Norway Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFootball Association of Norway
(Norges Fotballforbund)
Head coachJan Peder Jalland
Most capsTommy Svindal Larsen (41)
Top scorerSteffen Iversen (17)
First colours
Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1998)
Best resultThird place (1998, 2013)

The Norway national under-21 football team, administered and controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, 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 Championship campaign. The team has reached the European Championship finals three times, in 1998 and 2013, winning bronze medals on both occasions, and again in 2023.

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
Europe 1978 did not qualify 4 2 0 2 6 9
Europe 1980 6 1 3 2 5 12
Europe 1982 4 1 1 2 5 6
Europe 1984 6 0 2 4 6 15
Europe 1986 6 2 2 2 10 9
Europe 1988 6 0 3 3 3 7
Europe 1990 6 1 2 3 3 7
Europe 1992 6 3 1 2 13 6
France 1994 10 6 1 3 20 13
Spain 1996 10 7 0 3 32 13
Romania 1998 Semi-Finals 3rd of 8 3 2 0 1 3 1 8 5 2 1 22 10
Slovakia 2000 did not qualify 12 7 1 4 22 15
Switzerland 2002 10 6 0 4 21 12
Germany 2004 10 7 1 2 23 9
Portugal 2006 10 4 2 4 14 13
Netherlands 2007 2 0 1 1 1 2
Sweden 2009 8 3 3 2 7 6
Denmark 2011 8 2 1 5 14 18
Israel 2013 Semi-Finals 3rd of 8 4 1 2 1 6 7 10 6 1 3 18 11
Czech Republic 2015 did not qualify 8 3 0 5 11 19
Poland 2017 10 6 1 3 13 12
ItalySan Marino 2019 10 4 3 3 15 13
HungarySlovenia 2021 8 3 1 4 14 16
RomaniaGeorgia (country) 2023 Group stage - 3 1 0 2 2 3 10 8 0 2 26 11
Total 3rd 3/24 10 4 2 4 11 11 188 87 32 69 324 264

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

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Ireland and Turkey on 17 and 21 November 2023.[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 12 September 2023, after the match against Latvia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sander Tangvik (2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 3 0 Norway Rosenborg
12 1GK Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng (2002-03-23) 23 March 2002 6 0 Norway Vålerenga
3 2DF Halvor Rødølen Opsahl (2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 7 1 Norway HamKam
4 2DF Leo Fuhr Hjelde (2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 13 0 England Leeds United
5 2DF Nikolai Hopland (2004-07-24) 24 July 2004 1 0 Norway Aalesund
13 2DF Brage Skaret (2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 1 0 Norway Fredrikstad
14 2DF Vetle Walle Egeli (2004-06-23) 23 June 2004 0 0 Norway Sandefjord
16 2DF Eskil Edh (2002-08-04) 4 August 2002 4 1 Norway Lillestrøm
18 2DF Fredrik Oppegård (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 9 1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
2 3MF Fredrik Sjøvold (2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 3 0 Norway Bodø/Glimt
6 3MF Christos Zafeiris (2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 13 0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
7 3MF Andreas Schjelderup (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 5 4 Denmark Nordsjælland
8 3MF Kristian Arnstad (2003-09-07) 7 September 2003 14 5 Belgium Anderlecht
10 3MF Isak Hansen-Aarøen (2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 5 1 England Manchester United
15 3MF Odin Thiago Holm (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 4 0 Scotland Celtic
17 3MF Tobias Fjeld Gulliksen (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 7 1 Norway Bodø/Glimt
3MF Filip Rønningen Jørgensen (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 0 0 Norway Odd
9 4FW Lasse Selvåg Nordås (2002-02-10) 10 February 2002 3 2 Norway Tromsø
11 4FW Joel Mvuka (2002-11-12) 12 November 2002 6 1 France Lorient
19 4FW Bryan Fiabema (2003-02-16) 16 February 2003 2 1 Spain Real Sociedad B
20 4FW Elias Melkersen (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 2 0 Norway Strømsgodset
22 4FW Daniel Karlsbakk (2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 9 1 Netherlands Heerenveen

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
FW Seedy Jatta (2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 2 0 Norway Vålerenga v.  Portugal, 28 March 2023
FW Antonio Nusa (2005-04-17) 17 April 2005 0 0 Belgium Club Brugge v.  Portugal, 28 March 2023

Records

As of 14 June 2022[2]

Leading appearances

Tommy Svindal Larsen currently holds the record for the most appearances for the team.
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

Steffen Iversen currently holds the record for most goals scored for the team.
As of 14 June 2022[2]
Rank Player Club(s) U-21 Goals
1 Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC 16
2 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
Jørgen Strand Larsen Sarpsborg 08, Groningen 11
10 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. The players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.

Past squads

Norway U-21-national football team in 2011

Coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ "U21-tropp til EM-kvalikkamper" (in Norwegian). Noregs Fotballforbund. 7 November 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Norge Menn U21". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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