France national under-17 football team

France

Nickname(s)	Les Bleuets (The Little Blues) Les Tricolores (The Tri-colours)
Association	French Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Bernard Diomède
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours

The France national under-17 - 16 football team is the national under-17 - 16 football team of France who will be playing in the UEFA European Championship this year or next year and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the annual UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship and the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years. The under-17 team also participates in local and international friendly tournaments, such as the Montaigu Tournament and the Toto Cup, which is held in Austria.

France have won the FIFA U-17 World Cup once in 2001. However, of the 18 players that played on the championship-winning team, only one of them has played in the senior team of France; Florent Sinama-Pongolle. Several players on the team, such as Hassan Yebda, Mourad Meghni, Chaouki Ben Saada, and Emerse Faé have played for other national teams for which they were eligible. The under-17 team has also won the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship twice, in 2004 and 2015. The championship-winning team began a new generation for the senior national team as it was composed of several players who have established themselves as French internationals. Samir Nasri, Karim Benzema, Jérémy Menez, and Hatem Ben Arfa have all gone on the represent the senior team and participate in a major international tournament for France.

The 2012–13 international under-17 campaign began in August 2012 and will end following the conclusion of the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup if France qualifies for the competition. The current under-19 team is coached by Patrick Gonfalone, a former football player, notably with Angers, Auxerre, and Le Havre. Prior to coaching for the French Football Federration, Gonfalone had domestic coaching tenures at SC Abbeville and ES Viry-Châtillon. The current captain of the team is Nice attacker Neal Maupay.

Players

Current squad

• The following players have been called to participate in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup^[1]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Luca Zidane	13 May 1998 (aged 17)			Real Madrid
2	DF	Peter Ouaneh	4 April 1998 (aged 17)			Lorient
3	DF	Mamadou Doucoure	21 May 1998 (aged 17)			Paris Saint-Germain
4	DF	Hugo Mesbah	1 February 1998 (aged 17)			Tours
5	DF	Dayot Upamecano	27 October 1998 (aged 17)			Red Bull Salzburg
6	MF	Jean Ruiz	6 April 1998 (aged 17)			Sochaux
7	MF	Alexis Claude Maurice	6 June 1998 (aged 17)			Lorient
8	FW	Odsonne Edouard	16 January 1998 (aged 17)			Paris Saint-Germain
9	FW	Jeff Reine-Adelaïde	17 January 1998 (aged 17)			Arsenal
10	MF	Timothé Cognat	25 January 1998 (aged 17)			Olympique Lyonnais
11	MF	Nicolas Janvier	11 August 1998 (aged 17)			Stade Rennais
12	MF	Bilal Boutobba	29 August 1998 (aged 17)			Olympique de Marseille
13	MF	Lamine Fomba	26 January 1998 (aged 17)			Auxerre
14	DF	Christ-Emmanuel Faitout Maouassa	6 July 1998 (aged 17)			Nancy Lorraine
15	FW	Maxime Pelican	12 May 1998 (aged 17)			Toulouse
16	GK	Numan Bostan	31 January 1998 (aged 17)			Toulouse
17	DF	Issa Samba	29 January 1998 (aged 17)			Auxerre
18	FW	Nanimato Ikone	2 May 1998 (aged 17)			Paris Saint-Germain
19	MF	Lorenzo Callegari	27 February 1998 (aged 17)			Paris Saint-Germain
20	DF	Alec Georgen	17 September 1998 (aged 17)			Paris Saint-Germain
21	GK	Loïc Badiashile	5 February 1998 (aged 17)			AS Monaco

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Anthony Lamonge	4 April 1999	0	0	Lorient	{{{latest}}}
GK	Alexandre Marfaing	10 February 2000	0	0	Le Mans	{{{latest}}}
DF	Jalil Boulaiche	17 March 2000	1	0	Toulouse	{{{latest}}}
DF	Kévin Camusso	3 March 1999	0	0	Troyes	{{{latest}}}
DF	Nathan Dekoke	6 January 2000	0	0	Saint-Etienne	{{{latest}}}
DF	Hervé Mombela	18 February 1999	0	0	Le Havre	{{{latest}}}
DF	Christopher Shiashia	26 June 2000	0	0	Nantes	{{{latest}}}
DF	Yanis Si Mohammed	31 May 1999	0	0	Lens	{{{latest}}}
DF	Lucas Toussaint	29 January 1999	0	0	Metz	{{{latest}}}
MF	Nianankoro Doumbia	23 May 1999	0	0	Caen	{{{latest}}}
MF	Yanis Hamzaoui	1 May 2000	0	0	Valenciennes	{{{latest}}}
MF	Robin Maulun	23 November 1999	0	0	Bordeaux	{{{latest}}}
MF	William Bonga	17 July 2000	0	1	Lycée Français de Shanghai	{{{latest}}}
MF	David Sambissa	11 January 2000	0	0	Bordeaux	{{{latest}}}
MF	Mamadou Sissako	28 February 1999	0	0	Le Havre	{{{latest}}}
MF	Oumar Ba	10 October 1999 (aged 16)	0	0	Millwall F.C.	{{{latest}}}
FW	Franck Honorat	11 August 2000	0	0	Nice	{{{latest}}}
FW	Olivier Kemen	20 July 2000	0	0	Newcastle United	{{{latest}}}
FW	Francescu Massoni	7 January 1999	0	0	Ajaccio	{{{latest}}}
FW	Victor Mayard	11 October 1999	0	0	Nancy	{{{latest}}}
FW	Ulrich Nnomo	28 February 2000	0	0	Chateauroux	{{{latest}}}
FW	Thomas Robinet	18 August 1999	0	0	Sochaux	{{{latest}}}
FW	Modibo Tounkara	23 February 1999	0	0	Valenciennes	{{{latest}}}

Previous squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup/Championship squads 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads – France 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads – France 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads – France 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads – France

UEFA U-17 European Championships squads 2012 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2011 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2010 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2009 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2008 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2007 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2004 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France 2002 UEFA U-17 Football Championship squads – France

Results

2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship First Round qualification

France  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

24 September 2012	France	3 – 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo
15:00 CET	Cornet  15' Coman  61' Coulibaly  73'	Report	Radovac  32'	Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer (Kazakhstan)

Slovenia  v  France

26 September 2012	Slovenia	1 – 0	France	Gradski SRC Slavija Stadium, Sarajevo
15:00 CET	Ožbolt  42' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer (Kazakhstan)

France  v  Greece

29 September 2012	France	2 – 2	Greece	Gradski SRC Slavija Stadium, Sarajevo
15:00 CET	Pereira de Sa  49' Cornet  80+2'	Report	Donis  75' Saliakas  80'	Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)

Friendly

France  v  Romania

30 October 2012	France	1 – 0	Romania	Stade Saint-Jean, Anglet
18:00 CET	Tounkara  43'	Report

France  v  Romania

1 November 2012	France	2 – 0	Romania	Complexe Sportif de Lons, Lons
15:00 CET	Cornet  53', 61'	Report

Israel  v  France

29 January 2013	Israel	0 – 2	France	National Complex Kibbutz Shefayim, Shefayim
15:00 CET		Report	Cornet  56' Mzé Ali  78'

Israel  v  France

31 January 2013	Israel	0 – 3	France	National Complex Kibbutz Shefayim, Shefayim
11:00 CET		Report	Maupay  21', 34' Cornet  71'

2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Elite Round qualification

Belgium  v  France

21 March 2013	Belgium	1 – 4	France	SC Hrvatskih Vitezova, Gradski Stadion, Dugopolje
15:00 CET	Schrijvers  64'	Report	Maupay  12', 33' Coman  20' Cornet  79'

Croatia  v  France

23 March 2013	Croatia	1 – 0	France	SC Hrvatskih Vitezova, Gradski Stadion, Dugopolje
15:00 CET	Coulibaly  7csc'	Report

France  v  Spain

26 March 2013	France	3 – 2	Spain	SC Hrvatskih Vitezova, Gradski Stadion, Dugopolje
15:00 CET	Coulibaly  10' Cornet  20' Houri  79'	Report	Nuñez  28' Chirivella  72'

Last updated: 26 March 2013
Source: Federation U-17 Schedule

Competitive record

For single-match results of the under-17 national team, see French football single-season articles.

FIFA U-17 World Cup record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Did Not Qualify 1987 Quarter-Finals 4 1 1 2 6 6 1989 Did Not Qualify 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 Champions 6 5 0 1 18 8 2003 Did Not Qualify 2005 2007 Quarter-Finals 5 2 2 1 8 6 2009 Did Not Qualify 2011 Quarter-Finals 5 2 2 1 9 6 2013 Did Not Qualify 2015 Round of 16 4 3 1 0 14 4 Total 1 title 24 13 6 5 55 30

UEFA U-17 European Championship record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 2002 Runners-Up 6 1 4 1 5 4 2003 Did not qualify 2004 Champions 5 5 0 0 11 3 2005 Did not qualify 2006 2007 Semi-Final 4 1 1 2 4 6 2008 Runners-Up 5 2 2 1 8 9 2009 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 2 3 2010 Semi-Final 4 2 0 2 6 5 2011 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 3 4 2012 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 3 6 2013 Did not qualify 2014 2015 Champions 6 5 1 0 15 2 Total 2 titles 39 16 14 9 57 42

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Coaching staff

As of 29 July 2010

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Patrick Gonfalone	French
Assistant manager	Yann Kervella	French
Goalkeeper coach	Gilles Fouache	French
Medical Doctor	Jean-Pierre Blaquart	French
Physiotherapist	Jean-Pierre Czayka	French
Delegation Chief	Jean-Pierre Dubedat	French

Honours

• FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Champions (1): 2001

• UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

Champions (2): 2004, 2015

Finalists (2): 2008, 2002

• Toto Cup

Champions (3): 2009, 1999, 1992

References

1. http://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/8/u18/derniere-selection

External links

• Official site (French)