Faroe Islands national under-21 football team

In 2006 it was announced that the Faroe Islands will have an under-21 team and will take part in qualification for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. From then on the Faroe Islands are now represented in all age groups, U-15, U-17, U-19 and U-21 also. In early 2007 the Faroese Football Association appointed two coaches, Heðin Askham and Bill McLeod Jacobsen, both have been coaches for several other Faroese youth national teams. A squad of 34 players was selected for the first training season. A 20-man squad was named for the first two matches against Croatia and Albania in the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying. Faroe Islands lost the first match 2-0, with Croatia scoring their second goal in the last minute. They lost the second match 1-0, Albania scored the only goal of the match in the second half from a penalty kick. Faroe Islands had to wait until their fourth match for the first under-21 victory, it came when they beat Azerbaijan 1-0 in Toftir. Their only other point was also against Azerbaijan, in the away match. Faroe Islands finished the group in 5th place, 1 point above Azerbaijan.

In the 2011 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying, on 9 June 2009 Faroe Islands under-21 recorded a famous victory over Russia U21, beating them 1-0 after a goal in the first minute. This was followed by a 1-1 draw against Moldova in September, but Faroe Islands lost the next match 3-1 against Latvia. Russia had their revenge in the away match and defeated Faroe Islands 2-0. They also lost both matches against Romania. In November 2009 Faroe Islands beat Latvia 1-0 and were held to a 1-1 draw against Andorra. Faroe Islands won the home match against Andorra 3-1. Faroe Islands had the chance of finishing third in the group going into the final match against Moldova, in Tiraspol. The score remained 0-0 until Moldova scored a goal with 10 minutes left to play and the Faroe Islands had a player sent off minutes later.

Faroe Islands U21 began the 2013 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying with two matches against Northern Ireland. In the first match, with the score at 0-0, the Faroe Islands were awarded a penalty just before injury-time in the second-half. Captain Rógvi Holm missed the spotkick and the chance to give the team victory. In the away match against Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands lost 4-0. This was followed by away defeats to Serbia, Macedonia, and Denmark. The next matches were verses Macedonia and Serbia in June 2012 and were the first matches at home in just over a year for the team. Faroe Islands drew 1-1 with Macedonia, ending a run of four straight defeats, but lost the other match 2-0 to Serbia. The final match of the group for the Faroe Islands was against Denmark, in which the Faroe Islands secured a 1-1 draw after scoring a late equaliser.

In October 2014 the Faroese Football Association (FSF) announced that Heðin Askham did not wish to continue as the coach for the Faroe Islands U21 in 2015,[4] instead he was the new head coach for HB Tórshavn. In January 2015 FSF announced that they had decided to promote the former assisting coach Bill McLeod Jacobsen to be head coach for the team.[5] On 14 January 2015 FSF announced that Eli Hentze was the new assisting coach.[6]

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	9	1	0	20	1	+19	28	Final tournament		—	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
2	North Macedonia	10	5	3	2	20	12	+8	18			0–1	—	1–1	1–1	7–1	2–1
3	Israel	10	3	4	3	12	14	−2	13			1–1	1–1	—	1–2	3–1	0–0
4	Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	12	21	−9	10			0–1	1–4	1–2	—	2–3	0–4
5	Faroe Islands	10	3	0	7	11	25	−14	9			0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–0
6	Montenegro	10	2	1	7	11	13	−2	7			0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	—

Source: UEFA

The squad selected for the 2021 Under 21 qualifiers against Montenegro on 13 October 2020.[7][8]

Caps and goals as of 15 October 2020 after the game against Montenegro.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Rói Zachariasen	(1998-10-12) 12 October 1998	4	0	EB/Streymur
23	1GK	Bárður á Reynatrøð	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000	0	0	Skála ÍF
2	2DF	Ari Olsen	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998	14	0	Víkingur Gøta
3	2DF	Ólavur Niclasen	(1998-07-07) 7 July 1998	13	0	KÍ Klaksvík
4	2DF	Dan Fróðason	(2000-04-27) 27 April 2000	0	0	07 Vestur
5	2DF	Samuel Johansen Chukwudi	(2003-06-25) 25 June 2003	4	0	HB Tórshavn
6	2DF	Daniel Johansen	(1998-07-09) 9 July 1998	6	0	HB Tórshavn
11	2DF	Lukas Giessing	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000	8	0	AB
14	2DF	Noah Mneney	(2002-12-06) 6 December 2002	0	0	Víkingur Gøta
19	3MF	Hjalti Djurhuus	(1998-07-14) 14 July 1998	2	0	EB/Streymur
20	3MF	Andri Benjaminsen	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999	2	0	B68 Toftir
8	3MF	Hanus Sørensen	(2001-01-19) 19 January 2001	2	0	FC Midtjylland
9	3MF	Petur Knudsen (c)	(1998-04-21) 21 April 1998	13	2	NSÍ Runavík
15	3MF	Arnbjørn Svensson	(1999-07-01) 1 July 1999	2	0	Víkingur Gøta
16	3MF	Pætur Skipanes	(2000-10-20) 20 October 2000	0	0	NSÍ Runavík
18	3MF	Ragnar Samuelsen	(1999-08-23) 23 August 1999	2	0	B36 Tórshavn
7	4FW	Adrian Justinussen	(1998-07-21) 21 July 1998	5	0	HB Tórshavn
10	4FW	Stefan Radosavljevic	(2000-09-08) 8 September 2000	8	3	B36 Tórshavn
13	4FW	Steffan Løkin	(2000-11-13) 13 November 2000	2	0	NSÍ Runavík
17	4FW	Pætur Petersen	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998	8	0	HB Tórshavn