Gambia U-17 | |
Flag: | Flag of Gambia.svg |
Badge Size: | 130px |
Fifa Trigramme: | GAM |
Nickname: | Baby Scorpions |
Association: | Gambia Football Federation |
Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
Coach: | Abdoulie Bojang |
Home Stadium: | Independence Stadium |
U17wc Apps: | 2 |
U17wc First: | 1991 |
U17wc Best: | Group Stage (2005, 2009) |
Regional Name: | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations |
Regional Cup Apps: | 4 |
Regional Cup First: | 2003 |
Regional Cup Best: | Champions (2005, 2009) |
The Gambia national under-17 football team is the U-17 football team of the Gambia and is controlled by the Gambia Football Federation.
The team won the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations in 2005 & 2009. The 2005 team caused one of the biggest upsets in FIFA U-17 World Cup history after defeating Brazil 3–1.Captain of the team (2005) was Ousman Koli.[1]
Hosts/Year | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||
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1985 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
1987 | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
1989 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
1991 | ||||||||||||||
1993 | ||||||||||||||
1995 | ||||||||||||||
1997 | ||||||||||||||
1999 | ||||||||||||||
2001 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
2003 | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Group Stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
2009 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
2013 | ||||||||||||||
2015 | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
2023 | ||||||||||||||
2025 | To be determined | |||||||||||||
Total | 3/20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
African U-17 Championship | ||||||||||||||
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Hosts/Year | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||
1995 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
1997 | ||||||||||||||
1999 | ||||||||||||||
2001 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
2003 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
2005 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||||||
2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
2009 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
2011 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
2013 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
2015 | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
2023 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
2025 | To be determined | |||||||||||||
Total | 4/15 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 |
CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers | |||||||||
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Appearances: 0 | |||||||||
Year | Round | Position | |||||||
1985 | Did not enter | ||||||||
1987 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1989 | Did not enter | ||||||||
1991 | Fourth round | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
1993 | Did not enter | ||||||||
Total | 1/5 |