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

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier matches against Kosovo on 12 June 2017.[1]

Statistics correct as of 12 June 2017, after the match against Russia.[2]

* 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 20 0 Norway Odd
12 1GK Per Kristian Bråtveit (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 7 0 Norway Haugesund
2 2DF Erlend Dahl Reitan (1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 3 1 Norway Rosenborg
3 2DF Julian Ryerson (1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 3 0 Norway Viking
4 2DF Fredrik Knudsen (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 2 0 Norway Haugesund
5 2DF Andreas Hanche-Olsen (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 3 1 Norway Stabæk
14 2DF Kristoffer Ajer (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 1 1 Scotland Celtic
16 2DF Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 16 0 Norway Tromsø
2DF Jostein Gundersen (1996-04-02) 2 April 1996 2 0 Norway Tromsø
6 3MF Morten Thorsby (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 19 3 Netherlands Heerenveen
7 3MF Henrik Bjørdal (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 7 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
8 3MF Iver Fossum* (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 23 0 Germany Hannover 96
10 3MF Martin Ødegaard* (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 12 2 Netherlands Heerenveen
11 3MF Martin Samuelsen* (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 6 0 England Peterborough
13 3MF Mathias Rasmussen (1997-11-25) 25 November 1997 2 0 Denmark Nordsjælland
18 3MF Vebjørn Hoff (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 3 0 Norway Aalesund
9 4FW Birk Risa (1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 1 1 Germany 1. FC Köln
17 4FW Rafik Zekhnini (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 3 0 Italy Fiorentina
19 4FW Julian Kristoffersen (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 3 0 Sweden Djurgårdens IF
4FW Sander Svendsen (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 5 0 Norway Molde

Recent call-ups

The following players still eligible for the U21 team (i.e. born in 1996 or later) have been called up since January 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Sondre Rossbach (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 19 0 Norway Odd
2DF Bjørn Inge Utvik (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 5 1 Norway Sogndal
2DF Ivan Näsberg (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 2 0 Norway Vålerenga
3MF Sander Berge* (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 2 0 Belgium Genk
3MF Morten Konradsen (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 1 0 Norway Bodø/Glimt
4FW Zymer Bytyqi (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 1 0 Norway Viking

Former squads

Former coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ "U21-troppen til kampene mot Portugal og Russland" (in Norwegian). 14 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Match report: Russia v Norway (28 March 2017), fotball.no. Retrieved 28 March 2017. (in Norwegian)
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