England national under-17 football team

England Under-17
Nickname(s) Three Lions
Association The Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Steve Cooper
FIFA code ENG
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
Appearances 14 (first in 1984)
Best result Champions, 2010 and 2014
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances 4 (first in 2007)
Best result Champions, 2017
England national under-17 football team
Medal record
U-17 World Cup
2017 India 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.

In July 2015, Steve Cooper was appointed to coach the squad with assistance from Mike Marsh.[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]

Championship record

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad
China 1985Did not enter
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991Did not qualify
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005
South Korea 2007Quarter-finals5311127Squad
Nigeria 2009Did not qualify
Mexico 2011Quarter-finals522189Squad
United Arab Emirates 2013Did not qualify
Chile 2015Group stage302112Squad
India 2017Champions7610236Squad
Peru 2019To be determined
Total4/172011634424
Year Golden Ball Award
India 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.[6] Forward Wayne Rooney was awarded the Golden player accolade.[6] 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.[7]

England defeated Spain at the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship to become Champions at under-17 level for the first time.[8] Forward Connor Wickham scored the winning goal in the final and was subsequently named Golden player of the tournament.[9] 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.[8] England won their second title at the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, defeating the Netherlands in the final on Penalties.[10]

They finished runners up at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, losing to Spain in the final on a penalty shoot-out.[11] Forward Jadon Sancho was named Golden player.[12]

The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was hosted by England.[13] They were eliminated at the semi-final stage by the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out.[14]

Championship record

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Denmark 2002Third Place6411106Squad
Portugal 2003Fourth place513166Squad
France 2004Fourth place5311117Squad
Italy 2005Group stage310263Squad
Luxembourg 2006Elite round-------
Belgium 2007Runners-up531184Squad
Turkey 2008Elite round-------
Germany 2009Group stage301216Squad
Liechtenstein 2010Champions5500104Squad
Serbia 2011Semi-final411255Squad
Slovenia 2012Elite round-------
Slovakia 2013Elite round-------
Malta 2014Champions5401104Squad
Bulgaria 2015Quarter-final421132Squad
Azerbaijan 2016Quarter-final420264Squad
Croatia 2017Runners-up6501154Squad
England 2018Semi-final530263Squad
Republic of Ireland 2019--------
Total13/1760349179758
Year Golden Player Award
Denmark 2002 Wayne Rooney[6]
Liechtenstein 2010 Connor Wickham[9]
Croatia 2017 Jadon Sancho[12]

Other tournaments

England have also competed at the Nordic tournament[15] and Algarve Tournament.[16]

England host an annual FA international tournament.

Fixtures and results 2017–18

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Chile 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: FIFA
Chile 0–4 England
Report
Attendance: 46,154
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
England 3–2 Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 48,620
England 4–0 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 56,372

Round of 16

England 0–0 Japan
Report
Penalties
 5–3
Attendance: 53,302

Quarter-final

United States 1–4 England
Sargent  72' Report
Attendance: 16,148

Semi-final

Brazil 1–3 England
Wesley  21' Report Brewster  10', 39', 77'
Attendance: 63,881

Final

England 5-2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 66,684

Friendlies

Algarve Tournament

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6[lower-alpha 1] Knockout stage
2  England (H) 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6[lower-alpha 1]
3   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6[lower-alpha 1]
4  Israel 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head results: Italy 2–0 Switzerland, England 2–1 Italy, Switzerland 1–0 England. Head-to-head standings:
    • Italy: 3 pts, +1 GD
    • England: 3 pts, 0 GD
    • Switzerland: 3 pts, −1 GD
England 2–1 Israel
Doyle  29' (pen.)
Daly  61'		 Report Lugassy  40+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,102
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
England 2–1 Italy
Appiah  64'
Doyle  69' (pen.)		 Report Riccardi  14'
Attendance: 7,159
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
England 0–1  Switzerland
Report Mambimbi  40+1'
Attendance: 6,146
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

Quarter-final

England 2–0 Norway
Duncan  14'
Amaechi  49'		 Report
Attendance: 5,102
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Semi-final

England 0–0 Netherlands
Report
Penalties
  • John-Jules
  • Daly
  • Saka
  • Ashby-Hammond
  • Appiah
  • Balogun
5–6
  • Burger
  • Ihattaren
  • Hendriks
  • Tavsan
  • J. Timber
  • Q. Timber
Attendance: 7,952
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

Players

Latest squad

For the 2018–19 season, including the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible.[17] Players born between January and August 2002 are first-year scholars in the English academy system, players born from September 2002 to August 2003 will be eligible to enter the full-time academy system at the start of the 2019–20 season.

The following players were named in the squad for games against Brazil, Russia and the United States, to be played in October 2018.[18]

Number Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
- 1GK Louis Moulden (2002-01-06) 6 January 2002[19] England Manchester City
- 1GK Serrine Sanneh (2002-11-20) 20 November 2002[20] England West Ham United
- 1GK James Trafford (2002-10-10) 10 October 2002[21] England Manchester City
- 2DF Dennis Cirkin (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002[22] England Tottenham Hotspur
- 2DF Taylor Harwood-Bellis (2002-01-30) 30 January 2002[23] England Manchester City
- 2DF Valentino Livramento (2002-11-12) 12 November 2002[24] England Chelsea
- 2DF Teden Mengi (2002-04-30) 30 April 2002[25] England Manchester United
- 2DF Haydon Roberts (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002[26] England Brighton & Hove Albion
- 2DF Nathan Wood-Gordon (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 England Middlesbrough
- 3MF Miguel Azeez (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002[27] England Arsenal
- 3MF Fabio Carvalho (2002-08-30) 30 August 2002[28] England Fulham
- 3MF Harvey Elliott (2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 England Fulham
- 3MF Joe Hodge (2002-09-14) 14 September 2002[29] England Manchester City
- 3MF Yunus Musah (2002-11-29) 29 November 2002[30] England Arsenal
- 3MF Jensen Weir (2002-01-31) 31 January 2002 England Wigan Athletic
- 4FW Joe Gelhardt (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002[31] England Wigan Athletic
- 4FW Sam Greenwood (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002[32] England Arsenal
- 4FW Ben Knight (2002-11-30) 30 November 2002[33] England Manchester City
- 4FW Alex Mighten (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002[34] England Nottingham Forest
- 4FW Armstrong Oko-Flex (2002-03-02) 2 March 2002[35] Scotland Celtic
- 4FW Morgan Rogers (2002-07-27) 27 July 2002[36] England West Bromwich Albion

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 Matt Bondswell (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002[37] - - Germany RB Leipzig Syrenka Cup, 7–11 September 2018
MF Noni Madueke (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 - - Netherlands PSV Syrenka Cup, 7–11 September 2018
FW Jeremy Sarmiento (2002-06-16) 16 June 2002[38] - - Portugal Benfica Syrenka Cup, 7–11 September 2018


Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Four new interim England national coaches appointed". The Football Association. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007 Quarter-finals". FIFA. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 Quarter-finals". FIFA. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 "England come back to win first U-17 World Cup title". FIFA. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 – Awards". FIFA. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "2002: Wayne Rooney". UEFA. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bojan strikes for Spanish success". UEFA. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Magowan, Alistair (31 May 2010). "England U-17s beat Spain to win European Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  9. 1 2 "2010: Connor Wickham". UEFA. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  10. 1 2 "England win European Under-17 Championship on penalties". BBC Sport. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Spot-on Spain claim record third U17 EURO title". UEFA. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  12. 1 2 "2017: Jadon Sancho". UEFA. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "European Under-17 Championship: England face extra scrutiny at home". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "European Under-17 Championships: England lose 6-5 on penalties to Netherlands". BBC Sport. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "England U17s squad named for the Nordic Tournament". The Football Association. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Proud Peacock". The Football Association. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  17. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, 2018/19" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "Young Lions to take on Brazil, USA and Russia in an U17 tournament on home soil". The Football Association. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  19. ↑ "Louie Moulden". UEFA. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  20. ↑ "Serine Sanneh". Premier League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  21. ↑ "James Trafford". Premier League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "Dennis Cirkin". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  23. ↑ "Taylor Harwood-Bellis". Premier League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  24. ↑ "Valentino Livramento". Premier League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  25. ↑ "Teden Mengi". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  26. ↑ "Haydon Roberts". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  27. ↑ "Miguel Azeez". Premier League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  28. ↑ "Fabio Carvalho". Premier League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  29. ↑ "Joe Hodge". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  30. ↑ "Yunus Musah". Premier League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  31. ↑ "Joe Gelhardt". Wigan Athletic F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  32. ↑ "Sam Greenwood". Premier League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  33. ↑ "Ben Knight". Premier League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  34. ↑ "Alex Mighten". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  35. ↑ "Armstrong Oko-Flex". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  36. ↑ "Morgan Rogers". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  37. ↑ "Matt Bondswell". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  38. ↑ "Jeremy Sarmiento". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  39. ↑ "England's penalty prowess pays off". uefa.com/. UEFA. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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