Finland national under-21 football team

Finland U21

Nickname(s)	Pikkuhuuhkajat (The Little Eagle-Owls)[1]
Association	Football Association of Finland
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mika Lehkosuo
FIFA code	FIN
First colours Second colours
First international
Finland 1–3 Sweden  (Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2009)
Best result	Group stage (2009)

The Finnish national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Finland. The team qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship final tournament in 2009.

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1978	did not qualify
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2007
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	6	Squad
2011	did not qualify
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	10	8	0	2	26	11	+15	24	Final tournament		—	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0
2	Croatia	10	7	1	2	25	10	+15	22	Play-offs		3–2	—	2–3	0–0	2–0	2–0
3	Finland	10	6	1	3	18	13	+5	19			0–2	0–2	—	3–1	3–0	1–0
4	Austria	10	5	1	4	22	13	+9	16			2–1	1–3	2–3	—	6–0	2–0
5	Azerbaijan	10	2	1	7	12	24	−12	7			1–2	1–5	1–1	0–3	—	3–0
6	Estonia	10	0	0	10	0	32	−32	0			0–5	0–4	0–3	0–4	0–5	—

The following players have been called up for friendly match against Iceland on 7 September 2023, and for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Switzerland on 12 September 2023.^[2]

Caps and goals as of 20 June 2023 after the match against Slovenia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Lasse Schulz	(2003-03-29) March 29, 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Viborg
	1GK	Elmo Henriksson	(2003-03-10) March 10, 2003 (age 21)	2	0	IFK Mariehamn
	1GK	Lucas Bergström	(2002-09-05) September 5, 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Chelsea
	2DF	Ville Koski	(2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 22)	14	0	Honka
	2DF	Miika Koskela	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Tromsø
	2DF	Kalle Wallius	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Start
	2DF	Tomas Galvez	(2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Manchester City U21
	2DF	Tony Miettinen	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22)	2	0	KuPS
	2DF	Miska Ylitolva	(2004-05-23) 23 May 2004 (age 20)	2	0	KTP
	2DF	Otto Kemppainen	(2003-10-27) 27 October 2003 (age 20)	2	0	SJK
	2DF	Nikolas Talo	(2003-03-24) 24 March 2003 (age 21)	1	0	KTP
	3MF	Adam Markhiyev	(2002-03-17) 17 March 2002 (age 22)	12	0	RFS
	3MF	Niklas Pyyhtiä	(2003-09-25) 25 September 2003 (age 21)	8	0	Ternana
	3MF	Casper Terho	(2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 (age 21)	8	0	Union SG
	3MF	Santeri Väänänen	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 22)	8	0	Rosenborg
	3MF	Otso Liimatta	(2004-07-10) 10 July 2004 (age 20)	4	1	Famalicão
	3MF	Jere Kallinen	(2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22)	2	0	AC Oulu
	3MF	Otso Koskinen	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Honka
	4FW	Eetu Mömmö	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 22)	11	2	FH
	4FW	Agon Sadiku	(2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 21)	7	2	Start
	4FW	Kai Meriluoto	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21)	7	0	Stal Mielec
	4FW	Juho Talvitie	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Lommel
	4FW	Roni Hudd	(2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	VPS
	4FW	Jonathan Muzinga	(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Honka

The following players have also been called up to the Finland under-21 squad and remain eligible:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Eetu Huuhtanen	(2003-01-31) January 31, 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Inter Turku	v.  Slovenia, 20 June 2023
DF	Rony Jansson	(2004-01-10) 10 January 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Kalmar	v.   Switzerland, 12 September 2023
DF	Jussi Niska	(2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Inter Turku	v.   Switzerland, 12 September 2023
DF	Robin Tihi	(2002-03-16) 16 March 2002 (age 22)	22	0	Al Ahli	v.  Slovenia, 20 June 2023
DF	Matti Peltola	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 22)	4	0	HJK	v.  Bulgaria, 28 March 2023
DF	Oliver Pettersson	(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21)	2	0	HJK	v.  Bulgaria, 28 March 2023
MF	Leo Walta	(2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 (age 21)	6	1	Mjällby	v.   Switzerland, 12 September 2023
MF	Topi Keskinen	(2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 21)	4	0	HJK	v.   Switzerland, 12 September 2023
MF	Jimi Tauriainen	(2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Chelsea U21	v.  Slovenia, 20 June 2023
MF	Naatan Skyttä	(2002-05-07) 7 May 2002 (age 22)	16	8	Toulouse	v.  Bulgaria, 28 March 2023 INJ
MF	Juho Kilo	(2002-06-23) 23 June 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Hamburger SV II	v.  Bulgaria, 28 March 2023
MF	Juho Ojanen	(2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Harvard	v.  Estonia, 15 November 2021
MF	Luka Hyryläinen	(2004-08-25) 25 August 2004 (age 20)	0	0	TSG Hoffenheim II
FW	Henri Salomaa	(2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Lecce U19	v.  Slovenia, 20 June 2023
FW	Maksim Stjopin	(2003-04-08) 8 April 2003 (age 21)	2	0	HJK	v.  Slovenia, 20 June 2023

• ^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.

^[3]

Position	Name
Head coach	Mika Lehkosuo
Assistant coach	Gert Remmel
Assistant coach	Tuomas Silvennoinen
Goalkeeping coach	Eemeli Reponen
Conditioning coach	Toni Huuhka

• 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

• Finland national football team
• Finland national under-19 football team
• Finland national under-17 football team
• Finland national under-21 football team at UEFA web pages

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