| Association | Seychelles Football Federation | ||
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| Confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Gavin Jeanne | ||
| FIFA code | SEY | ||
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| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| Africa U-17 Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2001 ) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage, 2001 | ||
The Seychelles national U-17 football team is the representative of Seychelles within all international tournaments that pertain to that age level. It is controlled and administered by the Seychelles Football Federation.
The Seychelles national U-17 football team won the 1995 Commission de la Jeunesse et des Sports de l’Océan Indien (CJSOI) competition in Madagascar. [1] They made their first Africa U-17 Cup of Nations appearance at the 2001 African U-17 Championship after they qualified as host. [2] They also made their debut COSAFA U-17 competition in 2016 in Mauritius following their 1-0 loss to South Africa. [3]
| African U-17 Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
 1995 | Did not enter | |||||||
 1997 | ||||||||
 1999 | ||||||||
 2001 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
 2003 | Did not enter | |||||||
 2005 | ||||||||
 2007 | ||||||||
 2009 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2011 | Did not enter | |||||||
 2013 | ||||||||
 2015 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2017 | ||||||||
 2019 | ||||||||
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 2025 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 1/15 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
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