2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Only players born on or after 1 January 1986 are eligible to play. Players in bold have made their senior international debuts.

Group A

Belarus

Head coach: Yuri Kurnenin

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	1GK	Pavel Chasnowski	(1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 23)	Vitebsk
2	2DF	Mikalay Asipovich	(1986-05-29)29 May 1986 (aged 23)	MTZ-RIPO Minsk
3	2DF	Alyaksandr Martynovich	(1987-08-26)26 August 1987 (aged 21)	Dinamo Minsk
4	2DF	Ihar Shytaw	(1986-10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 22)	BATE Borisov
5	3MF	Maksim Bardachow	(1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 22)	BATE Borisov
6	3MF	Syarhey Balanovich	(1987-08-29)29 August 1987 (aged 21)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
7	3MF	Syarhey Kryvets	(1986-06-08)8 June 1986 (aged 23)	BATE Borisov
8	2DF	Alyaksandr Valadzko	(1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 22)	BATE Borisov
9	4FW	Leanid Kovel	(1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 22)	Saturn Moscow Oblast
10	4FW	Dzmitry Kamarowski	(1986-10-10)10 October 1986 (aged 22)	Naftan Novopolotsk
11	3MF	Mikhail Afanasyev (c)	(1986-11-04)4 November 1986 (aged 22)	Amkar Perm
12	1GK	Artem Gomelko	(1989-12-08)8 December 1989 (aged 19)	Lokomotiv Moscow
13	3MF	Alyaksandr Sachywka	(1986-01-05)5 January 1986 (aged 23)	Minsk
14	3MF	Anton Putsila	(1987-06-10)10 June 1987 (aged 22)	Dinamo Minsk
15	2DF	Syarhey Kislyak	(1987-08-06)6 August 1987 (aged 21)	Dinamo Minsk
16	2DF	Aleh Veratsila	(1988-07-10)10 July 1988 (aged 20)	Dinamo Minsk
17	3MF	Syarhey Hihevich	(1987-01-26)26 January 1987 (aged 22)	Dinamo Minsk
18	2DF	Dzmitry Verhawtsow	(1986-10-10)10 October 1986 (aged 22)	Naftan Novopolotsk
19	2DF	Alyaksey Yanushkevich	(1986-01-15)15 January 1986 (aged 23)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
20	4FW	Vladimir Yurchenko	(1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 20)	Saturn Moscow Oblast
21	3MF	Mikhail Sivakov	(1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 21)	Cagliari
22	1GK	Anton Kavalewski	(1986-02-02)2 February 1986 (aged 23)	Naftan Novopolotsk
23	2DF	Andrey Chukhley	(1987-10-02)2 October 1987 (aged 21)	Dinamo Minsk

Italy

Head coach: Pierluigi Casiraghi

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	1GK	Andrea Consigli	(1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 22)	Atalanta
2	2DF	Marco Motta (c)	(1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 23)	Udinese^[1]
3	2DF	Marco Andreolli	(1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 23)	Roma^[2]
4	2DF	Domenico Criscito	(1986-12-30)30 December 1986 (aged 22)	Juventus^[3]
5	3MF	Piermario Morosini	(1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 22)	Vicenza
6	2DF	Lino Marzoratti	(1986-10-12)12 October 1986 (aged 22)	Empoli
7	3MF	Ignazio Abate	(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 22)	Torino^[4]
8	3MF	Claudio Marchisio	(1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 23)	Juventus
9	4FW	Robert Acquafresca	(1987-09-11)11 September 1987 (aged 21)	Internazionale^[5]
10	4FW	Sebastian Giovinco	(1987-01-26)26 January 1987 (aged 22)	Juventus
11	2DF	Paolo De Ceglie	(1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 22)	Juventus
12	1GK	Salvatore Sirigu	(1987-01-12)12 January 1987 (aged 22)	Palermo^[6]
13	2DF	Andrea Ranocchia	(1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 21)	Genoa^[7]
14	2DF	Francesco Pisano	(1986-04-29)29 April 1986 (aged 23)	Cagliari
15	2DF	Salvatore Bocchetti	(1986-11-30)30 November 1986 (aged 22)	Genoa
16	3MF	Antonio Candreva	(1987-02-28)28 February 1987 (aged 22)	Udinese^[8]
17	3MF	Andrea Poli	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 19)	Sampdoria^[9]
18	3MF	Alessio Cerci	(1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 21)	Roma^[10]
19	4FW	Alberto Paloschi	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 19)	Parma
20	4FW	Mario Balotelli	(1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (aged 18)	Internazionale
21	3MF	Luca Cigarini	(1986-06-20)20 June 1986 (aged 22)	Atalanta
22	1GK	Andrea Seculin	(1990-07-14)14 July 1990 (aged 18)	Fiorentina
23	3MF	Daniele Dessena	(1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 22)	Sampdoria

Serbia

Head coach: Slobodan Krčmarević

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	1GK	Željko Brkić	(1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 22)	Vojvodina
2	2DF	Marko Jovanović	(1988-03-23)23 March 1988 (aged 21)	Partizan
3	2DF	Ljubomir Fejsa	(1988-08-14)14 August 1988 (aged 20)	Partizan
4	3MF	Gojko Kačar	(1987-01-26)26 January 1987 (aged 22)	Hertha BSC
5	2DF	Nikola Petković	(1986-03-28)28 March 1986 (aged 23)	Eintracht Frankfurt
6	2DF	Nikola Gulan	(1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 20)	Fiorentina^[11]
7	3MF	Milan Smiljanić (c)	(1986-11-19)19 November 1986 (aged 22)	Espanyol
8	4FW	Rade Veljović	(1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 22)	CFR Cluj
9	4FW	Slavko Perović	(1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 20)	Red Star Belgrade
10	4FW	Miralem Sulejmani	(1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 20)	Ajax
11	3MF	Zoran Tošić	(1987-04-28)28 April 1987 (aged 22)	Manchester United
12	1GK	Bojan Šaranov	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 21)	OFK Beograd
13	2DF	Ivan Obradović	(1988-07-25)25 July 1988 (aged 20)	Partizan
14	2DF	Nenad Tomović	(1987-08-30)30 August 1987 (aged 21)	Red Star Belgrade
15	2DF	Nemanja Pejčinović	(1987-11-04)4 November 1987 (aged 21)	Red Star Belgrade
16	2DF	Jagoš Vuković	(1988-06-10)10 June 1988 (aged 21)	Rad
17	3MF	Nemanja Matić	(1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 20)	MFK Košice
18	3MF	Marko Milinković	(1988-04-16)16 April 1988 (aged 21)	MFK Košice
19	2DF	Rajko Brežančić	(1989-08-21)21 August 1989 (aged 19)	Partizan
20	4FW	Dušan Tadić	(1988-11-20)20 November 1988 (aged 20)	Vojvodina
21	2DF	Milan Vilotić	(1986-10-21)21 October 1986 (aged 22)	Čukarički
22	4FW	Nemanja Tomić	(1988-01-21)21 January 1988 (aged 21)	Partizan
23	1GK	Živko Živković	(1989-04-14)14 April 1989 (aged 20)	Metalac Gornji Milanovac

Sweden

Head coach: Tommy Söderberg and Jörgen Lennartsson ^[12]

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	1GK	Johan Dahlin	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 22)	Lyn Oslo
2	2DF	Mikael Lustig	(1986-12-13)13 December 1986 (aged 22)	Rosenborg BK
3	2DF	Mattias Bjärsmyr (c)	(1986-01-03)3 January 1986 (aged 23)	IFK Göteborg
4	2DF	Rasmus Bengtsson	(1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 22)	Trelleborgs FF
5	2DF	Emil Johansson	(1986-08-11)11 August 1986 (aged 22)	Hammarb IFy
6	2DF	Per Karlsson	(1986-01-02)2 January 1986 (aged 23)	AIK
7	4FW	Ola Toivonen	(1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 22)	PSV
8	3MF	Andreas Landgren	(1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 20)	Helsingborgs IF
9	4FW	Marcus Berg	(1986-08-17)17 August 1986 (aged 22)	Groningen
10	4FW	Denni Avdić	(1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 20)	IF Elfsborg
11	3MF	Robin Söder	(1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 18)	IFK Göteborg
12	1GK	Pär Hansson	(1986-06-22)22 June 1986 (aged 22)	Helsingborgs IF
13	2DF	Gustav Svensson	(1987-02-07)7 February 1987 (aged 22)	IFK Göteborg
14	3MF	Guillermo Molins	(1988-09-26)26 September 1988 (aged 20)	Malmö FF
15	4FW	Labinot Harbuzi	(1986-04-04)4 April 1986 (aged 23)	Malmö FF
16	3MF	Pierre Bengtsson	(1988-04-12)12 April 1988 (aged 21)	AIK
17	2DF	Martin Olsson	(1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 21)	Blackburn Rovers
18	3MF	Rasmus Elm	(1988-03-17)17 March 1988 (aged 21)	Kalmar FF
19	4FW	Pontus Wernbloom	(1986-06-25)25 June 1986 (aged 22)	IFK Göteborg
20	3MF	Emir Bajrami	(1988-03-07)7 March 1988 (aged 21)	IF Elfsborg
21	3MF	Gabriel Özkan	(1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 23)	AIK
22	2DF	Joel Ekstrand	(1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 20)	Helsingborgs IF
23	1GK	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	(1989-06-23)23 June 1989 (aged 19)	IF Brommapojkarna

Group B

England

Head coach: Stuart Pearce

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Joe Hart	(1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (aged 22)	18	0	Manchester City
2	2DF	Martin Cranie	(1986-09-23)23 September 1986 (aged 22)	12	0	Portsmouth
3	2DF	Andrew Taylor	(1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 22)	12	0	Middlesbrough
4	3MF	Lee Cattermole	(1988-03-21)21 March 1988 (aged 21)	10	1	Wigan Athletic
5	2DF	Richard Stearman	(1987-08-19)19 August 1987 (aged 21)	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
6	2DF	Nedum Onuoha	(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 22)	18	1	Manchester City
7	3MF	James Milner	(1986-01-04)4 January 1986 (aged 23)	42	8	Aston Villa
8	3MF	Craig Gardner	(1986-11-27)27 November 1986 (aged 22)	11	2	Aston Villa
9	4FW	Gabriel Agbonlahor	(1986-10-13)13 October 1986 (aged 22)	13	5	Aston Villa
10	3MF	Mark Noble (c)	(1987-05-08)8 May 1987 (aged 22)	16	3	West Ham United
11	3MF	Adam Johnson	(1987-07-14)14 July 1987 (aged 21)	15	4	Middlesbrough
12	3MF	Fabrice Muamba	(1988-04-06)6 April 1988 (aged 21)	15	0	Bolton Wanderers
13	1GK	Joe Lewis	(1987-10-06)6 October 1987 (aged 21)	4	0	Peterborough United
14	4FW	Theo Walcott	(1989-03-16)16 March 1989 (aged 20)	15	6	Arsenal
15	3MF	Jack Rodwell	(1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 18)	2	1	Everton
16	2DF	James Tomkins	(1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 20)	1	0	West Ham United
17	2DF	Micah Richards	(1988-06-24)24 June 1988 (aged 20)	5	1	Manchester City
18	2DF	Michael Mancienne	(1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 21)	12	1	Chelsea
19	2DF	Kieran Gibbs	(1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 19)	3	2	Arsenal
20	3MF	Andrew Driver	(1987-11-20)20 November 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Hearts
21	4FW	Fraizer Campbell	(1987-09-13)13 September 1987 (aged 21)	10	3	Manchester United
22	1GK	Scott Loach	(1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 21)	3	0	Watford
23	3MF	Danny Rose	(1990-07-02)2 July 1990 (aged 18)	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur

Note: All information accurate at start of tournament, on 15 June 2009.

Finland

Head coach: Markku Kanerva

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	1GK	Anssi Jaakkola	(1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 22)	Siena
2	2DF	Ville Jalasto	(1986-04-19)19 April 1986 (aged 23)	Aalesund
3	2DF	Jukka Raitala	(1988-09-15)15 September 1988 (aged 20)	HJK Helsinki
4	2DF	Jonas Portin	(1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 22)	Jaro
5	2DF	Tuomo Turunen	(1987-08-30)30 August 1987 (aged 21)	Honka
6	3MF	Tim Sparv (c)	(1987-02-20)20 February 1987 (aged 22)	Halmstad
7	3MF	Kasper Hämäläinen	(1986-08-08)8 August 1986 (aged 22)	TPS
8	3MF	Mehmet Hetemaj	(1987-12-08)8 December 1987 (aged 21)	Panionios
9	4FW	Berat Sadik	(1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 22)	Arminia Bielefeld
10	3MF	Nicholas Otaru	(1986-07-15)15 July 1986 (aged 22)	Honka
11	4FW	Jarno Parikka	(1986-07-21)21 July 1986 (aged 22)	HJK Helsinki
12	1GK	Jon Masalin	(1986-01-29)29 January 1986 (aged 23)	Hamarkameratene
13	2DF	Pyry Kärkkäinen	(1986-11-10)10 November 1986 (aged 22)	HJK Helsinki
14	2DF	Joni Aho	(1986-04-12)12 April 1986 (aged 23)	Inter Turku
15	3MF	Ilari Äijälä	(1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 22)	MyPa-47
16	3MF	Perparim Hetemaj	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 22)	AEK Athens
17	3MF	Juha Hakola	(1987-10-27)27 October 1987 (aged 21)	Heracles Almelo
18	3MF	Jussi Vasara	(1987-05-14)14 May 1987 (aged 22)	Honka
19	4FW	Aleksandr Kokko	(1987-04-06)6 April 1987 (aged 22)	Honka
20	4FW	Teemu Pukki	(1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 19)	Sevilla
21	2DF	Petri Viljanen	(1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 22)	Haka
22	2DF	Joona Toivio	(1988-04-04)4 April 1988 (aged 21)	AZ
23	1GK	Jukka Lehtovaara	(1988-03-15)15 March 1988 (aged 21)	TPS

Germany

Head coach: Horst Hrubesch

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Manuel Neuer	(1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 23)	15	Schalke 04
2	2DF	Andreas Beck	(1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 22)	22	1899 Hoffenheim
3	2DF	Sebastian Boenisch^[13]	(1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 22)	10	Werder Bremen
4	3MF	Benedikt Höwedes	(1988-02-29)29 February 1988 (aged 21)	11	Schalke 04
5	2DF	Jérôme Boateng	(1988-11-03)3 November 1988 (aged 20)	8	Hamburger SV
6	3MF	Dennis Aogo	(1987-01-14)14 January 1987 (aged 22)	20	Hamburger SV
7	3MF	Patrick Ebert	(1987-03-17)17 March 1987 (aged 22)	10	Hertha BSC
8	3MF	Sami Khedira (c)	(1987-04-04)4 April 1987 (aged 22)	11	VfB Stuttgart
9	4FW	Ashkan Dejagah^[14]	(1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 22)	16	VfL Wolfsburg
10	4FW	Mesut Özil	(1988-10-15)15 October 1988 (aged 20)	11	Werder Bremen
11	3MF	Marko Marin	(1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 20)	7	Borussia Mönchengladbach
12	1GK	Florian Fromlowitz	(1986-07-02)2 July 1986 (aged 22)	12	Hannover 96
13	4FW	Sandro Wagner	(1987-11-29)29 November 1987 (aged 21)	5	MSV Duisburg
14	3MF	Fabian Johnson^[15]	(1987-12-11)11 December 1987 (aged 21)	4	1860 Munich
15	2DF	Mats Hummels	(1988-12-16)16 December 1988 (aged 20)	10	Borussia Dortmund
16	2DF	Daniel Schwaab	(1988-08-23)23 August 1988 (aged 20)	14	SC Freiburg
17	3MF	Dennis Grote	(1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 22)	14	VfL Bochum
18	3MF	Daniel Adlung	(1987-10-01)1 October 1987 (aged 21)	5	VfL Wolfsburg
19	3MF	Änis Ben-Hatira^[16]	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 20)	3	MSV Duisburg
20	3MF	Gonzalo Castro	(1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 22)	16	Bayer Leverkusen
21	2DF	Marcel Schmelzer	(1988-01-22)22 January 1988 (aged 21)	1	Borussia Dortmund
22	4FW	Chinedu Ede	(1987-02-05)5 February 1987 (aged 22)	5	MSV Duisburg
23	1GK	Tobias Sippel	(1988-03-22)22 March 1988 (aged 21)	1	1. FC Kaiserslautern

Spain

Head coach: Juan Ramón López Caro

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Roberto Jiménez	(1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 23)	6	0	Recreativo Huelva
2	2DF	Miguel Torres	(1986-01-28)28 January 1986 (aged 23)	12	0	Real Madrid
3	2DF	Nacho Monreal	(1986-02-26)26 February 1986 (aged 23)	6	0	Osasuna
4	3MF	Javi García	(1987-02-08)8 February 1987 (aged 22)	8	0	Real Madrid
5	2DF	Marc Torrejón	(1986-02-18)18 February 1986 (aged 23)	8	0	Espanyol
6	3MF	Javi Martínez	(1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 20)	7	0	Athletic Bilbao
7	3MF	Sisi González	(1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 23)	10	2	Recreativo Huelva
8	3MF	Raúl García (c)	(1986-07-11)11 July 1986 (aged 22)	17	1	Atlético Madrid
9	4FW	Bojan Krkić	(1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 18)	8	3	Barcelona
10	3MF	José Manuel Jurado	(1986-06-29)29 June 1986 (aged 22)	15	5	Mallorca
11	3MF	Esteban Granero	(1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 21)	8	2	Getafe
12	2DF	César Azpilicueta	(1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 19)	5	0	Osasuna
13	1GK	Sergio Asenjo	(1989-06-28)28 June 1989 (aged 19)	7	0	Real Valladolid
14	2DF	Sergio Sánchez	(1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 23)	3	0	Espanyol
15	2DF	Chico	(1987-03-06)6 March 1987 (aged 22)	2	0	Almería
16	2DF	Iván Marcano	(1987-06-23)23 June 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Racing Santander
17	3MF	Diego Capel	(1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 21)	7	2	Sevilla
18	3MF	Mario Suárez	(1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (aged 22)	3	0	Mallorca
19	4FW	Xisco	(1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 22)	8	3	Newcastle United
20	4FW	Jonathan Pereira	(1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 22)	2	0	Racing Santander
21	4FW	Adrián López	(1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 21)	3	1	Málaga
22	3MF	Pedro León	(1986-11-24)24 November 1986 (aged 22)	3	0	Real Valladolid
23	1GK	Antonio Adán	(1987-05-13)13 May 1987 (aged 22)	1	0	Real Madrid Castilla

Footnotes

↑ Marco Motta spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Roma, he joined Roma after the tournament.
↑ Marco Andreolli has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Sassuolo
↑ Domenico Criscito has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Genoa
↑ Ignazio Abate will join A.C. Milan after the tournament.
↑ Robert Acquafresca has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Cagliari
↑ Salvatore Sirigu has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Ancona
↑ Andrea Ranocchia has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Bari
↑ Antonio Candreva has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Livorno
↑ Andrea Poli has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Sassuolo
↑ Alessio Cerci has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Atalanta
↑ Nikola Gulan has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to TSV 1860 München
↑ http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1170430
↑ Boenisch opted to play for Poland as he was born in Poland.
↑ Dejagah opted to play for Iran, his country of birth, despite being a naturalized German national.
↑ Johnson opted to play for the United States as both his parents were United States citizens.
↑ Ben-Hatira opted to play for Tunisia.

UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship

Under-23 Championship

Without host	1970–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976

Under-21 Championship

Without host	1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992

With host	France 1994 Spain 1996 Romania 1998 Slovakia 2000 Switzerland 2002 Germany 2004 Portugal 2006 Netherlands 2007 Sweden 2009 Denmark 2011 Israel 2013 Czech Republic 2015 Poland 2017 TBA 2019

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, June 28, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.