The Benin national under-17 football team represents Benin at under-17 association football youth international matches and U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[1]
| Nickname(s) | Les Guépards (The Cheetahs) Formerly: Les Ecureuils (The Squirrels) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Benin Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade de l'Amitié | ||
| FIFA code | BEN | ||
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| U-17 Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
In September 2018 they were disqualified from the WAFU U-17 Championship,[2] and in October 2018 10 players were jailed, due to age fraud.[3]
Competetive Record
editFIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D1 | L | GS | GA |
 1985 |
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 1987
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 1989
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 1991
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 1993
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 1995
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 1997
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 1999
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 2001
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 2003
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 2005
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 2007
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 2009
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 2011
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 2013
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 2015
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 2017
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 2019
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 2023
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 2025
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| Total | 0/20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Benin - Benin Under 17 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ "10 Benin U-17 players jailed for age cheating". GhanaSoccernet.
- ^ "Benin players and ex-FA boss given prison sentences for age cheating". 31 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.