Northern Ireland national under-17 football team

Northern Ireland Under-17

Nickname(s)	The GAWA Norn Iron
Association	Irish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gerard Lyttle
Home stadium	various
FIFA code	NIR
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
Appearances	0
European Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1987)
Best result	Group stage (6 times)

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.

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									2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
1987	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1		2	1	0	1	1	1	0
1988	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
1989										2	0	1	1	1	3	–2
1990	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	8	–5		2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
1991	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
1992	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4		2	1	0	1	3	3	0
1993	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5		2	1	0	1	1	1	0
1994	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	4	5	–1
1995										2	1	0	1	1	4	–3
1996										2	0	0	2	2	4	–2
1997	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1		2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
1998	Did not qualify									2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
1999										4	1	1	2	2	4	–2
2000										2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
2001										2	0	1	1	1	3	–2
2002										4	0	0	4	4	11	–7
2003										6	3	1	2	4	4	0
2004	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	12	–9		6	4	1	1	13	9	+4
2005	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	11	12	–1
2006										6	3	0	3	9	13	–4
2007										6	3	1	2	9	7	+2
2008										6	3	0	3	7	8	–1
2009										3	1	0	2	1	3	–2
2010										6	4	0	2	6	5	+1
2011										6	2	1	3	12	12	0
2012										3	1	0	2	2	5	–3
2013										6	1	3	2	10	8	+2
2014										3	1	0	2	3	4	–1
2015										6	1	2	3	7	15	–8
2016										3	0	1	2	2	4	–2
2017										3	1	0	2	5	9	–4
2018										3	1	0	2	1	8	–7
2019										6	1	2	3	7	9	–2
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic									3	1	0	2	7	6	+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
1985	did not enter
1987	did not qualify
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	To 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 (age 17)	Celtic
	1GK	Pierce Charles	(2005-07-21) 21 July 2005 (age 16)	Sheffield Wednesday
	2DF	Odhrán McCart	(2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 16)	Larne
	2DF	Reece Jordan	(2005-03-06) 6 March 2005 (age 16)	Portadown
	2DF	Sean Brown	(2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 (age 16)	Larne
	2DF	Ruairi McConville	(2005-05-01) 1 May 2005 (age 16)	Brighton
	2DF	Brendan Hamilton	(2006-05-20) 20 May 2006 (age 15)	Glentoran
	2DF	Darragh McCloskey		Derry City
	2DF	Daithí McCallion		Derry City
	3MF	Caolán Donnelly	(2005-01-04) 4 January 2005 (age 17)	Larne
	3MF	Bobby-Jack McAleese	(2005-03-04) 4 March 2005 (age 16)	Coleraine
	3MF	Joel Thompson	(2005-07-25) 25 July 2005 (age 16)	Crusaders
	3MF	Jack Patterson	(2005-10-16) 16 October 2005 (age 16)	Crusaders
	3MF	Rio Oudnie-Morgan	(2005-12-06) 6 December 2005 (age 16)	Ipswich Town
	4FW	Shea Brennan	(2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 (age 17)	Larne
	4FW	Sam Glenfield	(2005-05-10) 10 May 2005 (age 16)	Portadown
	4FW	Luca Doherty	(2005-07-28) 28 July 2005 (age 16)	Derry City
	4FW	Omari Kellyman	(2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 (age 16)	Derby County
	4FW	Ethan Sousa	(2005-11-21) 21 November 2005 (age 16)	Dundalk
	4FW	Leon Boyd	(2005-12-05) 5 December 2005 (age 16)	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 (age 16)	-	-	Portadown	Training Camp, August 2021
GK	Matthew Williamson		-	-	Linfield	Training Camp, June 2021
DF	Kielan Reid	(2005-03-05) 5 March 2005 (age 16)	-	-	Linfield	Training Camp, August 2021
DF	Bayley McCann		-	-	Peterborough United	Training Camp, August 2021
DF	Lewis Loughlin	(2005-03-14) 14 March 2005 (age 16)	-	-	Ballinamallard United	Training Camp, June 2021
DF	Daniel Farrelly	(2005-02-06) 6 February 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Portadown	Training Camp, June 2021
MF	Conal McGarrigle		-	-	Derry City	Training Camp, August 2021
MF	Bobby Higgins	(2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Linfield	Training Camp, June 2021
MF	Bradley Maguire	(2005-01-08) 8 January 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Crusaders	Training Camp, June 2021
FW	Jamie Donley	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Tottenham Hotspur	Training Camp, August 2021
FW	Corey Smith	(2005-01-24) 24 January 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Dungannon Swifts	Training Camp, August 2021
FW	Jack Berry	(2005-07-17) 17 July 2005 (age 16)	-	-	Cliftonville	Training Camp, June 2021
FW	Jaydyn Withers	(2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Cliftonville	Training Camp, June 2021

See also[]

• Northern Ireland national football team
• Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
• Northern Ireland national under-19 football team

References[]

External links[]

• Fixtures & Results
• Current squad
• UEFA U17 Championship Record