Faroe Islands national under-21 football team

Faroe Islands U21

Association	Faroe Islands Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Bill McLeod Jacobsen & Heðin Askham[1]
Top scorer	Gunnar Zachariasen (4) [2]
Home stadium	Tórsvøllur and Svangaskarð
FIFA code	FRO
First colours Second colours
First international
Croatia 2 – 0 Faroe Islands (Varaždin, Croatia; June 2, 2007)
Biggest win
Faroe Islands 3 – 1  Andorra (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 11 August 2010)
Biggest defeat
Faroe Islands 0 – 5  Albania (Toftir, Faroe Islands; November 17, 2007)

2016

The Faroe Islands national under-21 football team are a feeder team to the Faroe Islands national football team. The Faroe Islands U21 team was first formed in 2006 and took part in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying for the first time in 2007 and 2008. Before this there was no step between the U-19 team and the senior team.

History

In 2006 it was announced that the Faroe Islands will have an under-21 team and will take part in qualification for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. From then on the Faroe Islands are now represented in all age groups, U-15, U-17, U-19 and U-21 also. In early 2007 the Faroese Football Association appointed two coaches, Heðin Askham and Bill McLeod Jacobsen, both have been coaches for several other Faroese youth national teams. A squad of 34 players was selected for the first training season. A 20-man squad was named for the first two matches against Croatia and Albania in the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying. Faroe Islands lost the first match 2-0, with Croatia scoring their second goal in the last minute. They lost the second match 1-0, Albania scored the only goal of the match in the second half from a penalty kick. Faroe Islands had to wait until their fourth match for the first under-21 victory, it came when they beat Azerbaijan 1-0 in Toftir. Their only other point was also against Azerbaijan, in the away match. Faroe Islands finished the group in 5th place, 1 point above Azerbaijan.

In the 2011 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying, on 9 June 2009 Faroe Islands under-21 recorded a famous victory over Russia U21, beating them 1-0 after a goal in the first minute. This was followed by a 1-1 draw against Moldova in September, but Faroe Islands lost the next match 3-1 against Latvia. Russia had their revenge in the away match and defeated Faroe Islands 2-0. They also lost both matches against Romania. In November 2009 Faroe Islands beat Latvia 1-0 and were held to a 1-1 draw against Andorra. Faroe Islands won the home match against Andorra 3-1. Faroe Islands had the chance of finishing third in the group going into the final match against Moldova, in Tiraspol. The score remained 0-0 until Moldova scored a goal with 10 minutes left to play and the Faroe Islands had a player sent off minutes later.

Faroe Islands U21 began the 2013 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying with two matches against Northern Ireland. In the first match, with the score at 0-0, the Faroe Islands were awarded a penalty just before injury-time in the second-half. Captain Rógvi Holm missed the spotkick and the chance to give the team victory. In the away match against Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands lost 4-0. This was followed by away defeats to Serbia, Macedonia, and Denmark. The next matches were verses Macedonia and Serbia in June 2012 and were the first matches at home in just over a year for the team. Faroe Islands drew 1-1 with Macedonia, ending a run of four straight defeats, but lost the other match 2-0 to Serbia. The final match of the group for the Faroe Islands was against Denmark, in which the Faroe Islands secured a 1-1 draw after scoring a late equaliser.

In October 2014 the Faroese Football Association (FSF) announced that Heðin Askham did not wish to continue as the coach for the Faroe Islands U21 in 2015,^[3] instead he was the new head coach for HB Tórshavn. In January 2015 FSF announced that they had decided to promote the former assisting coach Bill McLeod Jacobsen to be head coach for the team.^[4] On 14 January 2015 FSF announced that Eli Hentze was the new assisting coach.^[5]

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	8	6	2	0	25	5	+20	20	Play-offs
2	Romania	8	3	3	2	14	19	−5	12
3	Montenegro	8	3	2	3	12	11	+1	11
4	Republic of Ireland	8	2	2	4	10	12	−2	8
5	Faroe Islands	8	1	1	6	9	23	−14	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Current squad

The squad selected for the Under 21 qualifiers against Romania and Montenegro on June 7 and 11 June, 2013.^[6][7]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Kristian Joensen	December 21, 1992	5	0	NSÍ Runavík
	GK	Jákup Højgaard	February 6, 1994	0	0	B36 Tórshavn
	DF	Beinir Ellefsen	April 7, 1993	0	0	AB Argir
	DF	Rógvi Nielsen	December 7, 1992	0	0	EB/Streymur
	DF	Hørður Askham	September 22, 1994	2	0	B36 Tórshavn
	DF	Sonni Nattestad	August 5, 1994	2	0	FC Midtjylland
	DF	Bárður Hansen	March 13, 1992	3	0	Víkingur
	DF	Pál Mohr Joensen	August 20, 1992	1	0	HB Tórshavn
	DF	Oddmar Marstein	August 20, 1993	0	0	KÍ Klaksvík
	DF	Gunnar Christiansen	August 13, 1992	1	0	KÍ Klaksvík
	MF	Rene Joensen	February 8, 1993	8	0	Brøndby IF
	MF	Eli Nielsen	September 23, 1992	1	0	07 Vestur
	MF	Bogi Petersen	February 20, 1993	3	0	ÍF Fuglafjørður
	MF	Ivan Joensen	February 20, 1992	2	0	KÍ Klaksvík
	MF	Heðin Hansen	July 30, 1993	1	0	Víkingur
	MF	Rógvi Joensen	July 14, 1993	1	0	KÍ Klaksvík
	FW	Gilli Sørensen (c)	August 11, 1992	7	0	B36 Tórshavn
	FW	Poul Ingason	September 28, 1995	1	1	TB Tvøroyri
	FW	Árni Frederiksberg	June 13, 1992	2	0	NSÍ Runavík
	FW	Ari Ellingsgaard	February 3, 1993	2	0	ÍF Fuglafjørður

See also

References

1. fsf.fo - Venjarar og leiðarar
2. uefa.com - History
3. Ósá, Jákup (25 October 2014). "Heðin Askham gevst" (in Faroese). Norðlýsið. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
4. "Bill heldur fram sum U21-venjari" (in Faroese). FSF.fo. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
5. Rana, Hallur av (14 January 2015). "Eli Hentze nýggjur hjálparvenjari hjá U21-landsliðnum" (in Faroese). Aktuelt.fo. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
6. uefa.com
7. fsf.fo