Norway national under-21 football team

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Norway under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) U21-landslaget
Association Football Association of Norway
(Norges Fotballforbund)
Head coach Leif Gunnar Smerud
Most caps Tommy Svindal Larsen (41)
Top scorer Steffen Iversen (17)
First colours
Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances 2 (First in 1998)
Best result 3rd place

The Norwegian 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

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendlies against Poland on 12 November 2015 and against the Republic of Ireland on 17 November 2015.[1]

Statistics correct as of 12 October 2015.

* Players in bold have played at least one full international match for Norway's senior national team.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sondre Rossbach (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28) 10 0 Norway Odd
12 1GK Per Kristian Bråtveit (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Norway Haugesund
2 2DF Kristoffer Haraldseid (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 31) 15 0 Norway Haugesund
5 2DF Thomas Grøgaard* (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 30) 14 0 Norway Odd
4 2DF Jonas Grønner (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) 13 1 Norway Brann
17 2DF Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 28) 5 0 France Lyon
2DF Kristoffer Haugen (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 30) 2 0 Norway Viking
2DF Bjørn Inge Utvik (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Norway Sogndal
14 3MF Iver Fossum (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 28) 10 0 Germany Hannover 96
13 3MF Petter Strand (1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 (age 30) 8 2 Norway Sogndal
10 3MF Ghayas Zahid (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30) 8 0 Norway Vålerenga
8 3MF Fredrik Aursnes (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 29) 7 1 Norway Molde
7 3MF Martin Rønning Ovenstad (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Norway Strømsgodset
6 3MF Anders Trondsen (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29) 7 1 Norway Sarpsborg 08
16 3MF Morten Thorsby (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28) 6 1 Netherlands Heerenveen
9 3MF Eirik Hestad (1995-06-26) 26 June 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Norway Molde
15 3MF Morten Konradsen (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Norway Bodø/Glimt
11 4FW Alexander Sørloth (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 29) 3 1 Netherlands Groningen
4FW Zymer Bytyqi (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Norway Viking

Recent call-ups

The following players still eligible for the U21 team (i.e. born in 1994 or later) have been called up since January 2014.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Mathias Dyngeland (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 29) 5 0 Norway Sogndal
1GK Pål Vestly Heigre (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Norway Viking
2DF Andreas Vindheim (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29) 7 0 Sweden Malmö
2DF Marius Høibråten (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 (age 30) 6 0 Norway Strømsgodset
2DF Vegard Bergan (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29) 4 0 Norway Odd
2DF Birger Meling (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30) 2 0 Norway Stabæk
2DF Ivan Näsberg (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Norway Vålerenga
3MF Marius Lundemo (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) 7 0 Norway Lillestrøm
3MF Ole Selnæs (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30) 5 0 Norway Rosenborg
3MF Kristoffer Normann Hansen (1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 30) 4 1 Norway Sandefjord
3MF Henrik Bjørdal (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Norway Aalesund
3MF Martin Ødegaard* (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 26) 2 0 Spain Real Madrid
3MF Bersant Celina (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28) 1 0 England Manchester City
3MF Daniel Granli (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Norway Stabæk
3MF Kasper Skaanes (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Norway Brann
4FW Veton Berisha (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) 13 2 Germany Greuther Fürth
4FW Mohamed Elyounoussi* (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 30) 11 2 Norway Molde
4FW Bård Finne (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29) 8 1 Germany Köln
4FW Ohi Omoijuanfo (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 31) 5 1 Norway Stabæk
4FW Sander Svendsen (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Norway Molde

Former squads

Former coaches

See also

References

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External links

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