The draw for the Euro 2012 qualifying stages was held today in Warsaw and the resulting groups left us with few possibilities of upsets.

England missed out on qualification last time around but have a relatively easy group to negotiate with the likes of Wales, Montenegro and Bulgaria standing in their way. Switzerland round up the group which will provide for an interesting but relatively straight-forward qualification.

Hosts Poland and Ukraine get a bye to the finals, while European champions Spain have the Czech Republic and Scotland in their group.

Fifty-one countries participated in the draw, forming 6 groups of 6 teams and 3 groups of 5 teams each. The groups will be contested according to a league system on a home-and-away basis, with games scheduled between September 2010 and October 2011.

The nine winners and the runner-up with the best record against the top five sides in their pool qualify directly for the final tournament, the last before the championship is expanded to 24 teams. The eight remaining runners-up go into play-off matches in November 2011 to decide the final four sides to join co-hosts Poland and Ukraine.

Euro 2012 Qualifying Groups

Group A: Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

Group B: Russia, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra

Group C: Italy, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, Estonia, Faroe Islands

Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg

Group E: Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Moldova, San Marino

Group F: Croatia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Georgia, Malta

Group G: England, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Wales, Montenegro

Group H: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Iceland

Group I: Spain, Czech Republic, Scotland, Lithuania, Liechtenstein

Euro 2012 Qualifying Fixtures

GROUP A

03.09.10
Belgium v Germany
Kazakhstan v Turkey

07.09.10
Germany v Azerbaijan
Austria v Kazakhstan
Turkey v Belgium

08.10.10
Kazakhstan v Belgium
Austria v Azerbaijan
Germany v Turkey

12.10.10
Kazakhstan v Germany
Belgium v Austria
Azerbaijan v Turkey

25.03.11
Austria v Belgium
Germany v Kazakhstan

29.03.11
Turkey v Austria
Belgium v Azerbaijan

03.06.11
Belgium v Turkey
Austria v Germany
Kazakhstan v Azerbaijan

07.06.11
Azerbaijan v Germany

02.09.11
Azerbaijan v Belgium
Germany v Austria
Turkey v Kazakhstan

06.09.11
Austria v Turkey
Azerbaijan v Kazakhstan

07.10.11
Azerbaijan v Austria
Belgium v Kazakhstan
Turkey v Germany

11.10.11
Germany v Belgium
Turkey v Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan v Austria

GROUP B

03.09.10
Armenia v Ireland
Andorra v Russia
Slovakia v Macedonia

07.09.10
Ireland v Andorra
Russia v Slovakia
Macedonia v Armenia

08.10.10
Armenia v Slovakia
Ireland v Russia
Andorra v Macedonia

12.10.10
Armenia v Andorra
Slovakia v Ireland
Macedonia v Russia

26.03.11
Ireland v Macedonia
Andorra v Slovakia
Russia v Armenia

04.06.11
Armenia v Russia
Slovakia v Andorra
Macedonia v Ireland

02.09.11
Ireland v Slovakia
Andorra v Armenia
Russia v Macedonia

06.09.11
Russia v Ireland
Slovakia v Armenia
Macedonia v Andorra

07.10.11
Armenia v Macedonia
Andorra v Ireland
Slovakia v Russia

11.10.11
Ireland v Armenia
Russia v Andorra
Macedonia v Slovakia

GROUP C

11.08.10
Estonia v Faroe Islands

03.09.10
Slovenia v Northern Ireland
Estonia v Italy
Faroe Islands v Serbia

07.09.10
Serbia v Slovenia
Italy v Faroe Islands

08.10.10
Slovenia v Faroe Islands
Serbia v Estonia
Northern Ireland v Italy

12.10.10
Faroe Islands v Northern Ireland
Estonia v Slovenia
Italy v Serbia

25.03.11
Slovenia v Italy
Serbia v Northern Ireland

29.03.11
Northern Ireland v Slovenia
Estonia v Serbia

03.06.11
Faroe Islands v Slovenia
Italy v Estonia

07.06.11
Faroe Islands v Estonia

10.08.11
Northern Ireland v Faroe Islands

02.09.11
Slovenia v Estonia
Faroe Islands v Italy
Northern Ireland v Serbia

06.09.11
Italy v Slovenia
Serbia v Faroe Islands
Estonia v Northern Ireland

07.10.11
Northern Ireland v Estonia
Serbia v Italy

11.10.11
Italy v Northern Ireland
Slovenia v Serbia

GROUP D

03.09.10
France v Belarus
Romania v Albania
Luxembourg v Bosnia

07.09.10
Albania v Luxembourg
Bosnia v France
Belarus v Romania

08.10.10
Albania v Bosnia
Luxembourg v Belarus

09.10.10
France v Romania

12.10.10
Belarus v Albania
France v Luxembourg

25.03.11
Luxembourg v France

26.03.11
Bosnia v Romania
Albania v Belarus

29.03.11
Romania v Luxembourg

03.06.11
Belarus v France
Romania v Bosnia

07.06.11
Belarus v Luxembourg
Bosnia v Albania

02.09.11
Luxembourg v Romania
Belarus v Bosnia
Albania v France

06.09.11
Romania v France
Bosnia v Belarus
Luxembourg v Albania

07.10.11
Bosnia v Luxembourg
France v Albania
Romania v Belarus

11.10.11
France v Bosnia
Albania v Romania

GROUP E

03.09.10
Sweden v Hungary
Moldova v Finland
San Marino v Netherlands

07.09.10
Netherlands v Finland
Sweden v San Marino
Hungary v Moldova

08.10.10
Hungary v San Marino
Moldova v Netherlands

12.10.10
Netherlands v Sweden
Finland v Hungary
San Marino v Moldova

17.11.10
Finland v San Marino

25.03.11
Hungary v Netherlands

29.03.11
Netherlands v Hungary
Sweden v Moldova

03.06.11
Moldova v Sweden
San Marino v Finland

07.06.11
Sweden v Finland
San Marino v Hungary

02.09.11
Netherlands v San Marino
Finland v Moldova
Hungary v Sweden

06.09.11
Finland v Netherlands
Moldova v Hungary
San Marino v Sweden

07.10.11
Netherlands v Moldova
Finland v Sweden

11.10.11
Sweden v Netherlands
Hungary v Finland
Moldova v San Marino

GROUP F

03.09.10
Greece v Georgia
Israel v Malta
Latvia v Croatia

07.09.10
Georgia v Israel
Malta v Latvia
Croatia v Greece

08.10.10
Greece v Latvia
Georgia v Malta
Israel v Croatia

12.10.10
Greece v Israel
Latvia v Georgia
Croatia v Malta

26.03.11
Georgia v Croatia
Israel v Latvia
Malta v Greece

04.06.11
Greece v Malta
Latvia v Israel
Croatia v Georgia

02.09.11
Georgia v Latvia
Israel v Greece
Malta v Croatia

06.09.11
Malta v Georgia
Latvia v Greece
Croatia v Israel

07.10.11
Greece v Croatia
Israel v Georgia
Latvia v Malta

11.10.11
Georgia v Greece
Malta v Israel
Croatia v Latvia

GROUP G

03.09.10
Montenegro v Wales
England v Bulgaria

07.09.10
Bulgaria v Montenegro
Switzerland v England

08.10.10
Montenegro v Switzerland
Wales v Bulgaria

12.10.10
England v Montenegro
Switzerland v Wales

26.03.11
Wales v England
Bulgaria v Switzerland

04.06.11
Montenegro v Bulgaria
England v Switzerland

02.09.11
Wales v Montenegro
Bulgaria v England

06.09.11
England v Wales
Switzerland v Bulgaria

07.10.11
Montenegro v England
Wales v Switzerland

11.10.11
Bulgaria v Wales
Switzerland v Montenegro

GROUP H

03.09.10
Portugal v Cyprus
Iceland v Norway

07.09.10
Norway v Portugal
Denmark v Iceland

08.10.10
Portugal v Denmark
Cyprus v Norway

12.10.10
Iceland v Portugal
Denmark v Cyprus

26.03.11
Cyprus v Iceland
Norway v Denmark

04.06.11
Portugal v Norway
Iceland v Denmark

02.09.11
Cyprus v Portugal
Norway v Iceland

06.09.11
Iceland v Cyprus
Denmark v Norway

07.10.11
Portugal v Iceland
Cyprus v Denmark

11.10.11
Norway v Cyprus
Denmark v Portugal

GROUP I

03.09.10
Lithuania v Scotland
Liechtenstein v Spain

07.09.10
Czech Republic v Lithuania
Scotland v Liechtenstein

08.10.10
Spain v Lithuania
Czech Republic v Scotland

12.10.10
Scotland v Spain
Liechtenstein v Czech Republic

25.03.11
Spain v Czech Republic

29.03.11
Czech Republic v Liechtenstein
Lithuania v Spain

03.06.11
Liechtenstein v Lithuania

02.09.11
Lithuania v Liechtenstein

03.09.11
Scotland v Czech Republic

06.09.11
Spain v Liechtenstein
Scotland v Lithuania

07.10.11
Czech Republic v Spain

08.10.11
Liechtenstein v Scotland

11.10.11
Spain v Scotland
Lithuania v Czech Republic

The following dates are reserved for the play-off matches between the remaining eight runners-up:

a) 11/12 November 2011
b) 15 November 2011

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Watch the U21 Euro 2009 live here.

The 2009 European Under-21 Championship will take place in Sweden from 15 June to 29 June. While it’s expected to be overshadowed in press coverage by the dress rehearsal for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the U21 Euro 2009 still promises to be a showcase of quality football and a chance for European football fans to evaluate the young stars of tomorrow (be it for their clubs or national teams).

The European Under-21 Championship has existed since 1972 (played as the Under-23 Championship for the 72, 74 and 76 tournaments) and the two-year format provides young footballers with exposure to regular international football (thanks to the lengthy qualification process) – making it easier for the best young players to transition into the senior national team.

The Under-21 Euros were ‘switched’ to odd years over 2006 and 2007. The change was made to stagger the under-21 and senior qualification campaigns and to allow players more time to develop in the under-21 team rather than get promoted too early and end up becoming reserves for the seniors (which had become a problem in previous qualification campaigns with senior teams of many nations choosing to promote players from their under-21s team as qualification campaigns intensified).

This year’s U21 Euros will see a host of talented young footballers from Spain, Germany, Italy and England take the field, with several of them already regular starters for their respective clubs.

2009 European Under-21 Championship Venues

The following venues have been chosen to hold the final tournament matches:

Swedbank Stadion, Malmö (Capacity: 24,000; in U-21: 21,000)
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg (Capacity: 18,800; in U-21: 16,700)
Olympia, Helsingborg (Capacity: 17,000; in U-21: 12,000)
Örjans Vall, Halmstad (Capacity: 15,500; in U-21: 8,000)

The selection of venues for the U21 Euro 2009 tournament brought to the fore the commercial aspect of sponsorship for the game, with Borås Arena being disqualified from hosting games during the tournament because the hamburger chain Max refused to close their restaurant at the stadium during the tournament (Max are not an official UEFA sponsor).

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.

Subsequently the Swedish FA nominated Örjans Vall in Halmstad as a replacement venue for Borås Arena. They officially became the fourth host city a few days later and 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.

And then there are naming rights issues. The Swedbank Stadion will be referred to as Malmö New Stadium during the tournament, as Swedbank – which owns the naming rights to the stadium – are not official UEFA sponsors.

Source: Sveriges Radio International

Past Under-21 Winners

5 – Italy
2 – England
2 – Spain
2 – USSR
2 – Netherlands
1 – Czech Republic
1 – France
1 – Yugoslavia

Euro 2009 Teams

Sweden as host nation
Belarus
England
Finland
Germany
Italy
Spain
Serbia

Group A: Belarus, Italy, Serbia, Sweden
Group B: England, Finland, Germany, Spain

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Sweden U21 v Belarus U21 (Group A)
Date: Tuesday 16th June
Venue: Malmo
Kickoff: 17:15 GMT

Hosts Sweden open their campaign against Belarus in Group A of the UEFA Under-21 European Championships at the New Stadium in Malmo on Tuesday. You can watch Sweden U21 v Belarus U21 live here.

Belarus

Belarus will have good memories of their opening games having upset Italy 2-1 in the 2004 edition. However the eastern Europeans missed out on a semi-final place that time and will hope to better their performance in this edition.

Belarus made it to this stage of the competition by beating Turkey 2-1 on aggregate in the play-offs. As was the case in the qualifiers, Belarus will rely on the pace and ingenuity of playmaker Sergei Kryvets to guide them through the group stages.

Sweden

Sweden have become rusty simply because they have not featured in any competitive youth game since October 2006 when they were beaten 5-0 by Serbia in the play-off game that decided participants for the previous version of this competition in Netherlands.

This year, they have qualified automatically as hosts and will hope to give a good account of themselves in front of home fans. Co-coached by Tommy Soderberg and Jorgen Lennartsson, Sweden have many exciting young talents at their disposal including Pontus Wernbloom and striker Marcus Berg.

Hopes will be particularly high from the latter as he has starred for Dutch FC Groningen. Berg scored 17 goals in this season for the club and fans will hope that his form will continue into this tournament as well.

Watch Sweden U21 v Belarus U21 live here.

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The 23-player squads for all 8 U-21 Euro 2009 teams are listed below. Only players born on or after 1 January 1986 are eligible to play in the 2009 U-21 European Championships.

Group A

Belarus Euro 2009 Squad

Head coach: Yuri Kurnenin

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Pavel Chesnovskiy 4 March 1986 (aged 23) FC Vitebsk 2 DF Nikolai Osipovich 29 May 1986 (aged 23) MTZ-RIPO 3 DF Aleksandr Martynovich 26 August 1987 (aged 21) Dinamo Minsk 4 DF Igor Shitov 24 October 1986 (aged 22) BATE 5 DF Maksim Bordachyov 18 June 1986 (aged 22) BATE 6 MF Sergei Balanovich 29 August 1987 (aged 21) Shakhtyor Soligorsk 7 MF Sergey Krivets 8 June 1986 (aged 23) BATE 8 MF Aleksandr Volodko 18 June 1986 (aged 22) BATE 9 FW Leonid Kovel 29 July 1986 (aged 22) Saturn Moscow Oblast 10 FW Dmitri Komarovskiy 10 October 1986 (aged 22) Naftan Novopolotsk 11 MF Mikhail Afanasyev 4 November 1986 (aged 22) Amkar Perm 12 GK Artem Gomelko 8 December 1989 (aged 19) Lokomotiv Moscow 13 MF Aleksandr Sachivko 5 January 1986 (aged 23) FC Minsk 14 MF Anton Putilo 10 June 1987 (aged 22) Dinamo Minsk 15 MF Sergei Kislyak 6 August 1987 (aged 21) Dinamo Minsk 16 DF Oleg Veretilo 10 July 1988 (aged 20) Dinamo Minsk 17 MF Sergei Gigevich 26 January 1987 (aged 22) Dinamo Minsk 18 DF Dmitry Verkhovtsov 10 October 1986 (aged 22) Naftan Novopolotsk 19 DF Aleksei Yanushkevich 15 January 1986 (aged 23) Shakhtyor Soligorsk 20 FW Vladimir Yurchenko 26 January 1989 (aged 20) Saturn Moscow Oblast 21 MF Mikhail Sivakov 16 January 1988 (aged 21) Cagliari 22 GK Anton Kovalevskiy 2 February 1986 (aged 23) Naftan Novopolotsk 23 DF Andrei Chukhley 2 October 1987 (aged 21) Dinamo Minsk

Italy Euro 2009 Squad

Head coach: Pierluigi Casiraghi

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

Serbia Euro 2009 Squad

Head coach: Slobodan Krčmarević

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club TBA GK Željko Brkić 9 July 1986 (aged 22) FK Vojvodina TBA GK Bojan Šaranov 22 September 1987 (aged 21) OFK Beograd TBA GK Živko Živković 14 April 1989 (aged 20) Metalac TBA DF Rajko Brežančić 21 August 1989 (aged 19) Partizan TBA DF Marko Jovanović 23 March 1988 (aged 21) Partizan TBA DF Ivan Obradović 25 July 1988 (aged 20) Partizan TBA DF Nemanja Pejčinović 4 November 1987 (aged 21) Crvena zvezda TBA DF Nikola Petković 28 March 1986 (aged 23) Eintracht Frankfurt TBA DF Nenad Tomović 30 August 1987 (aged 21) Genoa TBA DF Milan Vilotić 21 October 1986 (aged 22) Čukarički TBA DF Jagoš Vuković 10 June 1988 (aged 21) Rad TBA MF Ljubomir Fejsa 14 August 1988 (aged 20) Partizan TBA MF Nikola Gulan 23 March 1989 (aged 20) Fiorentina TBA MF Gojko Kačar 26 January 1987 (aged 22) Hertha Berlin TBA MF Nemanja Matić 1 August 1988 (aged 20) MFK Košice TBA MF Marko Milinković 16 April 1988 (aged 21) MFK Košice TBA MF Milan Smiljanić 19 November 1986 (aged 22) Espanyol TBA MF Dušan Tadić 20 November 1988 (aged 20) FK Vojvodina TBA MF Nemanja Tomić 21 January 1988 (aged 21) Partizan TBA MF Zoran Tošić 28 April 1987 (aged 22) Manchester United TBA FW Filip Đorđević 28 September 1987 (aged 21) FC Nantes TBA FW Miralem Sulejmani 5 December 1988 (aged 20) Ajax TBA FW Rade Veljović 9 August 1986 (aged 22) CFR Cluj

Sweden Euro 2009 Squad

Head coach: Tommy Söderberg and Jörgen Lennartsson ^[1]

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

Group B

England Euro 2009 Squad

Head coach: Stuart Pearce

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Joe Hart 19 April 1987 (aged 22) 18 0 Birmingham City 2 DF Martin Cranie 23 September 1986 (aged 22) 12 0 Portsmouth 3 DF Andrew Taylor 1 August 1986 (aged 22) 12 0 Middlesbrough 4 MF Lee Cattermole 21 March 1988 (aged 21) 10 1 Wigan Athletic 5 DF Richard Stearman 19 August 1987 (aged 21) 3 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 (1) 6 DF Nedum Onuoha 12 November 1986 (aged 22) 18 1 Manchester City 7 MF James Milner 4 January 1986 (aged 23) 42 8 Aston Villa 8 MF Craig Gardner 27 November 1986 (aged 22) 11 2 Aston Villa 9 FW Gabriel Agbonlahor 13 October 1986 (aged 22) 13 5 Aston Villa 10 MF Mark Noble 8 May 1987 (aged 22) 16 3 West Ham United 11 MF Adam Johnson 14 July 1987 (aged 21) 15 4 Middlesbrough 12 MF Fabrice Muamba 6 April 1988 (aged 21) 15 0 Bolton Wanderers 13 GK Joe Lewis 6 October 1987 (aged 21) 4 0 Peterborough United 14 FW Theo Walcott 16 March 1989 (aged 20) 15 6 Arsenal 15 MF Jack Rodwell 11 March 1991 (aged 18) 2 1 Everton 16 DF James Tomkins 29 March 1989 (aged 20) 1 0 West Ham United 17 DF Micah Richards 24 June 1988 (aged 20) 5 1 Manchester City 18 DF Michael Mancienne 8 January 1988 (aged 21) 12 1 Chelsea 19 DF Kieran Gibbs 26 September 1989 (aged 19) 3 2 Arsenal 20 MF Andrew Driver 20 November 1987 (aged 21) 0 0 Heart of Midlothian 21 FW Fraizer Campbell 13 September 1987 (aged 21) 10 3 Manchester United 22 GK Scott Loach 27 May 1988 (aged 21) 3 0 Watford 23 MF Danny Rose 2 July 1990 (aged 18) 1 0 Tottenham Hotspur

Finland Euro 2009 Squad

Head coach: Markku Kanerva

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club TBA GK Lukáš Hrádecký 24 November 1989 (aged 19) Esbjerg fB TBA GK Anssi Jaakkola 13 March 1987 (aged 22) A.C. Siena TBA GK Jukka Lehtovaara 15 March 1988 (aged 21) TPS TBA DF Joni Aho 12 April 1986 (aged 23) Inter Turku TBA DF Ville Jalasto 19 April 1986 (aged 23) Aalesunds FK TBA DF Pyry Kärkkäinen 10 November 1986 (aged 22) HJK TBA DF Jonas Portin 30 September 1986 (aged 22) FF Jaro TBA DF Jukka Raitala 15 September 1988 (aged 20) HJK TBA DF Joona Toivio 4 April 1988 (aged 21) AZ TBA DF Tuomo Turunen 30 August 1987 (aged 21) FC Honka TBA DF Petri Viljanen 3 February 1987 (aged 22) FC Haka TBA MF Juha Hakola 27 October 1987 (aged 21) Heracles Almelo TBA MF Mehmet Hetemaj 8 December 1987 (aged 21) Panionios F.C. TBA MF Perparim Hetemaj 12 December 1986 (aged 22) AEK Athens TBA MF Kasper Hämäläinen 8 August 1986 (aged 22) TPS TBA MF Mika Ojala 21 June 1988 (aged 20) Inter Turko TBA MF Nicholas Otaru 15 July 1986 (aged 22) FC Honka TBA MF Tim Sparv 20 February 1987 (aged 22) Halmstads BK TBA MF Jussi Vasara 14 May 1987 (aged 22) FC Honka TBA FW Aleksandr Kokko 6 April 1987 (aged 22) FC Honka TBA FW Jarno Parikka 21 July 1986 (aged 22) HJK TBA FW Teemu Pukki 29 March 1990 (aged 19) Sevilla FC TBA FW Berat Sadik 14 September 1986 (aged 22) Arminia Bielefeld

Germany Euro 2009 Squad

Head coach: Horst Hrubesch

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Manuel Neuer 27 March 1986 (aged 23) 15 FC Schalke 04 2 DF Andreas Beck 13 March 1987 (aged 22) 22 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 3 DF Sebastian Boenisch 1 February 1987 (aged 22) 10 SV Werder Bremen 4 DF Benedikt Höwedes 29 February 1988 (aged 21) 11 FC Schalke 04 5 DF Jérôme Boateng 3 November 1988 (aged 20) 8 Hamburger SV 6 DF Dennis Aogo 14 January 1987 (aged 22) 20 Hamburger SV 7 MF Patrick Ebert 17 March 1987 (aged 22) 10 Hertha BSC Berlin 8 MF Sami Khedira 4 April 1987 (aged 22) 11 VfB Stuttgart 9 FW Ashkan Dejagah 5 July 1986 (aged 22) 16 VfL Wolfsburg 10 MF Mesut Özil 15 October 1988 (aged 20) 11 SV Werder Bremen 11 FW Marko Marin 13 March 1989 (aged 20) 7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 12 GK Florian Fromlowitz 2 July 1986 (aged 22) 12 Hannover 96 13 FW Sandro Wagner 29 November 1987 (aged 21) 5 MSV Duisburg 14 MF Fabian Johnson 11 December 1987 (aged 21) 4 TSV 1860 Munich 15 DF Mats Hummels 16 December 1988 (aged 20) 10 Borussia Dortmund 16 DF Daniel Schwaab 23 August 1988 (aged 20) 14 SC Freiburg 17 MF Dennis Grote 9 August 1986 (aged 22) 14 VfL Bochum 18 MF Daniel Adlung 1 October 1987 (aged 21) 5 VfL Wolfsburg 19 MF Änis Ben-Hatira 18 July 1988 (aged 20) 3 MSV Duisburg 20 MF Gonzalo Castro 11 June 1987 (aged 22) 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 21 DF Marcel Schmelzer 22 January 1988 (aged 21) 1 Borussia Dortmund 22 FW Chinedu Ede 31 January 1988 (aged 21) 5 MSV Duisburg 23 GK Tobias Sippel 22 March 1988 (aged 21) 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Spain Euro 2009 Squad

Head coach: Juan Ramón López Caro

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Roberto Jiménez 10 February 1986 (aged 23) 6 0 Recreativo Huelva 2 DF Miguel Torres 28 January 1986 (aged 23) 12 0 Real Madrid CF 3 DF Nacho Monreal 26 February 1986 (aged 23) 6 0 CA Osasuna 4 MF Javi García 8 February 1987 (aged 22) 8 0 Real Madrid CF 5 DF Marc Torrejón 18 February 1986 (aged 23) 8 0 RCD Espanyol 6 MF Javi Martínez 2 September 1988 (aged 20) 7 0 Athletic Bilbao 7 MF Sisi González 22 April 1986 (aged 23) 10 2 Recreativo Huelva 8 MF Raúl García 11 July 1986 (aged 22) 17 1 Atlético Madrid 9 FW Bojan Krkić 28 August 1990 (aged 18) 8 3 FC Barcelona 10 MF José Manuel Jurado 29 June 1986 (aged 22) 15 5 RCD Mallorca 11 MF Esteban Granero 2 July 1987 (aged 21) 8 2 Getafe CF 12 DF César Azpilicueta 28 August 1989 (aged 19) 5 0 CA Osasuna 13 GK Sergio Asenjo 28 June 1989 (aged 19) 7 0 Real Valladolid 14 DF Sergio Sánchez 3 April 1986 (aged 23) 3 0 RCD Espanyol 15 DF José Manuel Flores ‘Chico’ 6 March 1987 (aged 22) 2 0 UD Almería 16 DF Iván Marcano 23 June 1987 (aged 21) 0 0 Racing de Santander 17 MF Diego Capel 16 February 1988 (aged 21) 7 2 Sevilla FC 18 MF Mario Suárez 24 February 1987 (aged 22) 3 0 Real Mallorca 19 FW Francisco Jiménez ‘Xisco’ 26 June 1986 (aged 22) 8 3 Newcastle United F.C. 20 FW Jonathan Pereira 12 May 1987 (aged 22) 2 0 Racing de Santander 21 FW Adrián López 8 January 1988 (aged 21) 3 1 Málaga CF 22 MF Pedro León 24 November 1986 (aged 22) 3 0 Real Valladolid 23 GK Antonio Adán 13 May 1987 (aged 22) 1 0 Real Madrid Castilla

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

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Watch the U21 Euro 2009 live here.

The 2009 U-21 Euros will take place across 4 venues in Sweden from 15 June to 29 June, with the best and brightest young footballers from Europe hoping to stake a place in the senior national team on the basis of their performances this summer.

Here are the Euro 2009 fixtures – all times are CET.

Euro 2009 Teams

Sweden as host nation
Belarus
England
Finland
Germany
Italy
Spain
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Group A: Belarus, Italy, Serbia, Sweden
Group B: England, Finland, Germany, Spain

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