Sri Lanka national under-17 football team

The Sri Lanka national under-17 football team is the under-17 football (soccer) team of Sri Lanka. The team participates in the U-16 football competitions in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup or the AFC U-16 Championship.

Sri Lanka U-17 Football Team
Nickname(s)ල০කා සි০හයෝ , Lankan Lions
AssociationFootball Federation of Sri Lanka
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
FIFA codeSRI
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Sri Lanka 0-4 Bangladesh 
(Khatmandu , Nepal; 21 April 1998)
Biggest win
 Guam 0-8 Sri Lanka 
(Khatmandu, Nepal; 23 April 1998)
Biggest defeat
 Saudi Arabia 10-0 Sri Lanka 
(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 22 September 2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances0
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances0
SAFF U-16 Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2011)
Best resultGroup stage, 4 times

History

In 1998, the team played against the Bangladesh national under-17 football team in the qualifiers for the AFC U-16 Championship, but lost 4-0. The team won its first international game against the Guam national under-18 football team in that competition by a score of 8-0. The Sri Lankan team also participated in the qualifiers but failed to win a single game.[1]

Tournament records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

World Cup finals World Cup qualifications
Hosts/Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1985 to 1997Did not EnterDid not Enter
1999 to 2015Did not Qualify19 33131856
2017Did not EnterDid not Enter
2019 to 2021Did not QualifyDid not qualify
Total0/19-------1933131856

AFC U-16 Championship

Championship finals Championship qualifications
Hosts/Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1985 to 1996Did not EnterDid not Enter
1998Did not Qualify3 10285
20003 01215
20022 01115
20042 10144
20061 00103
20085 104322
2010 and 2012Did not EnterDid not Enter
2014Did not Qualify3 012014
2016Did not EnterDid not Enter
2018Did not Qualify4 004029
Total0/18-------2333171885

SAFF U-16 Championship

Year Host Pos. P W D L GF GA
2011   Nepal5/62002212
2013   Nepal6/7200227
2015 Bangladesh6/6200209
2017   Nepal5/62002010
Total 8008438

Fixtures and results

2015

  Win   Draw   Lose

9 August 2015 SAFF Champion. India  5-0  Sri Lanka Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
17:00 UTC+6 Saurabh Meher  31', 49', 74'
Mohammed Afran 46' (o.g.)
Mohammed Shahjahan  66'
Referee: Nabindra Maharajan (Nepal)
11 August 2015 SAFF Champion. Bangladesh  4-0  Sri Lanka Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
17:00 UTC+6 Md. Sarower Zaman Nipu  5', 87'
M.M. Abedin Rakib  61'
Mohammed Atikuzzaman  77'
Attendance: 12000
Referee: L. Priyobrata Singh (India)

2017

11 March 2017 SA-J Tournament Japan  3-1  Sri Lanka Racecourse Stadium, Colombo
19:00 UTC+5:30 Report
12 March 2017 SA-J Tournament Sri Lanka  5-2  Bhutan Racecourse Stadium, Colombo
17:00 UTC+5:30 Report

See also

References

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