2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2009 Final Tournament was held in Ukraine in the cities of Donetsk and Mariupol. Players born after 1 January 1990 were eligible to participate in this competition.

2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Юнацький чемпіонат Європи з футболу (U-19) 2009
2009 UEFA Under-19 logo
Tournament details
Host country	Ukraine
Dates	21 July – 2 August
Teams	8
Venue	4 (in Mariupol and Donetsk host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ukraine (1st title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	40 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	100,455 (6,697 per match)
Top scorer	Nathan Delfouneso (4)
Best player	Kyrylo Petrov[1]
← 2008 2010 →

Qualification

Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages:

• 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification – 2 October 2008 – 27 November 2008
• 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification – 1 March 2009 – 31 May 2009

The following teams had qualified for the tournament:

•  England
•  France
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine (host)

Squads

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
England	3	1	2	0	10	4	+6	5	Advanced to the semi-finals
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Slovenia	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

21 July 2009

16:00 CET

England	1–1	Switzerland
Mattock 34'	Report	Wüthrich 90+2'

Metalurh Stadium, Donetsk

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

21 July 2009

18:00 CET

Ukraine	0–0	Slovenia
	Report

RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk

Attendance: 12,800

Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)

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24 July 2009

16:00 CET

Slovenia	1–2	Switzerland
Fink 66'	Report	Pasche 79' Mustafi 85'

Metalurh Stadium, Donetsk

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

24 July 2009

18:00 CET

Ukraine	2–2	England
Petrov 2', 61'	Report	Lansbury 25' (pen.) Gosling 51'

RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk

Attendance: 7,438

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

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27 July 2009

18:00 CET

Switzerland	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Rybalka 85'

RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk

Attendance: 4,300

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

27 July 2009

18:00 CET

Slovenia	1–7	England
Dimitrov 50'	Report	Lansbury 10' Briggs 19' Welbeck 25', 32' Delfouneso 38', 70' Ranger 74'

Metalurh Stadium, Donetsk

Attendance: 300

Referee: Jérôme Efong Nzolo (Belgium)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Serbia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advanced to the semi-finals
France	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Spain	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Turkey	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

21 July 2009

17:00 CET

France	1–1	Serbia
Brahimi 40'	Report	Aleksić 44'

Zakhidnyi Stadium, Mariupol

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

21 July 2009

19:30 CET

Turkey	1–2	Spain
Albayrak 12'	Report	Falque 49' (pen.) Joselu 51'

Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol

Attendance: 9,200

Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

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24 July 2009

15:30 CET

France	1–1	Turkey
N'Diaye 90'	Report	Yıldırım 64'

Zakhidnyi Stadium, Mariupol

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Jérôme Efong Nzolo (Belgium)

24 July 2009

17:30 CET

Serbia	2–1	Spain
Milanović 36', 51'	Report	Joselu 6'

Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol

Attendance: 9,800

Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)

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27 July 2009

16:00 CET

Spain	0–1	France
	Report	Brahimi 26'

Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

27 July 2009

16:00 CET

Serbia	1–0	Turkey
Aleksić 17'	Report

Zakhidnyi Stadium, Mariupol

Attendance: 1,017

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Knock-out stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 July – Donetsk
	England	3
					2 August – Donetsk
	France	1
					England	0
	30 July – Mariupol
					Ukraine	2
	Serbia	1
	Ukraine	3

Semi-finals

30 July 2009

16:30 CET

England	3–1 (a.e.t.)	France
Lansbury 37' Delfouneso 92', 104'	Report	Gueye 8'

RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

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30 July 2009

19:00 CET

Serbia	1–3	Ukraine
Aleksić 22'	Report	Shakhov 1' Harmash 39', 86'

Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol

Attendance: 12,600

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

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Final

2 August 2009

15:30 CET

England	0–2	Ukraine
	Report	Harmash 5' Korkishko 50'

RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk

Attendance: 25,100

Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)

England GK 1 Jason Steele (c) DF 2 Kieran Trippier DF 3 Joe Mattock  45' MF 4 Dan Gosling DF 5 Kyle Walker FW 7 Danny Welbeck  64' MF 8 Danny Drinkwater  53'  55' FW 10 Nathan Delfouneso MF 11 Henri Lansbury MF 16 Joe Bennett DF 18 Matthew Briggs  56' Substitutes GK 13 Declan Rudd DF 6 Gavin Hoyte  56' FW 9 Nile Ranger  64' FW 12 Rhys Murphy MF 15 Andros Townsend MF 17 Andrew Tutte  55' Manager Brian Eastick

Ukraine GK 1 Ihor Levchenko DF 2 Dmytro Kushnirov DF 3 Temur Partsvaniya DF 4 Serhiy Kryvtsov FW 7 Dmytro Korkishko 50' MF 8 Kyrylo Petrov (c)  62'  90+6' MF 9 Denys Harmash 5'  67' MF 14 Yevhen Shakhov MF 15 Serhiy Rybalka FW 17 Valeriy Kaverin  80' FW 19 Ihor Chaykovskyi Substitutes GK 12 Vyacheslav Bazylevych DK 5 Maksym Bilyi MF 10 Artur Karnoza FW 11 Serhiy Shevchuk  80' FW 18 Dmytro Yeremenko  90+6' MF 20 Serhiy Lohinov Manager Yuri Kalitvintsev

Assistant referees

Mathias Klasenius
Saulius Dirda

Fourth official

Istvan Vad

2009 UEFA U-19 European champions
Ukraine First title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Nathan Delfouneso

3 goals

• Henri Lansbury
• Danijel Aleksić
• Denys Harmash

2 goals

• Danny Welbeck
• Yacine Brahimi
• Milan Milanović
• Joselu
• Kyrylo Petrov

1 goal

• Matthew Briggs
• Dan Gosling
• Joseph Mattock
• Nile Ranger
• Magaye Gueye
• Alfred N'Diaye
• Dejan Dimitrov
• Matic Fink
• Iago Falque
• Orhan Mustafi
• Alexandre Pasche
• Sébastien Wüthrich
• Eren Albayrak
• Sercan Yıldırım
• Dmytro Korkishko
• Serhiy Rybalka
• Yevhen Shakhov