Belgium national under-17 football team

Belgium U-17

Nickname(s)	De Jonge Duivels Les Diablotins
Association	Belgian Football Association
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Bob Browaeys
FIFA code	BEL
First colours Second colours
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2007)
Best result	Third place, 2015
European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2006)
Best result	Semi final, 2007, 2015

The Belgium national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship and the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Their biggest successes have been their bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup, reaching the semi-finals of the European championship in 2007 on home soil, and again in 2015 in Bulgaria.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015	Third place	7	4	1	2	9	8
Total	2/16	10	5	1	4	12	14

UEFA European U-17 Football Championship record

Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2002	Did not qualify
2003
2004
2005
2006	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	8
2007	Semi-finals	4	1	3*	0	5	5
2008	Did not qualify
2009
2010
2011
2012	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	2
2013	Did not qualify
2014
2015	Semi-finals	5	2	2**	1	6	4
2016	Qualified
Total	4/14	15	4	7	4	16	19

•   *  denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
•      indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Current Squad

The following players were selected to compete in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.^[1] Caps and goals are correct as of their first game, against Mali on 18 October 2015.

Head coach: Bob Browaeys

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Jens Teunckens	30 January 1998	16	0	Club Brugge
	GK	Gaetan Coucke	3 November 1998	4	0	Genk
	GK	Steph Van Cauwenberge	9 May 1998	1	0	Zulte Waregem
	DF	Kino Delorge	5 January 1998	18	0	Genk
	DF	Wout Faes	3 April 1998	21	0	Anderlecht
	DF	Christophe Janssens	9 March 1998	18	1	Genk
	DF	Dries Caignau	8 January 1998	12	0	Gent
	DF	Laurent Lemoine	26 April 1998	3	0	Club Brugge
	DF	Steve Ryckaert	24 June 1998	1	0	Gent
	MF	Rubin Seigers	11 January 1998	15	0	Genk
	MF	Matisse Thuys	24 January 1998	18	1	Genk
	MF	Ismail Azzaoui	6 January 1998	14	6	Wolfsburg
	MF	Alper Ademoglu	10 April 1998	14	3	Anderlecht
	MF	Orel Mangala	18 March 1998	13	2	Anderlecht
	MF	Lennerd Daneels	10 April 1998	23	5	PSV Eindhoven
	MF	Dante Rigo	11 December 1998	16	0	PSV Eindhoven
	MF	Matthias Verreth	20 February 1998	29	5	PSV Eindhoven
	MF	Terry Osei Berkoe	9 January 1998	1	5	Club Brugge
	FW	Dennis van Vaerenbergh	26 June 1998	19	8	Club Brugge
	FW	Jorn Vancamp	28 October 1998	15	2	Anderlecht
	FW	Dante Vanzeir	16 April 1998	1	0	Genk

See also

• Belgium national football team
• Belgium national under-21 football team
• Belgium national under-19 football team
• European Under-17 Football Championship
• Under-17 World Cup

References

1. "National Under-17 Team selection | FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015". RBFA. October 2015.