Benin national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Benin women's national under-17 football team.

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
First colours Second colours
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	None
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	None

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]

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
Year	Round	GP	W	D1	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025
2026
Total	0/21	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

• Benin national football team
• Benin national under-20 football team

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. 31 October 2018.
3. "Benin players and ex-FA boss given prison sentences for age cheating". BBC Sport. 31 October 2018.