Association | Gibraltar Football Association | ||
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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 | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Yerevan, Armenia; 24 October 2013) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Gibraltar; 25 August 2022) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Strumica, North Macedonia; 8 October 2025) | |||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | None | ||
FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
Appearances | None |
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.
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.
FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
![]() | Ineligible | — | ||||||||||||||
![]() | Did Not Qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
![]() | Cancelled | — | ||||||||||||||
![]() | Did Not Qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
![]() | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
![]() | Future Event | Future Event | ||||||||||||||
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Total | — | 0/24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 60 |
UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
![]() | did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
![]() | Cancelled | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||
![]() | — | |||||||||||||||
![]() | did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
![]() | Future event | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Total | — | 0/41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 174 |
29 October 2024 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification | France ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | Sotira, Cyprus |
10:00 | Report | Stadium: Sotira Municipal Stadium Referee: Pavle Ilić (Serbia) |
1 November 2024 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Slovakia ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() | Sotira, Cyprus |
10:00 | Report | Stadium: Sotira Municipal Stadium Referee: Mihály Káprály (Hungary) |
4 November 2024 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Gibraltar ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() | Achna, Cyprus |
13:30 | Report |
| Stadium: Dasaki Stadium Referee: Pavle Ilić (Serbia) |
4 June 2025 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Montenegro ![]() | Withdrew | ![]() | Montenegro |
Report |
7 June 2025 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Latvia ![]() | Withdrew | ![]() | Montenegro |
Report |
10 June 2025 2025 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Gibraltar ![]() | Withdrew | ![]() | Montenegro |
Report |
8 October 2025 2026 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Czech Republic ![]() | 13–0 | ![]() | Strumica, North Macedonia |
13:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Kukuš Attendance: 35 Referee: Karl Koppel (Estonia) |
11 October 2025 2026 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Hungary ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() | Strumica, North Macedonia |
13:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Kukuš Referee: Karl Koppel (Estonia) |
14 October 2025 2026 UEFA U-17 Qualification | Gibraltar ![]() | v | ![]() | Strumica, North Macedonia |
13:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Kukuš Referee: Dmytro Kubriak (Ukraine) |
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]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Ethan Bonfante | 11 August 2010 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | GK | Matthew Avellano | 12 August 2009 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Julian Pecino | 23 January 2009 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Stefan Soleci | 29 July 2009 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Niall Garratt (captain) | 14 January 2009 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Kaion Drakes | 24 May 2010 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | DF | Aaron Key | 27 May 2009 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Leon Martinez | 23 February 2010 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | DF | Aymane Haddad | 6 May 2009 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | DF | Filipe Hill de Oliveira | 19 February 2010 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | MF | Lucas Llambias | 20 October 2009 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Nicholas Poggio | 8 October 2009 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Azaliah Omara | 25 May 2009 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | MF | Thomas Phillips | 15 April 2009 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | MF | Enzo Bahadur-Bonet | 6 August 2009 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Jonathan Rowbottom | 1 February 2009 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Jaxsen Ramirez Alman | 3 January 2010 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | FW | Jace Ramirez | 23 May 2010 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | FW | Aiden Barbara | 30 June 2009 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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 |
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MF | Lyndon Turrell | 13 October 2009 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | v ![]() |
FW | Luca Scanlon | 13 July 2009 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | v ![]() |
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury |
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As of 4 November 2022
Players with an equal number of goals are ranked in order of average.
# | Name | Career | Goals | Caps | Average |
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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 | |