Scotland national under-17 football team

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

Scotland Under-17

Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Brian McLaughlin [1]
First colours Second colours
U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1989 )
Best result	Runners-up (1989)
European U-17 Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2008 )
Best result	Semi-final (2014)

The Scotland national under-17 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national Under-17 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team. The team represents Scotland in international Under-17 competitions such as the U-17 World Cup and the European U-17 Championship.

The team has qualified for seven European Championship final tournaments, in 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022 and 2023. The team achieved its best result in 2014 by progressing to the semi-final. ^[2]

Coaches

• Dean Gorre (2012) ^[3]
• Scot Gemmill (2014) ^[4]
• Steven Pressley (2015) ^[5]
• Brian McLaughlin (2017) ^[1]

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place / semi finals     Fourth place  0000 Tournament held on home soil  

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
Before 1991	See Scotland national under-16 football team
1991	did not qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
2023	did not qualify
2025

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European U-17 Championship Record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
Before 2002	See Scotland national under-16 football team
2002	Did not qualify
2003
2004
2005
2006	Qualifying round	Did not qualify
2007	Elite round
2008	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
2009	Elite round	Did not qualify
2010	Qualifying round
2011	Elite round
2012	Elite round
2013	Qualifying round
2014	Semi-finals	4	2	0	2	4	8	−4
2015	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8
2016	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
2017	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
2018	Elite round	Did not qualify
2019	Elite round
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [6] [7]
2021
2022	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7
2023	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6
2024	Qualifying round	Did not qualify
Total	7/21	22	3	1	18	12	46	−34

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Other tournaments

Year	Competition	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Ref
1985	Saint-Malo Tournament	2nd	4	1	2	1	2	2	[8]
1986	Saint-Malo Tournament	2nd	4	3	0	1	6	4	[8]
1987	Saint-Malo Tournament	6th	4	1	2	1	2	2	[8]
1988	Saint-Malo Tournament	5th	Full results unknown						[8]
1989	Eurofoot Tournament	4th	Full results unknown						[9]
1990	Eurofoot Tournament	5th	Full results unknown						[9]
1992	Eurofoot Tournament	3rd	Full results unknown						[9]
1999	Lisbon International	4th	3	0	0	3	2	16	[10]
2007	Toto Cup	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	6	[11]
2011	Toto Cup	4th	3	0	1	2	3	7	[11]
2016	Telki Cup	3rd	3	2	0	1	4	6	[12]
2017	Pepsi Tournament	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	4	[13]

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches in March 2025. ^[14]

As of after Liechtenstein v Scotland, 25 March 2025

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Alastair Graham	(2008-09-23) 23 September 2008 (age 16)	5	0	Nottingham Forest
12	1 GK	Cameron Patterson	(2008-02-06) 6 February 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Celtic
2	2 DF	Jack Barr	(2008-12-04) 4 December 2008 (age 16)	6	0	St Mirren
3	2 DF	Cameron Williams	(2008-11-24) 24 November 2008 (age 16)	6	2	Liverpool
4	2 DF	Hayden Borland	(2008-03-01) 1 March 2008 (age 17)	5	1	Celtic
5	2 DF	Lewis Carrol	(2008-03-07) 7 March 2008 (age 17)	4	0	Aberdeen
13	2 DF	Keir Gilligan	(2008-06-06) 6 June 2008 (age 16)	1	0	Dundee United
14	2 DF	Callan Hamill	(2009-03-01) 1 March 2009 (age 16)	4	0	St Johnstone
15	2 DF	Lewis Gillie	(2008-06-09) 9 June 2008 (age 16)	2	0	Hibernian
6	3 MF	Alfie Osborne	(2008-07-16) 16 July 2008 (age 16)	6	0	Heart of Midlothian
7	3 MF	Alexander Smith	(2008-06-26) 26 June 2008 (age 16)	6	1	Rangers
8	3 MF	Aiden McCallion	(2008-06-15) 15 June 2008 (age 16)	6	0	Rangers
10	3 MF	Jamie Hislop	(2008-07-15) 15 July 2008 (age 16)	5	1	Ayr United
16	3 MF	Cooper Masson	(2008-11-10) 10 November 2008 (age 16)	6	1	Aberdeen
17	3 MF	Archie Traynor	(2008-06-09) 9 June 2008 (age 16)	3	0	Kilmarnock
18	3 MF	Taylor Hogarth	(2008-01-08) 8 January 2008 (age 17)	3	1	Heart of Midlothian
20	3 MF	Zander McAllister	(2008-04-22) 22 April 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Motherwell
9	4 FW	Fletcher Boyd	(2008-01-26) 26 January 2008 (age 17)	6	4	Aberdeen
11	4 FW	Cole Burke	(2008-07-29) 29 July 2008 (age 16)	4	3	Kilmarnock
19	4 FW	Brodie Dair	(2008-06-01) 1 June 2008 (age 17)	3	1	Fulham

See also

• Scotland national football team
• Scotland national under-21 football team

References

1. "McLaughlin aiming to take under-17s to the next level". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
2. "Scotland Under-17s reach European Championship semi-final". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
3. Stewart Fisher (19 October 2012). "Gorre aims to add Dutch of magic to industrious Scots". The Herald . Retrieved 1 November 2012.
4. "Scotland Under-17 squad announced for Euro finals". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
5. "Steven Pressley to lead Scotland Under-17s". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
6. "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
7. "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
8. "Tournoi U-17/U-16 de Saint-Malo". RSSSF . Retrieved 2 June 2019.
9. "Tournoi Eurofoot U-17 de Saint-Brieuc (France)". RSSSF . Retrieved 2 June 2019.
10. "lining in the dark clouds after defeat in Portugal" . Scotland on Sunday . 6 June 1999. Retrieved 1 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "U-17 Toto Cup (Austria)". RSSSF . Retrieved 2 June 2019.
12. "Tournament in Rackeve/Telki (Hungary)". RSSSF . Retrieved 2 June 2019.
13. "Pepsi U-17 Tournament/St George's Park Tournament (England)". RSSSF . Retrieved 2 June 2019.
14. "Men's Under-17s ready for UEFA Round Two matches on home soil". Scottish FA. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.

External links

• SFA (under 17s)
• UEFA Under-17 website