Northern Ireland national under-21 football team results (1978–2019)

This article lists the results for the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team from 1978 to 2019.[1][2]

1970s

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1978

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8 March 1978 International friendly Republic of Ireland   1–1   Northern Ireland Dublin, Republic of Ireland
BST   Report Blackledge   Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 6,000

1990s

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1990

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1994

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1998

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21 April 1998 International friendly Northern Ireland   2–1    Switzerland Lurgan, Northern Ireland
BST Whitley   37' (pen.)
Coote   75'
Report Yakin   56' (pen.) Stadium: Mourneview Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Willie Young (Scotland)
20 May 1998 1998 Presidents Cup Northern Ireland   1–1   Scotland Sligo, Republic of Ireland
BST Mulryne   Report   Attendance: 500
22 May 1998 1998 Presidents Cup Republic of Ireland   0–1   Northern Ireland Castlebar, Republic of Ireland
BST Report Coote   Attendance: 3,000
4 September 1998 2000 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Turkey   2–0   Northern Ireland Kocaeli, Turkey
17:00 BST Köprülü   57'
Dursun   69'
Report Stadium: İzmit İsmetpaşa Stadium
Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)
9 October 1998 2000 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Northern Ireland   1–1   Finland Ballymena, Northern Ireland
19:30 BST Coote   18' Report Niemi   29' Stadium: The Showgrounds
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)
17 November 1998 2000 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Northern Ireland   1–1   Moldova Coleraine, Northern Ireland
19:30 GMT Healy   75' Report Lungu   43' Stadium: The Showgrounds
Attendance: 1,920
Referee: Saso Lazarevski (Macedonia)

1999

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2 June 1999 1999 Presidents Cup Northern Ireland   0–1   Republic of Ireland Inverness, Scotland
BST Report Ferguson   6' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 605
Referee: Kenny Clark (Scotland)
4 June 1999 1999 Presidents Cup Scotland   1–1   Northern Ireland Inverness, Scotland
BST Burchill   38' Report Healy   13' (pen.) Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Alan Freeland (Scotland)
17 August 1999 International friendly Northern Ireland   3–1   France Belfast, Northern Ireland
BST Coote   33'
Healy   56', 88'
Report Kanouté   36' Stadium: The Oval
Attendance: 2,114
Referee: Alan Freeland (Scotland)

2000s

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2000

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28 March 2000 International friendly Malta   1–2   Northern Ireland Paola, Malta
BST Galea   23' Report Kirk   5'
Harkin   89'
Stadium: Hibernians Stadium
Attendance: 462
Referee: Joe Attard (Malta)
1 September 2000 2002 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Northern Ireland   1–1* (3–0)   Malta Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:30 BST Hamilton   62' Report Galea   22' Stadium: The Oval
Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Note: (Match forfeited) - The match was completed with a 1-1 scoreline before a default victory (3-0) was awarded to Northern Ireland because Malta fielded an ineligible player.
10 October 2000 2002 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Iceland   2–5   Northern Ireland Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
17:00 BST Gunnarsson   84'
Guðjónsson   90'
Report Hamilton   7'
Friars   11'
Harkin   32', 63'
McCann   77'
Stadium: Kaplakriki
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

2001

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2002

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2003

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28 March 2003 2004 UEFA U-21 Group 6 Qualifier Armenia   2–0   Northern Ireland Abovyan, Armenia
11:00 GMT Meloyan   25'
Davtyan   65'
Report Stadium: Kotayk Stadium
Referee: Emil Laursen (Denmark)
1 April 2003 2004 UEFA U-21 Group 6 Qualifier Northern Ireland   2–6   Greece Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:30 BST Toner   25'
McEvilly   58' (pen.)
Report Lagos   4'
Fotakis   38'
Papadopoulos   41', 62' (pen.), 82'
Salpingidis   47'
Stadium: The Oval
Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

2004

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18 August 2004 International friendly Northern Ireland   0–0    Switzerland Belfast, Northern Ireland
17:00 BST Report Stadium: The Oval
Attendance: 300
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

2005

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8 February 2005 International friendly Northern Ireland   2–1   Scotland Belfast, Northern Ireland
GMT Brunt   47'
Morrow   59'
Report Maloney   36' Stadium: The Oval
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Ian Stokes (Ireland)

2006

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28 February 2006 International friendly Wales   0–1   Northern Ireland Llanelli, Wales
17:30 GMT Report Morrow   25' Stadium: Stebonheath Park
Attendance: 1,065
Referee: Calum Murray (Scotland)
14 November 2006 International friendly Germany   2–1   Northern Ireland Torgau, Germany
GMT Boateng   15'
Schindler   45+1'
Report Fordyce   10' Stadium: Hafenstadion

2007

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6 February 2007 International friendly Northern Ireland   0–4   Wales Belfast, Northern Ireland
15:00 GMT Report Vokes   1'
Jacobson   11'
Evans   31', 46'
Stadium: The Oval
Attendance: 300
Referee: David McKeon (Ireland)
24 May 2007 International friendly Scotland   4–0   Northern Ireland Glasgow, Scotland
19:30 BST Adams   11'
McAllister   70'
Dorrans   74'
Gilmour   82'
Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 360
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
21 August 2007 International friendly Northern Ireland   2–1   Finland Ballymena, Northern Ireland
19:30 BST McKenna   75'
Taylor   85'
Report Puustinen   78' Stadium: Ballymena Showgrounds
Referee: David McKeon (Ireland)

2008

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18 November 2008 International friendly Scotland   1–3   Northern Ireland Hamilton, Scotland
19:30 GMT Murphy   3' Report McQuoid   9', 26'
Little   49'
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 2,149
Referee: Babak Rafati (Germany)

2009

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31 March 2009 International friendly Northern Ireland   1–1   Ukraine Portadown, Northern Ireland
19:30 BST Casement   71' Report Konoplyanka   36' (pen.) Stadium: Shamrock Park
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
13 October 2009 2011 UEFA U-21 Group 5 Qualifier Iceland   2–1   Northern Ireland Grindavík, Iceland
17:00 BST Guðmundsson   56'
Josefsson   70'
Report Lawrie   80' Stadium: Grindavíkurvöllur
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

2010s

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2010

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3 September 2010 2011 UEFA U-21 Group 5 Qualifier Northern Ireland   4–0   San Marino Coleraine, Northern Ireland
19:45 BST Little   4', 85' (pen.)
McGivern   15' (pen.)
Grigg   90+2'
Report Stadium: The Showgrounds
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (Cyprus)
17 November 2010 International friendly Scotland   3–1   Northern Ireland Glasgow, Scotland
19:30 GMT Griffiths   12'
Hanlon   65'
Ross   90'
Report O'Kane   34' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,764[4]
Referee: Richard Liesveld (Netherlands)

2011

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9 February 2011 International friendly Wales   2–0   Northern Ireland Wrexham, Wales
19:30 GMT Alfei   42' (pen.)
Ogleby   75'
Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
10 August 2011 2013 UEFA U-21 Group 4 Qualifier Northern Ireland   4–0   Faroe Islands Belfast, Northern Ireland
14:00 BST Kee   25', 29', 75'
Magennis   32'
Report Stadium: The Oval
Referee: Tero Nieminen (Finland)
15 November 2011 2013 UEFA U-21 Group 4 Qualifier Northern Ireland   0–2   Serbia Coleraine, Northern Ireland
14:00 GMT Report Marković   80'
Gudelj   83' (pen.)
Stadium: The Showgrounds
Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)

2012

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10 May 2012 2013 UEFA U-21 Group 4 Qualifier Macedonia   1–0   Northern Ireland Kumanovo, Macedonia
15:30 BST Urdinov   83' (pen.) Report Stadium: Milano Arena
Referee: Davit Kharitonashvili (Georgia)
7 September 2012 2013 UEFA U-21 Group 4 Qualifier Northern Ireland   1–3   Macedonia Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:30 BST Magennis   10' Report Spirovski   48'
Timov   72'
Stankov   90+2'
Stadium: The Oval
Referee: Mihály Fábián (Hungary)
10 September 2012 2013 UEFA U-21 Group 4 Qualifier Denmark   3–0   Northern Ireland Aalborg, Denmark
18:00 BST Larsen   8'
Albæk   28' (pen.)
Laudrup   45+1'
Report Stadium: Aalborg Stadion
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
13 November 2012 International friendly England   2–0   Northern Ireland Blackpool, England
19:30 GMT Wickham   45'
Afobe   75' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 8,040 [5]
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

2013

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30 May 2013 2015 UEFA U-21 Group 9 Qualifier Cyprus   3–0   Northern Ireland Nicosia, Cyprus
16:00 BST Roushias   19'
Theodorou   59'
Sotiriou   69'
Report Stadium: Makario Stadium
Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)
9 September 2013 2015 UEFA U-21 Group 9 Qualifier Belgium   1–0   Northern Ireland Leuven, Belgium
19:00 BST Batshuayi   43' Report Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 3,994
Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer (Kazakhstan)
11 October 2013 2015 UEFA U-21 Group 9 Qualifier Northern Ireland   0–1   Belgium Lurgan, Northern Ireland
15:00 BST Report Batshuayi   44' Stadium: Mourneview Park
Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)
14 November 2013 2015 UEFA U-21 Group 9 Qualifier Italy   3–0   Northern Ireland Reggio Emilia, Italy
20:00 GMT Viviani   26'
Rozzi   86'
Belotti   88'
Report Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Referee: Mitja Žganec (Slovenia)
19 November 2013 2015 UEFA U-21 Group 9 Qualifier Northern Ireland   1–0   Cyprus Lurgan, Northern Ireland
19:30 GMT Christofides   85' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Mourneview Park
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

2014

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9 September 2014 2015 UEFA U-21 Group 9 Qualifier Northern Ireland   1–4   Serbia Portadown, Northern Ireland
16:00 BST Brobbel   67' Report Pešić   34'
Srnić   36', 56'
Kostić   58'
Stadium: Shamrock Park
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

2015

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13 October 2015 2017 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Northern Ireland   1–2   Macedonia Lurgan, Northern Ireland
17:00 BST Doherty   43' Report Babunski   46'
Markoski   85'
Stadium: Mourneview Park
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)
12 November 2015 2017 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier France   1–0   Northern Ireland Guingamp, France
17:45 GMT Crivelli   82' Report Stadium: Stade du Roudourou
Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

2016

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2 September 2016 2017 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Northern Ireland   0–1   Iceland Lurgan, Northern Ireland
19:00 BST Report Ægisson   87' Stadium: Mourneview Park
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
6 September 2016 2017 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Macedonia   2–0   Northern Ireland Skopje, Macedonia
17:45 BST Doherty   37' (o.g.)
Markoski   85'
Report Stadium: Philip II Arena
Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia)
6 October 2016 2017 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Ukraine   1–1   Northern Ireland Kyiv, Ukraine
16:30 BST Besyedin   15' Report Smyth   12' Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
11 October 2016 2017 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Northern Ireland   0–3   France Belfast, Northern Ireland
17:45 BST Report Augustin   16', 42'
Dembélé   89'
Stadium: Windsor Park
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

2017

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8 June 2017 2019 UEFA U-21 Group 2 Qualifier Estonia   1–2   Northern Ireland Tallinn, Estonia
17:00 BST Sappinen   50' Report Parkhouse   74'
Donnelly   90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium
Attendance: 312
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
31 August 2017 2019 UEFA U-21 Group 2 Qualifier Northern Ireland   1–0   Albania Lurgan, Northern Ireland
19:30 BST Donnelly   90+5' (pen.) Report Stadium: Mourneview Park
Attendance: 234
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)