Norway national under-21 football team

The Norway 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.

Norway Under-21

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 (1998, 2013)

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record										UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	6	9
1980										6	1	3	2	5	12
1982										4	1	1	2	5	6
1984										6	0	2	4	6	15
1986										6	2	2	2	10	9
1988										6	0	3	3	3	7
1990										6	1	2	3	3	7
1992										6	3	1	2	13	6
1994										10	6	1	3	20	13
1996										10	7	0	3	32	13
1998	Semi-Finals	3rd of 8	3	2	0	1	3	1		8	5	2	1	22	10
2000	Did not qualify									12	7	1	4	22	15
2002										10	6	0	4	21	12
2004										10	7	1	2	23	9
2006										10	4	2	4	14	13
2007										2	0	1	1	1	2
2009										8	3	3	2	7	6
2011										8	2	1	5	14	18
2013	Semi-Finals	3rd of 8	4	1	2	1	6	7		10	6	1	3	18	11
2015	Did not qualify									8	3	0	5	11	19
2017										10	6	1	3	13	12
2019										10	4	3	3	15	13
Total	3rd	2/22	7	3	2	2	9	8		170	76	31	63	284	237

Note: The year of the tournament represents the year in which it ends.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification against Gibraltar on 13 November 2020.[1]

Statistics correct as of 10 October 2020.[2]

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Julian Faye Lund	20 May 1999	6	0	Rosenborg
	GK	Kristoffer Klaesson	27 November 2000	5	0	Vålerenga
	GK	Håvard Hetle	5 February 2003	0	0	Sogndal
	DF	Marcus Holmgren Pedersen	16 July 2000	2	0	Molde
	DF	Jesper Daland	6 January 2000	2	0	Start
	DF	Leo Cornic	2 January 2001	1	0	Grorud
	DF	Colin Rösler	22 April 2000	1	0	NAC Breda
	DF	Josef Baccay	29 April 2001	0	0	Fredrikstad
	DF	Henrik Heggheim	22 April 2001	0	0	Viking
	DF	Ole Martin Kolskogen	20 January 2001	0	0	SK Brann
	MF	Håkon Evjen	14 February 2000	9	0	AZ
	MF	Johan Hove	7 September 2000	6	0	Strømsgodset
	MF	Kristoffer Askildsen	9 January 2001	5	0	Sampdoria
	MF	Joshua Kitolano	3 August 2001	1	0	Odd
	MF	Thomas Rekdal	16 March 2001	0	0	Mainz 05
	MF	Mathias Kjølø	27 June 2001	0	0	Jong PSV
	MF	Edvard Tagseth	23 January 2001	0	0	Rosenborg
	FW	Jørgen Strand Larsen	6 February 2000	6	5	Groningen
	FW	Noah Jean Holm	23 May 2001	3	2	Vitória
	FW	Osame Sahraoui	11 June 2001	0	0	Vålerenga
	FW	Fredrik Oppegård	7 August 2002	0	0	PSV Eindhoven
	FW	Emil Konradsen Ceide	3 September 2001	0	0	Rosenborg

Recent call-ups

The following players still eligible for the U21 team (i.e. born in 1998 or later) have been called up since January 2016.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Markus Olsen Pettersen	12 February 1999	0	0	Brann
	DF	Birk Risa (Captain)	13 February 1998	23	6	Molde
	DF	Lars Ranger	12 March 1999	2	0	Ullensaker/Kisa
	MF	Aron Dønnum	20 April 1998	9	1	Vålerenga
	MF	Tobias Heintz	13 July 1998	9	2	Kasımpaşa
	MF	Dennis Johnsen	17 February 1998	17	2	PEC Zwolle
	FW	Rafik Zekhnini	12 January 1998	8	0	Twente

Records

As of 22 March 2019[3]

Leading appearances

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Caps
1	Tommy Svindal Larsen	Start, Stabæk	41
2	Hai Ngoc Tran	Kongsvinger	38
3	Harmeet Singh	Vålerenga, Feyenoord	36
4	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen	Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC	35
	Petter Rudi	Molde	35
6	Kristian Flittie Onstad	Lyn	34
7	Azar Karadas	Brann, Rosenborg	33
	Steinar Pedersen	Start, Borussia Dortmund	33
9	Trond Erik Bertelsen	Haugesund, Fredrikstad	32
	Thomas Holm	Heerenveen, Vålerenga	32

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.

Leading goalscorers

As of 22 March 2019[3]

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Goals
1	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen	Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC	16
	Tore André Flo	Sogndal, Tromsø	15
3	Steffen Iversen	Rosenborg, Tottenham Hotspur	14
4	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Clausenengen, Molde	13
5	Azar Karadas	Brann, Rosenborg	12
	Daniel Berg Hestad	Molde	12
	Frank Strandli	Start, Leeds United	12
8	Tommy Svindal Larsen	Start, Stabæk	11
9	John Carew	Vålerenga, Rosenborg, Valencia	10
	Morten Gamst Pedersen	Tromsø	10

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.

Past squads

• 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad
• 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad

Coaches

• 1974: Nils Arne Eggen
• 1979–1985: Egil Olsen
• 1996-1998: Nils Johan Semb
• 2000-2003: Per-Mathias Høgmo
• 2003-2006: Hallvar Thoresen
• 2006-2010: Øystein Gåre
• 2010: Tor Ole Skullerud
• 2011–2013: Per Joar Hansen
• 2013: Tor Ole Skullerud
• 2013–present: Leif Gunnar Smerud

See also

• Norway national football team
• Norway national under-19 football team
• Norway national under-17 football team
• Norway women's national football team

References

1. "v" (in Norwegian). 5 November 2020.
2. Match report: Russia v Norway (28 March 2017), fotball.no. Retrieved 28 March 2017. (in Norwegian)
3. "Norge Menn U21". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

External links

• Norway U21-team at UEFA.com