U-21 European Football Championship 2009 / Qualification

A total of 51 of the 53 UEFA associations took part in qualifying for the 2009 European Under-21 Football Championship . Andorra was the only association not to take part, Sweden was the host.

The qualifying matches in the ten qualifying groups started on May 31, 2007 and ended on September 9, 2008. The play-offs for the entry into the final round were held in the period from October 10th to 15th, 2008.

While Germany managed to qualify for the finals, Austria (against Finland on penalties) and Switzerland (against Spain after extra time) were eliminated in the play-offs.

The final round took place in Sweden from June 15 to 29, 2009 .

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The 51 national teams were drawn in ten groups - nine groups of five teams and one group of six teams. The national selections had to play their encounters with two legs. The respective group winners (marked in yellow) and the best runners-up (green) were qualified for the play-offs for entry into the finals. These then determined seven participants in the final round in the first and second leg. Sweden is automatically qualified to host.

Attendees

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Albania	Armenia	Bulgaria	Georgia
Azerbaijan	Liechtenstein	England	Kazakhstan
Faroe Islands	Czech Republic	Ireland	Poland
Greece	Turkey	Montenegro	Russia
Italy	Ukraine	Portugal	Spain
Croatia

 

Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Estonia	Denmark	Belgium	Latvia
North Macedonia	Finland	Iceland	San Marino
Netherlands	Lithuania	Austria	Serbia
Norway	Scotland	Slovakia	Hungary
Switzerland	Slovenia	Cyprus	Belarus

 

Group 9	Group 10
Germany	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Israel	France
Luxembourg	Malta
Moldova	Romania
Northern Ireland	Wales

Performance of the teams from the German-speaking area

Germany

After a clear 3-0 opening win in Northern Ireland in qualifying group 9, Germany couldn't get past a 2-2 draw in Israel. This was followed, however, by clear successes against Moldova and twice against Luxembourg. After losing the second leg in Moldova 1-0, Germany was under pressure in the last home game against Israel. Germany did not get beyond a disappointing 0-0 draw, but ultimately secured the group victory thanks to the significantly better goal difference against Israel.

• Player squad (qualification): Andreas Beck (8 games), Dennis Aogo (7), Dennis Grote (7), Marc-André Kruska (7), Mesut Özil (7), Rouwen Hennings (7), Barış Özbek (6), Daniel Schwaab (6), Jan Rosenthal (6), Florian Fromlowitz (5), Manuel Neuer (5), Mats Hummels (5), Niko Bungert (5), Sami Khedira (5), Benedikt Höwedes (4), Fabian Schönheim (4), Marko Marin (4), Ashkan Dejagah (3), Jérôme Boateng (3), Kevin Schindler (3), Markus Steinhöfer (3), Pascal Bieler (3), Patrick Ebert (3), Sebastian Boenisch (3 ), Tobias Sippel (3), Bernd Nehrig (2), Daniel Halfar (2), Eugen Polanski (2), Gonzalo Castro (2), Sandro Wagner (2), Thorsten Kirschbaum (2), Toni Kroos (2), Aaron Hunt (1), Chinedu Ede (1), Juri Judt (1), Kevin Pezzoni (1), Ralf Fährmann (1), Richard Sukuta-Pasu (1), Robert Fleßers (1) - Team Principal: Dieter Eilts .

The playoffs for a place in the finals were dramatic. In their home game against France, Germany quickly took a 1-0 lead, but did not get beyond a 1-1 draw. The second leg was goalless until the finish. When France thought they were promoted thanks to the away goal rules, Höwedes scored the much-acclaimed winning goal in the final minute for Germany's 1-0 victory, which qualified for the final round.

• Player squad (play-offs): Manuel Neuer , Andreas Beck , Daniel Schwaab , Benedikt Höwedes , Sebastian Boenisch , Marc-André Kruska , Mesut Özil , Ashkan Dejagah , Aaron Hunt , Niko Bungert , Toni Kroos , Gonzalo Castro , Eugen Polanski , Daniel Halfar , Kevin Schindler , Marko Marin ¹⁾ , Sami Khedira ¹⁾ , Tobias Sippel ¹⁾ , Rouwen Hennings ²⁾ , Florian Fromlowitz ²⁾ , Jérôme Boateng ²⁾ - Team principal: Dieter Eilts . - Notes: ¹⁾ = only in the first game, ²⁾ = only in the second game.

Austria

Austria showed a sovereign performance in the qualification. The team finished their group unbeaten in first place. Only in the away games against Slovakia and Iceland did Austria not get past a 1-1 draw. Ultimately, the lead over second-placed Slovakia was eight points.

• Player squad (qualification): Harun Erbek (8 games), Mario Reiter (8), Robert Olejnik (8), Julian Baumgartlinger (7), Marco Stankovic (7), Michael Stanislaw (7), Andreas Dober (6), Bartoloměj Kuru (6), Erwin Hoffer (6), Florian Klein (6), Michael Madl (6), Sandro Zakany (6), Niklas Hoheneder (5), Peter Hackmair (5), Veli Kavlak (5), Rubin Okotie (5 ), Christoph Saurer (4), Mario Sonnleitner (4), Zlatko Junuzović (4), Andreas Schicker (3), Emin Sulimani (3), Franz Schiemer (3), Markus Suttner (3), Besian Idrizaj (2), Daniel Gramann (2), Daniel Toth (2), Patrick Seeger (2), Andreas Lukse (1), Bernhard Morgenthaler (1), Christopher Drazan (1), Daniel Sikorski (1), Udo Siebenhandl (1) - Team Principal: Manfred Zsak .

Austria made a classic self-fall in the play-offs for a place in the final against Finland. The Austrians were clearly superior in both games, but failed due to their lack of chances. After a quick 2-0 lead in the home game, it was ultimately only enough to win a narrow 2-1 win. In the second leg, Austria was 1-0 lead for a long time before the Finns equalized in the finish and took a 2-1 lead in the final minute. After a goalless extension, the penalty shoot-out had to decide, in which the Austrians failed on their nerves and lost 4-2.

• Player squad (play-offs): Robert Olejnik , Andreas Schicker , Mario Sonnleitner , Mario Reiter , Julian Baumgartlinger , Florian Klein , Niklas Hoheneder , Daniel Sikorski , Marco Stankovic , Haris Bukva , Michael Madl , Michael Stanislaw , Christoph Saurer , Veli Kavlak , Rubin Okotie , Harun Erbek , Andreas Lukse , Franz Schiemer ¹⁾ , Andreas Dober ²⁾ - Team principal: Manfred Zsak . - Notes: ¹⁾ = only in the first game, ²⁾ = only in the second game.

Switzerland

For Switzerland the qualification started rather mixed. A disappointing 1-1 home draw against Macedonia was followed by a 1-0 defeat in Norway. After the away game in Macedonia was lost 2-1, the qualification seemed to be over. However, Switzerland managed a sensational finish in which there were 1-0 wins against the reigning U-21 European champions Netherlands both away and at home. With this, Switzerland ultimately secured group victory and qualification for the play-offs.

• Player squad (qualification): Beg Ferati (8 games), David González (8), Fabian Lustenberger (8), Patrik Baumann (8), Frank Feltscher (7), Murat Ural (7), Reto Ziegler (7), Yann Sommer (7), Claudio Lustenberger (6), Heinz Barmettler (6), Jonas Elmer (6), Almen Abdi (5), Christophe Lambert (5), Fabrizio Zambrella (5), Blerim Džemaili (4), Eren Derdiyok (4 ), Kay Voser (4), Pirmin Schwegler (4), Cabral (3), Jérôme Thiesson (3), Julian Esteban (3), Stefan Glarner (3), Stephan Andrist (3), Adrian Nikci (2), Didier Crettenand (2), Moreno Costanzo (2), Sebastian Kollar (2), Charles-André Doudin (1), Daniel Pavlović (1), Dragan Đukić (1), Gelson Fernandes (1), Jocelyn Roux (1), Marco Schönbächler (1), Peter Lang (1), Safet Etemi (1), Shkelzen Gashi (1), Valentin Stocker (1), Xavier Hochstrasser (1) - team principal: Pierre-André Schürmann .

In the play-offs for a place in the finals, Spain was once again a tough opponent. In the home game, Switzerland was able to keep the upper hand 2-1. The second leg was dramatic. Switzerland took a 1-0 lead and, after equalizing, held the draw until the end of regular time. In stoppage time, Spain managed to score a second goal and thus reached extra time. Only in the second half of extra time was Spain able to achieve the decisive 3: 1 and thus qualify for the final round.

• Player squad (play-offs): Yann Sommer , Jérôme Thiesson , Didier Crettenand , Heinz Barmettler , Beg Ferati , Fabrizio Zambrella , Adrian Nikci , Fabian Lustenberger , Johan Vonlanthen , Reto Ziegler , David González , Stefan Glarner , Patrik Baumann , Murat Ural , Frank Feltscher , Pirmin Schwegler ¹⁾ , Valentin Stocker ¹⁾ , Cabral ¹⁾ , Shkelzen Gashi ²⁾ , Rolf Feltscher ²⁾ , Migjen Basha ²⁾ - Team principal: Pierre-André Schürmann . - Notes: ¹⁾ = only in the first game, ²⁾ = only in the second game.

Qualification groups

Group 1

date	Home team	Result	Away team
June 1, 2007	Italy	4-0	Albania
June 2, 2007	Greece	4: 1	Azerbaijan
June 2, 2007	Croatia	2-0	Faroe Islands
June 6, 2007	Croatia	3: 2	Greece
June 6, 2007	Albania	1-0	Faroe Islands
September 7, 2007	Italy	2: 1	Faroe Islands
September 8, 2007	Azerbaijan	0: 2	Greece
September 8, 2007	Albania	1-0	Croatia
September 11, 2007	Albania	0: 1	Italy
September 11, 2007	Croatia	3: 2	Azerbaijan
September 12, 2007	Faroe Islands	0: 2	Greece
October 12, 2007	Italy	2-0	Croatia
October 14, 2007	Faroe Islands	1-0	Azerbaijan
October 16, 2007	Greece	2: 2	Italy
October 17, 2007	Azerbaijan	1: 1	Albania
October 17, 2007	Faroe Islands	1: 2	Croatia
November 16, 2007	Italy	5-0	Azerbaijan
November 17, 2007	Faroe Islands	0: 5	Albania
November 17, 2007	Greece	3: 4	Croatia
November 21, 2007	Azerbaijan	0: 1	Croatia
November 21, 2007	Faroe Islands	0: 1	Italy
November 21, 2007	Greece	2: 1	Albania
March 25, 2008	Azerbaijan	0: 2	Italy
August 20, 2008	Albania	1: 1	Greece
September 5, 2008	Croatia	4-0	Albania
September 5, 2008	Italy	1: 1	Greece
September 6, 2008	Azerbaijan	2: 2	Faroe Islands
September 9, 2008	Croatia	1: 1	Italy
September 9, 2008	Greece	1-0	Faroe Islands
September 10, 2008	Albania	0-0	Azerbaijan

 

Final result group 1
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Italy	10	7th	3	0	21: 05	+16	24
2.	Croatia	10	7th	1	2	20:12	+ 08	22nd
3.	Greece	10	5	3	2	20:13	+ 07	18th
4th	Albania	10	3	3	4th	10:13	- 03	12
5.	Faroe Islands	10	1	1	8th	05:18	−13	4th
6th	Azerbaijan	10	0	3	7th	06:21	−15	3

Group 2

date	Home team	Result	Away team
May 31, 2007	Armenia	1-0	Liechtenstein
June 1, 2007	Ukraine	1: 2	Turkey
June 6, 2007	Ukraine	4-0	Armenia
September 8, 2007	Armenia	1: 1	Czech Republic
September 8, 2007	Liechtenstein	2: 3	Turkey
September 11, 2007	Czech Republic	8-0	Liechtenstein
September 12, 2007	Armenia	0: 2	Ukraine
October 14, 2007	Liechtenstein	0: 4	Czech Republic
October 14, 2007	Turkey	2-0	Ukraine
October 17, 2007	Liechtenstein	1: 3	Ukraine
October 17, 2007	Czech Republic	3-0	Armenia
November 17, 2007	Czech Republic	1: 1	Turkey
November 17, 2007	Ukraine	5-0	Liechtenstein
November 20, 2007	Liechtenstein	1: 4	Armenia
November 21, 2007	Ukraine	0: 2	Czech Republic
March 26, 2008	Turkey	3-0	Liechtenstein
August 20, 2008	Armenia	2: 1	Turkey
September 6, 2008	Turkey	2-0	Czech Republic
September 9, 2008	Czech Republic	0: 1	Ukraine
September 9, 2008	Turkey	4-0	Armenia

 

Final result group 2
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Turkey	8th	6th	1	1	18: 06	+12	19th
2.	Ukraine	8th	5	0	3	16: 07	+ 09	15th
3.	Czech Republic	8th	4th	2	2	19: 05	+14	14th
4th	Armenia	8th	3	1	4th	08:16	- 08	10
5.	Liechtenstein	8th	0	0	8th	04:31	−27	0

Group 3

date	Home team	Result	Away team
June 5, 2007	Bulgaria	1: 2	Montenegro
September 7, 2007	Ireland	0: 2	Portugal
September 7, 2007	Montenegro	0: 3	England
September 11, 2007	Bulgaria	0: 2	England
September 11, 2007	Portugal	4-0	Montenegro
October 12, 2007	Bulgaria	1-0	Portugal
October 12, 2007	England	1-0	Montenegro
October 16, 2007	Montenegro	1: 2	Portugal
October 16, 2007	Ireland	0: 3	England
November 16, 2007	Montenegro	1-0	Ireland
November 16, 2007	England	2-0	Bulgaria
November 20, 2007	Ireland	1-0	Bulgaria
November 20, 2007	Portugal	1: 1	England
February 5, 2008	England	3-0	Ireland
March 25, 2008	Ireland	1: 1	Montenegro
March 26, 2008	Portugal	3-0	Bulgaria
September 5, 2008	Bulgaria	2-0	Ireland
September 5, 2008	England	2-0	Portugal
September 9, 2008	Montenegro	0-0	Bulgaria
September 9, 2008	Portugal	2: 2	Ireland

 

Final result group 3
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	England	8th	7th	1	0	17: 01	+16	22nd
2.	Portugal	8th	4th	2	2	13: 07	+ 06	14th
3.	Montenegro	8th	2	2	4th	05:12	- 07th	8th
4th	Bulgaria	8th	2	1	5	04: 09	- 05th	7th
5.	Ireland	8th	1	2	5	04:14	−10	5

Group 4

date	Home team	Result	Away team
June 5, 2007	Georgia	0: 1	Spain
August 22, 2007	Poland	3: 1	Georgia
August 22, 2007	Kazakhstan	00: 3 *	Russia
September 7, 2007	Georgia	2: 1	Kazakhstan
September 7, 2007	Russia	1-0	Poland
September 11, 2007	Poland	1-0	Kazakhstan
September 11, 2007	Spain	4-0	Georgia
October 12, 2007	Russia	4-0	Kazakhstan
October 12, 2007	Poland	0: 2	Spain
October 16, 2007	Kazakhstan	4: 1	Georgia
October 16, 2007	Poland	0: 1	Russia
November 16, 2007	Spain	3-0	Poland
November 20, 2007	Georgia	2-0	Russia
March 25, 2008	Spain	5-0	Kazakhstan
August 19, 2008	Kazakhstan	3-0	Poland
August 20, 2008	Russia	1: 2	Spain
September 5, 2008	Russia	4-0	Georgia
September 5, 2008	Kazakhstan	1: 2	Spain
September 9, 2008	Georgia	0: 5	Poland
September 9, 2008	Spain	2-0	Russia
Note: * The game ended 0: 1, but was subsequently certified 0: 3

 

Final result group 4
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Spain	8th	8th	0	0	21: 02	+19	24
2.	Russia	8th	5	0	3	14: 06	+ 08	15th
3.	Poland	8th	3	0	5	09:11	- 02nd	9
4th	Kazakhstan	8th	2	0	6th	09:18	- 09	6th
5.	Georgia	8th	2	0	6th	06:22	−16	6th

Group 5

date	Home team	Result	Away team
June 3, 2007	Estonia	0: 1	Norway
August 22, 2007	North Macedonia	0: 1	Netherlands
September 7, 2007	Norway	0: 1	Netherlands
September 8, 2007	Switzerland	1: 1	North Macedonia
Well	Goals: 1-0 (36th) Derdiyok, 1: 1 (78th) Zlatkovski
September 11, 2007	North Macedonia	1-0	Estonia
October 12, 2007	Norway	2: 1	Switzerland
Fredrikstad	Goals: 1: 0 (67th) Elyounoussi, 1: 1 (83rd) Derdiyok, 2: 1 (83rd) Demidov
October 12, 2007	Estonia	0: 3	Netherlands
October 16, 2007	North Macedonia	1: 1	Norway
October 16, 2007	Estonia	0: 4	Switzerland
Tallinn	Goals: 0: 1 (12th) Derdiyok, 0: 2 (49th) Derdiyok, 0: 3 (58th) Esteban, 0: 4 (74th) Ural
November 16, 2007	Netherlands	1-0	North Macedonia
November 17, 2007	Switzerland	5-0	Estonia
Delémont	Goals: 1-0 (2nd) Derdiyok, 2-0 (23rd) Feltscher, 3-0 (30th) Ziegler (Penalty), 4-0 (45th) Derdiyok, 5-0 (50th) Lustenberger
November 20, 2007	Norway	2-0	Estonia
March 26, 2008	North Macedonia	2: 1	Switzerland
Kumanovo	Goals: 1-0 (12th) Trickovski, 2-0 (32nd) Zlatkovski, 2-1 (37th) Esteban
March 26, 2008	Netherlands	3-0	Estonia
May 23, 2008	Netherlands	0: 1	Switzerland
Tilburg	Goals: 0: 1 (59th) Lustenberger
August 20, 2008	Estonia	1-0	North Macedonia
August 20, 2008	Switzerland	2-0	Norway
Manners	Goals: 1-0 (53rd) Lustenberger, 2-0 (78th) Nikci
September 5, 2008	Netherlands	1: 1	Norway
September 9, 2008	Switzerland	1-0	Netherlands
Schaffhausen	Goals: 1-0 (86th) Ziegler
September 9, 2008	Norway	0-0	North Macedonia

 

Final result group 5
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Switzerland	8th	5	1	2	16: 05	+11	16
2.	Netherlands	8th	5	1	2	10: 03	+ 07	16
3.	Norway	8th	3	3	2	07: 06	+ 01	12
4th	North Macedonia	8th	2	3	3	05: 06	- 01	9
5.	Estonia	8th	1	0	7th	01:19	−18	3

Group 6

date	Home team	Result	Away team
June 5, 2007	Slovenia	2: 1	Lithuania
June 6, 2007	Denmark	0: 1	Finland
September 7, 2007	Denmark	4-0	Lithuania
September 8, 2007	Finland	3: 2	Scotland
September 11, 2007	Lithuania	0-0	Slovenia
September 12, 2007	Scotland	0-0	Denmark
October 11, 2007	Scotland	3-0	Lithuania
October 13, 2007	Finland	1-0	Slovenia
October 16, 2007	Slovenia	1: 3	Denmark
October 17, 2007	Lithuania	0: 1	Finland
November 16, 2007	Lithuania	0: 3	Denmark
November 17, 2007	Slovenia	0: 4	Scotland
November 20, 2007	Denmark	1-0	Slovenia
November 21, 2007	Finland	2: 1	Lithuania
March 26, 2008	Scotland	2: 1	Finland
August 20, 2008	Lithuania	0: 3	Scotland
September 4, 2008	Scotland	3: 1	Slovenia
September 5, 2008	Finland	2: 1	Denmark
September 9, 2008	Slovenia	0-0	Finland
September 9, 2008	Denmark	1-0	Scotland

 

Final result group 6
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Finland	8th	6th	1	1	11: 06	+ 05	19th
2.	Denmark	8th	5	1	2	13: 04	+ 09	16
3.	Scotland	8th	5	1	2	17: 06	+11	16
4th	Slovenia	8th	1	2	5	04:13	- 09	5
5.	Lithuania	8th	0	1	7th	02:18	−16	1

In addition to group winners Finland, Denmark was able to qualify as one of the four best runners-up in the group for the playoffs.

Group 7

date	Home team	Result	Away team
August 22, 2007	Iceland	0: 1	Cyprus
September 7, 2007	Slovakia	2: 2	Iceland
September 7, 2007	Belgium	0: 1	Austria
Mechelen	Goals: 0: 1 (74th) Schiemer
September 11, 2007	Slovakia	1: 1	Austria
Senec	Goals: 0: 1 (63rd) Dober, 1: 1 (84th) Jan Maslo
September 11, 2007	Iceland	0-0	Belgium
October 12, 2007	Austria	2: 1	Cyprus
black	Goals: 1-0 (38th) Hoheneder, 2-0 (45th) Klein, 2-1 (74th) Dimitriou
October 12, 2007	Belgium	4: 2	Slovakia
October 16, 2007	Iceland	1: 1	Austria
Grindavík	Goals: 0: 1 (48th) Dober, 1: 1 (64th) Gislason
October 16, 2007	Slovakia	4: 1	Cyprus
November 16, 2007	Cyprus	1: 2	Slovakia
November 16, 2007	Austria	3: 2	Belgium
Pasching	Goals: 0: 1 (12th) Legear, 1: 1 (32nd) Erbek, 1: 2 (52nd) Yulu-Matondo, 2: 2 (81st) Madl, 3: 2 (90th) Okotie
November 20, 2007	Cyprus	1: 2	Austria
Famagusta	Goals: 0: 1 (9th) Hoffer, 1: 1 (19th) Shelis, 1: 2 (56th) Stankovic
November 20, 2007	Belgium	1: 2	Iceland
February 6, 2008	Cyprus	2-0	Iceland
March 26, 2008	Cyprus	0: 2	Belgium
March 26, 2008	Austria	1-0	Slovakia
Pasching	Goals: 1-0 (7th) Hoffer
September 5, 2008	Slovakia	03: 0 *	Belgium
September 5, 2008	Austria	1-0	Iceland
black	Goals: 1-0 (7th) Schiemer
September 9, 2008	Iceland	1: 1	Slovakia
September 9, 2008	Belgium	3: 2	Cyprus
Note: * The game ended 1: 1, but was subsequently rated 3: 0

 

Final result group 7
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Austria	8th	6th	2	0	12: 06	+ 06	20th
2.	Slovakia	8th	3	3	2	15:11	+ 04	12
3.	Belgium	8th	3	1	4th	12:13	- 01	10
4th	Iceland	8th	1	4th	3	06: 09	- 03	7th
5.	Cyprus	8th	2	0	6th	09:15	- 06	6th

Group 8

date	Home team	Result	Away team
June 2, 2007	Serbia	1: 1	Latvia
June 2, 2007	Belarus	1-0	Hungary
June 6, 2007	Hungary	1-0	Latvia
June 6, 2007	San Marino	0: 3	Belarus
August 22, 2007	Belarus	2: 1	Latvia
September 7, 2007	San Marino	1: 6	Hungary
September 8, 2007	Serbia	3: 1	Belarus
September 11, 2007	Latvia	2-0	San Marino
September 12, 2007	Hungary	2: 1	Serbia
October 13, 2007	Serbia	3-0	San Marino
October 16, 2007	Hungary	0: 1	Belarus
October 17, 2007	Latvia	0: 2	Serbia
November 16, 2007	Belarus	6-0	San Marino
November 18, 2007	Latvia	1-0	Hungary
November 20, 2007	Belarus	1: 1	Serbia
March 26, 2008	San Marino	0: 5	Serbia
August 19, 2008	Hungary	5-0	San Marino
September 5, 2008	San Marino	0: 1	Latvia
September 7, 2008	Serbia	8-0	Hungary
September 9, 2008	Latvia	0-0	Belarus

 

Final result group 8
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Serbia	8th	5	2	1	24: 05	+19	17th
2.	Belarus	8th	5	2	1	15: 05	+10	17th
3.	Hungary	8th	4th	0	4th	14:13	+ 01	12
4th	Latvia	8th	3	2	3	06: 06	± 00	11
5.	San Marino	8th	0	0	8th	01:31	−30	0

In addition to group winners Serbia, Belarus could qualify as one of the four best runners-up in the group for the playoffs.

Group 9

date	Home team	Result	Away team
June 1, 2007	Moldova	0: 1	Northern Ireland
September 7, 2007	Israel	3-0	Luxembourg
September 7, 2007	Northern Ireland	0: 3	Germany
Lurgan	Goals: 0: 1 (78th) Ebert, 0: 2 (90th) Özil, 0: 3 (90th +2) Hennings
September 11, 2007	Moldova	1-0	Israel
September 12, 2007	Luxembourg	1: 2	Northern Ireland
October 12, 2007	Israel	2: 2	Germany
Tel Aviv	Goals: 0: 1 (18th) Hennings, 1: 1 (43rd) Bar Buzaglo, 2: 1 (70th) Azriel, 2: 2 (78th) Hennings
October 13, 2007	Luxembourg	0: 2	Moldova
October 16, 2007	Germany	3-0	Moldova
Pirmasens	Goals: 1-0 (36th) Özil, 2-0 (69th) Özil, 3-0 (90th +3) Hennings
October 17, 2007	Northern Ireland	1: 3	Israel
November 16, 2007	Northern Ireland	5-0	Luxembourg
November 20, 2007	Luxembourg	0: 7	Germany
Luxembourg	Goals: 0: 1 (8th) Hennings, 0: 2 (12th) Kruska (Penalty), 0: 3 (19th) Rosenthal, 0: 4 (23rd) Rosenthal, 0: 5 (30th) Barış Özbek, 0: 6 (44th) Hennings, 0: 7 (90th) Dejagah
November 20, 2007	Northern Ireland	3-0	Moldova
February 6, 2008	Israel	2: 1	Northern Ireland
March 25, 2008	Germany	6-0	Luxembourg
Wiesbaden	Goals: 1-0 (28th) Khedira, 2-0 (47th) Khedira, 3-0 (50th) Özil, 4-0 (54th) Hennings, 5-0 (58th) Khedira, 6-0 (85.) Barış Özbek
March 26, 2008	Israel	1-0	Moldova
August 19, 2008	Moldova	1-0	Germany
Tiraspol	Goals: 1-0 (15th) Aogo (own goal)
September 5, 2008	Luxembourg	0: 5	Israel
September 5, 2008	Germany	3-0	Northern Ireland
Wuppertal	Goals: 1-0 (11th) Kroos, 2-0 (37th) Halfar, 3-0 (60th) Aogo
September 9, 2008	Moldova	2-0	Luxembourg
September 9, 2008	Germany	0-0	Israel
Duisburg	Goals: none

 

Final result group 9
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Germany	8th	5	2	1	24: 03	+21	17th
2.	Israel	8th	5	2	1	16: 05	+11	17th
3.	Northern Ireland	8th	4th	0	4th	13:12	+ 01	12
4th	Moldova	8th	4th	0	4th	06: 08	- 02nd	12
5.	Luxembourg	8th	0	0	8th	01:32	−31	0

In addition to group winners Germany, Israel was able to qualify as one of the four best runners-up in the group for the playoffs.

Group 10

date	Home team	Result	Away team
June 1, 2007	France	1: 1	Romania
June 5, 2007	Malta	0: 1	Romania
September 7, 2007	France	1-0	Wales
September 8, 2007	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4-0	Malta
September 11, 2007	Romania	3-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 12, 2007	Malta	0: 2	France
October 12, 2007	France	4-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 16, 2007	Romania	0-0	France
October 17, 2007	Wales	3: 1	Malta
November 16, 2007	Romania	4-0	Malta
November 17, 2007	Wales	4-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
November 20, 2007	Malta	2: 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
November 20, 2007	Wales	4: 2	France
February 5, 2008	Malta	0: 4	Wales
March 26, 2008	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 2	Wales
August 20, 2008	Wales	0: 1	Romania
September 5, 2008	France	5-0	Malta
September 6, 2008	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 1	Romania
September 9, 2008	Romania	0: 3	Wales
September 9, 2008	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0: 1	France

 

Final score group 10
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Wales	8th	6th	0	2	20: 06	+14	18th
2.	France	8th	5	2	1	16: 05	+11	17th
3.	Romania	8th	4th	3	1	11: 05	+ 06	15th
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8th	1	1	6th	07:17	−10	4th
5.	Malta	8th	1	0	7th	03:24	−21	3

In addition to group winners Wales, France qualified as one of the four best runners-up for the playoffs.

Playoffs for a place in the finals

The draw for the playoffs took place on September 12, 2008 in the presence of the European Championship ambassador and Swedish national player Henrik Larsson in Malmö. The seven pairings were drawn from the winners of the ten qualifying groups and the four best runners-up.

Fixtures and results
date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 10, 2008	Austria	2: 1	Finland
Pasching	Goals: 1: 0 (10th) Saurer, 2: 0 (13th) Small, 2: 1 (63rd) Hetemaj
October 14, 2008	Finland	2: 1 (n.V.)	Austria
Turku	Goals: 0: 1 (26th) Stankovic, 1: 1 (81st) Vasara, 2: 1 (90th) Vasara
Newcomers: Finland with an aggregate result of 3: 3 and a 4: 2 on penalties
October 10, 2008	Turkey	1-0	Belarus
Antalya	Goals: 1-0 (10th) Yildrim
October 14, 2008	Belarus	2-0	Turkey
Borissov	Goals: 1-0 (39th) Sivakov, 2-0 (53rd) Shitov
Newcomers: Belarus with an overall result of 2: 1
October 11, 2008	Denmark	0: 1	Serbia
Ålborg	Goals: 0: 1 (83rd) F. Djordjević
October 15, 2008	Serbia	1-0	Denmark
Belgrade	Goals: 1-0 (74th) Milinković
Newcomers: Serbia with an overall result of 2-0
October 10, 2008	Germany	1: 1	France
Magdeburg	Goals: 1-0 (14th) Dejagah, 1: 1 (23rd) Kaboul
October 15, 2008	France	0: 1	Germany
Metz	Goals: 0: 1 (90th) Höwedes
Newcomers: Germany with an overall result of 2: 1
October 10, 2008	Wales	2: 3	England
Cardiff	Goals: 1: 0 (13th) Church, 1: 1 (19th) Wheater, 1: 2 (35th) Johnson, 2: 2 (44th) Church, 2: 3 (61th) Agbonlahor
October 14, 2008	England	2: 2	Wales
Birmingham	Goals: 1-0 (13th) Huddlestone, 1: 1 (24th) Ramsey, 1: 2 (28th) Church, 2: 2 (35th) Vokes (ET)
Newcomers: England with an overall result of 5: 4
October 11, 2008	Italy	0-0	Israel
Ancona	Goals: none
October 15, 2008	Israel	1: 3	Italy
Tel Aviv	Goals: 0: 1 (4th) Balotelli, 0: 2 (25th) Balotelli, 1: 2 (54th) Tamuz, 1: 3 (75th) Abate
Newcomers: Italy with an overall result of 3-1
October 11, 2008	Switzerland	2: 1	Spain
Aarau	Goals: 0: 1 (18th) Busquets, 1: 1 (27th) Vonlanthen, 2: 1 (51st) Nikci
October 14, 2008	Spain	3: 1 (n.V.)	Switzerland
Lorca ( Murcia )	Goals: 0: 1 (25th) Gashi, 1: 1 (51st) Xisco, 2: 1 (90th +5) Sisi, 3: 1 (V 22nd) Raúl García
Newcomers: Spain with an overall result of 4: 3

Finalists

The following nations have qualified for the finals of the U-21 European Football Championship 2009 , which will be held in Sweden from June 15 to 29, 2009 :

Group A	Group B
Italy	Germany
Sweden *)	England
Serbia	Finland
Belarus	Spain
*) firmly qualified as an organizer

Web links

• UEFA.com: Official site for the European Under-21 Football Championship