Finland national under-21 football team

Finland U21
Association	Football Association of Finland
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Markku Kanerva
FIFA code	FIN
Home colours	Away colours
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The Finnish national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Finland. The team qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship final tournament in 2009.

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

1978: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
1980: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
1982: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1984: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
1986: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
1988: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
1990: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1992: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
1994: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
1996: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
1998: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.
2000: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
2002: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
2006: Did not qualify. Finished 5th of 7 in qualification group.
2007: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
2009:' Qualified

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[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship 2009

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Germany	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Finland	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0


2009-06-15
England	2-1	Finland	Örjans Vall, Halmstad
2009-06-18
Germany	2-0	Finland	Örjans Vall, Halmstad
2009-06-22
Finland	0-2	Spain	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg

[edit] Current squad

Selection for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Anssi Jaakkola	March 13, 1987 (1987-03-13) (age 22)	8	0	Colligiana (on loan from Siena)
23	GK	Jukka Lehtovaara	March 15, 1988 (1988-03-15) (age 21)	2	0	TPS
12	GK	Jon Masalin	January 29, 1986 (1986-01-29) (age 23)	1	0	HamKam

3	DF	Jukka Raitala	September 15, 1988 (1988-09-15) (age 20)	15	0	HJK Helsinki
14	DF	Joni Aho	April 12, 1986 (1986-04-12) (age 23)	10	0	Inter Turku
2	DF	Ville Jalasto	April 19, 1986 (1986-04-19) (age 23)	15	1	Aalesund
4	DF	Jonas Portin	September 30, 1986 (1986-09-30) (age 22)	17	0	Ascoli Calcio
22	DF	Joona Toivio	March 10, 1988 (1988-03-10) (age 21)	2	0	AZ
5	DF	Tuomo Turunen	August 30, 1987 (1987-08-30) (age 21)	15	1	Honka
13	DF	Pyry Kärkkäinen	November 10, 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 22)	10	0	HJK Helsinki
21	DF	Petri Viljanen	February 3, 1987 (1987-02-03) (age 22)	2	0	Haka

6	MF	Tim Sparv	February 20, 1987 (1987-02-20) (age 22)	15	4	Halmstad
8	MF	Mehmet Hetemaj	December 8, 1987 (1987-12-08) (age 21)	15	2	Panionios
17	MF	Juha Hakola	October 27, 1987 (1987-10-27) (age 21)	8	0	Heracles Almelo
7	MF	Kasper Hämäläinen	August 8, 1986 (1986-08-08) (age 22)	17	1	TPS
15	MF	Ilari Äijälä	September 30, 1986 (1986-09-30) (age 22)	1	0	MYPA
10	MF	Nicholas Otaru	July 15, 1986 (1986-07-15) (age 22)	3	1	Honka
16	MF	Perparim Hetemaj	December 12, 1986 (1986-12-12) (age 22)	12	3	AEK Athens
18	MF	Jussi Vasara	May 14, 1987 (1987-05-14) (age 22)	2	2	Honka

9	FW	Berat Sadik	September 14, 1986 (1986-09-14) (age 22)	11	2	Arminia Bielefeld
20	FW	Teemu Pukki	March 29, 1990 (1990-03-29) (age 19)	0	0	Sevilla Atlético
11	FW	Jarno Parikka	July 21, 1986 (1986-07-21) (age 22)	17	15	HJK Helsinki
19	FW	Aleksandr Kokko	June 4, 1987 (1987-06-04) (age 22)	4	0	Honka

[edit] Younger squad

During the year 2009 Finland have two U21 squads active, Older and Younger, the older is made out of mostly players born 1986-87 and is the team that will play in 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

The following players have been called up for the friendly against Sweden on 9 June 2009.^[2]

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Juha Tuomi	November 7, 1989 (1989-11-07) (age 19)			FC Lahti

DF	Jani Tanska	July 29, 1988 (1988-07-29) (age 20)			FF Jaro
DF	Paulus Arajuuri	June 15, 1988 (1988-06-15) (age 21)	1	0	IFK Mariehamn
DF	Juhani Ojala	June 19, 1989 (1989-06-19) (age 20)			HJK Helsinki
DF	Henri Aalto	April 20, 1989 (1989-04-20) (age 20)			Honka
DF	Jari Nikkilä	August 16, 1989 (1989-08-16) (age 19)			Haka

MF	Ville Nikkari	November 5, 1988 (1988-11-05) (age 20)			Inter Turku
MF	Jani Virtanen	May 6, 1988 (1988-05-06) (age 21)			FC Khimki
MF	Toni Kolehmainen	July 20, 1988 (1988-07-20) (age 20)			AZ
MF	Sebastian Mannström	October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29) (age 20)			FF Jaro
MF	Sakari Mattila	July 14, 1989 (1989-07-14) (age 19)			Udinese Calcio
MF	Riku Riski	August 16, 1989 (1989-08-16) (age 19)			TPS

FW	Akseli Pelvas	February 8, 1989 (1989-02-08) (age 20)			HJK Helsinki
FW	Patrik Lomski	February 3, 1989 (1989-02-03) (age 20)			TPS
FW	Jonne Hjelm	January 14, 1988 (1988-01-14) (age 21)			Tampere United
FW	Lauri Dalla Valle	September 14, 1991 (1991-09-14) (age 17)			Liverpool FC
FW	Aleksei Kangaskolkka	October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29) (age 20)			Tampere United

Caps and goals correct as of June 1, 2009

[edit] Coaching staff

Head coach: Markku Kanerva
Coach: Kari Martonen
Goalkeeping coach: Kari Laukkanen
Team director: Kari Laukkanen
Team doctor: Tuomas Brinck
Physiotherapist: Jari Pylvänäinen
Kit manager: Harri Koskinen

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[0] Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto

[1] Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto

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Contents

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship 2009

[edit] Group B

[edit] Current squad

[edit] Younger squad

[edit] Coaching staff

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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