What happened next? The last England U21 team to reach a Euros final | OneFootball

England U21s are into a Euros final for the first time since 2009.

The team of 14 years ago lost the final 4-0 to a Germany team including the likes of Manuel Neuer, Jérôme Boateng, Mats Hummels, Sami Khedira and Mesut Özil.

But who lined up for England that day and what did they go on to achieve?

GK: Scott Loach

Senior caps: 0

Loach never made a Premier League appearance but has been number one at Watford, Hartlepool, Barnet and Chesterfield through the years and played his sole game for England C last year.

RB: Martin Cranie

Senior caps: 0

A Championship regular for the likes of Coventry, Barnsley, Huddersfield and Luton, Cranie retired in 2021.

CB: Micah Richards

Senior caps: 13

The first player in this team who went on to win Premier League, Richards is the youngest player to ever captain Manchester City and won the title with the club in 2012. Of his 13 England caps, 10 came in 2007, two years before he played in the U21 Euros final.

CB: Nedum Onouha

Senior caps: 0

Onohua won 20 U21 caps and made 219 Premier League appearances for Man City, Sunderland (on loan) and QPR, winning the Championship play-offs with QPR in 2014 as well.

LB: Kieran Gibbs

Senior caps: 10

An Arsenal academy graduate, Gibbs won 10 England caps and was first choice at the north London club for a number of seasons despite issues with injuries.

CM: Fabrice Muamba

Senior caps: 0

Another Arsenal academy graduate, though he never made the breakthrough in north London, Muamba is best known for surviving a dramatic cardiac arrest during an FA Cup game against Tottenham while at Bolton. Muamba retired at the end of that season at the age of 24.

CM: Lee Cattermole

Senior caps: 0

Cattermole may not have ever won a senior cap but he does rank eighth in all-time Premier League yellow cards and fourth in all-time Premier League red cards.

CM: Mark Noble

Senior caps: 0

Incredibly, Noble never won a senior cap, despite making 550 first team appearances (and scoring 62 goals) for West Ham.

RW: James Milner

Senior caps: 61

The most successful player here, Milner won two Premier League titles and two domestic cups at Manchester City before moving to Liverpool and winning another league title as well as the Champions League.

He is third on the list of all-time Premier League appearances, and is just 13 behind Ryan Giggs as he approaches a debut season with Brighton.

ST: Theo Walcott

Senior caps: 47

Walcott did not just win senior caps but scored eight goals for England, including a hat-trick in Croatia a year before the 2009 U21 Euros.

Scorer of 80 Premier League goals, he is currently a free agent.

LW: Adam Johnson

Senior caps: 12

Johnson played for Middlesbrough, Manchester City (where he won the Premier League and the FA Cup) and Sunderland before he was sentenced to six years in prison.

Sub: Michael Mancienne

Senior caps: 5 for Seychelles

Sub: Jack Rodwell

Senior caps: 3

Sub: Craig Gardner

Senior caps: 0