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Norway national under 21 football team

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Nickname(s)
  
U21-landslaget

Appearances
  
2 (first in 1998)

Head coach
  
Leif Gunnar Smerud

Top scorer
  
Steffen Iversen (17)

Best result
  
3rd place

Location
  
Norway

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Most caps
  
Tommy Svindal Larsen (41)

Association
  
Football Association of Norway

The Norwegian national under-21 football team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, is the national football team of Norway for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship campaign. The team has reached the European Championship finals twice, in 1998 and 2013, winning bronze medals on both occasions.

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Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 European Under-21 Championship playoffs against Serbia on 11 November 2016 and 15 November 2015.

Statistics correct as of 15 November 2016, after the second leg against Serbia.

* Players in bold have played at least one full international match for Norway's senior national team.

Recent call-ups

The following players still eligible for the U21 team (i.e. born in 1994 or later) have been called up since January 2014.

Notes
  • [a] Celina has opted to represent Kosovo in international football, and is no longer eligible for any Norway squads.
  • Former squads

  • 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
  • 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
  • Former coaches

  • 1974: Nils Arne Eggen
  • 1979–1985: Egil Olsen
  • 1996-1998: Nils Johan Semb
  • 2000-2003: Per-Mathias Høgmo
  • 2003-2006: Hallvar Thoresen
  • 2006-2010: Øystein Gåre
  • 2010: Tor Ole Skullerud
  • 2011–2013: Per Joar Hansen
  • 2013: Tor Ole Skullerud
  • References

    Norway national under-21 football team Wikipedia