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)
AssociationMalian Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coach Mamadou Traore
Home stadiumStade du 26 Mars
FIFA codeMLI
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1997)
Best resultRunners-up (2015)
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances8 (first in 1995)
Best resultChampions (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
1985Did Not Enter
1987
1989
1991Did Not Qualify
1993
1995
1997Quarter-finals5th421172
1999Group stage14th302101
2001Quarter-finals6th420254
2003Did Not Qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015Runners-up2nd7511124
2017Fourth place4th74031611
2019Did Not Qualify
2021To be determined
Total5/19Runners-up189454022

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations record

African U-17 Championship
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1995Fourth place4th510458
1997Runners-up2nd522143
1999Third Place3rd522165
2001Third Place3rd4211113
2003Did not qualify
2005Group stage6th310277
2007Did not qualify
2009Did not qualify
2011Group stage8th300325
2013Did not qualify
2015Champions1st541094
2017Champions1st532092
2019Did not qualify
Total8/13Champions35158125341

*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 1GK Alkalifa Coulibay (2001-12-23) 23 December 2001 ASO Missira
16 1GK Youssouf Koita (2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 Bamako
21 1GK Massiré Gassama (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 Black Stars

2 2DF Boubacar Haïdara (2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 Bakaridjan
4 2DF Fodé Konaté (2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 Bamako
5 2DF Mamadi Fofana (2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 Diarra
13 2DF Soumaïla Doumbia (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 ASAC
15 2DF Abdoulaye Diaby (2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 Djoliba
18 2DF Ibrahim Kané (2000-06-23) 23 June 2000 Black Stars

3 3MF Djémoussa Traoré (2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 ALOB
6 3MF Mohamed Camara (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 Real Bamako
8 3MF Abdoulaye Dabo (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 Africa Foot
10 3MF Abdou Salam Jiddou (2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 Guidars
14 3MF Siaka Sidibé (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 Stade Malien
17 3MF Mamadou Samaké (2000-05-15) 15 May 2000 Yeelen Olympique
20 3MF Cheick Oumar Doucouré (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 Real Bamako

7 4FW Hadji Dramé (2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 Yeelen Olympique
9 4FW Seme Camara (2000-11-25) 25 November 2000 Diarra
11 4FW Mamadou Traoré (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 Stade Malien
12 4FW Mahamane Touré (2000-07-13) 13 July 2000 Real Bamako
19 4FW Lassana N'Diaye (2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 Guidars

See also

References

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