Moldova national under-17 football team

Moldova Under-17
Nickname(s)	Tricolorii juniori (The Junior Tricolours)
Association	Moldovan Football Federation (FMF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vitalie Mardari
Captain	Nikita Șarpe
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	MDA
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Official:; Moldova 1–1 Austria ; (Heiligeneich, Austria; 5 October 1994)
Biggest win
	Liechtenstein 0–7 Moldova ; (Kato Achaia, Greece; 9 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 7–0 Moldova ; (Cologne, Germany; 26 November 1997)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2002)
Best result	Group Stage (2002)
Website	fmf.md (in Romanian)

The Moldova national under-17 football team represents Moldova in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova.

The team competes to qualify for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship held every year. They qualified for the 2002 competition but finished last in the group stage. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification. They are currently coached by Vitalie Mardari.^[1]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2024

10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) Friendly	Romania	4–1	Moldova	Buftea, Romania
	Popa 16' Stoian 43' Doicaru 70' Stanciu 86'	Report	Lutenco 62'	Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre Referee: Mihai Amorarâtei (Romania)

12 February 2024 (2024-02-12) Friendly	Romania	2–0	Moldova	Buftea, Romania
	Racu 45+1' Doicaru 53'	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre

23 April 2024 (2024-04-23) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	Moldova	0–2	Bulgaria	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report	Goryanov 23' Bozhkov 59'	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Referee: Igor Boșca (Moldova)

25 April 2024 (2024-04-25) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	North Macedonia	0–2	Moldova	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report	Corotcov 29' Wati 63'	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

28 April 2024 (2024-04-28) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	Armenia	0–1	Moldova	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report	Roșca 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru Referee: Igor Boșca (Moldova)

13 August 2024 (2024-08-13) Friendly	Moldova	2–1	Moldova	Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova
	Roșca 1' Manciu 90+3'	Report	Gumeni 40'	Stadium: Stadionul CPSM Referee: Oleg Stoianov (Moldova)

15 August 2024 (2024-08-15) Friendly	Moldova	1–2	Moldova	Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova
	Gumeni 9'	Report	Corotcov 2', 50'	Stadium: Stadionul CPSM Referee: Oleg Pînzari (Moldova)

8 September 2024 (2024-09-08) Friendly	Georgia	3–1	Moldova	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Nebulishvili 45+1', 52' Katkov 90+3'	Report	Roșca 55' (pen.)	Stadium: David Petriashvili Arena Referee: Koba Revazashvili (Georgia)

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10) Friendly	Georgia	1–1	Moldova	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Kirvalidze 89'	Report	Josan 29'	Stadium: David Petriashvili Arena Referee: Akaki Parjikia (Georgia)

23 October 2024 (2024-10-23) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying	Switzerland	v	Moldova	Nisporeni, Moldova
		Report		Stadium: Nisporeni Central Stadium

26 October 2024 (2024-10-26) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying	Israel	v	Moldova	Nisporeni, Moldova
		Report		Stadium: Nisporeni Central Stadium

29 October 2024 (2024-10-29) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying	Moldova	v	Montenegro	Nisporeni, Moldova
		Report		Stadium: Nisporeni Central Stadium

2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Group 10

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Switzerland	Round 2 League A
2	Israel	Round 2 League A
3	Montenegro	Round 2 League B
4	Moldova (H)	Round 2 League B

First match(es) will be played: 23 October 2024. Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Vitalie Mardari
Assistant coaches	Igor Negrescu Ernest Gulceac
Goalkeeping coach	Anatol Chirinciuc

Last updated: 10 September 2024
Source: FMF

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the friendly matches against Georgia on 8 and 10 September 2024.^[2]

Squad correct as of 10 September 2024, after the match against Georgia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Nichita Lebedev	(2008-04-15) 15 April 2008 (age 16)	Academia Rebeja
12	1GK	Bogdan Suruceanu	(2008-03-18) 18 March 2008 (age 16)	Dacia Buiucani U19
23	1GK	Daniel Roșca		Metz U17

2	2DF	Bogdan Puiu		Zimbru Chișinău U17
3	2DF	Sorin Lipca		Zimbru Chișinău U17
4	2DF	Daniil Gladcov		Dacia Buiucani U17
5	2DF	Nichita Pavlenco	(2008-02-12) 12 February 2008 (age 16)	Sheriff Tiraspol U17
13	2DF	Alexandru Negură		Academia Rebeja
14	2DF	Victor Bivol		Girona Youth
15	2DF	Ion Enache		Dacia Buiucani U17

6	3MF	Iulian Sîrghi		Zimbru Chișinău U17
8	3MF	Nikita Șarpe (captain)	(2008-04-01) 1 April 2008 (age 16)	Grödig II
10	3MF	Bogdan Roșca		Academia Rebeja
17	3MF	Andrei Fenin	(2008-07-03) 3 July 2008 (age 16)	Sheriff Tiraspol U17

7	4FW	Tamer Wati		Dacia Buiucani U17
9	4FW	Nichita Josan		Dacia Buiucani U17
11	4FW	Matteo Spătărel		Dacia Buiucani U17
16	4FW	Timofei Rusu	(2009-04-16) 16 April 2009 (age 15)	Zimbru Chișinău U17
18	4FW	Darius Covas	(2008-03-08) 8 March 2008 (age 16)	Player București
19	4FW	Vlad Colibnic		Academia Rebeja

Competition history

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship

Under-16 era, 1995–2001
Under-17 era, 2002–present

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record										UEFA U-16/17 Qualification record^[3]
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1995	Did not qualify									2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
1996										2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
1997										2	1	0	1	3	3	0
1998										3	0	0	3	1	18	−17
1999										2	0	0	2	2	6	−4
2000										3	0	1	2	0	4	−4
2001										3	0	1	2	4	7	−3
2002	Group stage	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6	Squad	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
2003	Did not qualify									3	1	1	1	8	4	+4
2004										6	2	2	2	9	10	−1
2005										3	0	1	2	0	3	−3
2006										6	2	2	2	9	10	−1
2007										3	0	0	3	1	6	−5
2008										3	1	0	2	3	7	−4
2009										3	0	0	3	1	12	−11
2010										3	0	2	1	2	7	−5
2011										3	0	0	3	2	11	−9
2012										3	0	0	3	1	7	−6
2013										3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
2014										3	0	1	2	1	6	−5
2015										3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
2016										3	0	1	2	1	7	−6
2017										3	0	0	3	0	8	−8
2018										3	0	0	3	0	8	−8
2019										3	0	1	2	2	4	−2
2020										3	0	1	2	0	6	−6
2022										3	0	1	2	0	4	−4
2023										3	0	1	2	3	8	−5
2024										3	0	0	3	2	9	−7
2025	Future event
2026	Future event
Total	1/29	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6		88	12	19	57	71	189	−118

Head-to-head record

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 3 October 2023.^[4]

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Armenia	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7
Austria	3	0	3	0	1	1	0
Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Belarus	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0	1	5	1	15	−14
Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Cyprus	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
Czech Republic	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7
France	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Georgia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Germany	4	0	0	4	1	16	−15
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1
Hungary	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Iceland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Israel	2	0	1	1	3	9	−6
Italy	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1
Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9
Lithuania	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Luxembourg	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Malta	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Macedonia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Norway	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
Poland	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romania	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Russia	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9
San Marino	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9
FR Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	3	6	−3
Slovakia	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7
Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	4	0	0	4	3	14	−11
Sweden	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5
Wales	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2
Total	91	12	19	60	78	202	−124