Norway national under-21 football team
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Nickname(s) | U21-landslaget | ||
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Association |
Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund) | ||
Head coach | Leif Gunnar Smerud | ||
Most caps | Tommy Svindal Larsen (41) | ||
Top scorer | Steffen Iversen (17) | ||
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UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) | ||
Best result | 3rd place |
The Norwegian national under-21 football team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, is the national football team of Norway for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship campaign. The team has reached the European Championship finals twice, in 1998 and 2013, winning bronze medals on both occasions.
Competitive record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record
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Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier matches against Germany on 12 October and Azerbaijan on 16 October 2018.[1]
Statistics correct as of 12 October 2018.[2]
* Players in bold have played at least one full international match for Norway's senior national team.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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1 | GK | Sondre Rossbach | 7 February 1996 | 27 | 0 | |||
12 | GK | Viljar Myhra | 21 July 1996 | 2 | 0 | |||
2 | DF | Julian Ryerson | 17 November 1997 | 12 | 1 | |||
3 | DF | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | 17 January 1997 | 12 | 0 | |||
4 | DF | Fredrik Knudsen | 30 August 1996 | 5 | 0 | |||
5 | DF | Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen | 17 July 1996 | 25 | 0 | |||
14 | DF | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 28 February 1996 | 7 | 1 | |||
16 | DF | Tobias Børkeeiet | 18 April 1999 | 2 | 0 | |||
6 | MF | Vebjørn Hoff | 13 February 1996 | 7 | 0 | |||
7 | MF | Morten Konradsen | 3 May 1996 | 3 | 0 | |||
8 | MF | Morten Thorsby* (Captain) | 5 May 1996 | 27 | 6 | |||
10 | MF | Martin Ødegaard* | 17 December 1998 | 18 | 5 | |||
11 | MF | Tobias Heintz | 13 July 1998 | 1 | 0 | |||
13 | MF | Martin Samuelsen* | 17 April 1997 | 7 | 0 | |||
15 | MF | Nicholas Mickelson | 24 July 1999 | 1 | 0 | |||
17 | MF | Dennis Johnsen | 17 February 1998 | 7 | 0 | |||
9 | FW | Birk Risa | 13 February 1998 | 10 | 2 | |||
18 | FW | Erling Braut Håland | 21 July 2000 | 2 | 0 |
Recent call-ups
The following players still eligible for the U21 team (i.e. born in 1996 or later) have been called up since January 2016.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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GK | Amund Wichne | 12 May 1997 | 0 | 0 | ||||
GK | Per Kristian Bråtveit | 15 February 1996 | 9 | 0 | ||||
DF | Leo Skiri Østigård | 28 November 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||||
MF | Sander Berge* | 14 February 1998 | 2 | 0 | ||||
FW | Zymer Bytyqi | 11 September 1996 | 1 | 0 | ||||
FW | Runar Espejord | 26 February 1996 | 4 | 2 |
Former squads
Former coaches
- 1974:
Nils Arne Eggen - 1979–1985:
Egil Olsen - 1996-1998:
Nils Johan Semb - 2000-2003:
Per-Mathias Høgmo - 2003-2006:
Hallvar Thoresen - 2006-2010:
Øystein Gåre - 2010:
Tor Ole Skullerud - 2011–2013:
Per Joar Hansen - 2013:
Tor Ole Skullerud
See also
References
- ↑ "U21-landslagstropp til kamp mot Aserbajdsjan" (in Norwegian). 28 August 2018.
- ↑ Match report: Russia v Norway (28 March 2017), fotball.no. Retrieved 28 March 2017. (in Norwegian)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Players of Norway national under-21 football team. |
- Norway U21-team at UEFA.com