U21 National Team coached by Ümit Davala beat Ukraine in Euro 2009 qualified played in Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium. Goals from Nuri on 62. and Mevlüt on 65 secured a comfortable win for U21's and helped them move in the leading position of the group after 3 matches. In the other group match Czech Republic beat Liechtenstein 4-0.

Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu
Referees: Philippe Kalt, Christophe Capelli, Claude Martinez (Fransa)
Turkey: Onur Recep, Uğur, Orhan, Ceyhun, Ferhat, Serdar, Mehmet Topal, Nuri (Dk. 69 Caner), Özer (Dk. 88 Mehmet Güven), Mehmet Batdal, Mevlüt (Dk. 78 Ergin)
Ukraine: Rybka, Dopilka, Chyzhov, Mandziuk, Pashayev, Yaroshenko (Dk. 61 L'opa), Kravchenko, Dedechko (Dk. 83 Pryyomov) , Stepanenko, Oliynyk (Dk. 71 Morozyuk), Antonov
Goals: Dk. 62 Nuri, Dk. 65 Mevlüt (Türkiye)

The standings of the group is listed below:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.TURKEY	3	3	0	0	7	3	9
2.CZECH REPUBLIC	3	2	1	0	13	1	7
3.UKRAINE	4	2	0	2	7	4	6
4.ARMENIA	4	1	1	2	2	7	4
5.LİECHTENSTEİN	4	0	0	4	2	16	0