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Norway under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)U21-landslaget
AssociationFootball Association of Norway
(Norges Fotballforbund)
Head coachLeif Gunnar Smerud
Most capsTommy Svindal Larsen (41)
Top scorerSteffen Iversen (17)
First colours
Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1998)
Best result3rd 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 Poland on 12 November 2015 and against the Republic of Ireland on 17 November 2015.[1]

Statistics correct as of 12 October 2015.

* Players in bold have played at least one full international match for Norway's senior national team.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sondre Rossbach (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28) 10 0 Norway Odd
12 1GK Per Kristian Bråtveit (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Norway Haugesund
2 2DF Kristoffer Haraldseid (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30) 15 0 Norway Haugesund
5 2DF Thomas Grøgaard* (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 30) 14 0 Norway Odd
4 2DF Jonas Grønner (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) 13 1 Norway Brann
17 2DF Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 28) 5 0 France Lyon
2DF Kristoffer Haugen (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 30) 2 0 Norway Viking
2DF Bjørn Inge Utvik (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Norway Sogndal
14 3MF Iver Fossum (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 28) 10 0 Germany Hannover 96
13 3MF Petter Strand (1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 (age 30) 8 2 Norway Molde
10 3MF Ghayas Zahid (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30) 8 0 Norway Vålerenga
8 3MF Fredrik Aursnes (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 29) 7 1 Norway Molde
7 3MF Martin Rønning Ovenstad (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Norway Strømsgodset
6 3MF Anders Trondsen (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29) 7 1 Norway Sarpsborg 08
16 3MF Morten Thorsby (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28) 6 1 Netherlands Heerenveen
9 3MF Eirik Hestad (1995-06-26) 26 June 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Norway Molde
15 3MF Morten Konradsen (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Norway Bodø/Glimt
11 4FW Alexander Sørloth (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 29) 3 1 Netherlands Groningen
4FW Zymer Bytyqi (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Norway Viking

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.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Mathias Dyngeland (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 29) 5 0 Norway Sogndal
1GK Pål Vestly Heigre (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Norway Viking
2DF Andreas Vindheim (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29) 7 0 Sweden Malmö
2DF Marius Høibråten (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 (age 29) 6 0 Norway Strømsgodset
2DF Vegard Bergan (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29) 4 0 Norway Odd
2DF Birger Meling (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30) 2 0 Norway Stabæk
2DF Ivan Näsberg (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Norway Vålerenga
3MF Marius Lundemo (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Norway Lillestrøm
3MF Ole Selnæs (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30) 5 0 France Saint-Étienne
3MF Kristoffer Normann Hansen (1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 30) 4 1 Norway Sandefjord
3MF Henrik Bjørdal (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 (age 27) 2 0 England Brighton
3MF Martin Ødegaard* (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 26) 2 0 Spain Real Madrid
3MF Bersant Celina (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28) 1 0 England Manchester City
3MF Daniel Granli (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Norway Stabæk
3MF Kasper Skaanes (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Norway Brann
4FW Veton Berisha (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) 13 2 Germany Greuther Fürth
4FW Mohamed Elyounoussi* (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 30) 11 2 Norway Molde
4FW Bård Finne (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29) 8 1 Germany Heidenheim
4FW Ohi Omoijuanfo (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30) 5 1 Norway Stabæk
4FW Sander Svendsen (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Norway Molde

Former squads

Former coaches

See also

References

  1. ^ "U21-landslagstropp til privatlandskamper" (in Norwegian). 3 November 2015.
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