Norwegian national football team (U-21 men)

Norway

Nickname (s)	U21 landslaget
Association	Norges Fotballforbund
confederacy	UEFA
Head coach	Leif Gunnar Smerud , since 2013
captain	Iver fossum
Record scorer	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen (16)
Record player	Tommy Svindal Larsen (41)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	NOR
home Away
Balance sheet
223 games
statistics
First international match Sweden 6-1 Norway ( Linköping , Sweden ; October 5, 1952)
Biggest win Luxembourg 0-8 Norway ( Beggen , Luxembourg ; March 28, 1995)
Biggest defeat Sweden 6-0 Norway ( Söderhamn , Sweden ; September 16, 1956)
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 1998 )
Best results	3rd 1998
(As of April 13, 2017)

The Norwegian U-21 national soccer team is a selection team of Norwegian soccer players . It is subject to the Norwegian Football Association and represents it internationally at U-21 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations or at the European championships of the continental association UEFA .

Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are Norwegian citizens . In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game or on January 1st of the year specified in the tournament rules is decisive. For example, players born on or after January 1, 1990 may be used for the qualification for the EM 2013 , which began in 2011 .

Tournament balances at U-21 European Championships

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result
1978		not qualified	-	-
1980		not qualified	-	-
1982		not qualified	-	-
1984		not qualified	-	-
1986		not qualified	-	-
1988		not qualified	-	-
1990		not qualified	-	-
1992		not qualified	-	-
1994	France	not qualified	-	-
1996	Spain	not qualified	-	-
1998	Romania	3rd place match	Netherlands	3rd place
2000	Slovakia	not qualified	-	-
2002	Switzerland	not qualified	-	-
2004	Germany	not qualified	-	-
2006	Portugal	not qualified	-	-
2007	Netherlands	not qualified	-	-
2009	Sweden	not qualified	-	-
2011	Denmark	not qualified	-	-
2013	Israel	Semifinals	Spain	-
2015	Czech Republic	not qualified	-	-
2017	Poland	not qualified	-	-

Remarks:

1. ↑ Between 1978 and 1992, the finals of the U-21 European Championship did not take place in a host country, but were played back and forth in the respective participating nations.

Final squad

EM 1998 in Romania

→ Main article : 1998 European Under-21 Football Championship

U-21 Euro 1998

Goalkeepers: Espen Baardsen , Terje Skjeldestad Defenders: Odd Arne Espevoll , Knut Henry Haraldsen , Vegard Heggem , Jon Inge Høiland , Frode Kippe , Hai Ngoc Tran , Steinar Pedersen , Tommy Stenersen Midfielders: Trond Andersen , Eirik Bakke , Karl Oskar Fjørtoft , Rune Hagen , Daniel Berg Hestad , Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Forwards: Thorstein Helstad , Steffen Iversen , Erik Nevland , Andreas Lund , Coach: Nils Johan Semb

EM 2013 in Israel

→ Main article : 2013 European Under-21 Football Championship

U-21 Euro 2013

Goalkeepers: Ørjan Nyland , Arild Østbø , Gudmund Kongshavn Defenders: Martin Linnes , Thomas Rogne , Stefan Strandberg , Vegar Eggen Hedenstad , Omar Elabdellaoui , Fredrik Semb Berge Midfielders: Harmeet Singh , Markus Henriksen , Håvard Nordtveit , Anders Konradsen , Magnus Wolff Eikrem , Stefan Johansen , Abdisalam Ibrahim , Valon Berisha Forwards: Jo Inge Berget , Marcus Pedersen , Håvard Nielsen , Flamur Kastrati , Joshua King , Yann-Erik de Lanlay Coach: Goal Ole Skullerud

Trainer

Goal Ole Skullerud , former Norwegian U-21 national coach

No.	Surname	time
		from	to
1	Nils Arne Eggen	1973	1974
2	Egil Olsen	1979	1990
3	Benny Lennartsson	1990	1991
4th	Nils Johan Semb	1992	1998
5	Per-Mathias Høgmo	2000	2003
6th	Hallvar Thoresen	2003	2006
7th	Øystein Gåre	2006	2010
8th	Gate Ole Skullerud	2010
9	Per Joar Hansen	2011	2013
10	Gate Ole Skullerud	2013
11	Trond Northern Styria	2013	2014
12	Leif Gunnar Smerud	2014	active

Record players and goal scorers

Record player
Games	player	Date of birth	debut
41	Tommy Svindal Larsen	08/11/1973	03/01/1991
38	Hai Ngoc Tran	01/10/1975	04/19/1994
36	Harmeet Singh	11/12/1990	11/23/2008
35	Petter Rudi	09/17/1973	01/08/1992
35	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen	06/22/1982	05/31/2000
34	Christian Flittie Onstad	05/09/1984	02/22/2000
33	Azar Karadas	08/09/1981	11/12/2003
33	Steinar Pedersen	06/06/1976	06/01/1994
32	Thomas Holm	02/19/1981	05/31/2000
32	Trond Erik Bertelsen	06/05/1984	10/10/2003
As of April 14, 2017

Record shooters
Gates	player	Date of birth	Games
16	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen	06/22/1982	35
15th	Tore Andre Flo	06/15/1973	28
14th	Steffen Iversen	11/10/1976	19th
13	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	02/26/1973	19th
12	Azar Karadas	08/09/1981	33
12	Daniel Berg Hestad	06/30/1975	27
12	Frank Strandli	05/16/1972	26th
11	Tommy Svindal Larsen	08/11/1973	41
10	John Carew	09/05/1979	19th
10	Morten Gamst Pedersen	09/08/1981	18th
As of April 14, 2017

See also

• Norwegian national football team
• Norwegian national football team (U-20 men)
• Norwegian national football team (U-17 juniors)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ uefa.com: Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2011−13 (§17.02, p. 22)
2. ↑ fotball.no accessed on April 14, 2017
3. ↑ fotball.no accessed on April 14, 2017

Web links

• U-21 national team on the website of the Norwegian Football Association