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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = <!-- blank, if tournament name is like PAGE NAME-->
| year = 2009
| other_titles = U-17-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2009
| image = 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship logo.svg
| size = 200px
| alt = 
| caption =
| city =  
| country = Germany
| dates = 6–18 May
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 13
| cities = 13
| champion = 
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|Germany}}
| count = 3
| second = <!-- automatically wraps into {{fb}} template -->
| second_other ={{fbu|17|Netherlands}}
| third = <!-- automatically wraps into {{fb}} template -->
| third_other = <!-- use instead if the team is not in {{fb}} (enter your own code) -->
| fourth = <!-- automatically wraps into {{fb}} template -->
| fourth_other = <!-- use instead if the team is not in {{fb}} (enter your own code) -->
| matches = 15
| goals = 33
| attendance = 83638
| top_scorer = {{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Lennart Thy]]<br/>{{fbuicon|17|NED}} [[Luc Castaignos]]<br/>(3 goals each)
| player = {{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Mario Götze]]
| prevseason = [[2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship|2008]]
| nextseason = [[2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship|2010]]
}}
The '''2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship''' was the eighth edition of [[UEFA]]'s [[UEFA European Under-17 Championship|European Under-17 Football Championship]] since it was renamed from the original under-16 event, in 2001. Germany hosted the championship, during 6 to 18 May 2009, in thirteen venues, and the final took place at the [[Stadion Magdeburg]], in [[Magdeburg]]. 
[[Spain national football team|Spain]] was the current title holder, having successfully defended its 2007 title.
The top 6 teams qualified for the [[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup]].

== Qualification ==
The final tournament of the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was preceded by two qualification stages: a qualifying round and an Elite round. During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams to join the already qualified host nation [[Germany national football team|Germany]].

{{main|2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round}}
{{main|2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round}}

== Participants ==
* {{fbu|17|ENG}}
* {{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
* {{fbu|17|ITA}}
* {{fbu|17|NED}}
* {{fbu|17|ESP}}
* {{fbu|17|SUI}}
* {{fbu|17|TUR}}
* {{fbu|17|GER}} (as hosts)

== Squads ==
{{main|2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads}}

== Group stage ==
{| class="wikitable" 
!Key to colours in group tables
|- 
|bgcolor=ccffcc|Advanced to semi-finals and qualified for [[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup]]
|-
|bgcolor="lightyellow"|Qualified for [[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup]]
|}

=== Group A ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=180|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|SUI}}
||3||1||2||0||4||2||+2||'''5'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|ITA}}
||3||1||1||1||3||4||−1||'''4'''
|- bgcolor="lightyellow"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|ESP}}
||3||0||3||0||0||0||0||'''3'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
||3||0||2||1||2||3||−1||'''2'''
|}

{{football box
  |date       = 6 May 2009
|time       = 11:00 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
  |score      = 0–0
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105005436/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001157/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|ITA}}
  |goals1     = 
  |goals2     = 
  |stadium    = [[Paul Greifzu Stadium (Dessau-Roßlau)|Paul Greifzu Stadium]], [[Dessau-Roßlau]]
  |attendance = 2,873
  |referee    = [[Vladislav Bezborodov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
}}
{{football box
  |date       = 6 May 2009
|time       = 11:00 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|FRA|1974}}
  |score      = 1–1
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105033802/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001158/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|SUI}}
  |goals1     = [[Darnel Situ|Situ]] {{goal|76}}
  |goals2     = [[Nassim Ben Khalifa|Ben Khalifa]] {{goal|59}}
  |stadium    = Stadion am Bad, [[Markranstädt]]
  |attendance = 2,200
  |referee    = [[Tom Harald Hagen]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
}}
----
{{football box
  |date       = 9 May 2009
|time       = 12:00 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
  |score      = 0–0
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105072118/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001161/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
  |goals1     = 
  |goals2     = 
  |stadium    = Stadion der Freundschaft, [[Grimma]]
  |attendance = 2,500
  |referee    = Gerhard Grobelnik ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}
{{football box
  |date       = 9 May 2009
|time       = 14:00 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|ITA}}
  |score      = 1–3
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105021757/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001162/report=rp.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|SUI}}
  |goals1     = [[Giacomo Beretta|Beretta]] {{goal|31}}
  |goals2     = [[Kofi Nimeley|Nimely]] {{goal|29|pen.}}<br>[[André Gonçalves (footballer)|Gonçalves]] {{goal|65}}<br>[[Janick Kamber|Kamber]] {{goal|74}}
  |stadium    = Hafenstadion, [[Torgau]]
  |attendance =  2,550
  |referee    = Georgios Daloukas ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
}}
----
{{football box
  |date       = 12 May 2009
|time       = 11:00 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|SUI}}
  |score      = 0–0
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105035149/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001165/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|ESP}}
  |goals1     = 
  |goals2     = 
  |stadium    = Sport- und Freizeitzentrum, [[Sandersdorf]]
  |attendance = 4,550
  |referee    = [[Milorad Mažić]] ([[Football Association of Serbia|Serbia]])
}}
{{football box
  |date       = 12 May 2009
|time       = 11:00 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|ITA}}
  |score      = 2–1
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105021147/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001166/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
  |goals1     = [[Simone Dell'Agnello|Dell'Agnello]] {{goal|38}}<br>[[Simone Sini|Sini]] {{goal|50|pen.}}
  |goals2     = [[Neeskens Kebano|Kebano]] {{goal|18}}
  |stadium    = Sportzentrum Taucha, [[Taucha]]
  |attendance = 2,300
  |referee    = [[Paweł Gil]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
}}

=== Group B ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=180|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|GER}}
||3||3||0||0||9||1||+8||'''9'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|NED}}
||3||1||1||1||3||4||−1||'''4'''
|- bgcolor="lightyellow"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|TUR}}
||3||1||0||2||3||5||−2||'''3'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|ENG}}
||3||0||1||2||1||6||−5||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
  |date       = 6 May 2009
|time       = 11:00 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|ENG}}
  |score      = 1–1
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105112145/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001160/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|NED}}
  |goals1     = [[Luke Garbutt|Garbutt]] {{goal|69}}
  |goals2     = [[Oğuzhan Özyakup|Özyakup]] {{goal|4}}
  |stadium    = [[Stadion der Freundschaft (Gera)|Stadion der Freundschaft]], [[Gera]]
  |attendance = 4,600
  |referee    = Georgios Daloukas ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
}}
{{football box
  |date       = 6 May 2009
|time       = 18:15 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|GER}}
  |score      = 3–1
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105220808/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001159/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|TUR}}
  |goals1     = [[Kevin Scheidhauer|Scheidhauer]] {{goal|11}}<br>[[Christopher Buchtmann|Buchtmann]] {{goal|51}}<br>[[Shkodran Mustafi|Mustafi]] {{goal|67}}
  |goals2     = [[Hasan Ahmet Sarı|Sarı]] {{goal|10}}
  |stadium    = [[Steigerwaldstadion]], [[Erfurt]]
  |attendance = 5,107
  |referee    = [[Milorad Mažić]] ([[Football Association of Serbia|Serbia]])
}}
----
{{football box
  |date       = 9 May 2009
|time       = 14:00 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|TUR}}
  |score      = 1–2
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105024148/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001164/report=rp.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|NED}}
  |goals1     = [[Muhammet Demir|Demir]] {{goal|65}}
  |goals2     = [[Luc Castaignos|Castaignos]] {{goal|40+1}}<br />[[Ruben Ligeon|Ligeon]] {{goal|56}}
  |stadium    = Arena Meuselwitz, [[Meuselwitz]]
  |attendance = 2,200
  |referee    = [[Tom Harald Hagen]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
}}
{{football box
  |date       = 9 May 2009
|time       = 14:00 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|GER}}
  |score      = 4–0 
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20120708010503/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001163/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|ENG}}
  |goals1     = [[Robert Labus|Labus]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Lennart Thy|Thy]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Kevin Scheidhauer|Scheidhauer]] {{goal|56}}<br />[[Mario Götze|Götze]] {{goal|74}}
  |goals2     = 
  |stadium    = [[Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld]], [[Jena]]
  |attendance = 8,500
  |referee    = [[Paweł Gil]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
}}
----
{{football box
  |date       = 12 May 2009
|time       = 17:45 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|NED}}
  |score      = 0–2
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105034244/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001167/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|GER}}
  |goals1     = 
  |goals2     = [[Lennart Thy|Thy]] {{goal|35}}<br />[[Manuel Janzer|Janzer]] {{goal|44}}
  |stadium    = [[Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld]], [[Jena]]
  |attendance = 6,831
  |referee    = [[Vladislav Bezborodov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
}}
{{football box
  |date       = 12 May 2009
|time       = 17:45 CET
  |team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|TUR}}
  |score      = 1–0
  |report     = [https://archive.today/20130105025657/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15207/match=2001168/index.html Report]
  |team2      = {{fbu|17|ENG}}
  |goals1     = [[Furkan Şeker|Şeker]] {{goal|74}}
  |goals2     = 
  |stadium    = Volksparkstadion, [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]]
  |attendance = 3,456
  |referee    = Gerhard Grobelnik ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}

==Knockout stage==

=== Semi-finals ===
{{football box
  | date       = 15 May 2009
| time       = 11:00 CET
  | team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|SUI}}
  | score      = 1–2
  | report     = [https://archive.today/20130105214456/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15208/match=2001171/index.html Report]
  | team2      = {{fbu|17|NED}}
  | goals1     = [[Janick Kamber|Kamber]] {{goal|52}}
  | goals2     = [[Shabir Isoufi|Isoufi]] {{goal|17}}<br>[[Luc Castaignos|Castaignos]] {{goal|40}}
  | stadium    = Stadion der Freundschaft, [[Grimma]]
  | attendance = 5,500
  | referee    = [[Tom Harald Hagen]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
}}
----
{{football box
  | date       = 15 May 2009
| time       = 17:45 CET
  | team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|GER}}
  | score      = 2–0
  | report     = [https://archive.today/20120707210306/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15208/match=2001172/report=rp.html Report]
  | team2      = {{fbu|17|ITA}}
  | goals1     = [[Reinhold Yabo|Yabo]] {{goal|70}}<br> [[Bienvenue Basala-Mazana|Basala-Mazana]] {{goal|76}}
  | goals2     = 
  | stadium    = [[Paul Greifzu Stadium (Dessau-Roßlau)|Paul Greifzu Stadium]], [[Dessau-Roßlau]]
  | attendance = 6,471
  | referee    = [[Milorad Mažić]] ([[Football Association of Serbia|Serbia]])
}}

=== Final ===
{{football box
  | date       = 18 May 2009
| time       = 11:00 CET
  | team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|NED}}
  | score      = 1–2 
  |aet         = yes
  | report     = [https://web.archive.org/web/20101022043548/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15210/match=2001173/index.html Report]
  | team2      = {{fbu|17|GER}}
  | goals1     = [[Luc Castaignos|Castaignos]] {{goal|7}}
  | goals2     = [[Lennart Thy|Thy]] {{goal|34}}<br>[[Florian Trinks|Trinks]] {{goal|97}}
  | stadium    = [[Stadion Magdeburg]], [[Magdeburg]]
  | attendance = 24,000
  | referee    =  [[Vladislav Bezborodov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
}}
[[Image:Ehrenrunde der U17-Europameister 2009.JPG|thumb|Champions [[Germany national under-17 football team|Germany]] on their lap of honour]]

== Team of the Tournament ==
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Goalkeepers !! Defenders !! Midfielders !! Forwards
|-
| valign="top"|
{{fbuicon|17|ITA}} [[Mattia Perin]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Marc-André ter Stegen]]
| valign="top"|
{{fbuicon|17|FRA|1974}} [[Dennis Appiah]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Bienvenue Basala-Mazana]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|NED}} [[Stefan de Vrij]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|SUI}} [[Janick Kamber]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Marc Muniesa]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|TUR}} [[Furkan Şeker]]
| valign="top"|
{{fbuicon|17|ITA}} [[Stephan El Shaarawy]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Álex Fernández (footballer, born 1992)|Álex Fernández]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|ITA}} [[Marco Fossati]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|NED}} [[Shabir Isoufi]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|ENG}} [[Jack Wilshere]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Reinhold Yabo]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Matthias Zimmermann (footballer, born 1992)|Matthias Zimmermann]]
| valign="top"|
{{fbuicon|17|SUI}} [[Nassim Ben Khalifa]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|ITA}} [[Giacomo Beretta]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|NED}} [[Luc Castaignos]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|ITA}} [[Simone Dell'Agnello]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Mario Götze]]<br />
{{fbuicon|17|GER}} [[Lennart Thy]]
|}

== Countries to participate in [[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] ==
* {{fbu|17|SUI}}
* {{fbu|17|ITA}}
* {{fbu|17|ESP}}
* {{fbu|17|GER}}
* {{fbu|17|NED}}
* {{fbu|17|TUR}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{commons category}}

*[https://archive.today/20120707183622/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/history/season=2009/intro.html UEFA.com]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec-u17-09.html RSSSF.com]

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