Northern Ireland national under-21 football team

Northern Ireland U21

Association	Irish Football Association
Head coach	Steve Robinson
Most caps	21 Sean Friars (1998-2001)
Top scorer	4 (four players)
Home colours Away colours
First international
8 March 1978, Rep. Ireland U21 1-1 Northern Ireland U21 FR
Biggest win
10 May 2006, Northern Ireland U21 5-0 Liechtenstein U21 ECQ
Biggest defeat
1 April 2003, Northern Ireland U21 2-6 Greece U21 ECQ

The Northern Ireland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Northern Ireland.

Former coaches

Name	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	%W
Danny Blanchflower	08-03-1978		1	0	1	0	0.0
Billy Bingham	03-04-1990		1	1	0	0	100.0
Bryan Hamilton	22-03-1994		1	0	1	0	0.0
Roy Millar	21-04-1998		1	1	0	0	100.0
Chris Nicholl	20-05-1998	08-10-1999	13	3	5	5	23.1
Roy Millar	28-03-2000	26-03-2008	48	17	9	22	35.4
Steve Beaglehole	19-08-2008	15-11-2011	21	4	3	14	19.0
Steve Robinson	2012	present	-	-	-	-	-

• To 15 November 2011.

2012 Matches

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
29-02-2012	Milano Arena, Kumanovo	Macedonia	-	Euro U21 Qualifier
07-09-2012	tbc	Macedonia	-	Euro U21 Qualifier
10-09-2012	tbc	Denmark	-	Euro U21 Qualifier

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the match against Macedonia on 10 May 2012.^[1] Caps and goals updated as of 11 May 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Conor Devlin (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 (age 20) 8 0 Unattached GK Gareth Deane (1994-06-14) 14 June 1994 (age 17) 0 0 Queens Park Rangers DF Lee Hodson (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 20) 9 0 Watford DF Ryan McGivern (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 (age 22) 6 0 Manchester City DF Conor McLaughlin (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 (age 20) 5 0 Preston North End DF Adam Thompson (1992-09-28) 28 September 1992 (age 19) 4 0 Watford DF Rory McKeown (1993-04-08) 8 April 1993 (age 19) 3 0 Kilmarnock DF Ryan McLaughlin (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 (age 17) 1 0 Liverpool DF Jordan Watson (1993-04-07) 7 April 1993 (age 19) 0 0 Sunderland MF Shane Ferguson (1991-07-12) 12 July 1991 (age 20) 11 0 Newcastle United MF Oliver Norwood (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 21) 11 4 Manchester United MF Seanan Clucas (1992-11-08) 8 November 1992 (age 19) 6 0 Preston North End MF Michael Bryan (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 22) 4 0 Watford MF Matthew Lund (1990-11-20) 20 November 1990 (age 21) 4 0 Stoke City MF Owen Campbell (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 20) 0 0 Swindon Town F.C MF Johnny Gorman (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 19) 1 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FW Will Grigg (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 20) 10 1 Walsall FW Caolan Lavery (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 19) 3 0 Unattached FW Matt McClure (1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 (age 20) 1 0 Wycombe Wanderers FW Shay McCartan (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 17) 0 0 Burnley FW David Morgan (1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 (age 17) 0 0 Nottingham Forest Under-21 Graduates Players who have won Northern Ireland 'Full' caps after playing for Northern Ireland U21 (Figures in brackets Under-21 Caps/Goals and career) Chris Baird (6/0 2002-2003) Kingsley Black (1/0 1990) Alan Blayney (5/0 2002-2003) Noel Brotherston (1/0 1978) Chris Brunt (2/1 2005-2006) Tony Capaldi (14/0 2001-2003) Roy Carroll (11/0 1998-1999) Sammy Clingan (11/1 2003-2006) Mark Clyde (5/0 2002-2003) Tom Connell (1/0 1978) Adrian Coote (12/4 1998-1999) Steven Davis (3/0 2003-2004) John Devine (1/0 1990) Mal Donaghy (1/0 1978) Iain Dowie (1/0 1990) Jonny Evans (3/0 2006) Stuart Elliott (3/0 1998-1999) Warren Feeney (8/2 2001-2003) Keith Gillespie (1/0 1994) Danny Griffin (10/1 1998-1999) Gary Hamilton (12/3 2000-2001) Billy Hamilton (1/0 1978) David Healy (8/4 1998-1999) Shaun Holmes (13/0 2000-2001) Jeff Hughes (7/0 2006) Mark Hughes (12/0 2002-2005) Michael Hughes (1/0 1990) Michael Ingham (4/0 2001) Damien Johnson (11/0 1998-1999) Paul Kee (1/0 1990) Andy Kirk (9/2 1999-2001) Kyle Lafferty (2/0 2006) Neil Lennon (2/0 1990-1994) Jim Magilton (1/0 1990) Grant McCann (9/3 2000-2001) George McCartney (5/0 2000-2001) Pat McCourt (9/1 2002-2004) Ray McCoy (1/0 1990) David McCreery (1/0 1978) Lee McEvilly (9/3 2002-2003) Pat McGibbon (1/0 1994) Brian McLean (1/0 2005) Gerard McMahon (1/0 1994) Paul McVeigh (11/0 1998-1999) Victor Moreland (1/0 1978) Phil Mulryne (5/1 1998-1999) Jimmy Nicholl (1/0 1978) Michael O'Connor (3/1 2007-2008) John O'Neill (1/0 1978) Michael O'Neill (1/0 1994) Martin Paterson (2/0 2007) Darren Patterson (1/0 1994) James Quinn (1/0 1994) Steve Robinson (1/0 1994) Dean Shiels (6/2 2004-2006) Tom Sloan (1/0 1978) Maik Taylor (1/0 1998) Peter Thompson (4/1 2005-2006) Ciaran Toner (17/1 2000-2003) Jonathan Tuffey (13/0 2006-2008) Sean Webb (6/0 2003-2004) Jeff Whitley (17/1 1998-2000) See also Northern Ireland national football team Northern Ireland national under-17 football team References ^ "NI UNDER 21 SQUAD NAMED". 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