2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Football tournament qualification stage 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. 51 of the 52 other nations in UEFA's jurisdiction, including Montenegro and Serbia who competed separately for the first time, went through a series of qualifiers to decide the seven other teams to join Sweden at the finals. Andorra did not take part.Holders handed Switzerland test http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=506135.html https://archive.today/20120527053405/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=506135.html dead 27 May 2012 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 13 February 2007 3 December 2008 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 21 ITA 21 TUR 21 ENG 21 ESP 21 CHE 21 FIN21 DEN 21 AUT 21 SER 200421 BLR 21 GER21 ISR 21 WAL21 FRA 1974 21 CRO21 GRE21 ALB21 FRO21 AZE 21 UKR21 CZE21 ARM21 LIE 21 POR21 MNE21 BUL21 IRL 21 RUS21 POL21 KAZ21 GEO 21 NED21 NOR21 MKD Macedonia21 EST 21 SCO21 SLO21 LTU 21 SVK21 BEL21 ISL21 CYP 21 HUN21 LAT21 SMR 21 NIR21 MDA21 LUX 21 ROM21 BIH21 MLT Group 1 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 ITA10730215+162421 CRO107122012+82221 GRE105322013+71821 ALB103341013−31221 FRO10118518−13421 AZE10037621−153 Group 2 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 TUR8611186+121921 UKR8503167+91521 CZE8422195+141421 ARM8314816−81021 LIE8008431−270 Group 3 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 ENG8710171+162221 POR8422137+61421 MNE8224512−7821 BUL821549−5721 IRL8125414−105 Group 4 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 ESP8800212+192421 RUS8503146+81521 POL8305911−2921 KAZ8206918−9621 GEO8206622−166 Group 5 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 SUI8512165+111621 NED8512103+71621 NOR833276+11221 MKD Macedonia823356−1921 EST8107119−183 Group 6 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 FIN8611116+51921 DEN8512134+91621 SCO8512176+111621 SVN8125413−9521 LTU8017218−161 Group 7 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 AUT8620126+62021 SVK83321511+41221 BEL83141213−11021 ISL814369−3721 CYP8206915−66 Group 8 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 SRB 20048521245+191721 BLR8521155+101721 HUN84041413+11221 LVA832376+11121 SMR8008132−310 Group 9 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 GER8521243+211721 ISR8521165+111721 NIR84041312+11221 MDA840468−21221 LUX8008132−310 Group 10 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 10 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts21 WAL8602206+141821 FRA 19748521165+111721 ROU8431115+61521 BIH8116717−10421 MLT8107324−213 Ranking of second-placed teams GrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1021 FRA 19748521165+1117 921 ISR8521165+1117821 BLR8521155+1017621 DEN8512134+916521 NED8512103+716121 CRO*85121610+616221 UKR8503167+915421 RUS8503146+815321 POR8422137+614721 SVK83321511+412 (*) 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 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. Germany GER 2–1 France FRA 1–1 1–0 Denmark DEN 0–2 Serbia SRB 2004 0–1 0–1 Turkey TUR 1–2 Belarus BLR 1–0 0–2 Austria AUT 3–3(p) Finland FIN 2–1 1–2 Wales WAL 4–5 England ENG 2–3 2–2 Italy ITA 3–1 Israel ISR 0–0 3–1 Switzerland SUI 3–4 Spain ESP 2–1 1–3 |} Top scorers Pos Goals Player Nationality17Chedwyn EvansWALWales=7Rouwen HenningsGERGermany36Lazaros ChristodoulopoulosGREGreece=6Antonis PetropoulosGREGreece=6Eren DerdiyokSUISwitzerland=6Gojko KačarSRB 2004Serbia75Ádám SzalaiHUNHungary=5Xhevahir SukajALBAlbania References External links Official site Qualification 2009 Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification Under-21 Championship qualification