Estonia national under-21 football team

The Estonia national under-21 football team represents Estonia in international under-21 football competitions and is controlled by the Estonian Football Association (Eesti Jalgpalli Liit), the governing body for football in Estonia.

Estonia U21

Nickname(s)	Sinisärgid (Blueshirts)
Association	Estonian Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Igor Prins
Captain	Marko Lipp
Most caps	Marko Meerits Andrei Veis (30)
Top scorer	Maksim Gussev Konstantin Nahk (5)
Home stadium	A. Le Coq Arena
First colours Second colours
First international
Cyprus 4–2 Estonia  (Achna, Cyprus; 9 March 1994)
Biggest win
Luxembourg 0–6 Estonia  (Erpeldange, Luxembourg; 29 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 8–0 Estonia  (Farum, Denmark; 5 March 2014)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	0

The team's home ground is the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, and the current manager is Igor Prins. Estonia have never qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. They compete in the biennial Under-21 Baltic Cup and have won the tournament in 2014.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Igor Prins
Assistant coach	Ats Sillaste
Goalkeeping coach	Aiko Orgla
Doctor	Liisbet Harak
Physiotherapist	Sten Ütsmüts
	Priit Ailt
Manager	Ljubov Lobõševa

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Serbia on 15 November 2019.[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2019, after the match against Serbia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Karl-Romet Nõmm	4 January 1998	3	0	Tulevik
12	GK	Ingmar Krister Paplavskis	17 May 1999	3	0	Tulevik
3	DF	Alex Roosalu	4 May 1999	7	0	Tulevik
4	DF	Marko Lipp (captain)	19 March 1999	8	2	FCI Levadia
5	DF	Martin Käos	18 June 1998	2	0	FCI Levadia
13	DF	Mark Edur	11 December 1998	2	0	Tulevik
15	DF	Markkus Seppik	16 April 2001	2	0	Holstein Kiel
17	DF	Henri Järvelaid	11 December 1998	15	0	Flora
8	MF	Markus Poom	27 February 1999	14	1	Flora
11	MF	Kaarel Usta	3 November 1999	6	0	MYPA
14	MF	Markus Soomets	2 March 2000	8	1	Rende
19	MF	Markus Vaherna	27 January 1999	6	0	Tallinna Kalev
20	MF	Mihkel Järviste	28 May 2000	5	0	Tammeka
2	FW	Sten Reinkort	29 April 1998	8	0	Tammeka
6	FW	Raimond Eino	15 February 2000	1	0	Nõmme United
7	FW	Artur Uljanov	25 March 1999	8	1	Tammeka
9	FW	Erik Utgof	11 November 1999	1	0	FCI Levadia
10	FW	Karl Rudolf Õigus	5 November 1998	1	0	FCI Levadia

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last twelve months and are still eligible for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.[2][3][4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Karl Jakob Hein	13 April 2002	2	0	Arsenal	v.  Russia, 15 October 2019
GK	Karl Andre Vallner	28 February 1998	1	0	Tallinna Kalev	v.  Poland, 10 September 2019
DF	Mairo Miil	15 February 2000	3	0	Kuressaare	v.  Serbia, 15 November 2019 ^PRE
DF	Daaniel Maanas	5 January 2000	3	0	Tammeka	v.  Russia, 15 October 2019
DF	Kristjan Pelt	12 July 2001	4	0	Paide Linnameeskond	v.  Poland, 10 September 2019
DF	Rasmus Saar	2 March 2000	1	0	Kuressaare	v.  Poland, 10 September 2019
DF	Vadim Mihhailov	6 June 1998	3	0	Narva Trans	v.  North Macedonia, 26 March 2019
DF	Tanel Neubauer	22 February 2000	3	0	Paide Linnameeskond	v.  North Macedonia, 26 March 2019
DF	Artur Šarnin	19 July 2000	2	0	TJK Legion	v.  North Macedonia, 26 March 2019
MF	Kristjan Kask	5 July 1999	7	0	Tulevik	v.  Serbia, 15 November 2019 ^PRE
MF	Henri Välja	4 November 2001	7	0	Paide Linnameeskond	v.  Russia, 15 October 2019
MF	Reinhard Reimaa	12 November 1998	4	0	Tallinna Kalev	v.  Poland, 10 September 2019
MF	Vladislav Kreida	25 September 1999	3	0	Flora	v.  North Macedonia, 26 March 2019
MF	Enrico Veensalu	19 August 1999	2	0	Vaprus	v.  North Macedonia, 26 March 2019
FW	Ander Ott Valge	20 October 1998	7	1	Paide Linnameeskond	v.  Serbia, 15 November 2019 ^PRE
FW	Kristofer Piht	24 April 2001	1	0	Paide Linnameeskond	v.  Poland, 10 September 2019
FW	Erik Sorga	8 July 1999	3	0	Loudoun United

• ^INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
• ^PRE Preliminary squad.
• ^RET Retired from the national team.

Previous squads

Commonwealth Cup squads

• 2013 CIS Cup squad
• 2014 CIS Cup squad
• 2015 CIS Cup squad
• 2016 CIS Cup squad

Results and fixtures

Recent results within the last 12 months and upcoming fixtures.

4 September 2020 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Estonia	0–6	Poland	Pärnu, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3)		Report	Bogusz  4', 59' Klimala  16' Kamiński  35'*Gumny  48' Tomczyk  82'	Stadium: Pärnu Rannastaadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

8 September 2020 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Latvia	1–1	Estonia	Jelgava, Latvia
17:00 (UTC+3)	Regža  61'	Report	Reinkort  53'	Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

9 October 2020 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Russia	4–0	Estonia	Khimki, Russia
18:00 (UTC+3)	Villota  8' (o.g.) Kuchaev  13' Chalov  21' (pen.), 40'	Report		Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 650 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

13 October 2020 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Estonia	0–0	Serbia	Jūrmala, Latvia
16:00 (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Sloka Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Ireland)

17 November 2020 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	Bulgaria	3–0	Estonia	Sofia, Bulgaria
18:30 (UTC+3)	Kotev  28' Tombak  30' Krastev  88'	Report		Stadium: Slavia Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	10	7	2	1	22	4	+18	23	Final tournament		—	2–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	2−0
2	Poland	10	6	2	2	19	8	+11	20			1–0	—	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–1
3	Bulgaria	10	5	3	2	14	5	+9	18			0–0	3−0	—	0–1	3–0	1–0
4	Serbia	10	3	3	4	12	9	+3	12			0–2	1–0	1–2	—	6−0	1–1
5	Estonia	10	1	2	7	3	34	−31	5			0–5	0–6	0–4	0–0	—	2–1
6	Latvia	10	0	4	6	7	17	−10	4			1–4	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not enter
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996	Did not qualify									10	0	0	10	5	37
1998										10	1	1	8	4	25
2000										10	0	0	10	4	35
2002										8	0	0	8	2	28
2004										6	0	2	4	4	10
2006										10	0	2	8	4	25
2007										2	0	0	2	1	7
2009										8	1	0	7	1	19
2011										10	3	3	4	9	16
2013										8	0	1	7	2	19
2015										10	2	3	5	9	23
2017										10	1	1	8	3	26
2019										10	0	2	8	11	24
2021										10	1	2	7	3	34
Total		0/23	0	0	0	0	0	0		122	9	17	96	62	328

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours and achievements

Under-21 Baltic Cup

Winners (1): 2014

See also

• Estonia national football team
• Estonia national under-23 football team
• Estonia national under-19 football team
• Estonia national youth football team

References

1. "U21 koondise koosseisus toimus muudatus" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 12 November 2019.
2. "U21 koondis võõrustab täna Lätit" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 October 2019.
3. "Selgus U21 koondise koosseis esimesteks valikmängudeks" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 27 August 2019.
4. "U21 koondis alustab aastat treeninglaagriga Türgis" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 16 March 2019.

External links

• Official website (in Estonian)