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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = UEFA Under-21 Championship
| year = 2009
| other_titles = 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship<br/>U21-Europamästerskapet för herrar 2009
| image = 
| size = 
| caption = 
| country = {{flag|Sweden}}
| dates = 15–29 June
| num_teams = 8 (finals)<br />51 (qualifying)
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion_other = {{fbu|21|GER}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fbu|21|ENG}}
| matches = 15
| goals = 38
| attendance = 163090
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Marcus Berg]] (7 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Marcus Berg]]
| prevseason = [[2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|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 [[2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2006–07]] competition, which allowed the change to odd-numbered years. [[Sweden]] hosted the final tournament in June 2009; therefore, [[Sweden national under-21 football team|their under-21 team]] qualified automatically. Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to play in this competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19078.pdf|title=Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007/09|work=[[UEFA]]|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|format=PDF|access-date=3 December 2008}}</ref>

==Qualification==
{{Main|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===
*{{fbu|21|SWE}} as host nation
*{{fbu|21|BLR}}
*{{fbu|21|ENG}}
*{{fbu|21|FIN}}
*{{fbu|21|GER}}
*{{fbu|21|ITA}}
*{{fbu|21|ESP}}
*{{fbu|21|SRB|2004}}

The finals' tournament draw took place on 3 December 2008 at the Svenska Mässan exhibition centre, Gothenburg.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lineup complete for 2009 Under-21 finals |url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=761878.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708134635/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=761878.html |url-status = dead|archive-date=8 July 2012 |work=[[UEFA]] |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=15 October 2008 |access-date=16 October 2008 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Spanien, England och Italien blev seedade|url=http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/t2.aspx?p=1411067&x=1&a=1153352|work=svenskfotboll.se|publisher=Svenska Fotbollförbundet|date=28 November 2008|access-date=2 December 2008|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208140156/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/t2.aspx?p=1411067&x=1&a=1153352|archive-date=8 December 2008|url-status = dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Final draw==
Pot A
*{{fbu|21|SWE}} assigned to A1
*{{fbu|21|ESP}} assigned to B1

Pot B
*{{fbu|21|ENG}}
*{{fbu|21|ITA}}

Pot C
*{{fbu|21|SRB|2004}}
*{{fbu|21|FIN}}
*{{fbu|21|GER}}
*{{fbu|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==
[[Image:Örjan.JPG|thumb|Örjans Vall, seen from the entrance]]

The following venues were chosen to hold the final tournament matches:<ref>{{cite news|title=Sweden's five cities fit for 2009 |url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=505231.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710101909/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=505231.html |url-status = dead|archive-date=10 July 2012 |work=[[UEFA]] |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=8 February 2007 |access-date=8 September 2010 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Stadium
! Location
! Normal capacity
! Tournament capacity
|-
| [[Swedbank Stadion]]
| [[Malmö]]
| 24,000
| 21,000
|-
| [[Gamla Ullevi]]
| [[Gothenburg]]
| 18,800
| 16,700
|-
| [[Olympia (stadium)|Olympia]]
| [[Helsingborg]]
| 17,000
| 12,000
|-
| [[Örjans Vall]]
| [[Halmstad]]
| 15,500
| 8,000
|}

===Sponsorship issues===
[[Image:Maxarena.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Max restaurant at Borås Arena.]]
[[Image:Swedbank stadion 29 june 2009.jpg|thumb|300px|Swedbank Stadion without the Swedbank Stadion logo.]]
Following the refusal of the Swedish hamburger chain [[Max Hamburgers|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Borås loses Under-21 European Football Championships because of Sponsorship Conflict |url=http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=2207383 |work=Sveriges Radio International |publisher=Sveriges Radio |access-date=3 December 2008 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725000122/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=2207383 |archive-date=25 July 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MAX hamburgers vs. McDonald's at football championship |url=http://www.thelocal.se/13150/20080719/ |work=The Local |publisher=The Local Europe |date=19 July 2008 |access-date=3 December 2008 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803210016/http://www.thelocal.se/13150/20080719/ |archive-date=3 August 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Borås loses out in Uefa burger battle |url=http://www.thelocal.se/13182/20080721/ |work=The Local |publisher=The Local Europe |date=21 July 2008 |access-date=3 December 2008 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004070554/http://www.thelocal.se/13182/20080721/ |archive-date=4 October 2012 }}</ref> The first news on the issue was published on 1 April 2008, making many believe it was an April fools joke.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://idrottensaffarer.se/sponsring/2008/04/forsta-april-skamtet-som-var-sant |title=Första april-skämtet som var sant |date=4 April 2008 |publisher=Idrottens Affärer |access-date=7 April 2024 |quote= |language=Swedish |trans-title=April fools joke that was true}}</ref>

On 2 September 2008, the [[Swedish Football Association]] nominated [[Örjans Vall]] in [[Halmstad]] as a replacement venue for Borås Arena,<ref>{{cite news|title=U21-EM 2009: Halmstad föreslås bli värdstad|url=http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1142754|work=svenskfotboll.se|publisher=Svenska Fotbollförbundet|date=2 September 2008|access-date=3 December 2008|language=sv| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081208140141/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1142754| archive-date= 8 December 2008 <!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref> and they officially became the fourth host city a few days later.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2svff.aspx?p=152175&x=1&a=1143330|title=UEFA U21-EM: Klartecken för Halmstad|work=svenskfotboll.se|publisher=Svenska Fotbollförbundet|date=4 September 2008|access-date=3 December 2008|language=sv| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081208140147/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2svff.aspx?p=152175&x=1&a=1143330| archive-date= 8 December 2008 <!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref> 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 (stadium)|Olympia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=U21-semifinal till Helsingborg|url=http://www.helsingborg.se/templates/StandardPage.aspx?id=52410&epslanguage=SV|work=helsingborg.se|publisher=Helsingborgs Stad|date=5 September 2008|access-date=3 December 2008|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208191121/http://www.helsingborg.se/templates/StandardPage.aspx?id=52410&epslanguage=SV|archive-date=8 December 2008|url-status = dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mats|last=Taxén|title=Malmö: Tre kilometer EM-stråk mitt i stan|url=http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/t2.aspx?p=1411067&x=1&a=1147319|work=svenskfotboll.se|publisher=Svenska Fotbollförbundet|date=6 October 2008|access-date=3 December 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081208140151/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/t2.aspx?p=1411067&x=1&a=1147319| archive-date= 8 December 2008 <!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref>

==Squads==
{{Main|2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads}}

==Matches==
''All times are [[Central European Summer Time]] ([[UTC+2]]).''

===Group stage===

====Group A====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fbu|21|ITA}}
|3||2||1||0||4||2||+2||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fbu|21|SWE}}
|3||2||0||1||9||4||+5||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|21|SRB|2004}}
|3||0||2||1||1||3||−2||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|21|BLR}}
|3||0||1||2||2||7||−5||'''1'''
|}

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|time=18:15 
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|score=5–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304485--sweden-vs-belarus/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|BLR}}
|goals1=[[Alyaksandr Martynovich|Martynovich]] {{goal|34|o.g.}}<br />[[Marcus Berg|Berg]] {{goal|38||44||81}}<br />[[Gustav Svensson|Svensson]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=[[Syarhey Kislyak|Kislyak]] {{goal|33}}
|stadium=[[Swedbank Stadion|Malmö New Stadium]], [[Malmö]]
|attendance=14,623
|referee=[[Claudio Circhetta]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}
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|date=16 June 2009
|time=20:45 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ITA}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304486--italy-vs-serbia/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Olympia (stadium)|Olympia]], [[Helsingborg]]
|attendance=7,158
|referee=[[Pedro Proença]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date=19 June 2009
|time=16:00 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|SWE}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304489--sweden-vs-italy/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|ITA}}
|goals1=[[Ola Toivonen|Toivonen]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=[[Mario Balotelli|Balotelli]] {{goal|23}}<br />[[Robert Acquafresca|Acquafresca]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium=[[Olympia (stadium)|Olympia]], [[Helsingborg]]
|attendance=11,618
|referee=[[Tony Chapron]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
{{football box
|date=19 June 2009
|time=18:15 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|BLR}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2009/matches/round=15086/match=304490/index.html Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|SRB|2004}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Swedbank Stadion|Malmö New Stadium]], [[Malmö]]
|attendance=3,313
|referee=[[Cüneyt Çakır]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
}}
----
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|date=23 June 2009
|time=20:45 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|SRB|2004}}
|score=1–3
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304493--serbia-vs-sweden/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|SWE}}
|goals1=[[Gojko Kačar|Kačar]] {{goal|27}}
|goals2=[[Marcus Berg|Berg]] {{goal|7||15|pen.}}<br />[[Ola Toivonen|Toivonen]] {{goal|29}}
|stadium=[[Swedbank Stadion|Malmö New Stadium]], [[Malmö]]
|attendance=19,820
|referee=[[Pedro Proença]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
}}
{{football box
|date=23 June 2009
|time=20:45 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|BLR}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304494--belarus-vs-italy/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|ITA}}
|goals1=[[Syarhey Kislyak|Kislyak]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2=[[Robert Acquafresca|Acquafresca]] {{goal|45+3|pen.|75}}
|stadium=[[Olympia (stadium)|Olympia]], [[Helsingborg]]
|attendance=3,014
|referee=[[Claudio Circhetta]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}

====Group B====
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|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
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|align=left|{{fbu|21|ENG}}
|3||2||1||0||5||2||+3||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fbu|21|GER}}
|3||1||2||0||3||1||+2||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|21|ESP}}
|3||1||1||1||2||2||0||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|21|FIN}}
|3||0||0||3||1||6||−5||'''0'''
|}

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|date=15 June 2009
|time=18:15 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ENG}}
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304488--england-vs-finland/ Report]
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|21|FIN}}
|goals1=[[Lee Cattermole|Cattermole]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Micah Richards|Richards]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2=[[Tim Sparv|Sparv]] {{goal|33|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Örjans Vall]], [[Halmstad]]
|attendance=6,828
|referee=[[Cüneyt Çakır]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
}}
{{football box
|date=15 June 2009
|time=20:45 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ESP}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304487--spain-vs-germany/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|GER}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Gamla Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]]
|attendance=15,827
|referee=[[Tony Chapron]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
----
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|date=18 June 2009
|time=18:15
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|GER}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304492--germany-vs-finland/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|FIN}}
|goals1=[[Benedikt Höwedes|Höwedes]] {{goal|59}}<br />[[Ashkan Dejagah|Dejagah]] {{goal|61}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Örjans Vall]], [[Halmstad]]
|attendance=6,011
|referee=[[Peter Rasmussen (referee)|Peter Rasmussen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
}}
{{football box
|date=18 June 2009
|time=20:45 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ESP}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304491--spain-vs-england/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|ENG}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Fraizer Campbell|Campbell]] {{goal|67}}<br />[[James Milner|Milner]] {{goal|73}}
|stadium=[[Gamla Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]]
|attendance=16,123
|referee=[[Björn Kuipers]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date=22 June 2009
|time=20:45 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|FIN}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304495--finland-vs-spain/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|ESP}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Marc Torrejón|Torrejón]] {{goal|29}}<br />[[Pedro León|León]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium=[[Gamla Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]]
|attendance=8,093
|referee=[[Björn Kuipers]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}
{{football box
|date=22 June 2009
|time=20:45 
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|GER}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/304496--germany-vs-england/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|ENG}}
|goals1=[[Gonzalo Castro|Castro]] {{goal|5}}
|goals2=[[Jack Rodwell|Rodwell]] {{goal|30}}
|stadium=[[Örjans Vall]], [[Halmstad]]
|attendance=7,414
|referee=[[Peter Rasmussen (referee)|Peter Rasmussen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
}}

===Knockout stage===
{{Round4
<!--Date-Venue|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi-finals -->
|26 June – [[Olympia (stadium)|Helsingborg]]|{{fbu|21|ITA}}|0'''|{{fbu|21|GER}}'''|'''1'''
|26 June – [[Gamla Ullevi|Gothenburg]]|'''{{fbu|21|ENG}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]])|'''3 (5)'''|{{fbu|21|SWE}}|3 (4)
<!-- final -->
|29 June – [[Swedbank Stadion|Malmö]]|'''{{fbu|21|GER}}'''|'''4'''|{{fbu|21|ENG}}|0}}

====Semi-finals====
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|time=18:00
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|score=3–3
|aet = yes
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2001197--england-vs-sweden/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|SWE}}
|goals1=[[Martin Cranie|Cranie]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Nedum Onuoha|Onuoha]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Mattias Bjärsmyr|Bjärsmyr]] {{goal|38|o.g.}}
|goals2=[[Marcus Berg|Berg]] {{goal|68||81}}<br />[[Ola Toivonen|Toivonen]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium=[[Gamla Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]]
|attendance=16,385
|referee=[[Cüneyt Çakır]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
|penalties1=[[James Milner|Milner]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Joe Hart|Hart]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Lee Cattermole|Cattermole]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Adam Johnson (footballer)|Johnson]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Theo Walcott|Walcott]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Kieran Gibbs|Gibbs]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore=5–4
|penalties2={{penmiss}} [[Marcus Berg|Berg]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Rasmus Elm|Elm]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Mattias Bjärsmyr|Bjärsmyr]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Mikael Lustig|Lustig]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Rasmus Bengtsson|R. Bengtsson]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Guillermo Molins|Molins]]}}
----
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|date=26 June 2009
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|21|ITA}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2001196--italy-vs-germany/ Report]
|team2={{fbu|21|GER}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Andreas Beck (footballer)|Beck]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium=[[Olympia (stadium)|Olympia]], [[Helsingborg]]
|attendance=8,094
|referee=[[Pedro Proença]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])}}

====Final====
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|time=20:45
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|score=4–0
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|team2={{fbu|21|ENG}}
|goals1=[[Gonzalo Castro|Castro]] {{goal|23}}<br />[[Mesut Özil|Özil]] {{goal|48}}<br />[[Sandro Wagner|Wagner]] {{goal|79||84}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Swedbank Stadion|Malmö New Stadium]], [[Malmö]]
|attendance=18,769
|referee=[[Björn Kuipers]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])}}

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!width=25| !!width=25|
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|GK||'''1''' ||[[Manuel Neuer]]
|-
|RB||'''2''' ||[[Andreas Beck (footballer)|Andreas Beck]]
|-
|CB||'''4''' ||[[Benedikt Höwedes]]
|-
|CB||'''5''' ||[[Jérôme Boateng]]
|-
|LB||'''3''' ||[[Sebastian Boenisch]]|| {{yel|65}}
|-
|DM||'''15'''||[[Mats Hummels]]|||| {{suboff|83}}
|-
|RM||'''14'''||[[Fabian Johnson]]|||| {{suboff|69}}
|-
|CM||'''20'''||[[Gonzalo Castro]]
|-
|CM||'''8''' ||[[Sami Khedira]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LM||'''10'''||[[Mesut Özil]]|||| {{suboff|89}}
|-
|CF||'''13'''||[[Sandro Wagner]]|| {{yel|84}}
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|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF||'''16'''||[[Daniel Schwaab]]|||| {{subon|69}}
|-
|MF||'''6''' ||[[Dennis Aogo]]|||| {{subon|83}}
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|DF||'''19'''||[[Marcel Schmelzer]]|||| {{subon|89}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Horst Hrubesch]]
|}
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!width=25| !!width=25|
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|GK||'''22'''||[[Scott Loach]]
|-
|RB||'''2''' ||[[Martin Cranie]]|||| {{suboff|79}}
|-
|CB||'''17'''||[[Micah Richards]]
|-
|CB||'''6''' ||[[Nedum Onuoha]]|||| {{suboff|46}}
|-
|LB||'''19'''||[[Kieran Gibbs]]
|-
|DM||'''12'''||[[Fabrice Muamba]]|||| {{suboff|78}}
|-
|CM||'''4''' ||[[Lee Cattermole]]
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|CM||'''10'''||[[Mark Noble]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RW||'''7''' ||[[James Milner]]
|-
|LW||'''11'''||[[Adam Johnson (footballer)|Adam Johnson]]
|-
|CF||'''14'''||[[Theo Walcott]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF||'''18'''||[[Michael Mancienne]]||||{{subon|46}}
|-
|MF||'''15'''||[[Jack Rodwell]]|||| {{subon|78}}
|-
|MF||'''8''' ||[[Craig Gardner]]|||| {{subon|79}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Coach:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stuart Pearce]]
|}
|}
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'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Mesut Özil]] (Germany)

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Joël De Bruyn ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
<br />György Ring ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Pedro Proença]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
|}

==Goalscorers==
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{{col-2}}
;7 goals
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Marcus Berg]]
;3 goals
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Robert Acquafresca]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ola Toivonen]]
;2 goals
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Syarhey Kislyak]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Gonzalo Castro]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Sandro Wagner]]
;1 goal
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Fraizer Campbell]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Cattermole]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Cranie]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Milner]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nedum Onuoha]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Micah Richards]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Rodwell]]
{{col-2}}
;1 goal, cont.
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tim Sparv]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Beck (footballer)|Andreas Beck]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ashkan Dejagah]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Benedikt Höwedes]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mesut Özil]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mario Balotelli]]
*{{flagicon|SRB|2004}} [[Gojko Kačar]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pedro León]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Marc Torrejón]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gustav Svensson]]
;Own goals
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Alyaksandr Martynovich]] (for Sweden)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mattias Bjärsmyr]] (for England)
{{col-end}}

==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==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080831074436/http://www.svenskfotboll.se/u21em2009/ Official site] {{in lang|sv}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130702191504/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2009/index.html uefa.com – UEFA European U-21 Championship]
* [https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19078.pdf uefa.com – Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007/09]

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