Northern Ireland national under-19 football team

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Northern Ireland Under-19
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The GAWA, Norn Iron
AssociationIrish Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGerard Lyttle
Home stadiumvarious
FIFA codeNIR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Ireland Youth 0-4  Wales
(Solitude, Belfast; 10 January 1948)
European Championship
Appearances13 (first in 1948)
Best resultRunners-Up: 1963

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 began under the name of Ireland Youth when the Home Nations first held a round robin of friendly matches in 1948. The same year they entered the first International Youth Tournament, now the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. Their best performance was in 1963 when they finished as runner-up. The team evolved into the Northern Ireland under-18 team then the current under-19 team. As well as the UEFA Under-19 Championships the team also enters the annual Milk Cup (currently as an under-20 side). In addition, the team plays regular friendlies, sometimes as an under-20 or under-18 team by agreement of the opposing association.

Competitive record[]

  Champions   Runners-up   Third Place   Fourth Place

European Championships[]

  • 1948–1954 – FIFA Junior Tournament
  • 1955–1980 – UEFA Junior Tournament
  • 1981–2001 – UEFA European U-18 Championship
  • 2002–present – UEFA European U-19 Championship
UEFA European Under-18/19 Championship Finals record Qualification record
Year* Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pld W D L GF GA GD
England 1948 Sixth place 3 1 0 2 7 12 –5 No qualification needed
Netherlands 1949 Fourth place 3 0 1 2 3 10 –7 No qualification needed
Austria 1950 Did not enter Did not enter
France 1951 Fourth place 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 No qualification needed
Spain 1952 Did not enter Did not enter
Belgium 1953 Fifteenth place 4 1 0 3 11 16 –5 No qualification needed
West Germany 1954 Eighteenth place 5 0 0 5 4 22 –18 No qualification needed
Italy 1955 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 9 –7 No qualification needed
Hungary 1956 Did not enter Did not enter
Spain 1957
Luxembourg 1958
Bulgaria 1959
Austria 1960
Portugal 1961
Romania 1962
England 1963 Runners-up 5 2 2 1 9 11 –2 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1
Netherlands 1964 Group stage 2 1 0 1 2 3 –1 No qualification needed
West Germany 1965 Did not enter Did not enter
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1966
Turkey 1967
France 1968
East Germany 1969
Scotland 1970
Czechoslovakia 1971
Spain 1972
Italy 1973
Sweden 1974
Switzerland 1975 Group stage 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3
Hungary 1976 Group stage 3 0 0 3 3 10 –7 Walkover against  Scotland
Belgium 1977 Group stage 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
Poland 1978 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 9 –7
Austria 1979 4 1 1 2 4 6 –2
Czechoslovakia 1980 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 4 –2 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2
West Germany 1981 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 4 –4
Finland 1982 2 1 0 1 1 2 –1
England 1983 4 0 1 3 2 9 –7
Soviet Union 1984 2 1 0 1 1 3 –2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1986 6 0 2 4 5 12 –7
Czechoslovakia 1988 6 1 1 4 8 14 –6
Hungary 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
Germany 1992 Did not qualify 6 0 3 3 4 10 –6
England 1993 4 0 1 3 8 14 –6
Spain 1994 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Greece 1995 2 2 0 2 6 6 0
France 1996 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
Iceland 1997 2 0 0 2 0 6 –6
Cyprus 1998 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4
Sweden 1999 5 3 0 2 9 5 +4
Germany 2000 5 3 1 1 12 5 +7
Finland 2001 2 0 0 2 1 4 –3
Norway 2002 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
Liechtenstein 2003 6 2 1 3 10 6 +4
Switzerland 2004 3 0 1 2 2 5 –3
Northern Ireland 2005 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 4 –3 Qualified as hosts
Poland 2006 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1
Austria 2007 3 0 0 3 2 8 –6
Czech Republic 2008 3 0 1 2 2 4 –2
Ukraine 2009 3 1 0 2 4 7 –3
France 2010 6 1 1 4 10 9 +1
Romania 2011 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
Estonia 2012 3 1 0 2 5 8 –3
Lithuania 2013 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5
Hungary 2014 3 1 0 2 1 4 –3
Greece 2015 3 1 0 2 5 7 –2
Germany 2016 6 1 1 4 4 9 –5
Georgia (country) 2017 3 1 0 2 2 5 –3
Finland 2018 3 0 1 2 2 9 –7
Armenia 2019 3 1 1 1 4 5 –1
Northern Ireland 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic Qualified as hosts
Romania 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Slovakia 2022 To be determined To be determined
Malta To be determined To be determined
Northern Ireland To be determined Qualified as hosts
Romania To be determined To be determined
Total Runners-up 43 9 6 28 53 109 –56 131 34 25 74 164 225 –61
*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Honours[]

Milk Cup Elite Section[]

  • Winners: 1997, 2008, 2009, 2014

Coaches[]

Coaches of the Northern Ireland youth/under-18/under-19 side include:

Manager Career
Northern Ireland Billy Cook [1]
Northern Ireland Norman Kernaghan [2]
Northern Ireland Joe Kinkead [3]
Northern Ireland Tommy Casey
Northern Ireland Jackie Cummings 1979-??[4]
Northern Ireland Roy Millar 1983–1999
Northern Ireland Mal Donaghy 2000–2008
England Steve Beaglehole 2008–2011[5]
Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson 2011–2013[6]
Northern Ireland Stephen Craigan 2013–2016[7]
Scotland Stephen Frail 2016–2020[8]
Northern Ireland Gerard Lyttle 2021–[9]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 will be eligible until the end of the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 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 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round games against  Denmark,  Czech Republic and  Kazakhstan on 6 October, 9 October and 12 October.[10][11]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
12 1GK Dylan Berry (2003-05-14) 14 May 2003 (age 18) England Norwich City
1 1GK Josh Clarke (2004-07-28) 28 July 2004 (age 17) England Bournemouth

14 2DF Cameron Stewart (2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 18) England Ipswich Town
5 2DF Lewis MacKinnon (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 18) Scotland Rangers
6 2DF Shea Charles (2003-11-05) 5 November 2003 (age 18) England Manchester City
13 2DF Dane McCullough (2003-12-20) 20 December 2003 (age 18) England Burnley
3 2DF Matty Carson (2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 (age 17) England Southampton
4 2DF Michael Forbes (2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 (age 17) England West Ham United
15 2DF Brodie Spencer (2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 17) England Huddersfield Town

2 3MF Sean McAllister (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 19) England Everton
19 3MF Oisin Conaty (2003-02-17) 17 February 2003 (age 18) Northern Ireland Portadown
16 3MF Caolan McBride (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 18) England Aston Villa
17 3MF Isaac Price (2003-09-26) 26 September 2003 (age 18) England Everton
8 3MF Charlie Allen (2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 (age 18) England Leeds United
7 3MF Charlie Lindsay (2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 18) Scotland Rangers

10 4FW Euan Williams (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 19) England Charlton Athletic
11 4FW Ross McCausland (2003-05-12) 12 May 2003 (age 18) Scotland Rangers
9 4FW Dale Taylor (2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 (age 18) England Nottingham Forest
18 4FW Ciaran McGuckin (2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 18) England Rotherham United
20 4FW Conor Falls (2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 18) England Huddersfield Town

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have previously been called up to the Northern Ireland under-19 squad and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Stephen McMullan (2004-12-31) 31 December 2004 (age 17) - - Northern Ireland Warrenpoint Town Training Camp, June 2021
GK Conor Manderson (2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 (age 18) - - England Portsmouth Training Camp, March 2021

DF Henry Jeffcott (2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 18) - - England Arsenal v.  Czech Republic, 6 October 2021 INJ
DF Jake Wallace (2004-02-25) 25 February 2004 (age 17) - - England Fleetwood Town Training Camp, June 2021
DF Bobby Deane (2004-04-11) 11 April 2004 (age 17) - - England Lincoln City Training Camp, June 2021
DF Aaron Donnelly (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 18) - - England Nottingham Forest Training Camp, March 2021

MF Terry Devlin (2003-11-06) 6 November 2003 (age 18) - - Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts v.  Czech Republic, 6 October 2021 INJ
MF Jamie McDonnell (2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 (age 17) - - England Nottingham Forest v.  Faroe Islands, 3 September 2021
MF Harry Wilson (2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 (age 17) - - England Fleetwood Town Training Camp, June 2021

FW Matthew Lusty (2003-07-14) 14 July 2003 (age 18) - - Northern Ireland Larne v.  Faroe Islands, 3 September 2021
FW Jamie Donley (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 17) - - England Tottenham Hotspur v.  Faroe Islands, 3 September 2021
FW Rio McEvoy - - England Bolton Wanderers Training Camp, June 2021
FW Marcus Daws (2003-12-26) 26 December 2003 (age 18) - - England Bournemouth Training Camp, March 2021

COVID = Player withdrew due to a positive COVID test or from being in close contact with someone with a positive COVID test.
INJ = Player withdrew from the squad before any games had been played.
PRE = Preliminary squad / standby.
SEN = Player withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the senior team.
SUS = Suspended from national team.
WTD = Withdrew due to other reasons.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Billy Cook". NIFG. 6 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Best was class from the start". BBC Sport. 15 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Joe Kinkaid". NIFG. 10 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Player Profile: Jackie Cummings". NIFG. 2 June 2013.
  5. ^ "BBC SPORT - Football - Internationals". BBC. 12 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Robinson Named As U19 & U17 Manager". Irish FA. 28 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Northern Ireland U19 & U21 Appointments". Irish FA. 22 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Stephen Frail appointed Northern Ireland Under 19 and Under 17 manager". Irish FA. 19 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Gerard Lyttle appointed as Northern Ireland's U19 and U17 manager". Irish FA. February 2020.
  10. ^ "U19s boss Lyttle names 20-strong squad for Euro qualifiers". The Irish Football Association. 28 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Northern Ireland Under-19 - UEFA". UEFA. 5 October 2021.

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