Scotland Under-17

Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Brian McLaughlin[1]
First colours Second colours
U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1989)
Best result	Runners-up: 1989
European U-17 Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2008)
Best result	Semi-final: 2014

The Scotland national under-17 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national Under-17 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team. The team represents Scotland in international Under-17 competitions such as the U-17 World Cup and the European U-17 Championship.

The team has qualified for seven European Championship final tournaments, in 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022 and 2023. The team achieved its best result in 2014 by progressing to the semi-final.^[2]

Coaches

• Dean Gorre (2012)^[3]
• Scot Gemmill (2014)^[4]
• Steven Pressley (2015)^[5]
• Brian McLaughlin (2017)^[1]

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place / semi finals     Fourth place  0000 Tournament held on home soil  

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
Before 1991	See Scotland national under-16 football team
1991	did not qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
2023	did not qualify

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European U-17 Championship Record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
Before 2002	See Scotland national under-16 football team
2002	Did not qualify
2003
2004
2005
2006	Qualifying round	Did not qualify
2007	Elite round
2008	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
2009	Elite round	Did not qualify
2010	Qualifying round
2011	Elite round
2012	Elite round
2013	Qualifying round
2014	Semi-finals	4	2	0	2	4	8	−4
2015	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8
2016	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
2017	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
2018	Elite round	Did not qualify
2019	Elite round
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6][7]
2021
2022	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7
2023	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6
2024	Qualifying round	Did not qualify
Total	7/21	22	3	1	18	12	46	−34

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Other tournaments

Year	Competition	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Ref
1985	Saint-Malo Tournament	2nd	4	1	2	1	2	2	[8]
1986	Saint-Malo Tournament	2nd	4	3	0	1	6	4	[8]
1987	Saint-Malo Tournament	6th	4	1	2	1	2	2	[8]
1988	Saint-Malo Tournament	5th	Full results unknown						[8]
1989	Eurofoot Tournament	4th	Full results unknown						[9]
1990	Eurofoot Tournament	5th	Full results unknown						[9]
1992	Eurofoot Tournament	3rd	Full results unknown						[9]
2007	Toto Cup	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	6	[10]
2011	Toto Cup	4th	3	0	1	2	3	7	[10]
2016	Telki Cup	3rd	3	2	0	1	4	6	[11]
2017	Pepsi Tournament	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	4	[12]

Current squad

The following players were selected for 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches in October 2023.^[13]

As of after Wales v Scotland, 22 March 2023

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
		Calum Adamson				Rangers
		Aidan Borland				Aston Villa
		Sam Chambers				Leeds United
		Scott Constable				Dundee United
		Ollie Ecrepont				Ayr United
		Tyler Fletcher				Manchester United
		Matthew Gillies				Heart of Midlothian
		Finlay Hale				Celtic
		Alfie Halliwell				Rangers
		Josh McDonald				Leeds United
		Aiden McGinlay				Partick Thistle
		Joe McGrath				Hibernian
		Calum Penman				St Mirren
		Lewis Pirie				Leeds United
		Lancelot Pollard				Rangers
		Cameron Scott				Rangers
		Gus Stevenson				Heart of Midlothian
		Owen Stirton				Dundee United
		James Wilson				Heart of Midlothian
		Jack Wyllie				Rangers