2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to play. Players in bold have made their senior international debuts prior to the competition or afterwards.

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Group A

 Belarus

Head coach: Yuri Kurnenin

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps 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 Igor Shitov (1986-10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 22) BATE Borisov
5 3MF Maksim Bardachow (1986-05-18)18 May 1986 (aged 23) BATE Borisov
6 3MF Syarhey Balanovich (1987-08-29)29 August 1987 (aged 21) Shakhtyor Soligorsk
7 3MF Sergey Krivets (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 Verkhawtsow (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 Date of birth (age) Caps 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 Date of birth (age) Caps 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 Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Johan Dahlin (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 22) Lyn
2 2DF Mikael Lustig (1986-12-13)13 December 1986 (aged 22) Rosenborg
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 4FW 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 3MF 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 3MF Labinot Harbuzi (1986-04-04)4 April 1986 (aged 23) Malmö FF
16 2DF 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 3MF 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

No. 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 Date of birth (age) Caps 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 Përparim 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 Date of birth (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 3MF 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

No. 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 (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 Flores (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
  1. Marco Motta spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Roma, he joined Roma after the tournament.
  2. Marco Andreolli has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Sassuolo
  3. Domenico Criscito has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Genoa
  4. Ignazio Abate will join Milan after the tournament.
  5. Robert Acquafresca has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Cagliari
  6. Salvatore Sirigu has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Ancona
  7. Andrea Ranocchia has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Bari
  8. Antonio Candreva has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Livorno
  9. Andrea Poli has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Sassuolo
  10. Alessio Cerci has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Atalanta
  11. Nikola Gulan has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to 1860 Munich
  12. http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1170430
  13. Boenisch opted to play for Poland as he was born in Poland.
  14. Dejagah opted to play for Iran, his country of birth, despite being a naturalized German national.
  15. Johnson opted to play for the United States as both his parents were United States citizens.
  16. Ben-Hatira opted to play for Tunisia.
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