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	Juha Malinen
FIFA code	FIN
First colours Second colours
First international
Finland 1–3 Sweden  (Vaasa, Finland; 11 August 1976)
Biggest win
-
Biggest defeat
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UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2009)
Best result	Group stage

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.

• 1978: Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1980: Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1982: Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1984: Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1986: Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1988: Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1990: Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1992: Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1994: Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
• 1996: Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
• 1998: Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2000: Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2002: Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2004: Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2006: Finished 5th of 7 in qualification group.
• 2007: Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
• 2009: Won qualification group 6 and beat Austria in play-offs. Qualified for the final tournament, where finished 4th of 4 in Group B.
• 2011: Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2013: Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2015: Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group.
• 2017: Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
• 2019: Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.

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The following players have been called-up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification against Ukraine on 5 September 2019 and Northern Ireland on 10 September 2019.^[2][3][4]

Caps and goals as of 10 September 2019 after the match against Northern Ireland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	William Jääskeläinen	(1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Crewe Alexandra
	1GK	Viljami Sinisalo	(2001-10-11) 11 October 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Aston Villa
2	2DF	Aapo Halme	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 26)	11	0	Barnsley
3	2DF	Joonas Sundman	(1998-01-20) 20 January 1998 (age 26)	7	0	SJK
4	2DF	Juhani Pikkarainen	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 26)	5	1	KPV
5	2DF	Juho Hyvärinen	(2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 24)	6	0	RoPS
15	2DF	Jonas Häkkinen	(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 25)	3	0	VPS
21	2DF	Miko Virtanen	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Arbroath
	2DF	Tuukka Andberg	(1998-05-01) 1 May 1998 (age 26)	0	0	HIFK
6	3MF	Abukar Mohamed	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Karpaty Lviv
8	3MF	Jaakko Oksanen	(2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 23)	5	0	Brentford
11	3MF	Onni Valakari	(1999-08-18) 18 August 1999 (age 25)	6	3	Tromsø
14	3MF	Kaan Kairinen	(1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 (age 25)	15	3	HJK
16	3MF	Lucas Lingman	(1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 26)	6	0	RoPS
18	3MF	Jasin Assehnoun	(1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 (age 25)	5	1	FC Lahti
22	3MF	Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan	(1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25)	2	0	RoPS
	3MF	Joel Mattsson	(1999-03-17) 17 March 1999 (age 25)	2	0	HIFK
7	4FW	Mikael Soisalo	(1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26)	13	0	Zulte Waregem
9	4FW	Benjamin Källman	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 26)	13	11	Viking
10	4FW	Saku Ylätupa	(1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25)	7	1	AIK
13	4FW	Eetu Vertainen (captain)	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25)	9	1	HJK
20	4FW	Tobias Fagerström	(2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Hamburger SV II

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	Rasmus Leislahti INJ	(2000-06-16) June 16, 2000 (age 24)	1	0	FC Honka	v.  Northern Ireland, 10 September 2019
GK	Hugo Keto INJ	(1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 26)	13	0	Brighton and Hove Albion	v.  Northern Ireland, 10 September 2019
DF	Kalle Katz INJ	(2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 24)	3	0	RoPS	v.  Northern Ireland, 10 September 2019
DF	Aapo Mäenpää INJ	(1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 26)	5	0	IFK Mariehamn	v.  Northern Ireland, 10 September 2019
DF	Martti Haukioja	(1999-03-06) 6 March 1999 (age 25)	2	0	VPS	v.  Sweden, 11 June 2019
DF	Ville Tikkanen	(1999-08-08) 8 August 1999 (age 25)	0	0	SJK	v.  Sweden, 11 June 2019
DF	Valtteri Vesiaho	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25)	0	0	TPS	v.  Bulgaria, 25 March 2019
MF	Teemu Jäntti	(2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 24)	2	0	FC Lahti	v.  Sweden, 11 June 2019
MF	Niilo Mäenpää	(1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 26)	3	0	FC Inter	v.  Sweden, 11 June 2019
MF	Eemeli Virta	(2000-09-28) 28 September 2000 (age 24)	0	0	FC Lahti	v.  Sweden, 11 June 2019
FW	Marcus Forss	(1999-06-18) 18 June 1999 (age 25)	3	1	AFC Wimbledon	v.  Northern Ireland, 10 September 2019
FW	Enoch Banza	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)	2	0	KPV	v.  Sweden, 11 June 2019
FW	Nikolas Saira	(1999-02-11) 11 February 1999 (age 25)	0	0	HIFK	v.  Sweden, 11 June 2019
FW	Lassi Lappalainen	(1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 (age 26)	7	3	Montreal Impact	v.  Lithuania, 16 October 2018

• ^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.

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Position	Name
Head coach	Juha Malinen
Assistant coach	Stephen Ward
Assistant coach	Joaquin Gomez
Goalkeeping coach	Mikko Kavén
Video analyst	Jouko Kylmäoja
Physiotherapist	Tony Elomaa
Doctor	Jonne Väisänen
Kit manager	Timo Naukkarinen
Team manager	Joonas Vilkki

• 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