Gibraltar national under-17 football team explained

Gibraltar Under-17
Fifa Trigramme:GIB
Confederation:UEFA (Europe)
Coach:Jansen Moreno
Captain:Jaiden Bartolo
Most Caps:Andrew Hernandez, Jaiden Bartolo (9)
Top Scorer:Jaiden Bartolo (6)
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First Game: 4–1
(Yerevan, Armenia; 24 October 2013)
Largest Win: 8–2
(Gibraltar; 25 August 2022)
Largest Loss: 12–0
(Paphos, Cyprus; 4 November 2022)
U17wc Apps:None
Regional Name:European Championship
Regional Cup Apps:None

The Gibraltar national under-17 football team is the youth football team of Gibraltar, run by the Gibraltar Football Association. The team is based mostly on the young players from the region's domestic leagues, the Gibraltar Premier Division and Gibraltar Second Division, and competes every year to qualify for the European Under-17 Football Championship.

History

The team played its first match on 24 October 2013 against the Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team,[1] the year when Gibraltar became a member of UEFA.[2] George Wink, then of the Juvenil team of the Spanish club Club Atlético Zabal, scored the first goal, in the history of the national under-17 team on October 28, 2013 against the Armenia national under-17 football team.[3]

The side would finish bottom of the group on every campaign since, scoring only 5 goals in response, with George Wink becoming the record goalscorer at any level of football in Gibraltar until Jake Gosling and Lee Casciaro equalled the record for the seniors in 2015. In May 2017, a re-organization of management throughout the Gibraltar Football Association saw coach Stephen Head step up to manage the U19 team, with David Ochello appointed as his replacement. The following campaign saw Gibraltar suffer a record 10-0 defeat to Norway on the 4th anniversary of their debut in the competition.

8 years after their first matches as UEFA members, Gibraltar finally secured their first win at under-17 level with a 2-1 friendly win over Faroe Islands on 10 September 2021.In October 2023, Gibraltar initially withdrew from qualification for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, citing safety concerns as a result of the Israel–Hamas war.[4] The whole group, set to be hosted in Israel, was postponed by UEFA later that day.[5] New dates were later announced for November 2023 with Wales hosting instead.

Match record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
EraYearRoundwidth=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28
Under-16 1985 to 1989Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Under-17 1991 to 2015
2017Ineligible
2019Did Not Qualify3 0 0 3 0 27
2021Cancelled
2023Did Not Qualify2 0 0 2 0 14
2025to be determinedTo be determined
Total0/200000005005041

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
EraYearRoundwidth=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28
Under-16 1982 to 2001Not a UEFA memberNot a UEFA member
Under-17 2002 to 2013
2014did not qualify3 0 0 3 2 14
20153 0 1 2 0 9
20163 0 0 3 2 16
20173 0 0 3 1 7
20183 0 0 3 0 23
20193 0 0 3 0 27
2020Cancelled 3 0 0 3 1 20
2021
2022did not qualify3 0 0 3 1 17
20232 0 0 2 0 14
20242 0 0 2 0 8
2025Future event
Total0/410000002801277155

Squad

Current squad

For the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible.

The following players were called up for the following 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches:[6]

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the past twelve months or withdrew from the current squad due to injury or suspension, and remain eligible.INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury
PRE Preliminary squad
WD Withdrew for other reasons

Managerial history

  • Stephen Head (2013–2014, 2016–2017)
  • David Ochello (2014–2016, 2017–2018)
  • Jeff Wood (2018)
  • Steven Cummings (2018–2019)
  • Jonathan Sodi (2019–2020)
  • Jansen Moreno (2021–present)

Top Goalscorers

As of 4 November 2022

Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.

width=50pxNameCareerwidth=50pxGoalswidth=50pxCapswidth=50pxAverage
1Jaiden Bartolo2021–202269
2James Scanlon202234
3Sebastian Diaz202223
Angel Gonzalez202123
201323
6Ashton Hancock202211
Javier Martínez202211
201911
Johnny Rush202213
Liam Jessop202115
2015–201615
Ethan Britto2014–201617
2013–201517

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://footballgibraltar.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/gibraltar-drawn-with-republic-of-ireland-england-and-armenia-i-under-17s/ Gibraltar drawn with Republic of Ireland, England and Armenia in Under 17’s
  2. Web site: FOOTBALL: Season 2013/14 to kick –off . 2014-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923222004/http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=30948 . 2015-09-23 . dead .
  3. http://de.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=gib/news/newsid=2017142.html Wink lässt Gibraltar träumen - UEFA.com
  4. https://www.gibraltarfa.com/news/official-statement-613 Official Statement
  5. https://faw.cymru/news/statement-mu17-uefa-euro-qualifying-round/ Statement: MU17 UEFA EURO Qualifying Round
  6. https://twitter.com/GibraltarFA/status/1710309844345815137 U17 Squad