Northern Ireland National Football Team (U-21 Men)

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

Association

Irish Football Association

confederacy

UEFA

Technical sponsor

UMBRO

Head coach

Steve Beaglehole

captain

Jonathan Flynn

Record scorer

Sean Friars (21)

Record player

(4 players with four hits)

FIFA code

NIR

home

Away

statistics

First international
Northern Ireland 1-1 Ireland
8 March 1978

Highest victory
Northern Ireland 5-0 Liechtenstein
10 May 2006

Biggest defeat
Northern Ireland 2-6 Greece
April 1st 2003

(As of October 2008)

The Northern Ireland U-21 national football team is a selection team of Northern Irish football players . It is subject to the Irish Football Association and represents him at the U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European Championship of the continental association UEFA . Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 in the first qualifying game for a tournament.

history

The Northern Irish U-21 played their first international match against their neighbor from Ireland . The game on March 8, 1978 ended in a 1-1 draw.

So far, the junior team has not yet qualified for a European championship.

Development since 2006

Since the next European Championship after the EM in 2006 did not take place two years later, as usual, but took place in 2007 , the corresponding qualification was played out in a rapid process. Starting with a preliminary round, over a short group stage with three teams and the play-off games. Northern Ireland had to enter the preliminary round. There the team met Liechtenstein . Both games were won confidently in the first leg there was a 4-1 victory, on home soil a 4-0 victory. Then there was a group draw. In group 10, Germany and Romania were drawn. There was only one game against each team, so the teams had one away and one home rights. In the first game, on August 16, 2006, the team played away against Romania. A 3-0 defeat quickly buried dreams of a play-off participation. Two weeks later, the selection faced Germany. The DFB kickers had a hard time against the island footballers. However, this game was also lost 3-2 from the Northern Irish perspective.

In qualifying for Euro 2009 , the Northern Irish had to compete in Group 10 with Germany , Israel , Moldova and Luxembourg . After eight games, four wins and four defeats were recorded. Third place was achieved, five points behind Germany and Israel. All four games were lost against both teams. Both comparisons ended 0: 3 against Germany. Five different shooters, Rouwen Hennings (2), Mesut Özil in the first leg, Toni Kroos , Daniel Halfar and Dennis Aogo in the second leg, met against the Northern Irish. With a goal difference of 13:12, the island footballers had a positive relationship. The team celebrated its biggest win on November 16, 2007 against Liechtenstein.

Participation in U-21 European Championships

1978	not participated
1980	not qualified
1982	not qualified
1984	not qualified
1986	not qualified
1988	not qualified
1990	not qualified
1992	not qualified
1994 in France	not qualified
1996 in Spain	not qualified
1998 in Romania	not qualified
2000 in Slovakia	not qualified
2002 in Switzerland	not qualified
2004 in Germany	not qualified
2006 in Portugal	not qualified
2007 in the Netherlands	not qualified
2009 in Sweden	not qualified
2011 in Denmark	not qualified
2013 in Israel	not qualified
2015 in the Czech Republic	not qualified
2017 in Poland	not qualified

Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.