Faroe Islands national under-17 football team

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

Faroe Islands U17

Association	Faroe Islands Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Rasmus Nolsøe
Home stadium	Tórsvøllur and Svangaskarð
FIFA code	FRO
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	0 (first in -)
Best result	-
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2017 )
Best result	Group Stage (2017)

The Faroe Islands U-17 National Team represents the Faroe Islands at under-17 age level and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association.

The team most recently took part in the 2017 UEFA Under-17 Championship qualifiers in 2017, qualifying to the Elite Round for the first time, ^{[1] [2]} and then qualifying to the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament. ^{[3] [4]}

History in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Between 1982-2001 this was an under-16 championship.

Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1982	did not enter
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997	Qualifying stage
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003	First qualifying stage
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017	16th	3	0	0	3	0	13	-13
2018	First qualifying stage
2019
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [5] [6]
2021
2022	First qualifying stage
2023	did not qualify
2024
Total	1/36	3	0	0	3	0	13	-13

2017 UEFA Under-17 Championship Qualifiers

Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Qualifying round

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Elite round
2	Faroe Islands	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Luxembourg (H)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)

19:00

Faroe Islands	2–0	Czech Republic
Giessing 2' Løkin 45'	Report

Terrain Poetz, Wiltz

Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

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23 October 2016 (2016-10-23)

18:30

Switzerland	3–0	Faroe Islands
Gonzalez 6' Burkart 29' Okafor 56'	Report

Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn

Referee: Vilhjálmur Þórarinsson (Iceland)

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26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)

19:00

Luxembourg	2–2	Faroe Islands
Schaus 66', 73' (pen.)	Report	Jacobsen 40+1', 57'

Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn

Referee: Vilhjálmur Þórarinsson (Iceland)

Elite round

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Republic of Ireland (Q)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Final tournament
2	Faroe Islands (Q)	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
3	Slovakia (E)	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Cyprus (H, E)	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

15 March 2017 (2017-03-15)

14:15

Republic of Ireland	4–0	Faroe Islands
Connolly 9', 23' Idah 41' Doherty 43'	Report

Pafiako Stadium, Paphos

Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo (Gibraltar)

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17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)

14:15

Cyprus	0–0	Faroe Islands
	Report

Kouklia Community Stadium, Paphos

Referee: Jason Lee Barcelo (Gibraltar)

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20 March 2017 (2017-03-20)

14:00

Faroe Islands	2–1	Slovakia
Jacobsen 28' Sørensen 45'	Report	Pišoja 54'

Pafiako Stadium, Paphos

Referee: Andi Koçi (Albania)

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches against Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Malta on 10, 13 and 16 April 2025. ^[7]

Caps and goals correct as of 13 April 2025, after the match against Bulgaria

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Tróndur Sjúrðarson	(2008-07-06) 6 July 2008 (age 16)	4	0	Suðuroy
12	1 GK	Markus Johansen	(2008-09-23) 23 September 2008 (age 16)	5	0	07 Vestur
2	2 DF	Silas Joensen	(2008-03-14) 14 March 2008 (age 17)	9	0	HB
3	2 DF	Jens Eiler Samsson	(2008-02-23) 23 February 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Víkingur
4	2 DF	Jóel Tróndargjógv	(2009-02-16) 16 February 2009 (age 16)	4	1	NSÍ Runavík
5	2 DF	Rasmus Helgason	(2008-04-18) 18 April 2008 (age 17)	12	1	07 Vestur
6	2 DF	Eydthór Joensen	(2008-08-26) 26 August 2008 (age 16)	9	0	TB
10	2 DF	Heini Guttesen	(2008-11-06) 6 November 2008 (age 16)	4	0	B36
13	2 DF	Dennis Anghel	(2009-10-21) 21 October 2009 (age 15)	5	0	B36
7	3 MF	Jónas Samuelsen	(2008-01-29) 29 January 2008 (age 17)	4	0	B68
8	3 MF	Djóni Sivertsen	(2008-06-20) 20 June 2008 (age 16)	8	0	B36
14	3 MF	Kristian Jacobsen	(2008-10-08) 8 October 2008 (age 16)	1	0	Víkingur
15	3 MF	Benadiktus Olsen	(2008-03-02) 2 March 2008 (age 17)	8	0	NSÍ Runavík
17	3 MF	Jógvan í Skála	(2008-04-15) 15 April 2008 (age 17)	7	0	HB
18	3 MF	Högni á Steig	(2008-04-22) 22 April 2008 (age 17)	2	0	KÍ
9	4 FW	Páll Müller	(2008-02-09) 9 February 2008 (age 17)	8	0	KÍ
11	4 FW	Dánial Mørkøre	(2008-07-30) 30 July 2008 (age 16)	13	1	Vejle
16	4 FW	Ezra Lukama	(2008-09-10) 10 September 2008 (age 16)	2	0	KÍ

See also

• Faroe Islands men's national under-21 football team
• Faroe Islands men's national under-19 football team
• Faroe Islands women's national football team
• Faroe Islands women's national under-17 football team

References

1. "U-17 dreingirnir hava skrivað søgu" (in Faroese). FSF. October 26, 2016. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
2. "Seleção sub-17 faz história!" (in Portuguese). Faroe Football. October 28, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
3. "VIDEO: U17-dreingirnir til EM" (in Faroese). FSF. March 20, 2017. Archived from the original on March 26, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
4. "Seleção sub-17 consegue classificação histórica para o Euro" (in Portuguese). Faroe Football. March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
5. "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
6. "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
7. "Luxembourg-Faroe Islands". UEFA. Retrieved 16 April 2025.