Northern Ireland national under-19 football team

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.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Northern Ireland women's national under-19 football team.

Northern Ireland Under-19
Nickname(s)The GAWA, Norn Iron
AssociationIrish Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGareth McAuley
Home stadiumvarious
FIFA codeNIR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Ireland Youth 0–4  Wales
(Solitude, Belfast; 10 January 1948)
European Championship
Appearances13 (first in 1948)
Best resultRunners-Up: 1963

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
England 1948 Sixth place3102712−5 No qualification needed
Netherlands 1949 Fourth place3012310–7 No qualification needed
Austria 1950 did not enter did not enter
France 1951 Fourth place3102330 No qualification needed
Spain 1952 did not enter did not enter
Belgium 1953 Fifteenth place41031116−5 No qualification needed
West Germany 1954 Eighteenth place5005422−18 No qualification needed
Italy 1955 Group stage301229−7 No qualification needed
Hungary 1956 did not enter did not enter
Spain 1957
Luxembourg 1958
Bulgaria 1959
Austria 1960
Portugal 1961
Romania 1962
England 1963 Runners-up5221911–2 211043+1
Netherlands 1964 Group stage210123−1 No qualification needed
West Germany 1965 did not enter did not enter
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1966
Turkey 1967
France 1968
East Germany 1969
Scotland 1970
Czechoslovakia 1971
Spain 1972
Italy 1973
Sweden 1974
Switzerland 1975 Group stage311134−1 220052+3
Hungary 1976 Group stage3003310−7 Walkover against  Scotland
Belgium 1977 Group stage320131+2 210121+1
Poland 1978 did not qualify 200229−7
Austria 1979 411246−2
Czechoslovakia 1980 Group stage301224−2 211020+2
West Germany 1981 did not qualify 200204−4
Finland 1982 210112−1
England 1983 401329−7
Soviet Union 1984 210113−2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1986 6024512−7
Czechoslovakia 1988 6114814−6
Hungary 1990 did not enter did not enter
Germany 1992 did not qualify 6033410−6
England 1993 4013814−6
Spain 1994 2020110
Greece 1995 2202660
France 1996 210143+1
Iceland 1997 200206−6
Cyprus 1998 210162+4
Sweden 1999 530295+4
Germany 2000 5311125+7
Finland 2001 200214−3
Norway 2002 3111220
Liechtenstein 2003 6213106+4
Switzerland 2004 301225−3
Northern Ireland 2005 Group stage300314−3 Qualified as hosts
Poland 2006 did not qualify 6213109+1
Austria 2007 300328−6
Czech Republic 2008 301224−2
Ukraine 2009 310247−3
France 2010 6114109+1
Romania 2011 3111330
Estonia 2012 310258−3
Lithuania 2013 311194+5
Hungary 2014 310214−3
Greece 2015 310257−2
Germany 2016 611449−5
Georgia (country) 2017 310225−3
Finland 2018 301229−7
Armenia 2019 311145−1
Northern Ireland 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic Qualified as hosts
Romania 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Slovakia 2022 did not qualify 310225−3
Malta 2023 6123711−4
Northern Ireland 2024 to be determined Qualified as hosts
Romania 2025 to be determined to be determined
Total Runners-up 43 9 6 28 53 109 –56 140 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
Northern Ireland Billy Cook[1]
Northern Ireland Norman Kernaghan[2]
Northern Ireland Joe Kinkead[3]
Northern Ireland Tommy Casey
Northern Ireland Jackie Cummings1979–??[4]
Northern Ireland Roy Millar1983–1999
Northern Ireland Mal Donaghy2000–2008
England Steve Beaglehole2008–2011[5]
Northern Ireland Stephen Robinson2011–2013[6]
Northern Ireland Stephen Craigan2013–2016[7]
Scotland Stephen Frail2016–2020[8]
Northern Ireland Gerard Lyttle2021–2023[9]
Northern Ireland Gareth McAuley2023–[10]

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 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 a friendly game against  Italy on 7 September 2023.[11]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Pierce Charles (2005-07-21) 21 July 2005 England Sheffield Wednesday
1GK Mason Munn (2006-03-30) 30 March 2006 Scotland Rangers
2DF Sean Brown (2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 Northern Ireland Larne
2DF Phoenix Scholtz (2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 England MK Dons
2DF Ruairi McConville (2005-05-01) 1 May 2005 England Brighton
2DF Gallagher Lennon (2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 Scotland St Mirren
2DF Joshua Briggs (2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 England West Ham United
2DF Brendan Hamilton (2006-05-20) 20 May 2006 Scotland Aberdeen
2DF Tom Atcheson (2006-09-22) 22 September 2006 England Blackburn Rovers
2DF George Goodman (2006-12-11) 11 December 2006 England Bradford City
3MF Lewis Trickett (2005-04-27) 27 April 2005 England Accrington Stanley
3MF Joel Thompson (2005-07-25) 25 July 2005 England Nottingham Forest
3MF Jack Patterson (2005-10-16) 16 October 2005 England Everton
3MF Rio Oudnie-Morgan (2005-12-06) 6 December 2005 England Ipswich Town
3MF Francis Turley (2006-01-14) 14 January 2006 Scotland Celtic
3MF Ryan Donnelly (2006-09-04) 4 September 2006 England Leicester City
4FW Reece Evans (2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 England Leicester City
4FW Devlan Moses (2005-10-17) 17 October 2005 England Sheffield Wednesday
4FW Leon Boyd (2005-12-05) 5 December 2005 Northern Ireland Glentoran
4FW Rhys Walsh (2006-07-08) 8 July 2006 Northern Ireland Glentoran

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
DF Daithí McCallion (2005-04-08) 8 April 2005 - - Republic of Ireland Finn Harps v.  Norway, 28 March 2023
DF Reece Jordan (2005-03-06) 6 March 2005 - - Northern Ireland Cliftonville v.  France, 22 March 2023 INJ
DF Darragh McCloskey - - Republic of Ireland Derry City Football Federations Cup, 23–28 March 2022
FW Sam Glenfield (2005-05-10) 10 May 2005 - - England Fleetwood Town v.  Norway, 28 March 2023
FW Omari Kellyman (2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 - - England Aston Villa Football Federations Cup, 23–28 March 2022
FW Jamie Donley (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 - - England Tottenham Hotspur v.  Faroe Islands, 3 September 2021

COVID = Player withdrew due to a positive COVID test or from being in close contact with someone with a positive COVID test.
INJ = Player withdrew from the squad before any games had been played.
PRE = Preliminary squad / standby.
SEN = Player withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the senior team.
SUS = Suspended from national team.
WTD = Withdrew due to other reasons.

See also

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. "McAuley chooses first squad as U19s boss". The Irish Football Association. 1 September 2023.
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