The Northern Ireland national under-23 football team is an association football team representing Northern Ireland featuring footballers playing in the Irish League. The team first played at this level in 2007 when entering the International Challenge Trophy for national semi-professional Under-23 sides, though previously the Northern Ireland Under-23 team offered a recognised stepping stone for all young players hoping to progress to the full Northern Ireland side.
The original Northern Ireland Under-23 side played a total of ten matches, all but three in the 1960s.[1] Players to have stepped up from the Under-23 side to full international level include Pat Jennings, Bryan Hamilton, Neil Lennon and Sammy Clingan.
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The Northern Ireland national under 23 football team is an association football team representing Northern Ireland featuring footballers playing in the Irish League The team first played at this level in 2007 when entering the International Challenge Trophy for national semi professional Under 23 sides though previously the Northern Ireland Under 23 team offered a recognised stepping stone for all young players hoping to progress to the full Northern Ireland side Northern Ireland Under 23Nickname s Green amp White Army Norn IronAssociationIrish Football AssociationHead coachRonnie McFallHome stadiumVariousFirst coloursSecond colours Contents 1 The Original Under 23s 1 1 Results 2 The New Under 23s 2 1 2007 09 International Challenge Trophy 2 2 2009 11 International Challenge Trophy 3 Squad 4 Competitive record 4 1 International Challenge Trophy 5 References 6 External linksThe Original Under 23s editThe original Northern Ireland Under 23 side played a total of ten matches all but three in the 1960s 1 Players to have stepped up from the Under 23 side to full international level include Pat Jennings Bryan Hamilton Neil Lennon and Sammy Clingan Results edit Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers07 02 1962 Wales Windsor Park Belfast Drew 0 027 02 1963 Wales Vetch Field Swansea Lost 1 5 Jimmy McLaughlin05 02 1964 Wales Windsor Park Belfast Drew 3 3 Willie Irvine 2 Jimmy McLaughlin10 02 1965 Wales Ninian Park Cardiff Drew 2 2 Willie Irvine Dave Clements22 02 1967 Wales Windsor Park Belfast Won 2 1 Vic McKinney 2 20 03 1968 Wales Vetch Field Swansea Won 1 0 Shaun Dunlop26 03 1969 Italy Communale Stadium Brescia Lost 1 2 Brendan Mullan11 04 1989 Republic of Ireland Dalymount Park Dublin Lost 0 315 05 1990 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Park Portadown Lost 2 3 Stephen McBride John Devine27 04 2004 Serbia amp Montenegro Mourneview Park Lurgan Drew 0 0 billed an Under 21 23 team 2 The New Under 23s editThe Irish FA announced on 2 October 2007 that they would be entering a side in the International Challenge Trophy 3 The team was selected only from players playing in the IFA Premiership and as such it is also a successor to the Irish League representative team For the 2007 09 International Challenge Trophy the team was managed by Linfield s David Jeffrey and for the 2009 11 International Challenge Trophy by Portadown s Ronnie McFall On both occasions Northern Ireland failed to make it beyond the group stage and have not entered a team since 2007 09 International Challenge Trophy edit 11 December 2007 nbsp Belgium U 232 1 nbsp Northern Ireland U 2358 Hubert85 Lutun Report 46 Peter ThompsonStade Luc Varenne Tournai Belgium 13 May 2008 nbsp Northern Ireland U 230 1 nbsp Republic of Ireland U 23 Report 88 Stephen RiceMourneview Park Lurgan Northern IrelandReferee Adrian McCourt Northern Ireland 18 November 2008 nbsp Slovakia U 231 0 nbsp Northern Ireland U 2310 Skutka Report Senec Slovakia 2009 11 International Challenge Trophy edit 24 November 2009 nbsp Northern Ireland U 232 2 nbsp Wales Semi ProJay Magee Daryl Fordyce Report Shamrock Park Portadown Northern Ireland 11 August 2010 nbsp Northern Ireland U 232 0 nbsp Poland U 23Jordan OwensMartin Donnelly Report The Showgrounds Coleraine Northern Ireland 12 October 2010 nbsp Portugal U 232 0 nbsp Northern Ireland U 23 Report Municipal Stadium Cartaxo PortugalSquad editSquad for the match against Portugal 12 October 2010 4 Clubs correct at time of call up No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club1 GK Chris Keenan 1987 01 27 27 January 1987 age 37 nbsp Crusaders1 GK Sean O Neill 1988 04 11 11 April 1988 age 35 nbsp Dungannon Swifts2 DF Chris Ramsey 1990 05 24 24 May 1990 age 33 nbsp Portadown3 MF Billy Joe Burns 1989 08 24 24 August 1989 age 34 nbsp Linfield2 DF Johnny Taylor 1988 06 30 30 June 1988 age 35 nbsp Glentoran2 DF Jay Magee 1988 05 04 4 May 1988 age 35 1 nbsp Glenavon2 DF Ross Redman 1989 11 23 23 November 1989 age 34 nbsp Portadown2 DF Archie Stewart 1989 12 03 3 December 1989 age 34 nbsp Ballymena United3 MF Philip Lowry 1989 07 15 15 July 1989 age 34 nbsp Linfield3 MF Robert Garrett 1988 05 05 5 May 1988 age 35 nbsp Linfield3 MF Jamie Mulgrew 1986 05 06 6 May 1986 age 37 nbsp Linfield3 MF Stuart Dallas 1991 04 19 19 April 1991 age 32 nbsp Crusaders3 MF Martin Donnelly 1988 08 28 28 August 1988 age 35 1 nbsp Crusaders3 MF Michael Carvill 1988 04 03 3 April 1988 age 36 nbsp Linfield4 FW Daryl Fordyce 1987 01 02 2 January 1987 age 37 1 nbsp Glentoran4 FW Curtis Allen 1988 02 22 22 February 1988 age 36 nbsp Linfield4 FW Jordan Owens 1989 07 09 9 July 1989 age 34 1 nbsp Crusaders4 FW Darren Boyce 1986 01 25 25 January 1986 age 38 nbsp ColeraineCompetitive record editInternational Challenge Trophy edit 2009 Group Stage 2011 Group StageReferences edit List of Northern Ireland Under 23 Players and fixtures 14 May 2008 Official Match Programme NI to compete for U23 silverware 14 May 2008 U23 SQUAD ANNOUNCED 18 December 2011External links editIrish FA Website 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