Norway national under-21 football team

Norway under-21
Nickname(s) U21-landslaget
Association Football Association of Norway
(Norges Fotballforbund)
Head coach Leif Gunnar Smerud
Most caps Tommy Svindal Larsen (41)
Top scorer Steffen Iversen (17)
First colours
Second colours
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

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
1 1GK Sondre Rossbach (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 27 0 Norway Odd
12 1GK Viljar Myhra (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 2 0 Norway Odd
2 2DF Julian Ryerson (1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 12 1 Germany Union Berlin
3 2DF Andreas Hanche-Olsen (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 12 0 Norway Stabæk
4 2DF Fredrik Knudsen (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 5 0 Norway Haugesund
5 2DF Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 25 0 Denmark Nordsjælland
14 2DF Bjørn Inge Utvik (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 7 1 Norway Sarpsborg 08
16 2DF Tobias Børkeeiet (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 2 0 Norway Stabæk
6 3MF Vebjørn Hoff (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 7 0 Norway Odd
7 3MF Morten Konradsen (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 3 0 Norway Bodø/Glimt
8 3MF Morten Thorsby* (Captain) (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 27 6 Netherlands Heerenveen
10 3MF Martin Ødegaard* (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 18 5 Netherlands Vitesse
11 3MF Tobias Heintz (1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 1 0 Norway Sarpsborg 08
13 3MF Martin Samuelsen* (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 7 0 Netherlands VVV Venlo
15 3MF Nicholas Mickelson (1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 1 0 Norway HamKam
17 3MF Dennis Johnsen (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 7 0 Netherlands Ajax
9 4FW Birk Risa (1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 10 2 Norway Odd
18 4FW Erling Braut Håland (2000-07-21) 21 July 2000 2 0 Norway Molde

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
1GK Amund Wichne (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 0 0 Norway Viking
1GK Per Kristian Bråtveit (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 9 0 Norway Haugesund
2DF Leo Skiri Østigård (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 0 0 England Brighton & Hove Albion
3MF Sander Berge* (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 2 0 Belgium Genk
4FW Zymer Bytyqi (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 1 0 Norway Viking
4FW Runar Espejord (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 4 2 Norway Tromsø

Former squads

Former coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ "U21-landslagstropp til kamp mot Aserbajdsjan" (in Norwegian). 28 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Match report: Russia v Norway (28 March 2017), fotball.no. Retrieved 28 March 2017. (in Norwegian)
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