Norway national under-21 football team

Norway Under-21
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 (1998, 2013)

The Norway 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
UEFA European Under-21 Championship record UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1978 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 6 9
1980 6 1 3 2 5 12
1982 4 1 1 2 5 6
1984 6 0 2 4 6 15
1986 6 2 2 2 10 9
1988 6 0 3 3 3 7
1990 6 1 2 3 3 7
1992 6 3 1 2 13 6
1994 10 6 1 3 20 13
1996 10 7 0 3 32 13
1998 Semi-Finals 3rd of 8 3 2 0 1 3 1 8 5 2 1 22 10
2000 Did not qualify 12 7 1 4 22 15
2002 10 6 0 4 21 12
2004 10 7 1 2 23 9
2006 10 4 2 4 14 13
2007 2 0 1 1 1 2
2009 8 3 3 2 7 6
2011 8 2 1 5 14 18
2013 Semi-Finals 3rd of 8 4 1 2 1 6 7 10 6 1 3 18 11
2015 Did not qualify 8 3 0 5 11 19
2017 10 6 1 3 13 12
2019 10 4 3 3 15 13
Total 3rd 2/22 7 3 2 2 9 8 170 76 31 63 284 237

Note: The year of the tournament represents the year in which it ends.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification against Austria on 29 March 2022.[1]

Information correct as of 29 March 2022[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
1 1GK Kristoffer Klaesson (2000-11-27) 27 November 2000 11 0 Leeds United
12 1GK Mads Hedenstad Christiansen (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 1 0 Lillestrøm
1GK Oliver Petersen (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001 0 0 Molde
2 2DF Sebastian Sebulonsen (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 7 1 Viking
3 2DF Henrik Heggheim (2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 6 0 Brøndby
4 2DF Jesper Daland (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 8 0 Cercle Brugge
5 2DF Fredrik Oppegård (2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 2 0 PSV Eindhoven
13 2DF Colin Rösler (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 3 0 Lillestrøm
14 2DF Ole Martin Kolskogen (2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 4 0 Brann}
15 2DF Eskil Edh (2002-08-04) 4 August 2002 1 0 Lillestrøm
17 2DF Josef Baccay (2001-04-29) 29 April 2001 1 0 Odd
6 3MF Johan Hove (2000-09-07) 7 September 2000 13 2 Strømsgodset
8 3MF Håkon Evjen (2000-02-14) 14 February 2000 16 1 AZ
19 3MF Markus Solbakken (2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 3 0 Viking
21 3MF Tobias Christensen (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 11 2 Vålerenga
22 3MF Elias Kristoffersen Hagen (2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 1 0 Bodø/Glimt
3MF Kristoffer Askildsen (2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 9 0 Sampdoria
3MF Hugo Vetlesen (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 9 0 Bodø/Glimt
9 4FW Jørgen Strand Larsen (2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 13 9 Groningen
10 4FW Osame Sahraoui (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 5 1 Vålerenga
11 4FW Emil Konradsen Ceide (2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 4 3 Sassuolo
18 4FW Noah Jean Holm (2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 10 5 Rosenborg
20 4FW Erik Botheim (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 5 1 Krasnodar

Recent call-ups

The following players still eligible for the U21 team (i.e. born in 2000 or later) have been called up since September 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2DF Leo Fuhr Hjelde (2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 2 0 Leeds United
3MF Emil Breivik (2000-06-11) 11 June 2000 1 0 Molde
3MF Martin Palumbo (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 4 2 Juventus U23
3MF Halldor Stenevik (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 2 0 Strømsgodset
3MF Joshua Kitolano (2001-08-03) 3 August 2001 1 0 Odd
3MF Edvard Tagseth (2001-01-23) 23 January 2001 0 0 Rosenborg
3MF Andreas Schjelderup (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 2 0 Nordsjælland
4FW Oscar Aga (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 0 0 Elfsborg

Records
As of 22 March 2019[3]

Leading appearances
Rank Player Club(s) U-21 Caps
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
As of 22 March 2019[3]
Rank Player Club(s) U-21 Goals
1 Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC 16
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
9 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. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.

Past squads

Coaches

See also

References
  1. "v" (in Norwegian). 15 March 2022.
  2. Match report: Russia v Norway (28 March 2017), fotball.no. Retrieved 28 March 2017. (in Norwegian)
  3. "Norge Menn U21". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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