| Sri Lanka U-17 Football Team | |
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| Fifa Trigramme: | SRI |
| Nickname: | ල০කා සි০හයෝ, Lankan Lions |
| Association: | Football Federation of Sri Lanka |
| Sub-Confederation: | SAFF (South Asia) |
| Confederation: | AFC (Asia) |
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| Regional Name: | FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 0 |
| 2Ndregional Name: | AFC U-16 Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 0 |
| 3Rdregional Name: | SAFF U-16 Championship |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 6 |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 2011 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Semi-finals (2022) |
| First Game: | 0-4 (Khatmandu, Nepal; 21 April 1998) |
| Largest Win: | 0-8 (Khatmandu, Nepal; 23 April 1998) |
| Largest Loss: | 10-0 (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 22 September 2017) |
The Sri Lanka national under-17 football team is the under-17 football (soccer) team of Sri Lanka. The team participates in the U-16 football competitions in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup or the AFC U-16 Championship.
In 1998, the team played against the Bangladesh national under-17 football team in the qualifiers for the AFC U-16 Championship, but lost 4-0. The team won its first international game against the Guam national under-18 football team in that competition by a score of 8-0. The Sri Lankan team also participated in the qualifiers but failed to win a single game.[1]
| World Cup finals | World Cup qualifications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | width=30px | GP | width=30px | W | width=30px | D | width=30px | L | width=30px | GS | width=30px | GA | width=30px | GP | width=30px | W | width=30px | D* | width=30px | L | width=30px | GS | width=30px | GA |
| 1985 to 1997 | Did not Enter | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 to 2015 | Did not Qualify | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Did not Enter | Did not Enter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 to 2023 | Did not Qualify | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 2025 | To be determined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 56 | ||||||||||||
| Championship finals | Championship qualifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| Did not Enter | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
| Did not Qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Did not Enter | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
| Did not Qualify | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| Did not Enter | Did not Enter | ||||||||||||||
| Did not Qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | |||||||||
| Total | 0/18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 85 | |
| width=60px | Year | width=150px | Host | width=40px | Pos. | width=40px | P | width=40px | W | width=40px | D | width=40px | L | width=40px | GF | width=40px | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 6/7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 6/6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 5/6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 38 | |||||||||||