Northern Ireland national under-17 football team

Northern Ireland Under-17

Nickname(s)	The GAWA Norn Iron
Association	Irish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Stephen Frail
Home stadium	various
FIFA code	NIR
First colours Second colours
First international
Northern Ireland 0–3 Austria (Ballymena, Northern Ireland; 18 September 2001)
Biggest win
Northern Ireland 7–0 Luxembourg (Beggen, Luxembourg; 30 October 2019
Biggest defeat
Northern Ireland 0–8 Turkey (Staines, England; 2 September 2007
World Cup
Appearances	0
European Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1987)
Best result	Group stage (6 times)

The Northern Ireland national under-17 football team also known as Northern Ireland under-17s or Northern Ireland U17s represents Northern Ireland in association football at under-17 level. It is controlled by the Irish Football Association. The team first competed as Northern Ireland under-16 before evolving into the current under-17 side when UEFA realigned their youth tournaments in 2001. They have qualified for the finals of the UEFA European Under-16 Championships five times (1987, 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1997) and for the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship once (2004). In addition to the UEFA Championships, the team also plays regular friendlies and in minor tournaments from similar age-group teams from throughout the world.

Competitive record

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record

UEFA European Under-16/17 Championship Finals record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1982	Did not enter									Did not enter
1984
1985
1986	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
1987	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1		2	1	0	1	1	1	0
1988	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
1989										2	0	1	1	1	3	–2
1990	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	8	–5		2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
1991	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
1992	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4		2	1	0	1	3	3	0
1993	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5		2	1	0	1	1	1	0
1994	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	4	5	–1
1995										2	1	0	1	1	4	–3
1996										2	0	0	2	2	4	–2
1997	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1		2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
1998	Did not qualify									2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
1999										4	1	1	2	2	4	–2
2000										2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
2001										2	0	1	1	1	3	–2
2002										4	0	0	4	4	11	–7
2003										6	3	1	2	4	4	0
2004	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	12	–9		6	4	1	1	13	9	+4
2005	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	11	12	–1
2006										6	3	0	3	9	13	–4
2007										6	3	1	2	9	7	+2
2008										6	3	0	3	7	8	–1
2009										3	1	0	2	1	3	–2
2010										6	4	0	2	6	5	+1
2011										6	2	1	3	12	12	0
2012										3	1	0	2	2	5	–3
2013										6	1	3	2	10	8	+2
2014										3	1	0	2	3	4	–1
2015										6	1	2	3	7	15	–8
2016										3	0	1	2	2	4	–2
2017										3	1	0	2	5	9	–4
2018										3	1	0	2	1	8	–7
2019										6	1	2	3	7	9	–2
2020										3	1	0	2	7	6	+1
Total	Group stage	18	2	4	12	16	41	–25		125	43	21	61	149	194	–45

FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1985	did not enter
1987	did not qualify
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	To be determined

Coaches

• Stephen Frail
• Joe Dudgeon
• Stuart Garden

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 will be eligible until the end of the 2020 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Names in bold denote players who have been capped by Northern Ireland in a higher age group.

The following players were named in the squad for the qualifying round games against Turkey, Italy & Luxembourg in October 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Conner Byrne	(2003-03-27) 27 March 2003	Dungannon Swifts
	1GK	Conor Manderson	(2003-12-12) 12 December 2003	Portsmouth
	2DF	Sean McAllister	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003	Everton
	2DF	Sean Stewart	(2003-01-21) 21 January 2003	Norwich City
	2DF	Aaron Donnelly	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003	Nottingham Forest
	2DF	Lewis MacKinnon	(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003	Rangers
	2DF	Stephen McGuinness	(2003-07-17) 17 July 2003	Cliftonville
	2DF	Orrin McLaughlin	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003	Derry City
	3MF	Conor Bradley	(2003-07-09) 9 July 2003	Liverpool
	3MF	Cameron Stewart	(2003-02-20) 20 February 2003	Ipswich Town
	3MF	Isaac Price	(2003-09-26) 26 September 2003	Everton
	3MF	Jamie McDonnell	(2004-02-16) 16 February 2004	Glentoran
	3MF	Dane McCullough	(2003-12-20) 20 December 2003	Portadown
	3MF	Caolan McBride	(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003	Glentoran
	4FW	Charlie Allen	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003	Linfield
	4FW	Dale Taylor	(2003-12-12) 12 December 2003	Linfield
	4FW	Ciaran McGuckin	(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003	Rotherham United
	4FW	Ross McCausland	(2003-05-12) 12 May 2003	Rangers
	4FW	Matthew Walker	(2003-02-19) 19 February 2003	Derry City
	4FW	Charlie Lindsay	(2004-01-26) 26 January 2004	Glentoran

See also

• Northern Ireland national football team
• Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
• Northern Ireland national under-19 football team

External links

• Fixtures & Results
• Current squad
• UEFA U17 Championship Record