Gibraltar national under-17 football team

Gibraltar Under-17
Association	Gibraltar Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Victor Manuel Gonzalez
Captain	Niall Garratt
Most caps	Andrew Hernandez, Jaiden Bartolo (9)
Top scorer	Jaiden Bartolo (6)
Home stadium	Victoria Stadium
FIFA code	GIB
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Republic of Ireland 4–1 Gibraltar ; (Yerevan, Armenia; 24 October 2013)
Biggest win
	Gibraltar 8–2 Liechtenstein ; (Gibraltar; 25 August 2022)
Biggest defeat
	Czech Republic 13–0 Gibraltar ; (Strumica, North Macedonia; 8 October 2025)
European Championship
Appearances	None
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	None

Last updated October 14, 2025

The Gibraltar national under-17 football team is the youth football team of Gibraltar, run by the Gibraltar Football Association. The team is based mostly on the young players from the region's domestic leagues, the Gibraltar Premier Division and Gibraltar Second Division, and competes every year to qualify for the European Under-17 Football Championship.

History

The team played its first match on 24 October 2013 against the Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team,^[1] the year when Gibraltar became a member of UEFA.^[2] George Wink, then of the Juvenil team of the Spanish club Club Atlético Zabal, scored the first goal, in the history of the national under-17 team on October 28, 2013 against the Armenia national under-17 football team.^[3]

The side would finish bottom of the group on every campaign since, scoring only 5 goals in response, with George Wink becoming the record goalscorer at any level of football in Gibraltar until Jake Gosling and Lee Casciaro equalled the record for the seniors in 2015. In May 2017, a re-organization of management throughout the Gibraltar Football Association saw coach Stephen Head step up to manage the U19 team, with David Ochello appointed as his replacement. The following campaign saw Gibraltar suffer a record 10-0 defeat to Norway on the 4th anniversary of their debut in the competition.

8 years after their first matches as UEFA members, Gibraltar finally secured their first win at under-17 level with a 2-1 friendly win over Faroe Islands on 10 September 2021. In October 2023, Gibraltar initially withdrew from qualification for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, citing safety concerns as a result of the Gaza war.^[4] The whole group, set to be hosted in Israel, was postponed by UEFA later that day.^[5] New dates were later announced for November 2023 with Wales hosting instead.

Match record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Era	Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Under-16	1985 to 1989	Not a FIFA member								Not a FIFA member
Under-17	1991 to 2015	Not a FIFA member								Not a FIFA member
	2017	Ineligible								—
	2019	Did Not Qualify								3	0	0	3	0	27
	2021	Cancelled								—
	2023	Did Not Qualify								2	0	0	2	0	14
	2025	Did Not Qualify								3	0	0	3	0	19
	2026	To be determined								To be determined
	2027	Future Event								Future Event
	2028
	2029
Total		—	0/24	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	8	0	60

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Era	Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Under-16	1982 to 2001	Not a UEFA member								Not a UEFA member
Under-17	2002 to 2013	Not a UEFA member								Not a UEFA member
	2014	did not qualify								3	0	0	3	2	14
	2015									3	0	1	2	0	9
	2016									3	0	0	3	2	16
	2017									3	0	0	3	1	7
	2018									3	0	0	3	0	23
	2019									3	0	0	3	0	27
	2020	Cancelled								3	0	0	3	1	20
	2021	Cancelled								—
	2022	did not qualify								3	0	0	3	1	17
	2023									2	0	0	2	0	14
	2024									2	0	0	2	0	8
	2025									3	0	0	3	0	19
	2026	Future event								0	0	0	0	0	0
	2027	Future event								0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		—	0/41	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	1	30	7	174

Recent results and fixtures

29 October 2024 (2024-10-29) 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification	France	6–0	Gibraltar	Sotira, Cyprus
10:00	Negre 9', 31', 65' (pen.) Himbert 50', 55' Leccese 75'	Report		Stadium: Sotira Municipal Stadium Referee: Pavle Ilić (Serbia)

1 November 2024 (2024-11-01) 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification	Slovakia	7–0	Gibraltar	Sotira, Cyprus
10:00	Polťák 11', 18', 86', 90+1' Baravelli 32' Fecso 45+1' Pecsuk 67'	Report		Stadium: Sotira Municipal Stadium Referee: Mihály Káprály (Hungary)

4 November 2024 (2024-11-04) 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification	Gibraltar	0–6	Cyprus	Achna, Cyprus
13:30		Report	E. Georgiou 8', 11', 90+2' Kontopoulos 71' (pen.), 90+1' O. Panayiotou 85'	Stadium: Dasaki Stadium Referee: Pavle Ilić (Serbia)

4 June 2025 (2025-06-04) 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification	Montenegro	Withdrew	Gibraltar	Montenegro
		Report

7 June 2025 (2025-06-07) 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification	Latvia	Withdrew	Gibraltar	Montenegro
		Report

10 June 2025 (2025-06-10) 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification	Gibraltar	Withdrew	Estonia	Montenegro
		Report

8 October 2025 (2025-10-08) 2026 UEFA U-17 Qualification	Czech Republic	13–0	Gibraltar	Strumica, North Macedonia
13:00	Zahálka 1', 14', 40' Azaka 11', 22', 45+2' Švec 16', 20' Drakes 31' (o.g.) Srb 45+3' Cáhlik 55' (pen.) Ilinčič 71' Cvejn 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kukuš Attendance: 35 Referee: Karl Koppel (Estonia)

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11) 2026 UEFA U-17 Qualification	Hungary	8–0	Gibraltar	Strumica, North Macedonia
13:00	Juhász 23' Somogyi 30', 45+4', 69' Somfalvi 48' Bősze 66' Polonkai 89' Dajka 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kukuš Referee: Karl Koppel (Estonia)

14 October 2025 (2025-10-14) 2026 UEFA U-17 Qualification	Gibraltar	v	North Macedonia	Strumica, North Macedonia
13:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Kukuš Referee: Dmytro Kubriak (Ukraine)

Squad

Current squad

For the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification and finals, players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible.

The following players were called up for the following 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches:^[6]

Match date: 8, 11 and 14 October 2025
Opposition: Czechia, Hungary and North Macedonia
Caps and goals correct as of: 11 October 2025, after the match against Hungary.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Ethan Bonfante	(2010-08-11) 11 August 2010 (age 15)	2	0	Manchester 62
13	1 GK	Matthew Avellano	(2009-08-12) 12 August 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Lincoln Red Imps

3	2 DF	Julian Pecino	(2009-01-23) 23 January 2009 (age 16)	4	0	Algeciras
2	2 DF	Stefan Soleci	(2009-07-29) 29 July 2009 (age 16)	3	0	Manchester 62
4	2 DF	Niall Garratt (captain)	(2009-01-14) 14 January 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Manchester 62
5	2 DF	Kaion Drakes	(2010-05-24) 24 May 2010 (age 15)	2	0	Lincoln Red Imps
6	2 DF	Aaron Key	(2009-05-27) 27 May 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Manchester 62
17	2 DF	Leon Martinez	(2010-02-23) 23 February 2010 (age 15)	2	0	Lincoln Red Imps
19	2 DF	Aymane Haddad	(2009-05-06) 6 May 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Manchester 62
14	2 DF	Filipe Hill de Oliveira	(2010-02-19) 19 February 2010 (age 15)	1	0	Lincoln Red Imps

7	3 MF	Lucas Llambias	(2009-10-20) 20 October 2009 (age 15)	4	0	Manchester 62
10	3 MF	Nicholas Poggio	(2009-10-08) 8 October 2009 (age 16)	4	0	Lincoln Red Imps
8	3 MF	Azaliah Omara	(2009-05-25) 25 May 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Lincoln Red Imps
12	3 MF	Thomas Phillips	(2009-04-15) 15 April 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Bradfield College
15	3 MF	Enzo Bahadur-Bonet	(2009-08-06) 6 August 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Europa

9	4 FW	Jonathan Rowbottom	(2009-02-01) 1 February 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Lincoln Red Imps
11	4 FW	Jaxsen Ramirez Alman	(2010-01-03) 3 January 2010 (age 15)	2	0	Lincoln Red Imps
16	4 FW	Jace Ramirez	(2010-05-23) 23 May 2010 (age 15)	1	0	Lincoln Red Imps
18	4 FW	Aiden Barbara	(2009-06-30) 30 June 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Manchester 62

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the past twelve months or withdrew from the current squad due to injury or suspension, and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up


MF	Lyndon Turrell	(2009-10-13) 13 October 2009 (age 16)	3	0	Leicester City	v Cyprus, 4 November 2024

FW	Luca Scanlon	(2009-07-13) 13 July 2009 (age 16)	3	0	Burnley	v Cyprus, 4 November 2024
^INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury ^PRE Preliminary squad ^WD Withdrew for other reasons

Managerial history

Stephen Head (2013–2014, 2016–2017)
David Ochello (2014–2016, 2017–2018)
Jeff Wood (2018)
Steven Cummings (2018–2019)
Jonathan Sodi (2019–2020)
Jansen Moreno (2021–2024)
Scott Wiseman (2024)
Victor Manuel Gonzalez (2025–)

Top Goalscorers

As of 4 November 2022

Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Jaiden Bartolo	2021–2022	6	9	0.667
2	James Scanlon	2022	3	4	0.75
3	Sebastian Diaz	2022	2	3	0.667
	Angel Gonzalez	2021	2	3	0.667
	George Wink	2013	2	3	0.667
6	Ashton Hancock	2022	1	1	1
	Javier Martínez	2022	1	1	1
	Christian Zammitt-Agius	2019	1	1	1
	Johnny Rush	2022	1	3	0.333
	Liam Jessop	2021	1	5	0.2
	Julian Valarino	2015–2016	1	5	0.2
	Ethan Britto	2014–2016	1	7	0.143
	Byron Espinosa	2013–2015	1	7	0.143

Notes

↑ Gibraltar drawn with Republic of Ireland, England and Armenia in Under 17’s
↑ "FOOTBALL: Season 2013/14 to kick –off". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
↑ Wink lässt Gibraltar träumen - UEFA.com
↑ Official Statement Gibraltar FA. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
↑ Statement: MU17 UEFA EURO Qualifying Round Football Association of Wales. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
↑ U17 Squad Gibraltar FA. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

External links

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[1] Gibraltar drawn with Republic of Ireland, England and Armenia in Under 17’s

[2] "FOOTBALL: Season 2013/14 to kick –off". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-08-04.

[3] Wink lässt Gibraltar träumen - UEFA.com

[4] Official Statement Gibraltar FA. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

[5] Statement: MU17 UEFA EURO Qualifying Round Football Association of Wales. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

[6] U17 Squad Gibraltar FA. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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