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

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

1 June 2007

18:00 UTC+2

Italy	4 – 0	Albania
Acquafresca 8' Dessena 17' Criscito 35' Lupoli 81'	Report

E. Mannucci, Pontedera

Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)

2 June 2007

15:45 UTC+3

Greece	4 – 1	Azerbaijan
Christodoulopoulos 4', 89' Yusifov 72' (o.g.) Petropoulos 75'	Report	Abdullayev 56'

Peristeri Stadium, Athens

Referee: Mihaly Fabian (Hungary)

2 June 2007

16:30 UTC+2

Croatia	2 – 0	Faroe Islands
Rukavina 24' Begović 90+2'	Report

Stadion Varteks, Varaždin

Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta)

6 June 2007

16:30 UTC+2

Croatia	3 – 2	Greece
Iličević 25', 60' Bušić 84'	Report	Aravidis 2' Petropoulos 90'

Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić

Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

6 June 2007

17:00 UTC+2

Albania	1 – 0	Faroe Islands
Bakaj 67' (pen.)	Report

Stadiumi Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan

Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)

7 September 2007

21:00 UTC+2

Italy	2 – 1	Faroe Islands
Russotto 21' Cigarini 81'	Report	Hansen 31'

Stadio Briamasco, Trento

Referee: Rusmir Mrković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

8 September 2007

15:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	0 – 2	Greece
	Report	Christodoulopoulos 10' Aravidis 53'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

8 September 2007

16:30 UTC+2

Albania	1 – 0	Croatia
Cani 75'	Report

Stadiumi Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan

Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

11 September 2007

16:00 UTC+2

Albania	0 – 1	Italy
	Report	Acquafresca 64'

Stadiumi Niko Dovana, Durrës

Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

11 September 2007

16:30 UTC+2

Croatia	3 – 2	Azerbaijan
Tadić 12' Iličević 21' Abishov 45' (o.g.)	Report	Mammadov 34', 62'

Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić

Referee: Serbastien Coltescu (Romania)

11 September 2007

15:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0 – 2	Greece
	Report	Petropoulos 30' Papastathopoulos 39'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Referee: Simon Evans (Wales)

12 October 2007

21:00 UTC+2

Italy	2 – 0	Croatia
Acquafresca 39', 57'	Report

Stadio Guido Angelini, Chieti

Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

14 October 2007

12:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1 – 0	Azerbaijan
Olsen 45'	Report

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

16 October 2007

20:45 UTC+3

Greece	2 – 2	Italy
Petropoulos 19' Mitroglou 88' (pen.)	Report	Rossi 62' Dessena 81'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

17 October 2007

12:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1 – 1	Albania
Nadirov 74'	Report	Shoshi 81'

Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku

Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)

17 October 2007

16:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1 – 2	Croatia
Hansen 4'	Report	Kalinić 14' Bušić 21'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)

16 November 2007

21:00 UTC+1

Italy	5 – 0	Azerbaijan
Amirguliyev 41' (o.g.) Acquafresca 45+2' Cerci 77' Russotto 84' Dessena 90+2'	Report

Stadio Bruno Recchioni, Fermo

Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)

17 November 2007

14:00 UTC+0

Faroe Islands	0 – 5	Albania
	Report	Sukaj 25', 49', 58' Abilaliaj 51' Progni 85'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)

17 November 2007

14:45 UTC+2

Greece	3 – 4	Croatia
Petropoulos 31' Tripotseris 47' Dimoutsos 66'	Report	Ljubičić 4' Bušić 42' Rukavina 81', 84'

Panionios Stadium, Athens

Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)

21 November 2007

14:00 UTC+4

Azerbaijan	0 – 1	Croatia
	Report	Bušić 85'

Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku

Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgarian)

21 November 2007

13:00 UTC+0

Faroe Islands	0 – 1	Italy
	Report	Pozzi 79'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Referee: Mario Vlk (Slovakia)

21 November 2007

16:15 UTC+2

Greece	2 – 1	Albania
Christodoulopoulos 28' (pen.) Mitroglou 54'	Report	Sukaj 34'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)

25 March 2008

18:00 UTC+2

Azerbaijan	0 – 2	Italy
	Report	Rossi 18', 63' (pen.)

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

20 August 2008

16:00 UTC+2

Albania	1 – 1	Greece
Sukaj 65'	Report	Christodoulopoulos 25'

Stadiumi Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan

Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

5 September 2008

19:00 UTC+2

Croatia	4 – 0	Albania
Ljubičić 14' Iličević 59' Smrekar 79' Brezovec 83'	Report

Stadion Varteks, Varaždin

Referee: Augustus Viorel Constantin (Romania)

5 September 2008

21:00 UTC+2

Italy	1 – 1	Greece
Balotelli 34'	Report	Christodoulopoulos 54'

Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro

Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

6 September 2008

15:00 UTC+2

Azerbaijan	2 – 2	Faroe Islands
Abishov 18' Nadirov 32'	Report	Nielsen 25' Hanssen 80'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Referee: Siniša Zrnić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

9 September 2008

19:00 UTC+2

Croatia	1 – 1	Italy
Tomasov 82'	Report	Motta 38'

Stadion Varteks, Varaždin

Referee: Said Ennjimi (France)

9 September 2008

20:00 UTC+3

Greece	1 – 0	Faroe Islands
Petropoulos 55'	Report

Kaisariani Stadium, Athens

Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia)

10 September 2008

16:30 UTC+2

Albania	0 – 0	Azerbaijan
	Report

Stadiumi Flamurtari, Vlorë

Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	Greece	6
1	Antonis Petropoulos	Greece	6
3	Xhevahir Sukaj	Albania	5
3	Robert Acquafresca	Italy	5
5	Tomislav Bušić	Croatia	4
5	Ivo Iličević	Croatia	4
7	Ante Rukavina	Croatia	3
	Daniele Dessena	Italy
	Giuseppe Rossi	Italy
10	Nodar Mammadov	Azerbaijan	2
	Vüqar Nadirov	Azerbaijan
	Krešo Ljubičić	Croatia
	Christos Aravidis	Greece
	Kostantinos Mitroglou	Greece
	Andrea Russotto	Italy

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

Azerbaijan: Ruslan Abishov, Rahid Amirguliyev, Namiq Yusifov