Faroe Islands national under-21 football team

Faroe Islands U21

Association	Faroe Islands Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Sámal Erik Hentze [1]
Most caps	Jóannes Bjartalíð (18) [2]
Top scorer	Gunnar Zachariasen Stefan Radosavljevic Meinhard Olsen (4) [3]
Home stadium	Tórsvøllur and Svangaskarð
FIFA code	FRO
First colours Second colours
First international
Croatia 2 – 0 Faroe Islands (Varaždin, Croatia; 2 June, 2007)
Biggest win
Faroe Islands 3 – 1   Andorra (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 11 August 2010) Faroe Islands 3 – 1   Georgia (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 10 October 2017) Faroe Islands 3 – 1   Israel (Toftir, Faroe Islands; 2 September 2020)
Biggest defeat
North Macedonia 7 – 1 Faroe Islands (Skopje, 10 September 2019)

2016

The Faroe Islands national under-21 football team are a feeder team to the Faroe Islands national football team. The Faroe Islands U21 team was first formed in 2006 and took part in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying for the first time in 2007 and 2008. Before this there was no step between the U-19 team and the senior team.

History

In 2006, it was announced that the Faroe Islands will have an under-21 team and will take part in qualification for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. From then on the Faroe Islands are now represented in all age groups, U-15, U-17, U-19 and U-21 also. In early 2007 the Faroese Football Association appointed two coaches, Heðin Askham and Bill McLeod Jacobsen, both have been coaches for several other Faroese youth national teams. A squad of 34 players was selected for the first training season. A 20-man squad was named for the first two matches against Croatia and Albania in the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying. Faroe Islands lost the first match 2-0, with Croatia scoring their second goal in the last minute. They lost the second match 1-0, Albania scored the only goal of the match in the second half from a penalty kick. Faroe Islands had to wait until their fourth match for the first under-21 victory, it came when they beat Azerbaijan 1-0 in Toftir. Their only other point was also against Azerbaijan, in the away match. Faroe Islands finished the group in 5th place, 1 point above Azerbaijan.

In the 2011 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying, on 9 June 2009 Faroe Islands under-21 recorded a famous victory over Russia U21, beating them 1-0 after a goal in the first minute. This was followed by a 1-1 draw against Moldova in September, but Faroe Islands lost the next match 3-1 against Latvia. Russia had their revenge in the away match and defeated Faroe Islands 2-0. They also lost both matches against Romania. In November 2009 Faroe Islands beat Latvia 1-0 and were held to a 1-1 draw against Andorra. Faroe Islands won the home match against Andorra 3-1. Faroe Islands had the chance of finishing third in the group going into the final match against Moldova, in Tiraspol. The score remained 0-0 until Moldova scored a goal with 10 minutes left to play and the Faroe Islands had a player sent off minutes later.

Faroe Islands U21 began the 2013 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying with two matches against Northern Ireland. In the first match, with the score at 0-0, the Faroe Islands were awarded a penalty just before injury-time in the second-half. Captain Rógvi Holm missed the spotkick and the chance to give the team victory. In the away match against Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands lost 4-0. This was followed by away defeats to Serbia, Macedonia, and Denmark. The next matches were verses Macedonia and Serbia in June 2012 and were the first matches at home in just over a year for the team. Faroe Islands drew 1-1 with Macedonia, ending a run of four straight defeats, but lost the other match 2-0 to Serbia. The final match of the group for the Faroe Islands was against Denmark, in which the Faroe Islands secured a 1-1 draw after scoring a late equaliser.

In October 2014, the Faroese Football Association (FSF) announced that Heðin Askham did not wish to continue as the coach for the Faroe Islands U21 in 2015, ^[4] instead he was the new head coach for HB Tórshavn. In January 2015 FSF announced that they had decided to promote the former assisting coach Bill McLeod Jacobsen to be head coach for the team. ^[5] On 14 January 2015 FSF announced that Eli Hentze was the new assisting coach. ^[6]

Results

2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	10	8	1	1	23	6	+17	25		—	3–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	2–0
Russia	10	7	1	2	22	6	+16	22		0–0	—	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–0
Moldova	10	4	2	4	9	13	−4	14		0–1	0–3	—	1–0	1–0	1–0
Latvia	10	4	1	5	16	15	+1	13		5–1	0–4	1–1	—	0–1	4–0
Faroe Islands	10	3	2	5	8	16	−8	11		0–4	1–0	1–1	1–3	—	3–1
Andorra	10	0	1	9	3	25	−22	1		0–2	0–4	1–3	0–1	1–1	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	8	5	3	0	17	4	+13	18	Play-offs		—	0–0	5–1	1–0	5–1
2	Denmark	8	4	4	0	19	8	+11	16			1–1	—	6–5	3–0	4–0
3	Macedonia	8	3	3	2	14	15	−1	12			1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–0
4	Northern Ireland	8	1	1	6	5	13	−8	4			0–2	0–3	1–3	—	4–0
5	Faroe Islands	8	0	3	5	3	18	−15	3			0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	8	6	2	0	25	5	+20	20	Play-offs		—	8–0	2–0	2–0	3–2
2	Romania	8	3	3	2	14	19	−5	12			2–2	—	4–3	0–0	3–1
3	Montenegro	8	3	2	3	12	11	+1	11			1–1	3–2	—	0–0	3–0
4	Republic of Ireland	8	2	2	4	10	12	−2	8			0–4	0–1	1–2	—	5–2
5	Faroe Islands	8	1	1	6	9	23	−14	4			0–3	2–2	1–0	1–4	—

Source: UEFA

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	10	0	0	35	8	+27	30	Final tournament		—	4–2	4–0	3–1	4–3	4–1
2	Austria	10	7	1	2	22	12	+10	22	Play-offs		1–4	—	2–0	7–0	4–3	1–0
3	Finland	10	4	2	4	13	10	+3	14			0–1	0–1	—	0–0	2–0	3–0
4	Azerbaijan	10	2	3	5	8	19	−11	9			0–3	0–2	0–1	—	3–0	1–1
5	Russia	10	2	3	5	15	19	−4	9			0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–0
6	Faroe Islands	10	0	1	9	3	28	−25	1			0–6	0–1	1–6	0–1	0–3	—

Source: UEFA

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	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

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	9	1	0	20	1	+19	28	Final tournament		—	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
2	North Macedonia	10	5	3	2	20	12	+8	18			0–1	—	1–1	1–1	7–1	2–1
3	Israel	10	3	4	3	12	14	−2	13			1–1	1–1	—	1–2	3–1	0–0
4	Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	12	21	−9	10			0–1	1–4	1–2	—	2–3	0–4
5	Faroe Islands	10	3	0	7	11	25	−14	9			0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–0
6	Montenegro	10	2	1	7	11	13	−2	7			0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	—

Source: UEFA

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	8	2	0	31	5	+26	26	Final tournament		—	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	7–0
2	Ukraine	10	7	2	1	20	11	+9	23	Play-offs		3–3	—	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–1
3	Serbia	10	3	3	4	10	11	−1	12			0–3	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	2–0
4	Faroe Islands	10	2	4	4	6	12	−6	10			1–1	0–4	1–1	—	1–1	2–0
5	North Macedonia	10	2	3	5	8	15	−7	9			0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	—	3–1
6	Armenia	10	1	0	9	7	28	−21	3			1–4	0–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against   Belarus and   Portugal on 11 October and 15 October 2024. ^[7]

Caps and goals updated as of 15 October 2024, after the match against   Belarus .

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Jóannes Davidsen	(2002-09-19) 19 September 2002 (age 22)	0	0	EB/Streymur
	1 GK	Ari Petersen	(2002-12-07) 7 December 2002 (age 21)	10	0	KÍ
	2 DF	Bergur Poulsen	(2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 21)	6	0	EB/Streymur
	2 DF	Børge Petersen	(2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 22)	17	0	KÍ
	2 DF	Elias Rusborg	(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 21)	12	0	Hvidovre IF
	2 DF	Martin Agnarsson	(2003-12-07) 7 December 2003 (age 20)	9	0	Aarhus Fremad
	2 DF	Jens Erik Bruhn	(2002-05-12) 12 May 2002 (age 22)	2	0	EB/Streymur
	2 DF	Ási Dam	(2002-12-18) 18 December 2002 (age 21)	9	0	HB
	2 DF	Ejvind Restorff Mouritsen	(2004-02-14) 14 February 2004 (age 20)	3	0	HB
	2 DF	Jákup Vilhelmsen	(2004-01-30) 30 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	EB/Streymur
	3 MF	Noah Mneney	(2002-12-06) 6 December 2002 (age 21)	17	1	HB
	3 MF	Gullbrandur Øregaard	(2002-07-18) 18 July 2002 (age 22)	16	0	Sandnes Ulf
	3 MF	Heini Sørensen	(2004-01-27) 27 January 2004 (age 20)	12	0	Thisted FC
	3 MF	Olaf Bárðarson	(2003-10-20) 20 October 2003 (age 21)	11	2	Víkingur
	3 MF	Aron Ellingsgaard	(2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 22)	8	0	Víkingur
	4 FW	Áki Samuelsen	(2004-04-17) 17 April 2004 (age 20)	14	0	HB
	4 FW	Jørgen Nielsen	(2003-11-30) 30 November 2003 (age 21)	11	5	Víkingur
	4 FW	Leivur Guttesen	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 22)	3	0	HB
	4 FW	Beinir Nolsøe	(2003-07-07) 7 July 2003 (age 21)	3	0	NSÍ Runavík
	4 FW	Gutti Dahl-Olsen	(2002-01-19) 19 January 2002 (age 22)	8	3	B36

References

1. fsf.fo
2. faroesoccer.com
3. uefa.com - History
4. Ósá, Jákup (25 October 2014). "Heðin Askham gevst" (in Faroese). Norðlýsið. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
5. "Bill heldur fram sum U21-venjari" (in Faroese). FSF.fo. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
6. Rana, Hallur av (14 January 2015). "Eli Hentze nýggjur hjálparvenjari hjá U21-landsliðnum" (in Faroese). Aktuelt.fo. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
7. "Eyðun úttikið fyrsta EM-hópin" (in Icelandic). Fótbóltssamband Føroya. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.