France national under-17 football team

The France national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of France who will be playing in the UEFA European Championship this year or next year and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the annual UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years. The under-17 team also participates in local and international friendly tournaments, such as the Montaigu Tournament.

France

Nickname(s)	Les Bleuets (The Little Blues) Les Tricolores (The Rainbow Pickles)
Association	French Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jean-Claude Giuntini
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours
Biggest defeat
Germany 3–0 France  (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 10 May 2012)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1987)
Best result	Champions: 2001
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 2002)
Best result	Champions: 2004, 2015

France have won the FIFA U-17 World Cup once in 2001 and also won the UEFA European Under-17 Championship twice in 2004 and 2015.

Players

Current squad

• The following players have been called to participate in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

Head coach: Jean Claude Guintini

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Amjhad Nazih	18 January 2002 (aged 18)	4	0	Nîmes
2	GK	Melvin Zinga	16 March 2002 (aged 18)	11	0	Le Havre
3	DF	Temitope Akinjogunla	24 November 2002 (aged 17)	5	0	Toulouse
4	DF	Melih Altikulac	8 February 2002 (aged 18)	4	0	Lyon
5	DF	Nianzou Kouassi (captain)	7 June 2002 (aged 17)	24	4	Paris Saint-Germain
6	DF	Chrislain Matsima	15 May 2002 (aged 17)	16	0	Monaco
7	DF	Jean-Claude Ntenda	3 September 2002 (aged 17)	15	1	Nantes
8	DF	Brandon Soppy	21 February 2002 (aged 18)	17	1	Rennes
9	DF	Etienne Youte Kinkoué	14 January 2002 (aged 18)	5	1	Internazionale
10	MF	Lucien Agoumé	9 February 2002 (aged 18)	17	4	Sochaux
11	MF	Adil Aouchiche	15 July 2002 (aged 17)	21	5	Paris Saint-Germain
12	MF	Johann Lepenant	22 October 2002 (aged 17)	16	0	Caen
13	MF	Enzo Millot	17 July 2002 (aged 17)	20	2	Monaco
14	MF	Théo Zidane	18 May 2002 (aged 17)	12	2	Real Madrid
15	FW	Dilane Bakwa	26 August 2002 (aged 17)	23	5	Bordeaux
16	FW	Isaac Lihadji	10 April 2002 (aged 17)	8	0	Marseille
17	FW	Nathanaël Mbuku	16 March 2002 (aged 18)	21	6	Reims
18	FW	Kelian Nsona Wa Sata	11 May 2002 (aged 17)	7	0	Caen
19	FW	Georginio Rutter	20 April 2002 (aged 17)	29	10	Rennes
20	FW	Amadou Traoré	7 March 2002 (aged 18)	25	4	Bordeaux

Previous squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup/Championship squads 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads – France 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads – France 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads – France 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads – France 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads – France

UEFA U-17 European Championships squads 2016_UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship squads – France 2015_UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship squads – France 2012 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2011 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2010 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2009 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2008 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2007 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2004 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2002 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France

Competitive record

For single-match results of the under-17 national team, see French football single-season articles.

FIFA U-17 World Cup record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Did Not Qualify 1987 Quarter-Finals 4 1 1 2 6 6 1989 Did Not Qualify 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 Champions 6 5 0 1 18 8 2003 Did Not Qualify 2005 2007 Quarter-Finals 5 2 2 1 8 6 2009 Did Not Qualify 2011 Quarter-Finals 5 2 2 1 9 6 2013 Did Not Qualify 2015 Round of 16 4 3 1 0 14 4 2017 Round of 16 4 3 0 1 15 5 2019 Third place 7 6 0 1 22 6 2021 To be determined Total 1 title 35 22 6 7 92 41

UEFA U-17 European Championship record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 2002 Runners-Up 6 1 4 1 5 4 2003 Did not qualify 2004 Champions 5 5 0 0 11 3 2005 Did not qualify 2006 2007 Semi-Final 4 1 1 2 4 6 2008 Runners-Up 5 2 2 1 8 9 2009 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 2 3 2010 Semi-Final 4 2 0 2 6 5 2011 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 3 4 2012 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 3 6 2013 Did not qualify 2014 2015 Champions 6 5 1 0 15 2 2016 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 0 3 2017 Fifth Place 5 3 0 2 13 7 2018 Did not qualify 2019 Semi-Final 5 3 1 1 14 6 Total 2 titles 47 19 15 13 70 52

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Honours

• FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Champions (1): 2001

Third place (1): 2019

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Champions (2): 2004, 2015

Finalists (4): 1996, 2001, 2002, 2008

• Montaigu Tournament

Champions (9): 1976, 1977, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006

References

External links

• Official site (in French)