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

Italy 4 – 0 Albania
Acquafresca 8'
Dessena 17'
Criscito 35'
Lupoli 81'		 Report
E. Mannucci, Pontedera
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)
Greece 4 – 1 Azerbaijan
Christodoulopoulos 4', 89'
Yusifov 72' (o.g.)
Petropoulos 75'		 Report Abdullayev 56'
Peristeri Stadium, Athens
Referee: Mihaly Fabian (Hungary)
Croatia 2 – 0 Faroe Islands
Rukavina 24'
Begović 90+2'		 Report
Stadion Varteks, Varaždin
Referee: Anthony Zammit (Malta)
Croatia 3 – 2 Greece
Iličević 25', 60'
Bušić 84'		 Report Aravidis 2'
Petropoulos 90'
Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Albania 1 – 0 Faroe Islands
Bakaj 67' (pen.) Report
Stadiumi Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan
Referee: Stelios Trifonos (Cyprus)
Italy 2 – 1 Faroe Islands
Russotto 21'
Cigarini 81'		 Report Hansen 31'
Stadio Briamasco, Trento
Referee: Rusmir Mrković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Azerbaijan 0 – 2 Greece
Report Christodoulopoulos 10'
Aravidis 53'
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
Albania 1 – 0 Croatia
Cani 75' Report
Stadiumi Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)
Albania 0 – 1 Italy
Report Acquafresca 64'
Stadiumi Niko Dovana, Durrës
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)
Croatia 3 – 2 Azerbaijan
Tadić 12'
Iličević 21'
Abishov 45' (o.g.)		 Report Mammadov 34', 62'
Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić
Referee: Serbastien Coltescu (Romania)
Faroe Islands 0 – 2 Greece
Report Petropoulos 30'
Papastathopoulos 39'
Svangaskarð, Toftir
Referee: Simon Evans (Wales)
Italy 2 – 0 Croatia
Acquafresca 39', 57' Report
Stadio Guido Angelini, Chieti
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)
Faroe Islands 1 – 0 Azerbaijan
Olsen 45' Report
Svangaskarð, Toftir
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
Greece 2 – 2 Italy
Petropoulos 19'
Mitroglou 88' (pen.)		 Report Rossi 62'
Dessena 81'
Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Azerbaijan 1 – 1 Albania
Nadirov 74' Report Shoshi 81'
Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku
Referee: Robert Krajnc (Slovenia)
Faroe Islands 1 – 2 Croatia
Hansen 4' Report Kalinić 14'
Bušić 21'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Referee: Jiří Jech (Czech Republic)
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)
Faroe Islands 0 – 5 Albania
Report Sukaj 25', 49', 58'
Abilaliaj 51'
Progni 85'
Svangaskarð, Toftir
Referee: Albert Toussaint (Luxembourg)
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)
Azerbaijan 0 – 1 Croatia
Report Bušić 85'
Ismat Gayibov Stadium, Baku
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgarian)
Faroe Islands 0 – 1 Italy
Report Pozzi 79'
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Referee: Mario Vlk (Slovakia)
Greece 2 – 1 Albania
Christodoulopoulos 28' (pen.)
Mitroglou 54'		 Report Sukaj 34'
Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
Azerbaijan 0 – 2 Italy
Report Rossi 18', 63' (pen.)
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)
Albania 1 – 1 Greece
Sukaj 65' Report Christodoulopoulos 25'
Stadiumi Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)
Croatia 4 – 0 Albania
Ljubičić 14'
Iličević 59'
Smrekar 79'
Brezovec 83'		 Report
Stadion Varteks, Varaždin
Referee: Augustus Viorel Constantin (Romania)
Italy 1 – 1 Greece
Balotelli 34' Report Christodoulopoulos 54'
Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
Azerbaijan 2 – 2 Faroe Islands
Abishov 18'
Nadirov 32'		 Report Nielsen 25'
Hanssen 80'
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Referee: Siniša Zrnić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Croatia 1 – 1 Italy
Tomasov 82' Report Motta 38'
Stadion Varteks, Varaždin
Referee: Said Ennjimi (France)
Greece 1 – 0 Faroe Islands
Petropoulos 55' Report
Kaisariani Stadium, Athens
Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia)
Albania 0 – 0 Azerbaijan
Report
Stadiumi Flamurtari, Vlorë
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos  Greece 6
Antonis Petropoulos  Greece
3 Xhevahir Sukaj  Albania 5
Robert Acquafresca  Italy
5 Tomislav Bušić  Croatia 4
Ivo Iličević  Croatia
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
Own goals
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