Norway national under-21 football team
Association | Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund) | ||
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Head coach | Jan Peder Jalland | ||
Most caps | Tommy Svindal Larsen (41) | ||
Top scorer | Steffen Iversen (17) | ||
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UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1998) | ||
Best result | Third place (1998, 2013) |
The Norway national under-21 football team, administered and controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, 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 Championship campaign. The team has reached the European Championship finals three times, in 1998 and 2013, winning bronze medals on both occasions, and again in 2023.
Competitive record
[edit]UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record
[edit]UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||||||||
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | |||||||||
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||||||||
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10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 13 | |||||||||
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Semi-Finals | 3rd of 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | |
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did not qualify | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | ||||||||
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10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 12 | |||||||||
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10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | |||||||||
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||||||||
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||||||||
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Semi-Finals | 3rd of 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |
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did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||||||||
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||||||||
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||||||||
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Group stage | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | |
Total | 3rd | 3/24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 188 | 87 | 32 | 69 | 324 | 264 |
Note: The year of the tournament represents the year in which it ends.
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]The following players were called up for the friendly match against Netherland and the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against San Marino on 21 and 26 March 2024.[1]
Caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2024, after the match against San Marino.
Recent call-ups
[edit]The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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FW | Antonio Nusa | 17 April 2005 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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Records
[edit]- As of 14 June 2022[2]
Leading appearances
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Rank | Player | Club(s) | U-21 Caps |
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1 | Tommy Svindal Larsen | Start, Stabæk | 41 |
2 | Hai Ngoc Tran | Kongsvinger | 38 |
3 | Harmeet Singh | Vålerenga, Feyenoord | 36 |
4 | Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen | Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC | 35 |
Petter Rudi | Molde | 35 | |
6 | Kristian Flittie Onstad | Lyn | 34 |
7 | Azar Karadas | Brann, Rosenborg | 33 |
Steinar Pedersen | Start, Borussia Dortmund | 33 | |
9 | Trond Erik Bertelsen | Haugesund, Fredrikstad | 32 |
Thomas Holm | Heerenveen, Vålerenga | 32 |
Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.
Leading goalscorers
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- As of 14 June 2022[2]
Rank | Player | Club(s) | U-21 Goals |
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1 | Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen | Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC | 16 |
2 | Tore André Flo | Sogndal, Tromsø | 15 |
3 | Steffen Iversen | Rosenborg, Tottenham Hotspur | 14 |
4 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | Clausenengen, Molde | 13 |
5 | Azar Karadas | Brann, Rosenborg | 12 |
Daniel Berg Hestad | Molde | 12 | |
Frank Strandli | Start, Leeds United | 12 | |
8 | Tommy Svindal Larsen | Start, Stabæk | 11 |
Jørgen Strand Larsen | Sarpsborg 08, Groningen | 11 | |
10 | John Carew | Vålerenga, Rosenborg, Valencia | 10 |
Morten Gamst Pedersen | Tromsø | 10 |
Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. The players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.
Past squads
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Norway_U-21-national_football_team_2011-03-29_%2801%29.jpg/300px-Norway_U-21-national_football_team_2011-03-29_%2801%29.jpg)
Coaches
[edit]- 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
- 2014–2023:
Leif Gunnar Smerud
- 2023–present:
Jan Peder Jalland
See also
[edit]- Norway national football team
- Norway national under-19 football team
- Norway national under-17 football team
- Norway women's national football team
References
[edit]- ^ "U21-landslagstroppen mot Nederland og San Marino" (in Norwegian). Noregs Fotballforbund. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Norge Menn U21". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Norway U21-team [dead link] at UEFA.com