Northern Ireland national under-17 football team

The Northern Ireland national under-17 football team also known as Northern Ireland under-17s or Northern Ireland U17s represents Northern Ireland in association football at under-17 level. It is controlled by the Irish Football Association. The team first competed as Northern Ireland under-16 before evolving into the current under-17 side when UEFA realigned their youth tournaments in 2001. They have qualified for the finals of the UEFA European Under-16 Championships five times (1987, 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1997) and for the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship once (2004). In addition to the UEFA Championships, the team also plays regular friendlies and in minor tournaments from similar age-group teams from throughout the world.

Northern Ireland Under-17
Nickname(s)The GAWA
Norn Iron
AssociationIrish Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVacant
Home stadiumvarious
FIFA codeNIR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Northern Ireland 0–3  Austria
(Ballymena, Northern Ireland; 18 September 2001)
Biggest win
 Northern Ireland 7–0  Luxembourg
(Beggen, Luxembourg; 30 October 2019
Biggest defeat
 Northern Ireland 0–8  Turkey
(Staines, England; 2 September 2007
World Cup
Appearances0
European Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1987)
Best resultGroup stage (6 times)

Competitive record

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record

UEFA European Under-16/17 Championship Finals record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pld W D L GF GA GD
1982 Did not enter Did not enter
1984
1985
1986 Did not qualify 201101–1
1987 Group stage302123–1 2101110
1988 Did not qualify 201102–2
1989 201113–2
1990 Group stage310238–5 211043+1
1991 Did not qualify 200204–4
1992 Group stage301226–4 2101330
1993 Group stage301238–5 2101110
1994 Did not qualify 210145–1
1995 210114–3
1996 200224–2
1997 Group stage310234–1 220082+6
1998 Did not qualify 211010+1
1999 411224–2
2000 201102–2
2001 201113–2
2002 4004411–7
2003 6312440
2004 Group stage3003312–9 6411139+4
2005 Did not qualify 62131112–1
2006 6303913–4
2007 631297+2
2008 630378–1
2009 310213–2
2010 640265+1
2011 621312120
2012 310225–3
2013 6132108+2
2014 310234–1
2015 6123715–8
2016 301224–2
2017 310259–4
2018 310218–7
2019 612379–2
2020 310276+1
Total Group stage 18 2 4 12 16 41 –25 125 43 21 61 149 194 –45

FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD
1985did not enter
1987did not qualify
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021To be determined

Coaches

Currently Vacant

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 will be eligible until the end of the 2020 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Names in bold denote players who have been capped by Northern Ireland in a higher age group.

The following players were named in the squad for the qualifying round games against  Turkey,  Italy &  Luxembourg in October 2019.[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Conner Byrne (2003-03-27) 27 March 2003 Dungannon Swifts
1GK Conor Manderson (2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 Portsmouth

2DF Sean McAllister (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 Everton
2DF Sean Stewart (2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 Norwich City
2DF Aaron Donnelly (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 Nottingham Forest
2DF Lewis MacKinnon (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 Rangers
2DF Stephen McGuinness (2003-07-17) 17 July 2003 Cliftonville
2DF Orrin McLaughlin (2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 Derry City

3MF Conor Bradley (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 Liverpool
3MF Cameron Stewart (2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 Ipswich Town
3MF Isaac Price (2003-09-26) 26 September 2003 Everton
3MF Jamie McDonnell (2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 Nottingham Forest
3MF Dane McCullough (2003-12-20) 20 December 2003 Burnley
3MF Caolan McBride (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 Aston Villa
3MF Charlie Allen (2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 Leeds United
3MF Charlie Lindsay (2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 Rangers

4FW Dale Taylor (2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 Nottingham Forest
4FW Ciaran McGuckin (2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 Rotherham United
4FW Ross McCausland (2003-05-12) 12 May 2003 Rangers
4FW Matthew Walker (2003-02-19) 19 February 2003 Derry City

See also

References

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