The Northern Ireland national under-19 football team also known as Northern Ireland under-19s or Northern Ireland U19s represents Northern Ireland in association football at under-19 level. It is controlled by the Irish Football Association and began under the name of Ireland Youth when the Home Nations first held a round robin of friendly matches in 1948. The same year they entered the first International Youth Tournament, now the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. Their best performance was in 1963 when they finished as runner-up. The team evolved into the Northern Ireland under-18 team then the current under-19 team. As well as the UEFA Under-19 Championships the team also enters the annual Milk Cup (currently as an under-20 side). In addition, the team plays regular friendlies, sometimes as an under-20 or under-18 team by agreement of the opposing association.

Quick Facts Nickname(s), Association ...

Northern Ireland Under-19

Nickname(s)	The GAWA, Norn Iron
Association	Irish Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gareth McAuley
Home stadium	various
FIFA code	NIR
First colours Second colours
First international
Ireland Youth 0–4  Wales (Solitude, Belfast; 10 January 1948)
European Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1948)
Best result	Runners-Up: 1963

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  Champions   Runners-up   Third Place   Fourth Place

European Championships

• 1948–1954 – FIFA Junior Tournament
• 1955–1980 – UEFA Junior Tournament
• 1981–2001 – UEFA European U-18 Championship
• 2002–present – UEFA European U-19 Championship

More information UEFA European Under-18/19 Championship Finals record, Qualification record ...

UEFA European Under-18/19 Championship Finals record										Qualification record
Year*	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1948	Sixth place	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5		No qualification needed
1949	Fourth place	3	0	1	2	3	10	–7		No qualification needed
1950	did not enter									did not enter
1951	Fourth place	3	1	0	2	3	3	0		No qualification needed
1952	did not enter									did not enter
1953	Fifteenth place	4	1	0	3	11	16	−5		No qualification needed
1954	Eighteenth place	5	0	0	5	4	22	−18		No qualification needed
1955	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7		No qualification needed
1956	did not enter									did not enter
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963	Runners-up	5	2	2	1	9	11	–2		2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
1964	Group stage	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1		No qualification needed
1965	did not enter									did not enter
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1		2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
1976	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7		Walkover against  Scotland
1977	Group stage	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2		2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
1978	did not qualify									2	0	0	2	2	9	−7
1979										4	1	1	2	4	6	−2
1980	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2		2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
1981	did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
1982										2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
1983										4	0	1	3	2	9	−7
1984										2	1	0	1	1	3	−2
1986										6	0	2	4	5	12	−7
1988										6	1	1	4	8	14	−6
1990	did not enter									did not enter
1992	did not qualify									6	0	3	3	4	10	−6
1993										4	0	1	3	8	14	−6
1994										2	0	2	0	1	1	0
1995										2	2	0	2	6	6	0
1996										2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
1997										2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
1998										2	1	0	1	6	2	+4
1999										5	3	0	2	9	5	+4
2000										5	3	1	1	12	5	+7
2001										2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
2002										3	1	1	1	2	2	0
2003										6	2	1	3	10	6	+4
2004										3	0	1	2	2	5	−3
2005	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3		Qualified as hosts
2006	did not qualify									6	2	1	3	10	9	+1
2007										3	0	0	3	2	8	−6
2008										3	0	1	2	2	4	−2
2009										3	1	0	2	4	7	−3
2010										6	1	1	4	10	9	+1
2011										3	1	1	1	3	3	0
2012										3	1	0	2	5	8	−3
2013										3	1	1	1	9	4	+5
2014									3	1	0	2	1	4	−3
2015									3	1	0	2	5	7	−2
2016									6	1	1	4	4	9	−5
2017									3	1	0	2	2	5	−3
2018									3	0	1	2	2	9	−7
2019									3	1	1	1	4	5	−1
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic								Qualified as hosts
2021									Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	did not qualify								3	1	0	2	2	5	−3
2023									6	1	2	3	7	11	−4
2024	to be determined								Qualified as hosts
2025	to be determined								to be determined
Total	Runners-up	43	9	6	28	53	109	–56	140	36	27	79	173	241	–68
*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

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Coaches of the Northern Ireland youth/under-18/under-19 side include:

More information Manager, Career ...

Manager	Career
Billy Cook	[1]
Norman Kernaghan	[2]
Joe Kinkead	[3]
Tommy Casey
Jackie Cummings	1979–??[4]
Roy Millar	1983–1999
Mal Donaghy	2000–2008
Steve Beaglehole	2008–2011[5]
Stephen Robinson	2011–2013[6]
Stephen Craigan	2013–2016[7]
Stephen Frail	2016–2020[8]
Gerard Lyttle	2021–2023[9]
Gareth McAuley	2023–[10]

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• Northern Ireland national football team
• Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
• Northern Ireland national under-17 football team