2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship started on 31 May 2007 with a qualifying competition and finishes on 15 October 2008, before the final tournament on 15–23 June 2009.

The first stage of the qualifying competition is a group stage followed by play-offs. Each group winner, as well as the four highest ranked second place teams, will advance to the play-off. The play-off will determine which seven nations join Sweden in the final tournament. Sweden, as hosts, qualify automatically.

Groups

Summary

Teams that have secured a place in the play-offs are highlighted in green, in their respective qualifying groups. The teams are ordered by final group position.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Group 10
Italy	Turkey	England	Spain	Switzerland	Finland Denmark	Austria	Serbia Belarus	Germany Israel	Wales France
Croatia Greece Albania Faroe Islands Azerbaijan	Ukraine Czech Republic Armenia Liechtenstein	Portugal Montenegro Bulgaria Republic of Ireland	Russia Poland Kazakhstan Georgia	Netherlands Norway Macedonia Estonia	Scotland Slovenia Lithuania	Belgium Slovakia Iceland Cyprus	Hungary Latvia San Marino	Northern Ireland Moldova Luxembourg	Romania Bosnia and Herzegovina Malta

Group 1

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	10	7	3	0	21	5	+16	24
Croatia	10	7	1	2	20	12	+8	22
Greece	10	5	3	2	20	13	+7	18
Albania	10	3	3	4	10	13	−3	12
Faroe Islands	10	1	1	8	5	18	−13	4
Azerbaijan	10	0	3	7	6	21	−15	3

Group 2

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	8	6	1	1	18	6	+12	19
Ukraine	8	5	0	3	16	7	+9	15
Czech Republic	8	4	2	2	19	5	+14	14
Armenia	8	3	1	4	8	16	−8	10
Liechtenstein	8	0	0	8	4	31	−27	0

Group 3

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	8	7	1	0	17	1	+16	22
Portugal	8	4	2	2	13	7	+6	14
Montenegro	8	2	2	4	5	12	−7	8
Bulgaria	8	2	1	5	4	9	−5	7
Republic of Ireland	8	1	2	5	4	14	−10	5

Group 4

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	8	8	0	0	21	2	+19	24
Russia	8	5	0	3	14	6	+8	15
Poland	8	3	0	5	9	11	−2	9
Kazakhstan	8	2	0	6	9	18	−9	6
Georgia	8	2	0	6	6	22	−16	6

Group 5

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	8	5	1	2	16	5	+11	16
Netherlands	8	5	1	2	10	3	+7	16
Norway	8	3	3	2	7	6	+1	12
Macedonia	8	2	3	3	5	6	−1	9
Estonia	8	1	0	7	1	19	−18	3

Group 6

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	8	6	1	1	11	6	+5	19
Denmark	8	5	1	2	13	4	+9	16
Scotland	8	5	1	2	17	6	+11	16
Slovenia	8	1	2	5	4	13	−9	5
Lithuania	8	0	1	7	2	18	−16	1

Group 7

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	8	6	2	0	12	6	+6	20
Belgium	8	3	2	3	13	11	+2	11
Slovakia	8	2	4	2	13	12	+1	10
Iceland	8	1	4	3	6	9	−3	7
Cyprus	8	2	0	6	9	15	−6	6

Group 8

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	8	5	2	1	24	5	+19	17
Belarus	8	5	2	1	15	5	+10	17
Hungary	8	4	0	4	14	13	+1	12
Latvia	8	3	2	3	6	6	0	11
San Marino	8	0	0	8	1	31	−30	0

Group 9

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	8	5	2	1	24	3	+21	17
Israel	8	5	2	1	16	5	+11	17
Northern Ireland	8	4	0	4	13	12	+1	12
Moldova	8	4	0	4	6	8	−2	12
Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	1	32	−31	0

Group 10

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wales	8	6	0	2	20	6	+14	18
France	8	5	2	1	16	5	+11	17
Romania	8	4	3	1	11	5	+6	15
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	1	1	6	7	17	−10	4
Malta	8	1	0	7	3	24	−21	3

Ranking of second-placed teams

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	France	8	5	2	1	16	5	+11	17
9	Israel	8	5	2	1	16	5	+11	17
8	Belarus	8	5	2	1	15	5	+10	17
6	Denmark	8	5	1	2	13	4	+9	16
5	Netherlands	8	5	1	2	10	3	+7	16
1	Croatia*	8	5	1	2	16	10	+6	16
2	Ukraine	8	5	0	3	16	7	+9	15
4	Russia	8	5	0	3	14	6	+8	15
3	Portugal	8	4	2	2	13	7	+6	14
7	Belgium	8	3	2	3	13	11	+2	11

(*) Since Group 1 had six teams, only results against the top five ranked teams are taken into account. As Azerbaijan finished last, Croatia's 3-2 and 1-0 wins are disregarded for the purpose of calculating best runners-up overall.

Play-offs

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

The play-off first legs were played on 10–11 October, while the second legs were played on 14–15 October.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Germany	2–1	France	1–1	1–0
Denmark	0–2	Serbia	0–1	0–1
Turkey	1–2	Belarus	1–0	0–2
Austria	3–3(p)	Finland	2–1	1–2
Wales	4–5	England	2–3	2–2
Italy	3–1	Israel	0–0	3–1
Switzerland	3–4	Spain	2–1	1–3

Top scorers

Pos	Goals	Player	Nationality
1	7	Chedwyn Evans	Wales
=	7	Rouwen Hennings	Germany
3	6	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	Greece
=	6	Antonis Petropoulos	Greece
=	6	Eren Derdiyok	Switzerland
=	6	Gojko Kačar	Serbia
7	5	Ádám Szalai	Hungary
=	5	Xhevahir Sukaj	Albania

References

• Official site