Scotland national under-17 football team

Scotland Under-17
Association Scottish Football Association
Head coach Scot Gemmill
First colours
Second colours
European Championship
Appearances 2 (First in 2008)
Best result Semi-final: 2014

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 European Championship.

The team has qualified for two European Championship final tournaments, in 2008 and 2014. The team achieved its best result in 2014 by progressing to the semi-final.[1]

As of April 2014, the squad is coached by Scot Gemmill.[2] The team was previously coached by Dean Gorre.[3]

UEFA European U-17 Football Championship Record

Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
Denmark 2002did not qualify
Portugal 2003did not qualify
France 2004did not qualify
Italy 2005did not qualify
Luxembourg 2006did not qualify
Belgium 2007did not qualify
Turkey 2008Group stage300305−5
Germany 2009did not qualify
Liechtenstein 2010did not qualify
Serbia 2011did not qualify
Slovenia 2012did not qualify
Slovakia 2013did not qualify
Malta 2014Semi final420248−4
Bulgaria 2015Qualified
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Recent results

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship finals, with group stage matches against Portugal, Germany and Switzerland. The tournament, which is being hosted by Malta, is to be played between 9 May and 21 May.[4]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Fraser Mortimer 21 January 1997 8 0 Scotland Dundee
12 GK Mackay Devlin 23 January 1997 1 0 Scotland Kilmarnock
2 DF Sam Wardrop 20 October 1997[5] 8 0 Scotland Celtic
3 DF Tom Lang 12 June 1997 6 1 England Birmingham City
4 DF Jack Breslin 6 April 1997 11 1 Scotland Celtic
5 DF Kyle Cameron 15 January 1997 4 0 England Newcastle United
8 DF Michael Kelly 3 November 1997 5 0 Scotland Aberdeen
11 DF Aidan McIlduff 20 April 1997[6] 7 1 Scotland Celtic
15 DF Zak Jules 17 February 1997[7] 0 0 England Reading
17 DF Cameron Ballantyne 13 April 1997[8] 5 1 Scotland Dundee United
18 DF Jake Sheppard 30 May 1997[9] 2 1 England Reading
4 MF Joseph Thomson 14 January 1997 5 0 Scotland Celtic
8 MF Aidan Nesbitt 5 February 1997[10] 9 1 Scotland Celtic
9 FW Craig Wighton 27 July 1997 13 6 Scotland Dundee
10 FW Steven Boyd 12 April 1997 8 0 Scotland Celtic
13 FW Calvin Miller 9 January 1998 5 0 Scotland Celtic
14 FW Ryan Hardie 17 March 1997 6 1 Scotland Rangers
16 FW Scott Wright 8 August 1997 3 1 Scotland Aberdeen

See also

References

  1. "Scotland Under-17s reach European Championship semi-final". BBC Sport (BBC). 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. "Scotland Under-17 squad announced for Euro finals". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  3. Stewart Fisher (19 October 2012). "Gorre aims to add Dutch of magic to industrious Scots". The Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. "Scotland - Under-17". UEFA.
  5. "Sam Wardrop". Scottish FA.
  6. "Aidan McIlduff". Scottish FA.
  7. "Zak Jules". Scottish FA.
  8. "Cameron Ballantyne". Scottish FA.
  9. "Jake Sheppard". Scottish FA.
  10. "Aidan Nesbitt". Scottish FA.

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