Norway national under-21 football team

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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 2017 European Under-21 Championship playoffs against Serbia on 11 November 2016 and 15 November 2015.[1]

Statistics correct as of 15 November 2016, after the second leg against Serbia.[2]

* 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
1GK Sondre Rossbach (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28) 19 0 Norway Odd
1GK Mathias Dyngeland (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 28) 6 0 Norway Sogndal
1GK Øyvind Knutsen (1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Norway Jerv
2DF Kristoffer Haraldseid (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30) 26 0 Norway Haugesund
2DF Thomas Grøgaard* (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 30) 22 0 Norway Odd
2DF Jonas Grønner (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) 22 1 Norway Brann
2DF Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 27) 13 0 Norway Tromsø
2DF Birger Meling (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 29) 6 0 Norway Stabæk
2DF Jakob Glesnes (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Norway Strømsgodset
2DF Sigurd Rosted (1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 (age 29) 2 0 Norway Sarpsborg 08
3MF Iver Fossum* (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 27) 20 0 Germany Hannover 96
3MF Ghayas Zahid (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 29) 19 3 Norway Vålerenga
3MF Morten Thorsby (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28) 16 1 Netherlands Heerenveen
3MF Petter Strand (1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 (age 29) 13 2 Norway Molde
3MF Anders Trondsen* (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29) 14 1 Norway Sarpsborg 08
3MF Martin Ødegaard* (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 25) 9 2 Spain Real Madrid Castilla
3MF Ole Selnæs* (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 29) 8 0 France Saint-Étienne
3MF Mats Møller Dæhli* (1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 29) 7 0 Germany Freiburg
3MF Martin Samuelsen* (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 27) 3 0 England Blackburn
4FW Mohamed Elyounoussi* (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 29) 19 5 Switzerland Basel
4FW Veton Berisha* (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) 17 2 Germany Greuther Fürth
4FW Alexander Sørloth* (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 28) 10 1 Netherlands Groningen

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 Per Kristian Bråtveit (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 28) 5 0 Norway Haugesund
1GK Pål Vestly Heigre (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Norway Viking
2DF Marius Høibråten (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 (age 29) 7 0 Norway Strømsgodset
2DF Andreas Vindheim (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 28) 7 0 Sweden Malmö
2DF Bjørn Inge Utvik (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28) 5 1 Norway Sogndal
2DF Vegard Bergan (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29) 4 0 Norway Odd
2DF Kristoffer Haugen (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 30) 2 0 Norway Viking
2DF Ivan Näsberg (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Sweden Varberg
2DF Eirik Birkelund (1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Norway Sogndal
2DF Daniel Granli (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Norway Stabæk
3MF Fredrik Aursnes (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 28) 14 1 Norway Molde
3MF Martin Rønning Ovenstad (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30) 9 0 Norway Strømsgodset
3MF Marius Lundemo (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) 7 1 Norway Lillestrøm
3MF Kristoffer Normann Hansen (1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 29) 4 1 Norway Sarpsborg 08
3MF Henrik Bjørdal (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 (age 27) 3 0 England Brighton
3MF Eirik Hestad (1995-06-26) 26 June 1995 (age 28) 3 0 Norway Molde
3MF Sander Berge (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 26) 2 0 Norway Vålerenga
3MF Rafik Zekhnini (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 26) 2 0 Norway Odd
3MF Bersant Celina[a] (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 27) 1 0 Netherlands Twente
3MF Morten Konradsen (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Norway Bodø/Glimt
3MF Kasper Skaanes (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Norway Brann
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) 7 1 Norway Stabæk
4FW Sander Svendsen (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 26) 3 0 Norway Molde
4FW Zymer Bytyqi (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 27) 1 0 Norway Viking
4FW Julian Kristoffersen (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Denmark FC København
4FW Runar Espejord (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Norway Tromsø
Notes
  • [a] Celina has opted to represent Kosovo in international football, and is no longer eligible for any Norway squads.

Former squads

Former coaches

See also

References

  1. ^ "U21-landslagstroppen til kampene mot Serbia" (in Norwegian). 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ Match report: Norway v Serbia (15 November 2016), fotball.no. Retrieved 15 November 2016. Template:No icon

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