Mali national under-17 football team

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

The Mali national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Mali and is controlled by the Malian Football Federation. It represents Mali in international football competitions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Mali U-17

Nickname(s)	Les Aigles (The Eagles)
Association	Malian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Soumaïla Coulibaly
Home stadium	Stade du 26 Mars
FIFA code	MLI
First colours Second colours
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	9 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (2015, 2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1997)
Best result	Runners-up (2015)

Overview

The team has participated in 4 events of the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their best performance came in the 2015 World Cup^[1] held in Chile, when Mali reached finished as runners-up. Their best performance at the African level came in the 2015 and the 2017 tournament in Niger and Gabon respectively, when they finished as champions.

Tournament records

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not enter
1987
1989
1991	Did not qualify
1993
1995
1997	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	7	2
1999	Group stage	14th	3	0	2	1	0	1
2001	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	5	4
2003	Did not qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	12	4
2017	Fourth place	4th	7	4	0	3	16	11
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Third place	3rd	7	5	0	2	18	4
2025	Qualified
Total	7/20	Runners-up	32	18	4	10	58	26

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1995	Fourth place	4th	5	1	0	4	5	8
1997	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	4	3
1999	Third Place	3rd	5	2	2	1	6	5
2001	Third Place	3rd	4	2	1	1	11	3
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	7	7
2007	Did not qualify
2009
2011	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	5
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	9	4
2017	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	9	2
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Fourth place	4th	5	3	1	1	7	2
2025	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	3	1	9	3
Total	9/15	Champions	40	18	9	13	60	43

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Lamine Sinaba	(2008-04-05)5 April 2008 (aged 16)	Académie Cherifla
2	2DF	Mahamadou Konaté	(2009-06-08)8 June 2009 (aged 15)	FC Diarra
3	3MF	Ibrahim Diakite	(2008-07-10)10 July 2008 (aged 16)	JMG Academy
4	2DF	Tièmoko Berthe	(2008-02-17)17 February 2008 (aged 17)	Étoiles du Mandé
5	2DF	Aboubacar Siriki Camara	(2010-08-11)11 August 2010 (aged 14)	AFE
6	3MF	Issa Tounkara	(2008-06-20)20 June 2008 (aged 16)	Étoiles du Mandé
7	4FW	Soungalo Coulibaly	(2008-05-01)1 May 2008 (aged 16)	Yeelen Olympique
8	3MF	Issa Koné	(2008-10-11)11 October 2008 (aged 16)	Africa Foot
9	4FW	Ndjicoura Raymond Bomba	(2008-03-12)12 March 2008 (aged 17)	CSB
10	3MF	Seydou Dembélé	(2008-02-16)16 February 2008 (aged 17)	JMG Academy
11	4FW	Ousmane Savane	(2008-02-20)20 February 2008 (aged 17)	AS Bamako
12	2DF	Souleymane Doumbia	(2008-02-27)27 February 2008 (aged 17)	Derby Académie
13	4FW	Soumaila Fané	(2009-12-25)25 December 2009 (aged 15)	ASBD Sikasso
14	2DF	Dramane Siaka Doumbia	(2008-08-12)12 August 2008 (aged 16)	Africa Foot
15	3MF	Yaya Fofana	(2008-11-02)2 November 2008 (aged 16)	Africa Foot
16	1GK	Ianis Sacko	(2009-07-30)30 July 2009 (aged 15)	US Quevilly RM
17	3MF	Mahamadou Traoré	(2009-11-17)17 November 2009 (aged 15)	Players Dreams
18	2DF	Mohamed Doumbia	(2008-12-15)15 December 2008 (aged 16)	Yeelen Olympique
19	4FW	Mohamed Dhiarrah	(2008-11-18)18 November 2008 (aged 16)	Djoliba AC
20	2DF	Lamine Sidiki Keita	(2009-11-20)20 November 2009 (aged 15)	ASBD Sikasso
21	1GK	Mamadou Souleymane Sacko	(2009-09-16)16 September 2009 (aged 15)	ABM Foot
22	2DF	Cheickna Hamala Coulibaly	(2010-01-25)25 January 2010 (aged 15)	Académie Cherifla
23	4FW	Moussa Mamadou Djikine	(2009-02-05)5 February 2009 (aged 16)	FC Massy 91
24	1GK	Cheick Oumar Diarra	(2010-10-19)19 October 2010 (aged 14)	FC Diarra

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Mali's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Belgium	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Brazil	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Canada	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Croatia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
France	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Germany	2	0	2	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Ghana	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Honduras	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Iran	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Iraq	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Mexico	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	100.00
Morocco	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Paraguay	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	000.00
Spain	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	000.00
Turkey	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total	32	18	4	10	58	26	+32	056.25

See also

• Mali national football team
• Mali national under-20 football team
• Mali women's national football team