Liechtenstein national under-21 football team

The Liechtenstein national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Liechtenstein in the UEFA U-21 Championship, and is controlled by the Liechtenstein Football Association, the governing body of football in Liechtenstein.

Liechtenstein U-21
AssociationLiechtenstein Football Association
(Liechtensteiner Fussballverband)
Head coachMichael Koller
Most capsJens Hofer (22)
Top scorerSimon Kühne (3)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Liechtenstein 1-4 Northern Ireland
Vaduz, Liechtenstein, April 12, 2006
Biggest win
 Liechtenstein 1–0 Azerbaijan 
(Eschen, Liechtenstein; 6 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Liechtenstein 0–9 Portugal 
(Vaduz, Liechtenstein; 11 October 2018)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances0
Best resultNone

Overview

The Liechtenstein under-21s first attempted to qualify for the UEFA U-21 Championship in 2006, where they played a home-and-home against Northern Ireland, losing 1-8 on aggregate, thus being eliminated from qualifying.

The Liechtenstein under-21s lost their first 59 competitive fixtures, being outscored 232–17. They avoided defeat for the first time on 6 June 2019, beating Azerbaijan during qualifying for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship tournament.[1]

UEFA U-21 Championship record
Year Result GP W D L GS GA
2007Did not qualify------
2009Did not qualify------
2011Did not qualify------
2013Did not qualify------
2015Did not qualify------
2017Did not qualify------
/ 2019Did not qualify------
/ 2021Qualifying in progress------

Current squad

Matchday squad v. France and Switzerland

Players born on 1 January 1998 or after are eligible for 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.

The following 23-man squad was named for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against France at Rheinpark Stadion on 12 November 2020 and Slovakia at FC Nitra Stadium on 17 November 2020.[2]
Caps and goals as per 18 November 2020.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Justin Ospelt (1999-09-07) September 7, 1999 2 0 Vaduz
1GK Luca Vanoni (2001-01-12) January 12, 2001 2 0 Balzers
1GK Gabriel Foser (2002-09-02) September 2, 2002 0 0 Vaduz
2DF Roman Spirig (1998-01-07) January 7, 1998 17 0 Balzers
2DF Philip Seemann (1999-03-23) March 23, 1999 14 0 Ruggell
2DF Manuel Mikus (1999-07-13) July 13, 1999 14 0 Balzers
2DF Rafael Grünenfelder (1999-03-20) March 20, 1999 13 0 Balzers
2DF Fabian Unterrainer (2001-06-05) June 5, 2001 12 0 Lustenau Amateur
2DF Martin Marxer (1999-10-04) October 4, 1999 9 0 Ostermundigen
2DF Niklas Beck (2001-03-25) March 25, 2001 9 0 Ruggell
2DF Jonas Hilti (2000-03-22) March 22, 2000 7 0 Vaduz
2DF Lukas Büchel (2001-09-12) September 12, 2001 1 0 Ruggell
2DF Elias Jäger (2002-02-15) February 15, 2002 0 0 Eschen/Mauren
3MF Livio Meier (1998-01-10) January 10, 1998 17 0 Eschen/Mauren
3MF Noah Graber (2001-05-03) May 3, 2001 11 0 Eschen/Mauren
3MF Lukas Graber (2001-05-03) May 3, 2001 10 1 Eschen/Mauren
3MF Andrin Netzer (2002-01-11) January 11, 2002 8 0 Vaduz
3MF Simon Lüchinger (2002-11-28) November 28, 2002 8 0 Vaduz
3MF Marco Marxer (1999-06-02) June 2, 1999 4 0 Vaduz
4FW Benjamin Vogt (1999-06-28) June 28, 1999 14 0 Balzers
4FW Pascal Koller (1999-04-30) April 30, 1999 10 0 Balzers
4FW Menderes Caglar (1999-07-20) July 20, 1999 9 1 Balzers
4FW Warren Kaiser (2002-11-11) November 11, 2002 1 0 Eschen/Mauren

Recent call-ups

The following players have been selected in the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Armando Majer (1999-05-12) May 12, 1999 11 0 Eschen/Mauren v.   Switzerland, 13 October 2020
GK Raffael Loosli (2000-08-31) August 31, 2000 0 0 Triesenberg v.   Switzerland, 13 October 2020
MF Noah Frick (2001-10-16) October 16, 2001 11 2 Neuchâtel Xamax v.  Azerbaijan, 14 November 2019
MF Noah Frommelt (2000-12-18) December 18, 2000 8 0 Balzers v.   Switzerland, 13 October 2020
FW Tim Schreiber (2002-02-03) February 3, 2002 6 0 Vaduz v.   Switzerland, 13 October 2020
FW Philipp Gassner (2003-08-30) August 30, 2003 3 0 AKA Vorarlberg v.   Switzerland, 13 October 2020
FW Sebastian Tschupp (1999-10-04) October 4, 1999 1 0 Perlen-Buchrain v.  Azerbaijan, 14 November 2019

Notes:

  • PRE = Preliminary squad

See also

References
  1. "Under-21 - Liechtenstein-Azerbaijan - Match info - UEFA.com".
  2. "Matchday squad for France and Slovakia qualifiers" (PDF).
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