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Northern Ireland Under-19

Nickname(s)	The GAWA, Norn Iron
Association	Irish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gareth McAuley
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	14 (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									6	1	2	3	7	11	−4
2024	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5	Qualified as hosts
2025	to be determined								to be determined
Total	Runners-up	46	9	7	30	53	114	–61	140	36	27	79	173	241	–68
*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
Norman Kernaghan
Joe Kinkead
Tommy Casey
Jackie Cummings	1979–??
Roy Millar	1983–1999
Mal Donaghy	2000–2008
Steve Beaglehole	2008–2011
Stephen Robinson	2011–2013
Stephen Craigan	2013–2016
Stephen Frail	2016–2020
Gerard Lyttle	2021–2023
Gareth McAuley	2023–

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 will be eligible until the end of the 2024 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 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification games against  Denmark,  Israel and  Albania on 13, 16 and 19 November 2024 respectively.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Mason Munn	(2006-03-30) 30 March 2006 (age 18)	Rangers
	1GK	Ben Metcalf	(2006-12-02) 2 December 2006 (age 18)	Middlesbrough
	2DF	Josh Briggs	(2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 (age 18)	West Ham United
	2DF	Harry Lynch	(2006-05-16) 16 May 2006 (age 18)	Glenavon
	2DF	Tom Atcheson	(2006-09-22) 22 September 2006 (age 18)	Blackburn Rovers
	2DF	Senan Devine	(2007-01-12) 12 January 2007 (age 18)	Coleraine
	2DF	Keevan Hawthorne	(2007-03-31) 31 March 2007 (age 17)	Cliftonville
	2DF	Matty Orr	(2007-04-16) 16 April 2007 (age 17)	Linfield
	2DF	Conor Haughey	(2007-05-29) 29 May 2007 (age 17)	Fleetwood Town
	3MF	Francis Turley	(2006-01-14) 14 January 2006 (age 19)	Celtic
	3MF	Aodhan Doherty	(2006-05-03) 3 May 2006 (age 18)	Blackburn Rovers
	3MF	Jack Doherty	(2007-01-02) 2 January 2007 (age 18)	Fleetwood Town
	3MF	Callum Burnside	(2007-01-16) 16 January 2007 (age 17)	Rangers
	3MF	Blaine McClure	(2007-02-05) 5 February 2007 (age 17)	Rangers
	3MF	Cole Brannigan	(2007-05-12) 12 May 2007 (age 17)	Aston Villa
	3MF	Dylan Stitt	(2007-06-30) 30 June 2007 (age 17)	Luton Town
	3MF	Ceadach O’Neill	(2008-04-10) 10 April 2008 (age 16)	Arsenal
	4FW	Ryan Corrigan	(2007-04-20) 20 April 2007 (age 17)	Cliftonville
	4FW	Braiden Graham	(2007-11-07) 7 November 2007 (age 17)	Everton
	4FW	Paul McGovern	(2008-01-09) 9 January 2008 (age 17)	Glenavon

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	Josh Gracey	(2007-12-14) 14 December 2007 (age 17)	-	-	Wolves	v.  Sweden, 8 September 2024
DF	George Goodman	(2006-12-11) 11 December 2006 (age 18)	-	-	Bradford City	v.  Sweden, 8 September 2024
DF	Calum Moreland	(2007-02-15) 15 February 2007 (age 17)	-	-	Aston Villa	v.  Sweden, 8 September 2024
DF	Brendan Hamilton	(2006-05-20) 20 May 2006 (age 18)	-	-	Aberdeen	v.  Norway, 21 July 2024
MF	Max Wilson	(2007-01-30) 30 January 2007 (age 17)	-	-	Preston North End	v.  Sweden, 8 September 2024
MF	Rhys Walsh	(2006-07-08) 8 July 2006 (age 18)	-	-	Sunderland	v.  Sweden, 8 September 2024
MF	James Simpson	(2007-04-05) 5 April 2007 (age 17)	-	-	Linfield	v.  Sweden, 8 September 2024
MF	Isaac Hughes	(2007-11-06) 6 November 2007 (age 17)	-	-	Forest Green Rovers	v.  Sweden, 8 September 2024
MF	Kieran Morrison	(2006-11-09) 9 November 2006 (age 18)	-	-	Liverpool	v.  Norway, 21 July 2024
MF	Ryan Donnelly	(2006-09-04) 4 September 2006 (age 18)	-	-	Leicester City	v.  Portugal, 21 November 2023
FW	Sam Anderson	(2006-07-14) 14 July 2006 (age 18)	-	-	Luton Town	v.  Sweden, 8 September 2024
FW	Michael Brammeld	(2007-06-04) 4 June 2007 (age 17)	-	-	MK Dons	v.  Sweden, 8 September 2024
= Player withdrew due to a positive COVID test or from being in close contact with someone with a positive COVID test. = Player withdrew from the squad before any games had been played. = Preliminary squad / standby. = Player withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the senior team. = Suspended from national team. = 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

1. "Player Profile: Billy Cook". NIFG. 6 August 2013.
2. "Best was class from the start". BBC Sport. 15 January 2012.
3. "Player Profile: Joe Kinkaid". NIFG. 10 May 2010.
4. "Player Profile: Jackie Cummings". NIFG. 2 June 2013.
5. "BBC SPORT – Football – Internationals". BBC. 12 June 2008.
6. "Robinson Named As U19 & U17 Manager". Irish FA. 28 October 2012.
7. "Northern Ireland U19 & U21 Appointments". Irish FA. 22 April 2013.
8. "Stephen Frail appointed Northern Ireland Under 19 and Under 17 manager". Irish FA. 19 August 2016.
9. "Gerard Lyttle appointed as Northern Ireland's U19 and U17 manager". Irish FA. February 2020.
10. "Gareth McAuley is new Northern Ireland U19s manager". Irish FA. 14 August 2023.
11. "U19s in Albania to play Euro qualifiers". The Irish Football Association. 11 November 2024.

External links

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

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