England national under-17 football team

England Under-17
Nickname(s)Three Lions
AssociationThe Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachTom Curtis
FIFA codeENG
First colours
Second colours
First international
 England 1–1 Turkey 
(Livorno, Italy; 20 August 1991)
Biggest win
 England 8–0 Gibraltar 
(Yerevan, Armenia; 26 October 2013)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 4–0 England 
(Jena, Germany; 9 May 2009)
 Spain 4–0 England 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 31 March 2012)
European Championship
Appearances14 (Record) (first in 1984)
Best resultChampions (2010 and 2014)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2007)
Best resultChampions (2017)
Medal record
Men's football
FIFA U-17 World Cup
2017 IndiaTeam
UEFA European U-17 Championship
2010 LiechtensteinTeam
2014 MaltaTeam
2007 BelgiumTeam
2017 CroatiaTeam
2002 DenmarkTeam
2011 SerbiaTeam
2018 EnglandTeam

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 Tom Curtis.[1]

Competition history

FIFA U-17 World Cup

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[5] and the Bronze ball.[5] On 9 May 2019 England were eliminated at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Republic of Ireland, and therefore failed to qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019.

Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1985Did not enter
1987
1989
1991Did not qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007Quarter-finals5311127Squad
2009Did not qualify
2011Quarter-finals522189Squad
2013Did not qualify
2015Group stage302112Squad
2017Champions7610236Squad
2019Did not qualify
2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2023To be determined
Total4/192011634424
Year Golden Ball Award
2017 Phil Foden[5]

UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad
2002Third Place6411106Squad
2003Fourth place513166Squad
2004Fourth place5311117Squad
2005Group stage310263Squad
2006Elite round-------
2007Runners-up531184Squad
2008Elite round-------
2009Group stage301216Squad
2010Champions5500104Squad
2011Semi-final411255Squad
2012Elite round-------
2013Elite round-------
2014Champions5401104Squad
2015Quarter-final421132Squad
2016Quarter-final420264Squad
2017Runners-up6501154Squad
2018Semi-final530263Squad
2019Group stage311167Squad
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[16][17]
2021
2022To be determined
Total14/186335101810265
Year Golden Player Award
2002 Wayne Rooney[7]
2010 Connor Wickham[10]
2017 Jadon Sancho[13]

Other tournaments

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

England host an annual FA international tournament.

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2021
16 October 2021 2022 U-17 Euro qualifying Group 13 England  7–0  Armenia Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
13:00 MSK Avetisyan  23'
Feeney  37'
Tezgel  41',  56'
Kyerematen  59'
Taylor  64'
Smith  67'
Patterson  71'
Cozier Duberry  77'
Donley  88' (pen.)
Mainoo  89'		 Report Margaryan  70' Referee: Milos Milanovic (Serbia)
19 October 2021 2022 U-17 Euro qualifying Group 13 England  1–0  Belarus Haradski Stadium, Barysaw
16:00 MSK Donley  27'
Feeney  49'
Davidson  82'		 Report Mialkouski  35' Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
22 October 2021 2022 U-17 Euro qualifying Group 13 Slovakia  2–2  England Borisov Arena, Barysaw
15:00 MSK Rehuš  22'
Záhradník  40',  44'
Homola  87'
Hájovský  90'		 Report Tezgel  71' (pen.)
Smith  84'
O’Reilly  88'		 Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)

Players

Latest squad

For the 2021–22 season season, including the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible.[20] Players born between January and August 2005 are first-year scholars in the English academy system, players born from September 2005 to August 2006 will be eligible to enter the full-time academy system at the start of the 2022–23 season.

The following players were named in the squad for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Qualifying round games against Armenia, Belarus and Slovakia, to be played between 16 and 22 October 2021.[21]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
- 1GK True Grant (2005-11-02) 2 November 2005[22] Manchester City
- 1GK Darryl Ombang (2005-07-11) 11 July 2005[23] Leeds United
- 1GK Tommy Setford (2006-03-13) 13 March 2006[24] Ajax
- 2DF Josh Davidson (2005-09-23) 23 September 2005[25] Liverpool
- 2DF Joshua Feeney (2005-05-06) 6 May 2005[26] Aston Villa
- 2DF Habeeb Ogunneye (2005-11-12) 12 November 2005[27] Manchester United
- 2DF Ashley Phillips (2005-06-26) 26 June 2005[28] Blackburn Rovers
- 2DF Oliver Scarles (2005-12-12) 12 December 2005[29] West Ham United
- 2DF Isaac Smith (2005-07-26) 26 July 2005[30] Manchester City
- 3MF Leo Castledine (2005-08-20) 20 August 2005[31] Chelsea
- 3MF Rio Kyerematen (2005-06-09) 9 June 2005[32] Tottenham Hotspur
- 3MF Kobbie Mainoo (2005-04-19) 19 April 2005[33] Manchester United
- 3MF Nico O'Reilly (2005-03-21) 21 March 2005[34] Manchester City
- 3MF Travis Patterson (2005-10-06) 6 October 2005[35] Aston Villa
- 3MF Sam Rak-Sakyi (2005-03-27) 27 March 2005[36] Chelsea
- 3MF Kane Taylor (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005[37] Manchester City
- 4FW Jobe Bellingham (2005-09-23) 23 September 2005[38] Birmingham City
- 4FW Amario Cozier-Duberry (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005[39] Arsenal
- 4FW Jamie Donley (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005[40] Tottenham Hotspur
- 4FW Ronnie Stutter (2005-01-06) 6 January 2005[41] Chelsea
- 4FW Emre Tezgel (2005-09-19) 19 September 2005[42] Stoke City

Recent call-ups

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 Jayden Barber (2005-06-23) 23 June 2005 - - Aston Villa Syrenka Cup, September 2021[43]
DF Alfie Dorrington (2005-04-20) 20 April 2005[44] - - Tottenham Hotspur Syrenka Cup, September 2021[43]
MF Thomas Bloxham (2005-04-30) 30 April 2005[45] - - Tottenham Hotspur Syrenka Cup, September 2021[43]
MF Billy Gee (2005-07-30) 30 July 2005[46] - - Chelsea Syrenka Cup, September 2021[43]
MF Harry Whitwell (2005-11-16) 16 November 2005 - - West Bromwich Albion Syrenka Cup, September 2021[43]
FW Princewill Ehibhatioman (2005-10-20) 20 October 2005 - - Reading Syrenka Cup, September 2021[43]


Honours

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