Gibraltar national under-21 football team
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| Association | Gibraltar Football Association |
|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Home stadium | Victoria Stadium |
| FIFA code | GIB |
| First international | |
| TBD in 2017 | |
The Gibraltar national under-21 football team represents Gibraltar in football competitions at under-21 level and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association. It is a full member of FIFA and is therefore eligible to enter any FIFA-sanctioned tournaments. Gibraltar applied for full UEFA membership and was accepted by the UEFA Congress in May 2013 and can therefore compete in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship beginning with the 2014 edition of the tournament, but the first partitipation is expecting to take place in 2017.
Since being accepted into UEFA in May 2013, they have not formed under-21 team, until announcement in December 2016. The Gibraltar Football Association announced that Gibraltar will be participating in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship for the first time as from 2017 with qualifaing games for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, that will take place in Italy. The draw for the qualifiers was in Switzerland on 26 January 2017 and Gibraltar will play in Group 7.
They expecting to play their first competitive match on time between 20–28 March 2017 as in Qualifying group stage.
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