Moldova national under-17 football team

Moldova Under-17
Nickname(s)Tricolorii mici (The Small Tricolours)
AssociationMoldovan Football Federation (FMF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVitalie Mardari
FIFA codeMDA
First colours
Second colours
First international
Official:
 Moldova 1–1 Austria 
(Heiligeneich, Austria; 5 October 1994)
Biggest win
 Liechtenstein 0–7 Moldova 
(Kato Achaia, Greece; 9 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 7–0 Moldova 
(Cologne, Germany; 26 November 1997)
European Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
Best resultGroup Stage (2002)

The Moldova national under-17 football team represents Moldova in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. The team competes to qualify for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship held every year. They qualified for the 2002 competition but finished last in the group stage. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification. They are currently coached by Vitalie Mardari.[1]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

Albania  v  Moldova
2 May 2023 (2023-05-02) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament Albania  3–0  Moldova Tirana, Albania
Nuedini 45', 68'
Halili 45+3'
Report Stadium: Ish-kompleksi Dinamo
Referee: Xhulio Agolli (Albania)
Moldova  v  Faroe Islands
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament Moldova  3–1  Faroe Islands Tirana, Albania
Efros 31'
Palamarciuc 48'
Caragheorghi 59'
Report Andrian 54' Stadium: Ish-kompleksi Dinamo
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
Azerbaijan  v  Moldova
7 May 2023 (2023-05-07) UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament Azerbaijan  2–3  Moldova Tirana, Albania
Nazarli 26'
Shakarkhanov 39'
Report Dimitrișin 30'
Musteață 89', 90+2'
Stadium: Ish-kompleksi Dinamo
Referee: Xhulian Bacaj (Albania)
Sweden  v  Moldova
27 September 2023 (2023-09-27) 2024 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying Sweden  3–2  Moldova Chișinău, Moldova
Kusi-Asare 17', 40', 61' Report Caragheorghi 4'
Efros 51'
Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2
Attendance: 1,235
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)
Poland  v  Moldova
30 September 2023 (2023-09-30) 2024 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying Poland  3–0  Moldova Chișinău, Moldova
Adkonis 8', 38' (pen.), 58' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2
Attendance: 854
Referee: Georgi Davidov (Bulgaria)
Moldova  v  Latvia
3 October 2023 (2023-10-03) 2024 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying Moldova  0–3  Latvia Chișinău, Moldova
Report Sprukts 45+2' (pen.), 53'
Poskrjobiševs 86'
Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2
Attendance: 50
Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2024

Romania  v  Moldova
10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) Friendly Romania  4–1  Moldova Buftea, Romania
Popa 16'
Stoian 43'
Doicaru 70'
Stanciu 86'
Report Lutenco 62' Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre
Referee: Mihai Amorarâtei (Romania)
Romania  v  Moldova
12 February 2024 (2024-02-12) Friendly Romania  2–0  Moldova Buftea, Romania
Racu 45+1'
Doicaru 53'
Report Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre

2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Qualifying round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Elite round
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Latvia 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Moldova (H) 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Moldova Vitalie Mardari
Assistant coach Moldova Igor Negrescu
Goalkeeping coach Moldova Serghei Dinov

Last updated: 21 March 2024
Source: FMF

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches against Sweden, Poland and Latvia between 27 September and 3 October 2023.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Maxim Gumenco (2007-09-13) 13 September 2007 (age 16) Romania Bacău
12 1GK Dan Rusu (2007-02-09) 9 February 2007 (age 17) Moldova Rebeja Academy
2 2DF Daniel Carcea (2007-01-30) 30 January 2007 (age 17) Moldova Rebeja Academy
3 2DF Vadim Burcă (2007-06-07) 7 June 2007 (age 16) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
4 2DF Danila Dimitrișin (2007-05-05) 5 May 2007 (age 16) Moldova Rebeja Academy
5 2DF David Dimitrișin (2007-05-05) 5 May 2007 (age 16) Moldova Rebeja Academy
13 2DF Alexandru Egupov (2007-09-18) 18 September 2007 (age 16) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
18 2DF Alexandru Ursu (2007-06-28) 28 June 2007 (age 16) Moldova Rebeja Academy
20 2DF Alexandru Gorșa (2007-03-25) 25 March 2007 (age 16) Moldova Dacia Buiucani
6 3MF Alexandru Muntean (2007-07-11) 11 July 2007 (age 16) Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
8 3MF Chiril Șilcenco (2007-05-15) 15 May 2007 (age 16) Moldova Rebeja Academy
10 3MF Bogdan Musteață (2007-12-14) 14 December 2007 (age 16) Moldova Rebeja Academy
14 3MF Leonard Bulmaga (2007-08-14) 14 August 2007 (age 16) Moldova Rebeja Academy
16 3MF Mihai Sava (2007-09-01) 1 September 2007 (age 16) Moldova LIRPS Chișinău
17 3MF Nichita Beșleagă (2007-06-12) 12 June 2007 (age 16) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
19 3MF Dan Palamarciuc (2007-03-06) 6 March 2007 (age 17) Germany Erlangen-Bruck
7 4FW Ilie Efros (2007-04-19) 19 April 2007 (age 16) Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
9 4FW Nicolae Gumeni (2007-05-22) 22 May 2007 (age 16) Moldova Rebeja Academy
11 4FW Nichita Caragheorghi (2007-10-04) 4 October 2007 (age 16) Moldova Rebeja Academy
15 4FW Nichita Lipcan (2007-10-04) 4 October 2007 (age 16) Moldova Rebeja Academy

Competition history

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship

Under-16 era, 1995–2001
Under-17 era, 2002– present

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record UEFA U-16/17
Qualification record[3]
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Squad Pld W D L GF GA GD
Belgium 1995 Did not qualify 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
Austria 1996 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3
Germany 1997 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
Scotland 1998 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17
Czech Republic 1999 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4
Israel 2000 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4
England 2001 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3
Denmark 2002 Group stage 3 0 0 3 7 13 −6 Squad 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
Portugal 2003 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4
France 2004 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1
Italy 2005 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3
Luxembourg 2006 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1
Belgium 2007 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5
Turkey 2008 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4
Germany 2009 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11
Liechtenstein 2010 3 0 2 1 2 7 −5
Serbia 2011 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9
Slovenia 2012 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6
Slovakia 2013 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2
Malta 2014 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5
Bulgaria 2015 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
Azerbaijan 2016 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6
Croatia 2017 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8
England 2018 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8
Republic of Ireland 2019 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2
Estonia 2020 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6
Israel 2022 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4
Hungary 2023 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5
Cyprus 2024 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7
Albania 2025 Future event
Total 1/29 3 0 0 3 7 13 −6 88 12 19 57 71 189 −118

Head-to-head record

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 3 October 2023.[4]

Opponents Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Albania 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Armenia 4 3 0 1 10 3 +7
 Austria 3 0 3 0 1 1 0
 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Belarus 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 0 1 5 1 15 −14
 Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
 Croatia 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3
 Cyprus 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5
 Czech Republic 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1
 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Estonia 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
 Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Finland 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7
 France 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3
 Georgia 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
 Germany 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15
 Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Greece 4 0 3 1 3 4 −1
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2
 Iceland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Israel 2 0 1 1 3 9 −6
 Italy 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10
 Kazakhstan 1 1 0 0 4 3 +1
 Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Latvia 4 0 1 3 4 10 −6
 Liechtenstein 2 2 0 0 11 2 +9
 Lithuania 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Luxembourg 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Malta 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Montenegro 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 North Macedonia 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Northern Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3
 Norway 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
 Poland 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6
 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Romania 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
 Russia 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9
 San Marino 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Serbia 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9
 Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 3 6 −3
 Slovakia 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7
 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Spain 4 0 0 4 3 14 −11
 Sweden 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7
  Switzerland 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4
 Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Ukraine 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5
 Wales 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2
Total 91 12 19 60 78 202 −124

See also

References

  1. ^ "Noutăți". fmf.md.
  2. ^ Lot fmf.md
  3. ^ "Statistics". RSSSF.
  4. ^ "H2H". fmf.md.

External links

  • Moldova U-17 at uefa.com
  • Moldova U-17 at soccerway
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