| Somalia U-17 | |
| Nickname: | The Ocean Stars |
| Badge: | Coat of arms of Somalia.svg |
| Badge Size: | 200px |
| Fifa Trigramme: | SOM |
| Association: | Xiriirka Soomaaliyeed ee Kubadda Cagta |
| Sub-Confederation: | CECAFA (Central & East Africa) |
| Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
| Coach: |  Nuur Maxamed |
| Captain: | Abdulle Abdullahi Abdulle |
| Home Stadium: | Mogadishu Stadium |
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| First Game: | 0–1 (Lubango, Angola; 2 March 1997) |
| Largest Win: | 3–1 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 15 October 2022) |
| Largest Loss: | 1–3 (Lusaka, Zambia; 12 January 2003) |
| Regional Name: | FIFA u17 World Cup |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 0 |
| 2Ndregional Name: | CECAFA U-17 Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 4 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2007 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Champions, (2022) |
| 3Rdregional Name: | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 1 |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 2023 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Group stage, (2023) |
The Somalia national under-17 football team (so|Kooxda Qaranka Soomaaliya, Arabic: الاتحاد الصومالي لكرة القدم), nicknamed the Ocean Stars, represents Somalia at the age of U-17 levels in international football and is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[1] [2] [3]
The Somalia national under-17 football team has been known or nicknamed as (so|Kooxda Qaranka Soomaaliya, Arabic: الاتحاد الصومالي لكرة القدم), the Ocean Stars
The team play its home matches on the Horseed Stadium and others stadiums.
The Somalia national under-17 football team have played their debut game on 2 March 1998 against Angola at Lubanga, Angola which lost by 0–1 goal. The team in 2022 have won 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship for the first time and they have qualified to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria.[4] The nation yet to qualified in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations between 29 April – 19 May.[5] [6]
Caps and goals are correct as of 2 May 2023, after the match against Congo.
| FIFA U-17 World Cup Record | width=1% rowspan=50 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
 1985 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 1987 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 1991 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 1993 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 1995 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 1997 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 1999 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 2001 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 2003 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 2005 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 2009 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 2015 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 2017 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| | Cancelled | |||||||||||||
 2023 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
 2025 | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 0/20 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Record | width=1% rowspan=50 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts / Year | Result | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
 1995to 2019 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
 | Cancelled | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
 2025 | To be determined | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1/15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| CECAFA U-17 Championship Record | width=1% rowspan=50 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
 2007 | Group stages | – | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 2009 | Group stages | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 2018 | Runners-up | – | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
 2020 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
 2022 | Champions | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| Total | 4/5 | – | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | ||||||