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Belgium national under-17 football team

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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

Current squadEdit

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Michiel Haentjens (2006-03-23) 23 March 2006 (age 16) 2 0   Anderlecht
1GK Matt Lendfers (2006-03-10) 10 March 2006 (age 17) 3 0   Sint-Truiden
2DF Ismaël Baouf (2006-09-17) 17 September 2006 (age 16) 3 0   Anderlecht
2DF Kaïs Barry (2006-02-08) 8 February 2006 (age 17) 0 0   Anderlecht
2DF Ethan Butera (2006-04-16) 16 April 2006 (age 16) 3 0   Anderlecht
2DF Gilles DeMeyer (2006-09-17) 17 September 2006 (age 16) 3 1   Gent
2DF Matheo Gerard (2006-05-15) 15 May 2006 (age 16) 3 1   Charleroi
2DF Josue Ndenge Kongolo (2006-04-13) 13 April 2006 (age 16) 3 0   Genk
2DF Hugo Lamock (2006-02-25) 25 February 2006 (age 17) 0 0   Gent
3MF Rayane Bounida (2006-03-03) 3 March 2006 (age 17) 4 1   Ajax
3MF Nolhan Courtens (2006-12-20) 20 December 2006 (age 16) 3 0   Royal Antwerp
3MF Raphael Di Matteo (2006-01-23) 23 January 2006 (age 17) 3 1   Eupen
3MF Laurens Goemaere (2006-04-07) 7 April 2006 (age 16) 4 0   Club Brugge
3MF Rabby Mateta Pepa (2006-07-13) 13 July 2006 (age 16) 3 0   Standard Liège
3MF Gerard Vandeplas (2006-02-25) 25 February 2006 (age 17) 0 0   Royal Antwerp
3MF Lilian Vergeylen (2006-05-25) 25 May 2006 (age 16) 4 0   Anderlecht
4FW Matteo Filorizzo (2006-02-19) 19 February 2006 (age 17) 2 2   Eupen
4FW Robin Mirisola (2006-12-08) 8 December 2006 (age 16) 3 2   Genk
4FW Cédric Nuozzi (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 17) 4 0   Genk
4FW Victor Tihon (2006-09-08) 8 September 2006 (age 16) 2 0   Eupen

Competitive recordEdit

FIFA U-17 World Cup recordEdit

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 to be determined
Total 2/19 10 5 1 4 12 14

UEFA European U-17 Football Championship recordEdit

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[1][2]
  2021
  2022 Group-stage 3 1 1 1 4 4
  2023 to be determined
  2024
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 alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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