Belgium national under-17 football team explained

Belgium U-17
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Fifa Trigramme:BEL
Nickname:De Jonge Duivels
Les Diablotins
The Super Devils
Association:Royal Belgian Football Association
Confederation:UEFA
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Regional Name:World Cup
Regional Cup Apps:2
Regional Cup First:2007
Regional Cup Best:Third place (2015)
2Ndregional Name:European Championship
2Ndregional Cup Apps:7
2Ndregional Cup First:2006
2Ndregional Cup Best:Semi-final (2007, 2015, 2018)

The Belgium national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Their biggest successes have been their bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup, reaching the semi-finals of the European championship in 2007 on home soil, and again in 2015 and 2018.

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Belgium under-17 squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

YearRound
1985did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007Group stage310236
2009did not qualify
2011
2013
2015Third place741298
2017did not qualify
2019
2023
2025to be determined
Total2/20105141214

UEFA European U-17 Football Championship record

YearRound
2002did not qualify
2004
2005
2006Group stage301228
2007Semi-finals413*055
2008did not qualify
2009
2010
2011
2012Group stage311132
2013did not qualify
2014
2015Semi-finals522*164
2016Quarter-finals412132
2017did not qualify
2018Semi-finals5401103
2019Quarter-finals412155
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3] [4]
2021
2022Group stage311144
2023did not qualify
2024did not qualify
Total8/1931121093833

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belgium-Slovenia Under-17 2023 . UEFA . 26 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Belgium-Croatia Under-17 2023 . UEFA . 26 March 2023.
  3. Web site: U17 finals in Estonia cancelled. UEFA. 18 March 2020. 22 August 2021.
  4. Web site: 2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled. UEFA. 18 December 2020. 22 August 2021.