density of 9,880 persons per km². The total area is 36.11 km². The city was founded on April 1, ...

** River Plate defeated

Gamba Osaka is a Japanese professional football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name ''Gamba'' comes from the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to s ...

, 3–0, to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title. * 11 August – 9 December:

2015 Copa Sudamericana The 2015 Copa Sudamericana ( pt, Copa Sul-Americana 2015) was the 14th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Colombian team Santa Fe qualified to play in the 2016 Copa Liber ...

** Santa Fe defeated

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, 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 The 2015 Copa Libertadores Femenina was the 7th edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in the city of Medellín, Colombia, from 28 Octob ...

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** Ferroviária defeated

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

, 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 The 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the seventh edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national ...

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:

in (

at Estadio de Bata, Bata) ** Note 1: As a result, for refusing to host this event, 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 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its ...

. *** The defeated , 9–8 in

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and after a 0–0 tie in regular play, to win their second Africa Cup of Nations title. The took third place. * 13 February – 8 November:

2015 CAF Champions League The 2015 CAF Champions League (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 51st edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 19th editio ...

** TP Mazembe defeated

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, 4–1 on aggregate, to win their fifth CAF Champions League title. TP Mazembe will represent the CAF at the

. * 13 February – 29 November:

2015 CAF Confederation Cup The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Fo ...

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defeated

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, 2–1 on aggregate, to win their second CAF Confederation Cup title. * 15 February – 1 March:

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 Blida ( ar, البليدة; Tamazight: Leblida) is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name ''Blida'', i.e. ''bulaydah'', is a diminutive ...

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defeated

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, 6–5 in penalties and after a 1–1 tie in regular play, to win their first CAF Super Cup title. * 8–22 March:

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 The 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations was the 2nd edition of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's under-23 national ...

in ** defeated , 2–1, to win their first U-23 Africa Cup of Nations title. took third place.

AFC

* 9–31 January:

in (

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) ** defeated , 2–1

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, to claim their first AFC Asian Cup title. The took third place. * 4 February – 21 November:

2015 AFC Champions League The 2015 AFC Champions League was the 34th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 13th under the current AFC Champions League title. Guangzhou Evergrande won the tournament ...

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defeated Al-Ahli, 1–0 on aggregate, to win their second AFC Champions League title. ** Guangzhou Evergrande will represent the AFC at the

. * 10 February – 31 October:

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** Johor Darul Ta'zim defeated Istiklol, 1–0, to win their first AFC Cup title. * 1–10 May:

2015 AFF Women's Championship The 2015 AFF Women's Championship was the eighth edition of the AFF Women's Championship, an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam between ...

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** defeated , 3–2, to win their second AFF Women's Championship title. took third place. * 27 July – 9 August:

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** defeated , 3–0, to win their 3rd title. took third place. * 1–8 August:

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** 1st place: (second consecutive EAFF Women's East Asian Cup title) ** 2nd place: ** 3rd place: ** 4th place: * 2–9 August:

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** 1st place: (second EAFF East Asian Cup title) ** 2nd place: ** 3rd place: ** 4th place: * 9–18 August: 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship in

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** 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:

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defeated the Montreal Impact, 5–3 in aggregate, to win their sixth CONCACAF Champions League title. Club América will represent the

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...

Confederation at the

. * 9–24 January:

in ** defeated , 4–2 in

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

. * 27 February – 15 March:

in ** defeated , 3–0, to win their 6th CONCACAF U-17 Championship title. , the , and the two team finalists all qualify to compete in the

. * 6 March – 25 October:

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and

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winners:

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winners:

FC Dallas FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The club competes as a member of the Western Conference in Major League Soccer (MLS). The franchise began play in 1996 as a charter club of the le ...

** 28 October – 6 December:

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*** The

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defeated the

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, 2–1, to win their first MLS Cup title. * 7–26 July:

in the and ** defeated , 3–1, to win their seventh CONCACAF Gold Cup title. took third place. Mexico advances to face the in a

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for CONCACAF's place in the

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. * 9–23 August: 2015 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship in the and ** ''Event cancelled.'' * 10 October: 2015 CONCACAF Cup in

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** defeated , 3–2 at extra time.

OFC

* 7 October 2014 – 26 April 2015:

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(final at

Suva Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Div ...

) **

Auckland City Auckland City was a territorial authority with city status covering the central isthmus of the urban area of Auckland, New Zealand. It was governed by the Auckland City Council from 1989 to 2010, and as a territory within the wider Auckland Re ...

defeated fellow New Zealand team, the

Team Wellington Team Wellington Football Club was a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most succe ...

, 4–3 in a

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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:

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** defeated , 5–4 in

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:

in (

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) ** 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:

in (

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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

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, Staffordshire ** defeated , 1–0, in the final. took third place. * 7–16 August: 2015 CPISRA Football 7-a-side U19 World Championships in

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** defeated , 3–2, in the final. took third place. * 20–29 August: IBSA Blind Football European Championships 2015 in

Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester, England, Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. ...

** 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

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** defeated , 2–0, in the final. took the bronze medal.Morocco wins African blind football championships
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in ** defeated , 2–0, to win their fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup title. took third place. * 10–20 December:

in **

defeated River Plate, 3–0, to win their third FIFA Club World Cup title.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the c ...

took third place.

Deaths

References

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