Estonia national under-21 football team

Estonia U21
Nickname(s)	Sinisärgid (Blueshirts)
Association	Estonian Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Igor Prins
Captain	Marko Lipp
Most caps	Marko Meerits; Andrei Veis (30)
Top scorer	Maksim Gussev; Konstantin Nahk (5)
Home stadium	A. Le Coq Arena
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Cyprus 4–2 Estonia ; (Achna, Cyprus; 9 March 1994)
Biggest win
	Luxembourg 0–6 Estonia ; (Erpeldange, Luxembourg; 29 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Denmark 8–0 Estonia ; (Farum, Denmark; 5 March 2014)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	0

The Estonia national under-21 football team represents Estonia in international under-21 football competitions and is controlled by the Estonian Football Association (Eesti Jalgpalli Liit), the governing body for football in Estonia.

The team's home ground is the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, and the current manager is Igor Prins. Estonia have never qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. They compete in the biennial Under-21 Baltic Cup and have won the tournament in 2014.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Igor Prins
Assistant coach	Ats Sillaste
Goalkeeping coach	Aiko Orgla
Doctor	Liisbet Harak
Physiotherapist	Sten Ütsmüts
Physiotherapist	Priit Ailt
Manager	Ljubov Lobõševa

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Serbia on 15 November 2019.[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2019, after the match against Serbia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Karl-Romet Nõmm	(1998-01-04) 4 January 1998	3	0	Tulevik
12	1GK	Ingmar Krister Paplavskis	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999	3	0	Tulevik

3	2DF	Alex Roosalu	(1999-05-04) 4 May 1999	7	0	Tulevik
4	2DF	Marko Lipp (captain)	(1999-03-19) 19 March 1999	8	2	FCI Levadia
5	2DF	Martin Käos	(1999-03-19) 19 March 1999	2	0	FCI Levadia
13	2DF	Mark Edur	(1998-12-11) 11 December 1998	2	0	Tulevik
15	2DF	Markkus Seppik	(2001-04-16) 16 April 2001	2	0	Holstein Kiel
17	2DF	Henri Järvelaid	(1998-12-11) 11 December 1998	15	0	Flora

8	3MF	Markus Poom	(1999-02-27) 27 February 1999	14	1	Flora
11	3MF	Kaarel Usta	(1999-11-03) 3 November 1999	6	0	MYPA
14	3MF	Markus Soomets	(2000-03-02) 2 March 2000	8	1	Rende
19	3MF	Markus Vaherna	(1999-01-27) 27 January 1999	6	0	Tallinna Kalev
20	3MF	Mihkel Järviste	(2000-05-28) 28 May 2000	5	0	Tammeka

2	4FW	Sten Reinkort	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998	8	0	Tammeka
6	4FW	Raimond Eino	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000	1	0	Nõmme United
7	4FW	Artur Uljanov	(1999-03-25) 25 March 1999	8	1	Tammeka
9	4FW	Erik Utgof	(1999-11-11) 11 November 1999	1	0	FCI Levadia
10	4FW	Karl Rudolf Õigus	(1998-11-05) 5 November 1998	1	0	FCI Levadia

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last twelve months and are still eligible for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.[2][3][4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Karl Jakob Hein	(2002-04-13) 13 April 2002	2	0	Arsenal	v. Russia, 15 October 2019
GK	Karl Andre Vallner	(1998-02-28) 28 February 1998	1	0	Tallinna Kalev	v. Poland, 10 September 2019

DF	Mairo Miil	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000	3	0	Kuressaare	v. Serbia, 15 November 2019 ^PRE
DF	Daaniel Maanas	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000	3	0	Tammeka	v. Russia, 15 October 2019
DF	Kristjan Pelt	(2001-07-12) 12 July 2001	4	0	Paide Linnameeskond	v. Poland, 10 September 2019
DF	Rasmus Saar	(2000-03-02) 2 March 2000	1	0	Kuressaare	v. Poland, 10 September 2019
DF	Vadim Mihhailov	(1998-06-06) 6 June 1998	3	0	Narva Trans	v. North Macedonia, 26 March 2019
DF	Tanel Neubauer	(2000-02-22) 22 February 2000	3	0	Paide Linnameeskond	v. North Macedonia, 26 March 2019
DF	Artur Šarnin	(2000-07-19) 19 July 2000	2	0	TJK Legion	v. North Macedonia, 26 March 2019

MF	Kristjan Kask	(1999-07-05) 5 July 1999	7	0	Tulevik	v. Serbia, 15 November 2019 ^PRE
MF	Henri Välja	(2001-11-04) 4 November 2001	7	0	Paide Linnameeskond	v. Russia, 15 October 2019
MF	Reinhard Reimaa	(1998-11-12) 12 November 1998	4	0	Tallinna Kalev	v. Poland, 10 September 2019
MF	Vladislav Kreida	(1999-09-25) 25 September 1999	3	0	Flora	v. North Macedonia, 26 March 2019
MF	Enrico Veensalu	(1999-08-19) 19 August 1999	2	0	Vaprus	v. North Macedonia, 26 March 2019

FW	Ander Ott Valge	(1998-10-20) 20 October 1998	7	1	Paide Linnameeskond	v. Serbia, 15 November 2019 ^PRE
FW	Kristofer Piht	(2001-04-24) 24 April 2001	1	0	Paide Linnameeskond	v. Poland, 10 September 2019
FW	Erik Sorga	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999	3	0	Loudoun United

^INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
^PRE Preliminary squad.
^RET Retired from the national team.

Previous squads

Commonwealth Cup squads

2013 CIS Cup squad
2014 CIS Cup squad
2015 CIS Cup squad
2016 CIS Cup squad

Results and fixtures

Recent results within the last 12 months and upcoming fixtures.

21 March 2019 2019 Antalya Cup	Estonia	0–0	Ukraine	Belek, Turkey
15:00 (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Bellis Sports Center

24 March 2019 2019 Antalya Cup	Kazakhstan	1–2	Estonia	Belek, Turkey
17:00 (UTC+3)	Kusyapov 47'	Report	Uljanov 77' Lipp 85'	Stadium: Limak Arcadia Sports Center

26 March 2019 2019 Antalya Cup	Estonia	1–1	North Macedonia	Belek, Turkey
17:00 (UTC+3)	Lipp 44'	Report	Ristovski 26'	Stadium: Limak Arcadia Sports Center Referee: Batuhan Kolak (Turkey)

5 September 2019 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Estonia	0–4	Bulgaria	Tallinn, Estonia
17:30 (UTC+3)		Report	Yordanov 15', 48', 65' Ivanov 39'	Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)

10 September 2019 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Poland	4–0	Estonia	Białystok, Poland
18:00 (UTC+2)	Płacheta 6' Fila 65' Jóźwiak 80' Dziczek 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Białystok City Stadium Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

11 October 2019 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Estonia	2–1	Latvia	Pärnu, Estonia
19:15 (UTC+3)	Soomets 11' Valge 24'	Report	Regža 18'	Stadium: Pärnu Rannastaadion Attendance: 247 Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)

15 October 2019 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Estonia	0–5	Russia	Pärnu, Estonia
19:15 (UTC+3)		Report	Chalov 26' (pen.) Glushenkov 35' Glebov 65' Krugovoi 69' Kalugin 75'	Stadium: Pärnu Rannastaadion Attendance: 403 Referee: Nikolas Neokleous (Cyprus)

15 November 2019 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Serbia	6–0	Estonia	Niš, Serbia
19:00 (UTC+1)	L. Ilić 12' Joveljić 20', 52', 61' I. Ilić 38' Tedić 87'	Report		Stadium: Čair Stadium Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	6	4	2	0	12	2	+10	14	Final tournament	—	2–2	4 Sep	1–0	9 Oct	2−0
2	Poland	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	10	Final tournament if best runners-up (Play-offs otherwise)	8 Sep	—	13 Oct	1–0	4–0	TBD
3	Bulgaria	5	2	2	1	7	1	+6	8		0–0	3−0	—	0–1	TBD	9 Oct
4	Serbia	6	2	1	3	8	5	+3	7		0–2	9 Oct	8 Sep	—	6−0	1–1
5	Estonia	5	1	0	4	2	20	−18	3		0–5	4 Sep	0–4	13 Oct	—	2–1
6	Latvia	5	0	2	3	2	6	−4	2		13 Oct	0–1	0–0	4 Sep	8 Sep	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2019. Source: UEFA

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not enter
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996	Did not qualify								10	0	0	10	5	37
1998									10	1	1	8	4	25
2000									10	0	0	10	4	35
2002									8	0	0	8	2	28
2004									6	0	2	4	4	10
2006									10	0	2	8	4	25
2007									2	0	0	2	1	7
2009									8	1	0	7	1	19
2011									10	3	3	4	9	16
2013									8	0	1	7	2	19
2015									10	2	3	5	9	23
2017									10	1	1	8	3	26
2019									10	0	2	8	11	24
Total		0/22	0	0	0	0	0	0	112	8	15	89	59	294

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours and achievements

Under-21 Baltic Cup: Winners (1): 2014

References

"U21 koondise koosseisus toimus muudatus" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 12 November 2019.
"U21 koondis võõrustab täna Lätit" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 October 2019.
"Selgus U21 koondise koosseis esimesteks valikmängudeks" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 27 August 2019.
"U21 koondis alustab aastat treeninglaagriga Türgis" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 16 March 2019.

External links

Official website (in Estonian)

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[1] "U21 koondise koosseisus toimus muudatus" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 12 November 2019.

[2] "U21 koondis võõrustab täna Lätit" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 October 2019.

[3] "Selgus U21 koondise koosseis esimesteks valikmängudeks" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 27 August 2019.

[4] "U21 koondis alustab aastat treeninglaagriga Türgis" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 16 March 2019.

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