Qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2009 determined which 11 teams joined Finland, the hosts of the 2009 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship.
20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4. The 5 group winners qualified for the actual qualifying stage, togetherwith 25 countries exempted from the preliminary round.
in Turkey:
in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
in Luxembourg:
in Romania:
in Macedonia:
The six group winners automatically qualified for the final tournament. The six group runners-up and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the rest of the top four in their respective groups went into five two-legged play-offs.
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Iceland won 4–1 on aggregate----Italy won 3–1 on aggregate----Aggregate score 4–4; Russia won on away goals rule----Netherlands won 4–0 on aggregate----Ukraine won 5–0 on aggregate
| width=40 | Rank | width=190 | Name | width=50 | Goals | width=50 | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir | 12 | 867' | ||||
| 2 |  Natalia Mokshanova | 11 | 798' | ||||
| 3 | Merete Pedersen | 10 | 702' | ||||
| 4 |  Solveig Gulbrandsen | 9 | 680' | ||||
| Kerstin Garefrekes | 9 | 720' | |||||
| 6 |  Victoria Svensson | 8 | 349' | ||||
| 7 | Maiken Pape | 7 | 615' | ||||
| Julie Fleeting | 7 | 690' | |||||
| Manon Melis | 7 | 692' | |||||
 Mateja Zver | 7 | 802' | |||||
 Patrizia Panico | 7 | 900' |