Wales national under-19 football team

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Wales Under-19

Nickname(s)	Young Dragons
Association	Football Association of Wales
Head coach	Rob Edwards
First colours Second colours
First international
Northern Ireland 4-0  Wales (London, England; 15 April 1948)
Biggest win
Wales 6-1  Iceland (Swansea, Wales; 26 November 1970)
Biggest defeat
Netherlands 11-2  Wales (Dordrecht, Netherlands; 6 March 1963)
World Cup
Appearances	0
UEFA U-19 Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 1948)
Best result	First Round (6 times)

The Wales national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Wales and is run by the Football Association of Wales. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship held every year.

In 2019 the side qualified for the Elite Round of the European Under-19 Football Championship for the first time. In 2020 they qualified once again, after topping their qualifying group for the first time.

Recent history[]

The under-19 squad is a proving ground for talented youngsters. Full international players like Gareth Bale, Joe Allen, and Wayne Hennessey, as well as most of the current Wales U21 side, have progressed through the team.

Players[]

Latest squad[]

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible for the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Players in bold have attained full international caps. Clubs as of the date of the announcement.

Under-19 squad called up for the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group 10 qualifying matches in Norway against Georgia, Norway and Kosovo on 6, 9 and 12 October 2021.^[1]

Name	Club
Eddie Beach	Southampton
Lewis Ridd	Sudbury (on loan from Ipswich Town)
Matthew Baker	Stoke City
Owen Bevan	Bournemouth
Callum Wood	Bristol City
Taylor Jones	Cardiff City
Jay Williams	Fulham
Harry Jones	Swansea City
Keelan Williams	Burnley
Tom Davies	Cardiff City
Oli Ewing	Leicester City
Charlie Savage	Manchester United
Aneurin Livermore	Newport County
Jadan Raymond	Crystal Palace
James Sweet-Lanin	Arsenal
Luke Harris	Fulham
Chris Popov	Leicester City
Joshua Farrell	Granada
Caleb Hughes	Cardiff City
Ryan Viggars	Charlton Athletic

• ^WD = Withdrew from the squad

Results and fixtures[]

2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification[]

Group 5[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Elite round
2	Russia	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Kosovo	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification[]

Group 4[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Elite round
2	Wales (H)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	San Marino	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification[]

Group 13[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Elite round
2	Turkey (H)	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0

2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification round[]

Group 6[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Elite round
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Wales (H)	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

See also[]

• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
• Football Association of Wales
• Wales national football team
• Wales national under-21 football team
• Wales national under-20 football team
• Wales national under-18 football team
• Wales national under-17 football team

References[]

External links[]

• Football association of Wales home page