association football team
The Wales national under-21 football team, besides known as the Wales U21s, is the national under-21 football team of Wales and is controlled by the Football Association of Wales. The team competes in the UEFA european Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. To date Wales have n’t even qualified for the finals tournament but in recent years have shown good form, losing in a playoff ( 5–4 ) to England in the 2009 qualifying campaign and finish up second in their group two years later, after leading their group until their last bet on Wales only needed a hook to qualify for the play-offs but lost 1–0 away to Italy. The under-21 team came into being following the realignment of UEFA ‘s youth competitions in 1976. A scoreless withdraw in a friendly against England at Wolverhampton Wanderers ‘ Molineux Stadium was Wales U21s ‘ beginning result.

The national under-21 team is the highest grade of youth football in Wales, and is open to any players who were born in Wales or whose parents or grandparents were born in Wales. This team is for Welsh players aged 21 or under at the start of a biennial european Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and frequently are, improving to 23 years old. besides in universe are teams for Under-20s ( for non-UEFA tournaments ), Under-19s and Under 17s. vitamin a long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it potential to play for the U21s, aged side and again for the U21s .

late history [edit ]

historically the team was viewed by the Welsh home management as a trap to be filled rather than a team to be used to nurture young international players. Many of the big Welsh players spent little prison term in the under-21 team. Ryan Giggs only made one appearance for the under-21 team before making his senior debut against Germany the adjacent day. From 2004 forth however, the former Wales national football team director John Toshack and former Wales Under 21 director Brian Flynn used the under-21 team to create a pool of youthful Welsh talent. The team nowadays has a much better tracking system of new Welsh players, and has seen a mark improvement in players and team results. holocene results have seen them achieve adult wins against Estonia ( 5–1 ), Northern Ireland ( 4–0 ) and France ( 4–2 ). Players who have made the step from the U21s to attain over 50 caps for the senior squad are Gary Speed, Simon Davies, Carl Robinson, Craig Bellamy, Robert Earnshaw, James Collins, John Hartson, Andy King, Joe Ledley, Sam Vokes, Wayne Hennessey, Chris Gunter, Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen. On 15 May 2008, they played a friendly against England U21s to mark the hundredth pit in the history of the side, losing 2–0. A 3–0 victory against Romania in September 2008 mean that the Under-21 side finished top of their modify group for the first base time in their history. It meant Wales would go into a two-legged play-off against England in October 2008 for a place in the finals of the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship to be played in Sweden. Wales lost the playoff 5–4 over the course of two legs. Losing 3–2 at home in the first leg and drawing 2–2 away in the moment. Wales started their modification campaign for the 2013 UEFA european Under-21 Football Championship with a 1–0 away win against Andorra, a 3–1 away loss against Montenegro, a 1–0 home gain against Montenegro, a 1–0 dwelling defeat against Czech Republic and a 0–0 away draw against Armenia. In May 2012 Brian Flynn vacated his put as Wales under-21 coach at the end of his contract and in July 2012 Geraint Williams was appointed team coach [ 1 ] Williams resigned as team director on 5 December 2016. On 15 March 2017 it was announced that early Port Vale and Northampton Town coach Rob Page had left his placement on the coaching staff at Nottingham Forest to become Wales under-21 director. In August 2019 page was appointed adjunct coach to the senior Wales squad under Ryan Giggs with Paul Bodin stepping up from the Under 19 ‘s to manage the Under 21 team. [ 2 ]

Players [edit ]

Latest squad [edit ]

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible for the 2023 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. Wales police squad for the EURO 2023 qualifying matches against Gibraltar and Switzerland on 12 and 16 November 2021. [ 3 ] Caps and goals as of 17 November 2020. Players in bold have attained full international caps. Clubs as of the date of the announcement .

late call-ups [edit ]

The following players have also been called up to the Wales under-21 squad and remain eligible. Players in boldface have caps for the aged team .

Key
  • SUS = Suspended for next match.
  • SEN = Called up to senior squad.
  • INJ = Withdrew from the squad due to injury.
  • WD = Withdrew from the squad for non injury issue.

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