2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

May 2014 UEFA Under-21 Championship 2009 2009 UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU21-Europamästerskapet för herrar 2009 Sweden 15–29 June 8 (finals)51 (qualifying) 4 4 21 GER 1 21 ENG 15 38 163090 SWE Marcus Berg (7 goals) SWE Marcus Berg 2007 2011 The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006–07 competition, which allowed the change to odd-numbered years. Sweden hosted the final tournament in June 2009; therefore, their under-21 team qualified automatically. Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to play in this competition.https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19078.pdf Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007/09 UEFA Union of European Football Associations PDF 3 December 2008 Qualification 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification The qualifying draw split the nations onto 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams. The seeding pots are formed on the basis of former performance in the tournament. Ten group winners along with four best-ranked runners-up advanced to the play-offs. Seven winners of the play-off pairs qualified for the final tournament. Qualified teams 21 SWE as host nation 21 BLR 21 ENG 21 FIN 21 GER 21 ITA 21 ESP 21 SRB 2004 The finals' tournament draw took place on 3 December 2008 at the Svenska Mässan exhibition centre, Gothenburg.Lineup complete for 2009 Under-21 finals http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=761878.html https://archive.today/20120708134635/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=761878.html dead 8 July 2012 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 15 October 2008 16 October 2008 Prior to the final draw, Sweden had been seeded first in Group A as hosts of the tournament, while Spain were seeded first in Group B.Spanien, England och Italien blev seedade http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/t2.aspx?p=1411067&x=1&a=1153352 svenskfotboll.se Svenska Fotbollförbundet 28 November 2008 2 December 2008 sv https://web.archive.org/web/20081208140156/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/t2.aspx?p=1411067&x=1&a=1153352 8 December 2008 dead dmy-all Final draw Pot A 21 SWE assigned to A1 21 ESP assigned to B1 Pot B 21 ENG 21 ITA Pot C 21 SRB 2004 21 FIN 21 GER 21 BLR The first pot contained the top seeds, these would have been host nation Sweden and the reigning champions, The Netherlands. However, The Netherlands did not qualify meaning that the team with the best qualifying record, Spain, took their place. Sweden and Spain were then automatically assigned to A1 and B1 respectively. The second pot contained the teams with the next two best records in qualifying: these were England and Italy. England were drawn into position B3 and Italy into A3. The final pot contained the other four qualified teams: Serbia, Finland, Germany and Belarus. Belarus were drawn first into position A2, Germany went into B2, Serbia into A4 and Finland into B4. Venues thumb|Örjans Vall, seen from the entrance The following venues were chosen to hold the final tournament matches:Sweden's five cities fit for 2009 http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=505231.html https://archive.today/20120710101909/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=505231.html dead 10 July 2012 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 8 February 2007 8 September 2010 Stadium Location Normal capacity Tournament capacity Swedbank Stadion Malmö 24,000 21,000 Gamla Ullevi Gothenburg 18,800 16,700 Olympia Helsingborg 17,000 12,000 Örjans Vall Halmstad 15,500 8,000 Sponsorship issues thumb|right|300px|The Max restaurant at Borås Arena. thumb|300px|Swedbank Stadion without the Swedbank Stadion logo. Following the refusal of the Swedish hamburger chain Max to close their restaurant at Borås Arena during the tournament (as they are not an official UEFA sponsor), UEFA disqualified Borås Arena from hosting games during the tournament. There is a contract between UEFA and the city and between UEFA and its sponsors saying that the UEFA sponsors shall have monopoly around the arena. A city cannot force Max to close down even if it happened to sign a contract with someone saying so, as Max have a tenancy agreement with the city.Borås loses Under-21 European Football Championships because of Sponsorship Conflict http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=2207383 Sveriges Radio International Sveriges Radio 3 December 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080725000122/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=2207383 25 July 2008 MAX hamburgers vs. McDonald's at football championship http://www.thelocal.se/13150/20080719/ The Local The Local Europe 19 July 2008 3 December 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080803210016/http://www.thelocal.se/13150/20080719/ 3 August 2008 Borås loses out in Uefa burger battle http://www.thelocal.se/13182/20080721/ The Local The Local Europe 21 July 2008 3 December 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121004070554/http://www.thelocal.se/13182/20080721/ 4 October 2012 The first news on the issue was published on 1 April 2008, making many believe it was an April fools joke.https://idrottensaffarer.se/sponsring/2008/04/forsta-april-skamtet-som-var-sant Första april-skämtet som var sant 4 April 2008 Idrottens Affärer 7 April 2024 Swedish April fools joke that was true On 2 September 2008, the Swedish Football Association nominated Örjans Vall in Halmstad as a replacement venue for Borås Arena,U21-EM 2009: Halmstad föreslås bli värdstad http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1142754 svenskfotboll.se Svenska Fotbollförbundet 2 September 2008 3 December 2008 sv https://web.archive.org/web/20081208140141/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1142754 8 December 2008 live and they officially became the fourth host city a few days later.http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2svff.aspx?p=152175&x=1&a=1143330 UEFA U21-EM: Klartecken för Halmstad svenskfotboll.se Svenska Fotbollförbundet 4 September 2008 3 December 2008 sv https://web.archive.org/web/20081208140147/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2svff.aspx?p=152175&x=1&a=1143330 8 December 2008 live They were awarded the three group stage games that were to be hosted by Borås Arena, while the second semi-final was moved from Borås to Helsingborg and Olympia.U21-semifinal till Helsingborg http://www.helsingborg.se/templates/StandardPage.aspx?id=52410&epslanguage=SV helsingborg.se Helsingborgs Stad 5 September 2008 3 December 2008 sv https://web.archive.org/web/20081208191121/http://www.helsingborg.se/templates/StandardPage.aspx?id=52410&epslanguage=SV 8 December 2008 dead dmy-all Swedbank Stadion was referred to as Malmö New Stadium during the tournament, as Swedbank – which owned the naming rights to the stadium at the time – were not official UEFA sponsors.Mats Taxén Malmö: Tre kilometer EM-stråk mitt i stan http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/t2.aspx?p=1411067&x=1&a=1147319 svenskfotboll.se Svenska Fotbollförbundet 6 October 2008 3 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081208140151/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/t2.aspx?p=1411067&x=1&a=1147319 8 December 2008 live Squads 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads Matches All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Group stage Group A TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 ITA321042+2721 SWE320194+5621 SRB 2004302113−2221 BLR301227−51 16 June 2009 18:15 21 SWE 5–1 Report 21 BLR Martynovich 34 o.g.Berg 38 44 81Svensson 89 Kislyak 33 Malmö New Stadium, Malmö 14,623 Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland) 16 June 2009 20:45 21 ITA 0–0 Report 21 SRB 2004 Olympia, Helsingborg 7,158 Pedro Proença (Portugal) 19 June 2009 16:00 21 SWE 1–2 Report 21 ITA Toivonen 89 Balotelli 23Acquafresca 53 Olympia, Helsingborg 11,618 Tony Chapron (France) 19 June 2009 18:15 21 BLR 0–0 Report 21 SRB 2004 Malmö New Stadium, Malmö 3,313 Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) 23 June 2009 20:45 21 SRB 2004 1–3 Report 21 SWE Kačar 27 Berg 7 15 pen.Toivonen 29 Malmö New Stadium, Malmö 19,820 Pedro Proença (Portugal) 23 June 2009 20:45 21 BLR 1–2 Report 21 ITA Kislyak 45 Acquafresca 45+3 pen. 75 Olympia, Helsingborg 3,014 Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland) Group B TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points21 ENG321052+3721 GER312031+2521 ESP3111220421 FIN300316−50 15 June 2009 18:15 21 ENG Report 2–1 21 FIN Cattermole 15Richards 53 Sparv 33 pen. Örjans Vall, Halmstad 6,828 Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) 15 June 2009 20:45 21 ESP 0–0 Report 21 GER Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg 15,827 Tony Chapron (France) 18 June 2009 18:15 21 GER 2–0 Report 21 FIN Höwedes 59Dejagah 61 Örjans Vall, Halmstad 6,011 Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) 18 June 2009 20:45 21 ESP 0–2 Report 21 ENG Campbell 67Milner 73 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg 16,123 Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) 22 June 2009 20:45 21 FIN 0–2 Report 21 ESP Torrejón 29León 55 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg 8,093 Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) 22 June 2009 20:45 21 GER 1–1 Report 21 ENG Castro 5 Rodwell 30 Örjans Vall, Halmstad 7,414 Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) Knockout stage 26 June – Helsingborg 21 ITA 0|21 GER 1 26 June – Gothenburg 21 ENG (p) 3 (5) 21 SWE 3 (4) 29 June – Malmö 21 GER 4 21 ENG 0 Semi-finals 26 June 2009 18:00 21 ENG 3–3 yes Report 21 SWE Cranie 1Onuoha 27Bjärsmyr 38 o.g. Berg 68 81Toivonen 75 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg 16,385 Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) Milner Hart Cattermole Johnson Walcott Gibbs 5–4 Berg Elm Bjärsmyr Lustig R. Bengtsson Molins 26 June 2009 20:45 21 ITA 0–1 Report 21 GER Beck 48 Olympia, Helsingborg 8,094 Pedro Proença (Portugal) Final 29 June 2009 20:45 21 GER 4–0 https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2001198--germany-vs-england/ 21 ENG Castro 23Özil 48Wagner 79 84 Malmö New Stadium, Malmö 18,769 Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) _DFB_08a _Ger08a _DFB_08a _germany2008a _DFB_08a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF DD0000 Germany _eng09h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF England GK1 Manuel NeuerCB4 Benedikt HöwedesCB15Mats Hummels 83CB5 Jérôme BoatengRWB2 Andreas BeckLWB3 Sebastian Boenisch 65DM8 Sami Khedira (c)RM10Mesut Özil 89CM20Gonzalo CastroLM14Fabian Johnson 69CF13Sandro Wagner 84Substitutions:DF16Daniel Schwaab 69DF6 Dennis Aogo 83DF19Marcel Schmelzer 89Coach:GER Horst Hrubesch GK22Scott LoachRB2 Martin Cranie 79CB17Micah RichardsCB6 Nedum Onuoha 46LB19Kieran GibbsDM4 Lee CattermoleRM12Fabrice Muamba 78CM10Mark Noble (c)LM7 James MilnerCF14Theo WalcottCF11Adam JohnsonSubstitutions:DF18Michael Mancienne46MF15Jack Rodwell 78MF8 Craig Gardner 79Coach:ENG Stuart Pearce Man of the Match: Mesut Özil (Germany) Assistant referees: Joël De Bruyn (Belgium) György Ring (Hungary) Fourth official: Pedro Proença (Portugal) Goalscorers 7 goals SWE Marcus Berg 3 goals ITA Robert Acquafresca SWE Ola Toivonen 2 goals BLR Syarhey Kislyak GER Gonzalo Castro GER Sandro Wagner 1 goal ENG Fraizer Campbell ENG Lee Cattermole ENG Martin Cranie ENG James Milner ENG Nedum Onuoha ENG Micah Richards ENG Jack Rodwell 1 goal, cont. FIN Tim Sparv GER Andreas Beck GER Ashkan Dejagah GER Benedikt Höwedes GER Mesut Özil ITA Mario Balotelli SRB 2004 Gojko Kačar ESP Pedro León ESP Marc Torrejón SWE Gustav Svensson Own goals BLR Alyaksandr Martynovich (for Sweden) SWE Mattias Bjärsmyr (for England) Match ball The match ball for the competition is called the Adidas Terrapass, which was unveiled at the tournament draw in Gothenburg on 3 December. The ball is bright blue and yellow, the colours of the Swedish flag. It features 12 watermarks including one containing a map of Europe and one of the tournament logo. It is composed of 14 thermally bonded panels, which are claimed to improve the ball's accuracy and swerve. References External links Official site sv uefa.com – UEFA European U-21 Championship uefa.com – Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007/09 2009 Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Category:2009 in Swedish football 2009 2009 Category:June 2009 sports events in Europe Category:2000s in Malmö Category:2000s in Gothenburg Category:2000s in Skåne County Category:21st century in Halland County 2009 2009 2009 2009