Finland national under-21 football team

Finland U21
Nickname(s) Pikkuhuuhkajat
(The Little Eagle-Owls)[1]
Association Football Association of Finland
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Finland Juha Malinen
FIFA code FIN
First colours
Second colours
First international
Finland Finland 1–3 Sweden 
(Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976)
Biggest win
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Biggest defeat
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UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances 1 (first in 2009)
Best result Group stage

The Finnish national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Finland. The team qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship final tournament in 2009.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

  • 1978: Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 1980: Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 1982: Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
  • 1984: Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
  • 1986: Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
  • 1988: Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
  • 1990: Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
  • 1992: Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
  • 1994: Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 1996: Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
  • 1998: Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2000: Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2002: Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2004: Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2006: Finished 5th of 7 in qualification group.
  • 2007: Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 2009: Won qualification group 6 and beat Austria in play-offs. Qualified for the final tournament, where finished 4th of 4 in Group B.
  • 2011: Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2013: Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2015: Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2017: Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.

2019 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 10 7 2 1 30 8 +22 23 Final tournament — 1–1 5–2 2–0 6–0 3–0
2  Poland 10 6 4 0 22 9 +13 22 Play-offs 3–1 — 3–0 3–3 1–0 1–1
3  Georgia 10 3 3 4 11 19 −8 12 2–2 0–3 — 2–2 1–0 1–0
4  Finland 10 2 3 5 13 21 −8 9 0–5 1–3 1–2 — 0–2 1–1
5  Lithuania 10 2 2 6 7 16 −9 8 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 — 3–0
6  Faroe Islands 10 1 4 5 10 20 −10 7 0–3 2–2 3–1 1–3 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Finland 1–1 Faroe Islands
 Report
  • Olsen  59'
Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)
Poland 3–3 Finland
 Report
Referee: Nenad Djokić (Serbia)
Finland 0–5 Denmark
Report
Georgia 2–2 Finland
 Report
Referee: Oleksandr Derdo (Ukraine)
Lithuania v Finland
Faroe Islands v Finland
Denmark v Finland
Finland v Poland
Finland v Georgia
Finland v Lithuania

Current squad

The selections for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against  Georgia on 12 October 2018 and  Lithuania on 16 October 2018.[2][3]

Caps and goals as of 11 September 2018 after the match against Poland.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Hugo Keto (1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 7 0 England Brighton & Hove Albion
1GK Marc Nordqvist (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 1 0 Norway Jerv
2DF Aapo Halme (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 4 0 England Leeds United
2DF Nicholas Hämäläinen (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 9 0 England Queens Park Rangers
2DF Richard Jensen (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 21 0 Netherlands Roda
2DF Juhani Pikkarainen (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 1 0 Austria Wacker Innsbruck
2DF Joonas Sundman (1998-01-20) 20 January 1998 1 0 Finland SJK
2DF Leo Väisänen (1997-07-23) 23 July 1997 6 0 Netherlands Den Bosch
3MF Lauri Ala-Myllymäki (1997-06-04) 4 June 1997 10 0 Finland Ilves
3MF Sebastian Dahlström (1996-11-05) 5 November 1996 12 1 Finland HJK
3MF Kaan Kairinen (1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 11 3 Finland Inter Turku
3MF Ilmari Niskanen (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 8 0 Finland KuPS
3MF Urho Nissilä (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 3 1 Belgium Zulte Waregem
3MF Anselmi Nurmela (1996-11-22) 22 November 1996 6 0 Estonia Flora
4FW Benjamin Källman (1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 10 7 Scotland Dundee
4FW Lassi Lappalainen (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 5 2 Finland RoPS
4FW Saku Savolainen (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 5 0 Finland KuPS
4FW Mikael Soisalo (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 7 0 Belgium Zulte Waregem
4FW Eetu Vertainen (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 1 0 Finland HJK
4FW Saku Ylätupa (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 2 0 Netherlands Ajax

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the Finland under-21 squad and remain eligible:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Markus Uusitalo (1997-05-15) 15 May 1997 3 0 Finland HJK v.  Denmark, 10 October 2017
GK William Jääskeläinen (1998-07-25) 25 July 1998 1 0 England Crewe Alexandra Lobanovski Memorial tournament 2017
GK Paavo Valakari (1997-12-28) 28 December 1997 0 0 Finland JJK v.  Australia U23, 27 March 2017
DF Eero-Matti Auvinen (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 0 0 Finland VPS v.  Poland, 11 September 2018
DF Jiri Nissinen (1997-05-30) 30 May 1997 1 0 Finland KuPS v.  Poland, 11 September 2018
DF Arttu Hoskonen (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997 0 0 Finland Inter Turku v.  Poland, 11 September 2018
DF Lassi Järvenpää (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 5 0 Finland RoPS v.  Faroe Islands, 8 June 2018
DF Aapo Mäenpää (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 4 0 Finland IFK Mariehamn v.  Faroe Islands, 8 June 2018
DF Juho Pirttijoki (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 10 0 Sweden GIF Sundsvall v.  Faroe Islands, 8 June 2018
DF Roni Peiponen (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 1 0 Finland HJK v.  Lithuania, 23 March 2018
DF Joachim Böckerman (1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 0 0 Finland Kiffen v.  Australia U23, 27 March 2017
DF Reetu Räsänen (1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 0 0 Finland Haka v.  Australia U23, 27 March 2017
DF Alex Lehtinen (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 0 0 United States Butler Bulldogs v.  Sweden, 13 June 2015
MF Abukar Mohamed (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 0 0 Italy Lazio v.  Poland, 11 September 2018
MF Iiro Järvinen (1996-11-03) 3 November 1996 4 0 Finland Ilves v.  Faroe Islands, 8 June 2018
MF Obed Malolo (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 4 0 Finland SJK v.  Georgia, 10 November 2017
MF Fredrik Jensen (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 7 1 Netherlands Twente v.  Denmark, 10 October 2017
MF Mikko Kuningas (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 4 0 Finland Inter Turku v.  Denmark, 10 October 2017
MF Niilo Mäenpää (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 0 0 Finland Inter Turku v.  Denmark, 10 October 2017
MF Joonas Vahtera (1996-01-06) 6 January 1996 3 0 Finland VPS v.  Faroe Islands, 5 September 2017
MF Fredrik Lassas (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 21 4 Finland HIFK v.  Australia U23, 27 March 2017
MF Thomas Mäkinen (1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 1 0 Finland IFK Mariehamn v.  Australia U23, 27 March 2017
FW Santeri Hostikka (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 9 0 Finland FC Lahti v.  Lithuania, 16 October 2018
FW Marcus Forss (1999-06-18) 18 June 1999 1 0 England Brentford v.  Poland, 11 September 2018
FW Rasmus Karjalainen (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 7 0 Finland KuPS v.  Lithuania, 23 March 2018
FW Elias Ahde (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 3 0 Finland TPS v.  Georgia, 10 November 2017

Coaching staff

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Past squads

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pikkuhuuhkajat
  2. ↑ U21-maajoukkue EM-karsintaotteluihin julkaistu (in Finnish)
  3. ↑ Muutoksia Pikkuhuuhkajiin – Pikkarainen mukaan (in Finnish)
  4. ↑ U19- ja U21-maajoukkueiden valmennusryhmiin muutoksia
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