Nickname(s) | Pikkuhuuhkajat (The Little Eagle-Owls) [1] | ||
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Association | Football Association of Finland | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Mika Lehkosuo | ||
FIFA code | FIN | ||
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First international | |||
Finland 1–3 Sweden (Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976) | |||
UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2009 ) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2009) |
The Finland 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.
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2009 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | Squad | |
2011 | did not qualify | ||||||||
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2025 | To be determined |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Norway | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 24 | Final tournament | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | Croatia | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 22 | Play-offs | 3–2 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
3 | Finland | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 19 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
4 | Austria | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 16 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | ||
5 | Azerbaijan | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 | ||
6 | Estonia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 32 | −32 | 0 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–5 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Switzerland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 14 | Final tournament | — | 2–2 | 11 Oct '24 | 6 Sep '24 | 4–2 | 5–0 | |
2 | Romania | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 | Play-offs | 15 Oct '24 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6 Sep '24 | 2–0 | |
3 | Finland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 10 | 1–2 | 10 Sep '24 | — | 4–1 | 15 Oct '24 | 6–0 | ||
4 | Albania | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 10 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 15 Oct '24 | ||
5 | Montenegro | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | 10 Sep '24 | 11 Oct '24 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
6 | Armenia (E) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6 Sep '24 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
The following players have been called up for Baltic Cup friendly tournament matches against Estonia and Latvia or Lithuania on 6 and 9 June 2024, respectively. [2]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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GK | Lucas Bergström (vice-captain) | 5 September 2002 | 9 | 0 | Chelsea | |||
GK | Lasse Schulz | 29 March 2003 | 4 | 0 | Vendsyssel | |||
GK | Jasper Samooja | 21 July 2003 | 1 | 0 | Lecce | |||
DF | Kalle Wallius | 2 January 2003 | 10 | 0 | Start | |||
DF | Rony Jansson | 10 January 2004 | 7 | 0 | Kalmar | |||
DF | Daniel Armstrong | 24 March 2005 | 2 | 0 | Atalanta U23 | |||
DF | Arttu Lötjönen | 28 January 2004 | 2 | 0 | Sampdoria | |||
DF | Lucas Von Hellens | 5 March 2005 | 2 | 0 | Maritimo B | |||
DF | Elias Äijälä | 24 March 2003 | 2 | 0 | Gnistan | |||
DF | Joona Kuismala | 23 November 2005 | 1 | 0 | MP | |||
MF | Naatan Skyttä (vice-captain) | 7 May 2002 | 20 | 8 | Toulouse | |||
MF | Santeri Väänänen (captain) | 1 January 2002 | 18 | 1 | Rosenborg | |||
MF | Luka Hyryläinen | 25 August 2004 | 2 | 0 | SSV Ulm | |||
MF | Dren Terrnava | 21 May 2005 | 1 | 0 | Parma | |||
MF | Matias Ritari | 15 July 2005 | 1 | 0 | HJK Klubi 04 | |||
MF | Marlo Hyvönen | 2 May 2005 | 2 | 0 | HJK Klubi 04 | |||
MF | Ville Vuorinen | 21 February 2005 | 2 | 0 | HJK Klubi 04 | |||
MF | Daniel Rökman | 20 March 2004 | 1 | 0 | Inter Turku | |||
FW | Kai Meriluoto | 2 January 2003 | 15 | 2 | Stal Mielec | |||
FW | Henri Salomaa | 14 February 2003 | 8 | 1 | Lecco | |||
FW | Onni Suutari | 29 April 2003 | 2 | 0 | Tallinna Kalev | |||
FW | Danila Bulgakov | 20 January 2005 | 2 | 0 | Ilves |
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 | |||||||||
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GK | Elmo Henriksson | 10 March 2003 | 2 | 0 | HJK | ||||||||||
GK | Roope Paunio | 14 December 2002 | 0 | 0 | SJK | ||||||||||
GK | Eetu Huuhtanen | 31 January 2003 | 1 | 0 | Inter Turku | v. Slovenia, 20 June 2023 | |||||||||
DF | Robin Tihi | 16 March 2002 | 22 | 0 | Al Ahli | v. Albania, 13 October 2023 | |||||||||
DF | Ville Koski (vice-captain) | 27 January 2002 | 21 | 1 | Istra 1961 | ||||||||||
DF | Miska Ylitolva | 23 May 2004 | 10 | 1 | HJK | ||||||||||
DF | Tony Miettinen | 23 September 2002 | 9 | 0 | Odd | ||||||||||
DF | Jussi Niska | 15 August 2002 | 7 | 0 | Inter Turku | ||||||||||
DF | Tomas Galvez | 28 January 2005 | 6 | 0 | Manchester City U21 | ||||||||||
DF | Miika Koskela | 12 July 2003 | 6 | 0 | Tromsø | v. Switzerland, 12 September 2023 | |||||||||
DF | Matti Peltola | 3 July 2002 | 5 | 1 | D.C. United | ||||||||||
DF | Otto Kemppainen | 27 October 2003 | 3 | 0 | SJK | v. Romania, 17 October 2023 | |||||||||
DF | Oliver Pettersson | 13 May 2003 | 3 | 0 | HJK | v. Romania, 17 October 2023 | |||||||||
DF | Dario Naamo | 14 May 2005 | 1 | 0 | SJK | ||||||||||
DF | Juho Lehtiranta | 27 September 2002 | 2 | 0 | AC Oulu | ||||||||||
DF | Nikolas Talo | 24 March 2003 | 1 | 0 | Haka | ||||||||||
DF | Matias Kivikko Arraño | 5 December 2003 | 0 | 0 | Ilves | v. Switzerland, 12 September 2023 | |||||||||
MF | Adam Markhiyev | 17 March 2002 | 18 | 0 | RFS | ||||||||||
MF | Niklas Pyyhtiä | 25 September 2003 | 16 | 0 | Ternana | ||||||||||
MF | Casper Terho | 24 June 2003 | 13 | 1 | Union SG | ||||||||||
MF | Otso Liimatta | 10 July 2004 | 11 | 6 | Famalicão | ||||||||||
MF | Leo Walta | 24 June 2003 | 10 | 1 | Sirius | ||||||||||
MF | Juho Kilo | 23 June 2002 | 9 | 0 | Haka | ||||||||||
MF | Topi Keskinen | 7 March 2003 | 8 | 2 | HJK | ||||||||||
MF | Jere Kallinen | 10 January 2002 | 5 | 0 | AC Oulu | ||||||||||
MF | Jimi Tauriainen | 8 March 2004 | 0 | 0 | Chelsea | ||||||||||
MF | Otso Koskinen | 1 January 2003 | 2 | 0 | Lahti | v. Switzerland, 12 September 2023 | |||||||||
MF | Juho Ojanen | 2 January 2002 | 2 | 0 | Harvard | v. Estonia, 15 November 2021 | |||||||||
FW | Eetu Mömmö | 4 May 2002 | 14 | 2 | SJK | ||||||||||
FW | Juho Talvitie | 25 March 2005 | 10 | 1 | Heracles Almelo | ||||||||||
FW | Agon Sadiku | 10 March 2003 | 10 | 2 | Rosenborg | v. Romania, 17 October 2023 | |||||||||
FW | Roni Hudd | 20 January 2005 | 2 | 1 | VPS | ||||||||||
FW | Maksim Stjopin | 8 April 2003 | 2 | 0 | Ilves | v. Slovenia, 20 June 2023 | |||||||||
FW | Jonathan Muzinga | 10 November 2002 | 1 | 0 | KuPS | v. Switzerland, 12 September 2023 | |||||||||
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Mika Lehkosuo |
Assistant coach | Gert Remmel |
Assistant coach | Ramiro Muñoz |
Assistant coach | Tuomas Silvennoinen |
Goalkeeping coach | Eemeli Reponen |
Conditioning coach | Toni Huuhka |
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