2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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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.[1]

Qualification

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Qualified teams

The finals' tournament draw took place on 3 December 2008 at the Svenska Mässan exhibition centre, Gothenburg.[2] 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.[3]

Final draw

Pot A

Pot B

Pot C

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

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Örjans Vall, seen from the entrance

The following venues were chosen to hold the final tournament matches:[4]

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

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The Max restaurant at Borås Arena.
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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.[5][6][7] The first news on the issue was published on 1 April 2008, making many believe it was an April fools joke.[8]

On 2 September 2008, the Swedish Football Association nominated Örjans Vall in Halmstad as a replacement venue for Borås Arena,[9] and they officially became the fourth host city a few days later.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

Squads

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Matches

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group stage

Group A

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File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
File:Flag of Serbia (2004–2010).svg Serbia 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1

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Group B

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File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Final

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GK 1 Manuel Neuer
RB 2 Andreas Beck
CB 4 Benedikt Höwedes
CB 5 Jérôme Boateng
LB 3 Sebastian Boenisch Template:Yel
DM 15 Mats Hummels downward-facing red arrow 83'
RM 14 Fabian Johnson downward-facing red arrow 69'
CM 20 Gonzalo Castro
CM 8 Sami Khedira (c)
LM 10 Mesut Özil downward-facing red arrow 89'
CF 13 Sandro Wagner Template:Yel
Substitutions:
MF 16 Daniel Schwaab upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 6 Dennis Aogo upward-facing green arrow 83'
DF 19 Marcel Schmelzer upward-facing green arrow 89'
Coach:
Template:Flagicon Horst Hrubesch
GK 22 Scott Loach
RB 2 Martin Cranie downward-facing red arrow 79'
CB 17 Micah Richards
CB 6 Nedum Onuoha downward-facing red arrow 46'
LB 19 Kieran Gibbs
DM 12 Fabrice Muamba downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 4 Lee Cattermole
CM 10 Mark Noble (c)
RW 7 James Milner
LW 11 Adam Johnson
CF 14 Theo Walcott
Substitutions:
DF 18 Michael Mancienne upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 15 Jack Rodwell upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 8 Craig Gardner upward-facing green arrow 79'
Coach:
Template:Flagicon Stuart Pearce

Man of the Match:
Mesut Özil (Germany)

Assistant referees:
Joël De Bruyn (Belgium)
György Ring (Hungary)
Fourth official:
Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Goalscorers

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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

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External links

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