UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying

Qualification for women's championships (UEFA)
FIFA Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's Championship
Summer Olympics

Qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2009 determined which 11 teams joined Finland, the hosts of the 2009 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship.

Preliminary round

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20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4. The 5 group winners qualified for the actual qualifying stage, together with 25 countries exempted from the preliminary round.

Group A1

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in Turkey:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Northern Ireland 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
 Turkey 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9 6
 Croatia 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6
 Georgia 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]
Croatia 6–0 Georgia
Landeka 26', 29'
Koljenik 49', 52', 90+2'
Bucifal 57'		 Report
Referee: Tetiana Aseeva (Ukraine)
Northern Ireland 0–1 Turkey
Report Erol 88'
Referee: Lena Arwedahl (Sweden)
Croatia 2–1 Turkey
Koljenik 30'
Landeka 44'		 Report Özgüvenç 3'
Referee: Tetiana Aseeva (Ukraine)
Georgia 0–4 Northern Ireland
Report Hutton 26', 49', 80'
Turner 81'
Northern Ireland 5–1 Croatia
Corish 3'
Hutton 15'
McFadden 60', 66', 90'		 Report Joščak 77'
Referee: Lena Arwedahl (Sweden)
Turkey 9–0 Georgia
Uraz 40', 76', 90'
Defterli 42', 66'
Şeker 52'
Yağ 53'
Özgüvenç 62'
Gogsadze 63' (o.g.)		 Report

Group A2

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in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Israel 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
 Armenia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Latvia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Israel 3–0 Latvia
Gian 28'
Fhima 32'
Shenar 70'		 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Berta Tavares (Portugal)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 Armenia
Škrbić 83' Report Kostanyan 32'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
Israel 1–0 Armenia
Shenar 5' Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Berta Tavares (Portugal)
Latvia 1–4 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Verreva 29' Report Pehić 53', 63', 65'
A. Spahić 88'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Silvia Spinelli (Italy)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–5 Israel
Škrbić 27'
Fetahović 46'		 Report Gian 13'
Shenar 23', 40', 81', 89'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Silvia Spinelli (Italy)
Armenia 1–0 Latvia
Kostanyan 27' Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Group A3

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in Luxembourg:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9
 Luxembourg 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
 Lithuania 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
 Malta 3 0 1 2 2 12 −10 1
Source: [citation needed]
Slovakia 4–0 Luxembourg
Dugovičová 55', 58'
Strožová 60', 80'		 Report
Referee: Elia Martinez (Spain)
Malta 0–0 Lithuania
Report
Referee: Anouk de Jong (Netherlands)
Slovakia 3–0 Lithuania
Kolenová 18'
Dugovičová 41'
Strožová 81'		 Report
Referee: Anouk de Jong (Netherlands)
Luxembourg 4–2 Malta
Birkel 41', 53'
Hansen 72'
Settanni 80'		 Report Carabott 11', 16'
Referee: Hilda McDermott (Republic of Ireland)
Malta 0–8 Slovakia
Report Budošová 8', 53', 75'
Ondrušová 13'
Dugovičová 65', 76', 81'
Králiková 86'
Referee: Elia Martinez (Spain)
Lithuania 1–1 Luxembourg
Bložytė 30' Report Leuchter 59'
Referee: Hilda McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

Group A4

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in Romania:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9
 Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 8 1 +7 6
 Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
 Estonia 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
Romania 4–1 Azerbaijan
Olar-Spânu 29'
Pavel 61'
Laiu 73'
Striblea 87'		 Report Milyukhina 59'
Referee: Marylin Remy (France)
Estonia 0–5 Bulgaria
Report Kostova 14', 21' (pen.), 34', 50'
Petrakieva 37'
Referee: Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan)
Azerbaijan 3–2 Estonia
Osmanova 17'
Vasilieva 81', 83'		 Report Vaher 6'
Jaadla 59'
Referee: Marylin Remy (France)
Romania 1–0 Bulgaria
Pavel 66' Report
Referee: Rachel Cohen (Israel)
Estonia 0–5 Romania
Report Olar-Spânu 3'
Pavel 9'
Prundaru 14'
Laiu 35'
Rus 36'
Referee: Rachel Cohen (Israel)
Bulgaria 3–0 Azerbaijan
Kostova 13'
Petrakieva 36'
Peeva 55'		 Report
Referee: Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan)

Group A5

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in Macedonia:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Wales 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9
 Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
 Faroe Islands 3 1 0 2 8 3 +5 3
 Macedonia 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
Wales 2–1 Faroe Islands
Foster 32'
Holt 90'		 Report Josephsen 90+2'
Kazakhstan 1–0 Macedonia
Kirgizbaeva 59' Report
Referee: Knarik Grigoryan (Armenia)
Wales 6–0 Macedonia
Harries 9'
Ludlow 15'
Green 24'
Foster 36', 60'
Holt 54'		 Report
Faroe Islands 0–1 Kazakhstan
Report Li 8'
Referee: Malgorzata Buchowska (Poland)
Kazakhstan 1–2 Wales
Yalova 56' Report Harries 23'
Ludlow 73'
Referee: Knarik Grigoryan (Armenia)
Macedonia 0–7 Faroe Islands
Report Josephsen 21', 62'
Andreasen 25', 28', 50', 73'
Kristiansen 57'
Referee: Malgorzata Buchowska (Poland)

Qualifying stage

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The six group winners automatically qualified for the final tournament. The six group runners-up and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the rest of the top four in their respective groups went into five two-legged play-offs.

Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 8 6 2 0 24 4 +20 20
 Spain 8 5 2 1 24 7 +17 17
 Czech Republic 8 4 2 2 18 14 +4 14
 Belarus 8 1 1 6 10 27 −17 4
 Northern Ireland 8 0 1 7 2 26 −24 1
Source: [citation needed]
England 4–0 Northern Ireland
K. Smith 52'
Harkin 66' (o.g.)
Chapman 73'
Sanderson 77'		 Report
Attendance: 3,944
Referee: Ann Helen Østervold (Norway)
Northern Ireland 1–3 Czech Republic
McFadden 10' Report Chlumecká 11', 81', 85'
Referee: Berta Maria Correia Tavares (Portugal)
Belarus 0–3 Spain
Report Vázquez 53'
Azagra 67'
Jiménez 84'
Referee: Lena Arwedahl (Sweden)
Belarus 5–0 Northern Ireland
Kazeeva 26'
Tatarynova 49', 90'
Davydovich 57'
Kuzniatsova 80'		 Report
Referee: Iwona Malek-wybraniec (Poland)
Belarus 1–4 Czech Republic
Kuzniatsova 4' Report Heroldová 8'
Ščasná 33', 57' (pen.), 61'
Referee: Sjoukje de Jong (Netherlands)
England 4–0 Belarus
A. Scott 10', 64'
K. Smith 32'
Aluko 48'		 Report
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: Marylin Remy (France)
Czech Republic 2–2 Spain
I. Martínková 18'
Šmeralová 78'		 Report Martín 35'
Vilanova 90+4'
Referee: Florea Cristina Ionescu (Romania)
England 1–0 Spain
Carney 64' Report
Attendance: 8,753
Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)
Spain 4–0 Northern Ireland
Del Río 17'
Bermúdez 27'
Vilas 59'
García 74'		 Report
Referee: Christine Bango (Austria)
Northern Ireland 0–2 England
Report Williams 18'
White 84'
Referee: Silvia Tea Spinelli (Italy)
England 0–0 Czech Republic
Report
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
Spain 6–1 Belarus
Vázquez 11', 40'
Romero 28', 90'
Cuesta 68'
Pérez 88'		 Report Shpak 36'
Belarus 1–6 England
Ryzhevich 30' Report J. Scott 1'
Williams 7', 25', 87'
Sanderson 44'
White 90'
Czech Republic 3–1 Belarus
Ringelová 19'
L. Martínková 51', 81'		 Report Kiose 62'
Referee: Ann Helen Østervold (Norway)
Northern Ireland 1–1 Belarus
Hall 40' Report Kiose 84'
Referee: Mihaela Gurdon Bašimamović (Croatia)
Czech Republic 1–5 England
Došková 28' Report Westwood 61'
K. Smith 79', 86'
Carney 81'
J. Scott 83'
Referee: Christine Baitinger (Germany)

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 8 8 0 0 31 0 +31 24
 Italy 8 6 0 2 23 7 +16 18
 Republic of Ireland 8 4 0 4 10 14 −4 12
 Romania 8 1 1 6 8 28 −20 4
 Hungary 8 0 1 7 6 29 −23 1
Source: [citation needed]
Republic of Ireland 2–1 Hungary
Taylor 43'
Byrne 50'		 Report Gáspár 28'
Referee: Marija Damjanović (Croatia)
Italy 0–2 Sweden
Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)		 Seger 42'
Fischer 90+3'
Hungary 3–3 Romania
Jakab 40', 68'
Milassin 89'		 Report Olar-Spânu 31'
Rus 38'
Pufulete 87'
Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)
Republic of Ireland 1–2 Italy
O'Toole 76' Report Paliotti 40'
Panico 59'
Referee: Tanja Schett (Austria)
Romania 0–7 Sweden
Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)		 Svensson 6', 25', 35', 38', 68'
Sjögran 14'
Schelin 75'
Referee: Gordana Kuzmanović (Serbia)
Sweden 7–0 Hungary
Svensson 12', 86'
Marklund 16'
Sjögran 22'
Segerström 52', 88'
Lundin 90+1'		 Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Romania 0–2 Republic of Ireland
Report Curtis 12', 14'
Referee: Rachel Cohen (Israel)
Hungary 1–3 Italy
Pádár 70' (pen.) Report D'Adda 58'
Panico 76'
Tuttino 87'
Referee: Paloma Quintero Siles (Spain)
Italy 5–0 Romania
Boni 27'
Panico 41'
Paliotti 60', 66'
Gabbiadini 68'		 Report
Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)
Italy 4–1 Republic of Ireland
Fuselli 83'
Gabbiadini 85'
Panico 86'
Conti 90+1'		 Report Taylor 13'
Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko (Russia)
Hungary 0–2 Republic of Ireland
Report O'Brien 1'
Curtis 63'
Referee: Aneliya Sinabova (Bulgaria)
Hungary 0–6 Sweden
Report Karlsson 12'
Larsson 23'
Lundin 34', 69'
Fischer 37'
Edlund 79'
Referee: Snježana Fočić (Croatia)
Sweden 1–0 Italy
Landström 90' Report
Romania 1–6 Italy
Olar-Spânu 29' Report Gabbiadini 13', 67'
Panico 26'
Zorri 41' (pen.)
Conti 48'
Fuselli 85'
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)
Romania 3–1 Hungary
Amza 9'
Olar-Spânu 31'
Sârghe 82'		 Report Pádár 16'
Referee: Nadezhda Ulyanovskaya (Russia)
Republic of Ireland 0–5 Sweden
Report Westberg 18', 73'
Svensson 23'
Öqvist 28'
Schelin 86'
Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)
Sweden 2–0 Romania
Sjögran 32'
Fischer 37'		 Report
Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko (Russia)
Sweden 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Edlund 42' Report
Referee: Tanja Schett (Austria)
Italy 3–0 Hungary
Tona 19', 31', 54' Report

Group 3

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 8 7 0 1 31 2 +29 21
 Iceland 8 6 0 2 27 4 +23 18
 Slovenia 8 4 0 4 14 24 −10 12
 Serbia 8 2 0 6 11 24 −13 6
 Greece 8 1 0 7 7 36 −29 3
Source: [citation needed]
France 6–0 Greece
Abily 25', 40', 81'
Soubeyrand 32'
Necib 41'
Lattaf 88'		 Report
Referee: Emilia Wnuk (Poland)
France 6–0 Slovenia
Abily 27'
Bussaglia 35'
Benak 50' (o.g.)
Lattaf 69', 75'
Thiney 79'		 Report
Referee: Silvia Tea Spinelli (Italy)
Serbia 1–2 Greece
Dimitrijević 71' Report Panteleiadou 23'
Tsoukala 73'
Referee: Nadezhda Ulyanovskaya (Russia)
Slovenia 2–1 Iceland
Benak 13'
Milenkovič 14' (pen.)		 Report Viðarsdóttir 5'
Referee: Ilonka Milanova Djaleva (Bulgaria)
Serbia 0–8 France
Report Traïkia 12'
Abily 25'
Nécib 56'
Brétigny 62'
Thomis 64', 68'
Thiney 72'
Bussaglia 73'
Slovenia 0–2 France
Report Bussaglia 67'
Thomis 81'
Referee: Ann Helen Østervold (Norway)
Greece 0–5 France
Report Soubeyrand 39'
Herbert 49'
Bompastor 70'
Franco 85'
Thomis 90'
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)
Serbia 0–3 Slovenia
Report Zver 58', 85', 88'
Referee: Paloma Quintero Siles (Spain)
France 2–0 Serbia
Brétigny 53', 71' Report
Referee: Ausra Tvarijonaite (Lithuania)
Slovenia 3–1 Greece
Benak 36'
Zver 38'
Petrović 90+1'		 Report Arvanitaki 31'
Referee: Paula Thörn (Sweden)
Iceland 5–0 Slovenia
Viðarsdóttir 11' (pen.), 25', 50'
Jónsdóttir 62'
Ómarsdóttir 88'		 Report
Referee: Sjoukje de Jong (Netherlands)
Iceland 7–0 Greece
S Gunnarsdóttir 4'
Magnusdottir 13', 53', 56'
Viðarsdóttir 30', 68'
Ómarsdóttir 66'		 Report
Referee: Anja Kunick (Germany)
Greece 0–5 Serbia
Report Dimitrijević 5', 24'
Sretenović 11', 76'
Malimić 83'
Referee: Silvia Tea Spinelli (Italy)
Greece 4–6 Slovenia
Arvanitaki 26', 88'
Papadopoulou 63'
Panteleiadou 76'		 Report Zver 14', 83', 85'
Milkovič 19', 47'
Maleševič 78'

Group 4

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 8 8 0 0 34 1 +33 24