Northern Ireland national under-17 football team

The Northern Ireland national under-17 football team also known as Northern Ireland under-17s or Northern Ireland U17s represents Northern Ireland in association football at under-17 level. It is controlled by the Irish Football Association. The team first competed as Northern Ireland under-16 before evolving into the current under-17 side when UEFA 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 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.

Northern Ireland Under-17
Nickname(s)The GAWA
Norn Iron
AssociationIrish Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGerard Lyttle
Home stadiumvarious
FIFA codeNIR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Northern Ireland 0–3  Austria
(Ballymena, Northern Ireland; 18 September 2001)
Biggest win
 Northern Ireland 7–0  Luxembourg
(Beggen, Luxembourg; 30 October 2019
Biggest defeat
 Northern Ireland 0–8  Turkey
(Staines, England; 2 September 2007
World Cup
Appearances0
European Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1987)
Best resultGroup stage (6 times)

Competitive record

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record
UEFA European Under-16/17 Championship Finals record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pld W D L GF GA GD
1982 Did not enter Did not enter
1984
1985
1986 Did not qualify 201101–1
1987 Group stage302123–1 2101110
1988 Did not qualify 201102–2
1989 201113–2
1990 Group stage310238–5 211043+1
1991 Did not qualify 200204–4
1992 Group stage301226–4 2101330
1993 Group stage301238–5 2101110
1994 Did not qualify 210145–1
1995 210114–3
1996 200224–2
1997 Group stage310234–1 220082+6
1998 Did not qualify 211010+1
1999 411224–2
2000 201102–2
2001 201113–2
2002 4004411–7
2003 6312440
2004 Group stage3003312–9 6411139+4
2005 Did not qualify 62131112–1
2006 6303913–4
2007 631297+2
2008 630378–1
2009 310213–2
2010 640265+1
2011 621312120
2012 310225–3
2013 6132108+2
2014 310234–1
2015 6123715–8
2016 301224–2
2017 310259–4
2018 310218–7
2019 612379–2
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 310276+1
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 To be determined To be determined
Total Group stage 18 2 4 12 16 41 –25 125 43 21 61 149 194 –45

FIFA Under-17 World Cup
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD
1985did not enter
1987did not qualify
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021To be determined

Current Coaching Staff
Position Name
Manager Gerard Lyttle
Assistant Manager Andy Waterworth
Coach Gareth McAuley
Goalkeeping Coach Roy Carroll

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 will be eligible until the end of the 2022 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  Scotland,  Italy and  Albania on the 27 October, 30 October and the 2 November.[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Kai McLean (2005-02-23) 23 February 2005 Celtic
1GK Pierce Charles (2005-07-21) 21 July 2005 Sheffield Wednesday
2DF Odhrán McCart (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 Larne
2DF Reece Jordan (2005-03-06) 6 March 2005 Portadown
2DF Sean Brown (2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 Larne
2DF Ruairi McConville (2005-05-01) 1 May 2005 Brighton
2DF Brendan Hamilton (2006-05-20) 20 May 2006 Glentoran
2DF Darragh McCloskey Derry City
2DF Daithí McCallion Derry City
3MF Caolán Donnelly (2005-01-04) 4 January 2005 Larne
3MF Bobby-Jack McAleese (2005-03-04) 4 March 2005 Coleraine
3MF Joel Thompson (2005-07-25) 25 July 2005 Crusaders
3MF Jack Patterson (2005-10-16) 16 October 2005 Crusaders
3MF Rio Oudnie-Morgan (2005-12-06) 6 December 2005 Ipswich Town
4FW Shea Brennan (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 Larne
4FW Sam Glenfield (2005-05-10) 10 May 2005 Portadown
4FW Luca Doherty (2005-07-28) 28 July 2005 Derry City
4FW Omari Kellyman (2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 Aston Villa
4FW Ethan Sousa (2005-11-21) 21 November 2005 Dundalk
4FW Leon Boyd (2005-12-05) 5 December 2005 Linfield

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Northern Ireland under-17 squad and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Rian Brown (2005-06-06) 6 June 2005 - - Portadown Training Camp, August 2021
GK Matthew Williamson - - Linfield Training Camp, June 2021
DF Kielan Reid (2005-03-05) 5 March 2005 - - Linfield Training Camp, August 2021
DF Bayley McCann - - Peterborough United Training Camp, August 2021
DF Lewis Loughlin (2005-03-14) 14 March 2005 - - Ballinamallard United Training Camp, June 2021
DF Daniel Farrelly (2005-02-06) 6 February 2005 - - Portadown Training Camp, June 2021
MF Conal McGarrigle - - Derry City Training Camp, August 2021
MF Bobby Higgins (2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 - - Linfield Training Camp, June 2021
MF Bradley Maguire (2005-01-08) 8 January 2005 - - Crusaders Training Camp, June 2021
FW Jamie Donley (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 - - Tottenham Hotspur Training Camp, August 2021
FW Corey Smith (2005-01-24) 24 January 2005 - - Dungannon Swifts Training Camp, August 2021
FW Jack Berry (2005-07-17) 17 July 2005 - - Cliftonville Training Camp, June 2021
FW Jaydyn Withers (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 - - Cliftonville Training Camp, June 2021

See also

References
  1. "Northern Ireland U17s set to compete in Euro qualifiers". The Irish Football Association. 22 October 2021.
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