U-19 European Football Championship 2009

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U-19 European Football Championship 2009
UEFA Under 19 Championship 2009
UEFA U-19 European Championship.svg
Number of nations 8  (of 52 applicants)
European champion UkraineUkraine Ukraine (1st title)
venue UkraineUkraine Ukraine
Opening game July 21, 2009
Endgame August 2, 2009
Games 15th
Gates 38  (⌀: 2.53 per game)
Top scorer EnglandEngland Nathan Delfouneso (4 goals)

The final round of the 25th U19 European Football Championship took place from July 21st to August 2nd, 2009. The host was Ukraine for the first time . The opening game was played by England and Switzerland , which parted 1: 1.

Attendees

52 U19 national teams took part in the qualification, which was played between October 2, 2008 and June 10, 2009. Host Ukraine was the only team to automatically qualify for the finals. So there were seven more places available. Ultimately, the following teams took part in the tournament:

  • EnglandEngland England
  • FranceFrance France
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
  • SerbiaSerbia Serbia
  • SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
  • SpainSpain Spain
  • TurkeyTurkey Turkey
  • UkraineUkraine Ukraine (hosts)

Defending champion Germany failed in the second qualifying round in Group 7 as a group runner-up behind Spain and was therefore unable to qualify for the 2009 tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland England  3  1  2  0 010: 400  +6 05
 2. UkraineUkraine Ukraine  3  1  2  0 004: 200  +2 05
 3. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 04th
 4th SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia  3  0  1  2 002: 900  −7 01
July 21, 2009
England - Switzerland 1: 1
July 21, 2009
Ukraine - Slovenia 0-0
July 24, 2009
Slovenia - Switzerland 1: 2
July 24, 2009
Ukraine - England 2: 2
July 27, 2009
Switzerland - Ukraine 0: 1
July 27, 2009
Slovenia - England 1: 7

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SerbiaSerbia Serbia  3  2  1  0 004: 200  +2 07th
 2. FranceFrance France  3  1  2  0 003: 200  +1 05
 3. SpainSpain Spain  3  1  0  2 003: 400  −1 03
 4th TurkeyTurkey Turkey  3  0  1  2 002: 400  −2 01
July 21, 2009
France - Serbia 1: 1
July 21, 2009
Turkey - Spain 1: 2
July 24, 2009
France - Turkey 1: 1
July 24, 2009
Serbia - Spain 2: 1
July 27, 2009
Spain - France 0: 1
July 27, 2009
Serbia - Turkey 1-0

Final round

Semifinals

July 30, 2009
England - France 3: 1 a.d.
July 30, 2009
Serbia - Ukraine 1: 3

final

The final of the U19 European Championship 2009 was played between England and the host Ukraine on August 2nd. Ukraine took a 1-0 lead after just five minutes. After changing sides, she then increased to 2-0 and won the U19 European championship for the first time.

England Ukraine
EnglandEngland
August 2, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. in Donetsk ( RSK Olimpijskyj )
Result: 0: 2 (0: 1)
Spectators: 25,000
Referee: Jiří Jech ( Czech Republic ) Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Match report
UkraineUkraine


Jason Steele - Kieran Trippier , Kyle Walker , Matthew Briggs (56th Gavin Hoyte ), Joe Mattock - Dan Gosling - Danny Drinkwater (55th Andrew Tutte ), Henri Lansbury - Nathan Delfouneso , Joe Bennett - Danny Welbeck (64th Nile Ranger ) Trainer: Brian Eastick(C)Captain of the crew
 Ihor Levchenko - Ihor Tschajkowskyj , Temur Parzwanija , Serhij Krywzow , Dmytro Kushnirov - Kyrylo Petrow (90 + 6 ' Dmytro Yeremenko ) - Denys Harmash , Yevhen Shakhov , Serhij Rybalka - Dmytro Korkischko , Witalij Kaverin (80. Serhij Shevchuk ) Coach: Yury Kalitwinzew(C)Captain of the crew
goal0: 1 Harmasch (5th)
goal0: 2 Korkischko (50th)
yellow cards Mattock (45th), Drinkwater (53rd) yellow cards Petrow (62nd), Harmasch (67th)

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