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Northern Ireland U21

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ShirtTommy Wright (since 2023)Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park

Grupo F · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2025/26
3.°
Position
10
Played
4
Won
13
Goals for
13
Goals against
14
Points
Goals scored per match · 30 of 51 in the competitionGoals1.14Shots on target per match · 21 of 51 in the competitionShots on target2.57Goals per 100 shots · 32 of 50 in the competitionConversion38%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 26 of 51 in the competitionClean sheets29%Average share of the ball · 39 of 48 in the competitionPossession31%Duels won over duels contested · 24 of 36 in the competitionDuels won47%

Compared with the 51 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2025/26.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 51 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.1430.º
Shots on target2.5721.º
Conversion38%32.º
Clean sheets29%26.º
Possession31%39.º
Duels won47%24.º

Grupo 6 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2023/24
4.°
Position
10
Played
3
Won
10
Goals for
10
Goals against
11
Points
Goals scored per match · 34 of 52 in the competitionGoals1.00Shots on target per match · 41 of 52 in the competitionShots on target0.90Goals per 100 shots · 19 of 52 in the competitionConversion77%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 15 of 52 in the competitionClean sheets40%Average share of the ball · 45 of 52 in the competitionPossession25%Duels won over duels contested · 8 of 32 in the competitionDuels won52%

Compared with the 52 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2023/24.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 52 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.0034.º
Shots on target0.9041.º
Conversion77%19.º
Clean sheets40%15.º
Possession25%45.º
Duels won52%8.º

Grupo 3 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2021/22
3.°
Position
8
Played
2
Won
8
Goals for
18
Goals against
7
Points
Goals scored per match · 37 of 53 in the competitionGoals0.89Shots on target per match · 42 of 53 in the competitionShots on target0.89Goals per 100 shots · 41 of 51 in the competitionConversion1%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 37 of 53 in the competitionClean sheets22%Average share of the ball · 43 of 53 in the competitionPossession26%

Compared with the 53 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2021/22.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 53 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

No data in this competition: Duels won.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.8937.º
Shots on target0.8942.º
Conversion1%41.º
Clean sheets22%37.º
Possession26%43.º

Grupo 8 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2019/20
5.°
Position
10
Played
2
Won
7
Goals for
13
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 16 of 28 in the competitionGoals0.67Shots on target per match · 13 of 28 in the competitionShots on target3.00Goals per 100 shots · 19 of 21 in the competitionConversion9%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 9 of 28 in the competitionClean sheets33%Average share of the ball · 15 of 28 in the competitionPossession40%Duels won over duels contested · 12 of 28 in the competitionDuels won49%

Compared with the 28 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2019/20.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 28 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.6716.º
Shots on target3.0013.º
Conversion9%19.º
Clean sheets33%9.º
Possession40%15.º
Duels won49%12.º

Grupo 2 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2017/18
2.°
Position
10
Played
6
Won
15
Goals for
11
Goals against
20
Points

Grupo 9 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2013/14
5.°
Position
8
Played
1
Won
3
Goals for
17
Goals against
3
Points
Goals scored per match · 20 of 24 in the competitionGoals0.00Shots on target per match · 19 of 24 in the competitionShots on target1.00Matches without conceding, over matches played · 9 of 24 in the competitionClean sheets0%Average share of the ball · 10 of 24 in the competitionPossession40%Duels won over duels contested · 4 of 24 in the competitionDuels won53%

Compared with the 24 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2013/14.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 24 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

No data in this competition: Conversion.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.0020.º
Shots on target1.0019.º
Clean sheets0%9.º
Possession40%10.º
Duels won53%4.º

Squad

2025/26

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
12Fraser BarnsleyGoalkeeperEngland22---2023
70Josh GraceyGoalkeeperNorthern Ireland181.96 m--2025
1Stephen McMullanGoalkeeperIreland211.84 m77 kg-2023

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
22Conor BarrDefenderNorthern Ireland20---2025
5Josh BriggsDefenderNorthern Ireland20---2024
16Conor HaugheyDefenderNorthern Ireland19---2026
32Sam InwoodDefenderEngland21---2025
25Bayley McCannDefenderNorthern Ireland20---2025
67Matthew OrrDefenderNorthern Ireland19---2025
16Johnny RussellDefenderNorthern Ireland221.85 m-Left2024
47James SimpsonDefenderNorthern Ireland19---2026

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
29Callum BurnsideAtt. midfieldNorthern Ireland19---2026
19Ryan DonnellyMidfielderNorthern Ireland201.75 m70 kg-2025
19Sam GlenfieldStrikerNorthern Ireland21---2025
11Shea KearneyMidfielderNorthern Ireland22---2024
16Eoin KennyMidfielderNorthern Ireland20--Right2025
4Jack PattersonMidfielderNorthern Ireland20---2025
26Darren RobinsonMidfielderNorthern Ireland211.80 m77 kgRight2023

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
7Cole BranniganForwardNorthern Ireland191.72 m-Left2025
47Aodhan DohertyWingerNorthern Ireland20--Left2025
11Braiden GrahamSecond strikerNorthern Ireland181.75 m-Right2025
25Makenzie KirkForwardScotland221.83 m66 kgRight2024
11Paul McGovernForwardNorthern Ireland18---2026
40Devlan MosesStrikerEngland21---2026
13Kalum ThompsonForwardNorthern Ireland18---2026