European Women's Football Championship 2009 / England

This article covers the English women's national football team at the 2009 European Championship in Finland .

qualification

England was for the qualification are in Group 1 and met Northern Ireland , Spain , Czech Republic and Belarus . With six wins and two draws, the English women qualified as group winners for the finals.

In the play-off games, the Spaniards failed to the Netherlands and the Czechs to Russia .

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	England	8th	6th	2	0	24: 04	20th
2	Spain	8th	5	2	1	24: 07	17th
3	Czech Republic	8th	4th	2	2	18:14	14th
4th	Belarus	8th	1	1	6th	10:27	4th
5	Northern Ireland	8th	0	1	7th	02:26	1

Games

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
05/13/2007	Gillingham	Northern Ireland	4: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Smith (52nd), 2-0 Harkin (66th own goal), 3-0 Chapman (73rd), 4-0 Sanderson (77th)
10/27/2007	Walsall	Belarus	4: 0 (2: 0)	1-0 Scott (10th), 2-0 Smith (32nd), 3-0 Aluko (48th), 4-0 Scott (64th)
11/25/2007	Shrewsbury	Spain	1: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Carney (64th)
03/06/2008	Lurgan	Northern Ireland	0: 2 (0: 1)	0: 1 Williams (19th), 0: 2 White (84th)
03/20/2008	Doncaster	Czech Republic	0-0
05/08/2008	Minsk	Belarus	1: 6 (1: 4)	0: 1 Scott (1st), 0: 2 Williams (7th), 0: 3 Williams (25th), 1: 3 Ryzhevich (30th), 1: 4 Sanderson (44th), 1: 5 Williams ( 87.), 1: 6 White (90.)
09/28/2008	Prague	Czech Republic	1: 5 (1: 0)	1: 0 Došková (28th), 1: 1 Westwood (61st), 1: 2 Smith (79th), 1: 3 Carney (81st), 1: 4 Scott (83rd), 1: 5 Smith ( 86.)
October 02, 2008	Zamora	Spain	2: 2 (2: 0)	1-0 Verónica Boquete (8th), 2-0 Bermudez Tribano (42nd), 2: 1 Carney (54th), 2: 2 Smith (76th)

Results highlighted in green indicate wins, draws highlighted in yellow.

Squad

Coach Hope Powell nominated her squad on August 4, 2009.

number	Surname	Club before the start of the European Championship	birthday	Sp.	goal
goalkeeper
22nd	Karen Bardsley	Sky Blue FC	10/14/1984	0	0	0	0	0
1	Rachel Brown	Everton LFC	07/02/1980	6th	0	0	0	0
13	Siobhan Chamberlain	Chelsea LFC	08/15/1983	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
6th	Anita Asante	Sky Blue FC	04/27/1985	4th	0	0	0	0
19th	Laura Bassett	Arsenal LFC	08/02/1983	1	0	0	0	0
5	Lindsay Johnson	Everton LFC	05/08/1980	4th	0	0	0	0
2	Alex Scott	Boston Breakers	10/14/1984	5	0	0	0	0
3	Casey Stoney	Chelsea LFC	05/13/1982	5	0	2	0	1
15th	Rachel Unitt	Everton LFC	05/05/1982	2	0	0	0	0
14th	Faye White	Arsenal LFC	02/02/1978	5	1	0	0	0
midfield
20th	Danielle Buet	Chelsea LFC	10/31/1988	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Katie Chapman	Arsenal LFC	06/15/1982	6th	0	0	0	0
12	Jill Scott	Everton LFC	02/02/1987	4th	1	0	0	0
10	Kelly Smith	Boston Breakers	October 29, 1978	6th	3	0	0	0
18th	Emily Westwood	Everton LFC	04/05/1984	2	0	0	0	0
4th	Fara Williams	Everton LFC	01/25/1984	6th	2	1	0	0
attack
9	Eniola Aluko	St. Louis Athletica	02/21/1987	6th	3	0	0	0
7th	Karen Carney	Chicago Red Stars	08/01/1987	6th	2	0	0	0
21st	Jessica Clarke	Leeds Carnegie LFC	05/05/1989	3	0	0	0	0
16	Jody Handley	Everton LFC	03/12/1979	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Lianne Sanderson	Chelsea LFC	02/03/1988	3	0	0	0	0
11	Sue Smith	Leeds Carnegie LFC	11/24/1979	5	0	0	0	0
trainer
	Hope Powell		December 8, 1966

Games

Preliminary round

England met in the preliminary round Group C in Italy , Russia and Sweden . With one win, one draw and one defeat, England finished third in the group.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 5:30 p.m. in Lahti
England	-	Italy	1: 2 (1: 0)
Friday, August 28, 2009, 8:00 p.m. in Helsinki (football stadium)
England	-	Russia	3: 2 (3: 2)
Monday, August 31, 2009, 7:00 p.m. in Turku
Sweden	-	England	1: 1 (1: 1)

Quarter finals

Thursday, September 3, 2009, 4:00 p.m. * in Turku
Finland	-	England	2: 3 (0: 1)

Semifinals

Sunday, September 6, 2009, 7:00 p.m. * in Tampere
England	-	Netherlands	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ uefa.com: Qualification group 1
2. ↑ thefa.com: Squad named for Finland Finals
3. ↑ uefa.com: Germany versus old rival Norway