Nickname(s) | Les Aigles (The Eagles) | ||
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Association | Malian Football Federation | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
Head coach | Soumaïla Coulibaly | ||
Home stadium | Stade du 26 Mars | ||
FIFA code | MLI | ||
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U-17 Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1995 ) | ||
Best result | Champions (2015, 2017) | ||
FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 6 (first in 1997 ) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2015) |
The Mali national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Mali and is controlled by the Malian Football Federation. It represents Mali in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.
The team has participated in 4 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their best performance came in the 2015 World Cup [1] held in Chile, when Mali reached finished as runners-up. Their best performance at the African level came in the 2015 and the 2017 tournament in Niger and Gabon respectively, when they finished as champions.
FIFA U-17 World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1985 | Did not enter | |||||||
1987 | ||||||||
1989 | ||||||||
1991 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1993 | ||||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1997 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
1999 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2001 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
2003 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2005 | ||||||||
2007 | ||||||||
2009 | ||||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2013 | ||||||||
2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
2017 | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 |
2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2023 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 |
2025 | To be determined | |||||||
Total | 6/20 | Runners-up | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 26 |
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1995 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
1997 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
1999 | Third Place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
2001 | Third Place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
2003 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2005 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2009 | ||||||||
2011 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2013 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2015 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
2017 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2023 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
2025 | To be determined | |||||||
Total | 9/15 | Champions | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 43 |
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations between 29 April – 19 May. [2]
Caps and goals are correct as of 1 May 2023, after the match against Burkina Faso.
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The following table shows Mali's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
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Argentina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 50.00 |
Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
Belgium | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 50.00 |
Brazil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
Germany | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
Ghana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
Honduras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Iraq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
Mexico | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 100.00 |
Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 100.00 |
North Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0.00 |
Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 |
Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
Total | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 56.25 |