Only players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to play. Players in bold have made their senior international debuts prior to the competition or afterwards.
Group A
Head coach: Yuri Kurnenin
Head coach: Pierluigi Casiraghi
Head coach: Slobodan Krčmarević
Head coach: Tommy Söderberg and Jörgen Lennartsson [ 12]
Group B
Head coach: Stuart Pearce
Note: All information accurate at start of tournament, on 15 June 2009.
Head coach: Markku Kanerva
Head coach: Horst Hrubesch
Head coach: Juan Ramón López Caro
^ Marco Motta spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Roma , he joined Roma after the tournament.
^ Marco Andreolli has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Sassuolo
^ Domenico Criscito has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Genoa
^ Ignazio Abate will join Milan after the tournament.
^ Robert Acquafresca has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Cagliari
^ Salvatore Sirigu has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Ancona
^ Andrea Ranocchia has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Bari
^ Antonio Candreva has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Livorno
^ Andrea Poli has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Sassuolo
^ Alessio Cerci has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Atalanta
^ Nikola Gulan has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to 1860 Munich
^ http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1170430 [permanent dead link ]
^ Capped for Seychelles .
^ Boenisch opted to play for Poland as he was born in Poland.
^ Dejagah opted to play for Iran , his country of birth, despite being a naturalized German national.
^ Johnson opted to play for the United States as both his parents were United States citizens.
^ Ben-Hatira opted to play for Tunisia .
Under-23
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