Niger national under-17 football team

Niger Under 17

Nickname(s)

Ménas

Association

Fédération Nigerienne de Football

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Sub-confederation

WAFU (West Africa)

Head coach

Francisco Castano Benito

FIFA code

NIG

First colours

Second colours

First international

Somalia 0-3 Niger

(Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008)

Biggest win

Somalia 0-3 Niger

(Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008)

Biggest defeat

Nigeria 6-0 Niger

(Kano, Nigeria; 23 September 2009)

Nigeria 6-0 Niger

(Nigeria; 20 September 2012)

African U-17 Championship

Appearances

2 (first in 2015)

Best result

Fourth place (2017)

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Appearances

1 (first in 2017)

Best result

Round of 16 (2017)

The Niger national under-17 football team is the U-17 football team for Niger. The team represents the country in international under-17 matches and is controlled by the Fédération Nigerienne de Football.

Tournament Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not participate
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Withdrew
2005	Did not participate
2007	Did not participate
2009	Disqualified
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	1	8
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Did not qualify
2025	To be determined
Total	1/20	4	1	0	3	1	8

CAF U-17 Championship record

African U-17 Championship
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	Did not participate
1997
1999
2001
2003	Withdrew
2005	Did not participate
2007	Did not participate
2009	Disqualified
2011	Did not participate
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
2017	Fourth place	5	1	2	2	4	5
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Did not qualify
Total	2/14	8	2	2	4	7	10

Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were selected to compete in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Head coach: Ismaila Tiemoko

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mousa Laouali	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 23)	GNN
16	1GK	Abdoulaye Boubacar	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	APO River
21	1GK	Khaled Lawali	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 23)	Sahel

3	2DF	Mahamadou Mahamane	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 22)	Nigelec
4	2DF	Nasser Mahaman	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 23)	Air Academie
5	2DF	Farouk Idrissa	(2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 24)	Lazaret
12	2DF	Djibrilla Ibrahim	(2002-03-02) 2 March 2002 (age 22)	Douanes
15	2DF	Rachid Soumana	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	Tudu Mighty Jets
18	2DF	Ibrahim Namata	(2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 23)	Soniantcha

2	3MF	Yacine Wa Massamba	(2000-03-09) 9 March 2000 (age 24)	Nigelec
6	3MF	Ismael Issaka	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	CBK
7	3MF	Moctar Ousmane	(2000-09-15) 15 September 2000 (age 23)	Mano Dayak
8	3MF	Habibou Sofiane	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	Maccabi Haifa
10	3MF	Rachid Alfari	(2000-12-30) 30 December 2000 (age 23)	Nigelec
11	3MF	Karim Tinni	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23)	Sahel
13	3MF	Yacouba Aboubacar	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	Tahoua
14	3MF	Kader Aboubacar	(2000-12-31) 31 December 2000 (age 23)	Akokana

9	4FW	Kairou Amoustapha	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	Nigelec
17	4FW	Ibrahim Boubacar Marou	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	Soniantcha
19	4FW	Salim Abdourahmane	(2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 22)	Jangorzo
20	4FW	Hamid Galissoune	(2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 24)	SACA Sport