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Liechtenstein U-21
Association	Liechtenstein Football Association; (Liechtensteiner Fussballverband)
Head coach	Michael Koller
Most caps	Jens Hofer (22)
Top scorer	Simon Kühne (3)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Liechtenstein 1-4 Northern Ireland ; Vaduz, Liechtenstein, April 12, 2006
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

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 due to the fact that most of the higher quality players in this age category would end up playing for the senior team.^[1]

Overview edit

The 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	L	GS	GA
2007	did not qualify	2	0	2	1	8
2009		8	0	8	4	31
2011		8	0	8	1	27
2013		8	0	8	4	35
2015		8	0	8	3	34
2017		10	0	10	1	40
/ 2019		10	0	10	2	42
/ 2021		10	1	9	3	35
/ 2023		10	0	10	0	63

Current 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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Tim-Tiado Öhri	(2003-12-15) 15 December 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Vaduz
1GK	Jonas Strunk	(2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Schaan
1GK	Luca Vanoni	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 23)	5	0	Balzers

2DF	Niklas Beck	(2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 23)	17	0	Vaduz
2DF	Lukas Büchel	(2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 22)	11	0	Ruggell
2DF	Fabian Ducak	(2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 23)	6	0	Ruggell
2DF	Lukas Graber	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 22)	17	1	Eschen/Mauren
2DF	Noah Graber	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 22)	17	0	Eschen/Mauren
2DF	Jonas Hilti	(2000-03-22) 22 March 2000 (age 24)	17	0	Vaduz
2DF	David Jäger	(2004-07-04) 4 July 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Vaduz
2DF	Fabian Unterrainer	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 22)	19	0	Donau Linz

3MF	Noah Frick	(2001-10-16) 16 October 2001 (age 22)	11	2	Gossau
3MF	Noah Frommelt	(2000-12-18) 18 December 2000 (age 23)	9	0	Eschen/Mauren
3MF	Alessio Hasler	(2005-07-07) 7 July 2005 (age 18)	1	0	Vaduz
3MF	Marius Hilti	(2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Eschen/Mauren
3MF	Liam Kranz	(2003-07-17) 17 July 2003 (age 20)	7	0	Schaan
3MF	Jakob Lorenz	(2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 (age 22)	6	0	Blau-Weiss Feldkirch
3MF	Simon Lüchinger	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 21)	14	0	Vaduz
3MF	Andrin Netzer	(2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 22)	16	0	Vaduz
3MF	Andrin Risch	(2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Ruggell
3MF	Emanuel Zünd	(2004-12-29) 29 December 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Vaduz

4FW	Joshua Eggenberger	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23)	7	0	Rebstein
4FW	Philipp Gassner	(2003-08-30) 30 August 2003 (age 20)	7	0	AKA Vorarlberg
4FW	Fabio Luque Notaro	(2005-08-31) 31 August 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Vaduz
4FW	Severin Schlegel	(2004-07-24) July 24, 2004 (age 19)	9	0	Vaduz
4FW	Tim Schreiber	(2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 22)	15	0	Ruggell
4FW	Johannes Schädler	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 20)	8	0	Vaduz

Recent call-ups edit

The 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
GK	Gabriel Foser	(2002-09-02) September 2, 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Vaduz	v. Greece, 25 March 2022
GK	Raffael Loosli	(2000-08-31) August 31, 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Triesenberg	v. Belarus, 16 November 2021

DF	Elias Jäger	(2002-02-15) February 15, 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Ostermundigen	v. Greece, 25 March 2022
DF	Silvan Schiess	(2003-11-07) November 7, 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Rapperswil-Jona	v. Greece, 25 March 2022
DF	Marius Hasler	(2002-10-03) October 3, 2002 (age 21)	5	0	Ruggell	v. Greece, 25 March 2022
DF	David Tschupp	(2002-11-19) November 19, 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Vaduz	v. Greece, 25 March 2022

MF	Nicolas Kaiser	(2002-06-29) June 29, 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Eschen/Mauren	v. Belarus, 12 October 2021
MF	Lucas Neusüss	(2003-04-17) April 17, 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Triesen	v. Cyprus, 3 September 2021

Notes:

PRE = Preliminary squad

References 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.