Finland national under-21 football team

Finland U21
Nickname(s) Pikkuhuuhkajat
(The Little Eagle-Owls)[1]
Association Football Association of Finland
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Finland Tommi Kautonen
FIFA code FIN
First colours
Second colours
First international
Finland Finland 1–3 Sweden 
(Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976)
Biggest win
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Biggest defeat
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The Finnish 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.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

2015 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 7 7 0 0 26 4 +22 21 Final tournament — 4–2 4–0 3–1 7 Oct 4–1
2  Austria 6 5 0 1 18 7 +11 15 Possible Play-offs 11 Oct — 2–0 7–0 4–3 1–0
3  Finland 5 3 0 2 6 6 0 9 6 Sep 2 Sep — 7 Oct 2–0 3–0
4  Azerbaijan (E) 8 2 1 5 7 18 −11 7 0–3 0–2 0–1 — 3–0 6 Sep
5  Russia (X) 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4 0–2 6 Sep 11 Oct 2–2 — 2–0
6  Faroe Islands (E) 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0 0–6 7 Oct 2 Jun 0–1 1 Sep —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (X) Cannot qualify directly as the top team, but may still qualify for the play-offs.

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
17:30
Finland  2–0  Russia
Lassas  17'
Mero  36' 		Report
Arto Tolsa Areena, Kotka
Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
17:30
Finland  3–0  Faroe Islands
Yaghoubi  24' (pen.), 39'
Skrabb  31' 		Report
ISS Stadion, Vantaa
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)
18:00
Germany  4–0  Finland
Sané  13', 90+1'
Selke  16'
Kimmich  27' 		Report
Stadion Essen, Essen
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
16:00
Azerbaijan  0–1  Finland
Report Lassas  80'
Dalga Arena, Baku
Referee: Milan Ilić (Serbia)

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)
18:00
Austria  v  Finland
Report

2 June 2016
Faroe Islands  v  Finland

2 September 2016
Finland  v  Austria

6 September 2016
Finland  v  Germany

11 October 2016
Russia  v  Finland

Current squad

The selections for the friendly match against Poland on 23 March 2016.[2]

Caps and goals as of 23 March 2016 after the match against Poland.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Carljohan Eriksson (1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 3 0 Finland HIFK
1GK Otso Virtanen (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 13 0 Scotland Hibernian
2DF Nicholas Hämäläinen (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 0 0 England Queens Park Rangers
2DF Dani Hatakka (1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 25 6 Norway Brann
2DF Hampus Holmgren (1995-11-14) 14 November 1995 1 0 Sweden Åtvidaberg
2DF Roni Peiponen (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 1 0 Norway Molde FK
2DF Juho Pirttijoki (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 0 0 Finland HIFK
2DF Daniel O'Shaughnessy (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 14 1 Denmark Midtjylland
2DF Sauli Väisänen (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 11 1 Sweden AIK
2DF Mikko Viitikko (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 8 0 Finland VPS
3MF Matej Hradecky (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 10 0 Finland SJK
3MF Armend Kabashi (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 10 0 Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
3MF Glen Kamara (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 11 0 England Southend United
3MF Fredrik Lassas (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 15 3 Germany 1. FC Köln
3MF Simon Skrabb (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 14 1 Sweden Gefle
3MF Eero Tamminen (1995-05-19) 19 May 1995 7 1 Finland VPS
3MF Jasse Tuominen (1995-11-12) 12 November 1995 5 0 Finland FC Lahti
3MF Joona Veteli (1995-04-21) 21 April 1995 1 0 Finland PS Kemi
4FW Youness Rahimi (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 16 1 Finland SJK
4FW Pyry Soiri (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 12 0 Finland VPS

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
GK Frédéric Gotte (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 1 0 Unattached v.  Azerbaijan, 13 October 2015
DF Nnaemeka Anyamele (1994-05-16) 16 May 1994 12 0 Finland HIFK v.  Poland, 23 March 2016
DF Felipe Aspegren (1994-02-12) 12 February 1994 8 0 Finland Ilves v.  Azerbaijan, 13 October 2015
DF Joel Mero (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 6 2 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach v.  Azerbaijan, 13 October 2015
DF Jerry Voutilainen (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 5 0 Finland VPS v.  Azerbaijan, 13 October 2015
DF Alex Lehtinen (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 0 0 Finland Honka v.  Sweden, 13 June 2015
DF Tommi Saarinen (1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 6 0 Finland Honka v.  Luxembourg, 29 March 2015
DF Patrick Aaltonen (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 5 1 Thailand Ubon UMT United 2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, 16–25 January 2015
DF Lassi Nurmos (1994-07-24) 24 July 1994 4 0 Finland AC Oulu 2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, 16–25 January 2015
DF Miro Tenho (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 0 0 Finland TPS v.  Moldova, 1 June 2014
MF Richard Jensen (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 5 0 Netherlands Twente v.  Austria, 13 November 2015
MF Matti Klinga (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 8 1 Finland HJK v.  Austria, 13 November 2015
MF Moshtagh Yaghoubi (Captain) (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 20 6 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy v.  Austria, 13 November 2015
MF Robert Taylor (1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 7 0 Finland RoPS v.  Azerbaijan, 13 October 2015
MF Matias Ojala (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 5 0 Finland AC Oulu v.  Azerbaijan, 13 October 2015
MF Obed Malolo (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 0 0 Finland HJK v.  Sweden, 13 June 2015
MF Jere Aallikko (1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 2 0 Norway Notodden 2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, 16–25 January 2015
MF Jesper Brechtel (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 7 0 Germany Hauenstein v.  San Marino, 9 September 2014
MF Emerik Grönroos (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 0 0 Finland KTP v.  England, 9 September 2013
FW Vahid Hambo (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 2 3 England Brighton & Hove Albion v.  Austria, 13 November 2015
FW Joel Pohjanpalo (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 11 2 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf v.  Austria, 13 November 2015
FW Kimmo Hovi (1994-05-31) 31 May 1994 9 2 Spain Club Portugalete v.  Faroe Islands, 8 September 2015

Coaching staff

Past squads

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pikkuhuuhkajat
  2. ↑ Pikkuhuuhkajat nimetty Puola-otteluun (Finnish)
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