The Liechtenstein national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Liechtenstein in the UEFA U-21 Championship, and is controlled by the Liechtenstein Football Association, the governing body of football in Liechtenstein. On 5 October 2022, it was announced that this team would be dissolved for 2023 and 2024, and would return in time for the UEFA U21-Championship 2027 qualification campaign. This decision was made because most of the higher quality players in this age category would end up playing for the senior team.[1]
| Association | Liechtenstein Football Association (Liechtensteiner Fussballverband) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Michael Koller | ||
| Most caps | Jens Hofer (22) | ||
| Top scorer | Simon Kühne (3) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Liechtenstein 1–4 Northern Ireland  (Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 12 April 2006) | |||
| Last international | |||
Liechtenstein 0–9 Portugal  (Vaduz, Liechtenstein; 7 June 2022) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Liechtenstein 1–0 Azerbaijan  (Eschen, Liechtenstein; 6 June 2019) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Portugal 11–0 Liechtenstein (Vizela, Portugal; 7 October 2021) | |||
| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| Best result | None | ||
Overview
editThe Liechtenstein under-21s first attempted to qualify for the UEFA U-21 Championship in 2006, where they played a home-and-home against Northern Ireland, losing 1–8 on aggregate, thus being eliminated from qualifying.
The Liechtenstein under-21s lost their first 59 competitive fixtures, being outscored 232–17. They avoided defeat for the first time on 6 June 2019, beating Azerbaijan during qualifying for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship tournament.[2]
UEFA U-21 Championship record
edit| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 2007 |
did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
 2009 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 31 | |
 2011 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 27 | |
 2013 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 35 | |
 2015 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 34 | |
 2017 |
10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 40 | |
 / 2019 |
10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 42 | |
 / 2021 |
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 35 | |
 / 2023 |
10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 63 |
Current squad
editLast squad
edit- The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.[3]
- Match dates: 3 and 7 June 2022
- Opposition:
Iceland and Portugal - Caps and goals correct as of: 7 June 2022, after the match against Portugal
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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| GK | Tim-Tiado Öhri | 15 December 2003 | 1 | 0 | Vaduz
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| GK | Jonas Strunk | 30 July 2003 | 0 | 0 | Schaan
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| GK | Luca Vanoni | 12 January 2001 | 5 | 0 | Balzers
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| DF | Niklas Beck | 25 March 2001 | 17 | 0 | Vaduz
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| DF | Lukas Büchel | 12 September 2001 | 11 | 0 | Ruggell
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| DF | Fabian Ducak | 4 January 2001 | 6 | 0 | Ruggell
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| DF | Lukas Graber | 3 May 2001 | 17 | 1 | Eschen/Mauren
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| DF | Noah Graber | 3 May 2001 | 17 | 0 | Eschen/Mauren
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| DF | Jonas Hilti | 22 March 2000 | 17 | 0 | Vaduz
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| DF | David Jäger | 4 July 2004 | 2 | 0 | Vaduz
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| DF | Fabian Unterrainer | 5 June 2001 | 19 | 0 |  Donau Linz
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| MF | Noah Frick | 16 October 2001 | 11 | 2 |  Gossau
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| MF | Noah Frommelt | 18 December 2000 | 9 | 0 | Eschen/Mauren
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| MF | Alessio Hasler | 7 July 2005 | 1 | 0 | Vaduz
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| MF | Marius Hilti | 5 March 2000 | 0 | 0 | Eschen/Mauren
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| MF | Liam Kranz | 17 July 2003 | 7 | 0 | Schaan
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| MF | Jakob Lorenz | 11 September 2001 | 6 | 0 | Blau-Weiss Feldkirch
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| MF | Simon Lüchinger | 28 November 2002 | 14 | 0 | Vaduz
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| MF | Andrin Netzer | 11 January 2002 | 16 | 0 | Vaduz
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| MF | Andrin Risch | 11 July 2002 | 1 | 0 | Ruggell
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| MF | Emanuel Zünd | 29 December 2004 | 2 | 0 | Vaduz
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| FW | Joshua Eggenberger | 23 March 2001 | 7 | 0 | Rebstein
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| FW | Philipp Gassner | 30 August 2003 | 7 | 0 | AKA Vorarlberg
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| FW | Fabio Luque Notaro | 31 August 2005 | 2 | 0 | Vaduz
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| FW | Severin Schlegel | July 24, 2004 | 9 | 0 | Vaduz
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| FW | Tim Schreiber | 3 February 2002 | 15 | 0 | Ruggell
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| FW | Johannes Schädler | 12 July 2003 | 8 | 0 | Vaduz
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Last call-ups
editThe following players have been selected in the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Gabriel Foser | September 2, 2002 | 4 | 0 | Vaduz
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v.  Greece, 25 March 2022
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| GK | Raffael Loosli | August 31, 2000 | 2 | 0 | Triesenberg
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v.  Belarus, 16 November 2021
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| DF | Elias Jäger | February 15, 2002 | 7 | 0 | Ostermundigen
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v. Greece, 25 March 2022
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| DF | Silvan Schiess | November 7, 2003 | 6 | 0 | Rapperswil-Jona
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v. Greece, 25 March 2022
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| DF | Marius Hasler | October 3, 2002 | 5 | 0 | Ruggell
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v. Greece, 25 March 2022
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| DF | David Tschupp | November 19, 2002 | 1 | 0 | Vaduz
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v. Greece, 25 March 2022
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| MF | Nicolas Kaiser | June 29, 2002 | 0 | 0 | Eschen/Mauren
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v. Belarus, 12 October 2021
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| MF | Lucas Neusüss | April 17, 2003 | 1 | 0 | Triesen
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v.  Cyprus, 3 September 2021
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Notes:
- PRE = Preliminary squad
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nächste U21 EM-Qualifikation ohne Liechtenstein". www.lfv.li (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Under-21 - Liechtenstein-Azerbaijan - Match info - UEFA.com".
- ^ "U21 schliesst EM-Qualifikation ab" (PDF) (in German). Liechtensteiner Fussballverband. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.