Norway national under-21 football team

Norway under-21
Nickname(s) U21-landslaget
Association Football Association of Norway
(Norges Fotballforbund)
Head coach Leif Gunnar Smerud
Most caps Tommy Svindal Larsen (41)
Top scorer Steffen Iversen (17)
First colours
Second colours
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

  • 1978 : Qualifying Stage
  • 1980 : Qualifying Stage
  • 1982 : Qualifying Stage
  • 1984 : Qualifying Stage
  • 1986 : Qualifying Stage
  • 1988 : Qualifying Stage
  • 1990 : Qualifying Stage
  • 1992 : Qualifying Stage
  • 1994 : Qualifying Stage
  • 1996 : Qualifying Stage

  • 1998 : Third Place
  • 2000 : Qualifying Stage
  • 2002 : Qualifying Stage
  • 2004 : Qualifying Stage
  • 2006 : Qualifying Stage
  • 2007 : Qualifying Stage
  • 2009 : Qualifying Stage
  • 2011 : Qualifying Stage
  • 2013 : Semifinal
  • 2015 : Qualifying Stage

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.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sondre Rossbach (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 11 0 Norway Odd
12 1GK Per Kristian Bråtveit (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 5 0 Norway Haugesund
2 2DF Kristoffer Haraldseid (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 18 0 Norway Haugesund
3 2DF Bjørn Inge Utvik (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 3 0 Norway Sogndal
4 2DF Jonas Grønner (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 16 1 Norway Brann
5 2DF Thomas Grøgaard* (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 17 0 Norway Odd
13 2DF Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 8 0 France Lyon
17 2DF Marius Høibråten (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 6 0 Norway Strømsgodset
7 3MF Fredrik Aursnes (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 10 1 Norway Molde
8 3MF Iver Fossum (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 13 0 Germany Hannover 96
10 3MF Ghayas Zahid (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 11 0 Norway Vålerenga
11 3MF Martin Ødegaard* (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 3 0 Spain Real Madrid Castilla
14 3MF Petter Strand (1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 10 2 Norway Molde
15 3MF Eirik Hestad (1995-06-26) 26 June 1995 3 0 Norway Molde
16 3MF Morten Thorsby (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 8 1 Netherlands Heerenveen
20 3MF Martin Samuelsen (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 1 0 England Peterborough United
22 3MF Ohi Omoijuanfo (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 6 1 Norway Stabæk
9 4FW Alexander Sørloth (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 6 1 Netherlands Groningen
18 4FW Veton Berisha (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 14 2 Germany Greuther Fürth
19 4FW Rafik Zekhnini (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 1 0 Norway Odd
21 4FW Mohamed Elyounoussi* (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 12 2 Norway 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.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Mathias Dyngeland (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 5 0 Norway Sogndal
1GK Pål Vestly Heigre (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 2 0 Norway Viking
2DF Andreas Vindheim (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 7 0 Sweden Malmö
2DF Marius Høibråten (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 6 0 Norway Strømsgodset
2DF Vegard Bergan (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 4 0 Norway Odd
2DF Birger Meling (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 2 0 Norway Stabæk
2DF Ivan Näsberg (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 2 0 Sweden Varbergs BoIS
3MF Marius Lundemo (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 7 0 Norway Lillestrøm
3MF Ole Selnæs (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 5 0 France Saint-Étienne
3MF Kristoffer Normann Hansen (1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 4 1 Norway Sandefjord
3MF Henrik Bjørdal (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 2 0 England Brighton
3MF Bersant Celina (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 1 0 England Manchester City
3MF Daniel Granli (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 1 0 Norway Stabæk
3MF Kasper Skaanes (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 1 0 Norway Brann
4FW Bård Finne (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 8 1 Germany Heidenheim
4FW Sander Svendsen (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 2 0 Norway Molde

Former squads

Former coaches

See also

References

  1. "U21-landslagstropp til privatlandskamper" (in Norwegian). 15 March 2016.

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