Norway national under-21 football team
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| Nickname(s) | U21-landslaget | ||
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Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund) | ||
| Head coach | Leif Gunnar Smerud | ||
| Most caps | Tommy Svindal Larsen (41) | ||
| Top scorer | Steffen Iversen (17) | ||
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| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1998) | ||
| Best result | 3rd place | ||
The Norwegian national under-21 football team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, 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 Football Championship campaign. The team has reached the European Championship finals twice, in 1998 and 2013, winning bronze medals on both occasions.
Competitive record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record
Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendlies against Netherlands on 25 March 2016 and against the Spain on 28 March 2016.[1]
Statistics correct as of 26 March 2016.
* Players in bold have played at least one full international match for Norway's senior national team.
| # | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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| 1 | GK | Sondre Rossbach | 7 February 1996 | 11 | 0 |  Odd
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| 12 | GK | Per Kristian Bråtveit | 15 February 1996 | 5 | 0 | Haugesund | ||
| 2 | DF | Kristoffer Haraldseid | 17 January 1994 | 18 | 0 | Haugesund
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| 3 | DF | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 28 February 1996 | 3 | 0 | Sogndal
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| 4 | DF | Jonas Grønner | 11 April 1994 | 16 | 1 | Brann
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| 5 | DF | Thomas Grøgaard* | 8 February 1994 | 17 | 0 | Odd
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| 13 | DF | Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen | 17 July 1996 | 8 | 0 |  Lyon
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| 17 | DF | Marius Høibråten | 23 January 1995 | 6 | 0 | Strømsgodset | ||
| 7 | MF | Fredrik Aursnes | 10 December 1995 | 10 | 1 | Molde
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| 8 | MF | Iver Fossum | 15 July 1996 | 13 | 0 |  Hannover 96
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| 10 | MF | Ghayas Zahid | 8 September 1994 | 11 | 0 | Vålerenga
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| 11 | MF | Martin Ødegaard* | 17 December 1998 | 3 | 0 |  Real Madrid Castilla
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| 14 | MF | Petter Strand | 24 August 1994 | 10 | 2 | Molde
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| 15 | MF | Eirik Hestad | 26 June 1995 | 3 | 0 | Molde
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| 16 | MF | Morten Thorsby | 5 May 1996 | 8 | 1 |  Heerenveen
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| 20 | MF | Martin Samuelsen | 17 April 1997 | 1 | 0 |  Peterborough United
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| 22 | MF | Ohi Omoijuanfo | 10 January 1994 | 6 | 1 | Stabæk | ||
| 9 | FW | Alexander Sørloth | 5 December 1995 | 6 | 1 | Groningen
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| 18 | FW | Veton Berisha | 13 April 1994 | 14 | 2 | Greuther Fürth
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| 19 | FW | Rafik Zekhnini | 12 January 1998 | 1 | 0 | Odd
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| 21 | FW | Mohamed Elyounoussi* | 4 August 1994 | 12 | 2 | Molde | ||
Recent call-ups
The following players still eligible for the U21 team (i.e. born in 1994 or later) have been called up since January 2014.
| # | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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| GK | Mathias Dyngeland | 7 October 1995 | 5 | 0 | Sogndal
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| GK | Pål Vestly Heigre | 15 March 1995 | 2 | 0 | Viking | |||
| DF | Andreas Vindheim | 4 August 1995 | 7 | 0 |  Malmö
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| DF | Marius Høibråten | 23 January 1995 | 6 | 0 | Strømsgodset
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| DF | Vegard Bergan | 20 February 1995 | 4 | 0 | Odd
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| DF | Birger Meling | 17 December 1994 | 2 | 0 | Stabæk
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| DF | Ivan Näsberg | 22 April 1996 | 2 | 0 | Varbergs BoIS | |||
| MF | Marius Lundemo | 11 April 1994 | 7 | 0 | Lillestrøm
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| MF | Ole Selnæs | 7 July 1994 | 5 | 0 | Saint-Étienne
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| MF | Kristoffer Normann Hansen | 12 August 1994 | 4 | 1 | Sandefjord
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| MF | Henrik Bjørdal | 4 February 1997 | 2 | 0 | Brighton
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| MF | Bersant Celina | 9 September 1996 | 1 | 0 | Manchester City
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| MF | Daniel Granli | 1 May 1994 | 1 | 0 | Stabæk
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| MF | Kasper Skaanes | 19 March 1995 | 1 | 0 | Brann | |||
| FW | Bård Finne | 13 February 1995 | 8 | 1 | Heidenheim
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| FW | Sander Svendsen | 6 August 1997 | 2 | 0 | Molde | |||
Former squads
Former coaches
- 1974: Nils Arne Eggen
- 1979–1985: Egil Olsen
- 1996-1998: Nils Johan Semb
- 2000-2003: Per-Mathias Høgmo
- 2003-2006: Hallvar Thoresen
- 2006-2010: Øystein Gåre
- 2010: Tor Ole Skullerud
- 2011–2013: Per Joar Hansen
- 2013: Tor Ole Skullerud
See also
- Norway national football team
- Norway national under-19 football team
- Norway national under-17 football team
- Norway women's national football team
References
- ↑ "U21-landslagstropp til privatlandskamper" (in Norwegian). 15 March 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Players of Norway national under-21 football team. |
- Norway U21-team at UEFA.com
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