Benin national under-17 football team

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Benin U-17
Nickname(s) Les Guépards
(The Cheetahs)
Formerly: Les Ecureuils (The Squirrels)
Association Benin Football Federation
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Home stadium Stade de l'Amitié
FIFA code BEN
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U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
AppearancesNone
FIFA U-17 World Cup
AppearancesNone

The Benin national under-17 football team represents Benin at under-17 association football youth international matches and U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. [1]

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In September 2018 they were disqualified from the WAFU U-17 Championship, [2] and in October 2018 10 players were jailed, due to age fraud. [3]

Competitive record

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup
YearRoundGPWD1LGSGA
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1985 Did not qualify
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1987
Flag of Scotland.svg 1989
Flag of Italy.svg 1991
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 1993
Flag of Ecuador.svg 1995
Flag of Egypt.svg 1997
Flag of New Zealand.svg 1999
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 2001
Flag of Finland.svg 2003
Flag of Peru.svg 2005
Flag of South Korea.svg 2007
Flag of Nigeria.svg 2009
Flag of Mexico.svg 2011
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2013
Flag of Chile.svg 2015
Flag of India.svg 2017
Flag of Brazil.svg 2019
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2023
Flag of Qatar.svg 2025
Flag of Qatar.svg 2026 To be determined
Total0/20000000

1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

References

  1. "Benin - Benin Under 17 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. "10 Benin U-17 players jailed for age cheating". GhanaSoccernet.
  3. "Benin players and ex-FA boss given prison sentences for age cheating". 31 October 2018 via www.bbc.co.uk.