Northern Ireland national under-19 football team

The Northern Ireland national under-19 football team also known as Northern Ireland under-19s or Northern Ireland U19s represents Northern Ireland in association football at under-19 level. It is controlled by the Irish Football Association and began under the name of Ireland Youth when the Home Nations first held a round robin of friendly matches in 1948. The same year they entered the first International Youth Tournament, now the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. Their best performance was in 1963 when they finished as runner-up. The team evolved into the Northern Ireland under-18 team then the current under-19 team. As well as the UEFA Under-19 Championships the team also enters the annual Milk Cup (currently as an under-20 side). In addition, the team plays regular friendlies, sometimes as an under-20 or under-18 team by agreement of the opposing association.

Northern Ireland Under-19

Nickname(s)	The GAWA, Norn Iron
Association	Irish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vacant
Home stadium	various
FIFA code	NIR
First colours Second colours
First international
Ireland Youth 0-4  Wales (Solitude, Belfast; 10 January 1948)
European Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1948)
Best result	Runners-Up: 1963

Competitive record

  Champions   Runners-up   Third Place   Fourth Place

European Championships

• 1948–1954 – FIFA Junior Tournament
• 1955–1980 – UEFA Junior Tournament
• 1981–2001 – UEFA European U-18 Championship
• 2002–present – UEFA European U-19 Championship

UEFA European Under-18/19 Championship Finals record										Qualification record
Year*	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1948	Sixth place	3	1	0	2	7	12	–5		No qualification needed
1949	Fourth place	3	0	1	2	3	10	–7		No qualification needed
1950	Did not enter									Did not enter
1951	Fourth place	3	1	0	2	3	3	0		No qualification needed
1952	Did not enter									Did not enter
1953	Fifteenth place	4	1	0	3	11	16	–5		No qualification needed
1954	Eighteenth place	5	0	0	5	4	22	–18		No qualification needed
1955	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	9	–7		No qualification needed
1956	Did not enter									Did not enter
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963	Runners-up	5	2	2	1	9	11	–2		2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
1964	Group stage	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1		No qualification needed
1965	Did not enter									Did not enter
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1		2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
1976	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	10	–7		Walkover against  Scotland
1977	Group stage	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2		2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
1978	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	2	9	–7
1979										4	1	1	2	4	6	–2
1980	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2		2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
1981	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
1982										2	1	0	1	1	2	–1
1983										4	0	1	3	2	9	–7
1984										2	1	0	1	1	3	–2
1986										6	0	2	4	5	12	–7
1988										6	1	1	4	8	14	–6
1990	Did not enter									Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify									6	0	3	3	4	10	–6
1993										4	0	1	3	8	14	–6
1994										2	0	2	0	1	1	0
1995										2	2	0	2	6	6	0
1996										2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
1997										2	0	0	2	0	6	–6
1998										2	1	0	1	6	2	+4
1999										5	3	0	2	9	5	+4
2000										5	3	1	1	12	5	+7
2001										2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
2002										3	1	1	1	2	2	0
2003										6	2	1	3	10	6	+4
2004										3	0	1	2	2	5	–3
2005	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	4	–3		Qualified as hosts
2006	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	10	9	+1
2007										3	0	0	3	2	8	–6
2008										3	0	1	2	2	4	–2
2009										3	1	0	2	4	7	–3
2010										6	1	1	4	10	9	+1
2011										3	1	1	1	3	3	0
2012										3	1	0	2	5	8	–3
2013										3	1	1	1	9	4	+5
2014									3	1	0	2	1	4	–3
2015									3	1	0	2	5	7	–2
2016									6	1	1	4	4	9	–5
2017									3	1	0	2	2	5	–3
2018									3	0	1	2	2	9	–7
2019									3	1	1	1	4	5	–1
2020									Qualified as hosts
Total	Runners-up	43	9	6	28	53	109	–56	131	34	25	74	164	225	–61
*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Honours

Milk Cup Elite Section

• Winners: 1997, 2008, 2009, 2014

Coaches

Coaches of the Northern Ireland youth/under-18/under-19 side include:

Manager	Career
Billy Cook	[1]
Norman Kernaghan	[2]
Joe Kinkead	[3]
Tommy Casey
Jackie Cummings	1979-??[4]
Roy Millar	1983–1999
Mal Donaghy	2000–2008
Steve Beaglehole	2008–2011[5]
Stephen Robinson	2011–2013[6]
Stephen Craigan	2013–2016[7]
Stephen Frail	2016–2020[8]

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 will be eligible until the end of the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 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 UEFA preparation tournament for the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Northern Ireland will play matches against  Norway,  Portugal &  Germany on 12 November, 15 November and 18 November respectively.[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	GK	Dermot Mee	20 November 2002	Manchester United
	GK	Scott Pengelly	31 October 2001	Portadown
	GK	David Walsh	5 July 2002	Linfield
	DF	Sam McClelland	4 January 2002	Chelsea
	DF	Daniel Finlayson	19 January 2001	Rangers
	DF	Kyle McClelland	10 February 2002	Rangers
	DF	Jake Corbett	28 January 2001	Linfield
	DF	Patrick Burns	9 January 2001	Notre Dame
	MF	Darragh Burns	6 August 2002	St Patrick's Athletic
	MF	Christopher Conn	22 November 2001	Burnley
	MF	Ben Wylie	29 June 2002	Celtic
	MF	Carl Johnston	29 May 2002	Fleetwood Town
	MF	Ryan Carmichael	3 August 2001	Portadown
	MF	Trai Hume	18 March 2002	Linfield
	MF	Dylan Boyle	15 January 2002	Fleetwood Town
	FW	Lewis McCann	7 June 2001	Dunfermline Athletic
	FW	Callum Ferris	5 July 2001	Portadown
	FW	Barry Baggley	11 January 2002	Fleetwood Town
	FW	Chris McKee	7 May 2002	Rangers
	FW	Ben Wilson	5 December 2001	Brighton & Hove Albion
	FW	Eoin Teggart	6 February 2002	Portsmouth
	FW	John McGovern	17 October 2002	Newry City

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Northern Ireland under-19 squad and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Liam Hughes	19 August 2001	-	-	Celtic	v.  Faroe Islands, 5 September 2019
DF	Jack Scott	22 September 2002	-	-	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v.  Faroe Islands, 5 September 2019
DF	Dean Corrigan	4 December 2001	-	-	Ballinamallard United	v.  Faroe Islands, 5 September 2019
MF	Liam Hassin	15 March 2001	-	-	Carrick Rangers	v.  Faroe Islands, 5 September 2019
FW	Liam Smyth	6 September 2001	-	-	Stevenage	v.  Faroe Islands, 5 September 2019

See also

• Northern Ireland national football team
• Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
• Northern Ireland national under-17 football team

References

1. "Player Profile: Billy Cook". NIFG. 6 August 2013.
2. "Best was class from the start". BBC Sport. 15 January 2012.
3. "Player Profile: Joe Kinkaid". NIFG. 10 May 2010.
4. "Player Profile: Jackie Cummings". NIFG. 2 June 2013.
5. "BBC SPORT - Football - Internationals". BBC. 12 June 2008.
6. "Robinson Named As U19 & U17 Manager". Irish FA. 28 October 2012.
7. "Northern Ireland U19 & U21 Appointments". Irish FA. 22 April 2013.
8. "Stephen Frail appointed Northern Ireland Under 19 and Under 17 manager". Irish FA. 19 August 2016.
9. "NI boss Stephen Frail names squad for U19 Championship preparation tournament". The Irish Football Association. 9 November 2019.

External links

• Fixtures & Results
• Current squad
• UEFA U19 Championship Record