2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1
The teams competing in Group 1 of the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championships qualifying competition are Albania, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Faroe Islands, Greece and Italy.
Standings
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 24 |
 Croatia | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 22 |
 Greece | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 18 |
 Albania | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 12 |
 Faroe Islands | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 4 |
 Azerbaijan | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 3 |
Key: Pts Points, Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference
Matches
[edit]| Italy | 4 – 0 | Albania |
|---|---|---|
Acquafresca  8'Dessena 17'Criscito 35'Lupoli 81' | Report |
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)
| Greece | 4 – 1 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Christodoulopoulos 4', 89' Yusifov 72' (o.g.)Petropoulos 75' | Report | Abdullayev 56' |
Referee: Mihaly Fabian (Hungary)
| Croatia | 2 – 0 | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Rukavina 24' Begović 90+2' | Report |
Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta)
| Croatia | 3 – 2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Iličević 25', 60' Bušić 84' | Report | Aravidis 2' Petropoulos 90' |
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
| Albania | 1 – 0 | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Bakaj 67' (pen.) | Report |
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)
| Azerbaijan | 0 – 2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Christodoulopoulos 10' Aravidis 53' |
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
| Albania | 0 – 1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Acquafresca 64' |
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
| Croatia | 3 – 2 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Tadić 12' Iličević 21'Abishov 45' (o.g.) | Report | Mammadov 34', 62' |
Referee: Serbastien Coltescu (Romania)
| Faroe Islands | 0 – 2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Petropoulos 30' Papastathopoulos 39' |
Referee: Simon Evans (Wales)
| Italy | 2 – 0 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Acquafresca 39', 57' | Report |
| Faroe Islands | 1 – 0 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Olsen 45' | Report |
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
| Greece | 2 – 2 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Petropoulos 19' Mitroglou 88' (pen.) | Report | Rossi 62' Dessena 81' |
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
| Azerbaijan | 1 – 1 | Albania |
|---|---|---|
| Nadirov 74' | Report | Shoshi 81' |
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)
| Faroe Islands | 1 – 2 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Hansen 4' | Report | Kalinić 14' Bušić 21' |
Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)
| Italy | 5 – 0 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Amirguliyev 41' (o.g.) Acquafresca 45+2'Cerci 77'Russotto 84'Dessena 90+2' | Report |
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
| Faroe Islands | 0 – 5 | Albania |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sukaj 25', 49', 58' Abilaliaj 51'Progni 85' |
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
| Greece | 3 – 4 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Petropoulos 31' Tripotseris 47'Dimoutsos 66' | Report | Ljubičić 4' Bušić 42'Rukavina 81', 84' |
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Azerbaijan | 0 – 1 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Bušić 85' |
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgarian)
| Faroe Islands | 0 – 1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pozzi 79' |
| Greece | 2 – 1 | Albania |
|---|---|---|
| Christodoulopoulos 28' (pen.) Mitroglou 54' | Report | Sukaj 34' |
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
| Azerbaijan | 0 – 2 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rossi 18', 63' (pen.) |
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)
| Albania | 1 – 1 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Sukaj 65' | Report | Christodoulopoulos 25' |
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)
| Croatia | 4 – 0 | Albania |
|---|---|---|
| Ljubičić 14' Iličević 59'Smrekar 79'Brezovec 83' | Report |
Referee: Augustus Viorel Constantin (Romania)
| Italy | 1 – 1 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Balotelli 34' | Report | Christodoulopoulos 54' |
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
| Azerbaijan | 2 – 2 | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Abishov 18' Nadirov 32' | Report | Nielsen 25' Hanssen 80' |
| Greece | 1 – 0 | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Petropoulos 55' | Report |
Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia)
| Albania | 0 – 0 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
Goalscorers
[edit]- 1 goal
Albania: Arber Abilaliaj, Elis Bakaj, Nevian Cani, Gerhard Progni, Maringlen Shoshi
Azerbaijan: Elnur Abdullayev, Ruslan Abishov
Croatia: Ivan Begović, Josip Brezovec, Nikola Kalinić, Matija Smrekar, Josip Tadić, Marin Tomasov
Faroe Islands: Arnbjørn Hansen, Einar Hansen, Levi Hanssen, Gudmund Nielsen, Magnus Olsen
Greece: Elini Dimoutsos, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Theodoros Tripotseris
Italy: Mario Balotelli, Alessio Cerci, Luca Cigarini, Domenico Criscito, Arturo Lupoli, Marco Motta, Nicola Pozzi
- Own goals