Scotland national under-17 football team

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

The Scotland national under-17 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national Under-17 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team. The team represents Scotland in international Under-17 competitions such as the U-17 World Cup and the European U-17 Championship.

Scotland Under-17

Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Brian McLaughlin[1]
First colours Second colours
U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1989)
Best result	Runners-up (1989)
European U-17 Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2008)
Best result	Semi-final (2014)

The team has qualified for seven European Championship final tournaments, in 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022 and 2023. The team achieved its best result in 2014 by progressing to the semi-final.^[2]

Coaches

• Dean Gorre (2012)^[3]
• Scot Gemmill (2014)^[4]
• Steven Pressley (2015)^[5]
• Brian McLaughlin (2017)^[1]

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place / semi finals     Fourth place  0000 Tournament held on home soil  

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
Before 1991	See Scotland national under-16 football team
1991	did not qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
2023	did not qualify
2025

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European U-17 Championship Record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
Before 2002	See Scotland national under-16 football team
2002	Did not qualify
2003
2004
2005
2006	Qualifying round	Did not qualify
2007	Elite round
2008	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
2009	Elite round	Did not qualify
2010	Qualifying round
2011	Elite round
2012	Elite round
2013	Qualifying round
2014	Semi-finals	4	2	0	2	4	8	−4
2015	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8
2016	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
2017	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
2018	Elite round	Did not qualify
2019	Elite round
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6][7]
2021
2022	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7
2023	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6
2024	Qualifying round	Did not qualify
Total	7/21	22	3	1	18	12	46	−34

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Other tournaments

Year	Competition	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Ref
1985	Saint-Malo Tournament	2nd	4	1	2	1	2	2	[8]
1986	Saint-Malo Tournament	2nd	4	3	0	1	6	4	[8]
1987	Saint-Malo Tournament	6th	4	1	2	1	2	2	[8]
1988	Saint-Malo Tournament	5th	Full results unknown						[8]
1989	Eurofoot Tournament	4th	Full results unknown						[9]
1990	Eurofoot Tournament	5th	Full results unknown						[9]
1992	Eurofoot Tournament	3rd	Full results unknown						[9]
1999	Lisbon International	4th	3	0	0	3	2	16	[10]
2007	Toto Cup	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	6	[11]
2011	Toto Cup	4th	3	0	1	2	3	7	[11]
2016	Telki Cup	3rd	3	2	0	1	4	6	[12]
2017	Pepsi Tournament	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	4	[13]

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches in March 2025.^[14]

As of after Liechtenstein v Scotland, 25 March 2025

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Alastair Graham	(2008-09-23) 23 September 2008 (age 16)	5	0	Nottingham Forest
12	1GK	Cameron Patterson	(2008-02-06) 6 February 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Celtic
2	2DF	Jack Barr	(2008-12-04) 4 December 2008 (age 16)	6	0	St Mirren
3	2DF	Cameron Williams	(2008-11-24) 24 November 2008 (age 16)	6	2	Liverpool
4	2DF	Hayden Borland	(2008-03-01) 1 March 2008 (age 17)	5	1	Celtic
5	2DF	Lewis Carrol	(2008-03-07) 7 March 2008 (age 17)	4	0	Aberdeen
13	2DF	Keir Gilligan	(2008-06-06) 6 June 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Dundee United
14	2DF	Callan Hamill	(2009-03-01) 1 March 2009 (age 16)	4	0	St Johnstone
15	2DF	Lewis Gillie	(2008-06-09) 9 June 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Hibernian
6	3MF	Alfie Osborne	(2008-07-16) 16 July 2008 (age 17)	6	0	Heart of Midlothian
7	3MF	Alexander Smith	(2008-06-26) 26 June 2008 (age 17)	6	1	Rangers
8	3MF	Aiden McCallion	(2008-06-15) 15 June 2008 (age 17)	6	0	Rangers
10	3MF	Jamie Hislop	(2008-07-15) 15 July 2008 (age 17)	5	1	Ayr United
16	3MF	Cooper Masson	(2008-11-10) 10 November 2008 (age 16)	6	1	Aberdeen
17	3MF	Archie Traynor	(2008-06-09) 9 June 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Kilmarnock
18	3MF	Taylor Hogarth	(2008-01-08) 8 January 2008 (age 17)	3	1	Heart of Midlothian
20	3MF	Zander McAllister	(2008-04-22) 22 April 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Motherwell
9	4FW	Fletcher Boyd	(2008-01-26) 26 January 2008 (age 17)	6	4	Aberdeen
11	4FW	Cole Burke	(2008-07-29) 29 July 2008 (age 17)	4	3	Kilmarnock
19	4FW	Brodie Dair	(2008-06-01) 1 June 2008 (age 17)	3	1	Fulham

See also

• Scotland national football team
• Scotland national under-21 football team