2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3

Main article: 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

The teams competing in Group 3 of the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championships qualifying competition are Bulgaria, England, Montenegro, Portugal, and Republic of Ireland.

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	8	7	1	0	17	1	+16	22
Portugal	8	4	2	2	13	7	+6	14
Montenegro	8	2	2	4	5	12	−7	8
Bulgaria	8	2	1	5	4	9	−5	7
Republic of Ireland	8	1	2	5	4	14	−10	5

Key: Pts Points, Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference

Matches

5 June 2007

17:00 CEST

Bulgaria	1 – 2	Montenegro
Simović File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Vukčević File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Jovetić File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'

Balgarska Armiya, Sofia

Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

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7 September 2007

20:45 CEST

Republic of Ireland	0 – 2	Portugal
	Report	Machado File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Veloso File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'

Turners Cross, Cork

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

7 September 2007

20:45 CEST

Montenegro	0 – 3	England
	Report	Onuoha File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Agbonlahor File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Surman File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Referee: Mechalis Germanakos (Greece)

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11 September 2007

18:00 CEST

Bulgaria	0 – 2	England
	Report	Huddlestone File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Noble File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'

Balgarska Armiya, Sofia

Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

11 September 2007

22:00 CEST

Portugal	4 – 0	Montenegro
Moreira File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Nuno Coelho File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Fernandes File:Soccerball shade.svg 66', 89'	Report

CTFD PortoGaia, Portugal

Referee: Jan Jilek (Czech Republic)

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12 October 2007

17:00 CEST

Bulgaria	1 – 0	Portugal
Domovchiyski File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' (pen.)	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Referee: Meir Levi (Israel)

12 October 2007

20:45 CEST

England	1 – 0	Montenegro
Derbyshire File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Report

Walkers Stadium, Leicester

Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

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16 October 2007

19:00 CEST

Montenegro	1 – 2	Portugal
Moreira File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' (o.g.)	Report	Celestino File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Targino File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)

16 October 2007

21:00 CEST

Republic of Ireland	0 – 3	England
	Report	Noble File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 17' Milner File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'

Turners Cross, Cork

Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)

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16 November 2007

15:30 CEST

Montenegro	1 – 0	Republic of Ireland
Vujović File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'	Report

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Referee: Fariz Yusifov (Azerbaijan)

16 November 2007

19:00 CEST

England	2 – 0	Bulgaria
Agbonlahor File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Milner File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' (pen.)	Report

stadium:mk, Milton Keynes

Referee: Luc Wouters (Belgium)

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20 November 2007

20:00 CEST

Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	Bulgaria
O'Toole File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3'	Report

Lissywoollen Stadium, Athlone

Referee: Jérôme Laperrière (Switzerland)

20 November 2007

22:00 CEST

Portugal	1 – 1	England
Machado File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' (pen.)	Report	Johnson File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'

Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

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5 February 2008

20:45 CEST

England	3 – 0	Republic of Ireland
O'Halloran File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' (o.g.) Milner File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Walcott File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton

Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

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25 March 2008

20:30 CEST

Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	Montenegro
Keogh File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Report	Bojović File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'

Terryland Park, Galway

Referee: Yuriy Moseychuk (Ukraine)

26 March 2008

18:15 CEST

Portugal	2 – 0	Bulgaria
Moreira File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Saleiro File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Report

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

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5 September 2008

17:30 CEST

Bulgaria	2 – 0	Republic of Ireland
Kurdov File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Tsvetanov File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Referee: Marco Borg (Malta)

5 September 2008

20:45 CEST

England	2 – 0	Portugal
Milner File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (pen.) Agbonlahor File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

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9 September 2008

16:00 UTC+2

Montenegro	0 – 0	Bulgaria
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Stadion Gradski, Nikšić

Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)

9 September 2008

18:00 UTC+1

Portugal	2 – 2	Republic of Ireland
Vaz Tê File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Fernandes File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'	Report	Garvan File:Soccerball shade.svg 50', 65'

Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal

Referee: Jérome Efong Nzolo (Belgium)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	James Milner	England	4
2	Gabriel Agbonlahor	England	3
	Manuel Fernandes	Portugal
	Mark Noble	England
5	Owen Garvan	Republic of Ireland	2
	Paulo Machado	Portugal
	João Moreira	Portugal

1 goal

• Bulgaria: Valeri Domovchiyski, Atanas Kurdov, Momchil Tsvetanov
• England: Matthew Derbyshire, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Nedum Onuoha, Andrew Surman, Theo Walcott
• Republic of Ireland: Andy Keogh, John-Joe O'Toole
• Montenegro: Mijuško Bojović, Stevan Jovetić, Goran Vujović, Simon Vukčević
• Portugal: Nuno Coelho, Carlos Saleiro, Celestino, Tiago Targino, Ricardo Vaz Tê, Miguel Veloso

Own goals

• Republic of Ireland: Stephen O'Halloran
• Montenegro: Janko Simović
• Portugal: João Moreira