Northern Ireland U21 Match Schedule, Squad, Transfers & Latest Updates

Northern Ireland U21 Upcoming matches by league

UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification

• 26 September 2026 - 17:00 Group Stage - 19

  

  Malta U21

  

  Northern Ireland U21

  
• 1 October 2026 - 18:45 Group Stage - 21

  

  Northern Ireland U21

  No H2H

  Georgia U21

  
• 6 October 2026 - 16:00 Group Stage - 24

  

  Northern Ireland U21

  No H2H

  Greece U21

Northern Ireland U21 Last matches by league

UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification

• 31 March 2026 - 11:00 Group Stage - 18

  Latvia U21

  1 - 3

  Northern Ireland U21

  
• 27 March 2026 - 17:00 Group Stage - 16

  

  Germany U21

  3 - 0

  Northern Ireland U21

  

Friendlies

• 3 June 2026 - 18:30 Friendly International

  

  Portugal U21

  4 - 0

  Northern Ireland U21

  
• 21 March 2024 - 16:30 World: Friendly International

  

  Czech Republic U21

  3 - 0

  Northern Ireland U21

  

UEFA U21 Championship

• 17 November 2020 - 16:30 Qualifying Round - 25

  

  Ukraine U21

  3 - 0

  Northern Ireland U21

  
• 13 October 2020 - 17:00 Qualifying Round - 22

  

  Northern Ireland U21

  1 - 0

  Ukraine U21

  

  The Showgrounds
• 9 October 2020 - 17:00 Qualifying Round - 19

  

  Northern Ireland U21

  2 - 3

  Finland U21

  

  The Showgrounds
• 8 September 2020 - 16:00 Qualifying Round - 16

  

  Northern Ireland U21

  0 - 1

  Denmark U21

  

  The Showgrounds

Northern Ireland U21 Team Roster

position Goalkeeper

Josh Gracey

GK Northern Ireland

1

Stephen McMullan

GK Northern Ireland

12

Fraser Barnsley

GK England

23

Joshua Clarke

GK Northern Ireland

position Defender

Matthew Carson

DEF Northern Ireland

Bayley McCann

DEF Northern Ireland

3

Sean Stewart

DEF Northern Ireland

4

Josh Briggs

DEF Northern Ireland

14

Tommy Fogarty

DEF Republic of Ireland

18

Michael Forbes

DEF Northern Ireland

18

Carl Robert Johnston

DEF Northern Ireland

18

Ruairi McConville

DEF Northern Ireland

21

Aaron Martin Donnelly

DEF Northern Ireland

position Midfielder

Jack Patterson

MID Northern Ireland

7

Shea Kearney

MID Northern Ireland

8

Patrick Kelly

MID Northern Ireland

10

John Joshua McKiernan

MID England

10

Charlie Steven Allen

MID Northern Ireland

19

Terry Devlin

MID Northern Ireland

20

Jamie Carson McDonnell

MID Northern Ireland

22

Justin Devenny

MID Scotland

25

Dylan Sloan

MID Northern Ireland

26

Darren Robert Russell Robinson

MID Northern Ireland

position Attacker

13

Dale Taylor

FWD Northern Ireland

17

MaKenzie Kirk

FWD Scotland

30

Matthew Lusty

FWD Northern Ireland

Last Northern Ireland U21 Coachs

Thomas James Wright

Northern Ireland

Coach since 1 August 2023

Coach until

History

Coach	Coach country	Coach since	Coach until
Thomas James Wright	Northern Ireland	1 August 2023
		1 September 2021
		1 September 2020	1 November 2020
Ian Robert Baraclough	England	1 June 2017	1 August 2020
Jim Magilton	Northern Ireland	1 January 2015	1 June 2017
Jim Magilton	Northern Ireland	1 November 2013	1 December 2014
Stephen Robinson	Northern Ireland	1 February 2012	1 October 2013
Steve Beaglehole	England	1 June 2008	1 February 2012