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unusual facts about 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship



1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

The 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification began in 1992 and finished in early 1994.

2016 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

The top 4 teams will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Andre Marriner

Marriner was called up to officiate at the elite qualification stage for 2009 Euro Under-19s Championship, taking charge of Norway's 1-1 draw with Romania on 20 May 2009 in Saint-Lô, and Romania's 3-0 defeat to France there three days later.

Anel Raskaj

On March 27, 2009 in an interview with the local newspaper Hallandsposten, Raskaj stated that he had been in contact with Swedish U21 co-manager Jörgen Lennartsson, who had told him that he just had missed out on the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship as he had not yet gained Swedish citizenship.

Benjamin Siegrist

He was chosen as a backup goalkeeper for Switzerland's U21 squad at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but remained an unused substitute throughout the tournament as Switzerland lost 2–0 in the final to Spain.

Bohumil Andrejko

He was an assistant coach of the Slovakia U-21 team at the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and the 2000 Summer Olympics alongside Dušan Radolský.

Estádio Cidade de Barcelos

tenants = Gil Vicente
2006 UEFA Euro U21

It held two matches of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, Serbia & Montenegro 0-1 Germany and Portugal 0-2 Serbia & Montenegro.

José Moreira

In a one-and-half-month period in the summer of 2004, Moreira represented Portugal at the European Under-21 Championship in Germany and acted as backup at Euro 2004, before a trip to Athens for the Summer Olympics, where he started.

Luca Caldirola

Under the management of Devis Mangia, in 2012, Caldirola was named captain of the under-21 side, where he led the Azzurini in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Netherlands national under-17 football team

:* Second Place: 2005 , 2009

Rui Jorge

Rui Jorge played for the Portuguese U-21 side which lost the 1994 European Championship final to Italy (1–2) and the Olympic team who finished fourth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Strømsgodset IF

Marienlyst Stadium has frequently been used in Norway U21 International matches, and on 16 October 2012 when Norway U21 beat France U21 5-3 at Marienlyst and qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, after France won 1-0 in the first play-off match.


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