Norway national under-21 football team

The Norway national under-21 football team, administered and controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, is the national football team of Norway for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a UEFA European Under-21 Championship campaign. The team has reached the European Championship finals three times, in 1998 and 2013, winning bronze medals on both occasions, and again in 2023.

Norway Under-21

Association	Football Association of Norway (Norges Fotballforbund)
Head coach	Jan Peder Jalland
Most caps	Tommy Svindal Larsen (41)
Top scorer	Steffen Iversen (17)
First colours Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1998)
Best result	Third place (1998, 2013)

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record										UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	did not qualify									4	2	0	2	6	9
1980										6	1	3	2	5	12
1982										4	1	1	2	5	6
1984										6	0	2	4	6	15
1986										6	2	2	2	10	9
1988										6	0	3	3	3	7
1990										6	1	2	3	3	7
1992										6	3	1	2	13	6
1994										10	6	1	3	20	13
1996										10	7	0	3	32	13
1998	Semi-Finals	3rd of 8	3	2	0	1	3	1		8	5	2	1	22	10
2000	did not qualify									12	7	1	4	22	15
2002										10	6	0	4	21	12
2004										10	7	1	2	23	9
2006										10	4	2	4	14	13
2007										2	0	1	1	1	2
2009										8	3	3	2	7	6
2011										8	2	1	5	14	18
2013	Semi-Finals	3rd of 8	4	1	2	1	6	7		10	6	1	3	18	11
2015	did not qualify									8	3	0	5	11	19
2017										10	6	1	3	13	12
2019										10	4	3	3	15	13
2021										8	3	1	4	14	16
2023	Group stage	-	3	1	0	2	2	3		10	8	0	2	26	11
Total	3rd	3/24	10	4	2	4	11	11		188	87	32	69	324	264

Note: The year of the tournament represents the year in which it ends.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs matches against Finland on 15 and 19 November 2024.^[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2024, after the match against Finland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sander Tangvik	(2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 21)	11	0	Rosenborg
12	1GK	Magnus Sjøeng	(2002-03-23) 23 March 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Vålerenga
3	2DF	Robin Østrøm	(2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 22)	10	2	Silkeborg
4	2DF	Leo Fuhr Hjelde	(2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 (age 21)	20	0	Sunderland
5	2DF	Brage Skaret	(2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 (age 22)	3	0	Fredrikstad
13	2DF	Tobias Guddal	(2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Tromsø
16	2DF	Oliver Braude	(2004-02-21) 21 February 2004 (age 20)	4	0	Heerenveen
18	2DF	Fredrik Oppegård	(2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 22)	15	1	PSV
19	2DF	Eivind Helland	(2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Brann
	2DF	Fredrik Sjøvold	(2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 (age 21)	7	0	Bodø/Glimt
	2DF	Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik	(2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 20)	7	0	Molde
6	3MF	Thelo Aasgaard	(2002-05-02) 2 May 2002 (age 22)	10	2	Wigan Athletic
7	3MF	Andreas Schjelderup	(2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 20)	11	8	Benfica
8	3MF	Isak Hansen-Aarøen	(2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 (age 20)	13	3	Werder Bremen
10	3MF	Kristian Arnstad (captain)	(2003-09-07) 7 September 2003 (age 21)	23	8	AGF
17	3MF	Sondre Ørjasæter	(2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Sarpsborg 08
21	3MF	Marius Broholm	(2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Rosenborg
22	3MF	Victor Halvorsen	(2004-07-03) 3 July 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Sarpsborg 08
	3MF	Sverre Nypan	(2006-12-19) 19 December 2006 (age 17)	4	0	Rosenborg
9	4FW	Seedy Jatta	(2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 21)	9	1	Sturm Graz
11	4FW	Lasse Selvåg Nordås	(2002-02-10) 10 February 2002 (age 22)	12	3	Tromsø
15	4FW	Sindre Walle Egeli	(2006-06-21) 21 June 2006 (age 18)	3	1	Nordsjælland
20	4FW	Joel Mvuka	(2002-11-12) 12 November 2002 (age 22)	15	2	Lorient

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
FW	Antonio Nusa	(2005-04-17) 17 April 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Club Brugge	v.  Portugal, 28 March 2023

Records

As of 14 June 2022^[2]

Leading appearances

Tommy Svindal Larsen currently holds the record for the most appearances for the team.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Caps
1	Tommy Svindal Larsen	Start, Stabæk	41
2	Hai Ngoc Tran	Kongsvinger	38
3	Harmeet Singh	Vålerenga, Feyenoord	36
4	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen	Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC	35
	Petter Rudi	Molde	35
6	Kristian Flittie Onstad	Lyn	34
7	Azar Karadas	Brann, Rosenborg	33
	Steinar Pedersen	Start, Borussia Dortmund	33
9	Trond Erik Bertelsen	Haugesund, Fredrikstad	32
	Thomas Holm	Heerenveen, Vålerenga	32

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.

Leading goalscorers

Steffen Iversen currently holds the record for most goals scored for the team.

As of 14 June 2022^[2]

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Goals
1	Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen	Bodø/Glimt, Hertha BSC	16
2	Tore André Flo	Sogndal, Tromsø	15
3	Steffen Iversen	Rosenborg, Tottenham Hotspur	14
4	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Clausenengen, Molde	13
5	Azar Karadas	Brann, Rosenborg	12
	Daniel Berg Hestad	Molde	12
	Frank Strandli	Start, Leeds United	12
8	Tommy Svindal Larsen	Start, Stabæk	11
	Jørgen Strand Larsen	Sarpsborg 08, Groningen	11
10	John Carew	Vålerenga, Rosenborg, Valencia	10
	Morten Gamst Pedersen	Tromsø	10

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. The players in bold are still eligible to play for the team.

Past squads

Norway U-21-national football team in 2011

• 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad
• 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad

Coaches

• 1974: Nils Arne Eggen
• 1979–1985: Egil Olsen
• 1996–1998: Nils Johan Semb
• 2000–2003: Per-Mathias Høgmo
• 2003–2006: Hallvar Thoresen
• 2006–2010: Øystein Gåre
• 2010: Tor Ole Skullerud
• 2011–2013: Per Joar Hansen
• 2013: Tor Ole Skullerud
• 2014–2023: Leif Gunnar Smerud
• 2023–present: Jan Peder Jalland

See also

• Norway national football team
• Norway national under-19 football team
• Norway national under-17 football team
• Norway women's national football team

References

1. "U21-tropp til EM-playoff" (in Norwegian). Noregs Fotballforbund. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
2. "Norge Menn U21". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

External links

• Norway U21-team ^{[dead link‍]} at UEFA.com