Mali national under-17 football team

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.

Mali

Nickname(s)	Les Aigles (The Eagles)
Association	Malian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mamadou Traore
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)

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: Mamadou Traore

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Alkalifa Coulibay	23 December 2001	ASO Missira
16	GK	Youssouf Koita	27 August 2000	Bamako
21	GK	Massiré Gassama	5 April 2000	Black Stars
2	DF	Boubacar Haïdara	12 March 2000	Bakaridjan
4	DF	Fodé Konaté	2 December 2000	Bamako
5	DF	Mamadi Fofana	11 November 2000	Diarra
13	DF	Soumaïla Doumbia	25 December 2000	ASAC
15	DF	Abdoulaye Diaby	4 July 2000	Djoliba
18	DF	Ibrahim Kané	23 June 2000	Black Stars
3	MF	Djémoussa Traoré	20 January 2000	ALOB
6	MF	Mohamed Camara	6 January 2000	Real Bamako
8	MF	Abdoulaye Dabo	20 July 2000	Africa Foot
10	MF	Abdou Salam Jiddou	6 February 2000	Guidars
14	MF	Siaka Sidibé	24 January 2001	Stade Malien
17	MF	Mamadou Samaké	15 May 2000	Yeelen Olympique
20	MF	Cheick Oumar Doucouré	8 January 2000	Real Bamako
7	FW	Hadji Dramé	10 September 2000	Yeelen Olympique
9	FW	Seme Camara	25 November 2000	Diarra
11	FW	Mamadou Traoré	3 April 2002	Stade Malien
12	FW	Mahamane Touré	13 July 2000	Real Bamako
19	FW	Lassana N'Diaye	3 October 2000	Guidars

See also

• Mali national football team
• Mali national under-20 football team
• Mali women's national football team

References

1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 - Mali". FIFA. November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.