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.
| Nickname(s) | The GAWA Norn Iron | ||
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| Association | Irish Football Association | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Gerard Lyttle | ||
| Home stadium | various | ||
| FIFA code | NIR | ||
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| 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) | ||
Competitive record edit
UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record edit
| UEFA European Under-16/17 Championship Finals record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1982
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did not enter | did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1984
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 1985
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 1986
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did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | ||||||||
 1987
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
 1988
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did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2 | ||||||||
 1989
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | |||||||||
 1990
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Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
 1991
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did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | –4 | ||||||||
 1992
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1993
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
 1994
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did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | ||||||||
 1995
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | –3 | |||||||||
| 1996
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | |||||||||
| 1997
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Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |
 1998
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did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | ||||||||
 1999
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | |||||||||
 2000
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2 | |||||||||
 2001
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | |||||||||
| 2002
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | –7 | |||||||||
 2003
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2004
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | –9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | |
 2005
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did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | –1 | ||||||||
| 2006
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | –4 | |||||||||
| 2007
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | |||||||||
| 2008
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | –1 | |||||||||
| 2009
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | |||||||||
 2010
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | |||||||||
 2011
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
 2012
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | |||||||||
 2013
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | |||||||||
 2014
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | |||||||||
 2015
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | –8 | |||||||||
 2016
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | |||||||||
 2017
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | –4 | |||||||||
| 2018
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | –7 | |||||||||
| 2019
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | |||||||||
 2020
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Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | ||||||||
| 2021
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Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||||||
| 2022
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did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | ||||||||
| 2023
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | –8 | |||||||||
| 2024
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to be determined | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 41 | –25 | 134 | 44 | 23 | 67 | 158 | 214 | –56 | |
FIFA Under-17 World Cup edit
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 1985 |
did not enter | |||||||
 1987 |
did not qualify | |||||||
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| 1991
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 1993
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 1995
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 1997
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 1999
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 2001
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 2003
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 2005
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 2007
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 2009
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 2011
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 2013
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 2015
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 2017
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 2019
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 2023
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 2025 |
to be determined | |||||||
Current Coaching Staff edit
| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Gerard Lyttle
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| Assistant Manager | Andy Waterworth
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| Coach | Gareth McAuley
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| Goalkeeping Coach | Roy Carroll
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Players edit
Current squad edit
Players born on or after 1 January 2007 will be eligible until the end of the 2024 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 Under-17 Euro 2024 elite round games against England, France and Hungary on the 20 March, 23 March and the 26 March.[1]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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| GK | Will Murdoch | 26 May 2007 | Manchester United
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| GK | Owen Grainger | 12 July 2007 | Leeds United
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| DF | Keevan Hawthorne | 31 March 2007 | Cliftonville
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| DF | Matty Orr | 16 April 2007 | Linfield
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| DF | Conor Haughey | 29 May 2007 | Fleetwood Town
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| DF | Alfie Friars | 28 October 2007 | Derry City
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| DF | Alex Watson | 23 July 2008 | Linfield
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| DF | Callum Leacock | 19 August 2008 | Linfield
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| MF | Jack Doherty | 2 January 2007 | Fleetwood Town
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| MF | Senan Devine | 12 January 2007 | Coleraine
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| MF | Callum Burnside | 16 January 2007 | Rangers
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| MF | Blaine McClure | 5 February 2007 | Rangers
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| MF | James Simpson | 5 April 2007 | Linfield
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| MF | Dylan Stitt | 30 June 2007 | Luton Town
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| MF | Troy Savage | 7 March 2008 | Glenavon
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| FW | Oscar Kelly | 5 February 2007 | Rochdale
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| FW | Keevan Hawthorne | 20 April 2007 | Cliftonville
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| FW | Cole Brannigan | 12 May 2007 | Aston Villa
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| FW | Braiden Graham | 7 November 2007 | Linfield
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| FW | Ceadach O’Neill | 10 April 2008 | Linfield
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Recent call-ups edit
The following players have previously been called up to the Northern Ireland under-17 squad and remain eligible.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| DF | Calum Moreland | 15 February 2007 | - | - | Aston Villa
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v.  San Marino, 31 October 2023
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| FW | George Feeney | 19 January 2008 | - | - | Glentoran
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v. San Marino, 31 October 2023
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| FW | Chris Atherton | 19 October 2008 | - | - | Glenavon
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v. San Marino, 31 October 2023
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| FW | Kenzie Beattie | 16 June 2007 | - | - | Linfield
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v. Malta, 25 October 2022
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "U17s squad for Euro qualifiers elite round named". The Irish Football Association. 8 March 2024.