Moldova national under-17 football team

Moldova Under-17
Nickname(s)	Tricolorii juniori (The Junior Tricolours)
Association	Moldovan Football Federation (FMF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Andrei Radiola
Captain	Nikita Șarpe
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 February 01, 2025

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 2008 are eligible for the 2025 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

10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) Friendly	Romania	4–1	Moldova	Buftea, Romania
	Popa 16' Stoian 43' Doicaru 70' Stanciu 86'	Report	Lutenco 62'	Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre Referee: Mihai Amorarâtei (Romania)

12 February 2024 (2024-02-12) Friendly	Romania	2–0	Moldova	Buftea, Romania
	Racu 45+1' Doicaru 53'	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium of the Romanian National Football Centre

23 April 2024 (2024-04-23)UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	Moldova	0–2	Bulgaria	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report	Goryanov 23' Bozhkov 59'	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Referee: Igor Boșca (Moldova)

25 April 2024 (2024-04-25)UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	North Macedonia	0–2	Moldova	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report	Corotcov 29' Wati 63'	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru-2 Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

28 April 2024 (2024-04-28)UEFA Under-17 Development Tournament	Armenia	0–1	Moldova	Chișinău, Moldova
		Report	Roșca 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru Referee: Igor Boșca (Moldova)

8 September 2024 (2024-09-08) Friendly	Georgia	3–1	Moldova	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Nebulishvili 45+1', 52' Katkov 90+3'	Report	Roșca 55' (pen.)	Stadium: David Petriashvili Arena Referee: Koba Revazashvili (Georgia)

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10) Friendly	Georgia	1–1	Moldova	Tbilisi, Georgia
	Kirvalidze 89'	Report	Josan 29'	Stadium: David Petriashvili Arena Referee: Akaki Parjikia (Georgia)

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	v	Moldova	Achnas, Cyprus
		Report		Stadium: Ethnikos Achnas Stadium

10 March 2025 (2025-03-10) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 2	Kosovo	v	Moldova	Sotira, Cyprus
		Report		Stadium: Sotira Municipal Stadium

13 March 2025 (2025-03-13) 2025 UEFA Euro Under-17 qualifying round 2	Andorra	v	Moldova	Sotira, Cyprus
		Report		Stadium: Sotira Municipal Stadium

2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification

Round 1

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Round 2 League A
2	Israel	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5	Round 2 League A
3	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Round 2 League B
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0	Round 2 League B

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Round 2

Group B4

Pos	Team	Promotion
1	Kosovo	Promotion for respective U-19 team for League A Round 1 of the 2026/27 season
2	Cyprus (H)
3	Moldova
4	Andorra

First match(es) will be played: 7 March 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Andrei Radiola
Assistant coaches	Igor Negrescu Ernest Gulceac
Goalkeeping coach	Igor Josan

Last updated: 31 January 2025
Source: FMF

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 Euro Under-17 qualifying matches against Switzerland, Israel and Montenegro between 23 and 29 October 2024.^[2]

Squad is correct as of 29 October 2024, after the match against Montenegro.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Nichita Lebedev	(2008-04-15) 15 April 2008 (age 16)	Academia Rebeja
12	1 GK	Daniel Roșca	(2008-03-19) 19 March 2008 (age 16)	Metz U17

2	2 DF	Bogdan Puiu	(2008-09-22) 22 September 2008 (age 16)	Zimbru Chișinău U17
3	2 DF	Sorin Lipca	(2008-01-21) 21 January 2008 (age 17)	Zimbru Chișinău U17
4	2 DF	Daniil Gladcov	(2008-09-16) 16 September 2008 (age 16)	Dacia Buiucani U17
5	2 DF	Nichita Pavlenco	(2008-02-12) 12 February 2008 (age 16)	Sheriff Tiraspol U17
13	2 DF	Eugen Macarov	(2008-02-22) 22 February 2008 (age 16)	DJK Ingolstadt U17
16	2 DF	Alexandru Negură	(2008-09-16) 16 September 2008 (age 16)	Academia Rebeja

6	3 MF	Iulian Sîrghi	(2008-10-29) 29 October 2008 (age 16)	Zimbru Chișinău U17
8	3 MF	Nikita Șarpe (captain)	(2008-04-01) 1 April 2008 (age 16)	Grödig II
9	3 MF	Mihail Corotcov	(2008-07-24) 24 July 2008 (age 16)	Sheriff Tiraspol U17
10	3 MF	Bogdan Roșca	(2008-06-02) 2 June 2008 (age 16)	Academia Rebeja
15	4 FW	Darius Covaș	(2008-03-08) 8 March 2008 (age 16)	Player București
17	3 MF	Andrei Fenin	(2008-07-03) 3 July 2008 (age 16)	Sheriff Tiraspol U17
19	4 FW	Vlad Colibnic	(2008-07-06) 6 July 2008 (age 16)	Academia Rebeja

7	4 FW	Tamer Wati	(2008-03-06) 6 March 2008 (age 16)	Dacia Buiucani U17
11	4 FW	Nichita Josan	(2008-03-09) 9 March 2008 (age 16)	Dacia Buiucani
14	4 FW	Ion Prisăcari	(2008-01-12) 12 January 2008 (age 17)	Zimbru Chișinău U17
18	4 FW	Mateo Spătărel	(2008-07-21) 21 July 2008 (age 16)	Dacia Buiucani
20	4 FW	Timofei Rusu	(2009-04-16) 16 April 2009 (age 15)	Zimbru Chișinău U17

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										3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	2025	2025
2026	Future event									To be determined							2026
Total	1/30	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6		91	12	19	60	71	200	−129

Head-to-head record

Only competitive matches are included and correct as of 29 October 2024.^[4]

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
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	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	3	1	2	0	3	1	+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	94	12	19	63	78	213	−135

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References

↑ "Noutăți". fmf.md.
↑ Under 17. Micii tricolori s-au reunit pentru campania de calificare EURO U17 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] Under 17. Micii tricolori s-au reunit pentru campania de calificare EURO U17 fmf.md

[3] "Statistics". RSSSF .

[4] "H2H". fmf.md.

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