Niger national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Niger women's national under-17 football team.

Niger U-17

Nickname(s)	Ménas
Association	Fédération Nigerienne de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Francisco Castano Benito
FIFA code	NIG
First colours Second colours
First international
Somalia 0-3 Niger   (Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008)
Biggest win
Somalia 0-3 Niger   (Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008)
Biggest defeat
Nigeria 6-0 Niger   (Kano, Nigeria; 23 September 2009)   Nigeria 6-0 Niger   (Nigeria; 20 September 2012)
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (first in 2015 )
Best result	Fourth place (2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2017 )
Best result	Round of 16 (2017)

The Niger national under-17 football team is the U-17 football team for Niger. The team represents the country in international under-17 matches and is controlled by the Fédération Nigerienne de Football.

Tournament Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not participate
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Withdrew
2005	Did not participate
2007
2009	Disqualified
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	1	8
2019	Did not qualify
2023
2025
2026	To be determined
Total	1/20	4	1	0	3	1	8

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	Did not participate
1997
1999
2001
2003	Withdrew
2005	Did not participate
2007
2009	Disqualified
2011	Did not participate
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
2017	Fourth place	5	1	2	2	4	5
2019	Did not qualify
2023
2025
Total	2/15	8	2	2	4	7	10

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were selected to compete in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Head coach: Ismaila Tiemoko

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Mousa Laouali	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 24)	GNN
16	1 GK	Abdoulaye Boubacar	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24)	APO River
21	1 GK	Khaled Lawali	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 24)	Sahel
3	2 DF	Mahamadou Mahamane	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 23)	Nigelec
4	2 DF	Nasser Mahaman	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 24)	Air Academie
5	2 DF	Farouk Idrissa	(2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 25)	Lazaret
12	2 DF	Djibrilla Ibrahim	(2002-03-02) 2 March 2002 (age 22)	Douanes
15	2 DF	Rachid Soumana	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25)	Tudu Mighty Jets
18	2 DF	Ibrahim Namata	(2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 24)	Soniantcha
2	3 MF	Yacine Wa Massamba	(2000-03-09) 9 March 2000 (age 24)	Nigelec
6	3 MF	Ismael Issaka	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25)	CBK
7	3 MF	Moctar Ousmane	(2000-09-15) 15 September 2000 (age 24)	Mano Dayak
8	3 MF	Habibou Sofiane	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25)	Maccabi Haifa
10	3 MF	Rachid Alfari	(2000-12-30) 30 December 2000 (age 24)	Nigelec
11	3 MF	Karim Tinni	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 24)	Sahel
13	3 MF	Yacouba Aboubacar	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25)	Tahoua
14	3 MF	Kader Aboubacar	(2000-12-31) 31 December 2000 (age 24)	Akokana
9	4 FW	Kairou Amoustapha	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24)	Nigelec
17	4 FW	Ibrahim Boubacar Marou	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25)	Soniantcha
19	4 FW	Salim Abdourahmane	(2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 23)	Jangorzo
20	4 FW	Hamid Galissoune	(2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 25)	SACA Sport

External links

• Niger Football Federation website