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Belgium national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Belgium women's national under-17 football team.

The Belgium national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Their biggest successes have been their bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup, reaching the semi-finals of the European championship in 2007 on home soil, and again in 2015 and 2018.

Belgium U-17
Nickname(s)De Jonge Duivels
Les Diablotins
AssociationRoyal Belgian Football Association
ConfederationUEFA
Head coachBob Browaeys
FIFA codeBEL
First colours
Second colours
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2007)
Best resultThird place, 2015
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultSemi-final, 2007, 2015, 2018

Players edit

Current squad edit

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Matt Lendfers (2006-03-10) 10 March 2006 (age 18) 7 0   Sint-Truiden
12 1GK Michiel Haentjens (2006-03-23) 23 March 2006 (age 18) 6 0   Anderlecht
2 2DF Ismaël Baouf (2006-09-17) 17 September 2006 (age 17) 10 0   Anderlecht
3 2DF Madi Monamay (2006-04-06) 6 April 2006 (age 18) 3 0   Bayer Leverkusen
4 2DF Josue Ndenge Kongolo (2006-04-13) 13 April 2006 (age 18) 7 0   Genk
5 2DF Hugo Lamock (2006-02-25) 25 February 2006 (age 18) 5 0   Gent
13 2DF Gilles De Meyer (2006-09-17) 17 September 2006 (age 17) 7 1   Gent
14 2DF Kaïs Barry (2006-02-08) 8 February 2006 (age 18) 4 0   Anderlecht
6 3MF Nolhan Courtens (2006-12-20) 20 December 2006 (age 17) 7 0   Royal Antwerp
8 3MF Lilian Vergeylen (2006-05-25) 25 May 2006 (age 17) 10 1   Anderlecht
10 3MF Gyano Vanderdonck (2006-11-24) 24 November 2006 (age 17) 1 0   Gent
15 3MF Rafaël Teugels (2006-06-07) 7 June 2006 (age 17) 1 0   Charleroi
16 3MF Amine Boukamir (2006-10-23) 23 October 2006 (age 17) 2 0   Charleroi
17 3MF Laurens Goemaere (2006-04-07) 7 April 2006 (age 18) 9 0   Club Brugge
20 3MF Gerard Vandeplas (2006-02-25) 25 February 2006 (age 18) 7 0   Royal Antwerp
7 4FW Robin Mirisola (2006-12-08) 8 December 2006 (age 17) 9 3   Genk
9 4FW Matteo Filorizzo (2006-02-19) 19 February 2006 (age 18) 7 4   Eupen
11 4FW Cédric Nuozzi (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 18) 8 2   Genk
18 4FW Victor Tihon (2006-09-08) 8 September 2006 (age 17) 6 0   Eupen
19 4FW Nassim Azaouzi (2006-03-31) 31 March 2006 (age 18) 4 0   Anderlecht

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have also been called up to the Belgium under-17 squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Matheo Gerard (2006-05-15) 15 May 2006 (age 17) 3 1   Charleroi v.   Denmark, 1 November 2022
DF Ethan Butera (2006-04-16) 16 April 2006 (age 18) 3 0   Anderlecht v.   Denmark, 1 November 2022
MF Rayane Bounida (2006-03-03) 3 March 2006 (age 18) 4 1   Ajax v.   Denmark, 1 November 2022
MF Raphael Di Matteo (2006-01-23) 23 January 2006 (age 18) 3 1   Eupen v.   Denmark, 1 November 2022
MF Rabby Mateta Pepa (2006-07-13) 13 July 2006 (age 17) 3 0   Standard Liège v.   Denmark, 1 November 2022

Competitive record edit

FIFA U-17 World Cup record edit

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
  1985 did not qualify
  1987
  1989
  1991
  1993
  1995
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 6
  2009 did not qualify
  2011
  2013
  2015 Third place 7 4 1 2 9 8
  2017 did not qualify
  2019
  2023
  2025 to be determined
Total 2/20 10 5 1 4 12 14

UEFA European U-17 Football Championship record edit

Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
  2002 did not qualify
  2003
  2004
  2005
  2006 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 8
  2007 Semi-finals 4 1 3* 0 5 5
  2008 did not qualify
  2009
  2010
  2011
  2012 Group stage 3 1 1 1 3 2
  2013 did not qualify
  2014
  2015 Semi-finals 5 2 2* 1 6 4
  2016 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 3 2
  2017 did not qualify
  2018 Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 10 3
  2019 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 5 5
  2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3][4]
  2021
  2022 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 4
  2023 did not qualify
  2024 to be determined
Total 8/19 31 12 10 9 38 33
  •   *  denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
  •   indicates tournament was held on home soil.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Belgium-Slovenia | Under-17 2023". UEFA. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Belgium-Croatia | Under-17 2023". UEFA. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  3. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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