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	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	3	2
Total	5/15	19	5	9	5	19	21

•   *  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. 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 1GK Jens Teunckens (1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 16 0 Club Brugge 1GK Gaetan Coucke (1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 4 0 Genk 1GK Steph Van Cauwenberge (1998-05-09) 9 May 1998 1 0 Zulte Waregem 2DF Kino Delorge (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 18 0 Genk 2DF Wout Faes (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 21 0 Anderlecht 2DF Christophe Janssens (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 18 1 Genk 2DF Dries Caignau (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 12 0 Gent 2DF Laurent Lemoine (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 3 0 Club Brugge 2DF Steve Ryckaert (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 1 0 Gent 3MF Rubin Seigers (1998-01-11) 11 January 1998 15 0 Genk 3MF Matisse Thuys (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 18 1 Genk 3MF Ismail Azzaoui (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 14 6 Wolfsburg 3MF Alper Ademoglu (1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 14 3 Anderlecht 3MF Orel Mangala (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 13 2 Anderlecht 3MF Lennerd Daneels (1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 23 5 PSV Eindhoven 3MF Dante Rigo (1998-12-11) 11 December 1998 16 0 PSV Eindhoven 3MF Matthias Verreth (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 29 5 PSV Eindhoven 3MF Terry Osei Berkoe (1998-01-09) 9 January 1998 1 5 Club Brugge 4FW Dennis van Vaerenbergh (1998-06-26) 26 June 1998 19 8 Club Brugge 4FW Jorn Vancamp (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 15 2 Anderlecht 4FW Dante Vanzeir (1998-04-16) 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