# UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying

Qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2009 determined which 11 teams joined Finland, the hosts of the 2009 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship.

## Preliminary round

20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4. The 5 group winners qualified for the actual qualifying stage, together with 25 countries exempted from the preliminary round.

### Group A1

in Turkey:
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |

### Group A2

in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

### Group A3

in Luxembourg:
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 9 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| Malta | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |

### Group A4

in Romania:
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 |
| Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |

### Group A5

in Macedonia:
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Wales | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 3 |
| Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |

## Qualification round

The two winners of the preliminary round will join the 36 top ranked nations, with the exception of already qualified Sweden, and play in four groups of five teams and three of six teams. The group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified for the final tournament. The other six runners-up will play three two-legged playoffs with those winners also advancing to the final tournament. This stage will run from September 2011 to September 2012.

### Seeding

Israel, Northern Ireland, Romania, Slovakia and Wales will enter the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying draw on 13 December 2006, taking on the continent's strongest nations for a place in the 12-team finals in Finland.
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D | Pot E |
| Germany (Holder)  Sweden  Norway  Denmark  England  France | Russia  Italy  Czech Republic  Iceland  Ukraine  Netherlands | Spain  Scotland  Poland  Serbia  Switzerland  Hungary | Belgium  Portugal  Belarus  Republic of Ireland  Austria  Greece | Slovenia  Northern Ireland  Israel  Slovakia  Romania  Wales |

## Qualifying stage

The six group winners automatically qualified for the final tournament. The six group runners-up and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the rest of the top four in their respective groups went into five two-legged play-offs.

### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| England | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | +20 | 20 |
| Spain | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 17 |
| Czech Republic | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 14 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 1 |

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | +31 | 24 |
| Italy | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 18 |
| Republic of Ireland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 12 |
| Romania | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 4 |
| Hungary | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 1 |

### Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2 | +29 | 21 |
| Iceland | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 18 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 12 |
| Serbia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 6 |
| Greece | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 36 | −29 | 3 |

### Group 4

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | +33 | 24 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 11 |
| Belgium | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 10 |
| Wales | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |

### Group 5

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 21 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 19 |
| Scotland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 10 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 6 |
| Portugal | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 2 |

### Group 6

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Norway | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 | 22 |
| Russia | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 19 |
| Austria | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 9 |
| Poland | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 7 |
| Israel | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 1 |

### Third-placed teams

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 8 |
| Scotland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 |
| Republic of Ireland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 6 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 5 |
| Austria | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 3 |

## Play-offs

| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C |
| Russia  Ukraine  Iceland  Italy | Czech Republic  Scotland  Republic of Ireland  Slovenia | Spain  Netherlands |

### Second legs

Iceland won 4–1 on aggregate
Italy won 3–1 on aggregate
Aggregate score 4–4; Russia won on away goals rule
Netherlands won 4–0 on aggregate
Ukraine won 5–0 on aggregate

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Goals | Minutes played |
| 1 | Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir | 12 | 867' |
| 2 | Natalia Mokshanova | 11 | 798' |
| 3 | Merete Pedersen | 10 | 702' |
| 4 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | 9 | 680' |
| 4 | Kerstin Garefrekes | 9 | 720' |
| 6 | Victoria Svensson | 8 | 349' |
| 7 | Maiken Pape | 7 | 615' |
| 7 | Julie Fleeting | 7 | 690' |
| 7 | Manon Melis | 7 | 692' |
| 7 | Mateja Zver | 7 | 802' |
| 7 | Patrizia Panico | 7 | 900' |