Association | Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund) | ||
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Head coach | Jan Peder Jalland | ||
Most caps | Tommy Svindal Larsen (41) | ||
Top scorer | Steffen Iversen (17) | ||
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UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1998 ) | ||
Best result | Third place (1998, 2013) |
The Norway national under-21 football team, administered and controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, is the national football team of Norway for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a UEFA European Under-21 Championship campaign. The team has reached the European Championship finals three times, in 1998 and 2013, winning bronze medals on both occasions, and again in 2023.
UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1978 | did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||
1980 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||
1982 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
1984 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||||||||
1986 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||
1988 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
1990 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
1992 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | |||||||||
1994 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||||||||
1996 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 13 | |||||||||
1998 | Semi-Finals | 3rd of 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | |
2000 | did not qualify | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | ||||||||
2002 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 12 | |||||||||
2004 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | |||||||||
2006 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||||||||
2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
2009 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
2011 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||||||||
2013 | Semi-Finals | 3rd of 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |
2015 | did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||||||||
2017 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||
2019 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||||||||
2021 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||||||||
2023 | Group stage | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | |
Total | 3rd | 3/24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 188 | 87 | 32 | 69 | 324 | 264 |
Note: The year of the tournament represents the year in which it ends.
The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs matches against Finland on 15 and 19 November 2024. [1]
Caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2024, after the match against Turkey.
The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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FW | Antonio Nusa | 17 April 2005 | 0 | 0 | Club Brugge | v. Portugal, 28 March 2023 |
Rank | Player | Club(s) | U-21 Caps |
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1 | Tommy Svindal Larsen | Start, Stabæk | 41 |
2 | Hai Ngoc Tran | Kongsvinger | 38 |
3 | Harmeet Singh | Vålerenga, Feyenoord | 36 |
4 | Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen | Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC | 35 |
Petter Rudi | Molde | 35 | |
6 | Kristian Flittie Onstad | Lyn | 34 |
7 | Azar Karadas | Brann, Rosenborg | 33 |
Steinar Pedersen | Start, Borussia Dortmund | 33 | |
9 | Trond Erik Bertelsen | Haugesund, Fredrikstad | 32 |
Thomas Holm | Heerenveen, Vålerenga | 32 | |
Note:Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.
Rank | Player | Club(s) | U-21 Goals |
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1 | Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen | Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC | 16 |
2 | Tore André Flo | Sogndal, Tromsø | 15 |
3 | Steffen Iversen | Rosenborg, Tottenham Hotspur | 14 |
4 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | Clausenengen, Molde | 13 |
5 | Azar Karadas | Brann, Rosenborg | 12 |
Daniel Berg Hestad | Molde | 12 | |
Frank Strandli | Start, Leeds United | 12 | |
8 | Tommy Svindal Larsen | Start, Stabæk | 11 |
Jørgen Strand Larsen | Sarpsborg 08, Groningen | 11 | |
10 | John Carew | Vålerenga, Rosenborg, Valencia | 10 |
Morten Gamst Pedersen | Tromsø | 10 |
Note:Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. The players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.
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