Association | Irish Football Association | ||
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Head coach | Tommy Wright | ||
Most caps | Liam Donnelly (24) | ||
Top scorer | Liam Donnelly Shayne Lavery (5) | ||
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First international | |||
Rep. of Ireland 1–1 Northern Ireland (Dalymount Park, Phibsborough; 8 March 1978) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Northern Ireland 5–0 Luxembourg (Mourneview Park, Lurgan; 16 November 2007) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Northern Ireland 0–6 Spain (Inver Park, Larne; 3 June 2022) | |||
UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 0 |
The Northern Ireland national under-21 football team also known as the Northern Ireland under-21s or Northern Ireland U21s, is the national under-21 football team of Northern Ireland and is controlled by the Irish Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. To date Northern Ireland haven't yet qualified for the finals tournament.
The national under-21 team is the highest level of youth football in Northern Ireland, and is open to any players who were born in Northern Ireland or whose parents or grandparents were born in Northern Ireland. This team is for Northern Irish players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side and again for the U21s.
For the all-time record of the national team against opposing nations, see the team's all-time record page
UEFA Under-21 Football Championship finals record | Qualification record | Manager(s) | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||
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2000 | did not qualify | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | Chris Nicholl | ||||||||||
2002 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | Roy Millar | |||||||||||
2004 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||||||||||
2006 | did not enter | did not enter | None | |||||||||||||||
2007 | did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Roy Millar | ||||||||||
2009 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | Roy Millar, Steve Beaglehole [1] | |||||||||||
2011 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | Steve Beaglehole | |||||||||||
2013 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | Steve Beaglehole, Stephen Robinson [2] | |||||||||||
2015 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | Stephen Robinson, Jim Magilton [3] | |||||||||||
2017 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | Jim Magilton | |||||||||||
2019 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | Ian Baraclough | |||||||||||
2021 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | Ian Baraclough, Andy Crosby [4] | |||||||||||
2023 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | John Schofield | |||||||||||
2025 | To be determined | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | Tommy Wright | ||||||||||
Total | - | 0/25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 105 | 26 | 16 | 63 | 106 | 178 | - |
7 September 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier | Northern Ireland | 0–1 | Luxembourg | Lurgan, Northern Ireland |
14:00 BST | report | Rodrigues 13' | Stadium: Mourneview Park Attendance: 333 Referee: Andreas Argyrou (Cyprus) |
12 September 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier | Ukraine | 1–0 | Northern Ireland | Poprad, Slovakia |
17:30 BST | Roman 70' | report | Stadium: Národné tréningové centrum Poprad Attendance: 275 Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway) |
12 October 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier | Azerbaijan | 0–1 | Northern Ireland | Baku, Azerbaijan |
15:00 BST | report | McGuckin 19' | Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Bulgaria) |
16 October 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier | Northern Ireland | 1–2 | Serbia | Lurgan, Northern Ireland |
19:30 BST | McGuckin 51' (pen.) | report | Lučić 15' Pantović 82' | Stadium: Mourneview Park Attendance: 433 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway) |
21 November 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier | England | 3–0 | Northern Ireland | Liverpool, England |
19:45 GMT | report | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 7,890 Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium) |
10 September 2025 UEFA U-21 Group F Qualifier | Northern Ireland | – | Ukraine | Northern Ireland |
BST |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Ukraine | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 3–2 | 6 Sep '24 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | England | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 12 | Play-offs | 11 Oct '24 | — | 9–1 | 15 Oct '24 | 26 Mar '24 | 3–0 | |
3 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 9 | 15 Oct '24 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 26 Mar '24 | ||
4 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 26 Mar '24 | 22 Mar '24 | 10 Sep '24 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | ||
5 | Luxembourg (Y) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0–3 | 0–3 | 22 Mar '24 | 6 Sep '24 | — | 15 Oct '24 | ||
6 | Northern Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 10 Sep '24 | 6 Sep '24 | 1–2 | 12 Oct '24 | 0–1 | — |
Position | Name |
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Manager | Tommy Wright |
Assistant Manager | Paul Stephenson |
Goalkeeping Coach | Roy Carroll |
Sports Scientist | Simon Coleman |
Last updated after the match against England on 21 November 2023.
Manager | First Game | Last Game | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Draw % | Loss % |
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Danny Blanchflower | 8 March 1978 vs. | 8 March 1978 vs. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Billy Bingham | 3 April 1990 vs. | 3 April 1990 vs. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Bryan Hamilton | 22 March 1994 vs. | 22 March 1994 vs. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Roy Millar | 21 April 1998 vs. | 21 April 1998 vs. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Chris Nicholl | 20 May 1998 vs. | 8 October 1999 vs. | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | –2 | 23.08% | 38.46% | 38.46% |
Roy Millar | 28 March 2000 vs. | 26 March 2008 vs. | 48 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 64 | 79 | –15 | 37.50% | 16.67% | 45.83% |
Steve Beaglehole | 19 August 2008 vs. | 15 November 2011 vs. | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 39 | –16 | 19.05% | 14.29% | 66.67% |
Steve Robinson | 10 May 2012 vs. | 15 October 2013 vs. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 24 | –19 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 100.00% |
Jim Magilton * | 14 November 2013 vs. | 11 October 2016 vs. | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 27 | –19 | 7.14% | 14.29% | 78.57% |
Ian Baraclough | 8 June 2017 vs. | 19 November 2019 vs. | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 47.37% | 31.58% | 21.05% |
Andy Crosby ** | 4 September 2020 vs. | 5 June 2021 vs. | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | –2 | 42.86% | 0.00% | 57.14% |
John Schofield | 3 September 2021 vs. | 25 September 2022 vs. | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | –17 | 18.18% | 18.18% | 63.64% |
Tommy Wright | 7 September 2023 vs. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 20.00% | 0.00% | 80.00% | |
Total | 152 | 43 | 28 | 81 | 159 | 249 | -90 | 28.29% | 18.42% | 53.29% | ||
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 will be eligible until the completion of the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
The following players were named in the squad for the friendly international against Czech Republic on 21 March 2024 and the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifier against Serbia on the 26 March 2024. [5] .
Caps and goals updated as of 21 November 2023 after the match against England. Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team .
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Fraser Barnsley | 6 October 2004 | 0 | 0 | Everton | |
GK | Pierce Charles | 21 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | |
DF | Aaron Donnelly | 8 June 2003 | 16 | 0 | Dundee | |
DF | Carl Johnston | 29 May 2002 | 13 | 1 | Fleetwood Town | |
DF | Sam McClelland | 4 January 2002 | 12 | 0 | Dundee United | |
DF | Sean Stewart | 21 January 2003 | 9 | 0 | Cliftonville | |
DF | Tommy Fogarty | 15 March 2004 | 4 | 0 | Ebbsfleet United | |
DF | Ruairi McConville | 1 May 2005 | 1 | 0 | Brighton | |
DF | Craig Farquhar | 9 May 2003 | 0 | 0 | Crystal Palace | |
DF | Odhran Casey | 9 April 2002 | 0 | 0 | Cliftonville | |
DF | Ethan McGee | 23 August 2002 | 0 | 0 | Linfield | |
MF | Barry Baggley | 11 January 2002 | 8 | 1 | Waterford | |
MF | Charlie Allen | 22 November 2003 | 8 | 0 | York City | |
MF | Jamie McDonnell | 16 February 2004 | 5 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | |
MF | Patrick Kelly | 2 October 2004 | 5 | 0 | West Ham United | |
MF | Justin Devenny | 11 October 2003 | 2 | 0 | Crystal Palace | |
MF | Darren Robinson | 29 December 2004 | 1 | 0 | Derby County | |
MF | Sean McAllister | 1 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | |
FW | Chris McKee | 7 May 2002 | 10 | 1 | Linfield | |
FW | Dale Taylor | 12 December 2003 | 9 | 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | |
FW | Ciaran McGuckin | 30 December 2003 | 7 | 2 | Dundalk | |
FW | Conor Falls | 2 January 2004 | 1 | 0 | Huddersfield Town |
The following players have previously been called up to the Northern Ireland under-21 squad and remain eligible.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | David Walsh | 5 July 2002 | 1 | 0 | Linfield | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
GK | Josh Clarke | 28 July 2004 | 1 | 0 | Celtic | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
GK | Stephen McMullan | 31 December 2004 | 4 | 0 | Fleetwood Town | v. England, 20 November 2023 SEN |
GK | Dylan Berry | 14 May 2003 | 2 | 0 | Macclesfield (on loan from Norwich City) | v. Ukraine, 12 September 2023 |
GK | Dermot Mee | 20 November 2002 | 4 | 0 | Manchester United | v. Scotland, 25 September 2022 |
DF | Michael Forbes | 29 April 2004 | 5 | 0 | West Ham United | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
DF | Cameron Stewart | 20 February 2003 | 0 | 0 | Cove Rangers (on loan from Ipswich Town) | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
DF | Matty Carson | 29 April 2004 | 0 | 0 | Southampton | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
DF | Michael Glynn | 12 March 2002 | 3 | 0 | Larne | v. Serbia, 16 October 2023 |
DF | Jack Scott | 22 September 2002 | 14 | 0 | Coleraine | v. Ukraine, 12 September 2023 |
DF | Brodie Spencer | 6 May 2004 | 0 | 0 | Huddersfield Town | v. Luxembourg, 7 September 2023 SEN |
DF | Henry Jeffcott | 15 November 2003 | 0 | 0 | Arsenal | v. Scotland, 25 September 2022 |
MF | Terry Devlin | 6 November 2003 | 10 | 0 | Portsmouth | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
MF | JJ McKiernan | 18 January 2002 | 7 | 0 | Morecambe | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Charlie McCann | 24 April 2002 | 7 | 0 | Forest Green Rovers | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Charlie Lindsay | 26 January 2004 | 1 | 0 | Glentoran | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Harry Wilson | 16 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | Fleetwood Town | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Archie Heron | 15 September 2004 | 0 | 0 | Luton Town | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Ross McCausland | 12 May 2003 | 6 | 0 | Rangers | v. England, 21 November 2023 SEN |
FW | Mackenzie Kirk | 6 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | Hearts | v. England, 21 November 2023 |
FW | Liam McStravick | 27 November 2004 | 0 | 0 | Airdrieonians | v. Serbia, 16 October 2023 |
FW | Callum Marshall | 28 November 2004 | 2 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | v. Ukraine, 12 September 2023 |
FW | Euan Williams | 15 January 2003 | 2 | 0 | Charlton Athletic | v. Scotland, 25 September 2022 |
COVID = Player withdrew due to a positive COVID test or from being in close contact with someone with a positive COVID test. |
Caps and goals updated as of 21 November 2023 after the match against England.
Rank | Player | Year(s) | U-21 Caps | U-21 Goals | First Cap | Last Cap |
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1 | Liam Donnelly | 2012–2018 | 24 | 5 | 13 November 2012 vs. | 16 October 2018 vs. |
2 | Sean Friars | 1998–2001 | 21 | 2 | 21 April 1998 vs. | 5 June 2001 vs. |
Caolan Boyd-Munce | 2017–2022 | 21 | 0 | 25 March 2019 vs. | 25 September 2022 vs. | |
4 | Kofi Balmer | 2019–2022 | 20 | 0 | 22 March 2019 vs. | 4 June 2022 vs. |
Ethan Galbraith | 2019–2022 | 20 | 1 | 22 March 2019 vs. | 7 June 2022 vs. | |
6 | Terry McFlynn | 2000–2003 | 19 | 2 | 28 March 2000 vs. | 10 October 2003 vs. |
Rory McArdle | 2006–2008 | 19 | 1 | 6 February 2006 vs. | 26 March 2008 vs. | |
Thomas Stewart | 2006–2008 | 19 | 4 | 6 February 2006 vs. | 26 March 2008 vs. | |
9 | Chris Casement | 2007–2009 | 18 | 2 | 6 February 2007 vs. | 17 November 2009 vs. |
Cameron Dummigan | 2014–2018 | 18 | 0 | 9 September 2014 vs. | 16 October 2018 vs. | |
Alfie McCalmont | 2019–2022 | 18 | 3 | 25 March 2019 vs. | 25 September 2022 vs. | |
12 | Jeff Whitley | 1998–2000 | 17 | 1 | 21 April 1998 vs. | 10 October 2000 vs. |
Ciarán Toner | 2000–2003 | 17 | 1 | 28 March 2000 vs. | 1 April 2003 vs. | |
Josh Magennis | 2009–2012 | 17 | 4 | 11 August 2009 vs. | 13 November 2012 vs. | |
David Parkhouse | 2017–2020 | 17 | 3 | 8 June 2017 vs. | 8 September 2020 vs. | |
Caps and goals updated as of 21 November 2023 after the match against England.
Rank | Player | Year(s) | U-21 Goals | U-21 Caps | Goals per game | First Goal | Last Goal |
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1 | Liam Donnelly | 2012–2018 | 5 | 24 | 0.21 | 8 June 2017 vs. | 11 September 2018 vs. |
Shayne Lavery | 2016–2020 | 5 | 14 | 0.36 | 10 November 2017 vs. | 25 March 2019 vs. | |
3 | Adrian Coote | 1998–1999 | 4 | 12 | 0.33 | 21 April 1998 vs. | 17 August 1999 vs. |
David Healy | 1998–1999 | 4 | 8 | 0.5 | 17 November 1998 vs. | 17 August 1999 vs. | |
Sam Morrow | 2005–2006 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 February 2005 vs. | 12 April 2006 vs. | |
Thomas Stewart | 2006–2008 | 4 | 19 | 0.21 | 16 May 2006 vs. | 26 March 2008 vs. | |
Josh Magennis | 2009–2012 | 4 | 17 | 0.24 | 8 September 2009 vs. | 7 September 2012 vs. | |
Oliver Norwood | 2009–2012 | 4 | 11 | 0.36 | 13 November 2009 vs. | 2 March 2010 vs. | |
Paul O'Neill | 2019–2021 | 4 | 10 | 0.4 | 9 October 2020 vs. | 12 November 2021 vs. | |
10 | Gary Hamilton | 2000–2001 | 3 | 12 | 0.25 | 2 June 2000 vs. | 10 October 2000 vs. |
Mo Harkin | 2000–2001 | 3 | 9 | 0.33 | 28 March 2000 vs. | 10 October 2000 vs. | |
Grant McCann | 2000–2001 | 3 | 11 | 0.27 | 10 October 2000 vs. | 5 October 2001 vs. | |
Lee McEvilly | 2002–2003 | 3 | 9 | 0.33 | 6 September 2002 vs. | 1 April 2003 vs. | |
Chris Turner | 2006–2008 | 3 | 12 | 0.25 | 1 June 2007 vs. | 16 November 2007 vs. | |
Andrew Little | 2008–2010 | 3 | 6 | 0.5 | 18 November 2008 vs. | 3 September 2010 vs. | |
Billy Kee | 2009–2011 | 3 | 10 | 0.3 | 10 August 2011 vs. | 10 August 2011 vs. | |
David Parkhouse | 2017–2020 | 3 | 17 | 0.18 | 8 June 2017 vs. | 4 September 2020 vs. | |
Alfie McCalmont | 2019–2022 | 3 | 18 | 0.17 | 14 November 2019 vs. | 12 November 2021 vs. | |
Dale Taylor | 2021– | 3 | 9 | 0.33 | 2 June 2021 vs. | 25 September 2022 vs. |
Players who have won 25 or more Northern Ireland 'Full' caps after playing at least twice for the Northern Ireland U21.
Full caps and goals updated as of 19 June 2023 after the Northern Ireland senior team match against Kazakhstan .
Name | U21 Caps | U21 Goals | U21 Career | Full Caps | Full Goals | Full Career |
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Chris Baird | 6 | 1 | 2002–2003 | 79 | 0 | 2003–2016 |
Chris Brunt | 2 | 1 | 2005–2006 | 65 | 3 | 2004–2017 |
Roy Carroll | 11 | 0 | 1998–1999 | 45 | 0 | 1997–2017 |
Craig Cathcart | 15 | 0 | 2006–2009 | 72 | 2 | 2010– |
Sammy Clingan | 11 | 1 | 2003–2006 | 39 | 0 | 2006–2014 |
Stuart Dallas | 2 | 0 | 2011–2012 | 62 | 3 | 2011– |
Steven Davis | 3 | 0 | 2003–2004 | 140 | 13 | 2005– |
Stuart Elliott | 3 | 0 | 1998–1999 | 39 | 4 | 2000–2007 |
Corry Evans | 10 | 0 | 2008–2010 | 70 | 2 | 2009– |
Jonny Evans | 3 | 0 | 2006 | 102 | 5 | 2006– |
Warren Feeney | 8 | 2 | 2001–2003 | 46 | 5 | 2002–2011 |
Shane Ferguson | 11 | 0 | 2008–2012 | 57 | 2 | 2009– |
Danny Griffin | 10 | 1 | 1998–1999 | 29 | 1 | 1996–2004 |
David Healy | 8 | 4 | 1998–1999 | 95 | 36 | 2000–2013 |
Damien Johnson | 11 | 0 | 1998–1999 | 56 | 0 | 1999–2009 |
Kyle Lafferty | 2 | 0 | 2006 | 89 | 20 | 2006–2022 |
Neil Lennon | 2 | 0 | 1990–1994 | 40 | 2 | 1994–2002 |
Josh Magennis | 17 | 4 | 2009–2012 | 71 | 10 | 2010– |
Grant McCann | 11 | 3 | 2000–2001 | 39 | 4 | 2001–2012 |
George McCartney | 5 | 0 | 2000–2001 | 34 | 1 | 2001–2010 |
Michael McGovern | 10 | 0 | 2005–2006 | 33 | 0 | 2010–2020 |
Conor McLaughlin | 7 | 0 | 2010–2012 | 43 | 1 | 2011–2021 |
Paddy McNair | 2 | 0 | 2014 | 62 | 6 | 2015– |
Philip Mulryne | 5 | 1 | 1998–1999 | 27 | 3 | 1997–2007 |
Oliver Norwood | 11 | 4 | 2009–2012 | 57 | 0 | 2010–2018 |
Jordan Thompson | 12 | 0 | 2016-2018 | 30 | 0 | 2018– |
Jamie Ward | 7 | 2 | 2006–2008 | 35 | 4 | 2011–2018 |
Gavin Whyte | 7 | 0 | 2015-2018 | 30 | 5 | 2018– |
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