Northern Ireland national under-17 football team

Northern Ireland Under-17
Nickname(s)The GAWA
Norn Iron
AssociationIrish Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGerard Lyttle
Home stadiumvarious
FIFA codeNIR
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
Appearances0
European Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1987)
Best resultGroup 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.


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