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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

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.

Players

Current squad

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

Recent call-ups

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 Belgium Charleroi v.  Denmark, 1 November 2022
DF Ethan Butera (2006-04-16) 16 April 2006 (age 17) 3 0 Belgium Anderlecht v.  Denmark, 1 November 2022
MF Rayane Bounida (2006-03-03) 3 March 2006 (age 18) 4 1 Netherlands Ajax v.  Denmark, 1 November 2022
MF Raphael Di Matteo (2006-01-23) 23 January 2006 (age 18) 3 1 Belgium Eupen v.  Denmark, 1 November 2022
MF Rabby Mateta Pepa (2006-07-13) 13 July 2006 (age 17) 3 0 Belgium Standard Liège v.  Denmark, 1 November 2022

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
China 1985 did not qualify
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005
South Korea 2007 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 6
Nigeria 2009 did not qualify
Mexico 2011
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015 Third place 7 4 1 2 9 8
India 2017 did not qualify
Brazil 2019
Indonesia 2023
Total 2/19 10 5 1 4 12 14

UEFA European U-17 Football Championship record

Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Denmark 2002 did not qualify
Portugal 2003
France 2004
Italy 2005
Luxembourg 2006 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 8
Belgium 2007 Semi-finals 4 1 3* 0 5 5
Turkey 2008 did not qualify
Germany 2009
Liechtenstein 2010
Serbia 2011
Slovenia 2012 Group stage 3 1 1 1 3 2
Slovakia 2013 did not qualify
Malta 2014
Bulgaria 2015 Semi-finals 5 2 2* 1 6 4
Azerbaijan 2016 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 3 2
Croatia 2017 did not qualify
England 2018 Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 10 3
Republic of Ireland 2019 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 5 5
Estonia 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3][4]
Cyprus 2021
Israel 2022 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 4
Hungary 2023 did not qualify
Cyprus 2024 to be determined
Total 8/19 31 12 10 9 38 33

See also

References

  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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