Coach`s opinion - Svenska Fotbollförbundet
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Coach`s opinion - Svenska Fotbollförbundet
SWEDEN Official Media Guide for the Swedish team at the UEFA Under 21-championship 2009 UNDER 21 THE SWEDISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Address: Svenska Fotbollförbundet PO Box 1216 SE-171 23 Solna Visiting address: Råsunda Stadium Solnavägen 51 Entrance 104 Telephone: +46-8-7350900 Telefax: +46-8-7350901 e-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.svenskfotboll.se BOARD President: Lars-Åke Lagrell Vice president: Susanne Erlandsson Vice president: Bo Lundquist Board members: Jörgen Eriksson Annelie Larsson Kenneth Håkansson Gillis Persson General Secretary: Sune Hellströmer Mikael Lustig on the ball for Sweden versus Spain. Founded: 1904 Clubs: 3.375 Licensed players (aged 15 and older): 270.896, of which 67.833 are women. Youth players: Estimated to 240.000, of which 1/3 are girls. Senior referees: 4.108. International colours: Yellow-blue-yellow (reserve: dark navy-dark navy-dark navy). National arena: Råsunda Stadion, capacity 37.285, inaugurated in 1937. Record attendance: 52.943, at Sweden–West Germany 26/9 1965. 20.302 for the women’s team, at Sweden–Switzerland 8/5 2002. International honours: World Cup silver medal 1958, World Cup bronze medal 1950 and 1994. Olympic gold medal 1948, Olympic bronze medal 1924 and 1952. EURO 1992 semifinalist. World Cup participation: 1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006. European Championships participation: 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008. Olympic tournaments: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1988, 1992. Most capped player: Thomas Ravelli 143 (1981-97) Most international goals: Sven Rydell 49 (1923-32) International honours Women: World Cup silver medal 2003, World Cup bronze medal 1991. European Championship gold medal 1984, EC-silver medal 1987, 1995 and 2001, EC-bronze medal 1989. World Cup participation Women: 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007. European Championships participation Women: 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009. Olympic tournaments Women: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Most capped female player: Victoria Svensson 159 (1996-). Most international goals Women: Hanna Ljungberg 72 (1996-2008). THE PRESIDENT Game on for the ”Tournament of the Stars” G one are the days when the UEFA Under-21 Championship was mostly a showcase for promising young talents, and the tournament went unnoticed by many. The highly successful final tournament held in the Netherlands in 2007 firmly established UEFA Under-21 Championship as one of the biggest events in the calendar, and as a tournament for bright young stars playing some great football. It is with great pride and joy that the Swedish Football Association, along with the host cities of Gothenburg, Halmstad, Helsingborg and Malmö, welcomes the participating nations, the UEFA and all fans of football to the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Sweden. Sweden has previously reached the UEFA U21-Championship final just once (in 1992) but lost the two-legged final to Italy. We made semi-final appearances in 1990 and in 2004, and were just an agonizing penalty shoot-out away from the final in Germany 2004. 51 years have passed since Sweden organised the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and it has been 17 years since we had the honour of hosting the UEFA Euro 1992. In 1995 we organised the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and in 1997 we joined forces with Norway to host the UEFA Women’s Euro. Sweden built great arenas for the 1958 World Cup and renovated them for Euro 1992. But for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship we are immensely proud to welcome you to fantastic brand new football grounds in Gothenburg and Malmö. Olympia in Helsingborg was inaugurated in 1898 and is still highly rated within the Swedish football community, Örjans vall in Halmstad is also steeped in football tradition. This tournament is played during the Swedish Midsummer, the brightest and most beautiful time of the year. So what could be better than celebrating with a great football party? We can all but promise that our guests will not be disappointed. We aim to be well organised and hard to beat, and that goes both for our organization and our team. Our team won’t be favourites from the start - but we do have a number of potential match winners, so we are quite optimistic. A successful tournament in 2009, both as organisers and for our team, will be the ideal preparation for the Sweden-Norway bid to host the UEFA Euro 2016. Welcome to Sweden! Lars-Åke Lagrell President Swedish Football Association AHEAD OF SWEDEN 2009 SWEDEN underdogs with high hopes Jörgen Lennartsson (left) and Tommy Söderberg. Two men share the responsibility and the honour of coaching Sweden’s Under-21 team: • Tommy Söderberg, 61 this summer, has a Swedish championship with AIK (1992) and seven years with Sweden A (including EURO 2000, FIFA 2002 World Cup and EURO 2004) on his resume. • Jörgen Lennartsson, 44 years old and has worked most of his career as a youth coach. Employed by the Swedish FA since 2005. The two first met in 1991 and immediately struck up a friendship. They took over Sweden Under-21 in 2005 with Söderberg as coach and Lennartsson as assistant coach – but it was soon agreed that it should be a joint leadership rather than a head coach/assistant coach relationship. – We share the same philosophy both on football and on leadership, and we worked the same way since the very beginning. I had the same setup with Lars Lagerbäck with Sweden A, and it’s good both on a personal level and for the team, says Tommy Söderberg. Sweden Under-21 has not played a competitive game since November 2006, when the team lost to Serbia in play-off for the final tournament in the Netherlands 2007. Everything since has been about preparations. – In essence, we’ve had a two and a half year long pre-season, says Lennartsson. – We took a good look at how the Netherlands did to prepare and win the tournament they hosted. We did a lot of things similar, like starting out with a big group of players that we gradually trimmed down. We couldn’t know in 2007 who would be at their best in the summer of 2009, so we gave more than 60 players the chance to get on the team. Results suffered initially but as a core of players started to build, the team improved rapidly. Improvement and development is something Lennartsson and Söderberg believe in not only for the players, but also for themselves. The way they strive to achieve it is through constant criticism and evaluation of their work. They do it to each other, and they bring in people from the outside to suggest improvements. For instance a Doctor of Pedagogy observed the squad during a tournament last year, and then gave feedback to Lennartsson and Söderberg on how they approached the players with theoretic information. – Usually the kind of feedback you get as a coach is ”1–0, great job” or ”0–1, lousy job”. This was new for us, a much more elaborate feedback that we could learn a lot from, says Lennartsson. – It was things like how we should seat the players in a class room, how to vary our presentations, and how to make the players feel they are not back in school and bored again. At the UEFA Under-21 Championship 2009 Sweden aim to advance from the group stage, but face intense competition from Belarus, Italy and Serbia. – Looking at the other teams, we’ve got to be humble enough to admit that we are underdogs in this tournament. But we’ve got high hopes, and we definitely want to be in the semifinals, says Lennartsson. Captain Mattias Bjärsmyr leads the team out to face Finland in La Manga. AHEAD OF SWEDEN 2009 Berg looking to score Marcus Berg adds to his tally at Groningen in a game vs PSV Eindhoven, congratulated by Fredrik Stenman and Danny Holla. M arcus Berg has had a great season with FC Groningen, scoring 26 goals in 37 competitive games. That’s a scoring streak few forwards at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship can match. – Every player has his own specialty. I guess mine is to create opportunities and to be in the right place, says Marcus Berg. Bergs career has been something of a fairy tale. At age 17 he left Torsby (home town of Sven-Göran Eriksson) and moved to Gothenburg. His older brother Jonathan played for IFK Göteborg, and Marcus was allowed a try out. – I worked hard enough in training to earn myself a contract, it felt really good to join the club that way, says Marcus. Things didn’t really start to happen until 2006. In autumn Berg scored four goals for IFK Göteborg, renewed his contract and then established himself in the starting eleven. When the 2007 season started Berg went on a scoring rampage and hit 14 goals before FC Groningen stepped in to buy him out. Despite playing only half the season, Berg was the top scorer in Sweden this year. He then proved equal to the challenge of stepping up to the Eredivisie. – The coach said ”you’ll get the chance, take it and you’ll play all the time”. Since they had paid a lot of money, I knew they had confidence in me. And so it was. Berg has continued to deliver for Groningen, and is firmly among the best forwards in the league. Six caps for Sweden A has followed, and now the Under-21 championship on home soil awaits. – It’s a dream come true, this is going to be huge. We’ve prepared for two-three years now, our coaches has tested a lot of players along the way. Now we’ve got a team that’s really ready to go, and we’re all looking forward to play. We’ll want a good start to avoid some of the pressure in the second and third game. – We like to go forward, we’ve got good attacking players who will create lot’s of chances. But when you have opponents of this quality, you can never forget to defend, says Berg. Berg thinks playing in Holland has made him a better player in every aspect, but especially in one-on-one situations. – Compared to Sweden, you get more space in Holland when you manage to beat your marker. But I’ve still got a lot to improve, everything basically. I need more international games, like the ones I will play here this summer. Coaches Lennartsson and Söderberg are spoilt for choice on how they will partner Berg up front. Ola Toivonen (PSV Eindhoven), Pontus Wernbloom (soon at AZ Alkmaar), new IFK Göteborg starlet Robin Söder, and Denni Avdic (Elfsborg) will all challenge for the forward positions. The UEFA Under-21 Championship promises to be an early highlight in a career that is hopefully just getting started. – I can hardly wait, we will face some great opponents in the final tournament. I hope the home crowd will really get behind us, we’re going to need their support, says Berg. Gameiro tries France’s Blaise st year. Helsingborg la g, Sweden to reign in Ber pia in ew 1–1 at Olym and France dr SWEDEN’S SQUAD All statistics as of 31/5 2009 All pictures: Bildbyrån Coach Tommy Söderberg Born: 19/8 1948 Playing career: Ängby IF, Continental. Coaching career: BK Väster 1972, IF Brommapojkarna (youth) 1973-77, Spånga IS 1980-81, IF Brommapojkarna 1982-85, Djurgårdens IF 198689, Djurgårdens IF (youth team) 1990, AIK 1991-93, Sweden U21 1994-97, Sweden A 1998-2004, Sweden U21 2004- . Coaching honours: Swedish championship winner with AIK in 1992. Qualified for Euro 2000, last 16 at World Cup 2002, quarter finalist at Euro 2004. Coach Jörgen Lennartsson Born: 10/4 1965 Playing career: Växjö Norra IF 1980-83, FK Växjö 1984-86. Coaching career: Växjö Norra (youth) 1979-88, Vederslöv/ Dänningelanda 1989, Östers IF (U20) 1990-93, Helsingborgs IF (U20) 1994-99, Helsingborgs IF (assistant) 2000-01, BK Häcken 2002-04, Sweden U17 and Sweden U21 (assistant) 2005, Sweden U21 2006- Jörgen Lennartsson (left) and Tommy Söderberg. Goalkeeper ” Coach’s opinion: Experienced, great authority, good in the air.” Club: FC Lyn Born: 8/9 1986 Height: 190 cm Weight: 90 kg Caps: 1 A, 19 U2 10 1. Johan Dahlin Goalkeeper ” 12. Pär Hansson Coach’s opinion: Solid positioning, commands his defenders well, excellent with his feet.” Club: Helsingborgs IF Born: 22/6 1986 Height: 185 cm Weight: 84 kg Caps: 8 U21, 15 U19, 2 U17 11 Goalkeeper ” Coach’s opinion: Agile, quick, strong keeper. Great in 1-on-1 situations.” Club: IF Brommapojkarna Born: 23/6 1989 Heigth: 190 cm Weight: 85 kg Caps: 3 U21, 4 U19 12 23. Kristoffer Nordfeldt Defender ” 2. Mikael Lustig Coach’s opinion: Can run all day, and loves to go forward. Excellent header as well”. Club: Rosenborg BK Born: 13/12 1986 Height: 189 cm Weight: 77 kg Caps: 1 A, 16 U21 (1 goal), 1 U19 13 Defender ” Coach’s opinion: Team captain. A complete central defender, has never played a bad game for Sweden.” Club: IFK Göteborg Born: 3/1 1986 Height: 186 cm Weight: 84 kg Caps: 3 A, 25 U21, 16 U19 (2 goals) 14 3. Mattias Bjärsmyr Defender ” 4. Rasmus Bengtsson Coach’s opinion: Powerful central defender. Very skilful, and with a mean sliding tackle.” Club: Trelleborgs FF Born: 26/6 1986 Height: 185 cm Weight: 80 kg Caps: 1 A, 8 U21 15 Defender ” Coach’s opinion: Spirited full back, provides fine attacking movements and excellent crosses.” Club: Hammarby Born: 11/8 1986 Heigt: 172 cm Weight: 67 kg Caps: 10 U21, 7 U19, 3 U17 16 5. Emil Johansson Defender ” 6. Per Karlsson Coach’s opinion: Reliable in centre defence. Good in the air, solid experience.” Club: AIK Born: 2/1 1986 Height: 184 cm Weight: 81 kg Caps: 13 U21, 15 U19, 5 U17 17 Defender ” Coach’s opinion: Tough full back with great pace and plenty of Premier League experience.” Club: Blackburn Rovers FC Born: 17/5 1988 Height: 170 cm Weight: 81 kg Caps: 8 U21, 13 U19 (1 goal) 18 17. Martin Olsson sweden’s squad for the 2009 uefa European under-21 championship Back row from left to right: Rasmus Bengtsson, Per Karlsson, Mattias Bjärsmyr, Rasmus Elm, Ola Toivonen, Denni Avdic, Mikael Lustig, Pontus Wernbloom. Middle row: Tommy Söderberg (Coach), Martin Olsson, Joel Ekstrand, Gustav Svensson, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Marcus Berg, Guillermo Molins, Emir Bajrami, Jörgen Lennartsson (Coach). Front: Robin Söder, Andreas Landgren, Pierre Bengtsson, Pär Hansson, Johan Dahlin, Labinot Harbuzi, Gabriel Özkan, Emil Johansson. Defender ” 22. Joel Ekstrand Coach’s opinion: Central defender with a deft sense of positioning. Good at heading, great at passing.” Club: Helsingborgs IF Born: 4/2 1989 Height: 188 cm Weight: 77 kg Caps: 1 U21, 10 U19, 5 U17 19 Midfielder/forward ” Coach’s opinion: Forward, best scorer on the team. Good technique and vision, dangerous on set pieces.” Club: PSV Eindhoven Born: 3/7 1986 Height: 191 cm Weight: 74 kg Caps: 2 A, 22 U21 (9 goals), 13 U19 (6 goals) 20 7. Ola Toivonen Midfielder/forward ” 8. Andreas Landgren Coach’s opinion: Allround midfielder, can play as full back too. Great at working his way through the middle.” Club: Helsingborgs IF Born: 17/3 1989 Height: 176 cm Weight: 73 kg Caps: 1 A, 6 U21, 12 U19 (2 goals), 19 U17 (5 goals) 21 Midfielder/forward ” Coach’s opinion: The star of our team, but a humble and good lad. Scores and assists with equal skill”. Club: FC Groningen Born: 17/8 1986 Height: 183 cm Weight: 76 kg Caps: 6 A, 15 U21 (1 goal), 8 U19 (3 goals) 22 9. Marcus Berg Midfielder/forward ” 10. Denni Avdic Coach’s opinion: Our own Sócrates. Impressive passing, technique and vision. Useful both in the middle and on the wing.” Club: IF Elfsborg Born: 5/9 1988 Height: 190 cm Weight: 80 kg Caps: 1 A, 12 U21 (3 goals), 18 U19 (4 goals), 15 U17 (8 goals) 23 Midfielder/forward ” Coach’s opinion: Can play forward or on the wing. Great speed, technique and anticipation. Huge future potential.” Club: IFK Göteborg Born: 1/4 1991 Height: 177 cm Weight: 69 kg Caps: 3 U21, 19 U17 (9 goals) 24 11. Robin Söder Midfielder/forward ” 13. Gustav Svensson Coach’s opinion: Hard worker in the middle. Collects the ball, and provides solid passing.” Club: IFK Göteborg Born: 7/2 1987 Height: 183 cm Weight: 82 kg Caps: 2 A, 18 U21 25 Midfielder/forward ” Coach’s opinion: Tireless runner out wide, plays with a lot of heart and passion in his game.” Club: Malmö FF Born: 26/9 1988 Height: 186 cm Weight: 81 kg Caps: 10 U21 (1 goal), 4 U19 (1 goal) 26 14. Guillermo Molins Midfielder/forward ” 15. Labinot Harbuzi Coach’s opinion: Central midfielder, comfortable on the ball. Creative, good passer with a powerful shot.” Club: Malmö FF Born: 4/4 1986 Height: 180 cm Weight: 83 kg Caps: 1 U21, 13 U19 (3 goals), 12 U17 (3 goals) 27 Midfielder/forward ” Coach’s opinion: Very versatile, can play in lots of positions. Clever, good passer and left footed.” Club: AIK Born: 12/4 1988 Height: 176 cm Weight: 72 kg Caps: 10 U21, 2 U19, 7 U17 (1 goal) 28 16. Pierre Bengtsson Midfielder/forward ” 18. Rasmus Elm Coach’s opinion: Tactically adept midfielder, with amazing vision. Excellent passes and set pieces.” Club: Kalmar FF Born: 17/3 1988 Height: 184 cm Weight: 78 kg Caps: 4 A (1goal), 11 U21, 24 U19 (4 goals), 10 U17 29 Midfielder/forward ” Coach’s opinion: Midfielder or forward. Exceptionally competitive, has made great strides in recent years. A player everyone loves in their own team – and detest to play against.” Club: IFK Göteborg Born: 25/6 1986 Height: 186 cm Weight: 85 kg Caps: 2 A, 19 U21 (5 goals) 30 19. Pontus Wernbloom Midfielder/forward ” 20. Emir Bajrami Coach’s opinion: Wide midfielder. Creative, quick, good 1-on-1, lovely left foot.” Club: IF Elfsborg Born: 7/3 1988 Height: 178 cm Weight: 77 kg Caps: 13 U21 (3 goals), 12 U19 (1 goal) 31 Midfielder/forward ” Coach’s opinion: Wide midfielder. Creative, quick, good 1-on-1. Great crosses.” Club: AIK Born: 23/5 1986 Height: 177 cm Weight: 69 kg Caps: 4 U21, 16 U19 32 21. Gabriel Özkan Sweden Team officials Supporting squad Back from left: Fredrik Bergström (Team physician), Börje Sandgren (Head of delegation), Niklas Wallenholm (Physio). Middle from left: Lars-Erik Hemgren (Administrator), Sten Carlund (Sponsor representative), Magnus Ahko (Kit manager), Johan Forsbring (Physio). Front from left: Tommy Söderberg (Coach), Mats Svensson (Goalkeepers coach), Jörgen Lennartsson (Coach). Reine Almqvist Scout Göran Göransson Scout Michele Liuzzi Scout Daniel Setterwall Video analyst Jonas Nystedt Media officer 33 FACTS & FIGURES Sweden’s Under-21 results versus the teams in Group A and Group B GROUP A BELARUS 2 1 0 1 2–3 1996-05-30 Karlstad 1–3 1997-08-19 Minsk 1–0 ITALY 10 2 3 4 10–14 1971-06-10 Udine 0–1 1971-10-10 Växjö 4–1 1986-03-12 Gothenburg 1–1 1986-03-29 Bergamo 1–2 1987-06-04 Tyresö 2–2 1987-11-12 Perugia 0–0 1994-05-05 Västervik 1–0 2000-02-23 Trapani 0–2 2004-04-27 Trento 0–4 2009-02-11 Trieste 1–1 SERBIA 3 1 1 2 2005-06-05* Oberhausen 2006-10-06 Noví Sad 2006-10-10 Trollhättan 2008-09-10 Krusevac * As Serbia/Montenegro GROUP B UEFA-qualifier UEFA-qualifier UEFA-qualifier UEFA-qualifier EC-quarterfinal EC-quarterfinal UEFA-qualifier UEFA-qualifier 4–7 1–1 (6–7 pen)EC-semifinal 3–0 UEFA-playoff 0–5 UEFA-playoff 0–1 GERMANY* 6 3 0 3 11–8 2007-09-11 Malmö 1–2 (most recent game) * DFB, hence including ‘West Germany’ ENGLAND 8 1 3 4 6–13 2004-03-30 Kristianstad 2–2 (most recent game) FINLAND 37 30 3 4 104–31 2009-03-27 La Manga 0–1 (most recent game) SPAIN 3 1 2 0 3–1 2009-03-31 Orihuela 0–0 (most recent game) Svensson, Wernbloom, Toivonen, Landgren and Bengtsson in the wall during a game versus Spain in March 2009. Sweden Under-21 line ups in 2009 11/2 2009 Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste Italy–Sweden 1–1 (1–0) 1–0 Robert Acquafresca (27’ pen), 1–1 Pontus Wernbloom (64’ pen). Sweden: 1 Kristoffer Nordfeldt (12 Pär Hansson 46’) – 2 Mikael Lustig, 3 Mattias Bjärsmyr [C], 4 Rasmus Bengtsson (14 Per Karlsson 63’), 5 Martin Olsson (15 Emil Johansson 53’) – 6 Gabriel Özkan (19 Guillermo Molins 63’), 7 Gustav Svensson, 8 Albin Ekdal (18 Andreas Landgren 81’), 9 Emir Bajrami (16 Pierre Bengtsson 81’) – 10 Pontus Wernbloom, 11 Ola Toivonen (20 Johan Oremo 81’). 34 27/3 2009 La Manga Sweden–Finland 0-1 (0–0) 0–1 (62’) Berat Sadik Sweden: 1 Pär Hansson (12 Kristoffer Nordfeldt, 46’) – 2 Mikael Lustig (13 Erik Lund, 46’), 3 Mattias Bjärsmyr [C] (14 Rasmus Bengtsson, 46’), 4 Per Karlsson (15 Walid Atta, 85), 5 Martin Olsson – 6 Guillermo Molins, 7 Andreas Landgren (18 Gustav Svensson, 46’), 8 Pierre Bengtsson (19 Elmin Kurbegovic, 85’), 9 Christer Youssef – 10 Denni Avdic, 11 Ola Toivonen (20 Johan Oremo, 46’). 31/3 2009 Estadio Municipal Los Arcos, Orihuela Spain– Sweden 0–0 Sweden: 1 Pär Hansson – 2 Mikael Lustig, 3 Mattias Bjärsmyr [C], 4 Rasmus Bengtsson, 5 Emil Johansson – 6 Gabriel Özkan (17 Guillermo Molins, 69’), 7 Andreas Landgren (21 Denni Avdic, 46’), 8 Gustav Svensson, 9 Pierre Bengtsson – 10 Pontus Wernbloom, 11 Ola Toivonen. UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2009 – Contact List LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE Björn Ahlberg LOC Chairman tel: +46-709-555900 [email protected] PG Andersson Transport Manager tel: +46-703-798623 [email protected] Göran Havik Media tel: +46-703-937249 [email protected] Lennart Petersson Security Manager tel: +46-768-348670 [email protected] Karl-Erik Nilsson Tournament Director tel: +46-705-102867 [email protected] Lena Danielsen Kovac Ticketing Manager tel: +46-706-370947 [email protected] Leif Lindberg Referee Coordinator tel: +46-706-338976 Kalle Stenberg Accreditation tel: +46-739-467706 [email protected] Bosse Sundström Assistant Tournament Director tel: +46-705-182308 [email protected] Anette Hammarström Logistics Manager tel: +46-706-954661 [email protected] Maria Niklasson Side events tel: +46-768-18 86 86 [email protected] Jan Svensson Marketing and Hospitality tel: +46-705-812075 [email protected] Jonas Nystedt Communication tel: +46-703-450965 [email protected] Mija Lindberg Coordinator tel: +46-705-250913 [email protected] HALMSTAD HELSINGBORG GÖTEBORG MALMÖ Björn Andersson Chairman tel: +46-708-78 73 82 [email protected] Khennet Tallinger Chairman tel: +46-705-475808 [email protected] Gunnar Larsson Chairman tel: 0702-797940 [email protected] Bengt Madsen Chairman tel: +46-705-135095 [email protected] Anders Berglund Project Leader tel: +46-705-505208 [email protected] Andreas Meimermondt Venue Manager tel: +46-732-311154 [email protected] Thomas Walfridsson Venue Manager tel: +46-706-924096 [email protected] Christian Schlyter Project Leader tel: +46-708-342798 [email protected] UEFA Office tel: +46-35-224500 UEFA Office tel: +46-42-231800 UEFA Office tel: +46-31-7398601 UEFA Office tel: +46-40-6730500 Match Schedule –UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2009 Mon 15 jun B Spain–Germany B England–Finland 20.45 Göteborg 18.15 Halmstad Tue 16 jun A Sweden–Belarus A Italy–Serbia Mon 22 jun B Finland–Spain B Germany–England 20.45 Göteborg 20.45 Halmstad 18.15 Malmö 20.45 Helsingborg Thu 18 jun B Spain–England B Germany–Finland Tue 23 jun A Serbia–Sweden A Belarus–Italy 20.45 Malmö 20.45 Helsingborg 20.45 Göteborg 18.15 Halmstad Fri 19 jun A Sweden–Italy A Belarus–Serbia Fri 26 jun Semi 1 Winner A–Runer up B 20.45 Semi 2 Winner B–Runner up A 18.00 16.00 18.15 Mon 29 jun Final Semi 1–Semi 2 Helsingborg Malmö Helsingborg Göteborg 20.45 Malmö