Finland national under-21 football team

Finland U21
Nickname(s)	Pikkuhuuhkajat; (The Little Eagle-Owls)
Association	Football Association of Finland
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mika Lehkosuo
FIFA code	FIN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Finland 1–3 Sweden ; (Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976)
Biggest win
	Finland 6–0 Armenia ; (Turku, Finland; 21 November 2023)
Biggest defeat
	England 8–1 Finland ; (Hull, England; 12 October 1977)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2009 )
Best result	Group stage (2009, 2025)

Last updated September 10, 2025

The Finland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Finland.

The team qualified for the UEFA Euro U21 Championship final tournament for the first time in 2009, under head coach Markku Kanerva. 15 years later, coached by Mika Lehkosuo, they qualified for the 2025 UEFA Euro U21 Championship tournament in Slovakia, for the second time in the nation's history, after defeating Norway in the qualification play-offs.

UEFA European Championship Record

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Qualification Campaign	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1972-1976 UEFA Under-23 European championships
1972	did not qualify								1972	4	0	1	3	4	10
1974									1974	4	1	1	2	3	8
1976									1976	4	0	0	4	2	12
Since 1978 UEFA Under-21 European championships
1978	did not qualify								1978	4	0	0	4	2	14
1980									1980	4	0	1	3	2	7
1982									1982	6	0	1	5	4	10
1984									1984	6	1	3	2	5	8
1986									1986	6	1	4	1	6	6
1988									1988	6	2	1	3	8	11
1990									1990	6	1	1	4	4	13
1992									1992	6	2	0	4	7	13
1994									1994	10	4	2	4	10	13
1996									1996	8	5	1	2	12	16
1998									1998	8	2	3	3	8	10
2000									2000	8	3	4	1	9	7
2002									2002	8	1	1	6	7	20
2004									2004	8	3	2	3	11	9
2006									2006	10	2	1	7	7	16
2007									2007	2	0	0	2	1	10
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	6	Squad	2009 (PO)	8	6	1	1	11	6
2011	did not qualify								2011	8	3	1	4	11	4
2013									2013	10	3	3	4	12	14
2015									2015	10	4	4	2	17	10
2017									2017	10	4	2	4	13	10
2019									2019	10	2	3	5	13	21
2021									2021	10	4	1	5	14	15
2023									2023	10	6	1	3	18	13
2025	Group stage	3	0	2	1	4	6	Squad	2025 (PO)	12	7	2	3	27	11
2027	To be determined								2027	To be determined

2009 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	8	6	1	1	11	6	+5	19
Denmark	8	5	1	2	13	4	+9	16
Scotland	8	5	1	2	17	6	+11	16
Slovenia	8	1	2	5	4	13	−9	5
Lithuania	8	0	1	7	2	18	−16	1

2023 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2025 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	10	7	1	2	23	10	+13	22	Final tournament	—	1–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	2–0
2	Finland	10	6	2	2	21	8	+13	20	Play-offs	2–0	—	1–2	4–1	2–1	6–0
3	Switzerland	10	5	3	2	21	12	+9	18		2–2	1–1	—	1–2	4–2	5–0
4	Albania	10	5	1	4	12	17	−5	16		3–2	0–0	1–3	—	2–0	1–0
5	Montenegro	10	2	1	7	8	19	−11	7		2–6	1–2	0–2	1–0	—	0–0
6	Armenia	10	0	2	8	2	21	−19	2		0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12	6	Final tournament	—	25 Sep '26	14 Nov	18 Nov	31 Mar '26	7–0
2	Spain	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Play-offs	14 Oct	—	6 Oct '26	31 Mar '26	3–0	14 Nov
3	Romania	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		30 Sep '26	18 Nov	—	0–0	14 Oct	31 Mar '26
4	Kosovo	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1		6 Oct '26	1–3	27 Mar '26	—	30 Sep '26	14 Oct
5	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0		0–5	27 Mar '26	25 Sep '26	14 Nov	—	6 Oct '26
6	San Marino	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	0		26 Mar '26	30 Sep '26	9 Sep	25 Sep '26	18 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Current squad

The following players have been called up in the squad for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against San Marino and Cyprus on 4 and 9 September 2025, respectively.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Caps and goals as of 9 September 2025 after the match against Cyprus.
Players in bold have been called up or have played at least one full international match with senior national team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Jaaso Jantunen	(2005-01-31) 31 January 2005 (age 20)	2	0	SC Freiburg II
12	1 GK	Aleksi Piispa	(2005-12-18) 18 December 2005 (age 19)	0	0	KäPa
	1 GK	Eero Vuorjoki	(2006-07-09) 9 July 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Inter Turku

2	2 DF	Daniel Armstrong	(2005-03-24) 24 March 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Atalanta U23
3	2 DF	Arttu Lötjönen	(2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 21)	4	0	KuPS
4	2 DF	Rony Jansson	(2004-01-10) 10 January 2004 (age 21)	14	0	Kalmar
5	2 DF	Juho Lähteenmäki	(2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 19)	2	1	FC Nordsjælland
15	2 DF	Oskari Väistö	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005 (age 19)	1	0	SJK
16	2 DF	Dario Naamo	(2005-05-14) 14 May 2005 (age 20)	10	0	Dundee United
22	2 DF	Miska Ylitolva	(2004-05-23) 23 May 2004 (age 21)	20	2	HJK
	2 DF	Kaius Simojoki	(2006-03-21) 21 March 2006 (age 19)	0	0	HJK

6	3 MF	Matias Siltanen	(2007-03-29) 29 March 2007 (age 18)	2	0	Djurgårdens IF
8	3 MF	Pyry Mentu	(2006-11-01) 1 November 2006 (age 18)	2	1	HJK
10	3 MF	Luka Hyryläinen	(2004-08-25) 25 August 2004 (age 21)	15	1	1. FC Magdeburg
11	3 MF	Marius Söderbäck	(2004-02-06) 6 February 2004 (age 21)	2	2	Ilves
14	3 MF	Matias Ritari	(2005-07-15) 15 July 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Gnistan
17	3 MF	Otto Ruoppi	(2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 19)	2	2	KuPS
18	3 MF	Niilo Kujasalo	(2004-03-17) 17 March 2004 (age 21)	1	0	IFK Mariehamn
20	3 MF	Otso Liimatta	(2004-07-10) 10 July 2004 (age 21)	24	8	IFK Värnamo

7	4 FW	Vincent Ulundu	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Ilves
9	4 FW	David Ezeh	(2006-02-13) 13 February 2006 (age 19)	2	1	HJK
21	4 FW	Adrian Svanbäck	(2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 (age 21)	2	4	Häcken

Recent callups

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
DF	Tomas Galvez	(2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 (age 20)	13	1	Cambuur	2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
DF	Samuli Miettinen	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 21)	3	0	KuPS	2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
DF	Lucas von Hellens	(2005-03-05) 5 March 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Gnistan	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
DF	Joona Kuismala	(2005-11-23) 23 November 2005 (age 19)	1	0	MP	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024

MF	Altti Hellemaa	(2004-07-25) 25 July 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Elfsborg	v. Cyprus, 9 September 2025 ^WD
MF	Liam Möller	(2004-12-21) 21 December 2004 (age 20)	5	0	HJK	v. San Marino, 4 September 2025 ^INJ
MF	Jimi Tauriainen	(2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Chelsea	v. San Marino, 4 September 2025 ^INJ
MF	Marlo Hyvönen	(2005-05-02) 2 May 2005 (age 20)	2	0	HJK Klubi 04	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
MF	Daniel Rökman	(2004-03-20) 20 March 2004 (age 21)	1	0	PK Keski-Uusimaa	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
MF	Dren Terrnava	(2005-05-21) 21 May 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Perugia	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
MF	Ville Vuorinen	(2005-02-21) 21 February 2005 (age 20)	2	0	HJK	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024

FW	Juho Talvitie	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 20)	18	3	NAC Breda	2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
FW	Danila Bulgakov	(2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Haka	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
FW	Roni Hudd	(2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 20)	2	1	Haka	v. Armenia, 21 November 2023
Notes ^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury ^ILL = Withdrew due to an illness ^WD = Withdrew due to a non-injury issue ^PRE = Preliminary squad / standby

Coaching staff

^[5]

Position	Name
Head coach	Mika Lehkosuo
Assistant coach	Matti Lähitie
Goalkeeping coach	Eemeli Reponen
Video analyst	Robert Nygård
Fitness coach	Mika Lähderinne

Past squads

2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

References

↑ "Pikkuhuuhkajat". Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
↑ "Pikkuhuuhkajien uusi joukkue nimetty EM-karsintojen avaukseen". 27 August 2025.
↑ "Pikkuhuuhkajat kokoontuu ensimmäistä kertaa – joukkueeseen viime hetken valmentaja- ja pelaajamuutokset". 1 September 2025.
↑ "Pikkuhuuhkajat hyökkää tiistaina kohti Kyprosta". 9 September 2025.
↑ "Pikkuhuuhkajien taustatiimi uudistuu" (in Finnish). Finnish Football Association. Retrieved 27 August 2025.

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[1] "Pikkuhuuhkajat". Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2013-06-11.

[2] "Pikkuhuuhkajien uusi joukkue nimetty EM-karsintojen avaukseen". 27 August 2025.

[3] "Pikkuhuuhkajat kokoontuu ensimmäistä kertaa – joukkueeseen viime hetken valmentaja- ja pelaajamuutokset". 1 September 2025.

[4] "Pikkuhuuhkajat hyökkää tiistaina kohti Kyprosta". 9 September 2025.

[5] "Pikkuhuuhkajien taustatiimi uudistuu" (in Finnish). Finnish Football Association. Retrieved 27 August 2025.

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