The Mali national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Mali and is controlled by the Malian Football Federation. It represents Mali in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.
| Nickname(s) | Les Aigles (The Eagles) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Malian Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Soumaïla Coulibaly | ||
| Home stadium | Stade du 26 Mars | ||
| FIFA code | MLI | ||
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| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1997) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up  (2015) | ||
| Africa U-17 Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1995) | ||
| Best result | Champions  (2015, 2017) | ||
Overview edit
The team has participated in 4 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their best performance came in the 2015 World Cup[1] held in Chile, when Mali reached finished as runners-up. Their best performance at the African level came in the 2015 and the 2017 tournament in Niger and Gabon respectively, when they finished as champions.
Tournament records edit
FIFA U-17 World Cup record edit
| FIFA U-17 World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
 1985 |
Did not enter | |||||||
 1987
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 1989
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 1991 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1993
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 1995
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 1997 |
Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
 1999 |
Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 2001 |
Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
 2003 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 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 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
 2017 |
Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 |
 2019 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2023 |
Third Place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 |
 2025 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 6/20 | Runners-up | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 26 |
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations record edit
| African U-17 Championship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1995 |
Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
 1997 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
 1999 |
Third Place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
 2001 |
Third Place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
 2003 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2005 |
Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
 2007 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2009
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 2011 |
Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 2013 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2015 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
 2017 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
 2019 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2023 |
Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Total | 9/14 | Champions | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 43 |
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Current squad edit
The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations between 29 April – 19 May.[2]
Caps and goals are correct as of 1 May 2023, after the match against Burkina Faso.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 - Mali". FIFA. November 2015. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗶 𝗹𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗲 𝘀é𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗹𝘆" (in French). Fédération Malienne de Football – Facebook. Retrieved 4 May 2023.