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	Andy Waterworth
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.

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	did not qualify									3	0	1	2	4	7	–3
2023										6	1	1	4	5	13	–8
2024										6	2	1	3	10	13	–3
2025										6	2	1	3	8	12	–4
2026	to be determined
Total	Group stage	18	2	4	12	16	41	–25		146	48	25	43	176	239	–63

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
2023
2025

Position	Name
Manager	Andy Waterworth
Assistant Manager
Coach
Goalkeeping Coach	Roy Carroll

Players born on or after 1 January 2009 will be eligible until the end of the 2026 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 friendly games against Sweden and Norway on 18 February and 21 February 2026 respectively.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Matthew Belshaw	(2010-07-05) 5 July 2010	Glentoran
	1GK	Phoenix Blayney	(2010-11-17) 17 November 2010	Larne
	1GK	Kyle Chivers		Ballymena United
	2DF	Alfie Wilson	(2009-03-14) 14 March 2009	Hearts
	2DF	Paul Stanfield	(2009-03-17) 17 March 2009	Cliftonville
	2DF	Shea McGarry	(2009-08-18) 18 August 2009	Cliftonville
	2DF	Sonny Trainor	(2009-11-04) 4 November 2009	Larne
	2DF	Daniel McCarron	(2010-02-02) 2 February 2010	Dungannon Swifts
	2DF	Alfie Mulvenna	(2010-03-05) 5 March 2010	Larne
	2DF	David Green		Cliftonville
	3MF	Finlay Ross	(2009-02-16) 16 February 2009	Linfield
	3MF	Jake Drewett	(2009-03-18) 18 March 2009	Bournemouth
	3MF	Charlie McConnell	(2009-07-02) 2 July 2009	UCD
	3MF	Mason Ayre	(2010-01-05) 5 January 2010	Glentoran
	3MF	Liam Kelly	(2010-08-07) 7 August 2010	Derry City
	3MF	Alfie Anderson		Cliftonville
	3MF	Freddie Murdock		Everton
	3MF	Will Haselhurst		Middlesbrough
	4FW	Jack May	(2009-01-15) 15 January 2009	Larne
	4FW	Joel Kerr	(2009-03-24) 24 March 2009	West Ham United
	4FW	Luke Hawe	(2009-04-30) 30 April 2009	Southampton
	4FW	Zak Magowan	(2009-07-08) 8 July 2009	Glentoran
	4FW	Eamonn Tohill	(2009-09-13) 13 September 2009	Cliftonville
	4FW	Michael Mulholland	(2011-01-17) 17 January 2011	Crusaders

The following players have previously been called up to the Northern Ireland under-17 squad and remain eligible.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Tom Hill		Shrewsbury Town
	2DF	Calum Anderson	(2009-01-09) 9 January 2009	Southampton
	2DF	Charlie Campbell	(2009-10-19) 19 October 2009	Linfield
	2DF	Calum Woods		Dundalk
	2DF	Sean Cassidy		Cliftonville
	3MF	Coran Madden	(2009-02-05) 5 February 2009	Brentford
	3MF	Emmett Morrison	(2009-03-23) 23 March 2009	Sheffield United
	3MF	Conor Wilson	(2010-02-23) 23 February 2010	Coleraine
	3MF	Adam Nelson	(2010-03-02) 2 March 2010	Glentoran
	3MF	Harry Gough		Glenavon
	4FW	Jahmi Kellyman	(2009-07-06) 6 July 2009	Aston Villa

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