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.
| Nickname(s) | The GAWA Norn Iron | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Irish Football Association | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Vacant | ||
| Home stadium | various | ||
| FIFA code | NIR | ||
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| 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 | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1987) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (6 times) | ||
Competitive record
UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record
| UEFA European Under-16/17 Championship Finals record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | ||||||||
 1987 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
 1988 |
Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2 | ||||||||
 1989 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | |||||||||
 1990 |
Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
 1991 |
Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | –4 | ||||||||
 1992 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1993 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
 1994 |
Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | ||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1995 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | –3 | |||||||||
| 1996 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | |||||||||
| 1997 |
Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |
 1998 |
Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | ||||||||
 1999 |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | |||||||||
 2000 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2 | |||||||||
 2001 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | |||||||||
| 2002 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | –7 | |||||||||
 2003 |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2004 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | –9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2005 |
Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | –1 | ||||||||
| 2006 |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | –4 | |||||||||
| 2007 |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | |||||||||
| 2008 |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | –1 | |||||||||
| 2009 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | |||||||||
 2010 |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | |||||||||
 2011 |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
 2012 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | |||||||||
 2013 |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | |||||||||
 2014 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | |||||||||
 2015 |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | –8 | |||||||||
 2016 |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | |||||||||
 2017 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | –4 | |||||||||
| 2018 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | –7 | |||||||||
| 2019 |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | |||||||||
 2020 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 41 | –25 | 125 | 43 | 21 | 61 | 149 | 194 | –45 | |
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Conner Byrne | 27 March 2003 | Dungannon Swifts | |||
| GK | Conor Manderson | 12 December 2003 | Portsmouth | |||
| DF | Sean McAllister | 1 January 2003 | Everton | |||
| DF | Sean Stewart | 21 January 2003 | Norwich City | |||
| DF | Aaron Donnelly | 8 June 2003 | Nottingham Forest | |||
| DF | Lewis MacKinnon | 3 March 2003 | Rangers | |||
| DF | Stephen McGuinness | 17 July 2003 | Cliftonville | |||
| DF | Orrin McLaughlin | 28 May 2003 | Derry City | |||
| MF | Conor Bradley | 9 July 2003 | Liverpool | |||
| MF | Cameron Stewart | 20 February 2003 | Ipswich Town | |||
| MF | Isaac Price | 26 September 2003 | Everton | |||
| MF | Jamie McDonnell | 16 February 2004 | Nottingham Forest | |||
| MF | Dane McCullough | 20 December 2003 | Burnley | |||
| MF | Caolan McBride | 19 September 2003 | Aston Villa | |||
| MF | Charlie Allen | 22 November 2003 | Leeds United | |||
| MF | Charlie Lindsay | 26 January 2004 | Rangers | |||
| FW | Dale Taylor | 12 December 2003 | Nottingham Forest | |||
| FW | Ciaran McGuckin | 30 December 2003 | Rotherham United | |||
| FW | Ross McCausland | 12 May 2003 | Rangers | |||
| FW | Matthew Walker | 19 February 2003 | Derry City | |||
See also
References
- "NI men's U17s: Stephen Frail names 20-strong panel for games against Luxembourg, Italy and Turkey". The Irish Football Association. 22 October 2019.
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