2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Football team member listings June 2019 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Only players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to play. Players in bold have made their senior international debuts prior to the competition or afterwards. Group A 21 BLR Head coach: Yuri Kurnenin 1 GK Pavel Chasnowski 2009 6 15 1986 3 4 y Vitebsk BLR 2 DF Mikalay Asipovich 2009 6 15 1986 5 29 y MTZ-RIPO Minsk BLR 3 DF Alyaksandr Martynovich 2009 6 15 1987 8 26 y Dinamo Minsk BLR 4 DF Igor Shitov 2009 6 15 1986 10 24 y BATE Borisov BLR 5 MF Maksim Bardachow 2009 6 15 1986 5 18 y BATE Borisov BLR 6 MF Syarhey Balanovich 2009 6 15 1987 8 29 y Shakhtyor Soligorsk BLR 7 MF Sergey Krivets 2009 6 15 1986 6 8 y BATE Borisov BLR 8 DF Alyaksandr Valadzko 2009 6 15 1986 6 18 y BATE Borisov BLR 9 FW Leanid Kovel 2009 6 15 1986 7 29 y Saturn Moscow Oblast RUS 10 FW Dzmitry Kamarowski 2009 6 15 1986 10 10 y Naftan Novopolotsk BLR 11 MF Mikhail Afanasyev (c) 2009 6 15 1986 11 4 y Amkar Perm RUS 12 GK Artem Gomelko 2009 6 15 1989 12 8 y Lokomotiv Moscow RUS 13 MF Alyaksandr Sachywka 2009 6 15 1986 1 5 y Minsk BLR 14 MF Anton Putsila 2009 6 15 1987 6 10 y Dinamo Minsk BLR 15 DF Syarhey Kislyak 2009 6 15 1987 8 6 y Dinamo Minsk BLR 16 DF Aleh Veratsila 2009 6 15 1988 7 10 y Dinamo Minsk BLR 17 MF Syarhey Hihevich 2009 6 15 1987 1 26 y Dinamo Minsk BLR 18 DF Dzmitry Verkhawtsow 2009 6 15 1986 10 10 y Naftan Novopolotsk BLR 19 DF Alyaksey Yanushkevich 2009 6 15 1986 1 15 y Shakhtyor Soligorsk BLR 20 FW Vladimir Yurchenko 2009 6 15 1989 1 26 y Saturn Moscow Oblast RUS 21 MF Mikhail Sivakov 2009 6 15 1988 1 16 y Cagliari ITA 22 GK Anton Kavalewski 2009 6 15 1986 2 2 y Naftan Novopolotsk BLR 23 DF Andrey Chukhley 2009 6 15 1987 10 2 y Dinamo Minsk BLR 21 ITA Head coach: Pierluigi Casiraghi 1 GK Andrea Consigli 2009 6 15 1987 1 27 y Atalanta ITA 2 DF Marco Motta (c) 2009 6 15 1986 5 14 y UdineseMarco Motta spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Roma, he joined Roma after the tournament. ITA 3 DF Marco Andreolli 2009 6 15 1986 6 10 y RomaMarco Andreolli has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Sassuolo ITA 4 DF Domenico Criscito 2009 6 15 1986 12 30 y JuventusDomenico Criscito has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Genoa ITA 5 MF Piermario Morosini 2009 6 15 1986 7 5 y Vicenza ITA 6 DF Lino Marzoratti 2009 6 15 1986 10 12 y Empoli ITA 7 MF Ignazio Abate 2009 6 15 1986 11 12 y TorinoIgnazio Abate will join Milan after the tournament. ITA 8 MF Claudio Marchisio 2009 6 15 1986 1 19 y Juventus ITA 9 FW Robert Acquafresca 2009 6 15 1987 9 11 y InternazionaleRobert Acquafresca has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Cagliari ITA 10 FW Sebastian Giovinco 2009 6 15 1987 1 26 y Juventus ITA 11 DF Paolo De Ceglie 2009 6 15 1986 9 17 y Juventus ITA 12 GK Salvatore Sirigu 2009 6 15 1987 1 12 y PalermoSalvatore Sirigu has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Ancona ITA 13 DF Andrea Ranocchia 2009 6 15 1988 2 16 y GenoaAndrea Ranocchia has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Bari ITA 14 DF Francesco Pisano 2009 6 15 1986 4 29 y Cagliari ITA 15 DF Salvatore Bocchetti 2009 6 15 1986 11 30 y Genoa ITA 16 MF Antonio Candreva 2009 6 15 1987 2 28 y UdineseAntonio Candreva has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Livorno ITA 17 MF Andrea Poli 2009 6 15 1989 9 29 y SampdoriaAndrea Poli has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Sassuolo ITA 18 MF Alessio Cerci 2009 6 15 1987 7 23 y RomaAlessio Cerci has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Atalanta ITA 19 FW Alberto Paloschi 2009 6 15 1990 1 4 y Parma ITA 20 FW Mario Balotelli 2009 6 15 1990 8 12 y Internazionale ITA 21 MF Luca Cigarini 2009 6 15 1986 6 20 y Atalanta ITA 22 GK Andrea Seculin 2009 6 15 1990 7 14 y Fiorentina ITA 23 MF Daniele Dessena 2009 6 15 1987 5 10 y Sampdoria ITA 21 SER 2004 Head coach: Slobodan Krčmarević 1 GK Željko Brkić 2009 6 15 1986 7 9 y Vojvodina SRB 2004 2 DF Marko Jovanović 2009 6 15 1988 3 23 y Partizan SRB 2004 3 DF Ljubomir Fejsa 2009 6 15 1988 8 14 y Partizan SRB 2004 4 MF Gojko Kačar 2009 6 15 1987 1 26 y Hertha BSC GER 5 DF Nikola Petković 2009 6 15 1986 3 28 y Eintracht Frankfurt GER 6 DF Nikola Gulan 2009 6 15 1989 3 23 y FiorentinaNikola Gulan has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to 1860 Munich ITA 7 MF Milan Smiljanić (c) 2009 6 15 1986 11 19 y Espanyol ESP 8 FW Rade Veljović 2009 6 15 1986 8 9 y CFR Cluj ROM 9 FW Slavko Perović 2009 6 15 1989 6 9 y Red Star Belgrade SRB 2004 10 FW Miralem Sulejmani 2009 6 15 1988 12 5 y Ajax NED 11 MF Zoran Tošić 2009 6 15 1987 4 28 y Manchester United ENG 12 GK Bojan Šaranov 2009 6 15 1987 9 22 y OFK Beograd SRB 2004 13 DF Ivan Obradović 2009 6 15 1988 7 25 y Partizan SRB 2004 14 DF Nenad Tomović 2009 6 15 1987 8 30 y Red Star Belgrade SRB 2004 15 DF Nemanja Pejčinović 2009 6 15 1987 11 4 y Red Star Belgrade SRB 2004 16 DF Jagoš Vuković 2009 6 15 1988 6 10 y Rad SRB 2004 17 MF Nemanja Matić 2009 6 15 1988 8 1 y MFK Košice SVK 18 MF Marko Milinković 2009 6 15 1988 4 16 y MFK Košice SVK 19 DF Rajko Brežančić 2009 6 15 1989 8 21 y Partizan SRB 2004 20 FW Dušan Tadić 2009 6 15 1988 11 20 y Vojvodina SRB 2004 21 DF Milan Vilotić 2009 6 15 1986 10 21 y Čukarički SRB 2004 22 FW Nemanja Tomić 2009 6 15 1988 1 21 y Partizan SRB 2004 23 GK Živko Živković 2009 6 15 1989 4 14 y Metalac Gornji Milanovac SRB 2004 21 SWE Head coach: Tommy Söderberg and Jörgen Lennartssonhttps://archive.today/20120911053236/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1170430 1 GK Johan Dahlin 2009 6 15 1986 9 8 y Lyn Norway 2 DF Mikael Lustig 2009 6 15 1986 12 13 y Rosenborg Norway 3 DF Mattias Bjärsmyr (c) 2009 6 15 1986 1 3 y IFK Göteborg Sweden 4 DF Rasmus Bengtsson 2009 6 15 1986 6 26 y Trelleborgs FF Sweden 5 DF Emil Johansson 2009 6 15 1986 8 11 y Hammarby IF Sweden 6 DF Per Karlsson 2009 6 15 1986 1 2 y AIK Sweden 7 FW Ola Toivonen 2009 6 15 1986 7 3 y PSV Netherlands 8 MF Andreas Landgren 2009 6 15 1989 3 17 y Helsingborgs IF Sweden 9 FW Marcus Berg 2009 6 15 1986 8 17 y Groningen Netherlands 10 FW Denni Avdić 2009 6 15 1988 9 5 y IF Elfsborg Sweden 11 FW Robin Söder 2009 6 15 1991 4 1 y IFK Göteborg Sweden 12 GK Pär Hansson 2009 6 15 1986 6 22 y Helsingborgs IF Sweden 13 MF Gustav Svensson 2009 6 15 1987 2 7 y IFK Göteborg Sweden 14 MF Guillermo Molins 2009 6 15 1988 9 26 y Malmö FF Sweden 15 MF Labinot Harbuzi 2009 6 15 1986 4 4 y Malmö FF Sweden 16 DF Pierre Bengtsson 2009 6 15 1988 4 12 y AIK Sweden 17 DF Martin Olsson 2009 6 15 1988 5 17 y Blackburn Rovers England 18 MF Rasmus Elm 2009 6 15 1988 3 17 y Kalmar FF Sweden 19 MF Pontus Wernbloom 2009 6 15 1986 6 25 y IFK Göteborg Sweden 20 MF Emir Bajrami 2009 6 15 1988 3 7 y IF Elfsborg Sweden 21 MF Gabriel Özkan 2009 6 15 1986 5 23 y AIK Sweden 22 DF Joel Ekstrand 2009 6 15 1989 2 4 y Helsingborgs IF Sweden 23 GK Kristoffer Nordfeldt 2009 6 15 1989 6 23 y IF Brommapojkarna Sweden Group B 21 ENG Head coach: Stuart Pearce 1 GK Joe Hart 2009 6 15 1987 4 19 y 18 0 Manchester City England 2 DF Martin Cranie 2009 6 15 1986 9 23 y 12 0 Portsmouth England 3 DF Andrew Taylor 2009 6 15 1986 8 1 y 12 0 Middlesbrough England 4 MF Lee Cattermole 2009 6 15 1988 3 21 y 10 1 Wigan Athletic England 5 DF Richard Stearman 2009 6 15 1987 8 19 y 3 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 6 DF Nedum Onuoha 2009 6 15 1986 11 12 y 18 1 Manchester City England 7 MF James Milner 2009 6 15 1986 1 4 y 42 8 Aston Villa England 8 MF Craig Gardner 2009 6 15 1986 11 27 y 11 2 Aston Villa England 9 FW Gabriel Agbonlahor 2009 6 15 1986 10 13 y 13 5 Aston Villa England 10 MF Mark Noble (c) 2009 6 15 1987 5 8 y 16 3 West Ham United England 11 MF Adam Johnson 2009 6 15 1987 7 14 y 15 4 Middlesbrough England 12 MF Fabrice Muamba 2009 6 15 1988 4 6 y 15 0 Bolton Wanderers England 13 GK Joe Lewis 2009 6 15 1987 10 6 y 4 0 Peterborough United England 14 FW Theo Walcott 2009 6 15 1989 3 16 y 15 6 Arsenal England 15 MF Jack Rodwell 2009 6 15 1991 3 11 y 2 1 Everton England 16 DF James Tomkins 2009 6 15 1989 3 29 y 1 0 West Ham United England 17 DF Micah Richards 2009 6 15 1988 6 24 y 5 1 Manchester City England 18 DF Michael MancienneCapped for Seychelles. 2009 6 15 1988 1 8 y 12 1 Chelsea England 19 DF Kieran Gibbs 2009 6 15 1989 9 26 y 3 2 Arsenal England 20 MF Andrew Driver 2009 6 15 1987 11 20 y 0 0 Heart of Midlothian Scotland 21 FW Fraizer Campbell 2009 6 15 1987 9 13 y 10 3 Manchester United England 22 GK Scott Loach 2009 6 15 1988 5 27 y 3 0 Watford England 23 MF Danny Rose 2009 6 15 1990 7 2 y 1 0 Tottenham Hotspur England Note: All information accurate at start of tournament, on 15 June 2009. 21 FIN Head coach: Markku Kanerva 1 GK Anssi Jaakkola 2009 6 15 1987 3 13 y Siena Italy 2 DF Ville Jalasto 2009 6 15 1986 4 19 y Aalesund Norway 3 DF Jukka Raitala 2009 6 15 1988 9 15 y HJK Helsinki Finland 4 DF Jonas Portin 2009 6 15 1986 9 30 y Jaro Finland 5 DF Tuomo Turunen 2009 6 15 1987 8 30 y Honka Finland 6 MF Tim Sparv (c) 2009 6 15 1987 2 20 y Halmstad Sweden 7 MF Kasper Hämäläinen 2009 6 15 1986 8 8 y TPS Finland 8 MF Mehmet Hetemaj 2009 6 15 1987 12 8 y Panionios Greece 9 FW Berat Sadik 2009 6 15 1986 9 14 y Arminia Bielefeld Germany 10 MF Nicholas Otaru 2009 6 15 1986 7 15 y Honka Finland 11 FW Jarno Parikka 2009 6 15 1986 7 21 y HJK Helsinki Finland 12 GK Jon Masalin 2009 6 15 1986 1 29 y Hamarkameratene Norway 13 DF Pyry Kärkkäinen 2009 6 15 1986 11 10 y HJK Helsinki Finland 14 DF Joni Aho 2009 6 15 1986 4 12 y Inter Turku Finland 15 MF Ilari Äijälä 2009 6 15 1986 9 30 y MyPa-47 Finland 16 MF Përparim Hetemaj 2009 6 15 1986 12 12 y AEK Athens Greece 17 MF Juha Hakola 2009 6 15 1987 10 27 y Heracles Almelo Netherlands 18 MF Jussi Vasara 2009 6 15 1987 5 14 y Honka Finland 19 FW Aleksandr Kokko 2009 6 15 1987 4 6 y Honka Finland 20 FW Teemu Pukki 2009 6 15 1990 3 29 y Sevilla Spain 21 DF Petri Viljanen 2009 6 15 1987 2 3 y Haka Finland 22 DF Joona Toivio 2009 6 15 1988 4 4 y AZ Netherlands 23 GK Jukka Lehtovaara 2009 6 15 1988 3 15 y TPS Finland 21 GER Head coach: Horst Hrubesch 1 GK Manuel Neuer 2009 6 15 1986 3 27 y 15 Schalke 04 GER 2 DF Andreas Beck 2009 6 15 1987 3 13 y 22 1899 Hoffenheim GER 3 DF Sebastian BoenischBoenisch opted to play for Poland as he was born in Poland. 2009 6 15 1987 2 1 y 10 Werder Bremen GER 4 DF Benedikt Höwedes 2009 6 15 1988 2 29 y 11 Schalke 04 GER 5 DF Jérôme Boateng 2009 6 15 1988 11 3 y 8 Hamburger SV GER 6 DF Dennis Aogo 2009 6 15 1987 1 14 y 20 Hamburger SV GER 7 MF Patrick Ebert 2009 6 15 1987 3 17 y 10 Hertha BSC GER 8 MF Sami Khedira (c) 2009 6 15 1987 4 4 y 11 VfB Stuttgart GER 9 MF Ashkan DejagahDejagah opted to play for Iran, his country of birth, despite being a naturalized German national. 2009 6 15 1986 7 5 y 16 VfL Wolfsburg GER 10 MF Mesut Özil 2009 6 15 1988 10 15 y 11 Werder Bremen GER 11 MF Marko Marin 2009 6 15 1989 3 13 y 7 Borussia Mönchengladbach GER 12 GK Florian Fromlowitz 2009 6 15 1986 7 2 y 12 Hannover 96 GER 13 FW Sandro Wagner 2009 6 15 1987 11 29 y 5 MSV Duisburg GER 14 MF Fabian JohnsonJohnson opted to play for the United States as both his parents were United States citizens. 2009 6 15 1987 12 11 y 4 1860 Munich GER 15 DF Mats Hummels 2009 6 15 1988 12 16 y 10 Borussia Dortmund GER 16 DF Daniel Schwaab 2009 6 15 1988 8 23 y 14 SC Freiburg GER 17 MF Dennis Grote 2009 6 15 1986 8 9 y 14 VfL Bochum GER 18 MF Daniel Adlung 2009 6 15 1987 10 1 y 5 VfL Wolfsburg GER 19 MF Änis Ben-HatiraBen-Hatira opted to play for Tunisia. 2009 6 15 1988 7 18 y 3 MSV Duisburg GER 20 MF Gonzalo Castro 2009 6 15 1987 6 11 y 16 Bayer Leverkusen GER 21 DF Marcel Schmelzer 2009 6 15 1988 1 22 y 1 Borussia Dortmund GER 22 FW Chinedu Ede 2009 6 15 1987 2 5 y 5 MSV Duisburg GER 23 GK Tobias Sippel 2009 6 15 1988 3 22 y 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern GER 21 ESP Head coach: Juan Ramón López Caro 1 GK Roberto Jiménez 2009 6 15 1986 2 10 y 6 0 Recreativo Huelva ESP 2 DF Miguel Torres 2009 6 15 1986 1 28 y 12 0 Real Madrid ESP 3 DF Nacho Monreal 2009 6 15 1986 2 26 y 6 0 Osasuna ESP 4 MF Javi García 2009 6 15 1987 2 8 y 8 0 Real Madrid ESP 5 DF Marc Torrejón 2009 6 15 1986 2 18 y 8 0 Espanyol ESP 6 MF Javi Martínez 2009 6 15 1988 9 2 y 7 0 Athletic Bilbao ESP 7 MF Sisi 2009 6 15 1986 4 22 y 10 2 Recreativo Huelva ESP 8 MF Raúl García (c) 2009 6 15 1986 7 11 y 17 1 Atlético Madrid ESP 9 FW Bojan Krkić 2009 6 15 1990 8 28 y 8 3 Barcelona ESP 10 MF José Manuel Jurado 2009 6 15 1986 6 29 y 15 5 Mallorca ESP 11 MF Esteban Granero 2009 6 15 1987 7 2 y 8 2 Getafe ESP 12 DF César Azpilicueta 2009 6 15 1989 8 28 y 5 0 Osasuna ESP 13 GK Sergio Asenjo 2009 6 15 1989 6 28 y 7 0 Real Valladolid ESP 14 DF Sergio Sánchez 2009 6 15 1986 4 3 y 3 0 Espanyol ESP 15 DF Chico Flores 2009 6 15 1987 3 6 y 2 0 Almería ESP 16 DF Iván Marcano 2009 6 15 1987 6 23 y 0 0 Racing Santander ESP 17 MF Diego Capel 2009 6 15 1988 2 16 y 7 2 Sevilla ESP 18 MF Mario Suárez 2009 6 15 1987 2 24 y 3 0 Mallorca ESP 19 FW Xisco 2009 6 15 1986 6 26 y 8 3 Newcastle United ENG 20 FW Jonathan Pereira 2009 6 15 1987 5 12 y 2 0 Racing Santander ESP 21 FW Adrián López 2009 6 15 1988 1 8 y 3 1 Málaga ESP 22 MF Pedro León 2009 6 15 1986 11 24 y 3 0 Real Valladolid ESP 23 GK Antonio Adán 2009 6 15 1987 5 13 y 1 0 Real Madrid Castilla ESP Footnotes 2 Squads Category:UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads