The Northern Ireland national under-17 football team also known as Northern Ireland under-17s or Northern Ireland U17s represents
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
in
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
at under-17 level. It is controlled by the
Irish Football Association
The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland. It organised the Ireland national football team from 1880 to 1950, which after 1954, became the Northern Ireland national football team.
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. The team first competed as Northern Ireland under-16 before evolving into the current under-17 side when
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
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
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual Association football, football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain national under ...
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.
Competitive record
UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record
FIFA Under-17 World Cup
Current Coaching Staff
Players
Current squad
Players born on or after 1 January 2006 will be eligible until the end of the
2023 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 Under-17 Euro 2022 qualifiers against , and on the 19 October, 22 October and the 25 October.
Recent call-ups
The following players have previously been called up to the Northern Ireland under-17 squad and remain eligible.
See also
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Northern Ireland national football team
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Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
The Northern Ireland national under-21 football team also known as the Northern Ireland under-21s or Northern Ireland U21s, is the national under-21 football team of Northern Ireland and is controlled by the Irish Football Association. The team co ...
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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 ...
References
External links
Fixtures & ResultsCurrent squad
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Under 17s
European national under-17 association football teams
Youth association football in Northern Ireland