Finnish national U21 team

Finland U21-team created a shocking surprise by qualifying to the UEFA U21 finals in Sweden 2009. Almost all the players of the team come from Veikkausliiga teams and there are hopes that their success would boost also the local League and attract some more audience.

The brightest stars of the team are yet to be known as some of them play also for the full national team but there are people who expect a lot from players like Roman Eremenko from Dynamo Kiev or the Hetemaj brothers who are in Greece at the moment.

If yuo feel like dismissing U21 players as youngsters then you better check out these names...

• 2007: Royston Drenthe
• 2006: Klaas Jan Huntelaar
• 2004: Alberto Gilardino
• 2002: Petr Čech
• 2000: Andrea Pirlo
• 1998: Francesc Arnau
• 1996: Fabio Cannavaro
• 1994: Luís Figo
• 1992: Renato Buso
• 1990: Davor Šuker
• 1988: Laurent Blanc
• 1986: Manuel Sanchís
• 1984: Mark Hateley
• 1982: Rudi Völler
• 1980: Anatoli Demianenko
• 1978: Vahid Halilhodžić

Finland is in a good company in the final 8! This information is from www.uefa.com

Final tournament - Group stage - Match kick-offs are listed in CET

Date	Group	Home		Away
15/06	Grp B	Spain	TBD	Germany	More »
15/06	Grp B	England	TBD	Finland	More »
16/06	Grp A	Sweden	TBD	Belarus	More »
16/06	Grp A	Italy	TBD	Serbia	More »
18/06	Grp B	Spain	TBD	England	More »
18/06	Grp B	Germany	TBD	Finland	More »
19/06	Grp A	Sweden	TBD	Italy	More »
19/06	Grp A	Belarus	TBD	Serbia	More »
22/06	Grp B	Finland	TBD	Spain	More »
22/06	Grp B	Germany	TBD	England	More »
23/06	Grp A	Serbia	TBD	Sweden	More »
23/06	Grp A	Belarus	TBD	Italy	More »