Finland national under-21 football team

The Finland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Finland.

Finland U21

Nickname(s)

Pikkuhuuhkajat
(The Little Eagle-Owls)

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)

Biggest win

Finland 6–0 Armenia
(Turku, Finland; 21 November 2023)

Biggest defeat

England 8–1 Finland
(Hull, England; 12 October 1977)

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

2 (first in 2009)

Best result

Group stage (2009, 2025)

The team qualified for the UEFA Euro U21 Championship final tournament for the first time in 2009, under head coach Markku Kanerva. 15 years later, coached by Mika Lehkosuo, they qualified for the 2025 UEFA Euro U21 Championship tournament in Slovakia, for the second time in the nation's history, after defeating Norway in the qualification play-offs.

UEFA European Championship Record

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Qualification Campaign	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1972-1976 UEFA Under-23 European championships
1972	did not qualify								1972	4	0	1	3	4	10
1974									1974	4	1	1	2	3	8
1976									1976	4	0	0	4	2	12
Since 1978 UEFA Under-21 European championships
1978	did not qualify								1978	4	0	0	4	2	14
1980									1980	4	0	1	3	2	7
1982									1982	6	0	1	5	4	10
1984									1984	6	1	3	2	5	8
1986									1986	6	1	4	1	6	6
1988									1988	6	2	1	3	8	11
1990									1990	6	1	1	4	4	13
1992									1992	6	2	0	4	7	13
1994									1994	10	4	2	4	10	13
1996									1996	8	5	1	2	12	16
1998									1998	8	2	3	3	8	10
2000									2000	8	3	4	1	9	7
2002									2002	8	1	1	6	7	20
2004									2004	8	3	2	3	11	9
2006									2006	10	2	1	7	7	16
2007									2007	2	0	0	2	1	10
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	6	Squad	2009 (PO)	8	6	1	1	11	6
2011	did not qualify								2011	8	3	1	4	11	4
2013									2013	10	3	3	4	12	14
2015									2015	10	4	4	2	17	10
2017									2017	10	4	2	4	13	10
2019									2019	10	2	3	5	13	21
2021									2021	10	4	1	5	14	15
2023									2023	10	6	1	3	18	13
2025	Group stage	3	0	2	1	4	6	Squad	2025 (PO)	12	7	2	3	27	11
2027	To be determined								2027	To be determined

2009 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	8	6	1	1	11	6	+5	19
Denmark	8	5	1	2	13	4	+9	16
Scotland	8	5	1	2	17	6	+11	16
Slovenia	8	1	2	5	4	13	−9	5
Lithuania	8	0	1	7	2	18	−16	1

2023 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2025 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	10	7	1	2	23	10	+13	22	Final tournament	—	1–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	2–0
2	Finland	10	6	2	2	21	8	+13	20	Play-offs	2–0	—	1–2	4–1	2–1	6–0
3	Switzerland	10	5	3	2	21	12	+9	18		2–2	1–1	—	1–2	4–2	5–0
4	Albania	10	5	1	4	12	17	−5	16		3–2	0–0	1–3	—	2–0	1–0
5	Montenegro	10	2	1	7	8	19	−11	7		2–6	1–2	0–2	1–0	—	0–0
6	Armenia	10	0	2	8	2	21	−19	2		0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2027 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	17	2	+15	15	Final tournament	—	2–1	31 Mar	6 Oct	3–0	7–0
2	Finland	5	3	1	1	15	2	+13	10	Play-offs	25 Sep	—	0–0	2–0	31 Mar	7–0
3	Kosovo	5	2	2	1	12	3	+9	8		1–3	6 Oct	—	27 Mar	30 Sep	7–0
4	Romania	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	7		0–2	30 Sep	0–0	—	2–0	31 Mar
5	Cyprus	5	1	0	4	5	14	−9	3		27 Mar	0–5	0–4	25 Sep	—	6 Oct
6	San Marino	5	0	0	5	0	28	−28	0		30 Sep	26 Mar	25 Sep	0–2	0–5	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Current squad

The following players have been called up in the squad for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Romania and Kosovo on 14 and 18 November 2025, respectively.

Caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 after the match against Kosovo.
Players in bold have been called up or have played at least one full international match with senior national team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jaaso Jantunen	(2005-01-31) 31 January 2005 (age 21)	5	0	SC Freiburg II
12	1GK	Aleksi Piispa	(2005-12-18) 18 December 2005 (age 20)	0	0	VPS
23	1GK	Oliver Heino	(2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 (age 20)	0	0	EIF

2	2DF	Arttu Lötjönen	(2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 22)	5	0	KuPS
3	2DF	Akseli Puukko	(2006-08-24) 24 August 2006 (age 19)	2	0	KuPS
4	2DF	Rony Jansson	(2004-01-10) 10 January 2004 (age 22)	16	0	Kalmar
5	2DF	Samuli Miettinen	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 21)	6	0	Istra 1961
13	2DF	Kaius Simojoki	(2006-03-21) 21 March 2006 (age 19)	0	0	HJK
15	2DF	Oskari Väistö	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005 (age 20)	1	0	SJK
16	2DF	Dario Naamo	(2005-05-14) 14 May 2005 (age 20)	13	0	Dundee United
22	2DF	Miska Ylitolva	(2004-05-23) 23 May 2004 (age 21)	23	2	HJK
	2DF	Tomas Galvez	(2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 (age 21)	14	1	Cambuur

6	3MF	Matias Siltanen	(2007-03-29) 29 March 2007 (age 18)	5	1	Djurgårdens IF
8	3MF	Pyry Mentu	(2006-11-01) 1 November 2006 (age 19)	4	1	HJK
10	3MF	Luka Hyryläinen	(2004-08-25) 25 August 2004 (age 21)	18	1	1. FC Magdeburg
11	3MF	Marius Söderbäck	(2004-02-06) 6 February 2004 (age 22)	5	2	Ilves
14	3MF	Tuomas Pippola	(2004-10-12) 12 October 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Sogndal
17	3MF	Otto Ruoppi	(2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 20)	5	3	KuPS
18	3MF	Niilo Kujasalo	(2004-03-17) 17 March 2004 (age 21)	2	0	KuPS
19	3MF	Liam Möller	(2004-12-21) 21 December 2004 (age 21)	6	0	HJK
20	3MF	Otso Liimatta	(2004-07-10) 10 July 2004 (age 21)	27	8	Famalicão

7	4FW	Juho Talvitie	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 20)	21	3	NAC Breda
9	4FW	Onni Helén	(2006-01-19) 19 January 2006 (age 20)	2	0	Sogndal
21	4FW	Lauri Laine	(2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Baník Ostrava
	4FW	Vincent Ulundu	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Inter Turku

Recent callups

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	Johannes Viitala	(2006-08-10) 10 August 2006 (age 19)	0	0	SJK	v. Spain, 14 October 2025
GK	Eero Vuorjoki	(2006-07-09) 9 July 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Inter Turku	v. Cyprus, 9 September 2025

DF	Daniel Armstrong	(2005-03-24) 24 March 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Bra	v. Cyprus, 9 September 2025
DF	Juho Lähteenmäki	(2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 19)	2	1	FC Nordsjælland	v. Cyprus, 9 September 2025
DF	Lucas von Hellens	(2005-03-05) 5 March 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Gnistan	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
DF	Joona Kuismala	(2005-11-23) 23 November 2005 (age 20)	1	0	MyPa	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024

MF	Samuel Pasanen	(2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 20)	0	0	KuPS	v. Romania, 14 November 2025 ^INJ
MF	Matias Ritari	(2005-07-15) 15 July 2005 (age 20)	1	0	HJK	v. Spain, 14 October 2025
MF	Altti Hellemaa	(2004-07-25) 25 July 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Elfsborg	v. Cyprus, 9 September 2025 ^WD
MF	Jimi Tauriainen	(2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Chelsea	v. San Marino, 4 September 2025 ^INJ
MF	Marlo Hyvönen	(2005-05-02) 2 May 2005 (age 20)	2	0	HJK Klubi 04	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
MF	Daniel Rökman	(2004-03-20) 20 March 2004 (age 21)	1	0	KäPa	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
MF	Dren Terrnava	(2005-05-21) 21 May 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Perugia	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
MF	Ville Vuorinen	(2005-02-21) 21 February 2005 (age 20)	2	0	HJK	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024

FW	Adrian Svanbäck	(2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 (age 21)	2	4	Häcken	v. Romania, 14 November 2025 ^INJ
FW	David Ezeh	(2006-02-13) 13 February 2006 (age 19)	2	1	HJK	v. Cyprus, 9 September 2025
FW	Danila Bulgakov	(2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 21)	2	0	SJK	v. Lithuania, 9 June 2024
FW	Roni Hudd	(2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 21)	2	1	HJK	v. Armenia, 21 November 2023
Notes ^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury ^ILL = Withdrew due to an illness ^WD = Withdrew due to a non-injury issue ^PRE = Preliminary squad / standby

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Mika Lehkosuo
Assistant coach	Matti Lähitie
Goalkeeping coach	Eemeli Reponen
Video analyst	Robert Nygård
Fitness coach	Mika Lähderinne

Past squads

2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad