Northern Ireland national under-21 football team

Northern Ireland U21

Association	Irish Football Association
Head coach	Steve Beaglehole
Captain	Johnny Flynn
Most caps	21 Sean Friars (1998-2001)
Top scorer	4 (four players)
Home colours Away colours
First international
8 March 1978, Rep. Ireland U21 1-1 Northern Ireland U21 FR
Biggest win
10 May 2006, Northern Ireland U21 5-0 Liechtenstein U21 ECQ
Biggest defeat
1 April 2003, Northern Ireland U21 2-6 Greece U21 ECQ

The Northern Ireland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Northern Ireland.

Former coaches

Name	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	%W
Danny Blanchflower	08-03-1978		1	0	1	0	0.0
Billy Bingham	03-04-1990		1	1	0	0	100.0
Bryan Hamilton	22-03-1994		1	0	1	0	0.0
Roy Millar	21-04-1998		1	1	0	0	100.0
Chris Nicholl	20-05-1998	08-10-1999	13	3	5	5	23.1
Roy Millar	28-03-2000	26-03-2008	48	17	9	22	35.4
Steve Beaglehole	19-08-2008	present	4	1	0	3	25.0

• To 20 August 2008.

2008/09 Matches

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
19-08-2008	Kiev	Poland	0-1	International Friendly Tournament
20-08-2008	Kiev	Ukraine	1-4	International Friendly Tournament
05-09-2008	Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal	Germany	0-3	Euro U21 Qualifier
18-11-2008	New Douglas Park, Hamilton	Scotland	3-1	International Friendly
31-03-2009	Shamrock Park, Portadown	Ukraine	1-1	International Friendly

Current squad

Squad to play San Marino.

Pos	Player	Club	Date of Birth (age)
GK	Stuart Rafferty	Bangor F.C.	April 11, 1991 (1991-04-11) (age 20)
GK	Conor Devlin	unattached	September 29, 1991 (1991-09-29) (age 20)
DF	Lee Hodson	Watford	October 2, 1991 (1991-10-02) (age 20)
DF	Johnny Flynn	Ross County	November 18, 1989 (1989-11-18) (age 21)
DF	Dean Jarvis	Aberdeen	June 1, 1992 (1992-06-01) (age 19)
DF	Conor McLaughlin	Preston North End	July 26, 1991 (1991-07-26) (age 20)
DF	Chris Ramsey	Ballymena United	May 24, 1990 (1990-05-24) (age 21)
DF	Robbie Weir	Sunderland	December 9, 1988 (1988-12-09) (age 22)
MF	James Lawrie	Telford United	December 18, 1990 (1990-12-18) (age 20)
MF	Corry Evans	Hull City	July 30, 1990 (1990-07-30) (age 21)
MF	Oliver Norwood	Manchester United	April 12, 1991 (1991-04-12) (age 20)
MF	Shane Ferguson	Newcastle United	July 12, 1991 (1991-07-12) (age 20)
MF	Patrick McLaughlin	York City	January 14, 1991 (1991-01-14) (age 20)
MF	Michael Bryan	Watford	February 21, 1990 (1990-02-21) (age 21)
FW	Billy Kee	Burton Albion	December 1, 1990 (1990-12-01) (age 20)
FW	Billy McKay	Inverness CT	October 22, 1988 (1988-10-22) (age 23)
FW	Liam Boyce	Werder Bremen	April 8, 1991 (1991-04-08) (age 20)
FW	Will Grigg	Walsall	July 3, 1991 (1991-07-03) (age 20)

Other Recent Call-Ups

The following players have been called up to the Under-21 squad and remain eligible:

Pos	Player	Club	Caps	Goals	Date of Birth (age)	Notes
GK	Matthew McGraw	Portstewart	0	0	(age 21)
DF	Lee Colligan	Ballymena United	1	0	February 11, 1989 (1989-02-11) (age 22)
MF	Adam Barton	Preston North End	0	0	January 7, 1991 (1991-01-07) (age 20)

Under-21 Graduates

Players who have won Northern Ireland 'Full' caps after playing for Northern Ireland U21 (Figures in brackets Under-21 Caps/Goals and career)

Chris Baird (6/0 2002-2003) Kingsley Black (1/0 1990) Alan Blayney (5/0 2002-2003) Noel Brotherston (1/0 1978) Chris Brunt (2/1 2005-2006) Tony Capaldi (14/0 2001-2003) Roy Carroll (11/0 1998-1999) Sammy Clingan (11/1 2003-2006) Mark Clyde (5/0 2002-2003) Tom Connell (1/0 1978) Adrian Coote (12/4 1998-1999) Steven Davis (3/0 2003-2004) John Devine (1/0 1990) Mal Donaghy (1/0 1978) Iain Dowie (1/0 1990) Jonny Evans (3/0 2006) Stuart Elliott (3/0 1998-1999) Warren Feeney (8/2 2001-2003) Keith Gillespie (1/0 1994) Danny Griffin (10/1 1998-1999) Gary Hamilton (12/3 2000-2001)

Billy Hamilton (1/0 1978) David Healy (8/4 1998-1999) Shaun Holmes (13/0 2000-2001) Jeff Hughes (7/0 2006) Mark Hughes (12/0 2002-2005) Michael Hughes (1/0 1990) Michael Ingham (4/0 2001) Damien Johnson (11/0 1998-1999) Paul Kee (1/0 1990) Andy Kirk (9/2 1999-2001) Kyle Lafferty (2/0 2006) Neil Lennon (2/0 1990-1994) Jim Magilton (1/0 1990) Grant McCann (9/3 2000-2001) George McCartney (5/0 2000-2001) Pat McCourt (9/1 2002-2004) Ray McCoy (1/0 1990) David McCreery (1/0 1978) Lee McEvilly (9/3 2002-2003) Pat McGibbon (1/0 1994) Brian McLean (1/0 2005)

Gerard McMahon (1/0 1994) Paul McVeigh (11/0 1998-1999) Victor Moreland (1/0 1978) Phil Mulryne (5/1 1998-1999) Jimmy Nicholl (1/0 1978) Michael O'Connor (3/1 2007-2008) John O'Neill (1/0 1978) Michael O'Neill (1/0 1994) Martin Paterson (2/0 2007) Darren Patterson (1/0 1994) James Quinn (1/0 1994) Steve Robinson (1/0 1994) Dean Shiels (6/2 2004-2006) Tom Sloan (1/0 1978) Maik Taylor (1/0 1998) Peter Thompson (4/1 2005-2006) Ciaran Toner (17/1 2000-2003) Jonathan Tuffey (13/0 2006-2008) Sean Webb (6/0 2003-2004) Jeff Whitley (17/1 1998-2000)

See also

• Northern Ireland national football team
• Northern Ireland national under-17 football team

References

External links

• Fixtures & Results - Under 21 of 2007 and 2008, with further links to Results of 2006 and 2005
• U21-squad-announced for the international challenge match against Finland on Tuesday August 21.
• NI U21 Appearance Details from NIFG