Niger national under-17 football team

The Niger national under-17 football team represents Niger in youth international football completions. They have qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017 and made the Round of 16.

Niger Under 17
Nickname(s)Ménas
AssociationFédération Nigerienne de Football
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachFrancisco Castano Benito
FIFA codeNIG
First colours
First international
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 0-3 Niger 
(Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008)
Biggest win
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 0-3 Niger 
(Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 6-0 Niger 
(Kano, Nigeria; 23 September 2009)
 Nigeria 6-0 Niger 
(Nigeria; 20 September 2012)
African U-17 Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2015)
Best resultFourth place (2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best resultRound of 16 (2017)

Tournament Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year Round PLD W D* L GS GA
People's Republic of China 1985 Did not participate
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003 Withdrew
Peru 2005 Did not participate
South Korea 2007
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg 2009 Disqualified
Mexico 2011 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017 Round of 16 4 1 0 3 1 8
23x15px 2019 Did not qualify
Indonesia 2023
Qatar 2025 To be determined
Total 1/20 4 1 0 3 1 8

CAF U-17 Championship record

African U-17 Championship
Year Round PLD W D* L GS GA
23x15px 1995 Did not participate
File:Flag of Botswana.svg 1997
23x15px 1999
23x15px 2001
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg 2003 Withdrew
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg 2005 Did not participate
Togo 2007
Algeria 2009 Disqualified
23x15px 2011 Did not participate
Morocco 2013 Did not qualify
Niger 2015 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 5
23x15px 2017 Fourth place 5 1 2 2 4 5
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg 2019 Did not qualify
Algeria 2023
Côte d'Ivoire 2025 To be determined
Total 2/15 8 2 2 4 7 10

  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References