Niger national under-17 football team

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

The Niger national under-17 football team is the U-17 football team for Niger. The team represents the country in international under-17 matches and is controlled by the Fédération Nigerienne de Football.

Niger U-17

Nickname(s)	Ménas
Association	Fédération Nigerienne de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Francisco Castano Benito
FIFA code	NIG
First colours Second colours
First international
Somalia 0-3 Niger (Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008)
Biggest win
Somalia 0-3 Niger (Mogadishu, Somalia; 15 August 2008)
Biggest defeat
Nigeria 6-0 Niger (Kano, Nigeria; 23 September 2009) Nigeria 6-0 Niger (Nigeria; 20 September 2012)
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (first in 2015)
Best result	Fourth place (2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2017)
Best result	Round of 16 (2017)

Tournament Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not participate
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Withdrew
2005	Did not participate
2007
2009	Disqualified
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	1	8
2019	Did not qualify
2023
2025
Total	1/20	4	1	0	3	1	8

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	Did not participate
1997
1999
2001
2003	Withdrew
2005	Did not participate
2007
2009	Disqualified
2011	Did not participate
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
2017	Fourth place	5	1	2	2	4	5
2019	Did not qualify
2023
2025
Total	2/15	8	2	2	4	7	10

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were selected to compete in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Head coach: Ismaila Tiemoko

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mousa Laouali	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000	GNN
16	1GK	Abdoulaye Boubacar	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	APO River
21	1GK	Khaled Lawali	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000	Sahel
3	2DF	Mahamadou Mahamane	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001	Nigelec
4	2DF	Nasser Mahaman	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000	Air Academie
5	2DF	Farouk Idrissa	(2000-02-12) 12 February 2000	Lazaret
12	2DF	Djibrilla Ibrahim	(2002-03-02) 2 March 2002	Douanes
15	2DF	Rachid Soumana	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	Tudu Mighty Jets
18	2DF	Ibrahim Namata	(2000-05-10) 10 May 2000	Soniantcha
2	3MF	Yacine Wa Massamba	(2000-03-09) 9 March 2000	Nigelec
6	3MF	Ismael Issaka	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	CBK
7	3MF	Moctar Ousmane	(2000-09-15) 15 September 2000	Mano Dayak
8	3MF	Habibou Sofiane	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	Maccabi Haifa
10	3MF	Rachid Alfari	(2000-12-30) 30 December 2000	Nigelec
11	3MF	Karim Tinni	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001	Sahel
13	3MF	Yacouba Aboubacar	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	Tahoua
14	3MF	Kader Aboubacar	(2000-12-31) 31 December 2000	Akokana
9	4FW	Kairou Amoustapha	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	Nigelec
17	4FW	Ibrahim Boubacar Marou	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	Soniantcha
19	4FW	Salim Abdourahmane	(2001-09-02) 2 September 2001	Jangorzo
20	4FW	Hamid Galissoune	(2000-01-26) 26 January 2000	SACA Sport

External links

• Niger Football Federation website