England 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 Justin Cochrane.[1]

England Under-17

Nickname(s)	Three Lions
Association	The Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Justin Cochrane
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

Competition history

FIFA U-17 World Cup

England reached the quarter-final stage at both the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup[2][3] and 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[4]

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.[5] Phil Foden was awarded the Golden Ball for being the best player at the tournament.[6] Rhian Brewster won the Golden Boot for tournament leading goalscorer[6] and the Bronze ball.[6] 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
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	8	9	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	To be determined
Total	4/19	20	11	6	3	44	24

Year	Golden Ball Award
2017	Phil Foden[6]

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
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[16]
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	14/18	63	35	10	18	102	65

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[17] and Algarve Tournament.[18]

England host an annual FA international tournament.

Fixtures and results 2019–20

Qualification

Elite qualifying round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Final tournament
2	Croatia	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Switzerland	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
4	Denmark (H)	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

21 March 2019

19:00

England	5–2	Switzerland
Rogers  22', 80' S. Greenwood  30', 32' (pen.) Fazlic  56' (o.g.)	Report	De Donno  52' Stergiou  68'

JYSK Park, Silkeborg

Referee: Ondřej Pechanec (Czech Republic)

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24 March 2019

13:00

England	0–0	Croatia
Moulden  30'	Report

JYSK Park, Silkeborg

Referee: Ondřej Pechanec (Czech Republic)

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27 March 2019

14:00

Denmark	2–3	England
Zaar  62' Faghir  90+1'	Report	Madueke  79', 90+2' Gelhardt  87'

JYSK Park, Silkeborg

Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

Final tournament

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	England	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

3 May 2019

17:00

Netherlands	2–0	Sweden
Brobbey  33' Maatsen  34'	Report

Waterford Regional Sports Centre, Waterford

Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

3 May 2019

19:30

England	1–1	France
Greenwood  34' (pen.)	Report	Aouchiche  79'

City Calling Stadium, Longford

Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

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6 May 2019

15:00

Netherlands	5–2	England
Brobbey  10', 58' (pen.) Bannis  35' Hansen  45+1' Ünüvar  61'	Report	Harwood-Bellis  7' Greenwood  34' (pen.)

Tolka Park, Dublin

Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

6 May 2019

17:00

France	4–2	Sweden
Aouchiche  22', 39', 45' Rutter  80'	Report	Elanga  17', 29'

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

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9 May 2019

16:30

France	2–0	Netherlands
Aouchiche  1' Mbuku  11'	Report

UCD Bowl, Dublin

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

9 May 2019

16:30

Sweden	1–3	England
Prica  28'	Report	Greenwood  15' Jenks  76' Gelhardt  82'

Whitehall Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Friendlies

6 September 2019	England	5–0	Finland	Stadion Victoria, Sulejówek
	Musiala  38' Barry  44', 83' Bellingham  80' Simons  88'	Report

8 September 2019	England	4–2	Austria	Zabki Municipal Stadium, Ząbki
	Richards  33' Delap  35', 70' Bellingham  42'	Report	Coco  16' Omic  76'	Attendance: 100

10 September 2019	Poland	2–2	England	Zabki Municipal Stadium, Ząbki
	Cielemecki  30' Kozłowski  38'	Report	Elliott  4' (pen.) Musiala  10'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Piotr Urban (Poland)

10 October 2019	England	3–3	Germany	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
	Diallo  27' Dobbin  55' Young-Coombes  90'	Report	Günther  6' Netz  12', 43'	Attendance: 211 Referee: Juan Campos (Spain)

12 October 2019	England	1–2	Germany	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
	Fish  90'	Report	Netz  11' Günther  48'	Attendance: 171 Referee: José Lax (Spain)

14 October 2019	Spain	1–1	England	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
	Rodríguez  90'	Report	Dembélé  26'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Rafael Sánchez López (Spain)

15 November 2019	England	1–3	Denmark	North Street, Alfreton
	Dobbin  67'	Report	Kjaergaard  38' Faghir  47' Bredahl  59'	Attendance: 453 Referee: James Oldham (England)

19 November 2019	England	2–0	Czech Republic	Damson Park, Solihull
	Robertson  30', 42'	Report		Attendance: 1,151 Referee: Josh Smith (England)

6 February 2020	England	0–0	Ukraine	Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella
		Report

8 February 2020	England	4–2	Russia	Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella
	Vale  60' Diallo  78' Dobbin  80' Barry  90'	Report	Gladyshev  47' Ermakov  76'

10 February 2020	England	4–0	Ukraine	Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella
	Barry  27' Dobbin  30', 67' Diallo  83'	Report

Players

Latest squad

season, including the 2020 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible.[19] Players born between January and August 2003 are first-year scholars in the English academy system, players born from September 2003 to August 2004 will be eligible to enter the full-time academy system at the start of the 2020–21 season.

The following players were named in the squad for fixtures against Ukraine and Russia, played in February 2020.[20]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
-	GK	Coniah Boyce-Clarke	1 March 2003[21]	Reading
-	GK	Matthew Cox	2 May 2003[22]	AFC Wimbledon
-	GK	Teddy Sharman-Lowe	19 January 2003	Burton Albion
-	DF	Nelson Abbey	28 August 2003[23]	Reading
-	DF	Derrick Abu	18 December 2003[24]	Chelsea
-	DF	Ethan Ingram	19 October 2003	West Bromwich Albion
-	DF	Nohan Kenneh	10 January 2003[25]	Leeds United
-	DF	Jarell Quansah	29 January 2003[26]	Liverpool
-	DF	Fedel Ross Lang		Manchester City
-	DF	Imari Samuels	5 February 2003[27]	Reading
-	MF	Omari Hutchinson	29 October 2003	Arsenal
-	MF	Nile John	6 March 2003[28]	Tottenham Hotspur
-	MF	Aaron Ramsey	21 January 2003[29]	Aston Villa
-	MF	James Sweet	3 November 2003	Arsenal
-	MF	Harvey Vale	11 September 2003[30]	Chelsea
-	FW	Abdul Abdulmalik	21 April 2003	Millwall
-	FW	Louie Barry	21 June 2003[31]	Aston Villa
-	FW	Ayman Benarous	2 April 2003	Bristol City
-	FW	Amadou Diallo	15 February 2003[32]	West Ham United
-	FW	Lewis Dobbin	3 January 2003[33]	Everton
-	FW	Fionn Mooney		Crystal Palace
-	FW	Jamal Musiala	26 February 2003	Bayern Munich

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
GK	Hubert Graczyk	28 February 2003[34]	-	-	Arsenal	v.  Germany,  Spain, October 2019[35]
GK	Tobi Oluwayemi	8 May 2003	-	-	Celtic	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
GK	Adam Richardson	7 September 2003[37]	-	-	Sunderland	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
DF	Luke Badley-Morgan	22 October 2003[38]	-	-	Chelsea	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
DF	Jamal Baptiste	11 November 2003[39]	-	-	West Ham United	v.  Germany,  Spain, October 2019[35]
DF	Finley Burns	17 June 2003[40]	-	-	Manchester City	Syrenka Cup, September 2019[41]
DF	Levi Colwill	26 February 2003[42]	-	-	Chelsea	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
DF	CJ Egan-Riley	2 January 2003[43]	-	-	Manchester City	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
DF	William Fish	17 February 2003[44]	-	-	Manchester United	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
DF	Zane Monlouis	16 October 2003	-	-	Arsenal	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
DF	James Norris	4 April 2003	-	-	Liverpool	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
DF	Daniel Oyegoke	3 January 2003[45]	-	-	Arsenal	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
DF	Reece Welch	19 September 2003[46]	-	-	Everton	v.  Germany,  Spain, October 2019[35]
MF	James Balagizi	20 September 2003[47]	-	-	Liverpool	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
MF	Jude Bellingham	29 June 2003	-	-	Borussia Dortmund	Syrenka Cup, September 2019[41]
MF	Carney Chukwuemeka	7 January 2004	-	-	Aston Villa	v.  Germany,  Spain, October 2019[35]
MF	Samuel Edozie	28 January 2003[48]	-	-	Manchester City	v.  Germany,  Spain, October 2019[35]
MF	Tyler Onyango	4 March 2003[49]	-	-	Everton	v.  Germany,  Spain, October 2019[35]
MF	Charlie Patino	17 October 2003[50]	-	-	Arsenal	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
MF	Jadan Raymond	15 October 2003[51]	-	-	Crystal Palace	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
MF	Alex Robertson	17 April 2003[52]	-	-	Manchester City	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
MF	Xavier Simons	20 February 2003[53]	-	-	Chelsea	Syrenka Cup, September 2019[41]
FW	Liam Delap	8 February 2003[54]	-	-	Manchester City	Syrenka Cup, September 2019[41]
FW	Karamoko Dembélé	22 February 2003	-	-	Celtic	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
FW	Harvey Elliott	4 April 2003	-	-	Liverpool	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
FW	Samuel Iling-Junior	4 October 2003[55]	-	-	Chelsea	v.  Germany,  Spain, October 2019[35]
FW	Rico Richards	27 September 2003[56]	-	-	West Bromwich Albion	Syrenka Cup, September 2019[41]
FW	Lewis Richardson	7 February 2003[57]	-	-	Burnley	v.  Denmark,  Czech Republic, November 2019[36]
FW	Nathan Young-Coombes	15 January 2003[58]	-	-	Rangers	v.  Germany,  Spain, October 2019[35]

Honours

• FIFA U-17 World Cup Winners (1): 2017[5]
• UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winners (2): 2010,[9] 2014[11][59]
• Algarve Tournament Winners (3): 2007–08, 2009–2010, 2011–2012
• Nordic Tournament Winners (2): 2009–2010, 2010–2011
• FA International U17 Tournament Winners (2): 2010–2011, 2011–2012

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External links

• Official FA England Under-17 website
• Uefa Under-17 website