Northern Ireland Under-19

Nickname(s)	The GAWA, Norn Iron
Association	Irish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gerard Lyttle
Home stadium	various
FIFA code	NIR
First colours Second colours
First international
Ireland Youth 0–4  Wales (Solitude, Belfast; 10 January 1948)
European Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1948)
Best result	Runners-Up: 1963

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										Qualification record
Year*	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		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
1952	Did not enter									Did not enter
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
1956	Did not enter									Did not enter
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
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
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
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		Walkover against  Scotland
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
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
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
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
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
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	To be determined								To be determined
2024	To be determined								Qualified as hosts
2025	To be determined								To be determined
Total	Runners-up	43	9	6	28	53	109	–56	134	35	25	76	166	230	–64
*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Honours

Milk Cup Elite Section

• Winners: 1997, 2008, 2009, 2014

Coaches

Coaches of the Northern Ireland youth/under-18/under-19 side include:

Manager	Career
Billy Cook	[1]
Norman Kernaghan	[2]
Joe Kinkead	[3]
Tommy Casey
Jackie Cummings	1979–??[4]
Roy Millar	1983–1999
Mal Donaghy	2000–2008
Steve Beaglehole	2008–2011[5]
Stephen Robinson	2011–2013[6]
Stephen Craigan	2013–2016[7]
Stephen Frail	2016–2020[8]
Gerard Lyttle	2021–[9]

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 will be eligible until the end of the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 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 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification games against  Slovenia,  Netherlands and  Moldova on 21, 24 and 27 September 2022 respectively.[10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Josh Clarke	(2004-07-28) 28 July 2004 (age 18)	Celtic
	1GK	Stephen McMullan	(2004-12-31) 31 December 2004 (age 17)	Fleetwood Town
	2DF	Matty Carson	(2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 (age 18)	Southampton
	2DF	Michael Forbes	(2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 (age 18)	West Ham United
	2DF	Brodie Spencer	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 18)	Huddersfield Town
	2DF	Josh Roney	(2004-07-19) 19 July 2004 (age 18)	Stoke City
	2DF	Daithí McCallion	(2005-04-08) 8 April 2005 (age 17)	Derry City
	2DF	Ruairi McConville	(2005-05-01) 1 May 2005 (age 17)	Brighton
	3MF	Charlie Lindsay	(2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 18)	Rangers
	3MF	Conor Scannell	(2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 18)	Glenavon
	3MF	Aaron Wightman	(2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 (age 18)	Glentoran
	3MF	Dylan Sloan	(2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 (age 18)	Larne
	3MF	Patrick Kelly	(2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 18)	West Ham United
	3MF	Darren Robinson	(2004-12-29) 29 December 2004 (age 17)	Derby County
	3MF	Lewis Trickett	(2005-04-27) 27 April 2005 (age 17)	Accrington Stanley
	3MF	Rio Oudnie-Morgan	(2005-12-06) 6 December 2005 (age 16)	Ipswich Town
	4FW	Makenzie Kirk	(2004-02-06) 6 February 2004 (age 18)	Hearts
	4FW	Callum Marshall	(2004-11-28) 28 November 2004 (age 17)	West Ham United
	4FW	Sam Glenfield	(2005-05-10) 10 May 2005 (age 17)	Fleetwood Town
	4FW	Reece Evans	(2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 (age 17)	Leicester City

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Northern Ireland under-19 squad and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Pierce Charles	(2005-07-21) 21 July 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Sheffield Wednesday	v.  Malta, 10 June 2022
GK	Dylan Graham	(2004-10-31) 31 October 2004 (age 17)	-	-	Everton	Football Federations Cup, 23–28 March 2022
DF	Reece Jordan	(2005-03-06) 6 March 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Portadown	v.  Malta, 10 June 2022
DF	Callum Wilson	(2004-02-29) 29 February 2004 (age 18)	-	-	Sunderland	v.  Malta, 10 June 2022
DF	Tommy Fogarty	(2004-03-15) 15 March 2004 (age 18)	-	-	Birmingham City	Football Federations Cup, 23–28 March 2022
DF	Bobby Deane	(2004-04-11) 11 April 2004 (age 18)	-	-	Dergview	Football Federations Cup, 23–28 March 2022
DF	Darragh McCloskey		-	-	Derry City	Football Federations Cup, 23–28 March 2022
MF	Jamie McDonnell	(2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 (age 18)	-	-	Nottingham Forest	v.  Malta, 10 June 2022
FW	Ryan Donnelly		-	-	Dungannon Swifts	v.  Malta, 10 June 2022
FW	Conor Falls	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 18)	-	-	Huddersfield Town	v.  Malta, 10 June 2022
FW	Omari Kellyman	(2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Aston Villa	Football Federations Cup, 23–28 March 2022
FW	Jamie Donley	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 17)	-	-	Tottenham Hotspur	v.  Faroe Islands, 3 September 2021
COVID = Player withdrew due to a positive COVID test or from being in close contact with someone with a positive COVID test. INJ = Player withdrew from the squad before any games had been played. PRE = Preliminary squad / standby. SEN = Player withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the senior team. SUS = Suspended from national team. WTD = Withdrew due to other reasons.

See also

• Northern Ireland national football team
• Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
• Northern Ireland national under-17 football team

References

External links

• Fixtures & Results
• Current squad
• UEFA U19 Championship Record