Mali national under-17 football team

Mali
Nickname(s)	Les Aigles (The Eagles)
Association	Malian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach
Home stadium	Stade du 26 Mars
FIFA code	MLI
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1997)
Best result	Runners-up (2015)
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances	8 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (2015, 2017)

The Mali national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Mali and is controlled by the Malian Football Federation. It represents Mali in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Overview[]

The team has participated in 4 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their best performance came in the 2015 World Cup^[1] held in Chile, when Mali reached finished as runners-up. Their best performance at the African level came in the 2015 and the 2017 tournament in Niger and Gabon respectively, when they finished as champions.

Tournament records[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did Not Enter
1987
1989
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993
1995
1997	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	7	2
1999	Group stage	14th	3	0	2	1	0	1
2001	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	5	4
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	12	4
2017	Fourth place	4th	7	4	0	3	16	11
2019	Did Not Qualify
2021	To be determined
Total	5/19	Runners-up	18	9	4	5	40	22

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations record[]

African U-17 Championship
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	Fourth place	4th	5	1	0	4	5	8
1997	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	4	3
1999	Third Place	3rd	5	2	2	1	6	5
2001	Third Place	3rd	4	2	1	1	11	3
2003	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	7	7
2007	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	5
2013	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	4
2017	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	9	2
2019	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	8/13	Champions	35	15	8	12	53	41

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad[]

The following players were selected to compete in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Head Coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK		(2001-12-23) 23 December 2001 (age 20)	ASO Missira
16	1GK		(2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 (age 21)	Bamako
21	1GK		(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 21)

2	2DF		(2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 (age 21)	Bakaridjan
4	2DF		(2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 (age 21)	Bamako
5	2DF		(2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 21)
13	2DF		(2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 21)	ASAC
15	2DF	Abdoulaye Diaby	(2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 (age 21)	Djoliba
18	2DF		(2000-06-23) 23 June 2000 (age 21)

3	3MF	Djémoussa Traoré	(2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 22)
6	3MF	Mohamed Camara	(2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 22)	Real Bamako
8	3MF		(2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 21)
10	3MF		(2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 (age 21)
14	3MF		(2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 21)	Stade Malien
17	3MF		(2000-05-15) 15 May 2000 (age 21)	Yeelen Olympique
20	3MF		(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 22)	Real Bamako

7	4FW	Hadji Dramé	(2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 21)	Yeelen Olympique
9	4FW		(2000-11-25) 25 November 2000 (age 21)
11	4FW		(2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 (age 19)	Stade Malien
12	4FW		(2000-07-13) 13 July 2000 (age 21)	Real Bamako
19	4FW	Lassana N'Diaye	(2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 (age 21)

References[]

^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 - Mali". FIFA. November 2015. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[1] "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 - Mali". FIFA. November 2015. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

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