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
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Qualification record
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| Year*
|
Round
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
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Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
 1948
|
Sixth place |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
12 |
−5
|
No qualification needed
|
 1949
|
Fourth place |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
–7
|
No qualification needed
|
 1950
|
did not enter
|
did not enter
|
 1951
|
Fourth place |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
0
|
No qualification needed
|
.svg.png) 1952
|
did not enter
|
did not enter
|
.svg.png) 1953
|
Fifteenth place |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
16 |
−5
|
No qualification needed
|
 1954
|
Eighteenth place |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
22 |
−18
|
No qualification needed
|
 1955
|
Group stage |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
−7
|
No qualification needed
|
.svg.png) 1956
|
did not enter
|
did not enter
|
| 1957
|
 1958
|
.svg.png) 1959
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| 1960
|
.svg.png) 1961
|
.svg.png) 1962
|
| 1963
|
Runners-up |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
11 |
–2
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
+1
|
| 1964
|
Group stage |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
−1
|
No qualification needed
|
| 1965
|
did not enter
|
did not enter
|
.svg.png) 1966
|
 1967
|
| 1968
|
 1969
|
 1970
|
 1971
|
| 1972
|
| 1973
|
 1974
|
.svg.png) 1975
|
Group stage |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
−1
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3
|
 1976
|
Group stage |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
−7
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Walkover against Scotland
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| 1977
|
Group stage |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
+2
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+1
|
 1978
|
did not qualify
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
−7
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| 1979
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
−2
|
| 1980
|
Group stage |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
−2
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2
|
| 1981
|
did not qualify
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
−4
|
 1982
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
−1
|
| 1983
|
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
−7
|
 1984
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
−2
|
| 1986
|
6 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
−7
|
| 1988
|
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
14 |
−6
|
| 1990
|
did not enter
|
did not enter
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| 1992
|
did not qualify
|
6 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
−6
|
| 1993
|
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
14 |
−6
|
 1994
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0
|
 1995
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
0
|
 1996
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1
|
 1997
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
−6
|
.svg.png) 1998
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
+4
|
| 1999
|
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
+4
|
| 2000
|
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
+7
|
| 2001
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
−3
|
 2002
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0
|
 2003
|
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
6 |
+4
|
| 2004
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
−3
|
.svg.png) 2005
|
Group stage |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
−3
|
Qualified as hosts
|
| 2006
|
did not qualify
|
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
9 |
+1
|
| 2007
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
−6
|
| 2008
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
−2
|
 2009
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
−3
|
| 2010
|
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
9 |
+1
|
 2011
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0
|
 2012
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
−3
|
 2013
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
+5
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| 2014
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
−3
|
| 2015
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
−2
|
| 2016
|
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
−5
|
 2017
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
−3
|
| 2018
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
−7
|
 2019
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
−1
|
| 2020
|
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
|
Qualified as hosts
|
| 2021
|
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
|
 2022
|
did not qualify
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
−3
|
 2023
|
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
−4
|
| 2024
|
Group stage |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
-5
|
Qualified as hosts
|
| 2025
|
did not qualify
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
−5
|
 2026
|
to be determined
|
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
−2
|
| Total
|
Runners-up
|
46
|
9
|
7
|
30
|
53
|
114
|
–61
|
146
|
39
|
27
|
82
|
177
|
252
|
–75
|
| *Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
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Honours
Milk Cup Elite Section
- Winners: 1997, 2008, 2009, 2014
Coaches
Coaches of the Northern Ireland youth/under-18/under-19 side include:
Players
Current squad
Players born on or after 1 January 2007 will be eligible until the end of the 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
The following players were named in the squad for the 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification games against Malta, Azerbaijan and Czechia on 12, 15 and 18 November 2025 respectively.[11]
Recent call-ups
The following players have previously been called up to the Northern Ireland under-19 squad and remain eligible.
See also
References
External links
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Under-18 era, 1948–2001 | FIFA Youth
Tournament | |
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UEFA U-18
Championship | |
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| Qualification | |
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| Squads |
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1986
- 1988
- 1990
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
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Under-19 era, 2002–present | UEFA U-19
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