Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
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| Northern Ireland U21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Irish Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Mark McChrystal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | 21 Sean Friars (1998-2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | 4 Healy, Coote (both 1998-99), Morrow (2005-06) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First International March 8, 1978, Rep. Ireland U21 (A) D 1-1 FR |
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| Biggest win May 10, 2006, Liechtenstein U21 (H) W 5-0 ECQ |
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| Biggest defeat April 1, 2003, Greece U21 (H) L 2-6 ECQ |
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The Northern Ireland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Northern Ireland.
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[edit] Former Coaches
(Record: Played Won-Drawn-Lost)
- Danny Blanchflower 1978 (1 0-1-0)
- Billy Bingham 1990 (1 1-0-0)
- Bryan Hamilton 1994 (1 0-1-0)
- Roy Millar 1998 (1 1-0-0)
- Chris Nicholl 1998-1999 (13 3-5-5)
- Roy Millar 2000-2008 (48 17-9-22)
[edit] Current squad
[edit] Goalkeepers
| Trevor Carson | Sunderland | |
| Matthew McGraw | Ballymena United | |
| Michael McGovern | Celtic | |
| Jonathan Tuffey | Partick Thistle |
[edit] Defenders
| Aaron Callaghan (nir) | Ballymena United | |
| Chris Casement | Ipswich Town | |
| Hugh Davey | Dublin City | |
| James Ervin | Linfield | |
| Jonny Evans | Manchester United | |
| Emmet Friars | Tamworth | |
| Jeff Hughes | Lincoln City | |
| Kris Lindsay | ||
| Rory McArdle | Rochdale | |
| Dermot McCaffrey | Hibernian | |
| Mark McChrystal | Partick Thistle | |
| Kyle Mcvey | Coleraine | |
| Philip Simpson | Glentoran | |
| Sean Ward | Glentoran | |
| Albert Watson |
[edit] Midfielders
| Chris Brunt | West Brom | |
| David Buchanan | Bury | |
| Richard Clarke | Newry City | |
| Steven Davis | Fulham | |
| Brian Gilfilan | ||
| Chris Kingsberry | Distillery | |
| Michael McGowan | Clyde | |
| Kieran McKenna | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| Jamie Mulgrew | Linfield | |
| Dean Shiels | Hibernian | |
| Jamie Ward | Chesterfield |
Chris Turner Bohemians
Republic of Ireland
[edit] Forwards
[edit] Under-21 Graduates
Players who have won Northern Ireland 'Full' caps after playing for Northern Ireland U21 (Figures in brackets Under-21 Caps/Goals and career)
- Chris Baird (6/0 2002-2003)
- Kingsley Black (1/0 1990)
- Alan Blayney (5/0 2002-2003)
- Noel Brotherston (1/0 1978)
- Chris Brunt (2/1 2005-2006)
- Tony Capaldi (14/0 2001-2003)
- Roy Carroll (11/0 1998-1999)
- Sammy Clingan (11/1 2003-2006)
- Mark Clyde (5/0 2002-2003)
- Tom Connell (Coleraine F.C.) (1/0 1978)
- Adrian Coote (12/4 1998-1999)
- Steven Davis (3/0 2003-2004)
- John Devine (Glentoran F.C.) (1/0 1990)
- Mal Donaghy (1/0 1978)
- Iain Dowie (1/0 1990)
- Jonny Evans (3/0 2006)
- Stuart Elliott (3/0 1998-1999)
- Warren Feeney (8/2 2001-2003)
- Keith Gillespie (1/0 1994)
- Danny Griffin (10/1 1998-1999)
- Gary Hamilton (12/3 2000-2001)
- Billy Hamilton (1/0 1978)
- David Healy (8/4 1998-1999)
- Shaun Holmes (13/0 2000-2001)
- Mark Hughes (12/0 2002-2005)
- Michael Hughes (1/0 1990)
- Michael Ingham (4/0 2001)
- Damien Johnson (11/0 1998-1999)
- Paul Kee (Oxford United F.C.) (1/0 1990)
- Andy Kirk (9/2 1999-2001)
- Kyle Lafferty (2/0 2006)
- Neil Lennon (2/0 1990-1994)
- Jim Magilton (1/0 1990)
- Grant McCann (9/3 2000-2001)
- George McCartney (5/0 2000-2001)
- Pat McCourt (9/1 2002-2004)
- Ray McCoy (Coleraine F.C.) (1/0 1990)
- David McCreery (1/0 1978)
- Lee McEvilly (9/3 2002-2003)
- Pat McGibbon (1/0 1994)
- Brian McLean (1/0 2005)
- Gerard McMahon (1/0 1994)
- Paul McVeigh (11/0 1998-1999)
- Vic Moreland (Glentoran F.C.) (1/0 1978)
- Phil Mulryne (5/1 1998-1999)
- Jimmy Nicholl (1/0 1978)
- John O'Neill (1/0 1978)
- Michael O'Neill (1/0 1994)
- Martin Paterson (2/0 2007)
- Darren Patterson (1/0 1994)
- James Quinn (1/0 1994)
- Steve Robinson (1/0 1994)
- Dean Shiels (6/2 2004-2006)
- Tom Sloan (Ballymena United F.C.) (1/0 1978)
- Maik Taylor (1/0 1998)
- Ciaran Toner (17/1 2000-2003)
- Sean Webb (6/0 2003-2004)
- Jeff Whitley (17/1 1998-2000)
[edit] External links
- Fixtures & Results - Under 21 of 2007 and 2008, with further links to Results of 2006 and 2005
- U21-squad-announced for the international challenge match against Finland on Tuesday August 21.
- NI U21 Appearance Details from NIFG

