Northern Ireland national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Northern Ireland women's national under-17 football team.

Northern Ireland Under-17

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
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)

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.

Competitive record

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record

UEFA European Under-16/17 Championship Finals record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1982	did not enter									did not enter
1984
1985
1986	did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
1987	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1		2	1	0	1	1	1	0
1988	did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
1989										2	0	1	1	1	3	–2
1990	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	8	–5		2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
1991	did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
1992	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4		2	1	0	1	3	3	0
1993	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5		2	1	0	1	1	1	0
1994	did not qualify									2	1	0	1	4	5	–1
1995										2	1	0	1	1	4	–3
1996										2	0	0	2	2	4	–2
1997	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1		2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
1998	did not qualify									2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
1999										4	1	1	2	2	4	–2
2000										2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
2001										2	0	1	1	1	3	–2
2002										4	0	0	4	4	11	–7
2003										6	3	1	2	4	4	0
2004	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	12	–9		6	4	1	1	13	9	+4
2005	did not qualify									6	2	1	3	11	12	–1
2006										6	3	0	3	9	13	–4
2007										6	3	1	2	9	7	+2
2008										6	3	0	3	7	8	–1
2009										3	1	0	2	1	3	–2
2010										6	4	0	2	6	5	+1
2011										6	2	1	3	12	12	0
2012										3	1	0	2	2	5	–3
2013										6	1	3	2	10	8	+2
2014										3	1	0	2	3	4	–1
2015										6	1	2	3	7	15	–8
2016										3	0	1	2	2	4	–2
2017										3	1	0	2	5	9	–4
2018										3	1	0	2	1	8	–7
2019										6	1	2	3	7	9	–2
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic									3	1	0	2	7	6	+1
2021										Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	did not qualify									3	0	1	2	4	7	–3
2023										6	1	1	4	5	13	–8
2024										6	2	1	3	10	13	–3
2025	to be determined
Total	Group stage	18	2	4	12	16	41	–25		140	46	24	40	168	227	–59

FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1985	did not enter
1987	did not qualify
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025	to be determined

Current Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Gerard Lyttle
Assistant Manager	Andy Waterworth
Coach	Gareth McAuley
Goalkeeping Coach	Roy Carroll

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 will be eligible until the end of the 2025 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 qualifying round games against Scotland, Republic of Ireland and Lithuania on the 29 October, 1 November and 4 November 2024 respectively.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Finn McDonnell	(2008-01-10) 10 January 2008	Bohemians
	1GK	Zak Robinson	(2008-04-25) 25 April 2008	Larne
	2DF	Oisin Gamble	(2008-03-29) 29 March 2008	Cliftonville
	2DF	Joe Orpwood	(2008-04-14) 14 April 2008	Gillingham
	2DF	Noah McDonnell	(2008-06-16) 16 June 2008	Aberdeen
	2DF	Darragh McCann	(2008-06-29) 29 June 2008	Ipswich Town
	2DF	Callum Leacock	(2008-08-19) 19 August 2008	Linfield
	2DF	Cead McGrath	(2008-11-15) 15 November 2008	Derry City
	3MF	Troy Savage	(2008-03-07) 7 March 2008	Glenavon
	3MF	Alex Watson	(2008-07-23) 23 July 2008	Linfield
	3MF	Matthew Burns	(2008-09-16) 16 September 2008	Coleraine
	3MF	Jack Faloona	(2008-10-21) 21 October 2008	Glentoran
	3MF	Alex Eakin	(2008-11-12) 12 November 2008	Larne
	4FW	Paul McGovern	(2008-01-09) 9 January 2008	Glenavon
	4FW	George Feeney	(2008-01-19) 19 January 2008	Tottenham
	4FW	Scott Hamilton	(2008-03-06) 6 March 2008	Nottingham Forest
	4FW	Ceadach O’Neill	(2008-04-10) 10 April 2008	Arsenal
	4FW	Chris Atherton	(2008-10-19) 19 October 2008	Glenavon
	4FW	Joel Kerr	(2009-03-24) 24 March 2009	Glentoran
	4FW	Luke Hawe	(2009-04-30) 30 April 2009	Ballymena United

Recent call-ups

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
GK	Milo Beimers		-	-	Glentoran	v. Turkey, 6 August 2024
DF	Harry Moran		-	-	Liverpool	v. Turkey, 6 August 2024
DF	Leon Barr		-	-	Crusaders	v. Turkey, 6 August 2024
DF	Aron KC		-	-	Derry City	v. Turkey, 6 August 2024
MF	Evan Boulter		-	-	Nottingham Forest	v. Turkey, 6 August 2024
MF	Christian Coyle		-	-	Bohemians	v. Turkey, 6 August 2024
MF	Callum Downey		-	-	Derry City	v. Turkey, 6 August 2024
MF	Glenn McCourt	(2008-06-15) 15 June 2008	-	-	Derry City	v. Turkey, 6 August 2024
FW	Kalum Thompson	(2008-09-27) 27 September 2008	-	-	Linfield	v. Turkey, 6 August 2024

See also

• Northern Ireland national football team
• Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
• Northern Ireland national under-19 football team

External links

• Fixtures & Results
• Current squad
• UEFA U17 Championship Record