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England national under-17 football team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see England women's national under-17 football team.

The England national under-17 football team, also known as England under-17s or England U17(s), represents England in football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. They are currently coached by Neil Ryan.[1]

England U-17
Nickname(s)The Three Lions
AssociationThe Football Association
(The FA)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNeil Ryan
FIFA codeENG
First colours
Second colours
First international
 England 1–1 Turkey 
(Livorno, Italy; 20 August 1991)
Biggest win
 England 10–0 New Caledonia 
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 11 November 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Poland 5–0 England 
(27 September 2022)
European Championship
Appearances16 (Joint Record) (first in 1984)
Best resultChampions (2010 and 2014)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances5 (first in 2007)
Best resultChampions (2017)
Medal record
Men's football
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 India Team
UEFA European U-17 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Liechtenstein Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Malta Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Belgium Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Croatia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Denmark Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Serbia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 England Team

Competition history

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FIFA U-17 World Cup

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England reached the quarter-final stage at both the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup[2] and 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[3]

In October 2017, England defeated Spain in the final of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to become World Champions at this age level for the first time.[4] Phil Foden was awarded the Golden Ball for being the best player at the tournament.[5] Rhian Brewster won the Golden Boot for tournament leading goalscorer and the Bronze ball.[5] England were eliminated during the group stage of the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and therefore were unable to defend their title at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.

Championship record

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Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad
  1985 did not enter
  1987
  1989
  1991 did not qualify
  1993
  1995
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007 Quarter-finals 5 3 1 1 12 7 Squad
  2009 did not qualify
  2011 Quarter-finals 5 2 2 1 9 6 Squad
  2013 did not qualify
  2015 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2 Squad
  2017 Champions 7 6 1 0 23 6 Squad
  2019 did not qualify
  2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6]
  2023 Round of 16 4 2 0 2 14 5 Squad
  2025 to be determined
Total 5/20 24 13 6 5 59 26
Year Golden Ball Award
  2017 Phil Foden[5]

UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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The England under-17 team competes in the annual UEFA European Under-17 Championship. England were the hosts of the 2001 Final Tournament, with the English reaching the semi-finals where they lost 4–0 to France on 3 May. They finished fourth, losing the third place play off match 4–1 to Croatia. They finished third at the 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Denmark.[7] Forward Wayne Rooney was awarded the Golden player accolade.[7] England finished fourth at the 2003 and 2004 tournaments. The 2007 tournament in Belgium saw England finish runners up to Spain, the only goal of the final at the Stade Luc Varenne scored by Bojan Krkić.[8]

England defeated Spain at the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship to become Champions at under-17 level for the first time.[9] Forward Connor Wickham scored the winning goal in the final and was subsequently named Golden player of the tournament.[10] This was the first time England had won a European men's age-group title since their victory at the 1993 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.[9] England won their second title at the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, defeating the Netherlands in the final on Penalties.[11]

They finished runners up at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, losing to Spain in the final on a penalty shoot-out.[12] Forward Jadon Sancho was named Golden player.[13]

The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was hosted by England.[14] They were eliminated at the semi-final stage by the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out.[15]

Championship record

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Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad
  2002 Third Place 6 4 1 1 10 6 Squad
  2003 Fourth place 5 1 3 1 6 6 Squad
  2004 Fourth place 5 3 1 1 11 7 Squad
  2005 Group stage 3 1 0 2 6 3 Squad
  2006 Elite round - - - - - - -
  2007 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 8 4 Squad
  2008 Elite round - - - - - - -
  2009 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 6 Squad
  2010 Champions 5 5 0 0 10 4 Squad
  2011 Semi-final 4 1 1 2 5 5 Squad
  2012 Elite round - - - - - - -
  2013 Elite round - - - - - - -
  2014 Champions 5 4 0 1 10 4 Squad
  2015 Quarter-final 4 2 1 1 3 2 Squad
  2016 Quarter-final 4 2 0 2 6 4 Squad
  2017 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 15 4 Squad
  2018 Semi-final 5 3 0 2 6 3 Squad
  2019 Group stage 3 1 1 1 6 7 Squad
  2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[16][17]
  2021
  2022 Elite round - - - - - - -
  2023 Quarter-final 4 2 1 1 5 2 Squad
  2024 Quarter-final 4 2 0 2 9 6 Squad
  2025 to be determined
Total 16/21 71 39 11 21 116 73
Year Golden Player Award
  2002 Wayne Rooney[7]
  2010 Connor Wickham[10]
  2017 Jadon Sancho[13]

Other tournaments

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England have also competed at the Nordic tournament[18] and Algarve Tournament.[19]

England host an annual FA international tournament.[citation needed]

Fixtures and results 2023–24 season

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
18 May 2023 Group stage Croatia   0–1   England Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros
20:00 Report Nwaneri   8'
Samuels-Smith   22'
Lovelace   71'
Boniface   80'		 Attendance: 700
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
21 May 2023 Group stage Netherlands   1–4   England Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen
20:00 Hartog   71'
van der Plas   88'		 Report Lewis-Skelly   7'
Acheampong   40'
Dada-Mascoll   80', 90+3' (pen.)
Oboavwoduo   90+4'		 Attendance: 611
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
24 May 2023 Group stage England   0–0    Switzerland DEAC Stadion, Debrecen
15:00 Jemide   70'
Golding   73'
Dibling   89'		 Report Attendance: 427
Referee: Lothar D'Hondt (Belgium)
27 May 2023 Quarter-final England   0–1   France Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros
20:00 Samuel   88' Report Lambourde   89' (pen.) Attendance: 411
Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)
30 May 2023 World Cup play-off England   4–2    Switzerland Árok utcai pálya, Budaörs
15:00 Gray   17',   40'
Dada-Mascoll   50'
Lovelace   67',   57'
Golding   68',   88'
Young   76'
Setford   90+2'		 Report Rufener   45+1'
Xhemalija   52'		 Attendance: 138
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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Main article: 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup
11 November 2023 World Cup Group Stage New Caledonia   0–10   England Jakarta, Indonesia
16:00 UTC+7 Report
Stadium: Jakarta International Stadium
Attendance: 6,684
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
14 November 2023 World Cup Group Stage England   2–1   Iran Jakarta, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+7
Report
Stadium: Jakarta International Stadium
Attendance: 7,698
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
17 November 2023 World Cup Group Stage England   1–2   Brazil Jakarta, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+7
Report
Stadium: Jakarta International Stadium
Attendance: 15,171
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
22 November 2023 World Cup Round of 16 England   1–2   Uzbekistan Jakarta, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+7
Report
Stadium: Jakarta International Stadium
Attendance: 7,014
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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Qualification

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Main article: 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
3 November 2023 Qualifying Round England   8–0   Faroe Islands Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić
J. Fletcher   12'
Moore   24'
Noble   41'
Ólavsson   44' (o.g.)
Mheuka   47'
Derry   54'
Mukasa   70', 77'
Dunbar-McDonald   73'		 Report Attendance: 50
Referee: Edgars Maļcevs (Latvia)
6 November 2023 Qualifying Round England   5–0   Kosovo Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić
Derry   16', 24'
Olusesi   46', 63',   30'
L.Fletcher   73'		 Report Attendance: 100
Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)
9 November 2023 Qualifying Round Croatia   1–5   England Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac
Ćutuk   52' Report Moore   15', 54', 79'
Mfuni   15'
Mheuka   30'
Derry   69'
Noble   84'		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Edgars Maļcevs (Latvia)


20 March 2024 Elite Qualifying Round England   5–1   Northern Ireland St George's Park National Football Centre, Burton upon Trent
Mukasa   30', 88'
Nwaneri   63'
Dipepa   66', 69'		 Report Burnside   19' Referee: Danilo Nikolić (Serbia)
23 March 2024 Elite Qualifying Round England   5–0   Hungary St George's Park National Football Centre, Burton upon Trent
Dipepa   9'
Rigg   27'
Nwaneri   56'
McFarlane   67'
Pál   80' (o.g.)		 Report Referee: Martin Matoša (Slovenia)
26 March 2024 Elite Qualifying Round England   1–2   France St George's Park National Football Centre, Burton upon Trent
Rigg   25'
Nwaneri   70'		 Report Messi Tanfouri   18', 37' (pen.) Referee: Martin Matoša (Slovenia)

Final tournament

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Main article: 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
21 May 2024 Group stage England   4–0   France Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:30 Moore   2', 39'
Dipepa   34'
Nwaneri   51'		 Report Attendance: 1,254
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
24 May 2024 Group stage England   1–4   Portugal Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:30 Moore   43' Report Mora   34', 48'
Silva   64'
Patrão   68'		 Attendance: 1,184
Referee: Menelaos Antoniou (Cyprus)
27 May 2024 Group stage England   3–1   Spain Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
18:30 Mheuka   6'
Moore   73'
Nwaneri   85'		 Report Arnucio   23' Attendance: 1,136
Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)
30 May 2024 Quarter-final England   1–1
(4–5 p)		   Italy AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca
18:30 Nwaneri   16' Report Liberali   29' Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)
Penalties
Moore  
Harrison  
Amass  
Nwaneri  
Dipepa  		   Lauricella
  Natali
  Orlandi
  Liberali
  Camarda

Players

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Latest squad

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For the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying games, players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible.[20] Players born between January and August 2008 are first-year scholars in the English academy system, players born from September 2008 to August 2009 will be eligible to enter the full-time academy system at the start of the 2025–26 season.

The following players were named in the squad for games against Mexico, Israel and Germany, to be played between 4-10 September 2024.[21]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
- 1GK Olanrewaju Awesu (2008-01-25) 25 January 2008 (age 16)   West Ham United
- 1GK Freddy Bernal (2008-10-21) 21 October 2008 (age 15)[22]   Chelsea
- 1GK Jack Porter (2008-07-15) 15 July 2008 (age 16)[23]   Arsenal
- 2DF Kaden Braithwaite (2008-03-25) 25 March 2008 (age 16)[24]   Manchester City
- 2DF Jun'ai Byfield (2008-03-10) 10 March 2008 (age 16)[25]   Tottenham Hotspur
- 2DF Malachi Hardy (2008-03-10) 10 March 2008 (age 16)[26]   Tottenham Hotspur
- 2DF Dante Headley (2008-09-18) 18 September 2008 (age 15)[27]   Manchester City
- 2DF Wesley Okoduwa (2008-05-12) 12 May 2008 (age 16)[28]   Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 2DF Freddie Simmonds (2008-03-09) 9 March 2008 (age 16)[29]   Brighton & Hove Albion
- 3MF Max Dowman (2009-12-31) 31 December 2009 (age 14)[30]   Arsenal
- 3MF Finlay Gorman (2008-09-20) 20 September 2008 (age 15)[31]   Manchester City
- 3MF Max Jenner -   Aston Villa
- 3MF Theo Julienne (2008-01-11) 11 January 2008 (age 16)[32]   Arsenal
- 3MF Bendito Mantato (2008-01-25) 25 January 2008 (age 16)[33]   Manchester United
- 3MF Chinazaekpere Nwosu (2008-06-10) 10 June 2008 (age 16)[34]   West Ham United
- 3MF Bailey Palmer -   Middlesbrough
- 3MF Seth Ridgeon (2008-09-12) 12 September 2008 (age 15)[35]   Fulham
- 4FW Andre Dike (2008-05-16) 16 May 2008 (age 16)[36]   West Ham United
- 4FW Chizaram Ezenwata -   Chelsea
- 4FW Reigan Heskey (2008-01-19) 19 January 2008 (age 16)[37]   Manchester City
- 4FW Harry Howell (2008-04-20) 20 April 2008 (age 16)[38]   Brighton & Hove Albion
- 4FW Ryan McAidoo (2008-06-24) 24 June 2008 (age 16)[39]   Manchester City
- 4FW Igor Tyjon (2008-03-20) 20 March 2008 (age 16)[40]   Blackburn Rovers
- 4FW Luca Williams-Barnett (2008-04-01) 1 April 2008 (age 16)[41]   Tottenham Hotspur

Recent call-ups

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The following players have previously been called up to the England under-17 squad and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Stephen Mfuni (2008-02-12) 12 February 2008 (age 16)[42] - -   Manchester City 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, May 2024[43]


Honours

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References

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