Moldova national under-17 football team

Moldova Under-17
Nickname	Tricolorii juniori (The Junior Tricolours)
Association	Moldovan Football Federation (FMF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Andrei Radiola
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	MDA
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Official:; Moldova 1–1 Austria ; (Heiligeneich, Austria; 5 October 1994)
Biggest win
	Liechtenstein 0–7 Moldova ; (Kato Achaia, Greece; 9 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 7–0 Moldova ; (Cologne, Germany; 26 November 1997)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2002 )
Best result	Group Stage (2002)
Website	fmf.md (in Romanian)

Last updated October 18, 2025

The Moldova national under-17 football team represents Moldova in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova.

The team competes to qualify for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship held every year. They qualified for the 2002 competition but finished last in the group stage. Players born on or after 1 January 2009 are eligible for the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification. They are currently coached by Andrei Radiola.^[1]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2024

23 October 2024 (2024-10-23) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 1	Switzerland	4–0	Moldova	Nisporeni, Moldova
	Mijajlovic 25' Llukes 34' Bralic 41' (pen.) Scherrer 53'	Report		Stadium: Nisporeni Central Stadium Attendance: 234 Referee: Joakim Östling (Sweden)

26 October 2024 (2024-10-26) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 1	Israel	4–0	Moldova	Chișinău, Moldova
	Ben Simon 49' (pen.) Avrevaya 67', 81' Macarov 86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Zimbru-2 Stadium Attendance: 152 Referee: Jóhan Hendrik Ellefsen (Faroe Islands)

29 October 2024 (2024-10-29) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 1	Moldova	0–3	Montenegro	Nisporeni, Moldova
		Report	Jovanović 18' Vukoje 22' Anđić 79'	Stadium: Nisporeni Central Stadium Attendance: 84 Referee: Kamal Umudlu (Azerbaijan)

2025

7 March 2025 (2025-03-07) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 2	Cyprus	2–0	Moldova	Achna, Cyprus
	Charalampous 7' Stylianou 74'	Report		Stadium: Ethnikos Achnas Stadium Referee: Wojciech Myć (Poland)

10 March 2025 (2025-03-10) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 2	Kosovo	1–0	Moldova	Sotira, Cyprus
	Ahmeti 41'	Report		Stadium: Sotira Municipal Stadium Referee: Florian Badstübner (Germany)

13 March 2025 (2025-03-13) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 2	Andorra	1–0	Moldova	Sotira, Cyprus
	Juanfran 83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sotira Municipal Stadium Referee: Wojciech Myć (Poland)

4 June 2025 (2025-06-04) Friendly	Austria	6–1	Moldova	Vienna, Austria
	Maric 17' Jakupi 42' Mbock 56', 87', 88', 90'	Report	Palancica 10'	Stadium: Sportschule Lindabrunn Referee: Josef Spurny (Austria)

7 June 2025 (2025-06-07) Friendly	Austria	7–0	Moldova	Vienna, Austria
	Kolodziejczyk 24' Mbock 45+1' Aleksic 53' (pen.) Ebner 72' Jakupi 82', 83', 89'	Report		Stadium: Sportschule Lindabrunn Referee: Marina Zechner (Austria)

18 August 2025 (2025-08-18) Friendly	Armenia	3–1	Moldova	Yerevan, Armenia
	Edigaryan 67' Ervandyan 72' Arakelyan 82'	Report	Panaghiu 90+1'	Stadium: FFA Technical Center-Academy Stadium Referee: Tiran Eritsyan (Armenia)

20 August 2025 (2025-08-20) Friendly	Armenia	3–2	Moldova	Yerevan, Armenia
	Ervandyan 42' Harutyunyan 79', 90+5'	Report	Cucuruz 13' Afteni 25'	Stadium: FFA Technical Center-Academy Stadium Referee: Stepan Khlvatyan (Armenia)

6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) Friendly	Turkey	3–2	Moldova	Derince, Turkey
	Demirbilek 45+2' Ozcan 75' Sayar 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Ceacîru 29' Burlaciuc 59'	Stadium: İzmit İsmetpaşa Stadium Referee: Abdulabaki Ayiildiz (Turkey)

9 September 2025 (2025-09-09) Friendly	Turkey	5–0	Moldova	Derince, Turkey
	Ilcin 13' Isik 20' Sen 37' Demirbilek 56' Erdogan 90+2'	Report		Stadium: İzmit İsmetpaşa Stadium Referee: Sabit Selvi (Turkey)

8 October 2025 (2025-10-08) 2026 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 1	Belgium	1–0	Moldova	Hasselt, Belgium
	Nga Kana 25'	Report		Stadium: Stedelijk Sportstadion Attendance: 253 Referee: Aaron Wyn Jones (Wales)

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11) 2026 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 1	Norway	1–1	Moldova	Genk, Belgium
	Elvebu 45+3'	Report	Palancica 25'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena B Attendance: 105 Referee: Kamal Umudlu (Azerbaijan)

14 October 2025 (2025-10-14) 2026 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 1	Moldova	0–6	Belarus	Hasselt, Belgium
		Report	Liavonenka 6' Varonin 9' (pen.) Hudach 13', 82' Tsitou 38' Sanko 89'	Stadium: Stedelijk Sportstadion Attendance: 28 Referee: Kamal Umudlu (Azerbaijan)

2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Round 1

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Round 2 League A
2	Norway	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4	Round 2 League A
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	9	10	−1	3	Round 2 League B
4	Moldova	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1	Round 2 League B

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

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Andrei Radiola
Assistant coach	Serghei Truhanov
Goalkeeping coach	Anatol Chirinciuc
Fitness coach	Eduard Chesea

Last updated: 7 August 2025
Source: FMF

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2026 UEFA Euro U17 qualifying matches against Belgium, Norway and Belarus on 8, 11 and 14 October 2025, respectively.^[2]

Squad is correct as of 14 October 2025, after the match against Belarus.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Octavian Ghiaur	(2010-01-22) 22 January 2010 (age 15)	Atlético Madrid Juvenil
12	1 GK	Eduard Cușnir	(2009-03-16) 16 March 2009 (age 16)	Sabadell
23	1 GK	Mihai Harabagiu	(2009-06-21) 21 June 2009 (age 16)	Zimbru Chișinău U17

3	2 DF	Victor Bivol	(2009-01-15) 15 January 2009 (age 16)	Villarreal Juvenil
4	2 DF	Marius-Nicolae Roșioru	(2009-01-28) 28 January 2009 (age 16)	Dacia Buiucani U17
5	2 DF	Vlad Țenti	(2009-02-16) 16 February 2009 (age 16)	Zimbru Chișinău U17
13	2 DF	Vlad Proaspăt	(2010-04-18) 18 April 2010 (age 15)	Zimbru Chișinău U17
15	2 DF	Chiril Lisnic	(2009-01-09) 9 January 2009 (age 16)	Academia Rebeja-UTM

2	3 MF	Gheorghe Țernă	(2009-08-18) 18 August 2009 (age 16)	Louletano U17
6	3 MF	Nichita Ratmir	(2009-06-03) 3 June 2009 (age 16)	Zimbru Chișinău U17
8	3 MF	Cristian Palancica	(2009-01-14) 14 January 2009 (age 16)	Lazio U18
10	3 MF	Toma Turețchi	(2009-04-07) 7 April 2009 (age 16)	Academia Rebeja
20	3 MF	Dorin Panaghiu	(2009-03-12) 12 March 2009 (age 16)	Academia Rebeja-UTM

7	4 FW	Daniel Armașu	(2009-02-27) 27 February 2009 (age 16)	L'Hospitalet
9	4 FW	Nichita Cucuruz	(2009-09-12) 12 September 2009 (age 16)	FC Kaiserslautern U17
11	4 FW	Timofei Rusu (captain)	(2009-04-16) 16 April 2009 (age 16)	Zimbru Chișinău U17
14	4 FW	Artiom Afteni	(2009-12-14) 14 December 2009 (age 15)	Sheriff Tiraspol U17
17	4 FW	Nicolae Ceacîru	(2009-05-20) 20 May 2009 (age 16)	TSV Schott Mainz U17
18	4 FW	Stanislav Burlaciuc	(2009-02-16) 16 February 2009 (age 16)	Academia Rebeja-UTM
19	4 FW	Maxim Ciuchin	(2009-06-15) 15 June 2009 (age 16)	Spartak Moscow U16

Competition history

Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 17 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January. Starting with qualification for the 2002 tournament, the competition was renamed from Under-16 Championship to Under-17 Championship, but the eligibility rules did not change.

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship

Under-16 era, 1995–2001
Under-17 era, 2002–present

UEFA U-16/17 European Championship record										UEFA U-16/17 Qualification record^[3]
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Campaign
1995	Did not qualify									2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	1995
1996										2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1996
1997										2	1	0	1	3	3	0	1997
1998										3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	1998
1999										2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	1999
2000										3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	2000
2001										3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	2001
2002	Group stage	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6	Squad	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	2002
2003	Did not qualify									3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	2003
2004										6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	2004	2004
2005										3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	2005
2006										6	2	2	2	9	10	−1	2006	2006
2007										3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	2007
2008										3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	2008
2009										3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	2009
2010										3	0	2	1	2	7	−5	2010
2011										3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	2011
2012										3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	2012
2013										3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2013
2014										3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	2014
2015										3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	2015
2016										3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	2016
2017										3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	2017
2018										3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	2018
2019										3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	2019
~~2020~~										3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	2020
2022										3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	2022
2023										3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	2023
2024										3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	2024
2025										6	0	0	6	0	15	−15	2025	2025
2026										3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	2026	2026
2027	Future event									To be determined
Total	1/31	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6		97	12	20	65	72	212	−140

Head-to-head record

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 14 October 2025.^[4]

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Andorra	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Armenia	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7
Austria	3	0	3	0	1	1	0
Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Belarus	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Belgium	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0	1	5	1	15	−14
Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Cyprus	4	0	0	4	0	7	−7
Czech Republic	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7
France	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Georgia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Germany	4	0	0	4	1	16	−15
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1
Hungary	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Iceland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Israel	3	0	1	2	3	13	−10
Italy	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1
Kosovo	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Latvia	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9
Lithuania	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Luxembourg	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Malta	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Macedonia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Norway	4	1	3	0	4	2	+2
Poland	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romania	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Russia	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9
San Marino	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9
FR Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	3	6	−3
Slovakia	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7
Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	4	0	0	4	3	14	−11
Sweden	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5
Wales	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2
Total	100	12	20	68	79	225	−146

References

↑ "Noutăți". fmf.md.
↑ U17. Lotul final pentru preliminariile Campionatului European 2024/25, Liga B fmf.md
↑ "Statistics". RSSSF .
↑ "H2H". fmf.md.

External links

Moldova U-17 at uefa.com
Moldova U-17 at soccerway

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[1] "Noutăți". fmf.md.

[lot2-2] U17. Lotul final pentru preliminariile Campionatului European 2024/25, Liga B fmf.md

[3] "Statistics". RSSSF .

[4] "H2H". fmf.md.

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