Honduras national under-17 football team

The Honduras national U-17 football team represents Honduras in tournaments and friendly matches at the Under-17 level. They have qualified for five FIFA U-17 World Cups, with their best performance being in 2013 where they reached the Quarter-finals. They have also qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.

Honduras U-17

Nickname(s)	La mini H Sub'17
Association	FENAFUTH
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Israel Canales
FIFA code	HON
First colours Second colours
First international
Honduras 0–4 Mexico (August 26, 1986 in Trinidad & Tobago)
Biggest win
Belize 0–9 Honduras (November 18, 2008 in Panama)
Biggest defeat
Honduras 0–7 United States (November 14, 1998 in Trinidad & Tobago)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 2007)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2013)
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances	19 (first in 1983)
Best result	Runners-up (2015)

Tournament history

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year	P	W	T	L	F	A	D	Pts	Finish
1985 ↓ 2005	Did not qualify
2007	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0	Group stage
2009	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0	Group stage
2011	Did not qualify
2013	5	2	1	2	6	8	−2	7	Quarter-finals
2015	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0	Group stage
2017	4	1	0	3	7	14	−7	3	Round of 16
2019	Did not qualify
2023
2025	To be determined
Totals	18	3	1	14	19	45	−26	10	—

CONCACAF U-17 championship record

CONCACAF U-16/17 Championship
Year	P	W	T	L	F	A	D	Pts	Finish
1983	4	1	0	3	1	7	–6	2	4th
1985	7	3	0	4	13	14	–1	6	4th
1987	5	1	1	3	7	17	–10	3	4th
1988	4	2	1	1	6	9	–3	5	Group stage
1991	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	Group stage
1992	3	1	0	2	2	3	–1	2	Group stage
1994	3	1	0	2	5	11	–6	3	Group stage
1996	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4	0	Group stage
1999	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0	Group stage
2001	3	0	2	1	3	4	–1	2	Group stage
2003	Did not qualify
2005	5	1	2	2	5	7	–2	5	4th
2007	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Group stage
2009	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4	Group stage
2011	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Quarter-finals
2013	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	7	4th
2015	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11	Runners-up
2017	9	5	0	4	22	16	+6	15	Classification stage
2019	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2023	5	4	0	1	18	4	+14	12	Quarter-finals
Totals	81	29	17	35	123	133	−10	96	—

2007 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Group A

Main article: 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Haiti	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
Honduras	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Mexico	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
El Salvador	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source:

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Main article: 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Syria	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source:

The 2007 FIFA Under 17 World Cup was the debut tournament for the mini H. In their first game against Spain, Christian Martínez and Roger Rojas managed to score two goals. Despite the team's effort they lost 4-2 and went on to face Argentina, which had surprisingly drawn against Syria. The mini H lost 4-1 with captain, Johnny Leveron, scoring the only and final goal of the tournament by means of a penalty kick. The final game, to complete their World Cup journey, was a defeat 2-0 at hands of Syria.

2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Group A

Main article: 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Honduras	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Cuba	3	1	0	2	2	12	−10	3
Canada	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source:

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Main article: 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Nigeria (H)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

The Honduran youngsters finished in last place of Group A, losing close games to Argentina and Nigeria 0–1 each, and losing 1–3 to Germany. Anthony Lozano scored the lone goal.

Fixtures and results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
October 24, 2009	2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup	Abuja	Argentina	1:0	Honduras
April 25, 2009	2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Tijuana	United States	3:0	Honduras
April 23, 2009	2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Tijuana	Honduras	6:0	Cuba	Rivera 18' Tobías 30' Lozano 43' (pen.) 73' 83' Martínez 67'
April 21, 2009	2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Tijuana	Canada	1:1	Honduras	Lozano 60'
October 17, 2009	Friendly		Mexico	2:0	Honduras

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Head coach: Israel Canales

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Alex Rivera	(2000-07-20) 20 July 2000			Motagua
12	1GK	Jordy Castro	(2000-04-10) 10 April 2000			Real España
21	1GK	Carlos Banegas	(2001-02-09) 9 February 2001			Comayagua
2	2DF	Santiago Cabrera	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000			Honduras Progreso
3	2DF	Axel Gómez	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000			Olimpia
4	2DF	Alexander Bahr	(2001-02-17) 17 February 2001			Atlanta United
5	2DF	Cristian Moreira	(2000-05-21) 21 May 2000			Vida
13	2DF	Gustavo Vallecillo	(2000-08-28) 28 August 2000			CARDVA
20	2DF	Emilio Campos	(2000-04-18) 18 April 2000			UdeG
6	3MF	Luis Palma	(2000-01-17) 17 January 2000			Vida
8	3MF	Gerson Chávez	(2000-01-31) 31 January 2000			Real España
10	3MF	Alessandro Castro	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000			Atlanta United
14	3MF	Carlos Mejía	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000			Vida
15	3MF	David Cardona	(2000-10-08) 8 October 2000			Real Juventud
17	3MF	Everson López	(2000-11-03) 3 November 2000			Motagua
18	3MF	Joshua Canales	(2000-07-20) 20 July 2000			Olimpia
7	4FW	Jorge Flores	(2000-09-19) 19 September 2000			Orientación Marítimo
9	4FW	Patrick Palacios	(2000-01-29) 29 January 2000			Real España
11	4FW	Kenneth Martínez	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000			Motagua
16	4FW	Asaf Cacho	(2000-07-27) 27 July 2000			Motagua
19	4FW	Reynaldo Bodden	(2000-09-29) 29 September 2000			Victoria

Recent call-ups

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Michael Perelló	(1998-07-11) 11 July 1998			Platense
2	2DF	Víctor Matamoros	(1999-10-08) 8 October 1999			Olimpia
3	2DF	Wesly Decas	(1999-08-11) 11 August 1999			Pumas
4	2DF	Denil Maldonado	(1998-03-26) 26 March 1998			Motagua
5	2DF	Dylan Andrade	(1998-03-08) 8 March 1998			Platense
6	3MF	Jorge Álvarez	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998			Olimpia
7	4FW	Foslyn Grant	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998			Motagua
8	3MF	Erick Arias	(1998-01-30) 30 January 1998			Comayagua
9	4FW	Darixon Vuelto	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998			Victoria
10	3MF	Jafeth Leiva	(1999-03-12) 12 March 1999			Olimpia
11	3MF	Jancarlo Vargas	(1998-05-16) 16 May 1998			Platense
12	1GK	Javier Delgado	(1998-11-06) 6 November 1998			Honduras Progreso
13	4FW	Óscar Castro	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998			Real España
14	2DF	Allan Rivera	(1998-03-23) 23 March 1998			Real España
15	3MF	Kevin Castro	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998			Motagua
16	2DF	Gabriel Ortiz	(1998-02-09) 9 February 1998			Olimpia
17	3MF	José Galeano	(1998-02-22) 22 February 1998			Parrillas One
18	4FW	David Sánchez	(1998-03-19) 19 March 1998			Olimpia
19	3MF	Wisdom Quaye	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998			Vida
20	2DF	Darwin Diego	(1999-07-14) 14 July 1999			Vida
21	1GK	Henry Mashburn	(1999-02-08) 8 February 1999			Weston

Record v other nations

As of 12 May 2019

Includes data from CONCACAF U-17 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup only

Opponent	Record	Goals
Argentina	0–0–2	1:5
Barbados	1–0–0	2:1
Belgium	0–0–1	1:2
Belize	2–0–0	12:1
Brazil	0–0–2	0:6
Canada	1–3–1	6:5
Costa Rica	1–2–5	8:18
Cuba	3–1–0	18:3
Curaçao	1–0–0	3:0
Dominican Republic	0–0–1	0:3
Ecuador	0–0–1	1:3
El Salvador	3–0–1	9:4
France	0–0–1	1:5
Germany	0–0–1	1:3
Guatemala	4–2–2	10:5
Guyana	1–0–0	3:0
Haiti	1–3–2	7:8
Jamaica	1–1–2	3:3
Japan	0–0–1	1:6
Mali	0–0–1	0:3
Mexico	0–3–11	3:38
Netherlands Antilles	2–0–0	4:1
New Caledonia	1–0–0	5:0
Nicaragua	1–0–1	6:3
Nigeria	0–0–1	0:1
Panama	3–0–2	12:7
Puerto Rico	1–0–0	1:0
Saint Lucia	1–0–0	4:1
Slovakia	0–1–0	2:2
Spain	0–0–1	2:4
Sweden	0–0–1	1:2
Syria	0–0–1	0:2
Trinidad and Tobago	3–1–0	10:4
United Arab Emirates	1–0–0	2:1
United States	1–1–8	10:29
Uzbekistan	1–0–0	1:0
Totals	34–18–47	148:170

Honours

• CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2015

Managers

• Luis "Piña" López (1983)
• Quique Grey (1985)
• Mario Griffin Cubas (1987)
• Carlos Padilla Velásquez (1988)
• Ricardo Taylor (1991)
• José Raúl Ortiz (1992 and 1994)
• Carlos Cruz Carranza (1996)
• Hermelindo Cantarero (1998-1999)
• Óscar "Cocli" Salgado (2000)
• Dennis Marlon Allen (2001)
• Carlos Ramón Tábora (2002)
• Miguel Ángel Escalante (2004 and 2005)
• Óscar "Cocli" Salgado (2006)
• Miguel Ángel Escalante (2007)
• Jorge Jiménez (2008)
• Emilio Umanzor (2008-2011)
• Jose Aleman (2011)
• Jose Valladares (2012-2019)
• Luis Alvarado (2019-2021)
• Israel Canales (2021-present)