2015–16 UEFA Futsal Cup

2015–16 UEFA Futsal Cup

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying rounds: 25 August – 15 November 2015 Final tournament: 22–24 April 2016
Teams	Final tournament: 4 Total: 49 (from 48 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk (1st title)
Runners-up	Inter FS
Third place	SL Benfica
Fourth place	ASD Pescara
Tournament statistics
Matches played	103
Goals scored	735 (7.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eder Lima (13 goals)

The 2015–16 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 30th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament, and the 15th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format organized by UEFA.

Kairat Almaty were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the elite round. In the final, Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk defeated Inter FS to become the third Russian team, after MFK Dinamo Moskva and MFK Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg, to win the title.

Teams

A total of 49 teams from 48 of the 54 UEFA member associations entered the tournament, which included first-time entrants from Luxembourg.^[1] Each association could enter one team. Moreover, the winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Futsal Cup, Kairat Almaty, qualified automatically as title holders, and thus their association, Kazakhstan, could enter a second team.^[2]

Teams were ranked according to their UEFA coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they entered. The top four teams (with the title holders being the automatic top seed) entered the elite round, the next 16 teams (ranked 5–20) entered the main round, and the bottom 29 teams (ranked 21–49) entered the preliminary round.

For teams entering the preliminary round or main round, they were assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw, with eight teams pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and six teams pre-selected as hosts for the main round (marked by (H) below).^[3][4]

Rank Association Team Coeff Elite round 1 Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty (Title holders) 64.167 2 Spain Inter FS 29.666 3 Kazakhstan Tulpar Karagandy 28.500 4 Serbia KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac 21.000 Main round Seeding position 1 5 Czech Republic FK EP Chrudim 19.500 6 Russia Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk 18.500 7 Slovakia Slov-Matic Bratislava (H) 17.501 8 Hungary Győri ETO FC (H) 16.167 9 Ukraine FC Lokomotiv Kharkiv 15.500 10 Portugal SL Benfica 14.667 Seeding position 2 11 Latvia FK Nikars Riga (H) 14.000 12 England Baku United FC 10.167 13 Netherlands Futsal Club Eindhoven 8.000 14 Romania City'US Târgu Mureș (H) 7.833 15 Bulgaria FC Grand Pro Varna 7.374 16 Georgia Georgians Tbilisi 5.834 Seeding position 3 17 Belarus LSM Lida 5.334 18 Slovenia KMN Dobovec (H) 5.000 19 Cyprus FC APOEL Nicosia (H) 4.500 20 Greece Athina '90 4.500

Rank Association Team Coeff Preliminary round Seeding position 1 21 France Kremlin-Bicêtre United 4.417 22 Croatia FC National Zagreb 4.167 23 Macedonia KMF Železarec Skopje (H) 3.750 24 Italy ASD Pescara 3.667 25 Belgium FP Halle-Gooik 3.250 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina MNK Centar Sarajevo 3.167 27 Germany Hamburg Panthers 2.000 28 Norway Grorud IL 1.833 Seeding position 2 29 Moldova FC Progress Chișinău (H) 1.625 30 Andorra FC Encamp (H) 1.499 31 Republic of Ireland Blue Magic FC Dublin 1.250 32 Israel ASA Ben Gurion 1.084 33 Austria Stella Rossa Wien (H) 1.000 34 Sweden Futsal Club Göteborg 1.000 35 Finland Sievi Futsal 0.917 36 Albania KF Flamurtari Vlorë 0.917 Seeding position 3 37 Denmark JB Futsal Gentofte 0.833 38 Iceland Víkingur Ólafsvík (H) 0.750 39 Turkey Istanbul Üniversitesi SK 0.750 40 Montenegro KMF Titograd (H) 0.584 41 Switzerland Mobulu Futsal Uni Bern (H) 0.500 42 Estonia SK Augur Tallinn 0.500 43 Armenia ASUE Yerevan 0.417 44 Scotland FC Santos Perth 0.251 Seeding position 4 45 Malta Luxol Futsal 0.250 46 Lithuania FC Inkaras 0.167 47 Gibraltar Lynx FC (H) 0.084 48 Wales Cardiff University Futsal Club 0.000 49 Luxembourg FC Differdange 03 0.000

Did not enter

Azerbaijan

Faroe Islands

Liechtenstein

Northern Ireland

Poland

San Marino

The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 2 July 2015, 13:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[5][6] The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:^[3][4]

• In the preliminary round, the 29 teams were drawn into eight groups, either of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4, or of three containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3. First, the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 21 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.
• In the main round, the 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four, either containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3 and one group winner from the preliminary round, or containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–2 and two group winners from the preliminary round. First, the six teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 18 teams (including the eight preliminary round winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw) were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).^[7]

Round	Draw	Dates
Preliminary round	2 July 2015	25–29 August 2015
Main round		29 September–4 October 2015
Elite round	14 October 2015	10–15 November 2015
Final tournament	15 March 2016 (Madrid)[8]	Semi-finals: 22 April 2016 Third place match & Final: 24 April 2016

Format

In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, each group was played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.

In the final tournament, the four qualified teams played in knockout format (semi-finals, third place match, and final), either at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams, or at a neutral venue.

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[2]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 applied;
5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Coefficient ranking;
10. Drawing of lots.

Preliminary round

The eight group winners advanced to the main round to join the 16 teams which received byes to the main round.

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kremlin-Bicêtre United	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Main round
2	Stella Rossa Wien (H)	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Istanbul Üniversitesi SK	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3
4	FC Inkaras	3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ASD Pescara	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Main round
2	JB Futsal Gentofte	3	1	1	1	8	10	−2	4
3	Luxol Futsal	3	1	1	1	10	17	−7	4
4	FC Encamp (H)	3	0	0	3	5	14	−9	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC National Zagreb	3	3	0	0	30	1	+29	9	Main round
2	KMF Titograd (H)	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3	Blue Magic FC Dublin	3	1	0	2	3	21	−18	3
4	Cardiff University Futsal Club	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sievi Futsal	3	3	0	0	21	6	+15	9	Main round
2	Grorud IL	3	1	1	1	12	11	+1	4
3	Lynx FC (H)	3	1	1	1	14	16	−2	4
4	FC Santos Perth	3	0	0	3	5	19	−14	0

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hamburg Panthers	3	3	0	0	14	5	+9	9	Main round
2	KF Flamurtari Vlorë	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Víkingur Ólafsvík (H)	3	1	0	2	12	15	−3	3
4	FC Differdange 03	3	0	0	3	9	17	−8	0

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KMF Zelezarec Skopje (H)	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Main round
2	ASA Ben Gurion	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3
3	SK Augur Tallinn	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

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Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FP Halle-Gooik	2	2	0	0	14	1	+13	6	Main round
2	FC Progress Chișinău (H)	2	1	0	1	5	9	−4	3
3	ASUE Yerevan	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

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Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	MNK Centar Sarajevo	2	2	0	0	24	3	+21	6	Main round
2	Futsal Club Göteborg	2	1	0	1	6	15	−9	3
3	Mobulu Futsal Uni Bern (H)	2	0	0	2	4	16	−12	0

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Main round

The six group winners and the six group runners-up advanced to the elite round to join the four teams which received byes to the elite round.

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TTG-Ugra Yugorsk	3	3	0	0	28	5	+23	9	Elite round
2	Kremlin-Bicêtre United	3	2	0	1	7	8	−1	6
3	Georgians Tbilisi	3	1	0	2	7	17	−10	3
4	FC APOEL Nicosia (H)	3	0	0	3	7	19	−12	0

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SL Benfica	3	3	0	0	23	5	+18	9	Elite round
2	KMN Dobovec (H)	3	2	0	1	13	10	+3	6
3	FC Grand Pro Varna	3	1	0	2	10	21	−11	3
4	MNK Centar Sarajevo	3	0	0	3	9	19	−10	0

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ASD Pescara	3	3	0	0	24	4	+20	9	Elite round
2	FC Lokomotiv Kharkiv	3	2	0	1	13	9	+4	6
3	City'US Târgu Mureș (H)	3	1	0	2	15	14	+1	3
4	Hamburg Panthers	3	0	0	3	2	27	−25	0

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slov-Matic Bratislava (H)	3	3	0	0	19	5	+14	9	Elite round
2	KMF Zelezarec Skopje	3	2	0	1	15	13	+2	6
3	Sievi Futsal	3	1	0	2	11	15	−4	3
4	Futsal Club Eindhoven	3	0	0	3	7	19	−12	0

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FK EP Chrudim	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	6[lower-alpha 1]	Elite round
2	FP Halle-Gooik	3	2	0	1	16	9	+7	6[lower-alpha 1]
3	FK Nikars Riga (H)	3	2	0	1	12	10	+2	6[lower-alpha 1]
4	Athina '90	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LSM Lida	3	3	0	0	9	5	+4	9	Elite round
2	Győri ETO FC (H)	3	2	0	1	13	9	+4	6
3	FC National Zagreb	3	1	0	2	9	10	−1	3
4	Baku United FC	3	0	0	3	7	14	−7	0

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Elite round

The draw for the elite round was held on 14 October 2015, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[9][10] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one team which received byes to the elite round, and either two group winners and one group runner-up from the main round, or one group winner and two group runners-up from the main round. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts (marked by (H) below) were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Teams from the same main round group could not be drawn in the same group. For political reasons, Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk from Russia and FC Lokomotiv Kharkiv from Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group.^[11]

Bye to elite round Team Kairat Almaty Inter FS (H) Tulpar Karagandy KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac

Advanced from main round Group Winners Runners-up 1 Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk Kremlin-Bicêtre United 2 SL Benfica KMN Dobovec 3 ASD Pescara (H) FC Lokomotiv Kharkiv 4 Slov-Matic Bratislava (H) KMF Zelezarec Skopje 5 FK EP Chrudim FP Halle-Gooik 6 LSM Lida Győri ETO FC (H)

The four group winners advanced to the final tournament.

All times were CET (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter FS (H)	3	3	0	0	22	4	+18	9	Final tournament
2	LSM Lida	3	2	0	1	13	8	+5	6
3	KMN Dobovec	3	1	0	2	4	16	−12	3
4	Kremlin-Bicêtre United	3	0	0	3	5	16	−11	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ASD Pescara (H)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Final tournament
2	KMF Zelezarec Skopje	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6
3	Tulpar Karagandy	3	0	1	2	6	12	−6	1
4	FP Halle-Gooik	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk	3	3	0	0	16	4	+12	9	Final tournament
2	Kairat Almaty	3	2	0	1	11	10	+1	6
3	Győri ETO FC (H)	3	0	1	2	9	13	−4	1
4	FK EP Chrudim	3	0	1	2	4	13	−9	1

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SL Benfica	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6[lower-alpha 1]	Final tournament
2	FC Lokomotiv Kharkiv	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6[lower-alpha 1]
3	Slov-Matic Bratislava (H)	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4
4	KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1

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Final tournament

The hosts of the final tournament was selected by UEFA from the four qualified teams on 11 December 2015,^[12] and was staged by Inter FS at the Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Spain, on 22 and 24 April 2016.^[13]

The draw for the final tournament was held on 15 March 2016, 20:30 CET (UTC+1), at half-time of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg between Atlético Madrid and PSV Eindhoven, at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid, Spain.^[14][15] The four teams were drawn into two semi-finals without any restrictions.

In the final tournament, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary; however, no extra time would be used in the third place match.^[2]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 April
	Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk (p)	4 (3)
					24 April
	SL Benfica	4 (2)
					Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk	4
	22 April
					Inter FS	3
	ASD Pescara	2
	Inter FS	4
					Third place match
					24 April
					SL Benfica (p)	2 (2)
					ASD Pescara	2 (0)

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	PR	MR	ER	FT	Total
1	Eder Lima	Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk	—	7	6	0	13
2	Alessandro Patias	SL Benfica	—	7	2	2	11
3	Joni Pakola	Sievi Futsal	5	5	—	—	10
	Rogerio da Silva	ASD Pescara	3	5	2	0	10
5	Cardinal	Inter FS	—	—	6	2	8
	Rami Tirkkonen	Sievi Futsal	6	2	—	—	8
7	Mauro Canal	ASD Pescara	3	2	0	2	7
	Valentin Dujacquier	FP Halle-Gooik	3	3	1	—	7
	Aleksandar Gligorov	KMF Zelezarec Skopje	1	3	3	—	7
	Mladen Kocić	FC National Zagreb	6	1	—	—	7

Final tournament top scorer:^[16]

• Andrei Afanasyev, playing for Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk (3 goals)

Source:^[17][18]

References

External links

• 2015–16 UEFA Futsal Cup
• European league standings