2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1
Football tournament qualification stage
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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
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)
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Referee: Rusmir Mrković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
| Azerbaijan | 0 – 2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Report[dead link] | Christodoulopoulos 10' Aravidis 53' |
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)
| Albania | 0 – 1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Acquafresca 64' |
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
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[dead link] |
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)
| Faroe Islands | 1 – 0 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Olsen 45' |
Report |
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)
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)
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' |
Referee: Mario Vlk (Slovakia)
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
| Azerbaijan | 0 – 2 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rossi 18', 63' (pen.) |
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)
Referee: Augustus Viorel Constantin (Romania)
| Italy | 1 – 1 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Balotelli 34' |
Report[link removed] | Christodoulopoulos 54' |
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
| Azerbaijan | 2 – 2 | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Abishov 18' Nadirov 32' |
Report | Nielsen 25' Hanssen 80' |
Referee: Siniša Zrnić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Referee: Said Ennjimi (France)
| Greece | 1 – 0 | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Petropoulos 55' |
Report |
| Albania | 0 – 0 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
Goalscorers
- 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